Prehistoric Archaeology Blog

The Prehistoric Archaeology Blog is concerned with news reports featuring Prehistoric period archaeology. If you wish to see news reports for general European archaeology, please go to The Archaeology of Europe Weblog.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Startling evidence of a Stone Age structure in the Solent.

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DIVING almost blind in the Solent’s murky waters, the team of maritime detectives could just make out the shape of a wooden plank protruding...
Monday, September 21, 2009

'Whicker Man' tomb to yield Bronze Age secrets, say scientists

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HUMAN remains uncovered at a burial site in the Highlands are extremely rare and could provide new information about Bronze Age life, expert...

Researchers Probe Links Between Modern Humans and Neanderthals

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Homo neanderthalensis nearly made it through two Ice Ages in Europe, only to disappear roughly 30,000 years ago. That’s about 15,000 years a...

Bones discovery 'extremely rare'

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Bones recovered from an ancient burial site in the Highlands could provide fresh insight of life in the Bronze Age, archaeologists have said...

Landesausstellung »Eiszeit - Kunst und Kultur« in Stuttgart eröffnet

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Beeindruckende Gesamtschau der spektakulären Höhlenfunde der Schwäbischen Alb Seit heute ist die baden-württembergische Landesausstellung im...
Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Online Courses in Archaeology

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Cave paintings, castles and pyramids, Neanderthals, Romans and Vikings - archaeology is about the excitement of discovery, finding out about...

Exhuming a violent event

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Scientists glean clues to a lethal prehistoric raid from skeletons excavated at a German site Thirteen people who perished around 4,600 year...

Digging up the past at Maiden Castle

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FAMILIES and history lovers will be blazing a trail to Dorchester for a Bronze Age festival at Maiden Castle. They will be digging up the pa...
Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Facelift for Stonehenge?

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Plans for access and a new visitor centre for Stonehenge have been going around for years but a solution could finally be in the offing... M...

16,000 year-old mother goddess figurine excavated in Turkey

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Archeologists have unearthed a 16,000 year-old mother goddess figurine during excavations in Direkli Cave in the southern province of Kahram...
Tuesday, August 18, 2009

London's Oldest "Boardwalk" Found?

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London's oldest known timber structure could be the city's earliest "boardwalk," archaeologists say. Preserved for more th...

Ancient stone artwork discovered

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Prehistoric artwork has been discovered by an amateur archaeologist at a Perthshire mountain range. The ancient carvings were discovered by ...

Nothing new under the sun

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Anthropogenic global warming started when people began farming IMAGINE a small group of farmers tending a rice paddy some 5,000 years ago in...

Rock carving uncovered

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STONE carvings dating back centuries have been uncovered by an amateur archaeologist. The prehistoric artwork was found on the mountain of B...
Monday, August 17, 2009

Study: Fire used to make tools 75,000 years ago

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Early humans crossed a threshold around 75,000 years ago, when they started painting symbols, carving patterns and making jewelry. A new stu...

More on Neolithic cathedral built to amaze unearthed in Orkney dig

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Archaeologists said that the building would have dwarfed the island' s landmarks from the Stone Age - the Ring of Brodgar and the Standi...

4,000-year-old timber circle found in Tyrone

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The remains of a timber circle from more than 4,000 years ago have been uncovered by archaeologists in County Tyrone. The timber circle was ...

Britain's first works of art really rock

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It has been described as a Palaeolithic condominium, with all the mod cons that were required 13,500 years ago – running water, abundant foo...
Friday, August 14, 2009

Seafood gave us the edge on the Neanderthals

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If Neanderthals ever shared a Thanksgiving feast with Homo sapiens, the two species may have had trouble settling on a menu. Chemical signat...

As old as the pyramids … the dagger unearthed from tribal leader's grave

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ARCHAEOLOGISTS in Perth-shire have unearthed a spectacular early Bronze Age grave containing a gold-banded dagger still wrapped in its 4,000...
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David Beard MA, FSA, FSA Scot
I am a freelance archaeologist and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland specializing in the medieval period. I have worked as a field archaeologist for the Department of Environment (Northern Ireland) and the Museum of London. I have been involved in continuing education for many years and have taught for the University of Oxford Department for Continuing Education (OUDCE) and the Universities of London, Essex, Ulster, and the London College of the University of Notre Dame, and I was the Archaeological Consultant for Southwark Cathedral. I am the author of and tutor for an OUDCE online course on the Vikings, and the Programme Director and Academic Director for the Oxford Experience Summer School.
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