fluted mace/axe distribution, 2500–800 BCE, Crimea-Jutland route [pdf 20pp] https://www.academia.edu/104001417/The_Crimea_Jutland_route_and_fluted_mace_distribution_2500_800_BC_21st_century_attempts_to_update_the_conception_and_suggestions_for_future_research #BronzeAge #Chalcolithic

Comparative phylogenetic analyses uncover the ancient roots of Indo-European folktales [pdf 11pp] - Royal Society, 2016 (contains traces of The Smith and the Devil) https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.150645 #folktales #IndoEuropean #BronzeAge #Chalcolithic

Ancient DNA reveals the earliest evidence of the last massive human migration to Western Europe #neolithic #chalcolithic #HumanMigration https://phys.org/news/2023-07-ancient-dna-reveals-earliest-evidence.html

Reconstructing Ötzi’s shoes https://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10692 #Ötzi #Tisenjoch #chalcolithic #ExperimentalArchaeology

More than 100 prehistoric #RockCarvings have been discovered inside Cova de la Vila in La Febró (#Tarragona)
#Chalcolithic-#BronzeAge in northeastern #Spain
...described as “exceptional, both for their singularity and for their excellent state of conservation” by a team from the Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution (#IPHES).
#archeology #prehistory
https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-03-17/over-100-prehistoric-engravings-found-in-a-cave-in-northeastern-spain.html

#AncientSiteSunday - the amazing reconstructed #Chalcolithic village of Lempa, Cyprus
based on the hut circles from 3800–2500 BC still visible on the site (pic 4)

See more of Cyprus in the episode >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep7r89VKH30

The Prehistoric Archaeology Of County Fermanagh [pdf 119pp] https://www.academia.edu/27873541/The_Prehistoric_Archaeology_Of_County_Fermanagh #mesolithic #neolithic #chalcolithic #BronzeAge #IronAge #Ireland

In 1998, a copper hoard from the 4th millennium BC was found near Neuenkirchen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Germany). In his master's thesis, #ClusterROOTS member Henry Skorna examined the far-reaching connections of the Neuenkirchen find ensemble and the context of the site. The thesis is now available online at #SidestonePress:
https://www.sidestone.com/books/the-life-and-journey-of-neolithic-copper-objects
#archaeology #stoneage #copperage #chalcolithic #neolithic

Human Iconography and Symbolic Meaning in Near Eastern Prehistory - An Introduction [pdf 24 pages] https://www.academia.edu/70955165/Human_Iconography_and_Symbolic_Meaning_in_Near_Eastern_Prehistory_An_Introduction #Epipalaeolithic #Chalcolithic #RockArt

Unfortunately, we were a few days too late to toot live from the #FromMoundtoCave #excavation ⛏️ northeast of Erbil (#Kurdistan Autonomous Region, Iraq). But a summary, first preliminary results and great photos by Greta Rettler are now available on our homepage - right in time for #FindsFriday 😉 https://www.cluster-roots.uni-kiel.de/en/fieldwork-and-activities/gird-i-dasht-a-deep-late-chalcolithic-stratigraphy
#Archaeology #Chalcolithic #Archäologie #Kupferzeit #Ausgrabung #UniMainz #UniKiel #UniGothenburg #UniStavanger

'wiser than previously thought’ story of the week… ~4000 engraved slate owls found on Iberian Peninsula #chalcolithic https://phys.org/news/2022-12-owl-shaped-plaques-copper-age-children.html

@R I just read an article about the #Chalcolithic #VarnaCulture, and I'm blindsided by a substantial #CopperAge European Black Sea culture with such early, developed and ornate metallurgy, the subject of hypotheses of a stratified society mining and serving "elite men," buried in treasure rooms of a necropolis wearing gold penis sheathes and potentially connecting the lower Volga peoples to the Cyclades. Now sunken beneath the sea.

It all feels a bit Robert E. Howard. 😂