Neolithic Archive

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The Early and Middle Neolithic Pitted Ware Culture (PWC), dating from 3500 to 2300 B.C.E., migrated from the East and settled in modern-day Scandinavia.

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating near the central Bohemian town of Kutná Hora in the Czech Republic have unearthed an extremely well-preserved Neolithic settlement. The settlement

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com -  Scotland's landscape is a tapestry woven with threads of natural beauty, ancient mysteries, and captivating folklore. From towering standing stones to enigmatic stone

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have unearthed a rather intriguing prehistoric construction during their excavation in Marliens, France. The function and precise age of this structure remain

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - While excavating in the Neolithic city of Çatalhöyük in central Anatolia, archaeologists found an 8,600-year-old piece of bread in a structure resembling an

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com -  Scientists have examined an unusual Neolithic burial in Southern Italy. The curious archaeological finding poses many questions. Researchers are attempting to determine why

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A new study suggests that the difference in height between female and male individuals in northern Europe during the Early Neolithic (8,000–6,000 years

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating at La Draga de Banyoles, an Early Neolithic lakeshore site in Spain, have uncovered well-preserved 7,300-year-old wooden cabins. The ancient structures

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Birds were an important source of food for hunter-gatherer communities in Upper Mesopotamia at the beginning of the Neolithic period, around 9,000 years

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have discovered a "polishing boulder" in the Valley of the Stones near Dorchester, UK. The discovery was made in the designated Area

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A system of ancient ceramic water pipes, the oldest ever unearthed in China, shows that neolithic people were capable of complex engineering feats

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com -  While investigating the area around Dorstone Hill in Herefordshire, England, scientists discovered a remarkable complex of early Neolithic monuments. Archaeologists used advanced radiocarbon

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - For decades archaeology has been trying to explain how and why humans went from being exclusively hunter-gatherers to producing food, adopting agriculture and

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Stone Age humans may have made extended maritime voyages on the Caspian Sea, according to a new study published in the journal Open Archaeology.

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - In Vinoř, an area on the outskirts of Prague, Czech Republic, a mysterious 7,000-year-old circular structure has fascinated archaeologists for many years.  Scientists

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Arminghall Henge in Norwich, UK was first seen from the air in 1929, and was excavated in 1935. The 5,000-year-old timber circle is

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A new study has shown milk was used by the first farmers from Central Europe in the early Neolithic era around 7,400 years

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists are investigating a puzzling 7,000-year.old circular structure discovered in Vinoř, an area on the outskirts of Prague, Czech Republic. The purpose of

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The oldest known seeds from a watermelon relative, dating back 6,000 years to the Neolithic period, were found during an archaeological dig in

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - As early as the Neolithic period, pests posed a threat to agricultural yields, as shown by the remains of mice and insects found

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com -  The huge Neolithic necropolis in Fleury-sur-Orne, Normandy, France is the resting place for a group of selected individuals who were buried in impressively