Neolithic house found at Avebury stone circle dig: Reports

According to archaeologists, they might have discovered the remains of a house where people who constructed Avebury stone circle have likely stayed. The Between the Monuments project is studying the daily lives of residents of Neolithic and Bronze Age at the Wiltshire site.

Archaeologists seem to have dug up the remains of a house where people who made Avebury stone circle likely resided. As per reports, the three-week Between the Monuments project is analyzing the lives of Neolithic and Bronze Age residents.

The National Trust and Southampton and Leicester University archaeologists are leading the excavation. According to the National Trust, they would have "hit the jackpot", in case it is a house. According to spokesman Dr. Nick Snashall, they were able to count some of middle Neolithic houses discovered on the fingers of one hand.

As per reports, the site being dug up is close to the West Kennet Avenue, which is a 1.5-mile (2.5km) ancient avenue of two parallel lines of stones. In the beginning, archaeologist and businessman Alexander Keiller discovered it 80 years ago.

The team worked for three years and looked at his journals and drawings in addition to modern geophysical survey techniques to locate the excavation area. The researchers have also found clusters of scrapers, arrowheads and small flint saws and pottery.

According to Dr Snashall, it is quite surprising that over the years, millions of people have come to the place. Dr Snashall added, "The finds have been coming up three or four at a time, in clusters. It's as if the people were sitting here working away making arrowheads, scraping skins and carrying out their daily tasks and then they just got up and walked away".