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Introduction au deuxième volet « Pierres dressées en Afrique de l’Est »

open access: yesAfrique Archéologie Arts, 2018
Communications presented during a session dedicated to “African Megaliths: a very present past” during the SAfA meeting at Toulouse (june 2016), are here published as two thematic parts within the previous and present issues of the peer-reviewed journal “
Jean-Paul Cros   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

'Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose'?

open access: yesDocumenta Praehistorica, 2023
An evolutionary approach on the study of the funerary systems in Late Prehistory allows recognizing diverse contexts of social crises in the north of Iberia. The analysis of the radio-chronological data that we have compiled indicates five phases of use—
Alfonso Alday-Ruiz   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Commentary on Seersholm Et al.: Yersinia pestis Infection Is Not Synonymous With Deadly Plague in Neolithic Scandinavia

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 189, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Objectives Emerging genomic evidence has identified ancestral strains of Yersinia pestis in ancient human populations, which has sparked debates about its pathogenic role in later Neolithic societies. Here, we review published evidence linking anthropological and biological data reflecting the past natural history of Y.
Hamadou Oumarou Hama   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The world's oldest man‐made biological experiment

open access: yesEcography, Volume 2026, Issue 1, January 2026.
Biological experiments are often short‐lived due to logistical or resource‐related challenges, and short‐term observations are extrapolated to make long‐term predictions. However, the effects of experimental treatments on biological communities and processes take time to develop.
Laura Käse   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring sociodemographic and cultural characteristics of sea turtle take and use to support effective conservation strategies in Indonesia

open access: yesPeople and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 1, Page 51-64, January 2026.
Abstract Many sea turtle populations face severe declines in the Asia‐Pacific region and, although threats are widely recognised, drivers are practically unknown, especially in Indonesia. We surveyed 140 respondents at three sites in Sumatra, Indonesia (Padang, Mentawai, Nias) to identify how sociodemographic and cultural characteristics across these ...
Adela Hemelikova   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comment on: 'Stonehenge revisited: A geochemical approach to interpreting the geographical source of sarsen stone #58'

open access: yesArchaeometry, Volume 67, Issue 6, Page 1423-1436, December 2025.
Abstract In a recent paper in this journal (Hancock et al. (2024) Stonehenge revisited: A geochemical approach to interpreting the geographical source of sarsen stone #58. Archaeometry https://www.doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12999), Hancock and colleagues present a reanalysis of the geochemical dataset used to identify the likely source for the majority of ...
David J. Nash, T. Jake R. Ciborowski
wiley   +1 more source

Sajaani-Altai kultusobjektide astronoomia ja tsentrograafia [PDF]

open access: yesMäetagused, 2011
Not only in settled civilizations, but also among nomads there existed outstanding individuals such as politics, soldiers, wise men, artists and religious figures, sometimes today being considered anonymous.
Leonid Marsadolov
doaj  

Geoarchaeological Perspectives on Stelae Production Throughout the Bronze Age: Provenance, Material Properties and Rock Selection at Zebros (Idanha‐a‐Nova, Portugal)

open access: yesGeoarchaeology, Volume 40, Issue 6, November/December 2025.
ABSTRACT At Monte dos Zebros (Idanha‐a‐Nova, Central Portugal), the discovery of three stelae—two Iberian Late Bronze Age stelae and one fragment of an Early/Middle Bronze Age anthropomorphic stela—represents a rare case of rock art monuments from different chronologies coexisting in the same place within a broader archaeological landscape, which ...
Rafael Ferreiro Mählmann   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Editorial: Advances in understanding megaliths and related prehistoric lithic monuments

open access: yesJournal of Lithic Studies, 2017
Standing stones and megalithic monuments are impressive remains from a remote prehistoric world that for the British Isles began some 6000 years ago and led to a cultural flowering that peaked in the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age with the rise of ...
G. Terence Meaden
doaj   +1 more source

From respect to reburial: negotiating pagan interest in prehistoric human remains in Britain, through the Avebury consultation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The recent Avebury Consultation on reburial has drawn considerable public and professional attention to the issue of pagan calls for respect towards the care of human remains.
Blain J.   +11 more
core   +1 more source

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