Extraordinary new evidence for PREHISTORIC PLOUGHING in Europe

Research at the Anciens Arsenaux excavation site in Sion, Valais, Switzerland, reveals that Stone Age farmers used animals to pull plows as far back as between 5,100 and 4,700 BC.

This finding significantly alters our understanding of early agricultural techniques, and indicates that the first furrows in Europe are around a thousand years older than was previously believed.

The study doesn't just uncover the earliest documented use of plows in Europe - it also implies that we may need to rethink our entire understanding of Early Stone Age agriculture.

RESEARCH PAPER: https://www.nature.com/articles/s4159...

00:00 - Introduction & Overview
02:03 - Article from AncientPages.com
03:11 - Cattle as traction part of the Neolithic Package
05:25 - Pathological evidence for cattle used as traction
07:48 - Scientific detail from the research paper
09:45 - A THANK YOU to our subscribers
10:52 - The dating of the plough marks
13:09 - How can they tell the sort of ard/hoe?
14:11 - Cattle hoof marks
14:56 - Chronological context in Europe
18:56 - Outro & goodbyes

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