Megalithic monuments from Neolithic Europe have long been considered as rough copies of the monumental architectures built by the first civilizations of the Near East and Eastern Mediterranean. When radiocarbon dating jeopardized this diffusionist pattern, though, specialists could not but wonder why and how these Neolithic societies, usually considered as small village communities', had erected such monuments. In order to answer these questions and seek explanations in the social, political or religious contexts of recent or present megalith-building societies, the ethnological frame of...
Megalithic monuments from Neolithic Europe have long been considered as rough copies of the monumental architectures built by the first civilizations ...
The Herxheim enclosure, located in the German region of Palatinate, is one of the major discoveries of the last two decades regarding the Linear Pottery Culture, and probably one of the most significant in advancing understanding of how this culture ended. The spectacular deposits, mostly composed of human remains, recovered on the occasion of the two excavation campaigns carried out on the site, grabbed people's attention and at the same time raised several questions regarding their interpretation, which had so far mostly hesitated between peculiar funerary practices, war and cannibalism....
The Herxheim enclosure, located in the German region of Palatinate, is one of the major discoveries of the last two decades regarding the Linear Potte...
Connu depuis le milieu du 19e siecle, le site du Placard est un site majeur du Paleolithique superieur francais. Paradoxalement, en raison de l'anciennete des premieres fouilles, mal documentees, les dizaines de milliers de vestiges qui y ont ete decouverts sont pour la plupart inedits ou n'ont fait l'objet que d'etudes ponctuelles et souvent obsoletes. C'est le cas en particulier des restes humains, dont l'attribution culturelle etait par ailleurs jusqu'a recemment discutee. Leur datation montre qu'ils appartiennent a plusieurs epoques, mais la plus grande partie d'entre eux constitue un lot...
Connu depuis le milieu du 19e siecle, le site du Placard est un site majeur du Paleolithique superieur francais. Paradoxalement, en raison de l'ancien...