Nanaga Site of Wasavulu (Labasa, Fiji): Mapping of a Traditional Religious Site of Vanua Levu
Archaeology in Oceania, Volume 60, Issue 1, Page 63-70, April 2025.ABSTRACT Pre‐Christian religious sites of the Fijian Archipelago have been seldom studied and even less often mapped by archaeologists. This is especially the case for the enigmatic Nanaga enclosures, whose functioning has remained poorly documented by the first ethnographers of the 19th century.
Christophe Sand +5 more
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Megaliths, Landscapes and Identities: the case of Falbygden, Sweden
Journal 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
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Dichtezentren und lokale Gruppierungen - Eine Karte zu den Großsteingräbern Mittel- und Nordeuropas
Journal of Neolithic Archaeology, 2010 Until today a detailed mapping of the megalithic structures from the 4th millenium BC in northern Europe seems a desideratum. The DFG-Priority Program 1400 “Early Monumentality and Social Differentiation” is currently working on the Neolithic of the ...
Barbara Fritsch +7 more
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Malta's prehistoric temples : conservation issues [PDF]
, 2007 Malta's prehistoric megalithic temples, which are World Heritage sites, are currently suffering from problems associated with the deterioration of materials as well as structural problems. These problems have been studied for many years.
Cassar, JoAnn
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The Outside Inside: Combining Aerial Photographs, Cropmarks and Landscape Experience [PDF]
, 2012 This paper seeks to make a contribution to current debates concerning the dislocation in landscape research between experiential approaches and quantitative techniques of landscape analysis. It focuses upon a group of archaeological sites that are caught
Kirsty Millican
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Towards a fuller, more nuanced narrative of Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Britain 2500-1500 BC [PDF]
, 2008 This contribution considers some of the many recent advances in our understanding of Chalcolithic and Bronze Age Britain and uses these to highlight the weak points in our current state of knowledge.
Sheridan, J A
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Megalith of the Wharton's Duct: Review of Literature and a Case Report
Acta Odontologica TurcicaSialolithiasis, the most common disorder affecting salivary glands, occurs when calcified formations obstruct the ducts or glands. Typically, these formations, known as sialoliths, measure between 5 and 10 mm; however, those exceeding 15 mm are ...
Sercan Küçükkurt
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CHARACTERISTICS OF ROCKS BASED ON PETROGRAPHIC AND GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS: A STUDY IN THE ‘LAND OF A THOUSAND MEGALITHS’, INDONESIA [PDF]
Geo Journal of Tourism and GeositesThe 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
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The provenance of the stones in the Menga dolmen reveals one of the greatest engineering feats of the Neolithic. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2023 Rodríguez JAL +9 more
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Editorial: Advances in understanding megaliths and related prehistoric lithic monuments
Journal 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
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