Neolithic Britain

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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.

All labels observed (8)

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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 ⓘ
associatedWith Atlantic Neolithic ⓘ
linked to: Neolithic Europe

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 ⓘ
follows Mesolithic Britain ⓘ
linked to: Mesolithic period
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 ⓘ
Bryn Celli Ddu ⓘ
Callanish stone circle ⓘ
linked to: Callanish Stones

Cotswold-Severn long barrows ⓘ
Dowth ⓘ
Durrington Walls ⓘ
Hambledon Hill ⓘ
Knowth ⓘ
Maeshowe ⓘ
Newgrange ⓘ
Orkney chambered cairns ⓘ
Ring of Brodgar ⓘ
Silbury Hill ⓘ
Skara Brae ⓘ
Stonehenge ⓘ
West Kennet Long Barrow ⓘ
Windmill Hill causewayed enclosure ⓘ
linked to: Durrington Walls

Woodhenge ⓘ
hasRegion Channel Islands ⓘ
England ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Isle of Man ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
partOf Neolithic Europe ⓘ
startTime circa 4000 BCE ⓘ
toolMaterial polished flint ⓘ
stone axeheads ⓘ
transitionMarkedBy appearance of metalworking in Bronze Age ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

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 → British Neolithic ⓘ
linked to: Neolithic Britain
Quoyness chambered cairn → culture → Neolithic Orkney culture ⓘ
linked to: Neolithic Britain
King Stone → partOf → Cotswold megalithic tradition ⓘ
linked to: Neolithic Britain
Pentre Ifan → culturalPeriod → Neolithic Britain ⓘ
Stuart Piggott → notableWork → The Neolithic Cultures of the British Isles ⓘ
linked to: Neolithic Britain
Wayland’s Smithy → culturalPeriod → Early Neolithic Britain ⓘ
linked to: Neolithic Britain
West Kennet Avenue → belongsToCulture → British Neolithic culture ⓘ
linked to: Neolithic Britain
Isbister Chambered Cairn → partOf → Neolithic archaeology of Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Neolithic Britain
Stonehenge Phase I ditch and bank → culturalContext → British Neolithic ⓘ
linked to: Neolithic Britain
Mike Parker Pearson → hasPublishedOn → Neolithic Britain ⓘ