Archaeologists find a mysterious building called a “roundel” near Prague. They think that this building is from the Stone Age. It is also older than both Stonehenge and the pyramids in Egypt.

During the Stone Age or the end of the Neolithic era, these roundels or circular buildings might have been a place for farmers to meet. Archaeologists aren’t sure what the building was used for, though.

They were not well-known in the past until the last few decades. But this has changed since aerial and drone photography have become important tools for archaeologists. Archaeologists have found that the oldest evidence of architecture in all of Europe is roundels.

From above, you can see that roundels are made up of one or more large circular ditches with a number of openings that serve as doors. Hundreds of these circular earthworks have been found all over central Europe, but they all date back only two or three hundred years.

Key facts about Roundels!

• Excavators say that the diameter of the roundel that was dug up is about 180 feet.
• Even though no one knows what roundels were used for, historians know they were part of the Stroked Pottery culture.
• Between 4900 and 4400 B.C., the stroked pottery culture did very well.
• The team hopes that by analysing the organic remains found during this roundel excavation, they will be able to figure out when the structure was built.
• Also, find a link between the roundel and a Neolithic settlement that was found near it.
• Historians say that the people who made and sold Stroked Pottery are also well-known for making roundels.
• Roundels could also have been made by different groups in different parts of central Europe.

Information regarding the history of humans during the Stone Age is presented in a series of videos uploaded to YouTube by the user “Bedtime History.”

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