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  • Newgrange
    Neolithic

    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…

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    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…

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