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Newgrange Neolithic female figurine in the form of a jar Tools and other artifacts from the Neolithic Period Carved entrance stone La Roche aux Fées megalithic temple chamber Chinese earthenware amphora Neolithic comb-pattern pottery rock painting of a dance performance
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Newgrange
Newgrange Ireland's Newgrange, a megalithic cairn monument including a passage tomb, from the Neolithic Period, in the valley of the River Boyne near Drogheda.

Neolithic

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Also known as: Late Stone Age, Neolithic Period, New Stone Age(Show More)
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Neolithic, final stage of the Stone Age. It was characterized by stone tools shaped by polishing or grinding, dependence on domesticated plants and animals, settlement in permanent villages, and the appearance of such crafts as pottery and weaving. Chipped-stone tools, characteristic of the preceding Paleolithic Period, continued to be used by Neolithic peoples in many parts of the globe. In Asia and Europe the Neolithic is succeeded by the Bronze Age, when human societies learned...

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