Neolithic Revolution: Did you mean...?

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

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...

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.

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...

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

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...

The invention of the telescope in 1608 is usually credited to the Dutchman Hans Lippershey. The astronomical telescope became one of the most important of all instruments during the Scientific Revolution when...

Women scientists during the Scientific Revolution (1500-1700) were few in number because male-dominated educational institutions, as well as scientific societies and academies, barred women entry, meaning...

A gold bead from the dolmen d'Er Roh, La Trinite Sur Mer, France, 2200-2000 BCE. Vannes Archaeological Museum, France.