The Neolithic communities of the Iberian Peninsula were already strategically and efficiently managing cattle herds 6,000 ...

Archaeologists Unearth Rare Neolithic Settlement, Sheds Light on Civilization and Agricultural Practice In one of the most exciting archaeological finds, a group of researchers has revealed an ...

Cast far to Britain's north, the discovery dates back a staggering 5,000 years and offers vital clues about the island's ...

The village at Cavalaire-sur-Mer represents the second example of an open-air Cardial settlement ever discovered in France.

Archaeologists unearth “extremely rare” early Neolithic village on the French Riviera, marking the human transition from a nomadic existence to an agricultural society.

The new research, published in the journal Antiquity, links the deposition of these mysterious artefacts to the eruption, offering intriguing insights into the ritual practices of Neolithic ...

Credit: National Museum of Denmark Volcanic eruptions shaped the destinies of ancient European societies, leading to dramatic cultural shifts and the emergence of sun worship practices among Neolithic ...

The first discovery of the so-called sun stones arrived in 1995 when a few pieces came to light during excavations at the Neolithic site of Rispebjerg on the Danish island of Bornholm. But they ...

4,900 years ago, a Neolithic people on the Danish island Bornholm sacrificed hundreds of stones engraved with sun and field motifs. Archaeologists and climate scientists can now show that these ...

For all Earth’s roughly 4.5 billion year history, volcanic eruptions and plate tectonics have been shaping life–for better ... the agriculture-depended Neolithic peoples living there.

This is well-documented in written sources from ancient Greece and Rome. We do not have written sources from the Neolithic. But climate scientists from the Niels Bohr Institute at the University ...

The findings suggest a collective response to the environmental crisis, reflecting the central role of the sun in Neolithic life. Shortly after the stones were buried, the researchers noted ...