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Megalith-building, stone transport and territorial markers: evidence from Vale de Rodrigo, Évora, south Portugal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Philine Kalb
Philine Kalb*
Affiliation:
Instituto Arqueológico Alemão, Avenida da Liberdade 244 - 7°, P-1250 Lisbon, Portugal
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Extract

A further contribution concerning the moving of the great stones used in megalith-building in later prehistoric Europe.

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Antiquity , Volume 70 , Issue 269 , September 1996 , pp. 683 - 685
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1996

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