Stone Pages Archaeo News
Stone Pages presents a monthly podcast with the latest archaeology news, mainly related to prehistory, megalithic monuments and discoveries.
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December 24, 2021 • 22 mins
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Largest known Viking Longhouse in Scandinavia Mercury poisoning in Copper Age Iberia Neolithic pits near Stonehenge were human-made 4000-year-old graves discovered in Denmark Isotope analyses unlock Iron Age secrets Bronze Age hoards found on Hertfordshire farm 3D model of ancient Neolithic village online Stonehenge builders’ eating habits explored
Speaker: Philip Hansen
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November 19, 2021 • 33 mins
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Special Stonehenge issue
This is a special issue devoted to some very interesting news about Stonehenge. Specifically, it's the discovery of a dismantled stone circle near the Stonehenge bluestone quarries in west Wales, which raises the possibility that a 900-year-old legend about Stonehenge being built from an earlier stone circle contains a grain of truth.
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January 24, 2021 • 25 mins
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Iron Age man first known case of tuberculosis in Britain Earliest known identical twins found in Upper Palaeolithic grave How to mend a giant menhir Ancient cave art inspired by hallucinogens 8,400-year-old dog buried with his master Some tasks specialised according to gender almost 4,000 years ago Remains of female hunter challenge ancient gender roles 2,000 pieces of plastic found at Iron Age site in Wales
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March 27, 2020 • 19 mins
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Australia wildfires reveal ancient aquaculture system Neolithic house orientations finally solved Damage to prehistoric burial mound in Wales Study suggests two megalithic cultures were separate groups Homo erectus may not have evolved in Asia Neanderthals could swim and dive? Unique Stone Age Ring made from deer antler discovered in Denmark Ancient Chinese people experimented with different methods of making beer
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January 27, 2020 • 17 mins
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Ancient humans survived longer than previously thought Footprints of Ice Age mammoths and prehistoric humans Neolithic chewing gum helps recreate image of ancient Dane Public help document damage to historic Scottish sites Prehistoric infants found with helmets made from skulls Comparing the teeth of Denisovans and modern Asians Neolithic crops discovered in Tibet Prehistoric humans built a wall to keep out the sea - But it f...
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February 9, 2019 • 19 mins
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Ancient platform 'damaged' during Stonehenge tunnel work Bid to build replica Iron Age tower in Scotland Tests find human skull age exceeds 10,000 years Ritual finger amputation may explain missing fingers in Palaeolithic people 'Ancient' Scottish stone circle found to be replica Oldest ever traces of the plague found in Sweden Hoard of Copper Age axes discovered in Bulgaria Archaeologists find the oldest buria...
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November 4, 2018 • 23 mins
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Did the people buried at Stonehenge come from Wales? Scientists identify oldest Homo sapiens drawing Prehistoric Children learned many skilled tasks Greek farmer in Crete stumbles onto 3,400-year-old tomb Scotland's largest find of prehistoric pottery 13,000-year-old brewery discovered in Israel Neolithic people adapted to climate change 7,200-year-old cheese making found in Croatia
Speaker: Philip Hansen
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April 21, 2018 • 24 mins
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Neolithic ritual cave site discovered in Mayo Jersey joins Europe's Cultural Route programme Painted stone gives clues to ancient Japanese culture Wooden tools hint at Neanderthal fire use Henge discovered in England could have been an ancient sauna Skilled potters travelled around the Baltic nearly 5000 years ago Early Scandinavians descended from Europeans and Russians Proposed tunnel under Stonehenge raises new fears
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November 14, 2017 • 19 mins
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Long Barrow near Stonehenge to be excavated The continuing story of Oetzi Were Denisovans an isolated part of our lineage? Bones suggest cannibal ritual in ancient Britain 8,000-year-old paint workshop discovered in Turkey Dolmens dating to around 3,000 years found in southern India Evidence of a skull cult found at Neolithic site in Turkey First evidence of dismemberment in prehistoric Ireland
Speaker: Philip Hansen
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September 23, 2017 • 23 mins
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Ochre use in Ethiopian cave persisted over thousands of years Prehistoric site discovered off California coast Neolithic tomb in Wales stars in new CGI film Siberian island provides earliest evidence for dog breeding Prehistoric henge uncovered in Warwickshire Tools sharpens focus on network in ancient Middle East Scientists solve prehistoric bison hunt mystery 13,000-year-old arrowhead discovered in Massachusetts Oldest human-...
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August 4, 2017 • 21 mins
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West Kennet timber circles older than previously thought Earliest evidence of aboriginal occupation discovered in Australia Bamboo raft to explore 30,000-year-old sea route Bones in Israel rewrite Neanderthal history Clava Cairns site in Scotland vandalized Changes in prehistoric tool production linked to "musical" ties Prehistoric site uncovered around a Shrewsbury church Stirling lost Iron Age roundhouse rediscovered...
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April 13, 2017 • 25 mins
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Possible henge discovered around an ancient Welsh burial chamber Ancient skulls suggest multiple migrations into Americas Pointillist technique on engravings discovered in France Horsemen swept into Bronze Age Europe 5,000 years ago Clovis culture, Ice Age fauna, and Cosmic impact Huge prostrate menhir discovered in northern Italy Bronze Age weapons found in Scotland Scarcity of resources led to violence in prehistoric Calif...
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February 28, 2017 • 26 mins
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Go-ahead to road tunnel under Stonehenge Prehistoric pottery figurines unearthed in China Were the Neanderthals rock collectors? Did humans wipe out Australian megafauna? Neanderthals associated with Chatelperronian tool technology Standing stones in Scotland linked to 1314 battle Cypriot-style ceramics in Iron Age Anatolia Ancient 'calendar rock' found in Sicily 6,000 year old clay fragment identified as part of a face...
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December 20, 2016 • 50 mins
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Neolithic tomb in Orkney to close over safety fears Amazing rock art panel studied and then reburied in Scotland Burnt cheese casts light on 3,000 year-old family drama What Oetzi the Iceman sounded like World's oldest snowshoe found on an Italian glacier Neanderthals had more cognitive abilities than first thought Dyed material found in Peru predates Egypt Indigenous Australian storytelling records sea level rises 7,000 ...
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October 16, 2016 • 37 mins
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Stonehenge wasn't so hard to build after all Bones under pub change what we know about the Irish 8,000 year-old piece of wood blowing archaeologists' minds Advanced techniques used to find more about Homo Naledi Cave art found deep underground in Spain New insight into the construction of Stonehenge No game was too big to hunt for Stone Age man Wine used in ceremonies 5000 years ago in Georgia Aboriginal history reveal...
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May 12, 2016 • 37 mins
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Statistical technique used to find Paleoarchaic sites Out-of-Africa, the peopling of continents and islands Tortoises in the diet of early humans Seminar explores the importance of ancient hillfort in Wales Humans were responsible for extinction of Emu ancestor Neanderthals infected by diseases carried by humans? Traces of ancient humans found in Vietnam Ancient DNA sheds new light on early Americans 11,000-year-old pendant is ...
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April 23, 2016 • 31 mins
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Britain's 'Pompeii' uncovered in Cambridgeshire Southwest USA's oldest human footprints Neolithic tomb in Spain reveals community in life and death Bronze Age Boats New proposal for a common megalithic measure Ancient gold and a 7,000-year-old fortress wall in Bulgaria Did the first farmers come from Turkey? Prehistoric mass murder site discovered by Kenyan lake
Speaker: Philip Hansen
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January 23, 2016 • 34 mins
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Stonehenge tunnel reveals new sites Scientists sequence first ancient Irish human genomes Prehistoric shepherd's hut found in Wales using Google Earth Standing stones are being stolen in southern Italy Bronze Age rapier unearthed in South Lanarkshire The Anthropocene: hard evidence for a human-driven Earth The environmental impact of the Neolithic revolution Dog has been man's best friend for 33,000 years Analysis sugge...
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December 18, 2015 • 36 mins
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Stonehenge may have been first erected in Wales Earliest modern humans in Southern China 6,000-year-old amputated arms in France suggest trophy-taking Bronze Age settlement discovered in Orkney The cave art of Cosquer Early farmers exploited the honeybee 8,500 years ago Mining in the Alps dates back to the Bronze Age Chile claims oldest stone tools in Americas
Speaker: Philip Hansen
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November 29, 2015
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Bulgaria's largest dolmen and 'stone egg' discovered Escargots were not invented by the French Nature reserve in Scotland yields prehistoric artefacts 5,000-year-old tomb discovered in Ireland Bronze Age enclosure discovered in Devon Early ancestors turned disability into advantage DNA links Native Americans to infants in Alaskan grave 'Fourth strand' of European ancestry identified
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