Sylvia Rose
Yumuktepe: Neolithic on the Med
Yumuktepe (Yümüktepe Höyük) is a Neolithic mound site active from c. 6300 BCE to Byzantine times. On the turquoise Turkish Mediterranean,...
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Sylvia Rose
May 306 min read
Cinnabar (Mercury Sulfide) Red Death
Cinnabar or mercury sulfide (HgS) is a rock composed of mercury (Hg) and sulfur (S). Historically it's used to make vermillion or scarlet...
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Sylvia Rose
May 245 min read
Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) Nature & Lore
The Wild Boar is the ancestor of domestic pigs. The Boar represents the warrior spirit and unbridled ferocity. With the Bear and Wolf the...
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Sylvia Rose
May 244 min read
Neolithic Salt & Brine Works Europe
Neolithic salt production in Europe centers around sites such as Solnitsata in today's Bulgaria, and Lunca (Poiana Slatinei), Romania....
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Sylvia Rose
May 237 min read
Dniester River Neolithic Civilization
The Cucuteni-Trypillia culture is a Neolithic and Copper Age archaeological group (c. 5500 - 2750 BCE) of SE Europe. From the Carpathians...
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Sylvia Rose
May 227 min read
Dnieper (Dnipro) River: Early Humans
Dnieper (Dnipro) River is one of most important waterways of ancient European trade and travel. Since the early Stone Age, from the sedge...
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Sylvia Rose
May 185 min read
Solnitsata - Neolithic Salt Trade Town
Solnitsata is the oldest known town in Europe, dating to the Chalcolithic Age in the 5th millennium BCE. A major center of the Neolithic...
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Sylvia Rose
May 75 min read
Urnfield Bronze & Iron Age Burials
Bronze Age burial ruins from the Urnfield Culture are found at Marburg Botanical Garden in Hesse and Franzhausen-Kokoron, Austria. The...
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Sylvia Rose
May 35 min read
Oder River: Nature & Early People
The Oder (Odra) River originates in Czechia and flows through several countries before reaching the Baltic Sea. Part of the Amber Roads,...
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Sylvia Rose
Apr 15 min read
Cyprus: Prehistoric Humans & Pygmy Hippos
Cyprus enters the Neolithic age armed with hundreds of years of history. Humans arrive on the island in the Paleolithic period, which...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 254 min read
Jet Black - Ancient World Gemstones
Jet black describes a rich dark black, or the blackest black of all, as in jet-black hair. An ancient painter's pigment, jet is also...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 236 min read
Yarrow (Achillea) Magic & Medicine
Yarrow is an herb of magic and medicine. A flowering plant native to the northern hemisphere yarrow (Achillea millefolium) is commonly...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 146 min read
Einkorn Wheat - First Domestic Crops
Einkorn wheat is one of the first crops to be domesticated, along with emmer wheat. The earliest Einkorn domestication appears at...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 145 min read
Emmer Wheat - First Domestic Crops
Emmer wheat (hulled wheat) is one of the first grain crops, along with einkorn wheat. Initially domesticated in the near East, emmer...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 138 min read
Çayönü Tepesi: Blood of the Earth
Çayönü Tepesi (Cayonu) is a Neolithic settlement in SE Turkey. From c. 8630-6800 BCE it's a site of innovation, agriculture and human...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 126 min read
Terrazzo Floors & Neolithic Masons
Terrazzo is among the earliest building techniques of humans, dating to 9500 BCE. Terrazzo is an aggregate of crushed stone with a binder...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 115 min read
Black Pigments of Ancient Artisans
Black is among the first pigments in the palette of early humans. By Paleolithic times, black defines lines, shadows and meaning. Black...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 85 min read
Kaolinite: White Pigment with Benefits
Kaolinite, a white clay mineral, is among the first pigments. It's created by the weathering of minerals found in stone. Present in...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 295 min read
Kermes Insect & Ancient Red Pigments
The kermes insect is a primary source of vermilion and crimson from Neolithic times to the Middle Ages. The first red colors of the...
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Sylvia Rose
Feb 285 min read
Neolithic Skull Cults & Ritual Skulls
Skull cults appear in various forms from the Stone Ages. Early origins may be the Levant or Turkey, in a broad swath of similar ritual...
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