NEOLITHIC RELIGION comprises the religious concepts, cults, and rituals of the early farming communities that sprang up throughout the world in the Early Holocene period (8000–3000 BCE). Unlike the Paleolithic and Mesolithic periods of...

The Neolithic[1] or "New" Stone Age, was a period in the development of human technology that is traditionally the last part of the Stone Age. The Neolithic era follows the terminal Holocene Epipalaeolithic periods, beginning with the rise of farming,...

The existence of Neolithic agro-pastoral production in Norway is analyzed. Neolithic is defined as the shift from a hunter-gathering to farming economy, and is archeologically characterized by artifacts of pottery and polished-stone axes. It is argued that Neolithic agro-pastoral production was not found in...

Southwest Asia was one of the first places in the world where people settled down to build substantial architecture. By the Neolithic period, most people in Southwest Asia lived in villages, clusters of small houses. After decades of research on these early villages, however,...

A stolen collection of about 100 artifacts dating back more than 7,000 years — including what appear to be very early human portraits — were displayed in Greece Tuesday, for the first time since being smuggled to Germany.The Neolithic-era artifacts were stolen by armed burglars...

It could be humanity's oldest story of doomed love.Archaeologists have unearthed two skeletons from the Neolithic period locked in a tender embrace and buried outside Mantua, just 25 miles south of Verona, the romantic city where Shakespeare set the star-crossed tale of "Romeo and Juliet."Buried...

Essay discusses the ideal location in which early man could thrive and survive.

Analyzes the change in life from the paleolithic and neolithic eras. Explores similarities between each era, including the use of tools, treatment of women and the switch from a nomadic lifestyle to the hunting and gathering lifestyle.

Compares and contrasts the Paleolithic and Neolithic ages. Examines the changes in society, economy and technology spawned from the change from the Paleolithic to Neolithic Age.