Five thousand years ago the ancient inhabitants of Orkney ... suggest that the trademark style of grooved pottery that became almost universal throughout Neolithic Britain had its origin in ...

In a find that provides insights into the remarkable abilities of these ancient humans, new research studying the chemical ...

Stonehenge sits near the top of Britain’s most iconic landmarks, but a lesser-known precursor to this ancient ... Pottery Across the British Isles Further evidence of interactions across the British ...

Excavations in Elazığ, Turkey, reveal 6,000-year-old hearths and artifacts, offering new insight into ancient civilizations.

a region which saw the emergence of the most ancient farming communities in the world. Monumental structures, interpreted as monumental communal buildings (enclosures), were erected by groups of ...

About 5,000 years ago, an ancient craftsman in modern-day central England picked up a piece of flint. Chipping away at the flint a tiny piece at a time, the Neolithic person “painstakingly ...

These associated sites also share a clear chronological framework, as they are all dated to the end of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B. The archaeological material, mostly made up of abundant lithic ...

By the 9th to 8th millennium BC, Neolithic Ancient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan was already a sizeable permanent settlement, as expressed by surviving monumental architectural attributes such as a wall with ...

Hundreds of engraved sun stones were discovered in ceremonial sites, indicating a ritual response to climate catastrophe.