The symbolic transformations of objects of stone and bone with probable ritual and religious significance. Introduction The...
Stone Age
The Stone Age encompasses the earliest and longest period of human technological development. Explore how communities adapted to their environments before metal tools became widespread.
Antiquarians focused on the few millennia that separated the Roman occupation of Europe from the beginning of...
Bordes was one of a kind. He was a sturdy, vigorous, restless, volatile man. Introduction This is...
The shift from the hunter-gatherer strategy to farming occurred in stages. Introduction The Neolithic Revolution began between 10,000 and...
How ancient humans by Lake Malawi in Africa were the first to substantially modify their environment. By...
His interest in Iron Age Britain and Europe generated a number of publications and he became an...
Neolithic people did not write. However, because they lived in settled communities, they left many traces. By...
Human remains, the “Palestine Man”, found south of Lake Tiberias in the Zuttiyeh Cave, date back as...
People were becoming more aware of their inter-dependence, of social obligations, and of loyalties beyond the immediate...
During this period major climatic and other changes occurred, affecting the evolution of humans. Introduction The Paleolithic...
Introduction The term Neolithic Period refers to the last stage of the Stone Age – a term...
The Stone Age as a whole makes up around 99% of humanity’s technological calling card. By Emma...
It must be recognized that stone was by no means the only material used for tools throughout...
The ‘Venus of Willendorf’ at around 28,000 years old is one of the earliest depictions of women...
Silbury Hill Neolithic mound. It stands 30 metres high and 160 metres wide, and comprises half a...
Cereal in West Kennet (Wiltshire, United Kingdom). Copyright © Victor Jimenez Jaimez 2014 – Creative Commons Attribution...
The owner of this skull had a nasty run in with an axe. Christian Meyer These massacres entail killing...
Rock art in central Northumberland, northern England. Author provided Trying to save Neolithic rock art made by our ancient ancestors is no easy task. But it tells us how...
Cat’s Brain long barrow is near the more famous Stonehenge (pictured) but predates it by hundreds of...
The decoration of choice by Europe’s farming-friendly forefathers. Solange Rigaud, Author provided Studying beads, shells and animal teeth –...
Ivory beads and ochre—affixed to the pelvic bones of a child—likely decorated the burial clothing of this...
Map of France showing the location of Lascaux By Mary Beth Looney / 11.19.2015 Acting Program Director...
Çatalhöyük after the first excavations by James Mellaart and his team (photo: Omar hoftun, CC: BY-SA 3.0) By Dr....
From Khan Academy By Dr. Bryan Zygmont / 11.21.2015 Associate Professor of Art History Clarke University Venus of Willendorf,...
Apollo 11 Cave Stones, Namibia, quartzite, c. 25,500–25,300 B.C.E. Image courtesy of State Museum of Namibia.’ By Nathalie...
This diagram depicts part of the Late Neolithic farmhouse with the position of the postholes. Drawing: Archaeologist...
By Dr. Jessi Halligan / 08.05.2016 Assistant Professor of Anthropology Florida State University The rain was mercifully...
The stone flakes are flying, but what brain regions are firing? / Photo by Shelby S. Putt...
Tools from the Stone Age / Wikimedia Commons Lecture by Dr. Yuval Noah Harari Professor of History...