Radiocarbon and the Chronology of Scandinavian Megalithic Graves

Title: Radiocarbon and the Chronology of Scandinavian Megalithic Graves
Creator(s): Persson, Per; Sjögren, Karl-Göran
Date: 1995
Is Part Of: Journal of European Archaeology
Volume: 3
Issue: 2
Pages: 59-88
Language: eng
ISSN: 0965-7665
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1179/096576695800703694
Zotero BiDiAr: https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/MJ3E54WM/item-list
Abstract: Two new series of radiocarbon dates on human bones from passage graves in the Falbygden area in south-western Sweden are presented. It has long been nearly axiomatic that dolmens appeared earlier than passage graves, but the new dates indicate taht both types of megalithic grave were introduced at the same time in the later part of the early Neolithic. This also means that the oldest types vary between different regions. In Denmark, the oldest type of megalithic grave is the domens, while passage graves were built from the beginning in Falbygden.

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