#prehistory — Public Fediverse posts
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Prehistoric builders hauled 25-ton stones across Yorkshire despite having rock much closer. Then centuries later, one missing monolith may have reappeared in disguise.
#DevilsArrows #AncientBritain #Megaliths #Prehistory #AncientMysteries
Read more:https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/devil-s-arrows-stone-row-source-00103163 -
French archaeologist Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthe, born OTD in 1788, excavated and studied what he called the Antediluvian period of prehistoric #France https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/pierre-tourneresse/?s=mb #travel #prehistory
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French archaeologist Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthe, born OTD in 1788, excavated and studied what he called the Antediluvian period of prehistoric #France https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/saumur-megaliths/?s=mb #travel #prehistory
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French archaeologist Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthe, born OTD in 1788, excavated and studied what he called the Antediluvian period of prehistoric #France https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/paris-megaliths/?s=mb #travel #prehistory
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French archaeologist Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthe, born OTD in 1788, excavated and studied what he called the Antediluvian period of prehistoric #France https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/paris-megaliths/?s=mb #travel #prehistory
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French archaeologist Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthe, born OTD in 1788, excavated and studied what he called the Antediluvian period of prehistoric #France https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/paris-megaliths/?s=mb #travel #prehistory
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French archaeologist Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthe, born OTD in 1788, excavated and studied what he called the Antediluvian period of prehistoric #France https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/paris-megaliths/?s=mb #travel #prehistory
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French archaeologist Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthe, born OTD in 1788, excavated and studied what he called the Antediluvian period of prehistoric #France https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/paris-megaliths/?s=mb #travel #prehistory
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🗿 NEW: Comic artist @Ullilust spent years reading #iceage #archaeology before #drawing it.
Her "Early Man Was a Woman," the first comic to win #Germany’s top #nonfiction prize, argues the #StoneAge was more egalitarian than the familiar male-hunter image. #Paleolithic #art favors female figures, she notes, yet male researcher bias long dismissed them.
👉 https://www.science.org/content/article/comic-drawing-women-prehistory
#prehistory #comics #history #venus #arthistory #feminism #graphicnovel #science #gender #caveart
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🗿 NEW: Comic artist @Ullilust spent years reading #iceage #archaeology before #drawing it.
Her "Early Man Was a Woman," the first comic to win #Germany’s top #nonfiction prize, argues the #StoneAge was more egalitarian than the familiar male-hunter image. #Paleolithic #art favors female figures, she notes, yet male researcher bias long dismissed them.
👉 https://www.science.org/content/article/comic-drawing-women-prehistory
#prehistory #comics #history #venus #arthistory #feminism #graphicnovel #science #gender #caveart
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🗿 NEW: Comic artist @Ullilust spent years reading #iceage #archaeology before #drawing it.
Her "Early Man Was a Woman," the first comic to win #Germany’s top #nonfiction prize, argues the #StoneAge was more egalitarian than the familiar male-hunter image. #Paleolithic #art favors female figures, she notes, yet male researcher bias long dismissed them.
👉 https://www.science.org/content/article/comic-drawing-women-prehistory
#prehistory #comics #history #venus #arthistory #feminism #graphicnovel #science #gender #caveart
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🗿 NEW: Comic artist @Ullilust spent years reading #iceage #archaeology before #drawing it.
Her "Early Man Was a Woman," the first comic to win #Germany’s top #nonfiction prize, argues the #StoneAge was more egalitarian than the familiar male-hunter image. #Paleolithic #art favors female figures, she notes, yet male researcher bias long dismissed them.
👉 https://www.science.org/content/article/comic-drawing-women-prehistory
#prehistory #comics #history #venus #arthistory #feminism #graphicnovel #science #gender #caveart
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🗿 NEW: Comic artist @Ullilust spent years reading #iceage #archaeology before #drawing it.
Her "Early Man Was a Woman," the first comic to win #Germany’s top #nonfiction prize, argues the #StoneAge was more egalitarian than the familiar male-hunter image. #Paleolithic #art favors female figures, she notes, yet male researcher bias long dismissed them.
👉 https://www.science.org/content/article/comic-drawing-women-prehistory
#prehistory #comics #history #venus #arthistory #feminism #graphicnovel #science #gender #caveart
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Gene That Differs Between Humans and Neanderthals Could Shed Light On The Species Disappearance Mouse Study Suggests
Allan Henderson (CC BY 2.0) A gene called ASDL, which helps synthesize DNA, differs between modern humans and our extinct human relatives. The findings could shed light on why Neanderthals vanished. A protein that helps synthesize DNA is different in modern humans than it is in Neanderthals and Denisovans our closest extinct relatives and new experiments in mice genetically modified to express the modern human version hint that this may have made us behave differently…….Continue […] -
#1359 Stan Beckensall - British Prehistoric Rock Art. Tempus Publishing Ltd, Stroud, 1999, 1st edition.
#StanBeckensall #TempusPublishing #RockArt #Petroglyphs #Prehistory #BookOfTheDay
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Everyone links boomerangs to Australia. But the oldest known example was discovered in Europe, carved from mammoth ivory nearly 40,000 years ago.
#Boomerang #AncientHistory #HistoricMysteries #Archaeology #Prehistory #AncientHumans #LostHistory
Read more:https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-other-artifacts/40000-year-old-worlds-oldest-boomerang-00102947 -
Via @your.local.federal.agent on Instagram:
Epic prehistoric plushie unboxing!! Thank you so much @paleodudebrennan @fromtheshaleplushies
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Utrect University: Where was your back yard millions of years ago?. “An international team of earth scientists led by Utrecht professor Douwe van Hinsbergen has developed an online tool that allows you to see, for any given location on Earth, what latitude it occupied in the distant past, right back to the heyday of the supercontinent Pangaea 320 million years ago.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/02/utrect-university-where-was-your-back-yard-millions-of-years-ago/ -
Archaeoethnologica: Bukivna, An Elite Necropolis / Bukivna, Uma necropole de Elite
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#Archaeology #Prehistory #Protohistory #Steppe #EastEurope #funerary #materialculture #Ukraine #burials #socialstructure #books #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Bukivna, An Elite Necropolis / Bukivna, Uma necropole de Elite
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#Archaeology #Prehistory #Protohistory #Steppe #EastEurope #funerary #materialculture #Ukraine #burials #socialstructure #books #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Bukivna, An Elite Necropolis / Bukivna, Uma necropole de Elite
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#Archaeology #Prehistory #Protohistory #Steppe #EastEurope #funerary #materialculture #Ukraine #burials #socialstructure #books #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Bukivna, An Elite Necropolis / Bukivna, Uma necropole de Elite
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#Archaeology #Prehistory #Protohistory #Steppe #EastEurope #funerary #materialculture #Ukraine #burials #socialstructure #books #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Bukivna, An Elite Necropolis / Bukivna, Uma necropole de Elite
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#Archaeology #Prehistory #Protohistory #Steppe #EastEurope #funerary #materialculture #Ukraine #burials #socialstructure #books #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Bukivna, An Elite Necropolis / Bukivna, Uma necropole de Elite
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#Archaeology #Prehistory #Protohistory #Steppe #EastEurope #funerary #materialculture #Ukraine #burials #socialstructure #books #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Bukivna, An Elite Necropolis / Bukivna, Uma necropole de Elite
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#Archaeology #Prehistory #Protohistory #Steppe #EastEurope #funerary #materialculture #Ukraine #burials #socialstructure #books #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Bukivna, An Elite Necropolis / Bukivna, Uma necropole de Elite
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#Archaeology #Prehistory #Protohistory #Steppe #EastEurope #funerary #materialculture #Ukraine #burials #socialstructure #books #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Bukivna, An Elite Necropolis / Bukivna, Uma necropole de Elite
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#Archaeology #Prehistory #Protohistory #Steppe #EastEurope #funerary #materialculture #Ukraine #burials #socialstructure #books #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Bukivna, An Elite Necropolis / Bukivna, Uma necropole de Elite
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#Archaeology #Prehistory #Protohistory #Steppe #EastEurope #funerary #materialculture #Ukraine #burials #socialstructure #books #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Bukivna, An Elite Necropolis / Bukivna, Uma necropole de Elite
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#Archaeology #Prehistory #Protohistory #Steppe #EastEurope #funerary #materialculture #Ukraine #burials #socialstructure #books #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Bukivna, An Elite Necropolis / Bukivna, Uma necropole de Elite
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#Archaeology #Prehistory #Protohistory #Steppe #EastEurope #funerary #materialculture #Ukraine #burials #socialstructure #books #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Bukivna, An Elite Necropolis / Bukivna, Uma necropole de Elite
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#Archaeology #Prehistory #Protohistory #Steppe #EastEurope #funerary #materialculture #Ukraine #burials #socialstructure #books #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Bukivna, An Elite Necropolis / Bukivna, Uma necropole de Elite
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#Archaeology #Prehistory #Protohistory #Steppe #EastEurope #funerary #materialculture #Ukraine #burials #socialstructure #books #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Bukivna, An Elite Necropolis / Bukivna, Uma necropole de Elite
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#Archaeology #Prehistory #Protohistory #Steppe #EastEurope #funerary #materialculture #Ukraine #burials #socialstructure #books #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Bukivna, An Elite Necropolis / Bukivna, Uma necropole de Elite
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#Archaeology #Prehistory #Protohistory #Steppe #EastEurope #funerary #materialculture #Ukraine #burials #socialstructure #books #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Bukivna, An Elite Necropolis / Bukivna, Uma necropole de Elite
+INFO in: https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2026/03/bukivna-uma-necropole-de-elite.html
#Archaeology #Prehistory #Protohistory #Steppe #EastEurope #funerary #materialculture #Ukraine #burials #socialstructure #books #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Bukivna, An Elite Necropolis / Bukivna, Uma necropole de Elite
+INFO in: https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2026/03/bukivna-uma-necropole-de-elite.html
#Archaeology #Prehistory #Protohistory #Steppe #EastEurope #funerary #materialculture #Ukraine #burials #socialstructure #books #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Bukivna, An Elite Necropolis / Bukivna, Uma necropole de Elite
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#Archaeology #Prehistory #Protohistory #Steppe #EastEurope #funerary #materialculture #Ukraine #burials #socialstructure #books #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Bukivna, An Elite Necropolis / Bukivna, Uma necropole de Elite
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#Archaeology #Prehistory #Protohistory #Steppe #EastEurope #funerary #materialculture #Ukraine #burials #socialstructure #books #openaccess
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Rock Art on Screen: 12 Free Documentaries That Bring the Painted Past to Life
By Seth Chagi for World of Paleoanthropology
“We carry the torch of ancient storytellers each time we switch on a screen.” — Stoic reflection after too many late‑night documentary binges
Rock art feels simultaneously intimate and cosmic—handprints that whisper I was here across 30,000 years. The internet, bless its algorithmic heart, is brimming with free films that let us wander those caves and escarpments without the knee‑scrapes, bat guano, or UNESCO paperwork. Below are a dozen feature‑length (20 min +) documentaries your audience can stream today. I’ve grouped them by theme and noted what each one can teach us. Pop some popcorn (or Aquafor‑coated trail mix if you’re truly hardcore) and prepare to time‑travel.
1. Deep Time Immersion
TitleRuntimePlatformWhy Watch“Cave of Forgotten Dreams”89 minWatchDocumentaries.comWerner Herzog’s 3‑D glide through Chauvet (32 kya) is as close as most of us will get to those charcoal lions. Perfect for discussing preservation ethics, pigment chemistry, and the phenomenology of darkness.“Inside France’s Chauvet Cave” (DW Documentary)52 minYouTubeA more traditional science‑journalist tour that balances visuals with up‑to‑date uranium‑thorium dating and virtual‑reality replication work. Great classroom fodder on 3‑D scanning.2. Rock Art & Global Narratives
TitleRuntimePlatformWhy Watch“Les secrets des fresques d’Amazonie”88 minARTE.tvTakes viewers into Colombia’s Serranía de la Lindosa cliff murals—tens of thousands of figures dated ≥12 kya—while foregrounding Indigenous perspectives and environmental stakes.“Oldest Cave Art Found in Sulawesi”24 minYouTube (Griffith Univ.)Concise but rich breakdown of the 45 kya pig panel & new 51 kya hunting scene; use it to spark debates on symbolic cognition outside Europe.“KIMBERLEY ROCK ART: A World Treasure”45 minYouTubeExplores Australia’s Gwion Gwion & Wandjina iconography, weaving in modern Aboriginal custodianship and cutting‑edge optically stimulated luminescence dating.“The Rock Art of Arnhem Land” (Part I)26 minYouTubeVeteran archaeologist Paul Taçon walks viewers through x‑ray kangaroos and Lightning Man motifs; ideal primer on superimposition sequences.3. Mediterranean & Atlantic Europe
TitleRuntimePlatformWhy Watch“Rock‑Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus” (UNESCO/NHK)28 minUNESCO.orgSahara pastoralism in motion—perfect for stressing how climate shifts shaped iconographic changes.“Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin”28 minYouTube (UNESCO)Surveys 758 Iberian sites; includes rare footage of Levantine‑style hunters in eastern Spain. Good segue into discussions of pigment sourcing.“Prehistoric Rock Art of the Côa Valley & Siega Verde”30 minUNESCO.orgNight‑shot filming of open‑air engravings (≈25 kya onward) highlights why Foz Côa is a conservation victory.“Exploring the Ancient Art of Altamira”24 minYouTubeA guided VR‑style tour of Spain’s “Sistine Chapel of the Palaeolithic,” complete with replica cave construction details—great for public‑engagement case studies.4. Decoding Symbolic Systems
TitleRuntimePlatformWhy Watch“How Art Made the World – Ep 2: The Day Pictures Were Born”59 minYouTube (BBC series)Frames cave art within a cognitive‑evolution story: why image‑making matters for social cohesion.**“Paleo Cave Art Mysteries” (Episode 1 of 3)22 minYouTube**Paleoanthropologist Neil Bockoven dives into dot‑and‑line signs (à la von Petzinger) and therianthropes; a bite‑sized springboard for symbol taxonomy exercises.How to Use This Playlist – (of course, you could just be like me and want to watch them, but here are some fun activities for those of you who may be teachers, professors, and the like for your students to better engage with the content):
- Chronological Viewing Party: Start with Acacus for Holocene climate context, swing through European Upper Palaeolithic masterpieces, then finish in the Amazon to spotlight New World debates.
- Data‑Extraction Exercise: Have students log motifs, substrates, and dating techniques in a shared Zotero group to spot regional patterns.
- Compare Custodianship Models: Contrast Indigenous‑led management in Australia with state oversight in France and Spain—fertile ground for ethical discussions.
- DIY Experimental Archaeology: After watching the Altamira VR segment, try recreating blowing techniques with ochre and charcoal on butcher paper (outdoors, trust me).
Remember: every dash of ochre, every engraved aurochs, is a dialogue across millennia. Hit play, listen closely, and pass the story on.
Feel free to embed this post—just credit World of Paleoanthropology and link readers back to the documentary sources. Happy cave‑surfing!
#Altamira #AncientArt #Anthropology #Archaeology #ArtHistory #CaveArt #CavePainting #ChauvetCave #GwionGwion #HandsOnHistory #HumanEvolution #Lascaux #PaleoArt #Paleolithic #ParietalArt #Petroglyphs #PrehistoricArt #Prehistory #RockArt #RockArtResearch #StoneAge #SulawesiRockArt #UNESCOWorldHeritage #UpperPaleolithic
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»Can we find gender diversity in European prehistory?« This question will be explored by Katharina Rebay-Salisbury today at 6 pm in the last #keynote of the Kiel Conference 2025 #KielScales25. In an intreview, she gave us a little preview. More tonight: https://events.kielconference25.smart-abstract.com/#/event/83447
#Diversity #Prehistory #Gender #genderarcheaology #uniwien #archeaology -
Volcanic Eruptions Linked To Neolithic 'Sun Stone' Sacrifices In Denmark
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https://phys.org/news/2025-01-volcanic-eruptions-linked-neolithic-sun.html <-- shared technical article
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https://dx.doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.217 <-- shared paper
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#archaeology #excavation #neolithic #sunstone #denmark #island #Bornholm #sacrificed #sun #field #agriculture #volcanic #eruption #model #modeling #humanimpacts #weather #climate #volcaniceruption #ash #sulfur #atmosphere #stratosphere #farming #agriculture #crop #cropyields #failed #harvest #foodsecurity #famine #disease #prehistory #icecore #reconstruction #Vasagård #Vasagard #ritual #spiritual #reconstruction #spatiotemporal -
Volcanic Eruptions Linked To Neolithic 'Sun Stone' Sacrifices In Denmark
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https://phys.org/news/2025-01-volcanic-eruptions-linked-neolithic-sun.html <-- shared technical article
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https://dx.doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.217 <-- shared paper
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#archaeology #excavation #neolithic #sunstone #denmark #island #Bornholm #sacrificed #sun #field #agriculture #volcanic #eruption #model #modeling #humanimpacts #weather #climate #volcaniceruption #ash #sulfur #atmosphere #stratosphere #farming #agriculture #crop #cropyields #failed #harvest #foodsecurity #famine #disease #prehistory #icecore #reconstruction #Vasagård #Vasagard #ritual #spiritual #reconstruction #spatiotemporal -
Volcanic Eruptions Linked To Neolithic 'Sun Stone' Sacrifices In Denmark
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https://phys.org/news/2025-01-volcanic-eruptions-linked-neolithic-sun.html <-- shared technical article
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https://dx.doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.217 <-- shared paper
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#archaeology #excavation #neolithic #sunstone #denmark #island #Bornholm #sacrificed #sun #field #agriculture #volcanic #eruption #model #modeling #humanimpacts #weather #climate #volcaniceruption #ash #sulfur #atmosphere #stratosphere #farming #agriculture #crop #cropyields #failed #harvest #foodsecurity #famine #disease #prehistory #icecore #reconstruction #Vasagård #Vasagard #ritual #spiritual #reconstruction #spatiotemporal -
Volcanic Eruptions Linked To Neolithic 'Sun Stone' Sacrifices In Denmark
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https://phys.org/news/2025-01-volcanic-eruptions-linked-neolithic-sun.html <-- shared technical article
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https://dx.doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.217 <-- shared paper
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#archaeology #excavation #neolithic #sunstone #denmark #island #Bornholm #sacrificed #sun #field #agriculture #volcanic #eruption #model #modeling #humanimpacts #weather #climate #volcaniceruption #ash #sulfur #atmosphere #stratosphere #farming #agriculture #crop #cropyields #failed #harvest #foodsecurity #famine #disease #prehistory #icecore #reconstruction #Vasagård #Vasagard #ritual #spiritual #reconstruction #spatiotemporal -
Volcanic Eruptions Linked To Neolithic 'Sun Stone' Sacrifices In Denmark
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https://phys.org/news/2025-01-volcanic-eruptions-linked-neolithic-sun.html <-- shared technical article
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https://dx.doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.217 <-- shared paper
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#archaeology #excavation #neolithic #sunstone #denmark #island #Bornholm #sacrificed #sun #field #agriculture #volcanic #eruption #model #modeling #humanimpacts #weather #climate #volcaniceruption #ash #sulfur #atmosphere #stratosphere #farming #agriculture #crop #cropyields #failed #harvest #foodsecurity #famine #disease #prehistory #icecore #reconstruction #Vasagård #Vasagard #ritual #spiritual #reconstruction #spatiotemporal -
Indo-European Phylogenetic And Linguistic Trees Concur
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https://www.razibkhan.com/p/we-are-what-we-speak-indo-european <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14317 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #language #IndoEuropean #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #linguists #historians #archaeologists #phylogenetic #tree #HumanGenomeProject #genetics #cultures #migration #paleogenomics #genotypes #prehistory #ancient #ancienthumans #DNA #prehistoric #populations #genetictree -
#770 Ann Woodward - British Barrows: A Matter of Life and Death. Tempus Publishing Ltd, Stroud, 2000, 1st edition. #AnnWoodward #TempusPublishing #Barrows #Prehistory #Archaeology #BookOfTheDay
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End of summer/back-to-work/school mood: