The Watch Stone standing beside the road at the bridge between the Stenness and Harray Lochs, this is between Stenness Stones and the ring of Brodgar. The Watchstone measures 5.6 metres high (18 feet 6in), is 1.5 metres wide (5ft) and 40.6cm thick (16in). #StandingStoneSunday#PreHistory#Orkney
Archaeological surveys uncover ancient perishable artifacts and obsidian mining activities in northern British Columbia’s ice patches
Archaeologists conducting surveys of retreating ice patches in northern British Columbia, Canada, have uncovered over 50 perishable artifacts associated with ancient mining activities...
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If modern human intelligence evolved 60,000 years ago, why did civilization not develop until 10,000 BC? This question lies at the heart of the sapient paradox, one of the great mysteries of human existence. Potential explanations range from a reconsideration of prehistory to the power of collective learning to early humans getting stuck in "gossip traps."
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The connection to social media and "cancel culture" seems like a stretch (as this social pressure has nowhere near the same consequences as institutionalized power), but the idea that big societies with high levels of specialization require a different mechanism for organization than raw social pressure sounds sensible.
Perhaps unsurprisingly this is how democracy manifests in the modern world, via electoral politics.
I hate the time before elections when streets are filled with billboards of politicians' faces. Just an endless stream of faces, names and numbers. Votes being cast based on party association and perceived reputation.
'The discovery of a 7,000-year-old well in Czechia’s Pardubice region six years ago, thought to be the oldest surviving man-made wooden object in the world, thrilled excavators. Now experimental archaeologists from the Všestary Prehistoric Archaeology Park near Hradec Králové are making a copy of the well, using prehistoric tools and methods, that will be displayed alongside the original.'
As this one is online I can't sign #TheOldStones books in person but very happy to send them out with dedications or for gifts - we have discounted signed copies available in our shop here: https://www.megalithic.co.uk/shop/the_old_stones_megalithic_portal_book.htm Andy would be pleased to visit your group within reasonable travelling distance of London or online, get in touch at andy@megalithic.co.uk or DM to make a booking now. /2