Prehistory
Céide Fields: The Oldest Known Field Systems in Ireland
A large Neolithic landscape of stone-walled fields, preserved beneath blanket bog and opened to visitors in 1993.
Era · Before c. 3000 BC
Prehistory
From the formation of Earth and the age of dinosaurs to the first cave art and monuments, before writing was invented.
Prehistory
Maykop Culture: Bronze Age Chieftains of the Caucasus
An early Bronze Age society of the North Caucasus whose rich burials reveal advanced metallurgy and contacts with the Near East and the steppe.
Prehistory
Carrowmore: Ireland's Great Neolithic Megalithic Cemetery
A cemetery of some 30 surviving passage tombs and stone circles that ranks among the earliest megalithic complexes in Ireland.
Prehistory
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump: Ancient Bison Hunting in Alberta
One of the oldest, largest and best-preserved bison jumps in North America, inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981.
Prehistory
Botai Culture: Early Horse Use on the Kazakh Steppe
Botai people relied overwhelmingly on horses and probably managed and milked them, but their horses were ancestors of Przewalski's horses, not of today's domestic horses.
Prehistory
West Kennet Long Barrow: Neolithic Tomb near Avebury
One of the largest and most impressive chambered tombs in Britain, now part of the Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites World Heritage Site.
Prehistory
Mnajdra: Malta's Solstice-Aligned Megalithic Temples
A well-preserved group of three temples, listed by UNESCO in 1992 as part of the Megalithic Temples of Malta.
Prehistory
Ħaġar Qim: Malta's Hilltop Megalithic Temple Complex
One of the best-preserved prehistoric temples of Malta, listed by UNESCO in 1992 as part of the Megalithic Temples of Malta.
Prehistory
Ġgantija Temples: Megalithic Temples of Gozo in Prehistoric Malta
Two megalithic temples that gave their name to the Ġgantija phase of Maltese prehistory and became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980.
Prehistory
Wayland's Smithy: Neolithic Long Barrow on the Ridgeway
A two-phase Neolithic burial monument, now one of the best-known long barrows in Britain and cared for by English Heritage.
Prehistory
Sarazm: Proto-Urban Settlement of Prehistoric Central Asia
A major centre of early metallurgy and trade in Central Asia, inscribed as Tajikistan's first UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2010.
Prehistory
Invention of the Wheel: Earliest Wheels and Wheeled Vehicles
Wheeled carts and wagons spread across much of western Eurasia within a few centuries, transforming farming, trade and later warfare.