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Neolithic

Trying to core the ground to take samples last year was like trying to "drill through concrete," Gaffney says. So the team got a bigger drill.

Near Stonehenge, an Even Bigger Neolithic Site Is Hidden Underground

A giant circle of pits is the largest Neolithic site found in Britain to date.

Isaac Schultz June 29, 2020

These petroglyphs feature ibexes and snow leopards

Ulaankhus, Mongolia

Petroglyphs of Tsagaan Salaa-Baga Oigor

These ancient pecked images are among the oldest and best-preserved in Mongolia.

The site now consists of almost unrecognizable ruins

La Starza

This site marks the oldest known settlement in Campania, inhabited around 9,000 years ago.

Excavations near the modern Slovakian town of Vráble, for which the site is named, offered archaeologists new insights into the counterclockwise rotation of ancient construction.

The Mystery of Neolithic Slovakia's Rotating Villages

It’s hard to think straight when your brain is asymmetric.

Isaac Schultz February 5, 2020

You, too, could prune a shrub here.

9 Scottish Castles and One Neolithic Village Are Now Hiring

The jobs are simple, but the views are spectacular.

Sabrina Imbler December 19, 2019

Carn Brea Castle

Redruth, England

Carn Brea Castle

A 14th century castle built on the seat of a mighty giant.

The Swedish town of Linköping, where a Neolithic family grave is adding to the understanding of human migration.

Scientists Are Learning More About Scandinavia's Battle Axe Culture

The genetics of a Stone Age family with a metal name.

Isaac Schultz October 18, 2019

A historical illustration of a common carp.

Found: 588 Carp Teeth From China's Oldest-Known Fish Farm

Chinese farmers domesticated the common carp as early as 6200 BC, researchers say.

Sabrina Imbler October 1, 2019

Quelfénec Neolithic Site

Plussulien, France

Quelfénec Neolithic Site

This stone quarry was used to make axes and other tools more than 6,000 years ago.

Did lard help these megaliths make it to Stonehenge?

Does the Mystery of Stonehenge Involve Pig Fat?

New research says the megaliths may have been dragged to the site with the help of lard.

Jessica Leigh Hester July 17, 2019

The entrance to the Motte de la Jacquille.

Fontenille, France

Motte de la Jacquille

This 5,000-year-old tomb once had its own hinged door.

Aerial views of the islets in Loch Bhorgastail (top) and Loch Langabhat (bottom).

Prehistoric People Built Little Artificial Islands in Scottish Lochs

Researchers nudged the construction date of some these landmasses, known as crannogs, back to the Neolithic period.

Jessica Leigh Hester June 17, 2019

Grime's Graves Neolithic flint mines.

Lynford, England

Grime's Graves

A strange and ancient landscape hides the dark, cavernous remains of a 5,000-year-old flint mine.

Who's a good boy or girl?

Researchers Have Recreated the Face of an Ancient Dog

The canine remains were buried in a tomb in Orkney, Scotland, over 4,000 years ago.

Sabrina Imbler April 16, 2019

These women weren't just dropping by. See the trowel in her hand?

The Female Archaeologists of the Scottish Orkneys Were Hiding in Plain Sight

The women in this century-old photo weren't visitors—they were probably scientists.

Jessica Leigh Hester March 27, 2019

Tinder Fungus

One of the earliest fire-starting “technologies.”

Callanish Standing Stones.

Callanish, Scotland

Callanish Stones

The mysterious megaliths have enchanted and intrigued visitors for thousands of years.

Uley Long Barrow.

Uley Long Barrow

You can crawl inside this atmospheric 5,000-year-old tomb.