Excavation of a Neolithic Wooden Platform, Stirlingshire

Parks of Garden, a Neolithic site in southern Scotland, is located within a thin wedge of peat which abuts a ridge of glacial moraine that stretches across the Upper Forth river valley. The site comprises a rapidly constructed small wooden platform dating to 3340–2920 cal BC, within the Early Neolithic period of Scotland. The platform may have functioned as a transitory hunting hide and as a preparation area for hunting and gathering expeditions across the fen and into the salt-marshes of the local environment.

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A study on an early Neolithic site in North China

Documenta Praehistorica ◽

10.4312/dp.30.11 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 30 ◽

pp. 169-173 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Chaodong Zhao ◽

Jincheng Yu ◽

Tao Wang ◽

Wu Xiaohong ◽

Hao Shougang ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Human Development ◽

North China ◽

Neolithic Period ◽

Early Neolithic ◽

Neolithic Site

These are few sites about 10 000 BP in the early Neolithic period in North China; among these, the Donghulin site is the only one which included the remains of peoples' use of fire (hearth pits), stone implements, pottery objects, and human tombs. The excavation of the Donghulin site in 2001 provides very important information for research on people and culture in the early Neolithic period in North China. The finding of Donghulin Man has filled the gap in our knowledge of human development since the period of the "Upper Cave Man" (30 000a BP) in North China. It is also important for research on people-land relationships.

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The Earth's magnetic field in Italy during the Neolithic period: New data from the Early Neolithic site of Portonovo (Marche, Italy)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters ◽

10.1016/j.epsl.2016.05.003 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 448 ◽

pp. 49-61 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Evdokia Tema ◽

Enzo Ferrara ◽

Pierre Camps ◽

Cecilia Conati Barbaro ◽

Simone Spatafora ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Magnetic Field ◽

Neolithic Period ◽

Early Neolithic ◽

Earth’S Magnetic Field ◽

Neolithic Site ◽

Earth's Magnetic Field

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Sandhills, sandbanks, waterways, canals and sacred lakes at Sais in the Nile Delta

E&G Quaternary Science Journal ◽

10.5194/egqsj-70-129-2021 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 70 (1) ◽

pp. 129-143

Author(s):

Penelope Wilson ◽

Hosni Ghazala

Keyword(s):

Nile Delta ◽

Local Environment ◽

Capital City ◽

Neolithic Period ◽

Natural Landscape ◽

Archaeological Data ◽

Human Interactions ◽

Ancient City ◽

The Relationship ◽

Common Era

Abstract. The paper explores the relationship between the archaeological zones of the ancient city of Sais at Sa el-Hagar, Egypt, and the natural landscape of the western central Nile Delta and, in particular, the extent to which the dynamic form of the landscape was an element in the choice of settlement location. Furthermore, settlement at Sais has been determined to have existed at several locations in the immediate environs of the current archaeological zones from the Neolithic period, around 4000 BCE (Before Common Era), to the modern day, suggesting that the local environment was conducive to sustainable settlement, culminating in the establishment of a capital city in the 7th century BCE. The nature of the settlement, its immediate environs and waterway systems will, thus, be described, based on correlation of geological, geophysical, remote sensing and archaeological data, in order to establish if and when human interactions in the landscape can be determined to be reactive or proactive.

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Analysis of the material culture and new radiocarbon dating of the Early Neolithic site of Amnya I

Samara Journal of Science ◽

10.17816/snv201982210 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 149-159

Author(s):

Ekaterina Nikolaevna Dubovtseva ◽

Lubov Lvovna Kosinskaya ◽

Henny Piezonka

Keyword(s):

Material Culture ◽

Western Siberia ◽

Northern Taiga ◽

Taiga Zone ◽

Early Neolithic ◽

Neolithic Site ◽

Relative Chronology ◽

The One ◽

Technological Analysis ◽

Khanty Mansi Autonomous

The ancient fortified settlement of Amnya I is a unique Early Neolithic site in the northern taiga zone of Western Siberia (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, the Amnya river). It is located on a promontory and has three lines of defense and ten dwelling depressions. The structures of the excavated dwellings are very similar, though the artifact assemblage appears rather heterogeneous. We carried out a technical and technological analysis of ceramics, which showed no correlation between the texture, on the one hand, and the morphology and ornamentation of pots on the other one. Planiographic analysis of ceramics showed that vessels with comb and incising patterns are found in different dwellings, although there are objects in which both groups lie together. Various categories of stone implements (bladelets and polished arrowheads) also appear on different parts of the settlement. Most likely, the observed differences in the artefact complexes of objects are associated with the stages of the functioning of the settlement. The absolute chronology does not yet clarify the sequence of erection and existence of objects. New AMS date is probably vulnerable to a significant reservoir effect. The abundance of unsolved issues of absolute and relative chronology makes the resumption of research on this unique site urgent.

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The Early Neolithic in the Central Yellow River Valley,c.7000-4000BC

A Companion to Chinese Archaeology ◽

10.1002/9781118325698.ch9 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 169-193 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Zhu Yanping

Keyword(s):

Yellow River ◽

River Valley ◽

Early Neolithic ◽

Yellow River Valley

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Gouges: Iconic Artifacts of the Early Neolithic Period in Central Sudan

African Archaeological Review ◽

10.1007/s10437-019-09352-y ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 36 (4) ◽

pp. 505-534 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Katarína Kapustka ◽

Lenka Lisá ◽

Aleš Bajer ◽

David Buriánek ◽

Ladislav Varadzin ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Neolithic Period ◽

Early Neolithic ◽

Central Sudan

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Flint ‘figurines’ from the Early Neolithic site of Kharaysin, Jordan

Antiquity ◽

10.15184/aqy.2020.78 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 94 (376) ◽

pp. 880-899 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Juan José Ibáñez ◽

Juan R. Muñiz ◽

Thomas Huet ◽

Jonathan Santana ◽

Luis C. Teira ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Early Neolithic ◽

Neolithic Site

Abstract

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The Neolithic Site of Serra Cicora: Results of the AMS Radiocarbon Dating

Radiocarbon ◽

10.1017/s0033822200019706 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 47 (2) ◽

pp. 207-210 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

G Quarta ◽

M D'Elia ◽

E Ingravallo ◽

I Tiberi ◽

L Calcagnile

Keyword(s):

Mass Spectrometry ◽

Radiocarbon Dating ◽

Southern Italy ◽

Early Neolithic ◽

Human Occupation ◽

Late Neolithic ◽

Ams Radiocarbon Dating ◽

Neolithic Site ◽

New Information ◽

Definition Of

Bone and charcoal samples from the Neolithic site of Serra Cicora in the Salento Peninsula (southern Italy) have been dated by accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS). Measurements appear to support other archaeological evidence and have shown that 2 distinct phases of human occupation of the site can be identified: the first occupation in the Early Neolithic and a second occupation in the Middle-Late Neolithic. The results provide new information and are a fundamental contribution to the definition of the absolute chronology of the Middle-Late Neolithic in this part of Europe.

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