There is a noticeable climate shift around the time the European Mesolithic gets into high gear owing to forest clearance involving burning. Humans impact climate systems before they have grain agriculture.
November 8, 2026 at 9:51 PM
There is a noticeable climate shift around the time the European Mesolithic gets into high gear owing to forest clearance involving burning. Humans impact climate systems before they have grain agriculture.
New issue of Fornvännen Journal is now #OpenAccess
Contents include articles and short reports on #Archaeology #Medieval #History #Mesolithic #Neolithic #BronzeAge #IronAge #Osteology
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Contents include articles and short reports on #Archaeology #Medieval #History #Mesolithic #Neolithic #BronzeAge #IronAge #Osteology
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November 8, 2026 at 8:20 PM
New issue of Fornvännen Journal is now #OpenAccess
Contents include articles and short reports on #Archaeology #Medieval #History #Mesolithic #Neolithic #BronzeAge #IronAge #Osteology
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Contents include articles and short reports on #Archaeology #Medieval #History #Mesolithic #Neolithic #BronzeAge #IronAge #Osteology
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Mesolithic pendant from Donkalnis, Lithuania, made from an elk incisor. Engraved with regular patterns of horizontal lines, it may have been a prehistoric mnemonic aid or recording device.
🔗 from 2025 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
🔗 from 2025 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
November 7, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Mesolithic pendant from Donkalnis, Lithuania, made from an elk incisor. Engraved with regular patterns of horizontal lines, it may have been a prehistoric mnemonic aid or recording device.
🔗 from 2025 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
🔗 from 2025 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
🦣 Younger Dryas
A spooky town in upstate NY, a missing persons case, a subterranean city.
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#Detective #Mystery #HollowEarth #Prehistory #Mesolithic #Kindle+ #Suspense #Adventure #Utopia 📚💙
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DB2P815W
A spooky town in upstate NY, a missing persons case, a subterranean city.
(certified “non-generic” content)
#Detective #Mystery #HollowEarth #Prehistory #Mesolithic #Kindle+ #Suspense #Adventure #Utopia 📚💙
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DB2P815W
November 3, 2026 at 10:57 PM
🦣 Younger Dryas
A spooky town in upstate NY, a missing persons case, a subterranean city.
(certified “non-generic” content)
#Detective #Mystery #HollowEarth #Prehistory #Mesolithic #Kindle+ #Suspense #Adventure #Utopia 📚💙
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DB2P815W
A spooky town in upstate NY, a missing persons case, a subterranean city.
(certified “non-generic” content)
#Detective #Mystery #HollowEarth #Prehistory #Mesolithic #Kindle+ #Suspense #Adventure #Utopia 📚💙
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DB2P815W
🦣 Younger Dryas
A spooky town in upstate NY, a missing persons case, a subterranean city.
(certified “non-generic” content)
#Detective #Mystery #HollowEarth #Prehistory #Mesolithic #Kindle+ #Suspense #Adventure #Utopia 📚💙
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DB2P815W
A spooky town in upstate NY, a missing persons case, a subterranean city.
(certified “non-generic” content)
#Detective #Mystery #HollowEarth #Prehistory #Mesolithic #Kindle+ #Suspense #Adventure #Utopia 📚💙
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DB2P815W
November 3, 2026 at 8:00 PM
🦣 Younger Dryas
A spooky town in upstate NY, a missing persons case, a subterranean city.
(certified “non-generic” content)
#Detective #Mystery #HollowEarth #Prehistory #Mesolithic #Kindle+ #Suspense #Adventure #Utopia 📚💙
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DB2P815W
A spooky town in upstate NY, a missing persons case, a subterranean city.
(certified “non-generic” content)
#Detective #Mystery #HollowEarth #Prehistory #Mesolithic #Kindle+ #Suspense #Adventure #Utopia 📚💙
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DB2P815W
A shout out for this exciting, free online seminar run by Thornborough Archaeology Group on Thursday 19th November 1930-2030 with @suegreaney.bsky.social
Join TAG's Online Research Seminar on Neolithic Britain
Join TAG's Research Seminar Series to explore Mesolithic, Neolithic, and Bronze Age Britain with expert insights from Dr. Susan Greaney.
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November 6, 2026 at 4:29 PM
A shout out for this exciting, free online seminar run by Thornborough Archaeology Group on Thursday 19th November 1930-2030 with @suegreaney.bsky.social
🦣 Younger Dryas
A spooky town in upstate NY, a missing persons case, a subterranean city.
(certified “non-generic” content)
#Detective #Mystery #HollowEarth #Prehistory #Mesolithic #Kindle+ #Suspense #Adventure #Utopia 📚💙
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DB2P815W
A spooky town in upstate NY, a missing persons case, a subterranean city.
(certified “non-generic” content)
#Detective #Mystery #HollowEarth #Prehistory #Mesolithic #Kindle+ #Suspense #Adventure #Utopia 📚💙
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DB2P815W
November 3, 2026 at 5:17 PM
🦣 Younger Dryas
A spooky town in upstate NY, a missing persons case, a subterranean city.
(certified “non-generic” content)
#Detective #Mystery #HollowEarth #Prehistory #Mesolithic #Kindle+ #Suspense #Adventure #Utopia 📚💙
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DB2P815W
A spooky town in upstate NY, a missing persons case, a subterranean city.
(certified “non-generic” content)
#Detective #Mystery #HollowEarth #Prehistory #Mesolithic #Kindle+ #Suspense #Adventure #Utopia 📚💙
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DB2P815W
The Mesolithic Renaissance was brought to an abrupt halt by the Younger Dryas, 13,000 years BP, a sort of mini-ice age for the Northern hemisphere which lasted a millennium...
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November 4, 2026 at 5:19 PM
The Mesolithic Renaissance was brought to an abrupt halt by the Younger Dryas, 13,000 years BP, a sort of mini-ice age for the Northern hemisphere which lasted a millennium...
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Are you Paleolithic, Mesolithic or Neolithic?
November 5, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Are you Paleolithic, Mesolithic or Neolithic?
Rock art about 5,000 years old was found in Tamil Nadu caves, showing Mesolithic-to-Neolithic transition scenes and prompting protection requests.
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November 4, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Rock art about 5,000 years old was found in Tamil Nadu caves, showing Mesolithic-to-Neolithic transition scenes and prompting protection requests.
It was previously assumed all organic materials from the cave were Neolithic. A recent study identified two distinct phases of deposition. The first phase Mesolithic, the second phase Neolithic. This basket (object 592) belongs to the first phase, so it’s 2,000 years older than previously thought
November 4, 2026 at 8:42 AM
It was previously assumed all organic materials from the cave were Neolithic. A recent study identified two distinct phases of deposition. The first phase Mesolithic, the second phase Neolithic. This basket (object 592) belongs to the first phase, so it’s 2,000 years older than previously thought
WOW! This small woven basket is about 9,500 years old! 🤯
Looks like it was made yesterday rather than by hunter gatherers during the Mesolithic!
From the Cueva de los Murciélagos (Cave of bats) near Granada, southern Spain. 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Looks like it was made yesterday rather than by hunter gatherers during the Mesolithic!
From the Cueva de los Murciélagos (Cave of bats) near Granada, southern Spain. 📷 by me
#Archaeology
November 3, 2026 at 7:30 PM
WOW! This small woven basket is about 9,500 years old! 🤯
Looks like it was made yesterday rather than by hunter gatherers during the Mesolithic!
From the Cueva de los Murciélagos (Cave of bats) near Granada, southern Spain. 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Looks like it was made yesterday rather than by hunter gatherers during the Mesolithic!
From the Cueva de los Murciélagos (Cave of bats) near Granada, southern Spain. 📷 by me
#Archaeology
This basket (object 592) belongs to the first phase of deposition, so it’s 2,000 years older than was previously thought. You can find this information towards the end of the article under ‘Discussion - The Mesolithic fiber-based objects’
November 3, 2026 at 11:44 PM
This basket (object 592) belongs to the first phase of deposition, so it’s 2,000 years older than was previously thought. You can find this information towards the end of the article under ‘Discussion - The Mesolithic fiber-based objects’
Most interesting thing I found while out walking were four Mesolithic flint microliths.
November 2, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Most interesting thing I found while out walking were four Mesolithic flint microliths.
the answer (thanks @cguyver.bsky.social and @britpolitics.bsky.social) is Azilian - new to me, but Mesolithic France is not my area of expertise I'm afraid
if anyone likes both poor handwriting and prehistoric harpoons, could you decipher the first word of the caption for me here?
collections.sal.org.uk/pho.02.02.42
collections.sal.org.uk/pho.02.02.42
Society of Antiquaries Collections Online | PHO/02/02/42
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November 2, 2026 at 11:41 AM
the answer (thanks @cguyver.bsky.social and @britpolitics.bsky.social) is Azilian - new to me, but Mesolithic France is not my area of expertise I'm afraid
Those dates relate to previous studies which assumed all the organic materials from the cave were Neolithic. The recent study covered in the paper identified two distinct phases of deposition of the plant-based objects. The first phase being Mesolithic, the second phase Neolithic.
November 3, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Those dates relate to previous studies which assumed all the organic materials from the cave were Neolithic. The recent study covered in the paper identified two distinct phases of deposition of the plant-based objects. The first phase being Mesolithic, the second phase Neolithic.
We thought that deliberately imported yew twigs to mountain Mesolithic sites in Scotland (where yew does not grow) might be to do with poison. And the microliths are v v small! (Sorry, paper not OA)
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November 4, 2026 at 7:27 PM
We thought that deliberately imported yew twigs to mountain Mesolithic sites in Scotland (where yew does not grow) might be to do with poison. And the microliths are v v small! (Sorry, paper not OA)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Our recent paper about the possible use of poisonous #arrows in the #Mesolithic in Denmark covered by @theconversation.com, edition Europe 😃. With @felixthehauskat.bsky.social, @signest.bsky.social , @sofiefh.bsky.social , R. Enevold and M. Lombard.
Stone-age hunters in northern Europe may have used poison arrows to hunt big prey
The small size of some stone-age arrow heads from Denmark suggest they were used together with poisons.
theconversation.com
November 4, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Our recent paper about the possible use of poisonous #arrows in the #Mesolithic in Denmark covered by @theconversation.com, edition Europe 😃. With @felixthehauskat.bsky.social, @signest.bsky.social , @sofiefh.bsky.social , R. Enevold and M. Lombard.
Possible poison arrow hunting in Early Mesolithic Europe, inferred from very small arrowheads and presence of poison plants
https://theconversation.com/stone-age-hunters-in-northern-europe-may-have-used-poison-arrows-to-hunt-big-prey-294856?
https://theconversation.com/stone-age-hunters-in-northern-europe-may-have-used-poison-arrows-to-hunt-big-prey-294856?
Stone-age hunters in northern Europe may have used poison arrows to hunt big prey
The small size of some stone-age arrow heads from Denmark suggest they were used together with poisons.
theconversation.com
November 4, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Possible poison arrow hunting in Early Mesolithic Europe, inferred from very small arrowheads and presence of poison plants
https://theconversation.com/stone-age-hunters-in-northern-europe-may-have-used-poison-arrows-to-hunt-big-prey-294856?
https://theconversation.com/stone-age-hunters-in-northern-europe-may-have-used-poison-arrows-to-hunt-big-prey-294856?
Meanwhile earlier this year Clarke and Kirkland proposed a bizarre theory that the stone was first collected by Mesolithic people from land in the North Sea where it had been carried by glaciers
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Stonehenge, Altar Stone, glaciers
So here we go with another Stonehenge Altar Stone story, and the age-old search for glaciers that took megaliths to Salisbury Plain, or somewhere near (I’m expanding here from a Bluesky post). Head…
mikepitts.wordpress.com
November 5, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Meanwhile earlier this year Clarke and Kirkland proposed a bizarre theory that the stone was first collected by Mesolithic people from land in the North Sea where it had been carried by glaciers
mikepitts.wordpress.com/2026/06/05/s...
mikepitts.wordpress.com/2026/06/05/s...
In the south-eastern Alps, Milavec & Horvat review 25 years of high-mountain research in Slovenia, with seasonal use since the Mesolithic. In the central Slovakian mountains, Miňo & Lieskovský track shepherds’ sites with LiDAR and field survey.
November 5, 2026 at 1:04 PM
In the south-eastern Alps, Milavec & Horvat review 25 years of high-mountain research in Slovenia, with seasonal use since the Mesolithic. In the central Slovakian mountains, Miňo & Lieskovský track shepherds’ sites with LiDAR and field survey.
‘The Shells (and Crabs) of a Mesolithic Shell Midden: Port-Neuf, the island of Hoedic, Brittany’
Anna Stafford, PhD Student, Université Rennes 2.
UCD Hunter Gather Research Group Seminar Series.
Wed 4 Nov, 1pm, Barry Raftery Seminar Room, Ardmore Annexe. All Welcome.
@univrennes2.bsky.social
Anna Stafford, PhD Student, Université Rennes 2.
UCD Hunter Gather Research Group Seminar Series.
Wed 4 Nov, 1pm, Barry Raftery Seminar Room, Ardmore Annexe. All Welcome.
@univrennes2.bsky.social
November 2, 2026 at 12:53 PM
‘The Shells (and Crabs) of a Mesolithic Shell Midden: Port-Neuf, the island of Hoedic, Brittany’
Anna Stafford, PhD Student, Université Rennes 2.
UCD Hunter Gather Research Group Seminar Series.
Wed 4 Nov, 1pm, Barry Raftery Seminar Room, Ardmore Annexe. All Welcome.
@univrennes2.bsky.social
Anna Stafford, PhD Student, Université Rennes 2.
UCD Hunter Gather Research Group Seminar Series.
Wed 4 Nov, 1pm, Barry Raftery Seminar Room, Ardmore Annexe. All Welcome.
@univrennes2.bsky.social