Stone age settlements

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Archaeologists from the University of Chester have discovered a Stone Age hunter-gatherer settlement during excavations near Scarborough, England. - HeritageDaily - Archaeology News

Jerusalem has a long, long history. By the end of the Bronze Age, it was already a capital of a city-state connected to Egypt. The reign of the storied King...

Most likely, a raiding party torched the village. Flames raced through the wooden roundhouses so quickly that the inhabitants fled without their belongings. The scorched remains, perched on stilts, eventually collapsed into the river below....

A dinosaur hunter stumbled upon Africa's largest Stone Age burial ground. More than two decades later, he can't stop going back.

Discs or rondelles from the stone age - There are many examples of discs with central holes from various (mostly Magdalenian) sites in Europe. The most famous are those made of bone or ivory which bear carvings of various kinds, and are art objects in their own right. Various theories have been put forward as to their use, including clothing decoration and large buttons. These are unlikely primary uses, since all have just one, central hole. If they were meant to be sewn to clothing they…

The classification of archaeological assemblages in the Middle Stone Age of South Africa in terms of diversity and temporal continuity has significant implications with respect to recent cultural evolutionary models which propose either gradual accumulation or discontinuous, episodic processes for the emergence and diffusion of cultural traits. We present the results of a systematic technological and typological analysis of the Still Bay assemblages from Sibudu and Blombos. A similar…

Analyses of Stone Age settlements reveal that the hunters were healthy and would gladly eat anything they could get their hands on, including carbohydrates – contrary to the modern definition of the Paleolithic, or Stone Age diet.

Of the top things to do in Shetland, Jarlshof was my favourite. Home to the largest site of Viking remains in Britain, and years of history before that.