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The Megalithic civilisation in Switzerland, its society and its monuments [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The Swiss megaliths, just like the English sites, hold an obvious interest for archaeology and astronomy. Within the sites located in Switzerland, the megaliths of Corcelles-Concise have some particular characteristics which are, in our opinion, relevant
Berti, Jérôme, Maillard, Pauline
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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

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

‘The finest set of cup and ring marks in existence’: the story of the Cochno Stone, West Dunbartonshire [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The Cochno Stone is one of the most extensive and highly decorated prehistoric rock-art outcrops in Britain. It is located on the northern urban fringe of West Dunbartonshire beside Faifley, Clydebank, in a park in the foothills of the Kilpatrick Hills ...
Brophy, Kenneth
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Two Anthropomorphic Stelae Connected With a Platform‐Like Structure in the Area of Ḥimā (Saudi Arabia): New Data From Southwestern Arabia

open access: yesArabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 39-51, November 2025.
ABSTRACT Since 2020, the Saudi‐French Archaeological and Epigraphic Mission to Najrān (MAFSN) has been conducting additional archaeological surveys and small‐scale excavations in the Ḥimā area, providing a wealth of data from different historical periods.
Silvia Lischi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Introduction au premier volet « Plateformes funéraires et cercles de pierres dressées en Afrique de l’Ouest »

open access: yesAfrique Archéologie Arts, 2017
Communications presented during a session dedicated to “African Megaliths: a very present past” during the SAfA meeting at Toulouse (June 2016), will be here published in the form of two thematic inserts within the present and the next issue of the ...
Luc Laporte   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mégalithes et météorisation des granites en Bretagne littorale, France du nord-ouest [PDF]

open access: yes, 1994
Les menhirs sont des blocs granitiques de forme allongée qui ont été dressés à la verticale au cours du Néolithique. Ils sont particulièrement nombreux dans deux régions côtières de Bretagne, le Morbihan et le Trégor, et présentent à leur surface deux ...
Lageat, Yannick   +2 more
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Ceramic Production at the Khaybar Walled Oasis During the Mid/Late Third–Early Second Millennium BCE: Evidence for a Burnished Ware Horizon in Northwest Arabia

open access: yesArabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 108-137, November 2025.
ABSTRACT The knowledge of Early and Middle Bronze Age ceramics in Northwest Arabia remains limited, particularly in the Medina region, due to the scarcity of archaeological contexts dated to the fourth–first half of the second millennium BCE. Recent research in the Khaybar oasis has revealed significant Bronze Age occupation.
Shadi Shabo   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ggantija and ta’ Marziena : preservation and presentation of Gozo’s neolithic heritage [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
In lieu of the recent dwindling numbers of tourists flocking to Malta annually, The Malta Tourism Authority and Heritage Malta are emphasizing the need to attract “quality tourists” to the Maltese islands.
Rich, Sara A.
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Provenancing variscite beads: Pico Centeno (Encinasola, Spain) outcrop case study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
In this study we discuss the exploitation and exchange of variscite at Pico Centeno mining district during the Copper Age. X-ray fluorescence and diffraction (XRF and XRD, respectively) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) analyses of ...
Hurtado Pérez, Víctor   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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