Posts Tagged ‘archeology’
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. Continue…
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Society & Culture - Oct 25, 2011 16:58 - 1 Comment
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 - 0 Comments
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…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 2, 2010 23:11 - 3 Comments
Ancient teeth show effects of early stress
EMORY (US)—Ancient human teeth are telling secrets that may relate to modern-day health: Some stressful events that occurred early in development are linked to shorter life spans. (more…)
