Ballykeel Dolmen, a #Neolithic portal tomb in Northern Ireland. Pic taken by me Sept 2021
#TombTuesday #prehistory
The damp breath of prehistory. A carpet of tree-dropped leaves that, one autumn 10,000 years ago, danced and drifted then sunk to the depths of a Mesolithic lake.
A throwback to digging at Skipsea last month for #FindsFriday
Day 1 at the Sheldon (hopeful) Henge
#sheffieldarchaeology #excavation #Archaeology #prehistory Sheffield Archaeology Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Modern stone circle at the now defunct and abandoned Archaeolink Prehistory Park in Aberdeenshire. Shame it closed as was great idea.
#StandingStoneSunday
12,000 years old Natufian recipe to make bone flutes that imitates bird of prey calls
CNRS 🌍 UMR 8068 TEMPS Hebrew University Israel Antiquities Centre de recherche français à Jérusalem Scientific Reports
#Natufian #Prehistory #Levant #Archaeology
(Davin et al., 2023)
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For #FindsFriday another trip north. These are the fabulous Graevensvange figures Nationalmuseet. Part of a Late Bronze Age hoard🇩🇰, they depict religious symbols such as twins, horned helmets and acrobatics also found in rock art. We’re only scratching the surface!
Bronze Age Bracelet Dorchester Museum, 1902.1.12 flickr.com/photos/MicroPa… #prehistory #bronzeage #baibm