Tag: prehistoric
Excavations in Stonehenge Landscape Reveals Neolithic Burials & Bronze Age Enclosure
Wessex Archaeology’s investigations, which included over 462 hectares of geophysical survey and 440 evaluation trenches, uncovered evidence of human activity dating back over 7000 years.
The Prehistoric Altar of Monte D’Accoddi
Studies of the monument have described Monte d'Accoddi as a prehistoric altar, a viewing platform, a step pyramid, or even an ancient architectural ziggurat.
10 prehistoric cave paintings
Cave paintings are a type of parietal art (which category also includes petroglyphs, or engravings), found on the wall or ceilings of caves.
Early example of ancient ochre crayon discovered near prehistoric lake
One of the earliest known examples of a ‘crayon’ used by our our ancestors from approximately 10,000 years ago has been unearthed by archaeologists near prehistoric lake covered in peat.
Neanderthal viruses found in modern humans
Virus's in Neanderthals also in modern human DNa
Archaeologists investigate Dartmoor prehistoric burial
The excavation of a prehistoric burial cist, situated high up on Whitehorse Hill on northern Dartmoor, has commenced. The cist was discovered 10 years ago when its end stone fell out of the peat hag which had been concealing it.