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Alpine stilt houses are a unique and fascinating aspect of prehistoric architecture in the Alps, which provide valuable insights into the lives and culture of the ancient communities. The houses were built by prehistoric communities living...

Hunter-gatherer societies are – true to their astoundingly descriptive name – cultures in which human beings obtain their food by hunting, fishing, scavenging, and gathering wild plants and other edibles. Although there are still groups of...

The Isles of Scilly are a small island group west of Cornwall. Despite their small size, they abound in prehistoric sites dating from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age, including cairns, burial chambers and passage graves. While prehistoric...

Humans have been manufacturing weapons since before recorded history. The oldest evidence of weaponry comes from Schöningen, Germany, in the form of four wooden spears dated to c. 400,000 BCE. Stone tips for spears have been found all over...

Stonehenge, located on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, is one of the most important monumental complexes of prehistoric northwestern Europe. Constructed in multiple phases between c. 3000 and 1600 BCE, it spans the Late Neolithic and...

Prehistoric stilt houses on the bank of the Lake Ledro, Italy.

Prehistoric mortars and pisteles made from stone which were found at Shengavit Settlement (c. 3500-2200 BCE) in Armenia. (Shengavit Museum, Yerevan).

This prehistoric domen clay mask is from Kami Hata in Nagano, Japan. It dates from the Jomon period or roughly from 2000-1000 BCE. (Tokyo National Museum)

Zorats Karer in present-day Armenia is a prehistoric site, teeming with burials and standing stones (or "menhirs"). In total, there are 223 stones on the site.

This prehistoric ritual jug was made from clay and has stylized geometric decor. It comes from what is present-day Armenia and dates from the 11th-9th century BCE. Geometric decor commonly appears on vases and other ritual vessels during...