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    The Neolithic, or New Stone Age, began in Europe around 7,000 BCE with early farmers in the Balkans.  It spread across the continent, and lasted until about 2,000 BCE, when the European Bronze Age began.  Agriculture arrived in southeastern Europe from the Levant, along with new technologies, including pottery and domestication of animals.  One common change was the move from flaked stone tools to ground or pecked stone tools, which take longer to make.  Typical Neolithic artifacts of this type include spindle whorls, net weights, mace heads, and hoes or adzes. General information      The Benaki Museum. " Greek history - Neolithic period (6800-3200 BC) ." YouTube . April 4, 2017.     NOVA PBS Official. " Ötzi the Iceman: A 5,000-Year-Old True Crime Murder Mystery | Full Documentary | NOVA | PBS ." YouTube . January 24, 2024. Architecture and engineering     Archaeology Now. " Tiny Lectures: Mysterious G...

     In case anyone else ever needs a bibliography of works relating to oil and wine presses in antiquity... here they all are! Greece      Hadjisavvas, Sophocles and Chaniotis, Angelos. "Wine and olive oil in Crete and Cyprus: socio-economic aspects." British School at Athens Studies , Vol. 20 (2012), pp. 157–173.      Maniatis, George C. "The Byzantine Olive Oil Press Industry: Organization, Technology, Pricing Strategies." Byzantion , Vol. 82 (2012), pp. 259–277.      Margaritis, Evi and Jones, Martin. "Olive oil production in Hellenistic Greece: the interpretation of charred olive remains from the site of Tria Platania, Macedonia, Greece (fourth--second century B.C.)." Vegetation History and Archaeobotany , Vol. 17, No. 4 (July, 2008), pp. 393–401. Italy      Frezzotti, G. and Manni, M. Olive Oil Processing in Rural Mills . Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1956.  ...