La Hougue Bie is a Neolithic ritual site that was used around 3500 BC; it is one of the largest and best-preserved passage graves in Europe.

The Neolithic period is the first time hard evidence of religious beliefs has been found in Jersey. Much of this evidence takes the form of objects excavated from the island's Neolithic dolmens, the objects along with the megaliths themselves give us valuable insights into the belief systems of the island's first farming communities.

At La Hougue Bie a variety of personal items and food were found with buried human remains. These "grave goods" include jewelry, spindle whorls, pottery, tools and animal bones indicating that meat had been placed with the bodies. It appears that like many modern religions, the afterlife figured in the belief system of Neolithic people and these grave goods show how the dead were being provisioned for it.