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Lying on the ground near the center of Stonehenge, partially covered by two huge slabs that appear to have toppled over, is a 16-foot-long block of gray-green sandstone. In 1620, noted landscape ...
Neolithic Britons made early forms of gruel and stew by cooking wheat and cereals in pots, new research has suggested.. Chemical analysis of well-preserved pottery found in the waters surrounding ...
Early Neolithic Britons had a one in 20 chance of suffering a skull fracture at the hands of someone else and a one in 50 chance of dying from their injuries. Details were presented at a meeting of ...
With this new data, the team hopes to figure out how Neolithic Britons transported such a large piece of rock 466 miles and exactly where it came from in Scotland’s rugged northeast.
By analyzing grains of rock within Stonehenge's "altar stone," researchers determined it was most likely transported from present-day Scotland — more than 450 miles away.
One of the massive rocks at the mysterious Stonehenge structure in southern England may have been toted in from about 500 miles away—a remarkable feat to accomplish some 4,500 years ago.. Called ...
New research has shed light on how Stonehenge may have served to unify Britain’s early farmers as newcomers from Europe began to arrive thousands of years ago.
Neolithic Britons cooked cereals, including wheat, in pots to make early forms of gruel and stew, new research has suggested. Scientists made the discovery by carrying out chemical analysis of ...