Europe's first megalithic monuments date back 6000 years ago

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Europe's first megalithic monuments date back 6000 years ago
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Le Peu's residents may have built memorials for the deceased.

on February 21, the study demonstrated that a fence enclosing a number of timber structures constructed in the fifth-millennium BC. As they concluded, these are the oldest wooden structures in the area and the first settlement that existed at the same time as the Neolithic monument builders.

On the summit of a small hill that the wall surrounded, at least three dwellings were discovered, each measuring about nearly 42.6509 feet long. Archaeologists usedLe Peu's residents may have built memorials to the deceased, but they also spent a lot of time and energy safeguarding the living. The site was found to be on a promontory bordered by a marsh, according to analysis of the paleosol that was retrieved from the area.

These formidable defenses might have fallen short, though, as all the structures at Le Peu appear to have burned destroyed approximately 4400 BC. That destruction, nonetheless, aided in the site's preservation. Dr. Ard and his team are therefore optimistic that further research at Le Peu will continue to shed light on the lives of individuals whose only known contributions to human history are memorials.

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