Research on Chinese Neolithic sites aim to discover true date of rice domestication
The Origins of Staple Food
Animal bones used to analyse ancient diets
The Origins of Staple Food
Could the origins of agriculture be located in the well drained foothills of mountain chains rather than river valleys as previously thought?
Europe’s First Farmers
November 7, 2008
Filed Under: Issue 32, Czech Republic, Features
Meet the ancestors: current research on skeletons from the Neolithic cemetery of Vedrovice is offering individual portraits of Europe’s first farmers
Neolithic Graves, Israel
Sea shells and phallic figurines found in Neolithic graves
The Original Dairy Farmers
Cattle, sheep and goats were domesticated by the 8th millennium BC but until recently the earliest evidence for milk processing, most likely to make butter, ghee, yogurt and cheese, came from the 5th millennium BC. This article is an extract from the full article published in World Archaeology Issue 32. Click here to subscribe
Towers and tombs
How rescue archaeology is revolutionising our knowledge of the past
Jordan, Neolithic Figs
Ancient figs found in Jordan may prove to be some the earliest evidence of agriculture in the world
Neolithic Baby Boom
Scientific study reveals the invention of agriculture led to significant population increase
Saxony’s Sun Sanctuary
A project to reconstruct a 5000 BC henge monument, interpreted as a solar observatory, the oldest of its kind in Europe, has just begun at Goseck in the German state of Saxony. The ambitious reconstruction, which is estimated to cost a total of 100,000 euros (c.£70,000) at its completion, should be finished by the end… [Continue Reading]
Catalhoyuk, Turkey
Excavated in the 1960′s, could this be the worlds oldest town?
Brochtorff Stone Circle
The Brochtorff Stone Circle at Xaghra on the island of Gozo reveals an amazing underground burial complex
Jomon pottery, Japan
Oldest pottery back into Palaeolithic
Llublijana, Slovenia
A wheel found in Slovenia dates to around 100 years earlier than the previous record holder
Kuk, Papua New Guinea
September 6, 2003
Filed Under: Issue 1, News, Papua New Guinea
Research reveals Papua New Guinea was a region where agriculture evolved independently
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