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7,000-year-old pit full of beaver bones in Germany reveals how Neolithic farmers hunted for fur

Near the town of Alsleben in central Germany, where the Saale River bends through flat agricultural land, archaeologists have ...
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Construction In Switzerland Turned Up A Neolithic Village That Was Washed Away By A Violent Storm 5,900 Years Ago

A village that was washed away by a devastating storm in 3838 B.C.E. has been uncovered along the shore of Switzerland's Lake ...
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Stone tools in the Paleolithic and Neolithic near East : a guide / John J. Shea, Stony Brook University

"Stone Tools in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Near East: A Guide surveys the lithic record for the East Mediterranean Levant (Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Jordan, and adjacent territories) from the ...
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Analysis of grinding tools reveals plant, pigment and bone processing in Neolithic Northern Saudi Arabia

Use-wear analysis of grinding tools from the site of Jebel Oraf shows that the artifacts were used during the Neolithic, shedding new light on the subsistence and lifestyle of ancient peoples in the ...
Charlotte Observer

6,000-year-old settlement — full of tools and granite structures — found in France

Ahead of a construction project, archaeologists in a French municipality recently excavated the slopes of Punta Campana and discovered an expansive Neolithic site full of ancient artifacts. The site ...
Ars Technica

New Guinea villagers unearth evidence of the island’s Neolithic past

When people in New Guinea started tending crops like yam and fruits around 8,000 years ago, they transformed nearly everything about life on the island. By around 5,000 years ago, people had begun ...