Neolithic Stone Balls: The Northern Rosetta Stone?
Neolithic stone balls are mysterious petrospheres found in Scotland, Ireland, and Norway that have puzzled archaeologists for centuries. But an explanation for these objects may finally be revealed, showing their potential links to the first astronomical clocks and the development of modern timekeeping.
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Carved stone balls (Scotland)
More than 400 examples of Scottish Carved Stone Balls have been found. They are believed to have originated in the late Neolithic and the Bronze Age - i.e. thought to be more than 5,000 years old. Most have been found in north-east Scotland, mainly Aberdeenshire.
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Why Were These Mysterious Stone Orbs Stashed All Over Neolithic Britain?
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Mystery surrounds 5,000-year-old carved stone balls | CNN
More than 500 of these 5,000-year-old carved stone balls have been discovered, mostly in Scotland, but their purpose remains a mystery. Courtesy National Museums Scotland.
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The Carved Stone Balls of Scotland
Only about 400 of Scotland's 4,000-year-old carved stone balls have been found. They are of fairly uniform size, with the diameters of most measuring around 2.75 inches. Fitting nicely …
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Early Humans Used 2-Million-Year-Old Stone Balls …
A team of international scientists studied a unique cache of 30 stone balls that were uncovered in Israel's Qesem Cave where humans lived between 200,000 to 400,000 years ago. They determined that the stone balls …
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The Carved Stone Balls of Scotland: Who made them, and …
Only about 400 of Scotland's 4,000-year-old carved stone balls have been found. They are of fairly uniform size, with the diameters of most measuring around 2.75 inches. ... They originally appeared in J. Alexander Smith's "Notes on small ornamented stone balls found in different parts of Scotland, &c., with remarks on their supposed age ...
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Early Humans Used 2-Million-Year-Old Stone Balls To Get …
A team of international scientists studied a unique cache of 30 stone balls that were uncovered in Israel's Qesem Cave where humans lived between 200,000 to 400,000 years ago. They determined that the stone balls functioned as tools to break open thick animal bones so humans could access the marrow.
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Shot (including musket balls, cannon balls and bullet moulds)
Introduction. This guide covers a variety of types of shot or ammunition, including cannon balls, musket balls and bullets. It has drawn heavily on a guide for FLOs produced by Amy Downes (FLO South and West Yorkshire) and on a guide to recording battlefield assemblages produced by Glenn Foard (Foard 2009 – download the pdf here).Most of the shot recorded by …
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Mystery surrounds 5,000-year-old carved stone balls | CNN
More than 500 of these 5,000-year-old carved stone balls have been discovered, mostly in Scotland, but their purpose remains a mystery. Featuring knobs and intricate markings of spirals and...
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Why Were These Mysterious Stone Orbs Stashed All Over Neolithic Britain?
More than 500 stone balls like them have been discovered to date. For centuries, no one paid them much attention. Farmers or builders would randomly discover them in fields, and then either...
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Enigmatic Stone Balls from 5,000 Years Ago Continue to …
Some of the most enigmatic human-made objects from Europe's late Stone Age — intricately carved balls of stone, each about the size of a baseball — continue to baffle archaeologists more than...
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Polished, 5,500-Year-Old Stone Balls Found in Neolithic Scottish Tomb
Archaeologists excavating a tomb at one of Scotland's oldest known monuments have discovered two polished, 5,500-year-old stone balls, reports Alison Campsie for the Scotsman. The team made the...
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Who or What Made These Mysterious Stone Balls Found at …
In Stone Age sites all over the world, archaeologists have found rounded stone "spheroids" that fit in the palms of their hands. A bit too heavy for tossing around, the balls have cropped up in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Levant, the countries gathered near the eastern shore of the Mediterranean.
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Mystery of 2-million-year-old stone balls solved
For nearly 2 million years, ancient humans crafted stones into hand-size balls, but archaeologists were unsure why. Now they know: Ancient people used them as tools to get at the tasty marrow...
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Video: Rethinking Scotland's Neolithic carved stone balls
Carved stone balls are one of Scotland's most enigmatic prehistoric artefacts. Created some 5,000 years ago, during the Late Neolithic, their distinctive knobbed forms were carefully "pecked" and ground to shape by communities across the north-east of Scotland. Some, such as the Towie Ball, were elaborately decorated and represent some of ...
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Polished, 5,500-Year-Old Stone Balls Found in …
Archaeologists excavating a tomb at one of Scotland's oldest known monuments have discovered two polished, 5,500-year-old stone balls, reports Alison Campsie for the Scotsman. The team made the...
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The Ancient Stone Spheres Costa Rica
To the locals they are known as bolas de piedra (stone balls) and are said to be attributed to the now extinct Disquis culture, a pre-Columbian indigenous culture of Costa Rica that flourished from AD 700 to 1530. These …
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Neolithic Stone Balls: The Northern Rosetta Stone?
Neolithic stone balls are mysterious petrospheres found in Scotland, Ireland, and Norway that have puzzled archaeologists for centuries. But an explanation for these objects may finally be revealed, showing their …
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Enigmatic Stone Balls from 5,000 Years Ago …
Some of the most enigmatic human-made objects from Europe's late Stone Age — intricately carved balls of stone — still baffle archaeologists 200 years after they were discovered.
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Mystery surrounds 5,000-year-old carved stone …
More than 500 of these 5,000-year-old carved stone balls have been discovered, mostly in Scotland, but their purpose remains a mystery. Featuring knobs and intricate markings of spirals and...
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The Carved Stone Balls of Scotland
Only about 400 of Scotland's 4,000-year-old carved stone balls have been found. They are of fairly uniform size, with the diameters of most measuring around 2.75 inches. Fitting nicely within the cupped hand, they are made from a variety of stone -- from soft sandstones to hard granitics. The numbers of
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In photos: Intricately carved stone balls puzzle archaeologists
3D models of intricately carved stone balls, which are considered some of the most enigmatic objects from Europe's late Stone Age, are now online. ... which is thought to be around 5,200 years old.
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Were these stone balls made by ancient human …
When scientists excavated a 1.4-million-year-old site in northern Israel in the 1960s, they were stumped by the presence of nearly 600 plum-size stone balls alongside more usual stone tools such as hand axes. These rocky …
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Who or What Made These Mysterious Stone Balls …
In Stone Age sites all over the world, archaeologists have found rounded stone "spheroids" that fit in the palms of their hands. A bit too heavy for tossing around, the balls have cropped up in Africa, Asia, Europe and the …
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A Complete Guide On Musket Balls
Stone musket balls. So what are stone musket balls? Well here is the short definition: Stone musket balls were a type of ammunition used in early firearms, specifically muskets. They were made from stone and served as an alternative …
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Why Were These Mysterious Stone Orbs Stashed …
More than 500 stone balls like them have been discovered to date. For centuries, no one paid them much attention. Farmers or builders would randomly discover them in fields, and then either...
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Were these stone balls made by ancient human relatives …
When scientists excavated a 1.4-million-year-old site in northern Israel in the 1960s, they were stumped by the presence of nearly 600 plum-size stone balls alongside more usual stone tools such as hand axes. These rocky orbs had no discernible purpose, and some speculated they may have been debris produced while making other tools.
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5.2.4 'Special' stone artefacts (e.g. carved stone balls and maceheads)
In every case these objects can be considered as fancy weapons, which could have been carried in a fist (rather like the spiked 'meanies' of some native American tribes) or else, in some cases (e.g. the Ness of Brodgar blocks), mounted as a mace. Like the carved stone balls and maceheads, these could all have delivered a painful, indeed lethal, blow.
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Children's games in ancient China – Chinlingo
Stone balls. During the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), kicking a stone ball around was a popular sport in the northern part of China, and it was often played in the winter to keep warm. ... Stones were carved into small balls and kicked along with feet. In 1999, the sport was included in the competition item in the 6th National Ethnic Group ...
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