One of the West Kennett Avenue stones beside the B4003; the remaining stone of the destroyed Falkner's stone circle; and two from Avebury. On a rainy day at the end of May 2011.
"Standing here, in the rain
Maybe the weather will change again..."
Ancient Roman monument discovered atop much older Neolithic sacred spring
Archaeologists have unearthed ancient Roman-era ruins in the village of Chamborêt, near Limoges, France.
Over an area of 8800 square meters, researchers uncovered evidence of both ancient agropastoral practices and a remarkable monument dating to the third century CE...
A little bit of Avebury for today's #StandingStoneSunday. This visit in May 2011 at the end of a walk from Wroughton airfield that took in Barbary Castle hillfort, Fyfield Down (The Polisher) and Devil's Den. I like Avebury best as the end point of a walk over the Downs, with time to appreciate the landscape.
Three stones of the southern inner circle on the left, two massive stones of the great circle on the right.
A 10 mile, 6000 year bimble along the Cotswolds escarpment between Stroud and Dursley today. Three Neolithic long barrows, including the wondrous Hetty Pegler's Tump, a Bronze Age cairn and an Iron Age hillfort, with 4 hills (Tumps) thrown in for added exertion and heat.
The Neolithic site of Dispilio, Northern Greece, is a pile-dwelling site with 900+ piles excavated. Here, the authors use the 5259 BC Miyake event to date the juniper tree-ring chronology constructed from these piles to 5140 BC, making it the first Neolithic site in the region to be absolutely calendar dated.
#StandingStoneSunday a #Neolithic human-shaped stela with a necklace and a belt, carved in limestone. Found in Montagnac, #France. Dating 3200-2400 BC. In the late neolithic period several cultures living between the Atlantic Ocean and the Caucasus erected human-shaped stone sculptures showing clothing, weapons and jewellery. The stelae were symbols of power and status and were used for ancestor worship and rituals.
Off to Wiltshire and a Neolithic chambered tomb for today's #StandingStoneSunday
Devil's Den below Fyfield Down is a reconstructed chamber, originally it would have been covered by an earthen mound. It's a lovely walk here from Avebury or The Ridgeway, taking in the stone river of the Mother's Jam.
Divers recover chiseled obsidian from Neolithic shipwreck off Italian coast
Divers from the Naples Police underwater unit, based in Naples, Italy, have retrieved a substantial piece of obsidian from the remnants of a Neolithic shipwreck, off the coast of the island of Capri...
Fieldwork has been keeping me busy. Yesterday we found a Late #Neolithic (~2500 BC) sherd among our #BronzeAge farmsteads (~1500 BC). It could be a remnant of older occupation, or it could be an intrusive find because a busy badger dug a lot of tunnels in this area 🦡😂 #fieldwork
7,000-year-old Neolithic boats in the Mediterranean reveal advanced nautical technology
Researchers have revealed the remarkable maritime capabilities of Neolithic communities residing along the Mediterranean shores over 7,000 years ago. The investigation focused on the discovery of five intricately crafted canoes at the Neolithic lakeshore settlement of La Marmotta, located near Rome, Italy...
Archaeologists unearth earliest evidence of body perforation in Türkiye
Archaeologists have unearthed evidence of body perforation dating back 11,000 years at the Boncuklu Tarla excavation site in southeastern Türkiye. This finding, detailed in a study published in the journal Antiquity, represents the earliest known evidence of body piercing in Southwest Asia...
En vogue around 6,000 years ago: an amazing #Neolithic three-row necklace consisting of more than 500 (!) beads made from limestone and jet.
From Sachsenheim, dating around 4,000 BC.
A nearly 6,000-year-old stone axe in an antler sleeve and a wooden handle, found in the #Neolithic lake-dwelling at Hornstaad-Hörnle at Lake Constance. The sleeve absorbed energy from the blow.
Folklore suggests it acted as King Arthur’s dining table before his final battle. He must have needed some bloody high barstools if that was the case. Because up until the early 19th century, you could ride through it on horseback without ducking. Its current inauthentic and shorter stature is due to its botched restoration by the Navy after a lightning strike.
I'm somcak, a #librarian currently in #Ohio. I have 2 mini #dachshunds and 2 #cats. I enjoy all sorts of music, yes, even death metal on occasion!
I've been on Mastodon since October 2022, and this is my 5th server.
I use content warnings for all sorts of stuff, just trying to be considerate! I always make sure there's #AltText and #CamelCase for my own posts as well as those I boost. #Accessibility matters.
I enjoy learning about #history and #archeology, particularly the #neolithic. I'm also interested in #UrbanPlanning and how we can make communities greener. I have an #ebike and care about #CompleteStreets.
You know, there's this #Neolithic clay from Skejby in #Denmark it is regarded as one of the earliest known depictions of such an #eclipse, supposedly documenting one which may have taken place May 5th in 2,789 BC.
"New radiocarbon analysis of five dugout canoes found on the bed of Lake Bracciano 20 miles northwest of Rome have revealed the vessels are between 7,500 and 7,000 years old, the period when the first farmers migrated from the Near East throughout the Mediterranean, establishing communities in central Italy."
Abstract: For the past four decades, the ‘Secondary Products Revolution’ model, i.e., the exploitation of animal resources that do not involve killing the animal, such as the production of milk and wool and the use of animals for physical labour has been the object of heated discussion between Neolithic scholars. According...
Absolute dating of the European Neolithic using the 5259 BC rapid 14C excursion - Nature Communications (doi.org)
The Neolithic site of Dispilio, Northern Greece, is a pile-dwelling site with 900+ piles excavated. Here, the authors use the 5259 BC Miyake event to date the juniper tree-ring chronology constructed from these piles to 5140 BC, making it the first Neolithic site in the region to be absolutely calendar dated.
New evidence for prehistoric ploughing in Europe - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications [Open access] (www.nature.com)
Abstract: For the past four decades, the ‘Secondary Products Revolution’ model, i.e., the exploitation of animal resources that do not involve killing the animal, such as the production of milk and wool and the use of animals for physical labour has been the object of heated discussion between Neolithic scholars. According...