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Preliminary Archaeological Survey in the Salangthel Hill in Manipur, India
Ancient Asia, 2021 An archaeological survey was conducted in the Salangthel Hill, in Manipur (India), in 2019 to assess the nature of material records. The survey documented megaliths and engraved marks on stones such as footprints, female genital organs, and depressed ...
Oinam Premchand Singh
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Carbonatogenesis: microbial contribution to the conservation of monuments and artwork of stone
Conservation 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
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Gypsum-induced decay in granite monuments in Northwestern Spain
Materiales 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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Megaliths, Monuments, and Materiality
Journal of Neolithic Archaeology, 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.
Timothy Darvill
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Applied 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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Zephyrus, 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
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Applied Sciences, 2023 In historical architecture, which includes many types of monuments and ancient buildings, natural stone was used as the main building material because of its natural beauty, availability and durability [...]
Alba Patrizia Santo
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Поволжская археология, 2013 A widespread thesis concerning population continuity in the Lower Kama region during the Late Mesolithic and the Early Neolithic is challenged in the article.
Viskalin Aleksandr V.
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ASSESSING PATHOLOGIES ON VILLAMAYOR STONE (SALAMANCA, SPAIN) BY TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNER INTENSITY DATA [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2015 This paper deals with the assessing of pathologies in façades using a variety of intensity data provided by different terrestrial laser scanner. In particular, a complex building built in the Villamayor Stone that is to be candidate as a Global Heritage ...
J. García-Talegón +6 more
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e-Zbornik. Elektronički Zbornik Radova Građevinskog Fakulteta, 2023 In order to avoid complex processes of changes, or weathering (decay) of freshwater limestones embedded in numerous buildings and/or monuments due to interaction with various environmental conditions (external factors), builders have always tried to ...
Krešimir Šaravanja
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