gratefulwolf, 2 days ago to random

Alphabetical numbering used in Mediterranean trade since the Bronze Age [pdf 13pp] #BronzeAge #AntikytheraMechanism #AntikytheraMachine #AlphabeticalNumbering https://shs.hal.science/halshs-04597387/file/abstract1262%20%20EAA%20ang.final.pdf

megalithic, 6 days ago to random

A small fortification on the summit of Rough Tor built between and including two rock outcrops. On the west two lines of stone walls can be traced, but on the east little remains of this #neolithic - Bronze Age enclosed settlement. #HillfortsWednesday #bronzeage #dartmoor

gratefulwolf, 11 days ago (edited 11 days ago) to random

The Nessglyph Uncovered - the petroglyph found in the entrance passage way of a Middle Iron Age hillfort in Shropshire in 2021 [comic book pdf 12pp] #RockArt #petroglyphs #neolithic #BronzeAge #IronAge https://mla.hcommons.org/deposits/item/hc:66611/

thesweetcheat, 17 days ago to random

A 10 mile, 6000 year bimble along the Cotswolds escarpment between Stroud and Dursley today. Three Neolithic long barrows, including the wondrous Hetty Pegler's Tump, a Bronze Age cairn and an Iron Age hillfort, with 4 hills (Tumps) thrown in for added exertion and heat.

#HotHillfortSummer #Neolithic #BronzeAge #IronAge #Cotswolds #Gloucestershire

A grassy mound in the foreground; in the centre of it are the exposed and roofless chambers of a Neolithic longbarrow, formed of upright limestone orthostats with drystone walling between. Trees in late spring leaf form the backdrop. The sky is blue with white fluffy clouds.
Inside a stone built burial chamber, looking towards the light coming from a small entrance porthole. The chamber is formed of limestone orthostats with drystone walling between, supporting a roof made of large limestone slabs. The chamber is tall enough to crouch upright inside, but the entrance is very low and requires a crawl on hands and knees to get inside.
Sinuous banks and ditches of an Iron Age hillfort follow the contour of a steep escarpment. The slopes are green with grass and dotted with scrubby bushes. The valley drops away to the left, with further wooded hills rising distant far left. Further away on the skyline are hills clothed in blue-green forestry. The hillfort is Uley Bury.

gratefulwolf, 22 days ago (edited 22 days ago) to random

Steaming pits as boat building sites in the Nordic Bronze Age [pdf 26pp] #FulachtFiadh #BurntMounds #BronzeAge #neolithic #RockArt #petroglyphs https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/pz-2024-2005/pdf

archaeology, 29 days ago to Archaeology

Hidden Bronze Age settlements revealed in Serbian plains through satellite imagery

Satellite imagery has uncovered a network of more than 100 Bronze Age structures concealed in the expansive plains of Serbia, challenging previous assumptions about the region’s history...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2023/11/satellite-imagery-revealed-bronze-age-settlements-in-serbia/

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#archaeology #archeology #remotesensing #tiszariver #bronzeage

thesweetcheat, 30 days ago to random

Last stone standing in Pen-y-Beacon (Hay Bluff) stone circle for today's #StandingStoneSunday.

Rather forlorn next to a parking area now (although it does sometimes have its own ice-cream van), the circle stands at the foot of Pen-y-Beacon/Hay Bluff in the Black Mountains. It has great views all the way to Y Mynydd Ddu on a clear day.

This visit April 2010 on a walk from Talgarth to Hay-on-Wye along the northern summit of the Black Mountains.

#BronzeAge #StoneCircle #BlackMountains