broken clay vessels and flint objects. The ditches were subsequently closed. Evidence from the site indicates that Neolithic people deposited the stones en masse over a short period—possibly in ...

Axes made from polished flint and stone were important throughout the Neolithic (Late Stone Age) and Early Bronze Age. Fine-grained stone was quarried from hillsides in Cumbria, Wales, Cornwall ...

Barkai R. and Gopher A. 1999. The Last Neolithic Flint Industry: A Study of the Technology, Typology and Social Implications of the Lithic Assemblage from Nahal Zehora I; A Wadi Raba (Pottery ...

According to the team, there is a high chance that a connection exists between the volcanic eruption, the subsequent changes in climate, and the ritual sun stone sacrifices. In addition to a ...

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

4,900 years ago, a Neolithic people on the Danish island Bornholm ... broken clay vessels, and flint objects around 2,900 BC. The ditches were subsequently closed." Rune Iversen and his colleagues ...

About 4,900 years ago, a Neolithic people on the Danish island ... broken clay vessels, and flint objects around 2,900 BC. The ditches were subsequently closed," he adds. Dr. Iversen and his ...