Science: Archaeology: Periods and Cultures: Prehistory: Neolithic: Page 2

A brief summary from Idea Works of the factors involved in the spread of agriculture.

A learning module from Washington State University.

An article describing the Neolithic origins of the domesticated horse.

Provides a general overview of global plant domesitication beginning in the Neolithic. Includes archaeological discoveries in both Old and New worlds.

Information about the film with the same title, as well as the latest news, including a photo gallery, and an overview of the forensic evidence.

Prehistoric farmers in what is now northeastern Ohio whose culture was the culmination of almost 12,000 years of prehistoric occupation.

Stanford researchers find that genetics can predict the presence of certain artifacts, supporting theories that prehistoric people migrated from the Middle East to Europe, reports Science Daily.

Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 1(1). This paper discusses the neolithication of the Aegean as opposed to Cyprus.

A description of the Neolithic origins of wine.

Noel Broadbent, Goran Burenhult, and Moreau Maxwell discuss the sweeping changes associated with adoption of food production and offer an explanation why these events only took place independently in a few locations.

Vucedol culture flourished between 3000 and 2200 BC in what is now modern Croatia. Their copper metallurgy was based on a new process of mass casting. This culture had a great influence on other contemporary cultures in the European heritage. This web site claims they invented the first European calendar and presented it in their ceramics.

Foissac prehistoric cave : two different worlds are waiting for you !

The prehistoric appearance of Indo-Europeans in the Eastern Baltic region is generally thought to be linked with the establishment of the first pre-Baltic and early Baltic territory.

An annotated collection of links on the origin of food production.