In a find that provides insights into the remarkable abilities of these ancient humans, new research studying the chemical ...

These early pottery Neolithic sites are very rare after ... “We found a mace head made of stone, which is a ceremonial weapon. It’s not used for hunting, it’s a weapon and probably showed ...

Not only did the metal alloy introduce better tools and weapons. It also brought ... Orkney Art Working in stone and bone, Neolithic artists fashioned objects both practical and decorative.

A new full-body reconstruction depicts a warrior wearing armor and holding weapons, all of which were found in a ...

An island community is set to become the first in Scotland to buy a protected ancient monument. The Tomb of the Eagles at ...

Axes made from polished flint and stone were important throughout the Neolithic (Late Stone Age) and Early Bronze Age. Fine-grained stone was quarried from hillsides in Cumbria, Wales, Cornwall ...

9 In eastern and southern Scotland and extending into southern England the visible remains of the Neolithic consist mainly of earthen barrows (Kinnes 1992a). On the ground today these monuments ...

You can go inside the stone chamber and see Viking graffiti carved on the ancient walls—a dragon, a serpent, a forest of runes. The Orkney archipelago was an epicenter of Neolithic life.

A standing stone was erected next to it and they dug out a ditch 14m/45ft across, with a bank rising next to it to mark it as a sacred space. These Neolithic farmers probably lived at the nearby ...