#earlyfarming

"Is she really going out with him?" It is surprising to learn that the Neolithic colonisation of Britian and Ireland did not follow the familiar course which is usually repeated throughout history when advanced sedentary agricultural cultures encroach on the lands of indigenous hunter gatherers. Although most were replaced, they also intermixed. But it wasn't the farmer men who took native wives, it was the other way around! All of the paternal lineages of Neolithic Britain and Ireland came not from the Neolithic race themselves but from the smaller minority of native WHG men! This beautiful artwork by @artofryanmurray was created for my new video on the subject of the megalith builders and their DNA. It will be live tonight! #WHG #westernhuntergatherer #megalithicmarvels #megalith #neolithic #mesolithic #stonecircle #ancientbritain #ancientireland #newgrange #eef #huntergatherer #earlyfarming #ancienthistory https://www.instagram.com/p/CCyVFdCAOou/?igshid=1fth9ffn1yxnk

In these harsh back-to-basic times, all milking was done by hand and was usually considered women’s work. Milk was usually turned into butter or cheese which was less perishable or was stored in a root cellar or spring house which was a small room dug into the ground where often a water source would flow.