39th century BC

Template:Short description Template:Centurybox The 39th century BC was a century which lasted from the year 3900 BC to 3801 BC.

Events

Two wooden posts set in the ground and crossing at an angle support a wooden board, which disappears into tall green reeds

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 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.<ref Name="Current_Archaeology_172">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Plough in use.

References

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