Science: Archaeology: Periods and Cultures: Prehistory: Neolithic

This essay examines the issue of migration among Neolithic peoples and how this shaped cultural developments during this period in Europe.

A virtual gallery of the Interactive Museum of Turkey.

Bone analysis suggests Neolithic people preferred meat to cereals, writes Mike Richards in British Archaeology.

Paper presented by Peter Bogucki at the annual meeting for the Society for American Archaeology, Minneapolis, May 1995.

An article that describes the migration and dispersal of farmers and the adoption of crops and livestock by indigenous foragers.

Great Buildings Online gives images, with commentary and sources, of outstanding monuments built by Neolithic societies: Stonehenge and the Temple at Tarxien, Malta.

A overview of archaeological sites in Asia Minor.

A tutorial produced by the Learning Commons of Washington State University. The tutorial provides background information on the transition from hunting and gathering to food production.

An essay describing several prominent archaeological sites in Turkey.

An overview of the archaeological sequences of Thessaly, Crete, and the Cyclades.

A photographic library of artifacts from Neolithic sites recovered from a group of over 70 islands located north of Scotland.

An essay arguing that people began cultivating some crops long before they embraced agriculture, and that crop cultivation and village life often did not go hand in hand.

A gallery of stone tools from the Faiyum Oasis of Egypt dated to approximately 4200 - 3800 BC.

The neolithic man discovered in an Italian glacier in 1991 carried a bow and arrows, leading archaeologists to label him a hunter. Chemical analysis of his hair now indicates that he was a vegetarian.

An article by Peter J. Richerson, Robert Boyd, and Robert L. Bettinger that speculates on evolutionary factors driving the Neolithic Revolution.

Course materials in on the Neolithic Revolution from the University of California, Davis.