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Life 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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Anthropology

Bones of the victims at Roman Herculaneum

Are human remains the archaeology of death or the archaeology of life? This strange paradox stated in Pearson (1999), addresses that the...

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Archaeologist

Bronze Age artifacts used meteoric iron

You may already be surprised to hear there are iron objects dating back to the Bronze Age, but their meteorite origin is...

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Biology

How Neanderthals influenced human genetics at the crossroads of Asia and Europe

When the ancestors of modern humans migrated out of Africa, they passed through the Middle East and Turkey before heading deeper into...

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Archaeologist

Ancient Devon community had a taste for exotic food and drink

Devon farmers who made their home in the same remote location for 1,200 years had a taste for exotic imported food and...

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Archaeologist

Can houses die? Iron-age to Viking longhouses were burned and buried

From the Bronze Age until the Viking Age, burial mounds could be placed on top of the remains of three-aisled longhouses. The...

Fun & Trivia

24 Dancing Goddess Gifs

Image Credit : Nina Paley

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Archaeologist

Ancient “poo” provides earliest evidence of infectious disease being carried on Silk Road

An ancient latrine near a desert in north-western China has revealed the first archaeological evidence that travellers along the Silk Road were...

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Archaeology

Population size fails to explain evolution of complex culture

There is a growing consensus among archaeologists and anthropologists that the size of a population determines its ability to develop as well...

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Archaeology

Black Death and self-punishment – remains of medieval whip found at Rufford Abbey

Archaeologists have discovered pieces of what is believed to be a monastic copper scourge in the grounds of Rufford Abbey – one...

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Archaeology

Uncovering the mystery of very early humans in New Mexico

Shaggy, heavy-shouldered bison have grazed the wide open spaces of the American Southwest for thousands of years. They made a tempting target...

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Archaeology

Most complete Bronze Age wheel to date found at Must Farm near Peterborough

The largest and best-preserved Bronze Age wheel in Britain has been uncovered at Must Farm, a site described as Peterborough’s Pompeii. The...

Archaeology

Greek and Danish archaeologists excavate the ancient Greek harbour town Lechaion

In Greece, underwater excavations of Lechaion, ancient Corinth’s partially submerged harbour town, reveal the infrastructure of more than a thousand years of...

Archaeology

New research shows same growth rate for farming, non-farming prehistoric people

Prehistoric human populations of hunter-gatherers in a region of North America grew at the same rate as farming societies in Europe, according...

Archaeology

Rare spearheads uncovered on Rottnest Island

Staff and students from The University of Western Australia’s School of Indigenous Studies have made a surprise discovery on an excursion to...

Archaeology

Excavations reveal Bronze Age mystery at Redhayes

Excavations being carried out at Tithebarn Green, Redhayes near Exeter are revealing a complex ancient landscape with occupation dating from the Neolithic...

Archaeology