October 2018 index:
14 October 2018
- Exciting new finds at Orkney World Heritage site
- The Ness of Brodgar is a 2.5 hectare site on the island of Stromness in Orkney, north of mainland Scotland. It lies within a greater area, known as the Orkney...
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- Scientists identify oldest Homo sapiens drawing
- The oldest known abstract drawing by a Homo sapiens has been found in South Africa's Blombos Cave, on the face of a flake of rock dated to 73,000 years BP....
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- Neolithic and Bronze Age finds in Cyprus
- The multi-period site of Prastio-Mesorotsos is situated around a prominent rocky outcrop in the Dhiarizos Valley, with dramatic views to both the mountains and the sea and easy access to...
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- 13,000-year-old brewery discovered in Israel
- The earliest evidence of alcohol production has been discovered in the Rakefet Cave in Mount Carmel. Probably a kind of beer made from fermented grains, the brew was produced by...
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- Prehistoric children learned many skilled tasks
- Researchers paid little heed to children in the archaeological record until recently, but in the 1990s more archaeologists began to examine the role of women, leadng some to begin studying...
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