Neolithic

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for the Neolithic Revolution, see also Food Revolutions,
Plant Domestication and Animal Domestication and Early Agriculture

Neolithic -- Wikipedia

In the News . . .

• Statistical Study Offers Evidence of Warning Signs Before Neolithic Community Collapse -- Phys.org (30 August 2016)
  
  
• Ancient dental plaque sheds new light on the diet of Mesolithic foragers in the Balkans -- ScienceDaily (29 August 2016)
  
  
• New research challenges the view of an egalitarian Neolithic society -- Past Horizons (05 May 2015)
  
  
• Bowhunting As Neolithic Status Symbol -- Science 2.0 (02 February 2015)
  
  
• Bowhunting may have fostered social cohesion during the Neolithic -- Science Daily (02 jFebruary 2015)
  
  
• Mitogenomes from Two Uncommon Haplogroups Mark Late Glacial/Postglacial Expansions from the Near East and Neolithic Dispersals within Europe -- PLoS ONE (31 July 2013)
  
  
• Stone Age Women Endured Regular Violence -- Discovery News (13 February 2013)
  
  
• Stone Age Skull-Smashers Spark a Cultural Mystery -- New Scientist (16 August 2012)
  
  
• Neolithic Man: The First Lumberjack? -- Past Horizons (09 August 2012)
  
  
• Form and Function of Early Neolithic Bifacial Stone Tools Reflects Changes in Land Use Practices during the Neolithization Process in the Levant -- PLoS ONE (08 August 2012)
  
  
• Death and Dying in Neolithic Near East -- Past Horizons (08 August 2012)
  
  
• 7500 Year Old Spanish Lakeside Site Reveals a Wealth of Organic Finds -- Past Horizons (02 July 2012)
  
  
• Neolithic Community Centers Wadi Faynan, Jordan -- Top 10 Discoveries of 2011, Archaeology Volume 65 Number 1, January/February 2012
  
  

• video: The Ascent of Man: "The Harvest of the Seasons"(02 of 13) -- Jacob Bronowski [Bakhtiari, Central Iran; origin of agriculture; Neolithic; nomads] (52 min., 1974, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia VC 75)
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  • Bronowski, Jacob. The Ascent of Man. BBC Books, 2011 [1974].
    
    
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• Food Remains in Ancient Cooking Pots Suggest Farming Caught on Slowly -- Guardian (24 October 2011)
  
  
• Stone Age Amputee Proves Neolithic Medics More Advanced Than Previously Thought -- Telegraph (25 January 2010)
  
  
• Mysterious Neolithic People Made Optical Art -- Discovery News (22 September 2008)
  
  
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Videos

• Signs Out of Time -- snagfilms.com