According to Gozitan folklore, Ġgantija was built by a giantess, with child hanging from her shoulder
Stonehenge is a neolithic site in the south of England. It has captivated the curiosity and imagination of people for centuries
After being discovered less than 25 years previous. Goseck Circle was recalibrated on Dec 21, 2005. During Winter solstice. Using 1675 2.5m high oakpoles
Hongshan culture refers to a neolithic culture that existed in northeastern China. They are known for complex burials, painted pottery, & jade artifacts
The prehistoric archaeology of south Asia, specific of the Indian subcontinent. Has two distinct periods. The south Asian stone age; and, the neolithic age
Las Vegas culture takes place 10,000 years ago. when Ecuador’s ocean was 30 meters or 100 feet lower than present
Eremotherium, ἔρημος “steppe or desert” and θηρίον, or “beast” was an extinct giant ground sloth from the family megatheriidae
The Mousterian industry is named after the sites of Le Moustier in France (1), where these stone tools were first identified
The site of Lapa do Santo, is beneath a 30m-high limestone massif in the tropical savannah of central-eastern Brazil. It is known as “Rockshelter” and “saint” in Portugese
Haua Fteah is Arabic: ح ي ط ف ا و ه ; and, Romanized: Hawā Fṭiyaḥ. One of the most important archaeological sites in north Africa
Archaeozoologist struggle to find morphological criteria that allow them to reliably distinguish between the bones of sheep and goats. Two closely related taxa. So they created Ovicaprids or Caprines
The ‘fertile crescent’ is a semi-circular geographical landmark. Surrounded by oceans, mountains, deserts, and highlands. There are even rivers; with a big neolithic history en capsized within
The paleolithic type site(s) name Solutrean, comes from “Cros du Charnier” near Geneva and Macon. Around 20,000 years ago
Calathea Allouia or Goeppertia allouia (scientific name) is lerén or lairén in Spanish. And, in English, Guinea arrow root, or sweet corn root. It has been known since ancient times
Neolithic Mesopotamia is ‘land between rivers’ in greek. It is the area between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, centered north northwest of Baghdad, in Iraq
Approximately 7550 to 4750 years ago. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture was a neolithic civilization that flourished in present-day Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine
The term “Iberia” comes from the Ancient Greek word “Iberes,” which was used to refer to the people who lived in the region
Megalonyx jeffersoni or ‘giant claw jefferson’, is an extinct genus of ground sloths of the family megalonychidae
Established during the neolithic period. One of the largest archaeological sites on Crete, is Knossos. What some say is also called Europe’s oldest city
Grapes are a type of fruit. Grown in clusters 15 to 300. They can be crimson, black, dark blue, yellow, green, orange, and pink
Because of the giant whirlpool in front of it, Lepenski Vir is cyrillic for ‘Lepena Whirlpool’ or Лепенски Вир. It is well became known for its unique trapezoidal architecture
Lying half way between Peloponnes; and, north Africa, Crete is roughly the shape of Long Island. And, its steep mountains, and beautiful landscapes, made it popular during the neolithic period
Beginning with the spread of farming, neolithic Greece started around 9000 to 8500 years ago. During the pre-pottery neolithic b period
Carnac can refer to different things. Mostly the town located in Brittany, France. Famous for its neolithic & megalithic monuments
St Michel is a Tumulus in NW France. A part of megalithic structures in the area. Known as Carnac stones
Barnenez is a cairn mapped by Napoleon in 1807. Used partially as a quarry. That stopped in 1950. When several additional chambers were discovered
Chalcopyrite, is a copper ion sulfide mineral, and the most abundant copper ore mineral. It was the mineral upon which, copper & bronze age civilizations were built
The neolithic flint mines at Spiennes Mons is one of the most culturally significant centres of world heritage
Dating from the late neolithic. Varna necropolis/cemetery or (Варненски некропол), has the oldest radiocarbon dated gold treasures, & jewelry in the world
Akrotiri (prehistoric city) was destroyed in the Theran eruption, in the 16th century BC, and buried and preserved in ash
Franchthi Cave was used for around 35,000 years, and is one of the thoroughly studied sites in southeast Europe
Cave bears are ursus spelaeus. Its believed around 40-24,000 years ago. Similar to modern pests, they were displaced
Megaloceros giganteus had up to 88lb antlers. They are known as irish elk, or in greek: μεγαλος megalos “great”; and, κερας keras “horn, or antler”
Monte d’Accoddi may have been a product of a migration event from Mesopotamia based on its ziggurats, buildings, pottery and agriculture
In greek, teratornis merriami, teratornis woodburnensis and maybe even a teratornis olsoni from Cuba are known as “wonder birds”
In 1867, in a field in Denmark, a little boy discovered something magical. Hindsgavl Dagger is Hindsgavldolken
In local Inuktitut language, the arctic ground squirrel is known from the thril it emits when being threatened “t’sik-t’sik”
Discovered around 1904, nothrotheriops shastensis is the Shasta ground sloth. Giving you the fancy name and article you see here today
Found in Europe and Asia, the woolly rhino is paying homage to greek and Europeon tradition as ceolodonta antiquitatis or “hollow-tooth of antiquity”
To date, the oldest wood building has recently been unearthed. From above the 2nd highest waterfall in Africa, Kalambo Falls in Zambia. Luminescence dating to 476,000 years ago
From around 12,000 years ago. The term “quaternary extinction”, refers to a main event, at the end of the pleistocene
In classical Greece, Lerna (Greek: Λέρνα or Λέρνη) was a region of springs, a former lake; and, mythical legends
In Athens, caves have been dated to between the 11th and 7th millennia BC (1), or the neolithic period
Cap Blanc rock shelter is a limestone rock shelter with sculptures, and magdalenian women. It is in the west of France
Perilla is a genus consisting of one major Asiatic crop species perilla frutescens, and a few wild species in nature belonging to the mint family, Lamiaceae
Castanea crenata, the Japanese or Korean chestnut is a unique species of chestnut native to Japan and Korea
The adzuki bean, Japanese: 小 豆 , or red bean, vigna angularis is an annual vine widely cultivated throughout east Asia, for its small 5 mm bean
The domestication of hemp refers to the historical process by which humans selectively bred and cultivated Cannabis for practical uses like fiber, food, and oil
The Alepotrypa cave was active as a settlement and burial site from the neolithic period. Before a cataclysmic earthquake sealed its entrance in 3200 BC
Poliochne was a ancient settlement on the east cost of the island of Lemos. It was one of the earliest urban settlements in the Aegean
In the environment surrounding Eyzies-de-Tayac Sireuil village. Lascaux is within a major concentrations of decorated caves and inhabited sites. With cave drawings estimated to 16 or 17 thousand years ago
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