Archaeologists suggest a volcanic eruption in 2910 B.C. could have prompted Neolithic people on the Danish island of Bornholm to bury hundreds of decorated stones featuring sun and plant imagery.
The ultimate action-packed science and technology magazine bursting with exciting information about the universeEngaging articles, amazing illustrations & exclusive interviewsA volcanic eruption in 2910 B.C. may be the reason Neolithic people on a small island in the Baltic Sea buried hundreds of stones decorated with plant and sun imagery, archaeologists suggest in a new study.
Although a handful of these"sun stones" have been found on Bornholm previously, the large number of them found in one place spurred the researchers to seek a potential reason for the unique deposit.An archaeological section through a ditch where most of the engraved stones were found in the Neolithic Bornholm site.Engraved stones, pottery and decorated daub from Neolithic Bornholm.Stone plaques with field and plant motifs found at a Neolithic site on Bornholm.
Based on extensive evidence of prehistoric climate events, the researchers made a connection between the burial of the stones and a volcanic eruption in 2910 B.C. that almost certainly negatively affected weather and harvests across the Northern Hemisphere.
VOLCANIC ERUPTION NEOLITHIC SUN STONES BALTIC SEA CLIMATE CHANGE
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