Construction begins at sacred site of Stonehenge
Stonehenge is perhaps the world’s most famous prehistoric monument. It was built in several stages: the first monument was an early henge monument, built about 5,000 years ago.
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Human begin tattooing their bodies
These permanent designs — sometimes plain, sometimes elaborate, always personal — have served as amulets, status symbols, declarations of love, signs of religious beliefs, adornments and even forms of punishment.
Skara Brae settlement flourishes in Scotland
Consisting of eight clustered houses, it was occupied from roughly 3180 B.C.E. to about 2500 B.C.E. Europe’s most complete Neolithic village, Skara Brae gained UNESCO World Heritage Site status.
Humans begin using field systems for the first time, perhaps in the Céide Fields of modern-day Ireland
The Céide Fields is an archaeological site in the west of Ireland. The site is the most extensive Neolithic site in Ireland and contains the oldest known field systems in the world.
Early Neolithic tribes build megalithic tombs across Ireland
Megalithic monuments in Ireland typically represent one of several types of megalithic tombs: court cairns, passage tombs, portal tombs and wedge tombs.[1][2] The remains of over 1,000 such megalithic tombs have been recorded around Ireland.
Hunter-gatherers build Giant’s Churches in modern-day Finland
A Giant’s Church is the name given to prehistoric stone enclosures found in the Ostrobothnia region of Finland. Dating from the sub-Neolithic period (3500–2000 B.C.E.), they are thought to be a rare example of monumental architecture built by hunter-gatherers in northern Europe.
The Sweet Track and Post Track causeways are built in Somerset Levels in modern-day England
The Sweet Track is a Neolithic timber walkway, located in the Somerset Levels, England. It was originally part of a network of tracks built to provide a dry path across the marshy ground.
Early Norwegians begin farming for the first time
The first farming and thus the start of the Neolithic period, began ca. 4000 B.C.E. around the Oslofjord, with the technology coming from southern Scandinavia.
The Funnelbeaker culture flourishes in north-central Europe
The Funnelbeaker culture developed as a technological merger of local neolithic and mesolithic techno-complexes, introducing farming and husbandry as a major source of food to the pottery-using hunter-gatherers north of this line.
The Varna Necropolis in modern-day Bulgaria becomes perhaps the world’s first major gold hoard
The so-called Varna Necropolis is a burial site from 4569-4340 B.C.E. and is internationally considered one of the key archaeological sites in world prehistory.