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In 1867, in a field in Denmark, a little boy discovered something magical. Hindsgavl Dagger is Hindsgavldolken
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > It was immediately brought to the property managers attention. He offered the boy the equivalent of 90 dollars, and he couldn’t refuse. The manager then gifted it to the owner of the estate. Basse Fonss of Hinsgavl Manor. Hingsgavl manor was apart…
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Protected: Toxicodendron vernicifluum is also known as the lacquer tree
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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
Possibly borrowed from an earlier Scythian or Thracian word. The greek term κάνναβις, or kánnabis, is the oldest attested form (1)(2)A diverse spinable, smokable plant that can also be ate and converted into oils. Hemp is one of the earliest plants to have been cultivated (3)The Oki Islands of Japan contained cannabis achenes from about…
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The Pesse canoe is the world’s oldest known boat, dating back to the Mesolithic period approximately 8040 to 7510 BC (1)
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > In 1955 near the village of Pesse, in the Netherlands, during the construction of a highway the canoe was discovered It is made from a hollowed-out trunk of a Scots pine tree (2) It’s about 3 meters (117 inches) long; and…
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Prehistoric clothing is made using a plant fibre urtica dioica, or nettles. It was used by neolithic cultures before other fabrics became widespread
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Nettle fibers have been found during the neolithic periodThey are known for being strong, durable, and similar in texture to linen when processed properly. Unlike cotton though, nettles grow easily without pesticides. The fibres are coarser, however. (1) Neolithic and mesolithic…
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Paul Schultz Martin
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Paul Schultz Martin (born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1928 – died in Tucson, Arizona September 13, 2010 ) was a well known American geoscientist at the University of Arizona. He developed the theory that the worldwide pleistocene extinction was caused by over…
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The Khiamian culture is named after Khiam and the El Khiam point. An archaeological site with lithic technology discovered in southern Lebanon
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Representing a transitional phase. Khiamian culture is part of the broader Natufian culture. And, it’s link to the neolithic period. Dated to around 9700 or 8600 BC. It transitioned into pre-pottery neolithic a (PPNA). (1) El Khiam has some of the…
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The Sorcerer is 13000BC cave art. From ‘the sanctuary’ room. At 3 brothers cave, in mid-France
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Usually interpreted as some kind of spirit or master of animals. La Sorcerer est un bon drawing magnifique. Though its chamber. ‘The sanctuary’ may reflect something else. Henri Breuil drew the horned humanoid torso, and the publication of his drawing became…
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Associated with the spread of Indo-European languages. And, possibly horse domestication. The Sredny Stog culture was an important neolithic, to early bronze age culture
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Associated with the spread of Indo-European languages. And, possibly horse domestication. The Sredny Stog culture was an important neolithic, to early bronze age culture A culture concentrated around the middle Dnieper region. It is named after the Sredny Stog site in…