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This is a list of the main divisions by continent and region. Dating also varies considerably and those given are broad approximations across wide areas. The three-age system has been used in many areas, referring to the prehistorical and historical periods identified by tool manufacture and use, of Stone Age , Bronze Age and Iron Age .
This is a list of dates associated with the prehistoric peopling of the world (first known presence of Homo sapiens). The list is divided into four categories, Middle Paleolithic (before 50,000 years ago), Upper Paleolithic (50,000 to 12,500 years ago), Holocene (12,500 to 500 years ago) and Modern ( Age of Sail and modern exploration).
The prehistory of Ireland has been pieced together from archaeological evidence, which has grown at an increasing rate over the last decades. It begins with the first evidence of permanent human residence in Ireland around 10,500 BC [ 1 ] (although there is evidence of human presence as early as 31,000 BC [ 2 ] ) and finishes with the start of ...
In Western Europe, the Early Mesolithic, or Azilian, began about 14,000 years ago, in the Franco-Cantabrian region of northern Spain and southern France. In other parts of Europe, the Mesolithic began by 11,500 years ago (the beginning Holocene ) and ended with the introduction of farming, which, depending on the region, occurred 8,500 to 5,500 ...
The Céide Fields [11] [12] [13] is an archaeological site on the north County Mayo coast in the west of Ireland, about 7 kilometres northwest of Ballycastle, and the site is the most extensive Neolithic site in Ireland and contains the oldest known field systems in the world.
The following entries cover events related to the study of archaeology which occurred in the listed year. Further information: List of archaeological excavations by date 1600s - 1700s - 1800s - 1900s - 2000s
This is a list of notable archaeological sites sorted by ... Kazanlak Thracian tomb and other notable sites in the region named Valley of the ... The Times 2001 ...
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