Megalithic Societies: Old Questions, New Narratives

This volume features 16 papers from the European Megalithic Studies Group, exploring monuments across Europe. Topics include mobility, social structures, and symbolism, using methods like isotopic analysis, 3D modelling, and excavation. It reveals new insights into megalithic traditions and practice...

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Autores: Higginbottom, Gail, Verdonkschot, Jadranka, Scarre, Chris, González-García, A. César, Criado-Boado, Felipe
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Fecha de publicación:2026
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Palavra-chave:Megaliths
Mobility
Isotopes
Biomolecular Studies
Osteometrics
Radio Carbon
Cremations
Geomagnetic Prospection
LiDAR
Materiality
Memory
Cosmological Acquisition
Social Dynamics Ontologies
Farming Practices
Construction Techniques
Landscape
3D Models
Ditch Enclosures
Dolmens
Cairns
Pits
Earthworks
Timber Circle
Rock-cut & Passage Tombs
Funnel Beaker Culture
Bell-Beaker
Europe
France
Iberia
Scandinavia
Scotland
Germany
Ireland
Western Mediterranean Islands
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spelling Megalithic Societies: Old Questions, New NarrativesHigginbottom, GailVerdonkschot, JadrankaScarre, ChrisGonzález-García, A. CésarCriado-Boado, FelipeMegalithsMobilityIsotopesBiomolecular StudiesOsteometricsRadio CarbonCremationsGeomagnetic ProspectionLiDARMaterialityMemoryCosmological AcquisitionSocial Dynamics OntologiesFarming PracticesConstruction TechniquesLandscape3D ModelsDitch EnclosuresDolmensCairnsPitsEarthworksTimber CircleRock-cut & Passage TombsFunnel Beaker CultureBell-BeakerEuropeFranceIberiaScandinaviaScotlandGermanyIrelandWestern Mediterranean IslandsThis volume features 16 papers from the European Megalithic Studies Group, exploring monuments across Europe. Topics include mobility, social structures, and symbolism, using methods like isotopic analysis, 3D modelling, and excavation. It reveals new insights into megalithic traditions and practices.Shining a light on some of the most interesting research results on megalithic cultures, as well as their contemporaries, these 16 papers from the European Megalithic Studies Group symposium (Santiago de Compostela, Spain), cover monuments from Germany, moving down the Atlantic Facade across to Ireland and then back to the Western Mediterranean. Issues presented in this volume include temporality and mobility (both at the broad scale and at the local scale), social organisation & settings and external relationships. The methods used to investigate these themes are various: bio-molecular and isotopic analyses, typo-chronology, targeted excavations & radiocarbon dating, material cultural analyses, 3D models, ceremonial & funerary/burial practices (including osteometrics) and large-scale prospection. New methods researching the materiality and symbolism of monuments are also presented; some incorporate the role of the natural world. Alongside them are other contributions focusing on the key characteristic of megalithic monuments – the skilful and purposeful arrangement of large blocks of stone – and their interpretation. Discoveries include the intriguing return of large & complex ceremonial timber circles in active megalithic areas, presenting a significant contrast to what was considered the main funerary expressions in South Portugal. Ultimately, through the application of new, or differently applied, technologies and ways of thinking, this volume offers a series of studies that remove some of the mystery that surrounds these mementos of another time.Peer reviewedArchaeopressHigginbottom, Gail [0000-0002-1818-7024]González-García, A. César [0000-0003-1831-8562]Criado-Boado, Felipe [0000-0003-4235-706X]Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]202620262026info:eu-repo/semantics/otherhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2f33Publisher's versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/bookapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/427757reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Ingléshttps://doi.org/10.32028/9781805830764Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:dnet:digitalcsic_::6f926b1418f057a8c9c525e583e76bf72026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Megalithic Societies: Old Questions, New Narratives
title Megalithic Societies: Old Questions, New Narratives
spellingShingle Megalithic Societies: Old Questions, New Narratives
Higginbottom, Gail
Megaliths
Mobility
Isotopes
Biomolecular Studies
Osteometrics
Radio Carbon
Cremations
Geomagnetic Prospection
LiDAR
Materiality
Memory
Cosmological Acquisition
Social Dynamics Ontologies
Farming Practices
Construction Techniques
Landscape
3D Models
Ditch Enclosures
Dolmens
Cairns
Pits
Earthworks
Timber Circle
Rock-cut & Passage Tombs
Funnel Beaker Culture
Bell-Beaker
Europe
France
Iberia
Scandinavia
Scotland
Germany
Ireland
Western Mediterranean Islands
title_short Megalithic Societies: Old Questions, New Narratives
title_full Megalithic Societies: Old Questions, New Narratives
title_fullStr Megalithic Societies: Old Questions, New Narratives
title_full_unstemmed Megalithic Societies: Old Questions, New Narratives
title_sort Megalithic Societies: Old Questions, New Narratives
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Higginbottom, Gail
Verdonkschot, Jadranka
Scarre, Chris
González-García, A. César
Criado-Boado, Felipe
author Higginbottom, Gail
author_facet Higginbottom, Gail
Verdonkschot, Jadranka
Scarre, Chris
González-García, A. César
Criado-Boado, Felipe
author_role author
author2 Verdonkschot, Jadranka
Scarre, Chris
González-García, A. César
Criado-Boado, Felipe
author2_role author
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Higginbottom, Gail [0000-0002-1818-7024]
González-García, A. César [0000-0003-1831-8562]
Criado-Boado, Felipe [0000-0003-4235-706X]
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Megaliths
Mobility
Isotopes
Biomolecular Studies
Osteometrics
Radio Carbon
Cremations
Geomagnetic Prospection
LiDAR
Materiality
Memory
Cosmological Acquisition
Social Dynamics Ontologies
Farming Practices
Construction Techniques
Landscape
3D Models
Ditch Enclosures
Dolmens
Cairns
Pits
Earthworks
Timber Circle
Rock-cut & Passage Tombs
Funnel Beaker Culture
Bell-Beaker
Europe
France
Iberia
Scandinavia
Scotland
Germany
Ireland
Western Mediterranean Islands
topic Megaliths
Mobility
Isotopes
Biomolecular Studies
Osteometrics
Radio Carbon
Cremations
Geomagnetic Prospection
LiDAR
Materiality
Memory
Cosmological Acquisition
Social Dynamics Ontologies
Farming Practices
Construction Techniques
Landscape
3D Models
Ditch Enclosures
Dolmens
Cairns
Pits
Earthworks
Timber Circle
Rock-cut & Passage Tombs
Funnel Beaker Culture
Bell-Beaker
Europe
France
Iberia
Scandinavia
Scotland
Germany
Ireland
Western Mediterranean Islands
description This volume features 16 papers from the European Megalithic Studies Group, exploring monuments across Europe. Topics include mobility, social structures, and symbolism, using methods like isotopic analysis, 3D modelling, and excavation. It reveals new insights into megalithic traditions and practices.
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