anteanus:ancient_europe_timeline_800bc-1000ad
Ancient Europe TimeLine 8000BC-1000AD
Excerpt from Ancient Europe, 8000 B.C. to 1000 A.D: An Encyclopedia of the Barbarian World by Peter Bogucki & Pam. J Crabtree Expressed Permission On Condition Of Citing Publication
Ancient Europe Artifacts
- Theopetra cave
- Greece
- 21000 BC
- Stone wall
- The oldest known human-made structure.
- The structure is a stone wall that blocked two-thirds of the entrance to the Theopetra cave near Kalambaka on the north edge of the Thessalian plain. It was constructed 23,000 years ago, probably as a barrier to cold winds.
- Tumulus of Bougon
- France
- 4700 BC
- Tumulus
- A complex of tombs with varying dates near Poitiers, the oldest being 4700 BC.
- Knap of Howar
- Scotland
- 3700 BC
- House
- Oldest preserved stone house in north west Europe.
- Ġgantija
- Malta
- 3700 BC
- Temple
- Two structures on the island of Gozo. The second was built four centuries after the oldest.
- West Kennet Long Barrow
- England
- 3650 BC
- Tomb
- Located near near Silbury Hill and Avebury stone circle.
- La Hougue Bie
- La Hougue Bie entrance and chapel
- Jersey
- 3500 BC
- Passage grave
- An 18.6 metre long passage chamber. The chapel above is medieval.
- Newgrange
- Ireland
- 3100–2900 BC
- Burial
- Partially reconstructed around original passage grave.
- Hulbjerg Jættestue
- Denmark
- 3000 BC
- Passage grave
- The grave is concealed by a round barrow on the southern tip of the island.
- Maikop kurgans Dolmen Russia Kavkaz Jane
- Russia
- 3000 BC
- Tomb
- There are numerous tombs, some perhaps originating in the Maikop culture, in the North Caucasus.
- Monte d'Accoddi
- Italy
- 2700–2000 BC
- Possibly an open-air temple. “A trapezoidal platform on an artificial mound, reached by a sloped causeway.”
- Dolmen de Viera
- Spain
- 2000 BC
- Tomb
- The Dolmen de Viera or Dolmen de los Hermanos Viera is a dolmen—a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb.
- Bryn Celli Ddu
- Wales
- 2000 BC
- Tomb
- Located on the island of Anglesey.
- Nuraghe of Santu Antine
- Italy
- 1600 BC
- Possibly a fort
- The tallest of these megalithic edifices found in Sardinia.
- The King's Grave
- Sweden
- 1000 BC
- Tomb
- Near Kivik is the remains of an unusually grand Nordic Bronze Age double burial.
- Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak
- Bulgaria
- 300–400 BC
- Tomb
- Located near Seutopolis, the capital city of the Thracian king Seuthes III, and part of a large necropolis.
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