Trepanation of the skull is perhaps the earliest recorded surgical procedure in history. Continue reading “Trepanation and Roman medicine”
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Trepanation and Roman medicine
The Juffain Dolmen Field; Megalithic structures in Jordan
The Juffain Dolmen Field is located on the southwest border of the modern town Juffain. The site measures 1 km east to west and 1.3 km north to south, and is broken by six major and five minor valleys. Preliminary analysis of dolmen groups shows clear separation for autonomous groups. Continue reading “The Juffain Dolmen Field; Megalithic structures in Jordan”
Writing in Neolithic Europe; an Aegean origin?
For many years the earliest writing was assumed to have originated in Uruk, in Sumeria, Mesopotamia c. 3100 BC. Evidence from Egypt has now dated writing to c. 3400-3200 BC, while evidence from the Indus Valley suggests a date of 3500 BC for the development of writing there. Continue reading “Writing in Neolithic Europe; an Aegean origin?”
The Neolithic of Southern China – Lingman-Fujian region
Contrary to the development of intensive agriculture in the middle and lower Yangtze basins, subsistence strategies in Lingnan-Fujian and southwest China after the early Neolithic continued with a heavy emphasis on fishing and hunting. The first direct evidence for farming appeared only in the late phase of the late Neolithic, after 3500 B. C., apparently as a result of farming dispersal from the Yangtze basin. As with the Yangtze basin, we also divide the Neolithic cultures of the Lingnan-Fujian region and southwest China into four phases. Continue reading “The Neolithic of Southern China – Lingman-Fujian region”
The Neolithic of Southern China – Middle and Lower Yangtze River basin
Sandwiched between the Yellow River and Mainland Southeast Asia, southern China lies centrally within eastern Asia. This geographical area can be divided into three geomorphological terrains: the middle and lower Yangtze alluvial plain, the Lingnan (southern Nanling Mountains)-Fujian region, and the Yungui Plateau. During the past 30 years, abundant archaeological discoveries have stimulated a rethinking of the role of southern China in the prehistory of China and Southeast Asia. Continue reading “The Neolithic of Southern China – Middle and Lower Yangtze River basin”
The Antikythera mechanism: an ancient Greek (2nd century BC) mechanical analog computer with gears
The Antikythera mechanism is an ancient mechanical analog computer (as opposed to digital computer) designed to calculate astronomical positions. Continue reading “The Antikythera mechanism: an ancient Greek (2nd century BC) mechanical analog computer with gears”
