White-tailed deer were predominant in pre-Columbian Panama feasts
In pre-Columbian times, the white-tailed deer was among the most abundant and frequently consumed mammals in Panama.
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UNM scientists document late Pleistocene/early Holocene Mesoamerican stone tool tradition
From the perspective of Central and South America, the peopling of the New World was a complex process lasting thousands of years and involving multiple
Archaeological evidence verifies long-doubted medieval accounts of First Crusade
An archaeological dig led by the Univeristy of North Carolina at Charlotte on Jerusalem's Mount Zion has confirmed previously unverified details from nearly thousand-year-old historical
We need to protect the heritage of the Apollo missions
It’s 50 years since the two Apollo 11 astronauts – Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin – spent 22 hours collecting samples, deploying experiments and sometimes
From the Black Sea to the Cotswolds: Rare glass fish fragment sheds new light on Roman Britain
Part of an 1,800 year-old glass fish, the only one of its type ever discovered in Britain, has been discovered at the National Trust’s Chedworth
Stone tool changes may show how Mesolithic hunter-gatherers responded to changing climate
The development of new hunting projectiles by European hunter-gatherers during the Mesolithic may have been linked to territoriality in a rapidly-changing climate, according to a
Stonehenge may have been built using lard
Pig fat could have been used to grease the sledges used to transport the massive stones of Stonehenge into position, new analysis by archaeologists at
Ancient Roman port history unveiled
Researchers successfully reconstructed anthropic influences on sedimentation, including dredging and canal gates use, in the ancient harbour of Portus - a complex of harbour basins
Food may have been scarce in Chaco Canyon
Chaco Canyon, a site that was once central to the lives of pre-colonial peoples called Anasazi, may not have been able to produce enough food
Newly-discovered 1,600-year-old mosaic sheds light on ancient Judaism
For nine years running, Carolina professor Jodi Magness has led a team of research specialists and students to the ancient village of Huqoq in Israel's
Archaeologists uncover palace of the Mittani Empire in the Duhok province of the Kurdistan Region/ Iraq
German and Kurdish archaeologists have uncovered a Bronze Age palace on the eastern bank of the Tigris River in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
Neanderthals used resin ‘glue’ to craft their stone tools
Archaeologists working in two Italian caves have discovered some of the earliest known examples of ancient humans using an adhesive on their stone tools--an important
Levänluhta jewellery links Finland to a European exchange network
A recently completed study indicates that the material of the jewellery found together with human remains at the Levänluhta water burial site originates in southern
Early Iron Age cultures in Burgundy appropriated Mediterranean products and feasting practices
Early Iron Age cultures in eastern France imported Mediterranean pottery, as well as olive oil and wine, and may have appropriated Mediterranean feasting practices, according
Archaeological mystery solved with modern genetics
Researchers at the University of Tokyo conducted a census of the Japanese population around 2,500 years ago using the Y chromosomes of men living on
Fresh look at mysterious Nasca lines in Peru
A scientific approach has been used to re-identify huge birds etched into the desert plains of southern Peru around 2,000 years ago.
Trophies made from human skulls hint at regional conflicts around the time of Maya civilization’s mysterious collapse
Two trophy skulls, recently discovered by archaeologists in the jungles of Belize, may help shed light on the little-understood collapse of the once powerful Classic Maya
The origins of cannabis smoking: Marijuana use in the first millennium BC
A chemical residue study of incense burners from ancient burials at high elevations in the Pamir Mountains of western China has revealed psychoactive cannabinoids. This
Diet at the docks: Living and dying at the port of ancient Rome
Portus Romae was established in the middle of the first century AD and for well over 400 years was Rome's gateway to the Mediterranean.
Rising sea levels destroyed evidence of shell middens at many prehistoric coastal sites
Archaeological remains of coastal occupation in the form of shell middens are commonly found on today's shorelines, and evidence for shellfish as a food source
Must Farm – Living in the Bronze Age
Must Farm, an extraordinarily well-preserved Late Bronze Age settlement in Cambridgeshire, in the East of England, drew attention in national and international media in 2016
Aerial laser surveys have identified the archaeological remains of ancient cities in Cordoba, Spain.
On the land where Cordoba is located in the 21st century, two cities coexisted in the past, each on a hill.