Neolithic Revolution: Did you mean...?

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The map shows the extent of the Harappan or Indus Civilization along with the various neolithic sites in the region.

A Neolithic stone axe with a wooden handle, found at Ehenside Tarn. It is on display in the British Museum, London.

A variscite necklace from the Neolithic site of Carnac, north-west France. (Archaeological Museum of Carnac)

Terracotta wine jar, known as qvevri, with a capacity of approximately 100 litres (26 gal), the earliest Neolithic evidence for the beginnings of a wine culture in which wine dominated social and economic life has been found in the Republic...

Axe heads of jadeite and eclogite from the neolithic site of Carnac, north-west France. (Archaeological Museum of Carnac)