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Late Neolithic treasures of Jordan: Studying handmade pottery from Basatin
The Late Neolithic pottery is all handmade, and there is some evidence for coil construction. Although there are some ...
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Excavation near Jerusalem finds 9,000-year-old six-fingered Neolithic shaman woman
The woman had six fingers on her left hand, a characteristic that in ancient cultures was often interpreted as a sign of ...
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Pottery residue research explores culinary traditions in Germany from the Early Neolithic to the Bronze Age
The first agricultural and pottery-producing societies settled in Central Europe about 7,500 years ago with the dispersion of the Early Neolithic Linear Pottery Culture. Over the following ...
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The Tomb of a Neolithic Shaman Woman from 10,000 Years Ago Who Had Six Fingers on Her Left Hand, Found in the Hills of Jerusalem
A recent study published in the journal ‘Atiqot has revealed the discovery of an exceptional tomb at the Motza archaeological ...
Archaeologists stumped by strange alien-like figurine dating back 7,000 years: 'Raises questions'
Polish officials recently announced the discovery of an unusual alien-like clay head, which dates back to the Ubaid period of ancient Mesopotamia. Pottery was also found at the site.
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Bone Powder Detected on Neolithic Pottery From China
HENAN PROVINCE, CHINA—According to a Phys.org report, archaeologist Xingtao Wei of Zhengzhou University and his colleagues analyzed residues preserved on three 8,000-year-old pottery tripods ...
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Prehistoric pottery fingerprints 'left by two men'
Archaeologists believe fingerprints left on a piece of Neolithic pottery belonged to two young men. A single print was first discovered in April on the fragment of a clay vessel unearthed at ...
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Tracing early human occupation: Pre-Pottery Neolithic A settlements in Southern Levant
Jericho is one of the cities with the oldest defensive walls in the world (Photo courtesy of ACOR) AMMAN — The majority of known Pre-Pottery Neolithic A settlements are found in the southern Levant, ...
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Bone Powder Unearthed in Ancient Vessels Reveals New Clues About a Mysterious Early Chinese Culture
New research has revealed bone powder was a crucial substance as ancient China's Peiligang culture emerged from a ...
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Small carnivores may have constituted important part of hunter–gatherer nutrition in the Levant
Around this time, hunter–gatherer societies in the Levant were transitioning to a farmer lifestyle. This transition is called the Neolithic Revolution. Early signs of change had already been ...
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An ancient volcano blotted out the sun, killing crops. People likely reacted by making "sun stones"
“Neolithic societies relied on the sun for ... or the era in which the pottery-using hunter-gatherers in the north began to adopt farming and husbandry for food. “At Vasagård the deposition ...