Posts Tagged ‘archeology’
Ancient DNA opens Aztec ‘cold case’
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — DNA recovered from human remains suggests the Aztec conquest of Xaltocan had a significant genetic impact on the town. Continue…
Thursday, January 31, 2013 12:38 - 0 Comments
Society & Culture - Oct 3, 2012 16:28 - 3 Comments
Tomb of Maya warrior queen discovered
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — Archaeologists have discovered the tomb of one of the great queens of Classic Maya civilization. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 4, 2012 14:45 - 1 Comment
Syria’s ancient tools traced to volcano in Turkey
U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — Archeologists have uncovered the origin and trading routes of razor-sharp tools used in Syria 4,200 years ago. (more…)
Top Stories - Jul 30, 2012 17:25 - 1 Comment
Giant human statue from Iron Age unearthed
U. TORONTO (CAN) — Scientists have unearthed a colossal human sculpture and ornately decorated column base at an excavation site in Turkey. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jul 20, 2012 16:55 - 2 Comments
Maya ‘sun’ masks discovered at pyramid
BROWN (US) — Archeologists have uncovered a pyramid believed to celebrate the Maya sun god at the El Zotz site in Guatemala. (more…)
Top Stories - Jul 13, 2012 11:04 - 2 Comments
Darts raise doubts about who was first to America
U. OREGON (US) — Stone darts and DNA from ancient feces found in Oregon’s Paisley Caves suggest the Clovis were not the first people to live in North America. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 3, 2012 10:37 - 2 Comments
Cave yields earliest evidence of fire by humans
U. TORONTO (CAN) — Scientists have uncovered evidence that human ancestors used fire one million years ago—300,000 years earlier than believed. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 23, 2012 12:02 - 0 Comments
Stowaway mice map out Vikings’ path
CORNELL (US) — Ancient DNA from hitchhiking mice are offering clues to the migratory travels of the Vikings. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 13, 2012 11:31 - 6 Comments
King’s statue, animal mummies found in Egypt
U. TORONTO (CAN) — The discovery of a wooden statue of a king, a chapel, and the remains of more than 80 animal mummies sheds light on ritual activity associated with the great gods. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 5, 2012 11:36 - 0 Comments
Bone DNA dates disease to Middle Ages
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — A study of skeletal remains suggests the infectious disease brucellosis has been endemic to Albania since at least the Middle Ages. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 25, 2011 16:58 - 2 Comments
Early hunters: Pre-Clovis weapon found in US
TEXAS A&M (US) — The tip of a bone point fragment found embedded in a mastodon rib from an archaeological site in Washington state shows that hunters were present in North America at least 800 years before Clovis. (more…)
Top Stories - Oct 12, 2011 9:26 - 0 Comments
WWI artifacts tell of life on the frontline
U. MELBOURNE (AUS) — More than 100 artifacts from the First World War have been uncovered in an archaeological fieldwork survey on the Gallipoli battlefield in Turkey. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 10, 2011 8:26 - 3 Comments
Ancient Maya road ‘frozen’ by volcano
U. COLORADO-BOULDER (US) — A team excavating a Maya village in El Salvador buried by a volcanic eruption 1,400 years ago has unexpectedly hit an ancient white road that appears to lead to and from the town frozen in time by a blanket of ash. (more…)
Society & Culture - Aug 25, 2011 10:12 - 1 Comment
Lost Roman port found in Wales
CARDIFF U. (UK) — The remains of a 2000-year-old Roman port have been discovered in south Wales by archaeologists from Cardiff University. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 14, 2011 12:40 - 0 Comments
Native tools: Shape copper with fire, stone
NORTHWESTERN (US) — Material scientists have recreated techniques used by Native American coppersmiths more than 600 years ago to work copper nuggets into sacred regalia. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 2, 2011 16:21 - 0 Comments
Did cold snap send Vikings packing?
BROWN U. (US) — Why early Viking settlers left Greenland in the 14th and early 15th centuries is still a mystery, but researchers point to plunging temperatures as a possible cause. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 4, 2011 13:14 - 1 Comment
Artifacts point to early maritime economy
U. OREGON (US) — Scores of stemmed projectile points and crescents found on California’s Channel Islands suggest that people who depended on a sea economy arrived in the Americas very early, possibly by a coastal route. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 18, 2011 11:59 - 0 Comments
Like us, early humans ran the gamut
STONY BROOK (US) — Although they did not act “modern,” new evidence suggests humans living in East Africa 200,000 years ago were as complex in their behavior as humans living today. (more…)
Society & Culture - Feb 14, 2011 16:34 - 0 Comments
Evidence points to slaves’ technical skill
U. MARYLAND (US) — An excavation at the only 18th-century greenhouse left in North America reveals that African-American slaves played a sophisticated technical role in its construction and operation. (more…)
