Manic Monday – Tim Covell
Reflections on returning from a trip.| Tim Covell
A recent archaeological study has uncovered an extraordinary cultural phenomenon in Neolithic China: the systematic modification of human bones. In the journal Scientific Reports, the research documents the first and only known example of this practice in prehistoric China, adding another window into the Liangzhu civilization that existed in the Yangtze River Delta from around […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
A new study has revealed that early farming communities in Central Europe began diversifying their cereal crops much earlier than previously thought, reshaping our understanding of Neolithic agricultural practices. Researchers from the Universities of Cologne and Frankfurt analyzed plant remains from dozens of archaeological sites in the Rhineland, offering fresh insights into how early farmers […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
5,000-year-old dolmen discovered in Teba, Málaga, reveals ancient burial practices and trade networks in prehistoric Iberia.| Archaeology News Online Magazine
This week, archaeologists excavating an enigmatic Neolithic site in central Turkey have uncovered a “House of the Dead” containing human remains, and much more.| The Debrief
Cotswold Archaeology: As work began on the first phase of excavations on the western edge of Fordingbridge, Hampshire, just outside the New Forest National Park, exciting finds started to appear. Investigation revealed an extensive Iron Age and Roman rural settlement which was previously unknown. However, it is one of the very first discoveries that provided much excitement… Read More » The post Making an impression at Fordingbridge appeared first on Cotswold Archaeology.| Cotswold Archaeology
Usually, you can’t touch Stonehenge, so I visited other megaliths.| Tim Covell
Sadly we have to pass the news that on August 2, Prof. em. Harald Hauptmann passed away. Professor Hauptmann was the former director of the Istanbul Department at the German Archaeological Institute, and, what many people may not be aware of, played a unique role in the initiation of excavations and research at Göbekli Tepe. … Continue reading In memory of Harald Hauptmann (1936-2018)| The Tepe Telegrams
(A longer and more extensive version of this text was originally published recently: O. Dietrich, J. Notroff, L. Dietrich, Masks and Masquerade in the Early Neolithic: A view from Upper Mesopotamia, Time and Mind 11:1, 2018, 3-21 [external link].) Among early prehistoric masks, those from the Judean Hills and Desert [external link] can be considered … Continue reading Behind the Mask: Early Neolithic miniature masks (and one larger-than-life example) from Göbekli Tepe (and beyond).| The Tepe Telegrams
Türkiye’s Gobekli Tepe has long been considered the world’s oldest settlement, an extraordinary outlier. Here,… The post Boncuklu Tarla: The Town Older than Gobekli Tepe appeared first on Historic Mysteries.| Historic Mysteries
Creevykeel Court Tomb is a cursed Neolithic site. Ghosts haunt its stones, said to be the resting place of giants, and strange lights have been seen at night.| Historic Mysteries
Almost exactly a year ago-- one journey around the sun-- my dear friend Asia Suler (of One Willow Apothecaries) and I began the collaboration that would become WEFT. In the mountains of Appalachia where Asia lives, the wild violets and irises were up, and she dreamt and then brewed up a potent violet elixir, purple with the medicine of those dark petals, stirred over the stovetop to the hymns of Hildegard Von Bingen. With the intuitive dreaming unique to her old heart, Asia then began addin...| The Gleewoman's Notes
