Neolithic Britain

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archaeological culture area prehistoric period

Neolithic Britain was the prehistoric period on the British Isles (c. 4000–2500 BCE) marked by the introduction of farming, construction of monumental stone and earthworks such as Stonehenge, and the development of settled communities and complex ritual landscapes.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
British Neolithic	1
Cotswold megalithic tradition	1
Neolithic Orkney culture	1

Statements (72)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological culture area ⓘ prehistoric period ⓘ
agriculturalPractice	cultivation of barley ⓘ cultivation of wheat ⓘ keeping of cattle ⓘ keeping of pigs ⓘ keeping of sheep ⓘ
appliesTo	British Isles NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Atlantic Neolithic NERFINISHED ⓘ Megalithic architecture ⓘ early farming communities ⓘ
chronologicalPhase	Early Neolithic ⓘ Late Neolithic ⓘ Middle Neolithic ⓘ
endTime	circa 2500 BCE ⓘ
evidenceFrom	archaeological excavation ⓘ human skeletal remains ⓘ lithic analysis ⓘ pollen analysis ⓘ radiocarbon dating ⓘ
followedBy	Bronze Age Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows	Mesolithic Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	communal burial practices ⓘ complex ritual landscapes ⓘ construction of causewayed enclosures ⓘ construction of chambered tombs ⓘ construction of henges ⓘ construction of long barrows ⓘ construction of monumental earthworks ⓘ construction of monumental stone structures ⓘ construction of stone circles ⓘ development of ritual and ceremonial practices ⓘ development of settled communities ⓘ domestication of animals ⓘ domestication of plants ⓘ emergence of pottery ⓘ forest clearance for agriculture ⓘ increased sedentism ⓘ introduction of farming ⓘ landscape modification ⓘ long-distance exchange networks ⓘ use of polished stone tools ⓘ use of timber structures ⓘ
hasMonument	Avebury NERFINISHED ⓘ Bryn Celli Ddu NERFINISHED ⓘ Callanish stone circle NERFINISHED ⓘ Cotswold-Severn long barrows NERFINISHED ⓘ Dowth NERFINISHED ⓘ Durrington Walls NERFINISHED ⓘ Hambledon Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ Knowth NERFINISHED ⓘ Maeshowe NERFINISHED ⓘ Newgrange NERFINISHED ⓘ Orkney chambered cairns NERFINISHED ⓘ Ring of Brodgar NERFINISHED ⓘ Silbury Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ Skara Brae NERFINISHED ⓘ Stonehenge NERFINISHED ⓘ West Kennet Long Barrow NERFINISHED ⓘ Windmill Hill causewayed enclosure NERFINISHED ⓘ Woodhenge NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRegion	Channel Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ England NERFINISHED ⓘ Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ Isle of Man NERFINISHED ⓘ Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Neolithic Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	circa 4000 BCE ⓘ
toolMaterial	polished flint ⓘ stone axeheads ⓘ
transitionMarkedBy	appearance of metalworking in Bronze Age ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

bluestones → culturalContext → Neolithic Britain ⓘ

Aubrey holes → culturalAttribution → Neolithic Britain ⓘ

Durrington Walls → culturalPeriod → Neolithic Britain ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Neolithic

Quoyness chambered cairn → culture → Neolithic Britain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Neolithic Orkney culture

King Stone → partOf → Neolithic Britain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cotswold megalithic tradition