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Archaeologists return to Hampole Priory for charity outreach project

HeritageDailyMay 28, 2019May 28, 2019

by HeritageDailyMay 28, 2019May 28, 201901387

HeritageDaily’s nominated charity, Soldier On! secures heritage-based opportunities to improve well-being and support the personal development of disadvantaged, vulnerable, or socially-isolated people.

Archaeology

New evidence uncovered for Roman conquest of Scotland

HeritageDailyMay 24, 2019

by HeritageDailyMay 24, 2019012044

New archaeological evidence for the Roman conquest of Scotland will be presented at the Archaeological Research in Progress 2019 Conference in Edinburgh tomorrow.

Archaeology

Unique Iron Age shield gives insight into ancient technology

HeritageDailyMay 23, 2019

by HeritageDailyMay 23, 201902156

A unique bark shield, thought to have been constructed with wooden laths during the Iron Age, has provided new insight into the construction and design

Archaeology

Jadeite tool discovered in ancient underwater salt works

HeritageDailyMay 20, 2019May 22, 2019

by HeritageDailyMay 20, 2019May 22, 2019012831

Researchers say the find shows the importance of salt and Maya salt workers more than 1,000 years ago

Archaeology

Earliest evidence of the cooking and eating of starch

HeritageDailyMay 20, 2019

by HeritageDailyMay 20, 201903269

New discoveries made at the Klasies River Cave in South Africa's southern Cape, where charred food remains from hearths were found, provide the first archaeological

Archaeology

Ancient fish ponds in the Bolivian savanna supported human settlement

HeritageDailyMay 16, 2019

by HeritageDailyMay 16, 20190595

A network of fish ponds supported a permanent human settlement in the seasonal drylands of Bolivia more than one thousand years ago, according to a

Archaeology

Traces of crawling in Italian cave give clues to ancient humans’ social behavior

HeritageDailyMay 14, 2019May 14, 2019

by HeritageDailyMay 14, 2019May 14, 201905077

Evidence of crawling in an Italian cave system sheds new light on how late Stone Age humans behaved as a group, especially when exploring new

Archaeology

New data platform illuminates history of humans’ environmental impact

HeritageDailyMay 13, 2019

by HeritageDailyMay 13, 20190509

The human environmental footprint is not only deep, but old.

Archaeology

Archaeologists uncover Cold War structure

HeritageDailyMay 10, 2019

by HeritageDailyMay 10, 201903462

Wessex Archaeology have discovered of an Underground Monitoring Post (UGMP) in Arborfield dating back to the Cold War, while working on behalf of Balfour Beatty

Archaeology Featured

Archaeologists reveal findings of Prittlewell Anglo-Saxon burial

HeritageDailyMay 9, 2019May 9, 2019

by HeritageDailyMay 9, 2019May 9, 201904474

Previously hidden secrets and insights into the Prittlewell princely burial and the man buried have been painstakingly reconstructed by a team of over 40 archaeological

Archaeology

New technique helps identify which ancient rocks were used for cooking

HeritageDailyMay 8, 2019

by HeritageDailyMay 8, 201901855

Fire was probably first used by humans one million years ago. It was a valuable resource for light, warmth, and keeping predators at bay. It also

Archaeology

Bronze Age Burial Unearthed at Finstown Sub Station Excavation, Orkney

HeritageDailyMay 7, 2019May 7, 2019

by HeritageDailyMay 7, 2019May 7, 201905338

A team from ORCA Archaeology discovered a 3,500 year old burial cist last week while undertaking exploratory archaeological excavations on behalf of SSEN Transmission in

Archaeology

Freshwater mussel shells were material of choice for prehistoric craftsmen

HeritageDailyMay 7, 2019May 7, 2019

by HeritageDailyMay 7, 2019May 7, 201901689

A new study suggests that 6000-years-ago people across Europe shared a cultural tradition of using freshwater mussel shells to craft ornaments. An international team of

Archaeology

Ayahuasca fixings found in 1,000-year-old bundle in the Andes

HeritageDailyMay 7, 2019May 7, 2019

by HeritageDailyMay 7, 2019May 7, 201902479

Today's hipster creatives and entrepreneurs are hardly the first generation to partake of ayahuasca, according to archaeologists who have discovered traces of the powerfully hallucinogenic

Archaeology

First examples of Iberian prehistoric ‘imitation amber’ beads at gravesites

HeritageDailyMay 2, 2019May 2, 2019

by HeritageDailyMay 2, 2019May 2, 201901171

Prehistoric Iberians created “imitation amber” by repeatedly coating bead cores with tree resins, according to a study published by Carlos Odriozola from Universidad de Sevilla,

Archaeology Tech & Engineering

Lost graves identified by new archaeology methods

HeritageDailyApril 29, 2019

by HeritageDailyApril 29, 201901847

Flinders University archaeologists are using cutting edge subsurface imaging technology to help assist community groups map unmarked graves and manage their cultural heritage.

Archaeology

Archaeological discovery at the site of Pachacamac

HeritageDailyApril 25, 2019

by HeritageDailyApril 25, 201906888

A cemetery dating back over 1000 years has recently been discovered at the legendary site of Pachacamac, on the Pacific coast of Peru.

Archaeology

Human settlements in Amazonia much older than previously thought

HeritageDailyApril 24, 2019

by HeritageDailyApril 24, 201907004

Humans settled in southwestern Amazonia and even experimented with agriculture much earlier than previously thought, according to an international team of researchers.

Archaeology

Modern analysis of ancient hearths reveals Neanderthal settlement patterns

HeritageDailyApril 24, 2019

by HeritageDailyApril 24, 201901939

Ancient fire remains provide evidence of Neanderthal group mobility and settlement patterns and indicate specific occupation episodes, according to a new study published by Lucia Leierer

Archaeology

Switch from hunting to herding recorded in ancient pee

HeritageDailyApril 23, 2019April 23, 2019

by HeritageDailyApril 23, 2019April 23, 201902272

The transition from hunting and gathering to farming and herding is considered a crucial turning point in the history of humanity.

Archaeology

The secret to a stable society? A steady supply of beer doesn’t hurt

HeritageDailyApril 23, 2019

by HeritageDailyApril 23, 201901437

A thousand years ago, the Wari empire stretched across Peru. At its height, it covered an area the size of the Eastern seaboard of the

Archaeology

Mesopotamian King Sargon II envisioned ancient city Karkemish as western Assyrian capital

HeritageDailyApril 23, 2019

by HeritageDailyApril 23, 201901570

In "A New Historical Inscription of Sargon II from Karkemish," published in the Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Gianni Marchesi translates a recently discovered inscription of

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Archaeologists return to Hampole Priory for charity outreach project

New evidence uncovered for Roman conquest of Scotland

Unique Iron Age shield gives insight into ancient technology

Jadeite tool discovered in ancient underwater salt works

Earliest evidence of the cooking and eating of starch

Ancient fish ponds in the Bolivian savanna supported human settlement

Traces of crawling in Italian cave give clues to ancient humans’ social behavior

New data platform illuminates history of humans’ environmental impact

Archaeologists uncover Cold War structure

Archaeologists reveal findings of Prittlewell Anglo-Saxon burial

New technique helps identify which ancient rocks were used for cooking

Bronze Age Burial Unearthed at Finstown Sub Station Excavation, Orkney

Freshwater mussel shells were material of choice for prehistoric craftsmen

Ayahuasca fixings found in 1,000-year-old bundle in the Andes

First examples of Iberian prehistoric ‘imitation amber’ beads at gravesites

Lost graves identified by new archaeology methods

Archaeological discovery at the site of Pachacamac

Human settlements in Amazonia much older than previously thought

Modern analysis of ancient hearths reveals Neanderthal settlement patterns

Switch from hunting to herding recorded in ancient pee

The secret to a stable society? A steady supply of beer doesn’t hurt

Mesopotamian King Sargon II envisioned ancient city Karkemish as western Assyrian capital

Roman Sex, Sexuality, Slaves and Lex Scantinia

Was Cleopatra beautiful? The archaeological evidence

Archaeologists discover bread that predates agriculture by 4,000 years

Half the population of the Viking-town Sigtuna were migrants

Georadar detects a Viking ship in Norway

Ancient Roman port history unveiled

Food may have been scarce in Chaco Canyon

Newly-discovered 1,600-year-old mosaic sheds light on ancient Judaism

Murder in the Paleolithic? Evidence of violence behind human skull remains

Maize-centric diet may have contributed to ancient Maya collapse

DNA from 31,000-year-old milk teeth leads to discovery of new group of...

Oldest human skull outside Africa identified as 210,000 years old

Ancient molar points to interbreeding between archaic humans and Homo sapiens in...

Neanderthals made repeated use of the ancient settlement of ‘Ein Qashish, Israel