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TRB culture : the first farmers of the north European plain
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ISBN: 0748603484 Year: 1992 Publisher: Edinburgh Edinburgh university press

Rössen - Gatersleben - Baalberge : Ein Beitrag zur Chronologie des mitteldeutschen Neolithikums und zur Entstehung der Trichterbecher-Kulturen
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ISBN: 377491303X 9783774913035 Year: 1976 Volume: 17 Publisher: Bonn Rudolf Habelt


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Megalithic monuments and social structures
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ISBN: 9789088907869 9088907862 9088907870 9088907889 9789088907883 9789088907876 Year: 2019 Publisher: Leiden

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Megalith building constitutes not only a past, but also a recent phenomenon, which is still practised today. The documentation and interpretation of recent megalith building traditions is offering potential aid in the interpretation of prehistoric monuments. Fieldwork in Sumba and Nagaland set up a frame to answer questions such as: Who is buried in the megalithic tombs and what kind of commemoration is connected to megalithic monuments? How are socioeconomic characteristics of the associated households and societies reflected in the megaliths? 'Megalithic monuments and social structures' includes various archaeological and ethnoarchaeological case studies on social implications of megalith building activities from a comparative perspective. The case studies presented include recent megalith building traditions in Sumba, Indonesia, Nagaland, North-East India, as well as Neolithic Funnel Beaker communities in today's Northern Germany and Southern Sweden. This book presents a rich body of new data. By taking into account recent examples of megalithic construction, knowledge on important and influential ways of acting within societal contexts was expanded, whereby above all decentralised and communally-designed mechanisms are important. The case studies presented here clearly demonstrate the importance of cooperative and competitive structures and their effect on feasting activities and megalith building. Additionally, megalithic monuments represent a way of expressing and materialising economic inequality and social prestige. These mechanism and aspects also represent interpretations regarding Funnel Beaker societies, which can supplement the existing ideas of megalithic construction in Neolithic Northern Europe.


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The TRB West group. Studies in the chronology and geography of the makers of hunebeds and tiefstich pottery
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ISBN: 9070319055 Year: 1979 Publisher: Oxford : Oxbow Books,

Jade und Kupfer : Untersuchungen zum Neolithisierungsprozess im westlichen Ostseeraum unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Kulturentwicklung Europas 5500 - 3500 BC.
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ISBN: 8788415260 Year: 2004 Publisher: Aarhus Aarhus university press


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Das Megalithgrab Espel I, Gemeinde Recke, Kreis Steinfurt mit einem Anhang der Funde aus Megalithgrab
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ISBN: 3402051486 Year: 1993 Publisher: Münster Aschendorff


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Das Mittelneolithikum zur Zeit der Trichterbecherkultur in Nordostholstein : Untersuchungen zu Archäologie und Landschaftsgeschichte
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ISSN: 05819741 ISBN: 3529011614 Year: 1987 Publisher: Neumünster Karl Wachholtz


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The Dutch Hunebedden : megalithic tombs of the Funnel Beaker culture
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ISBN: 1879621029 9781879621022 Year: 1992 Publisher: Ann Arbor International Monographs in Prehistory

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