Ground/polished Neolithic axes seem to be very popular at the moment with museums (resulting in a busy and tiring few days at the grindstone)! These are going to be sent all over the UK for various new projects and gallery developments.

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Jean Clottes explains some of the major themes chosen in the Palaeolithic rock art of They testify to identical beliefs, even if ritual practices may have varied according to the different locations https://t.co/xRSjeEZQTS

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In the light of those very weird Garfield/video game mashups I've been seeing in the last days, I need to bring back this gem I did in the paleolithic era, a.k.a. the 2006 internet

HERE'S YODIE

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In 1896 palaeontologists discovered compelling evidence that prehistoric therianthropomegafauna celebrated Midwinter festivals, when a cave painting was unearthed showing a weremammoth, woolywererhino, giant weresloth & other palaeolithic werebeings conducting a ritual ice dance.

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Day four:

In the „Neolithic Package“ we find the first domesticated plants (emmer, einkorn, barley, lentil, pea, chickpea and flax) and animals (sheep, goat, pig and cattle) as well as first houses (ok... they looked pretty different) and pottery.

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"9,000-year-old Stone mask from the Neolithic era found in the West Bank"

Source: https://t.co/FSy95dd909

Because I know for a fact people are gonna do this anyway. Let me save you the time.

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here's a beautiful paleolithic ritual for you, James

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Hongshanopterus is named for the Neolithic Hongshan Culture of China whose people lived more than 5,000 years ago. https://t.co/sVM12BlqA2

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Frahm, E., & Tryon, C. A. (2018). Origins of Epipalaeolithic obsidian artifacts from Garrod's excavations at Zarzi cave in the Zagros foothills of Iraq. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 21, 472-485.

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Foods similar to pizza have been made since the neolithic age. Records of people adding other ingredients to bread to make it more flavorful can be found throughout ancient history. 🍕🍳🍕
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Some of the structures you can build in during the Paleolithic era. https://t.co/gCbjFMxj3v

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Painted this one a year ago "Venus in Three". A contemporary take on my drawings of prehistoric figurines. Acrylic on canvas 60x60cm

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Reflecting on the past- amazing to think this painting wouldn't exist today without someone having sat down and carved a figurine 23,0000 years ago. Venus of Renancourt, acrylic on canvas, 60x60cm

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Love playing around with watercolour pencils. Venus sketchbook

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Photographer is taking over our Instagram this week with his series on the British Primitive Goat "thought to have arrived in Britain about 5000 years ago, brought by the first Neolithic farmers..." https://t.co/CGE9PQ91vl

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Male Head, c. 1st millenium BCE, Thailand, Ban Chiang culture, Neolithic period, bronze

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