The circle is the simplest, but also most perfect geometrical shape. All points on the circle have the same distance to the centre. As symbols circles were used in many ways in Neolithic times and are still today, either solely or composed with other elements. Locations In nature circles appear for example in the …
Flat ceramic disks were found as votive deposits in TRB monuments and flat graves (Flat grave of Issendorf). Flat ceramic disks are also found in other cultures (Michelsberg, Globular Amphora culture). The disks are often interpreted as bread baking plate. In the passage grave Denghoog on Sylt, Germany a number of votive offerings were found. Amongst …
Avebury is a small village in Wiltshire in the south of England and home of the famous stone circle. Although this circle is the biggest in Britain and probably the best known there are many more very remarkable monuments and relicts from the early to the late Neolithic period in the area which is therefore …
Bull or ox heads were found associated to many megalithic buildings. Several bull or ox skulls were found in Wiltshire [1]: In the Sherrington earthen long barrow an ox skull together with a deer antler was deposited in a cist of chalk blocks underneath the barrow. In the front of Manton tomb a pit was …
The stone axe was an important tool in the Neolithic: It allowed to cut trees and to clear forests faster than before and enabled the Neolithic revolution. Equally it was used as a powerful weapon. Therefore it does not come to a surprise that the axe was of high importance to Neolithic people. From the …
The stone axe had an important role as tool and weapon in the Neolithic. Locations As a symbol stone axes are found as carvings in several passage tombs in Brittany. Hafted axes are found for example in: Mané Kerioned, Kerran, Mané Lud, La Table des Marchands, Manio and others. In Britain carved axes on Megalithic structures …