A Short Report on Megaliths and Petroglyphs on Natural Rock Surfaces from Farkawn and Khankawn Villages, Champhai District, Mizoram, India [PDF]
Ancient Asia, 2017 Megalithic tradition which is a worldwide phenomenon has been practiced by the Mizo society in the North-eastern part of India till recently. Expressions of thoughts and memories were incised on the megaliths.
. Lalhminghlua, Amrita Sarkar
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Monuments and monumentality: the cosmological model of the world of megaliths [PDF]
Documenta Praehistorica, 2010 Neolithic monuments are physical and conceptual expressions of ideas about the nature of the world inhabited by early north European farmers. This contribution explores the complex symbolism encoded in megalithic architecture, and the socio-ritual ...
Magdalena S. Midgley
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Rituals and Practices of Megalith Building: An Archaeological and Ethnographic Study of Megaliths in Oinam Village in Manipur, Northeast India [PDF]
Journal of Neolithic ArchaeologyDespite some reports of the living tradition of megalith building among a few communities in Northeast India, the rituals and practices involved in such undertakings have not been studied in detail.
Oinam Premchand Singh
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Clay architecture in megalithic tombs along the Atlantic Façade: France and Iberia [PDF]
Munibe Antropologia-Arkeologia, 2023 Megalith’s image along the Atlantic façade is linked to sizeable stone structures. Despite the importance of clay in creating wood and stone structures, this use remains invisible when analysing the skills of megalithic buildings.
Primitiva Bueno-Ramírez +2 more
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Technological comparison between three specific megalithic monuments on the Balkans and in Caucasus [PDF]
Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies, 2015 A detailed This publication describes three axially symmetric megalithic type structures on the Balkan Peninsula (2) and in Caucasus (1). First, an attempt is made to give a detailed description of the objects in the extent to which is possible according
Tsonev, L.V.
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Astronomical features of Ural megalithic monuments orientation [PDF]
Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies, 2014 There is a presence of archaeological monuments of the early and middle Holocene in the middle Trans-Urals, which may be associated with the act of sky survey, determined by this specific landscape.
Viktorova, V.D., Anisimov, N.P.
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Landscape Online, 2022 Archaeological landscapes are crucial to understanding the evolution, form and meaning of cultural landscape. This paper presents a complex analysis of the archaeological landscape and its temporal and spatial changes, with particular reference to the ...
Anna Żemła-Siesicka
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Megalithic tradition associated with agricultural ritual
Documenta Praehistorica, 2023 The Tiwa community is one of the autochthonous communities of Northeast India. An important aspect of Tiwa culture is the erection of stone monuments during the celebration of Chongkhong Phuja. This ceremony is performed before the commencement of their
Raktim Patar, Manjil Hazarika
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Journal of Neolithic Archaeology, 2010 MegaForm is a recording system for Neolithic megaliths in northern Central Europe and southern Scandinavia. It was created in the context of the Priority Program 1400 “Early Monumentality and Social Differentiation”.
Martin Furholt +3 more
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GIANT STONE BUILDINGS (I) - MEGALITHIC PREHISTORIC BUILDINGS - DIVISION, ORIGIN AND SPREAD [PDF]
e-Zbornik. Elektronički Zbornik Radova Građevinskog Fakulteta, 2022 Giant stone structures all over the world, with their millennia-old age, size, durability, construction method that surpasses the technical capabilities of ancient cultures, but also with a mysterious purpose, have aroused the interest of experts and the
Krešimir Šaravanja +2 more
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