Neolithic Revolution

INTRODUCTION Over five thousand years old, Stonehenge is a fascinating representation of human capability at a time before widespread technology. One of the seven wonders of the medieval world, Stonehenge is among the most recognizable monuments of its era, alongside the Colosseum in Rome and the Great Wall of China. In this paper, we will discuss the people who erected the monument, why and how it was constructed, and its perceived relevance ever since. WHO WERE THE PEOPLE THAT CONSTRUCTED…

Stonehenge is the worlds’ most famous prehistoric monument. In 2004, Peter Marlow captured the prominent structure engulfed by the gloomy skies titled G.B England. Stonehenge. These enormous stones have stood high on the Salisbury Plains of Wilshire, England for over 5,000 years steeped in mystery and folklore. It’s true purpose, no one knows. Stonehenge’s weathered ruins are wrapped in ancient history and has many conspiracy theories looming in its ominous, dull skies. The seemingly endless…

Some people have never heard about the Stonehenge, for me this is the first time I hear about it. However, through research I have learned some important information about it. The Stonehenge is considered as one of the most famous prehistoric monuments that are found around the world. It is one of the sites that are visited most often by tourists. The Stonehenge is located in Wiltshire, England. It is found on the southern side of the Salisbury Plains which are 13 km north of Salisbury. The…

There are many theories behind why Stonehenge was built, but a main component is the application that it has to astronomy. One of the theories believes that Stonehenge is an astronomical calculator or calendar. One thing is however evident, it was no accident; every stone was placed strategically and purposefully. No one is completely certain who built Stonehenge, but it was erected in Wiltshire, England approximately 4,500 years ago. It is carefully aligned so that, if one sits at the…

Popcorn was domesticated in 5000 BCE by the Pre-Columbian indigenous people. It arrived in the American Southwest over 2500 years ago, but wasn’t found east of the Mississippi River until the early 1800s because of environmental and botanical variables. Prior to the 19th century, Midwestern soil couldn’t grow corn. The invention of the steel plow turned the Midwest into the corny oasis it is today. As popcorn popularity surged, various popcorn snacks were invented and it brought new intensity to…

During the early years of civilization, women have been portrayed in many different ways from the statues in the Paleolithic period to the Goddess in Mesopotamian, plus the Queens of ancient Egypt. One thing all these cultures have in common is woman was always being a sign of fertility which makes sense being that they have the ability to carry children. Even though there has been a few women represented in these times for the most part it was a man 's world. Females did not have the same…

In the contrary, Neolithic era was the beginning of agriculture and animal domestication (6). It provided easy access and steady sources of nutrition. Though men and women have stabilized ways of life. Such as women being a stay home mother and taking care of the family surrounding. Man in the other hand took care of farming and domesticates animals. Eventually led to labor division between women and men then later escalated to social hierarchies. Paleolithic and Neolithic age around 9000 B.C…

1991, a pair of hikers wandered off the trail in the Italian Alps discovered a frozen body laying on a rock. The body was later confirmed by experts to be the preserved body of a man who was about five thousand years old during the the time of the Neolithic era. The man was named “Otzi” after the mountains in where he was discovered, he is considered to be one of the first and only most preserved human body with no signs of decomposition with skin, eyeballs and organs still intact. Otzi is one…

may have been used in the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age, when these monuments were often built in clusters of similar topographic location (Richards 1996, 190). I am going to explore the possibilities of their social, religious and scientific purpose. To do this, I will analyse a variety of Neolithic monuments, including the Avebury Henge, its avenues, West Kennet Long Barrow, Silbury Hill and Stonehenge. Avebury, located in Wiltshire, is one of the largest Neolithic sites in the UK. Like many…

From the transition of the Neolithic era to the early agrarian era to the late agrarian era, populations increased, inventions continued to be created, and technologies advanced. Humans began to live an agricultural lifestyle which began in living in villages, villages became towns and towns became cities. The emergence of cities gave human history a new threshold of complexity. The textbook “Big History: Between Nothing and Everything” describes thresholds of complexity as a point where new and…