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Royal kurgans and the Valley of the Kings in Tuva: Arzhan to Tunnug

G. Caspari, J. B. Hansen · 2020 · Journal of Archaeological Science Reports

Uyuk Valley elite burial mapping

Kyzyl-Uzuk Kurgan Field (Upper Yenisei, Tuva)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2020Open source

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Royal kurgans and the Valley of the Kings in Tuva: Arzhan to Tunnug

G. Caspari, J. B. Hansen · 2020 · Journal of Archaeological Science Reports

Uyuk Valley elite burial mapping

Ust-Koksa Kurgan Field (Katun Headwaters, Altai)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2020Open source

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Royal kurgans and the Valley of the Kings in Tuva: Arzhan to Tunnug

G. Caspari, J. B. Hansen · 2020 · Journal of Archaeological Science Reports

Uyuk Valley elite burial mapping

Ak-Alakha Plateau Frozen Kurgans (Ukok Extension)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2020Open source

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Royal kurgans and the Valley of the Kings in Tuva: Arzhan to Tunnug

G. Caspari, J. B. Hansen · 2020 · Journal of Archaeological Science Reports

Uyuk Valley elite burial mapping

Tamgaly Tas Kurgan Field (Ili River Terraces)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2020Open source

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The Wittmoor and Corlea trackways: dating and landscape context

M. Taylor, B. Raftery · 2019 · Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society

Atlantic bog trackway dendrochronology

Corlea Bog Trackway Eastern Extension (Roscommon)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2019Open source

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The Wittmoor and Corlea trackways: dating and landscape context

M. Taylor, B. Raftery · 2019 · Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society

Atlantic bog trackway dendrochronology

Eaton (Eau Brink) Peat Trackway (Cambridgeshire Fens)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2019Open source

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The mustatils: cult and monumentality in Neolithic Arabia

H. Thomas, M. Luciani · 2022 · Antiquity

Mustatil chronology 7th mill. BCE

Negev Makhtesh Highlands Desert Kites

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

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The mustatils: cult and monumentality in Neolithic Arabia

H. Thomas, M. Luciani · 2022 · Antiquity

Mustatil chronology 7th mill. BCE

Bir al-Abd Desert Kites (North Sinai)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

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The mustatils: cult and monumentality in Neolithic Arabia

H. Thomas, M. Luciani · 2022 · Antiquity

Mustatil chronology 7th mill. BCE

Jebel Hasma Mustatil Field North (Tabuk)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

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The mustatils: cult and monumentality in Neolithic Arabia

H. Thomas, M. Luciani · 2022 · Antiquity

Mustatil chronology 7th mill. BCE

Wadi al-Hasa Desert Kites (Karak Plateau)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

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The mustatils: cult and monumentality in Neolithic Arabia

H. Thomas, M. Luciani · 2022 · Antiquity

Mustatil chronology 7th mill. BCE

Harrat al-Harrah Kite Cluster (Eastern Jordan Highlands)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

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The mustatils: cult and monumentality in Neolithic Arabia

H. Thomas, M. Luciani · 2022 · Antiquity

Mustatil chronology 7th mill. BCE

Azraq Basin Desert Kites (Qa al-Azraq Deflation Rim)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

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