"A permanent settlement had emerged here by the 9th to 8th millennium BC," said UNESCO. Jericho, Palestinian Territories: The United Nations' cultural organisation inscribed the "pre-historic site ...

By the 9th to 8th millennium BC, Neolithic Ancient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan was already a sizeable permanent settlement, as expressed by surviving monumental architectural features such as a wall with a ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the rise of the city, from its Bronze Age origins to 1800.

Although the sling was of considerable importance beginning as early as the 8th millennium BC, direct material evidence of its existence is limited since it was constructed from biodegradable ...

The stone or cist graves dating back to 8th millennium BC at Rudramakota and neighbouring villages of Velerupadu mandal were unearthed by AP state archaeology officials.

“A permanent settlement had emerged here by the 9th to 8th millennium BC due to the fertile soil of the oasis and easy access to water,” UNESCO said on its website.

These unusual artefacts were found in a layer of the site dated to around 8th millennium BC, which places the discovery in the early Neolithic.

Located in the Jordan Valley, the property is an oval-shaped tell, or mound, that contains the prehistorical deposits of human activity, and includes the adjacent perennial spring of ‘Ain es-Sultan. A ...

Dating to between the mid-7th millennium BC and the mid-8th millennium BC Ain Ghazal is a Pre-pottery Neolithic archaeological site located in metropolitan Amman, Jordan.

Introduction / Christian Gates St-Pierre and Renee B. Walker -- Bone tools and bone technology: a brief history / Genevieve M. LeMoine -- The importance of the palaeontological and taphonomical ...