Neolithic Archive
Archaeology
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.
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Menga Dolmen, situated in Antequera, Málaga, Spain, has long been a subject of scientific inquiry due to its remarkable size and antiquity among
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Archaeology
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
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - When archaeologists ventured into the narrow Scottish cave, they had no clues of what they might uncover, if anything at all. As they
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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
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists in Oppin, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, have uncovered a remarkable 4,200-year-old grave that sheds light on ancient burial practices. The grave, dating back to
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Archaeology
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
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek- AncientPages.com - Scientists have found evidence people navigated the Mediterranean Sea using technologically sophisticated boats about 7,000 years ago. A recent research conducted by Juan F.
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Archaeology
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
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - There have always been several ways to prepare meals. Food can be cooked in different pots depending on the meal. Ancient people realized
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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
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - In the forest steppe northwest of the Black Sea—today the territory of the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine—mega-sites of the Trypillia societies emerged
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DNA
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
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Scientists have long been intrigued by the mysterious Menga Dolmen in Spain. The Menga Dolmen is one of the largest known ancient megalithic
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Archaeology
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
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - While investigating a site at the southern edge of the Nefud desert in Saudia Arabia, archaeologists discovered remarkable ancient life-sized engravings of extinct
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Archaeology
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
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A leading team of researchers have discovered what is believed to be a complete Neolithic cursus set within a rich prehistoric landscape on
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Archaeology
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
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - One of the most fascinating sites where scientists can study the history of Neolithic people is the Galería del Sílex Cave, part of
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Archaeology
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
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Scientists have discovered a Neolithic ornate necklace in a child's grave in Jordan. According to a new study, this single accessory provides new
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Archaeology
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
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Researchers have identified marks carved intentionally on bay trees some five or ten years before the Neolithic settlement of La Draga was built
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Archaeology
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
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Underwater archaeologists have discovered rare, well-preserved cloth fragments, dwellings, baskets, weaving swords, and much more while examining a site near Rome, Italy. The
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Archaeology
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.
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Visitors to the beautiful island of Korcula, the supposed birthplace of Marco Polo in Croatia, can admire wonderful dense pine forests, beautiful buildings,
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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
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Human Beginnings
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - How much do we know about the Neolithic lifestyle? According to a Professor, the stereotypical view of how Neolithic men and women lived is
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Archaeology
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
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - About 4,500 years ago, Neolithic toolmakers used this site like a giant whetstone to polish axes. The large sandstone was discovered by archaeologists
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Archaeology
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
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - An analysis of obsidian artifacts excavated during the 1960s at two prominent archaeological sites in southwestern Iran suggests that the networks Neolithic people
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Archaeology
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
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A team of scientists led by the University of Bristol, has uncovered intriguing new insights into the diet of people living in Neolithic
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Archaeology
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
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A comprehensive scientific study combining high-quality aerial photography, a topographic survey, laser scanning, and geophysical survey have resulted in the discovery of an
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Archaeology
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
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - During an archaeological survey of Castilly Henge, near Bodmin scientists uncovered a previously unknown stone circle inside a Cornwall scheduled monument. The remarkable and
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Archaeology
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
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The emergence and spread of agriculture in the Neolithic had a revolutionary impact on the development of human society, and it provided a
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