“It’s been assumed that the woodland was cleared away by Neolithic farmers, but that doesn’t ... figure is the earliest depiction of a human face found in Britain. Whatever the reason ...

Now, researchers have proposed a theory about the plaques’ origins: They suspect Neolithic farmers may have carved and ceremonially buried them after a volcanic eruption blotted out light from ...

These Neolithic farmers probably lived at the nearby settlements of Barnhouse or Skara Brae and worshiped at the Stones of Stenness. Maes Howe was the house of the dead – the house of the ancestors.

In the heart of Central Europe, buried beneath the soil of ancient lands, archaeologists have unraveled something far more profound than mere relics of the past. These discoveries—grinding ...

These farms marked the start of a new age in Britain – the Neolithic period (or new Stone ... they built can still be seen today. The early farmers still went hunting and gathered nuts and ...