A Winter Solstice Vignette

Field Notes from the Montana Natural History Center by Montana Public Radio

Dec 24, 20253:58Science & Medicine

The first archaeological evidence we have that points to organized observances of the winter solstice come from the Neolithic period—that era from about 12,000 to 6,500 years ago which hastened the Stone Age into those o...

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