Submissions tagged with neolithic
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Pegs and Ropes: Geometry at Stonehenge
A recent computer-aided-design investigation of the Neolithic 56 Aubrey Hole circuit at Stonehenge has led to the discovery of an astonishingly simple geometrical construction for drawing an approx…
Received 04 August 2008 19:04 UTC; Posted 05 August 2008
Posted to: Earth & Environment
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Ancient Trephinations in Neolithic People – Evidence for Stone Age Neurosurgery?
The authors present the case of a late neolithic skull (14C dating: 1940 calBC) found 1921 at Bölkendorf, 60 km north-easterly of Berlin. It shows a left frontal trephination (53×50 mm) and addit…
Received 21 February 2008 21:56 UTC; Posted 21 February 2008
Posted to: Ecology
