Dating back about 6,000 years, it was a typical Neolithic matriarchal community.

Such locations with access to two complementing ecological resources were favoured by many Epipaleolithic and Neolithic communities.

In the Glens there is evidence of Neolithic communities.

Wolves have been actively hunted since 12,000 to 13,000 years ago, when they first began to pose threats to livestock vital for the survival of Neolithic human communities.

It isn't that Ceide Fields, a sprawling Neolithic community of farms, houses and tombs, has been destroyed or dismantled in the 5,500 years since it was built.

This suggests all manner of theories as regards the function of megalithic art within the Neolithic community who built the monuments in the Boyne valley.

Neolithic monuments are a feature of the culture and ideology of Neolithic communities.

Neolithic monuments are features of the culture and ideology of Neolithic communities.

South Uist was clearly home to a thriving Neolithic community.

Some Neolithic communities in southeastern Europe, such as Sesklo in Greece, were living in heavily fortified settlements of 3,000-4,000 people.