Once these children's biological sex was determined, the researchers identified a female-linked trend in grave goods. "The pattern of more burial gifts for female babies was also not something we were ...

This headdress is just one of numerous artifacts discovered in 1934 in the lavish grave of a woman who lived during the European Mesolithic period (15000 to 5000 B.C.).

Other nearby Mesolithic grave sites show the presence of mass cave burials. “About a mile up the road from where Cheddar Man was found, there is another cave known as Aveline’s Hole which is one of ...

Archaeologists thought they had found one grave, but excavation efforts turned up a treasure trove of ancient tools and coins.

Mesolithic tools discovered. Credit: Wdecki Park Krajobrazowy Excavating around the soldier’s grave, the team found evidence of something much older: stone tools dating back to the Mesolithic period, ...

The grave of the “shaman” of Bad Dürrenberg, one of the most important finds in Central European archaeology, was discovered by chance in the spa gardens of Bad Dürrenberg in 1934. Recently ...

The 10,000-year-old burial of an infant, the earliest such burial in Europe, shows society in Mesolithic times honored its youngest members.