miércoles, 16 de abril de 2014

Anglesey: Mysterious artefact discovered at Neolithic tomb

Find at Perthi Duon excavation site near Brynsiencyn could prove existence of a British Copper Age says archeology expert 

Copper artefact found in an archaeological excavation at Perthi Duon on Anglesey. Photo courtesy of Dr George Nash.
The discovery of a mysterious copper artefact at a Neolithic tomb on Anglesey could help to answer one of  archaeology’s burning questions.

Dr George Nash, who led the excavation at Perthi Duon near Brynsiencyn, says the find could lend  weight to the idea of a British Copper Age, which is currently being  debated by archaeologists.

Perthi Duon – described by Dr  Nash as Anglesey’s “least known  Neolithic chambered tomb” – is believed to have been a portal dolmen,   a type of single-chamber tomb  mostly built in the early Neolithic  period, and dates to around 3,500BC  or earlier. [...] dailypost.co.uk

Link 2: 21 March 2014. Excavation of Neolithic chambered tomb on Anglesey begins

1 comentario:

Maju dijo...

Nash es un gran tipo por lo poco que le conozco. Un apasionado de su profesión.

Sería interesante que por fin el mundo anglosajón descubriera el Calcolítico en su propio patio. Como sabrás ellos suelen llamar "Neolítico tardío" a lo que nosotros llamamos Calcolítico, a pesar de que tiene todas las características proto-civilizacionales del Calcolítico.