Posted on 07/31/2008 10:46:50 AM PDT by BGHater
That was my thought. Tribal territories ...
Burial chambers of the Neolithic
Current Archaeology
Posted on 10/05/2007 4:31:41 AM PDT by Renfield
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Perthshire Rock Art Sheds Light On Scotland’s Prehistoric Past
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Excitement At Neolithic Site Find
BBC | 11-2-2005
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New Prehistoric Rock Carvings Discovered In Northern England
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Weird Rock Carvings Puzzle Archaeologists
New Scientist | 10-9-2003
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Older Than The Pyramids, Buried For Centuries - Found By An Orkney Plumber
The Scotsman | 3-14-2008 | Tristan Stewart-Robinson
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Neolithic Village Found In Orkney Sheds New Light On Stone Age Life
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Archaeologists Date Tool Discarded 4,500 Years Ago
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Posted on 11/27/2001 8:30:21 PM PST by blam
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/johnny
Ping.
Tap a rock with a rock, even over and over and the results are pretty poor...somehow some group persisted even though the rewards [payoff] were pretty slim.
Don't play video games do, ya?
They’re beautiful. Thanks!
They might very well have been government subsidized, in the sense that the chief told them "You guys stay here and carve that rock. The other guys will go hunting and gathering and will share some with you tonight."
LOL...no.
But then I don’t have to find roots, twigs and berries to eat daily either.
Good points...I know they weren’t farmers. Maybe I am wrong but it seems that h&g would be more arduous
than farming, which is my point.
Otherwise, why the rush to embrace farming? A steady food supply[for the most part]but harder work?
Perhaps.
But the part about the elderly or shamans is good. Hadn’t thought of that.
As you said, a steady food supply. Cities aren't even possible without farming. It also enables you to accumulate wealth and a large population.
I don’t want to work
I want to bang on these rocks all day
I don’t want to play
I just want to bang on these rockss all day
cup holders......
Seriously, stone hedge is a series of concentric rings. This repeats the pattern on smaller scale. Uneducated guess that they are probably a calendar marking migrations or seasons mixed with the spiritual and earth renewal ceremonies of some sort.
Almost all of them seem to be circles but with some sort of break with a “stick” kind of like a lolly pop. Reminds me of a candle with the circles being the flame. The “stick” seems to become the small middle circle.
Prehistoric crop circles?
“These folk had to spend hours looking for food to survive.”
I recall reading about a study of modern hunter/gatherer cultures, and I think each person spent about 27 hours a week hunting and gathering. Of course, then there was cleaning, cooking, sewing, and childcare, but since women did most of that, maybe it doesn’t count.
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