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Qvevri, Neolithic Terracotta Wine Jar
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...
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Newgrange Neolithic Monument
Newgrange is a Neolithic monument located in the region of Bru na Boinne, County Meath, Ireland. There are thirty-seven tombs located in the valley of Bru na Boinne (Mansion of the Boyne) and it is considered to be one of the most famous...
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Neolithic Flint Dagger from Ba'ja
A rare example of Neolithic daggers made by pressure knapping, found in a group burial Ba'ja, north of Petra, Jordan, 7500-7000 BCE.
The Jordan Museum, Amman.
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Neolithic Axe Heads
Axe heads of jadeite and eclogite from the neolithic site of Carnac, north-west France. (Archaeological Museum of Carnac)
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Neolithic Tumulus Interior, Locmariaquer
The interior chamber of the stone burial mound known as the Table-des-Marchands (Table of Merchants) at the Neolithic site of Locmariaquer in north-west France. The tomb was constructed in the 5th millennium BCE and is so called because of...
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Ҫatalhöyük
Ҫatalhöyük is one of the largest Neolithic settlements ever discovered. Built more than 9000 years ago in modern Konya Plain, central Turkey, it is known in archaeology as a proto-city, a link between the cave-dwellings of prehistoric hunter-gatherers...
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Ness of Brodgar
The Ness of Brodgar is a Neolithic Age site discovered in 2002 CE through a geophysical survey of the area of land in Stenness in Orkney, Scotland, which separates the salt water Stenness Loch from the fresh water Harray Loch. Excavation...
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Neolithic Gold Bead
A gold bead from the dolmen d'Er Roh, La Trinite Sur Mer, France, 2200-2000 BCE.
Vannes Archaeological Museum, France.
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Neolithic Mounds at Knowth
Knowth near Slane, County Meath, Ireland
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Neolithic Chinese Jar
This jar dates from the 26th century BCE and is made of earthenware with pigments. It was made by the Majiayao Yangshao culture during the Banshan phase (c. 2655-2330 BCE). (Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University...