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The Concept of Monumentality in the Research into Neolithic Megaliths in Western France
Journal of Neolithic Archaeology, 2019 This paper focuses on reviewing the monumentality associated with Neolithic megaliths in western France, in all its diversity. This region cannot claim to encompass the most megaliths in Europe, but it is, on the other hand, one of the rare regions ...
Luc Laporte
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Afrique Archéologie Arts, 2022 The megaliths of Senegal and The Gambia comprise nearly 30,000 erected stones recorded over a surface of around 30,000 km², mainly in the northern basin of the Gambia River.
Luc Laporte +10 more
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Open Geosciences, 2018 All over the world and for thousands of years, megaliths have been significant cultural elements, as well as sacred sites and places of power. Nowadays megaliths act as a strong magnet for tourists, who appreciate their history, esoterica and magic. Some
Krzemińska Alicja Edyta +5 more
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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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Testigos de piedra: estelas armadas entre el Tajo internacional y el Duero, Península Ibérica [PDF]
, 2019 Pocos territorios en Europa reúnen la concentración de estelas en piedra que se documentan entre el Tajo y el Duero. La arqueología asegura amplias posibilidades extractivas, con un claro centro neurálgico en el actual distrito de Castelo Branco ...
Balbín Behrmann, Rodrigo de +3 more
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Arheologia Moldovei, 2016 Keywords: Megaliths, sanctuaries, ethnoarchaeology, ethnoreligion. Includes summary in English.
Gheorghe Lazarovici +3 more
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Journal of Neolithic Archaeology, 2022 One of the most discussed issues in European archaeology is the significance and context of monumentality and the construction of long barrows and megaliths in the Neolithic.
Magnus Andersson +2 more
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Berber genealogy and the politics of prehistoric archaeology and craniology in French Algeria (1860s–1880s) [PDF]
, 2017 Following the conquest of Algiers and its surrounding territory by the French army in 1830, officers noted an abundance of standing stones in this region of North Africa.
Effros, Bonnie
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Le mégalithisme au Grassland (Cameroun occidental)
Afrique Archéologie Arts, 2009 Megalithism, which appeared in prehistoric times and has been extinct for years in various regions, is still practised in Cameroon. All over the world and in many domains, it presents on the one hand disturbing similarities, and on the other differences ...
Jean-Paul Notué
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Lieux de Mémoire and Sites of De-Subjectivation [PDF]
, 2017 This essay consists of four different elements that approach the nexus of memory, place/space and subjectivity in different ways. I start out with a description of the concept of lieux de mémoire as formulated by Pierre Nora, its connections to Marc Augé’
Bernbeck, Reinhard
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