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Prehistory and monuments
Same Shape, Different Millennia
Every stone circle in Europe's open data, sorted into traditions and dated.
This is an interactive data study by Dr Tristan Hotham, built from open data. The map runs in your browser: explore it, search for places and switch layers. The write-up explains the method and what the data shows, and the data and code are open for anyone to reuse.
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