Researchers believe the site was used as a ritual gathering place during the Neolithic period thousands of years ago.

Over 100 small stone objects from Neolithic period are the earliest instance of 'spindle whorls,' used to spin fibers into ...

The spindle and whorl closely mirror the wheel-and-axle setup found in later, more advanced technologies, such as Bronze Age ...

or "New Stone Age," artifacts. "Indeed, in view of the large number and quality of the finds, the Neolithic Age might equally ...

and the Neolithic, or the new stone age. The telltale sign of this period, between 9,600 and 4,000 BC, was the use of small chipped stone tools and retouched bladelets. They were also an artistic ...

Life in Stone Age Orkney was far more refined than once imagined. The well-built homes at Skara Brae, Europe’s most complete Neolithic village ... introduce better tools and weapons.

What was life like in the Neolithic Stone Age? What was life like for Neolithic farmers? Find out about the tools they used and who lived at Skara Brae. What was life like in the Bronze Age?

Plague is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. The bubonic and septicemic forms — mainly infecting the lymph nodes and ...

Discover life in the Neolithic Stone Age. Life in the Bronze Age What was Bronze Age Britain like? Learn how bronze tools were made and find out about the Amesbury archer. Life in the Iron Age ...

The Blätterhöhle cave in Hagen, Germany, has become a significant archaeological site in Westphalia due to recent remarkable ...

These floors have gone out of fashion in some parts of the world, but in Stone Age Europe they were a cutting ... including flint tools, pottery shards, as well as fossilised sea urchins, nearly ...

Brushing away some dirt in southern Sweden, archaeologists carefully revealed a 2,500-year-old gravesite of an elite woman. Photos show a few of its treasures.