Archaeology News

High-tech laser scans uncover hidden military traverse at Alcatraz Island

HeritageDailyFebruary 27, 2019

by HeritageDailyFebruary 27, 201903439

High-tech radar and laser scans have uncovered a hidden military traverse underneath the infamous Alcatraz penitentiary, according to research led by faculty at Binghamton University,

Archaeology

The ancient people in the high-latitude Arctic had well-developed trade

HeritageDailyFebruary 22, 2019

by HeritageDailyFebruary 22, 201902632

Russian scientists studied the Zhokhov site of ancient people, which is located in the high-latitude Arctic, and described in detail the way of life of

Archaeology

Dog burial as common ritual in Neolithic populations of north-eastern Iberian Peninsula

HeritageDailyFebruary 19, 2019

by HeritageDailyFebruary 19, 201902019

Coinciding with the Pit Grave culture (4200-3600 years before our era), coming from Southern Europe, the Neolithic communities of the north-eastern Iberian Peninsula started a

Archaeology

Art Institute of Chicago unveils key findings in African art thanks to medical technology

HeritageDailyFebruary 19, 2019

by HeritageDailyFebruary 19, 201902115

The Art Institute of Chicago has announced the results of significant new research on five terracotta sculptures--so named Bankoni after a village in present-day Mali

Archaeology

Quarrying of Stonehenge ‘bluestones’ dated to 3000 BC

HeritageDailyFebruary 19, 2019

by HeritageDailyFebruary 19, 201902220

Excavations at two quarries in Wales, known to be the source of the Stonehenge 'bluestones', provide new evidence of megalith quarrying 5,000 years ago, according

Archaeology

Radiocarbon dates show the origins of megalith graves and how they spread across Europe

HeritageDailyFebruary 14, 2019

by HeritageDailyFebruary 14, 201904535

How did European megalith graves arise and spread? Using radiocarbon dates from a large quantity of material, an archaeologist at the University of Gothenburg has

Archaeology Tech & Engineering

‘X-ray gun’ helps researchers pinpoint the origins of pottery found on ancient shipwreck

HeritageDailyFebruary 11, 2019

by HeritageDailyFebruary 11, 201903504

About eight hundred years ago, a ship sank in the Java Sea off the coast of the islands of Java and Sumatra in Indonesia.

Archaeology

Spanish researchers have identified a new archaeological site with cave art in Andalusia

HeritageDailyFebruary 1, 2019

by HeritageDailyFebruary 1, 201908513

The interdisciplinary work carried out by researchers from the Universities of Seville, Cordoba, Huelva and Murcia on the Las Ventanas cave (Granada) has made it

Archaeology Politics

UK Government announces new plans to protect treasure finds

HeritageDailyFebruary 1, 2019

by HeritageDailyFebruary 1, 201903960

Plans to widen the definition of treasure so more archaeological finds can be protected for the nation have been outlined by the government today.

Archaeology

Aerial Photographs Reveal Hidden Irish Archaeological Sites

HeritageDailyJanuary 30, 2019

by HeritageDailyJanuary 30, 201906419

The National Monuments Service in Ireland is using high resolution aerial photography from Bluesky to map and investigate a giant 4,500 year old Henge.

Archaeology

Aberdeenshire stone circle initially thought to be thousands of years old identified as modern replica

HeritageDailyJanuary 25, 2019

by HeritageDailyJanuary 25, 201901992

What was thought to be a newly-identified stone circle, thousands of years old, has turned out to be a replica just a couple of decades

Archaeology

Remains of Captain Matthew Flinders discovered at HS2 site in Euston

HeritageDailyJanuary 25, 2019

by HeritageDailyJanuary 25, 201903539

Archaeologists working on the HS2 project in St. James’s burial ground, Euston have discovered the remains of Captain Matthew Flinders, the Royal Navy explorer who

Archaeology

What happened 4,000 years ago in the Urals?

HeritageDailyJanuary 18, 2019

by HeritageDailyJanuary 18, 2019016551

Archaeologists from Goethe University will be returning to the Urals for further research work.

Archaeology

11,500-year-old animal bones in Jordan suggest early dogs helped humans hunt

HeritageDailyJanuary 16, 2019

by HeritageDailyJanuary 16, 201903452

11,500 years ago in what is now northeast Jordan, people began to live alongside dogs and may also have used them for hunting, a new

Archaeology

New insights into what Neolithic people ate in southeastern Europe

HeritageDailyJanuary 16, 2019

by HeritageDailyJanuary 16, 201903779

New research, led by the University of Bristol, has shed new light on the eating habits of Neolithic people living in southeastern Europe using food

Archaeology

3,000-year-old eastern North American quinoa discovered in Ontario

HeritageDailyJanuary 15, 2019January 15, 2019

by HeritageDailyJanuary 15, 2019January 15, 201906234

A mass of charred seeds found while clearing a home construction site in Brantford, Ontario, has been identified as ancient, domesticated goosefoot (C. berlandieri spp.

Archaeology

Circular economy: ancient populations pioneered the idea of recycling waste

HeritageDailyJanuary 10, 2019January 10, 2019

by HeritageDailyJanuary 10, 2019January 10, 201902740

The circular economy is typically seen as the progressive alternative to our wasteful linear economy, where raw materials are used to make the products that feed today’s

Archaeology

Why archaeology is so much more than just digging

HeritageDailyJanuary 7, 2019

by HeritageDailyJanuary 7, 201905824

It’s our experience that most people think archaeology mainly means digging in the dirt.

Archaeology

Archaeological discovery yields clues to how our ancestors may have adapted to their environment

HeritageDailyJanuary 3, 2019January 3, 2019

by HeritageDailyJanuary 3, 2019January 3, 201904025

During the Stone Age ancestral humans lived with a variety of animal species along what was an area of wetlands in the middle of the

Archaeology

Powerful Icelandic Vikings were buried with stallions

HeritageDailyJanuary 2, 2019January 2, 2019

by HeritageDailyJanuary 2, 2019January 2, 201905279

Archaeologists in Iceland have for decades examined the remains of more than 350 graves from the Viking Age. In approximately 150 of these, teeth or

Archaeology

Rare 2000 year old figurine among finds of an archaeological dig on the Wimpole Estate in Cambridgeshire

HeritageDailyDecember 18, 2018

by HeritageDailyDecember 18, 201805989

An archaeological dig at the National Trust’s Wimpole Estate in Cambridgeshire has uncovered a Late Iron Age to Early Roman (c.100 BC – 150AD) rural

Archaeology

Ancient Japanese pottery includes an estimated 500 maize weevils

HeritageDailyDecember 18, 2018

by HeritageDailyDecember 18, 201803803

Researchers have discovered an ancient Japanese pottery vessel from the late Jomon period (4500-3300 BP) with an estimated 500 maize weevils incorporated into its design.

Category : Archaeology

High-tech laser scans uncover hidden military traverse at Alcatraz Island

The ancient people in the high-latitude Arctic had well-developed trade

Dog burial as common ritual in Neolithic populations of north-eastern Iberian Peninsula

Art Institute of Chicago unveils key findings in African art thanks to medical technology

Quarrying of Stonehenge ‘bluestones’ dated to 3000 BC

Radiocarbon dates show the origins of megalith graves and how they spread across Europe

‘X-ray gun’ helps researchers pinpoint the origins of pottery found on ancient shipwreck

Spanish researchers have identified a new archaeological site with cave art in Andalusia

UK Government announces new plans to protect treasure finds

Aerial Photographs Reveal Hidden Irish Archaeological Sites

Aberdeenshire stone circle initially thought to be thousands of years old identified as modern replica

Remains of Captain Matthew Flinders discovered at HS2 site in Euston

What happened 4,000 years ago in the Urals?

11,500-year-old animal bones in Jordan suggest early dogs helped humans hunt

New insights into what Neolithic people ate in southeastern Europe

3,000-year-old eastern North American quinoa discovered in Ontario

Circular economy: ancient populations pioneered the idea of recycling waste

Why archaeology is so much more than just digging

Archaeological discovery yields clues to how our ancestors may have adapted to their environment

Powerful Icelandic Vikings were buried with stallions

Rare 2000 year old figurine among finds of an archaeological dig on the Wimpole Estate in Cambridgeshire

Ancient Japanese pottery includes an estimated 500 maize weevils

Roman Sex, Sexuality, Slaves and Lex Scantinia

Archaeologists discover bread that predates agriculture by 4,000 years

Was Cleopatra beautiful? The archaeological evidence

Half the population of the Viking-town Sigtuna were migrants

Georadar detects a Viking ship in Norway

Megalith tombs were family graves in European Stone Age

Archaeologists to excavate hidden Roman bath at the Roman Baths of Aquae...

Declassified U2 spy plane images reveal bygone Middle Eastern archaeological features

Ancient DNA research shines spotlight on Iberia

From Stone Age chips to microchips: How tiny tools may have made...

Pottery reveals America’s first social media networks

Need for social skills helped shape modern human face

New species of early human found in the Philippines

Neandertals and early modern humans probably had very similar diets