Discovery of a unique drainage and irrigation system that gave way to the 'Neolithic Revolution' in the Amazon
A pre-Columbian society in the Amazon developed a sophisticated agricultural engineering system that allowed them to produce ...
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Neolithic Farmers May Have Buried These Mysterious Stones to Bring Back the Sun After a Volcanic Eruption
Using ice core samples, researchers linked a natural disaster with a trove of nearly 5,000-year-old artifacts discovered at ...
Neolithic people in Denmark sacrificed ‘sun stones’ after climate cataclysm, scientists say
Sacrifices of “sun stones” occurred around the same time a volcanic eruption in 2900 BC dimmed the sun throughout Northern ...
Ancient Irrigation System Reveals 'Neolithic Revolution' in the Amazon
A pre-Columbian society in the Amazon developed a sophisticated agricultural engineering system that allowed them to produce ...
When Homo Sapiens Became Farmers
Our human ancestors fundamentally changed their eating behavior in the Neolithic period. This was when they began to cultivate cereals and domesticate wild animals.
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6,800-year-old “extremely rare” Neolithic site discovered on the French Riviera
One of the oldest Neolithic dwellings in France, attributed to the early Cardial period, is currently being excavated. This ...
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Volcanic eruption caused Neolithic people to sacrifice unique "sun stones"
Neolithic people on the Danish island Bornholm sacrificed hundreds of stones engraved with sun and field motifs.
Workers Building a Parking Lot Accidentally Dug Up One of France’s Oldest Buildings
The earliest farmers in France knew a thing or two about scouting a location for a room with a view. The evidence: a recent ...
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France’s Oldest Neolithic Settlement Discovered on the French Riviera
Archaeologists uncovered one of France's oldest Neolithic settlements, offering insights into Early Cardial period farming ...
An ancient volcano blotted out the sun, killing crops. People likely reacted by making "sun stones"
The sun stones correspond with the decline of the so-called Funnel Beaker tradition in European Neolithic culture, or the era ...
Turf over surf: Isotope analysis reveals prehistoric Greek dietary practices
Simon Fraser University, the Greek Ministry of Culture, and the University of Bologna have conducted an isotope study on the ...