The Neolithic Menhir Alignments in Carnac, France
2008-05-30 17:31:00 There’s an article in iht.com today that reveals the greatest mysteries of Stonehenge, namely, what the giant brooding stones represented. Apparently, the location was a a burial ground for several generations of a single, elite family. This is interesting because a similar idea dominated our conversation when we were visiting the “French Stonehenge” in Carnac, in ...
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Sudan: oldest proof of human sacrifice in neolithic Africa
2008-02-19 21:19:00 Source: Yahoo News via Anthropology net Anthropology net has some interesting comments about the news that a new discovery in Sudan, ?the oldest proof of human sacrifice in Africa,? pushes back the date of the Neolithic in Africa to at least 5,500 years ago. Go here to read the post. ?The tomb of a 5,500-year-old ...
Neolithic Sword and Artifacts Found in Southwestern China
2007-12-20 13:47:00 For the first time in Chongqing in southwestern China, archaeologists unearthed cultural artifacts that believed to date back to the Neolithic period, more than 4,000 years ago. The artifacts which includes several pieces of stone tools, including an axe, a peeling tool, shovels and adzes, a delicate bronze willow sword and a lance with particular "Ba" cultural images, was included in the previously unearthed seven tombs that belong to the Han Dynasty. Link
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Neolithic Sword Found in SW China
2007-12-18 14:10:00 An archaeologist examines a bronze willow sword unearthed on Friday in Chongqing.Archaeologists have unearthed cultural artifacts that date back to the Neolithic period, more than 4,000 years ago, in Chongqing in southwestern China.Several days ago the archeologists unearthed seven tombs that belong to the Han Dynasty, Chongqing Business News reported. On Saturday, they dug out several pieces of stone tools, including an axe, a peeling tool, shovels and adzes. They also found a delicate bronze willow sword and a lance with particular Ba cultural images. "Ba" refers to the people who lived in Chongqing and Sichuan Province in ancient China.It is the first time that Neolithic artifacts have been found in Chongqing. They indicate that human beings had already settled in the area some 2,000 years earlier than previously believed.An archaeologist holds a stone axe from the Neolithic period on Friday in Chongqing.
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Conference: Neolithic violence in a European perspective
2007-11-27 00:55:00 A conference on Neolithic violence in a European perspective will be held at the School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, on 14-15 March 2008. There is a conference website with downloadable registration form. A printable PDF flyer can also be downloaded. Until quite recently interpersonal violence was considered a marginal area of research for the ...
Silbury Hill: Burial ground for Neolithic ?souls?
2007-10-30 13:12:00 Europe’s tallest man-made mound, Silbury Hill, may have been a tomb for the souls of dead Neolithic men, according to archaeologists. Archaeologists discovered Neolithic builders introduced hundreds of sarsen stones into the hill, which they believe were considered sacred by humans of the period. Click Here To Read More! Source: dailymail.co.uk Bookmark to:
The Evolution Of Search: Neolithic Search Goes Social
2007-04-12 20:45:00 Browsing the blogs has its benefits. You read some interesting things. As most of you well know, I’m a big fan of social marketing and social optimization. But this mode of Internet marketing is relatively new. Recently, I saw an interesting little monologue on how we’ve arrived at our current state of search. I thought ...
Dig unearths evidence of Neolithic partying
2006-09-11 21:15:02 STONEHENGE visitors had the opportunity to get a glimpse of what life was like in Britain more than 4,000 years ago over the bank holiday weekend. A team of 100 archaeologists, from various universities around Britain, along with Wessex Archaeology, has been carrying out excavations as part of the seven-year Riverside Project at Woodhenge, Durrington Walls and Stonehenge Cursus to find out more |
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