Archaeology

Credit: Tunnug 1 Research Project Ancient historiographers described steppe nomads as violent people dedicated to warfare and plundering. Little archaeological and anthropological data are however available regarding violence in these…

New archaeological research presents the oldest securely dated evidence for humans in ArabiaCredit: Palaeodeserts Project Situated between Africa and Eurasia, the Arabian Peninsula is an important yet understudied region…

Credit: Journal of Human Evolution A milk-tooth found in the vicinity of "Riparo del Broion" on the Berici Hills in the Veneto region bears evidence of one of the last Neanderthals in Italy. This small canine tooth belonged to…

In the popular imagination, Vikings were fearsome blonde-haired warriors from Scandinavia who used longboats to carry out raids across Europe in a brief but bloody reign of terror. But the reality is more complex, says SFU Archaeology…

When we talk of Nordic history, it is all but impossible not to mention the Vikings. Stories about the Scandinavian warriors and their Old Norse Gods have long since travelled all around the world. But perhaps part of that narrative is…

Invaders, pirates, warriors - the history books taught us that Vikings were brutal predators who travelled by sea from Scandinavia to pillage and raid their way across Europe and beyondCredit: Jim Lyngvild Invaders, pirates, warriors -…

DFG funds research project of the University of Göttingen and the Lower Saxony State Service for Cultural HeritageCredit: Werner Schoch The Lower Saxony State Service for Cultural Heritage (NLD) and the University of…

Credit: NIGPAS Small bivalved crustacean ostracods are the most abundant fossil arthropods since the Ordovician and play an important role in paleoenvironmental reconstruction and evolutionary biology. The vast majority of…

In another fascinating snapshot from deep time, an international team of paleontologists has reported the discovery of specimens of a minuscule crustacean that dates back to the Cretaceous (about 100 million years ago), conserved in…

Scientists have found evidence of hot springs near sites where ancient hominids settled, long before the control of fire Some of the oldest remains of early human ancestors have been unearthed in Olduvai Gorge, a rift valley setting in…

In a recent paper published in Nature Ecology and Evolution, a group of multidisciplinary authors discuss the future of field-based sciences in a COVID-19 worldCredit: Dr. Emuobosa Akpo Orijemie Independent group leaders Eleanor…

Flourishing Canaanite palatial site suddenly abandoned 3,700 years ago; new evidence points to earthquake as probable culpritCredit: Eric Cline/GW WASHINGTON (Sept. 11, 2020)--A team of Israeli and American researchers funded by grants…

Archaeologists find that unglazed ceramic cookware absorbs the chemical residue of present and past mealsCredit: Photo courtesy of Melanie Miller If you happen to dig up an ancient ceramic cooking pot, don't clean it. Chances are,…

Credit: James Lamsdell Scientists have long debated the respiratory workings of sea scorpions, but a new discovery by a West Virginia University geologist concludes that these largely aquatic extinct arthropods breathed air on land.…

Texts dating back to around 600 BCE were written by 12 different authorsCredit: Michael Cordonsky, TAU and the Israel Antiquities Authority Researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) have analyzed 18 ancient texts dating back to around…

An 80,000-year-old Neanderthal reveals cultural and genetic affinities between Poland and the Northern CaucasusCredit: Marcin ?arski Around 100,000 years ago, the climate worsened abruptly and the environment of Central-Eastern Europe…

Unravelling number enigmas on ancient CreteCredit: Elsevier Amsterdam, September 7, 2020 - A recent study by a team based at the University of Bologna, published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, has shed new light on…

Credit: Alex Pryor Ancient hunters stayed in the coldest part of Northern Europe rather than migrating to escape freezing winter conditions, archaeologists have found. Evidence from Arctic fox bones show communities…

Learning from the past: new publication by Kiel University's Cluster of Excellence ROOTS Whether it's the plague, cholera or currently COVID-19: epidemics are part of human history. Long before there were vaccinations or microscopes for…

Results show possible council circle at what may be Etzanoa near WichitaCredit: Images by Jesse Casana, Elise Jakoby Laugier, and Austin Chad Hill. A Dartmouth-led study using multisensor drones has revealed a large circular…