Archaeology

Archaeologists are rethinking the origins of branding after identifying Qurayyah Painted Ware, a distinctive class of 3,200-year-old ceramics from northwestern...

New research led by University College Dublin has overturned one of the most persistent stories in Irish prehistory. Bones excavated...

A painted stone plaque recovered from a remote Indonesian island is offering archaeologists an unusually intimate glimpse into the symbolic...

The ancient dead are finding a new life online—and researchers warn that the trade in mummified human and animal remains...

Around 11,000 years ago, communities in southwest Asia began one of the most consequential experiments in human history: growing their...

For centuries before European colonization, communities in Colombia’s Caribbean lowlands engineered a vast water-management system that transformed seasonal flooding into...

The Norman Conquest of England in 1066 may have been driven by more than a disputed royal succession, according to...

Wild bearded capuchin monkeys appear to judge stone tools not only by what the stones are made of, but also...

Analysing ancient DNA of over 500 mammoth bones, an international team of researchers found that Ice Age humans selectively targeted...

Archaeology is often narrated through artifacts, but a new study shows that livestock teeth can also preserve the logic of...