"They could also have been made when the climate crisis was over, as an act of celebration for the return of the sun." After the stone deposit, a new kind of culture began on Bornholm, the ...

Neolithic people buried hundreds of stones carved with images of the sun about 4900 years ago and they may have done it because a volcanic eruption covered the sky ...

The pottery is typical of the late Funnel Beaker culture, which was present in this region until about 2900 to 2800 BC. It was originally proposed that the stone carvings of the sun were buried to ...

That’s according to recent research in Antiquity, which reimagines the island’s sun stone artifacts as summons for the sun ... According to the team, Bornholm changed in the aftermath of the volcanic ...

the subsequent climate changes and the discovery of the ritual sun stone sacrifices. "It is reasonable to believe that the Neolithic people on Bornholm wanted to protect themselves from further ...