Schoolboy's find unearths evidence of ancient conflict in Wales

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Schoolboy's find unearths evidence of ancient conflict in Wales
A six-year-old's discovery of a Neolithic arrow head has changed our understanding of ancient history in Wales
Aug 03, 2014 06:00
By Antony Stone

An army of volunteer archaeologists has stunned the experts by unearthing evidence of an ancient conflict which took place in Wales hundreds of years before Egypt’s pyramids were built.

A six-year-old schoolboy was the first to spot what turned out to be a Neolithic arrow head, dating back to 3,600 BC, at an archaeological dig site in Caerau on the outskirts of Cardiff...

...But as the excavation of prehistoric ditches proceeded the expert team from Cardiff University was shocked as volunteers unearthed a plethora of early Neolithic finds.

Finds suggesting an ancient conflict range from flint tools and weapons, including arrowheads, awls and scrapers as well as polished stone axe fragments and pottery, dating to around 3,600 BC....

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