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•A Railway Crew Accidentally Discovered a 5,000-Year-Old Stone-Paved Basement
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Paved cellar found on Danish island of Falster dates to the Middle Neolithic period about 5,000 years ago .
It upends previous understanding of both construction know-how and social sophistication from the era.
The discovery could redefine the social fabric of the Stone Age.
If fortified, the cellar was a key gathering place where people could exchange goods.
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https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/radiocarbon/article/stonepaved-cellars-in-the-stone-age-archaeological-evidence-for-a-neolithic-subterranean-construction-from-nygardsvej-3-falster-denmark/24C3A1B68B0730C639BF3F1C51DB15FBhttps://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a61545958/roman-villas-discovered-at-attingham-estate/https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a35867403/ancient-architecture/https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a60926226/man-finds-stone-age-mammoth-bones-wine-cellar/https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a62351906/basement-skeleton-discovery/
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