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

In the Neolithic age stone axes were produced in large quantities in what is now the Lake District area.This stone axe, dating to around 3000 BC was discovered at Scaleby Moss, Carlisle and is an ...

The Ness of Brodgar is one of the largest and most important Neolithic excavations in Northern Europe, according to archaeologists. Two of the polished stone axes show damage from use. One of the ...

A Stone Age axe has been unearthed by archaeological students during a dig in Ceredigion. A team from the University of Wales discovered the Neolithic artefact during a three-week excavation in ...

“Orkney is a key to understanding Neolithic religion,” says site ... ceremonial mace heads, polished stone axes, flint knives, a human figurine, miniature thumb pots, beautifully crafted ...

While it is generally accepted that woodworking became more advanced and diverse in the Neolithic age, starting about 10,000 ...

early Neolithic age, according to Dickinson. This is because the Sanctuary is "integral" to the circle and not a separate element of it, the researcher said. In addition, three stone axes ...

Those Neolithic farmers mostly had light skin ... and bags hung with canine teeth from dozens of dogs; men have stone battle-axes. In one grave, neatly contained in a wooden crate on the concrete ...

Karahantepe is one of at least 20 sites dating to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic period, more than 10,000 years ago, that are being explored by archaeologists working in the Taş Tepeler, or Stone ...

A 5,000-year-old Neolithic site has been unearthed on a Danish island that holds an unusual secret: a stone-paved cellar associated with the Beaker Culture. The site, known as Nygårdsvej 3 ...

Q: How sophisticated were the stone tools that you found? Were they as sophisticated as Neolithic tools of Homo sapiens sapiens, or more like those of Homo erectus? It might seem surprising that ...

This Neolithic stone axe was found within a prehistoric pit at Clifton (Worcestershire) during an archaeological project in 2006. The axe itself is beautifully made of polished stone and is very ...