With support from the University of Richmond

History News Network

History News Network puts current events into historical perspective. Subscribe to our newsletter for new perspectives on the ways history continues to resonate in the present. Explore our archive of thousands of original op-eds and curated stories from around the web. Join us to learn more about the past, now.

Complete neolithic pot found in Didcot

Archaeologists working on a housing development in Oxfordshire claim to have found one of the oldest complete pots in the country.

The neolithic find was discovered on a housing development in Didcot and is thought to be about 5,500 years old.

Archaeologist Rob Masefield said they could determine its age by the nature of the pot.

The change from a hunter-gatherer to farming way of life is what defines the start of the neolithic age.

The concept of farming reached Britain between about 5000 BC and 4500 BC....

Read entire article at BBC