A new study contradicts the long-held assumption that Ireland’s Neolithic passage tombs were reserved for members of an elite ...

In County Meath in eastern Ireland sits the world heritage site of Brú na Bóinne. The late 4th millennium BC megalithic tombs have been labeled "passage tombs" by archaeologists because they typically ...

Carlin and his team noted that most individuals buried in the passage tombs were not close relatives, which disproves the ...

A reanalysis of ancient DNA shows that a major cultural change took place in Ireland after four centuries of farming.

“Traditionally, it has been considered that large passage tombs like Newgrange were the burial places of special or important ...

Elliott & Thompson has acquired The Seekers: Unearthing the Lost Neolithic People of Britain and Ireland by archaeologist, lecturer and author Jim Leary. Publishing director Sarah Rigby secured world ...

It is clear that the people of Neolithic Britain were in communication and engaged in trading on a wide-scale.

Genetic analysis of human remains within several of the tombs initially seemed to reinforce this. But our latest research has overturned this idea. By integrating exciting new results from ancient DNA ...

In Ireland's Neolithic period, which lasted from about 3900 to 2500 B.C., people built "megalithic monuments" — large stone structures that contained human bones and cremated remains.

Elliott & Thompson has acquired The Seekers: Unearthing the Lost Neolithic People of Britain and Ireland by archaeologist, lecturer and author Jim Leary. Publishing director Sarah Rigby secured ...