Search results for "mégalithisme"
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Les Hypogées d'Arles-Fontvieille et leur environnement : nouvelles perceptions, nouvelles perspectives
2014
Due to their unique architecture and the exceptional dimensions of the largest monument in the group, the Arles-Fontvieille hypogea are among the most remarkable megalithic monuments in Europe and the western Mediterranean region. A collective research program was launched in 2013 to study these well-known monuments which have, paradoxically, been the subject of relatively few field studies since the 19th century. The research program consisted of an inventory and analysis of the grave goods and associated artefacts, as well as a number of field studies providing an improved archaeological context of a megalithic group too often thought of only in terms of funerary monuments. Various traces…
The beaker phenomenon and the Genomic transformations of Northwest Europe
2018
Bell Beaker pottery spread across western and central Europe beginning around 2750 BCE before disappearing between 2200–1800 BCE. The mechanism of its expansion is a topic of long-standing debate, with support for both cultural diffusion and human migration. We present new genome-wide ancient DNA data from 170 Neolithic, Copper Age and Bronze Age Europeans, including 100 Beaker-associated individuals. In contrast to the Corded Ware Complex, which has previously been identified as arriving in central Europe following migration from the east, we observe limited genetic affinity between Iberian and central European Beaker Complex-associated individuals, and thus exclude migration as a signific…
Aspects de la gestion des dolmens et des tombes collectives actuels dans les sociétés de l’île de Sumba (Indonésie)
2021
L’article présente une étude ethnoarchéologique dont l’objectif est de cerner les principales caractéristiques de la pratique de la tombe collective dans les sociétés traditionnelles de l’île de Sumba (Indonésie) et de montrer comment les éléments recueillis peuvent nous conduire à modifier notre manière d’appréhender les tombes collectives du Néolithique européen. Les sociétés sélectionnées sont les dernières au monde à construire des monuments mégalithiques dans le but d’en faire des tombes collectives. La maîtrise de l’arrière-plan social et religieux et une connaissance du vécu subjectif des individus impliqués constituent ici les principaux atouts de la démarche ethnoarchéologique. Dan…
Giants in the Landscape: monumentality and Territories in the European Neolithic
2016
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