Show threadJens Notroff3d ago
While the #Mesolithic in Europe & northern Eurasia really represents a distinct transitional "middle" between Paleolithic & Neolithic with hunters adapting to post-glacial forests for thousands of years before #Neolithic farming arrived from the outside, fundamentally changing their way of life …
Show threadSimon Kasper4d ago

The Nebra Sky Disk is particularly impressive. It is the deprocessualized and materialized symbolization of embodied experience of cyclical natural processes. A calendar from a time before ours. In my recent writings, I have attempted to explore what this means for a theory of understanding.

#archaeology #nebra #museum #paleolithic #mesolithic #neolithic

Simon Kasper4d ago

We made a trip from Marburg to Halle to visit the State Museum of Prehistory (and check out a few archaeological sites). It’s a really great museum with a fantastic special exhibition. It’s also great for schoolchildren. We spent over half a day there.

#archaeology #nebra #museum #paleolithic #mesolithic #neolithic

Simon Kasper5d ago

Visited the sun observatory in Goseck today, the oldest known one in the world, much older than Stonehenge. As someone who's heavily interested in the technological and otherwise symbolic representation and constitution of experience, I was very impressed and moved. (Also by the icy wind that froze my face off.)

#goseck #observatory #astronomy #neolithic #mesolithic #philosophy

https://sonnenobservatorium-goseck.info/

Sonnenobservatorium Goseck

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Twoowls Elt 🦉 🦉Mar 21
Hello from the Mesolithic period!
#aberdeenshire #mesolithic #flint
#fieldwalking #archaeology #lithics
The Orkney NewsMar 16

The Lost Trees of Doggerland

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://theorkneynews.scot/2026/03/16/the-lost-trees-of-doggerland/

PugJesusMar 14
Imagining of a camp in the Mesolithic period, Wales, UK
michaelMar 11
#Paleoecology of #Doggerland
A study of DNA preserved in the sediments of a river system in the now-inundated Doggerland landmass in #NorthSea finds evidence suggesting the presence of temperate tree species in Doggerland around 16,000 years ago, earlier than they appeared in surrounding European forests. The findings suggest that Doggerland may have been a favorable environment for the development of #Mesolithic societies, according to the authors. https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2508402123 #science
Show threadsmiergahttuMar 6
@joeroe I think what is cool about this paper is it shows how unique early Holocene biomes are, and therefore it is mostly #Mesolithic adaptations I have in mind now. But you are right, that it changes the perception of Neolithic niche creation
Anthropology.netFeb 24
Soil samples from 1980s excavations just revealed Stone Age graves weren’t empty after all — microscopic feathers, weasel fur, and owl barbules survived 7,000 years. A new method is rewriting Mesolithic burial research. #Mesolithic #Archaeology #StoneAge https://www.anthropology.net/p/what-the-soil-remembered-microscopic
What the Soil Remembered: Microscopic Fibres and the Dressed Dead of Stone Age Scandinavia

A new technique for recovering feather and fur remains from ancient graves is rewriting what we know about Mesolithic burial dress

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