All posts tagged "Archaeology"
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2.0KArchaeologyLife on the Edge – coastal storms and prehistoric hardship on North Uist
Newly published archaeological research from excavations undertaken at the Udal in North Uist reveals some of the hardships of life in Neolithic...
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4.9KMapsDunwich – The medieval town lost at sea
Dunwich is a quaint seaside village in Suffolk, England that can boast a fine pub, tea room and small beach popular with...
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2.8KBiologyFirst ancient syphilis genomes decoded
An international research team, including scientists from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, the University of Tübingen, the...
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2.6KNatural HistoryThe lady’s ape: Extinct gibbon discovered in royal ancient Chinese tomb
A new genus and species of gibbon has been identified in the most unexpected of places - interred in the tomb of...
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3.5KTech & EngineeringStone tools from ancient mummy reveal how Copper Age mountain people lived
Stone tools found with a 5,300-year-old frozen mummy from Northern Italy reveal how alpine Copper Age communities lived, according to a study...
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6.5KArchaeologySwedes have been brewing beer since the Iron Age
Archaeologists at Lund University in Sweden have found carbonised germinated grains showing that malt was produced for beer brewing as early as...
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5.4KArchaeologistMontana burial site answers questions about early humans
Scientists have shown that at the Anzick site in Montana - the only known Clovis burial site - the skeletal remains of...
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5.1KHeritageIllegal trade in antiquities: a scourge that has gone on for millennia too long
Looting of artefacts has always been a sign of military might or economic power. Over millennia, conquering generals would take away with...
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7.0KArchaeologyArchaeologists excavate a prehistoric settlement in Northern Scotland
The community around Thurso were invited to take part in the latest archaeology event in the Caithness Broch Festival last week in...
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7.6KHeritageNew research unveils true origin of ancient turquoise
New research overturns more than a century of thought about the source of turquoise used by ancient civilizations in Mesoamerica, the vast...
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5.9KNatural HistoryLarge-scale whaling in north Scandinavia may date back to 6th century
The intensive whaling that has pushed many species to the brink of extinction today may be several centuries older than previously assumed....
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8.6KBiologyOldest bubonic plague genome decoded
An international team of researchers led by the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History has analyzed two 3,800-year-old Y. pestis genomes...
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4.1KAnthropologyLate Pleistocene human mandibles from the Niah Caves may hint at ancient diets
Three human mandibles may provide new insight into the diet of Late Pleistocene hunter-gatherers in Borneo, according to a study by Darren...
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6.5KChemistryScientists tracking the ‘life signature’ of Britain
The British Geological Survey has just released a new interactive web tool that maps out the geographical variation in the isotope signatures...
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5.3KArchaeologyPacific rats trace 2,000 years of human impact on island ecosystems
Chemical analysis of the remains of rats from archaeological sites spanning the last 2000 years on three Polynesian island systems has shown...
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8.6KTech & EngineeringCornell research illuminates inaccuracies in radiocarbon dating
Radiocarbon dating is a key tool archaeologists use to determine the age of plants and objects made with organic material. But new...
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11.0KHeritage10 Ukrainian Castles
Ukraine is a sovereign state in Eastern Europe that was once a key centre of East Slavic culture within the federation of...
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5.8KArchaeologistOld Maori village discovered by Otago archaeologists
A group of University of Otago archaeologists have uncovered the peripheries of a 14th century Māori village in Gisborne, New Zealand.
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10.2KBiologyThe genes from Icelanda’s first settlers reveal the origin of their population in detail
In just over 1,000 years, Icelanders have gone through numerous changes in their gene pool, to the extent that Iceland's first settlers,...
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8.4KArchaeologistHats on for Easter Island statues
How do you put a 13-ton hat on a giant statue? That's what a team of researchers is trying to figure out...
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7.7KHeritage TVMicro-CT scans show 2,100-year-old ‘hawk’ mummy a stillborn baby
A tiny Egyptian mummy long believed to be that of a hawk is actually a rare example of a near-to-term, severely malformed...
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7.1KAnthropologyAncient tooth shows Mesolithic ancestors were fish and plant eaters
Previous analysis of Mesolithic skeletal remains in this region has suggested a more varied Meditteranean diet consisting of terrestrial, freshwater and marine...
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