Short description: Century lasting from 3900 to 3801 BC
The 39th century BC was a century which lasted from the year 3900 BC to 3801 BC.
Events
A replica of the Sweet Track
- The Post Track, an ancient causeway in the Somerset Levels, England, is built, c. 3838 BC. It is one of the oldest engineered roads discovered in Northern Europe.[1]
- The Sweet Track, an ancient causeway also in the Somerset Levels, the oldest timber trackway discovered in Northern Europe, is built in 3807 BC or 3806 BC; tree-ring dating (dendrochronology) enabled very precise dating.[2]
- Plough in use.
References
- ↑ "The Sweet Track & Other Trackways". https://avalonmarshes.org/the-avalon-marshes/heritage/sweet-track/.
- ↑ "The Somerset Levels (the oldest timber trackway discovered in Northern Europe)". Current Archaeology 172. February 2001. http://www.archaeology.co.uk/ca/issues/ca172/ca172.htm.
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