From a few comments on my most recent video it seems there are misunderstandings about the chronology of the first settlements of the near east and the most up to date research on the Cucuteni-Trypillia culture.
Some places in prehistory saw groups clustering together in quite large settlements like Jericho and Catalhoyuk and in Ubaid era Mesopotamia. But most of them - like the Cucuteni-Trypillia - declined and collapsed before developing into cities like in Sumer. Probably the only place that really pulled it off was Uruk, which became an all conquering behemoth.
Unlike earlier examples tho, the Trypillia megasites were socially and economically complex, with dedicated economic structures and public buildings like temples and meeting houses. This is why some experts in the field define them as cities.
Some places in prehistory saw groups clustering together in quite large settlements like Jericho and Catalhoyuk and in Ubaid era Mesopotamia. But most of them - like the Cucuteni-Trypillia - declined and collapsed before developing into cities like in Sumer. Probably the only place that really pulled it off was Uruk, which became an all conquering behemoth.
Unlike earlier examples tho, the Trypillia megasites were socially and economically complex, with dedicated economic structures and public buildings like temples and meeting houses. This is why some experts in the field define them as cities.
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Peaceful Neolithic update:
"The most likely scenario is that the severed upper limbs were trophies taken from the bodies of enemies fallen in battle or raids immediately after death and brought to the village."
It's quite incredible to get a detailed scenario (or possible scenarios) laid out like this, with the context of one group conquering another in this way.
(The victors here would ultimately lose to the invaders)
If you're into horrifically violent Neolithic death pits (and if you follow me, then you are) you should check out the paper.
"The most likely scenario is that the severed upper limbs were trophies taken from the bodies of enemies fallen in battle or raids immediately after death and brought to the village."
It's quite incredible to get a detailed scenario (or possible scenarios) laid out like this, with the context of one group conquering another in this way.
(The victors here would ultimately lose to the invaders)
If you're into horrifically violent Neolithic death pits (and if you follow me, then you are) you should check out the paper.
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Reconstruction of the felling large oak trees using the Neolithic "black buttressing" method, based on dendroarchaeological data from Fontaines Salées and Houplin-Ancoisne.
By exposing and cutting the large roots, the overall volume of timber to cut through (vs cutting through a the trunk of a mature oak) was reduced.
This was an important consideration when using polished stone axes. It's a lot of work.
By the illustrator Dessin B. Clarys.
By exposing and cutting the large roots, the overall volume of timber to cut through (vs cutting through a the trunk of a mature oak) was reduced.
This was an important consideration when using polished stone axes. It's a lot of work.
By the illustrator Dessin B. Clarys.
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Forwarded from TheBeakerLady
Yamnaya reconstruction from the article “Anthropological Materials of the Bronze Age from the Ishkininsky Burial Mounds of the Orenburg Region”.
“Graphic reconstruction of the appearance of a man of the Yamnaya culture based on the skull from burial 7, kurgan 3 of the Ishkinovka I site (by A.I. Nechvaloda)”
https://www.academia.edu/123829248/ANTHROPOLOGICAL_MATERIALS_OF_THE_BRONZE_AGE_FROM_THE_ISHKININSKY_BURIAL_MOUNDS_OF_ORENBURG_REGION
“Graphic reconstruction of the appearance of a man of the Yamnaya culture based on the skull from burial 7, kurgan 3 of the Ishkinovka I site (by A.I. Nechvaloda)”
https://www.academia.edu/123829248/ANTHROPOLOGICAL_MATERIALS_OF_THE_BRONZE_AGE_FROM_THE_ISHKININSKY_BURIAL_MOUNDS_OF_ORENBURG_REGION
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I forgot about making YouTube Shorts for a while
Here's a new short for today, on William Marshal, the greatest knight who ever lived. It's incredible that he led an urban cavalry charge against a defensive position aged 70 and then engaged in single combat against the enemy commander - but he really did that. Once, he had been the greatest athlete of his day, probably the greatest tournament knight to ever do it.
He was the Michael Phelps / Lionel Messi / Wayne Gretzky / Tom Brady or whatever of riding warhorses and bashing people's brains out. He was the elite of the elite in his youth and was still better than most and fit enough for battle at 70 years of age.
Truly, he was "built different", as the youth like to say.
Here's a new short for today, on William Marshal, the greatest knight who ever lived. It's incredible that he led an urban cavalry charge against a defensive position aged 70 and then engaged in single combat against the enemy commander - but he really did that. Once, he had been the greatest athlete of his day, probably the greatest tournament knight to ever do it.
He was the Michael Phelps / Lionel Messi / Wayne Gretzky / Tom Brady or whatever of riding warhorses and bashing people's brains out. He was the elite of the elite in his youth and was still better than most and fit enough for battle at 70 years of age.
Truly, he was "built different", as the youth like to say.
YouTube
When a 70-Year-Old Knight Saved England
The First Barons' War (1215–1217) of England resulted from King John's disastrous wars against King Philip II of France, and John's subsequent refusal to abi...
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Today's video is about the incredible Stele of the Vultures from ancient Sumer.
Dating to about 2450 BC, this is the oldest known monument commemorating a war.
It's got soldiers in formation led by the king, and mounds of bodies being circled by vultures.
It's a celebration of state organised ultraviolence!
Dating to about 2450 BC, this is the oldest known monument commemorating a war.
It's got soldiers in formation led by the king, and mounds of bodies being circled by vultures.
It's a celebration of state organised ultraviolence!
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Forwarded from TheBeakerLady
Reconstruction of a female headdress of the Sintashta culture. 1/3
Source of the images is from this book available in pdf (in Russian): https://arkaim-center.ru/publications/ten-zhenschiny-zhenskiy-kostyum-epokhi-bronzy-kak-tekst
Source of the images is from this book available in pdf (in Russian): https://arkaim-center.ru/publications/ten-zhenschiny-zhenskiy-kostyum-epokhi-bronzy-kak-tekst
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It's the subject you've all been waiting for, the one you've been DEMANDING.
Yes, it's the story of prehistoric salt production!
Featuring the Chalcolithic salt fortress of Solnitsata, the Bronze Age Hallstatt salt mines, and the Iron Age salt marshes of Essex.
Don't miss it!
It is LIVE NOW for Patreon supporters and YouTube Channel Members with their ad-free, sponsor-free editions. (You can join now to see it immediately).
Yes, it's the story of prehistoric salt production!
Featuring the Chalcolithic salt fortress of Solnitsata, the Bronze Age Hallstatt salt mines, and the Iron Age salt marshes of Essex.
Don't miss it!
It is LIVE NOW for Patreon supporters and YouTube Channel Members with their ad-free, sponsor-free editions. (You can join now to see it immediately).
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NEW VIDEO NOW LIVE!
This valuable substance was critical to the lives of our ancestors but unlike copper, iron, and gold artefacts, we can't see it archeologically.
So how was gold extracted and processed in prehistoric Europe? And how did it transform ancient societies?
You can see the whole story here right now.
You shares are most welcome.
I hope you enjoy the video!
This valuable substance was critical to the lives of our ancestors but unlike copper, iron, and gold artefacts, we can't see it archeologically.
So how was gold extracted and processed in prehistoric Europe? And how did it transform ancient societies?
You can see the whole story here right now.
You shares are most welcome.
I hope you enjoy the video!
YouTube
How Ancient Salt Mining Transformed Prehistoric Europe
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Across prehistoric Europe there were different kinds of salt sources, extraction methods and processing techniques, carried out from the brine…
Across prehistoric Europe there were different kinds of salt sources, extraction methods and processing techniques, carried out from the brine…
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Forwarded from The Jolly Reiver
My latest video is a retouched and improved upload from 2022. I came across two articles from newspapers in 1915 in which soldiers present at the Battle of Mons claimed to see phantom horsemen during the great retreat. This is their account:
https://youtu.be/qVXtiRALFa8?si=UdbOkvhrEDrVbRyJ
https://youtu.be/qVXtiRALFa8?si=UdbOkvhrEDrVbRyJ
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Forwarded from TheBeakerLady
Photo of artifacts of the Khvalynsk culture (cultural relative of Sredny Stog)
Source of photo taken from the following paper:
The Eneolithic cemetery at Khvalynsk on the Volga River - David W Anthony, AA Khokhlov, S A Agapov, D S Agapov, R Schulting, I Olalde, and D Reich https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11699484/
Source of photo taken from the following paper:
The Eneolithic cemetery at Khvalynsk on the Volga River - David W Anthony, AA Khokhlov, S A Agapov, D S Agapov, R Schulting, I Olalde, and D Reich https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11699484/
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