The provenance of the stones in the Menga dolmen reveals one of the greatest engineering feats of the Neolithic

The provenance of the stones in the Menga dolmen reveals one of the greatest engineering feats of the Neolithic

Abstract The technical and intellectual capabilities of past societies are reflected in the monuments they were able to build. Tracking the provenance of the stones utilised to build prehistoric megalithic monuments, through geological studies, is of utmost interest for interpreting ancient architec...

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Main Authors: José Antonio Lozano Rodríguez, Leonardo García Sanjuán, Antonio M. Álvarez-Valero, Francisco Jiménez-Espejo, Jesús María Arrieta, Eugenio Fraile-Nuez, Raquel Montero Artús, Giuseppe Cultrone, Fernando Alonso Muñoz-Carballeda, Francisco Martínez-Sevilla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-47423-y

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-47423-y

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