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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

Megaliths – Societies – Landscapes. Early Monumentality and Social Differentiation in Neolithic Europe

open access: yes, 2019
The 5th and 4th millennium BCE saw the emergence of monumental architecture in Neolithic and Chalcolithic contexts throughout different parts of Europe. Current research is using a set of diverse methodologies and produces multilayered interpretations in

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CHARACTERISTICS OF ROCKS BASED ON PETROGRAPHIC AND GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS: A STUDY IN THE ‘LAND OF A THOUSAND MEGALITHS’, INDONESIA [PDF]

open access: yesGeo Journal of Tourism and Geosites
The megalithic traditions of Central Sulawesi represent one of Indonesia’s most important prehistoric cultural landscapes, widely recognized as “The Land of a Thousand Megaliths.” Despite their significance, scientific investigations into the ...
Aang Panji PERMANA   +10 more
doaj   +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

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

Megaliths in America: Introduction

open access: yes, 2022
Apart from the San Agustín de Huila site, which has long been part of studies on megaliths in the World (Joussaume 1985, 2003; Mohen 1989) and is also discussed within this volume, the American continent is rarely cited on this subject in specialized ...
Laporte, Luc, Oliver, José R
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Megaliths and Monumental Architecture at Coal Bed Village, an Ancestral Pueblo Site in Southeastern Utah [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Worldwide, megaliths are a common form of monumental architecture in Neolithic and later societies. Archaeologists in western Europe, and other parts of the world where megalithic monuments occur, have often discussed the meanings of megalithic features ...
Allison, James R   +4 more
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Exploring the Monumentality of Khasi-Jaintia Hills Megaliths

open access: yesJournal of Neolithic Archaeology, 2019
To the Khasi-Pnar community, who are considered to be the authochthons of the Khasi-Jaintia hills of Meghalaya in northeastern India, the importance of their megalithic monuments is evident in their language itself, since the word “Kyn-maw” or “memory ...
Marco Mitri
doaj   +1 more source

Megaliths, Landscapes and Identities: the case of Falbygden, Sweden

open access: yesJournal of Neolithic Archaeology, 2010
Today, about 525 dolmens and passage graves are known in Sweden. These tombs were built in a short and intense period, c. 3300- 3000 BC, in the cultural setting of the Funnel Beaker (TRB) culture. The tombs occur in two distinct types of landscape.
Karl-Göran Sjögren
doaj   +1 more source

Protohistoric Megaliths or Graves of Chalukyan Artisans: New Discovery of a Megalithic Site near Pattadakal [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
I report the discovery of a hitherto unreported megalithic site near Pattadakal. The cluster of megalithic monuments, all of them stone circles, are located in a clearing on a hilltop, surrounded by rocky outcrops, at a location called Motara Maradi ...
Menon, Srikumar M
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