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Megaliths, monuments and materiality [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Stones, and especially the arrangement of large stones in relation to one another, have long been the focus of attention in megalith studies, a concern reflected in the name itself. It is, however, a blinkered view.
Darvill, Timothy
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Natural and anthropogenic sources of total suspended particulate and their contribution to the formation of black crusts on building stone materials of Catania (Sicily) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Blackening and disaggregation of exposed surfaces of stone monuments are well-known effects of stone decay taking place in polluted urban environments all over the world.
Mazzoleni, P.   +2 more
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Carbonatogenesis: microbial contribution to the conservation of monuments and artwork of stone

open access: yesConservation Science in Cultural Heritage, 2012
Over the last few decades there has been increasing global concern over the deterioration of historical monuments and stone works of art. It has posed a big challenge for the archaeologist, geobiologists and bioconservators and consequently encouraged ...
Swaranjit S. Cameotra, Tikam C. Dakal
doaj   +1 more source

Gypsum-induced decay in granite monuments in Northwestern Spain

open access: yesMateriales de Construccion, 2010
One of the most common forms of decay in granite monuments is the detachment of the superficial layer of the stone (plaques, plaquettes and scales).
B. Silva Hermo   +3 more
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Community Composition and Ex Situ Cultivation of Fungi Associated with UNESCO Heritage Monuments in the Bay of Naples

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2021
The Bay of Naples, Italy, is renowned for its archaeological heritage. However, this heritage is threatened by the combination of weathering and the biological activity of microorganisms.
Mariagioia Petraretti   +4 more
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'Sarsen stones in Wessex': a society of antiquaries project contextualised and renewed [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
This paper reviews the Society of Antiquaries’ Evolution of the Landscape project, which started in 1974, and the project’s Sarsen Stones in Wessex survey.
Ashbee   +34 more
core   +1 more source

Contribution to the study of the geographical distribution of Pyrenean funerary stone circles (baratze, cromlech) in the western Pyrenees

open access: yesZephyrus, 2016
‘Baratze’ or Pyrenean funerary stone circles, also known as Pyrenean cromlech, are funerary cremation monuments constructed between the Late Bronze Age and the beginning of the Roman period.
Jose Miguel EDESO FITO   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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