Thursday, December 20, 2012

Troy pottery holds a key to the great Bronze Age collapse

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T he end of the Bronze Age heralds the gradual decline of Eastern Mediterranean trade networks and the resulting collapse of major Lat...

Archaeologists Date World’s Oldest Timber Constructions

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Scientists Document Highly-Developed Construction Techniques of Wells Built by Early Neolithic Settlers A research team led by Willy T...
Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Ancient city of Troy rebranded itself after war

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A pottery-changing event is about to take place (Image: Warner Bros/Everett/Rex Features) EVEN ancient cities knew about rebranding. T...

Scientists 'Surprised' to Discover Very Early Ancestors Survived On Tropical Plants, New Study Suggests

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New research suggests that between three million and 3.5 million years ago, the diet of our very early ancestors in central Africa is l...
Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Flickering embers of camp fires from 7,000 years ago

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Archaeologists are investigating a possible Mesolithic campsite in the North York Moors National Park. Picture: Jon Prudhoe, West Yorksh...
Monday, December 17, 2012

Four Species of Homo You’ve Never Heard Of, Part II

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The Broken Hill Skull (replica shown) was originally designated Homo rhodesiensis . Today, it’s typically considered a member of the spec...
Sunday, December 16, 2012

University of Oxford Online Courses in Archaeology

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Now is the time to enrol for Hilary term online courses in Archaeology. Each courses lasts for 10 weeks, with the expectation of ...

Letter from France: Structural Integrity

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Nearly 20 years of investigation at two rock shelters in southwestern France reveal the well-organized domestic spaces of Europe's e...

Roman Settlement and Possible Prehistoric Site Uncovered in Northern Italy

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Paolo Visonà, of the University of Kentucky, works with an Italian archaeologist to uncover the base of a Roman funerary altar. (Credit:...

Tracing humanity's African ancestry may mean rewriting 'out of Africa' dates

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U of A anthropologist Willoughby believes that the items found prove continuous occupation of the areas over the last 200,000 years, th...
Thursday, December 13, 2012

Evidence of world's 'oldest' cheese-making found

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The cheese thought to have been made was likely to be a soft, cow's milk type Scientists may be one step closer to uncovering the...
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Iron Age Feast Found in England

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Remnants of an Iron-Age feast, including cattle skulls and 13 cauldrons, have been unearthed in Chiseldon, United Kingdom, according to a ...

When Homo sapiens hit upon the power of art

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A reindeer bone engraved with two reindeer, part of the ice age art show at the British Museum. Photograph: British Museum A staggering...

The Flores Hobbit's face revealed

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An Australian anthropologist has used forensic facial reconstruction techniques to show, for the first time, how the mysterious Flores ...
Thursday, December 6, 2012

Researchers find evidence of early man in caves near Naples

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Remains of both Neanderthals and Homo sapiens in same caves Rome, December 4 - Researchers are poring over thousands of tiny artifacts...

Africa's Homo sapiens were the first techies

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This is a Bone point from the Middle Stone Age levels at Peers Cave. The exact context is unknown (see d’Errico and Henshilwood 2007); b–...

The First Modern Humans Arose in South Africa, Say Researchers

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T he synthesis of years of research at prehistoric sites in southern Africa, as represented by research recently published in the Journal...

Kent Iron Age helmet 'incredibly rare'

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A rare Iron Age helmet discovered in Kent is the only example of its kind in Britain, researchers claim. ...

Iron Age bronze helmet found on farmland

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More or less intact helmets of the era are very rare finds, said University of Kent archaeologist Dr Steven Willis [Credit: BBC] A rar...
Tuesday, December 4, 2012

A Late Iron Age helmet found near Canterbury

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A rare prehistoric helmet has been unearthed on farmland outside Canterbury. The helmet, made of bronze and dating to the first century...