Tuesday, September 26, 2017

New scientific dating research unravels the story of life in prehistoric Orkney Read

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A new study, published today in Antiquity journal, is challenging the previously understood narrative for prehistoric life on Orkney. It was...

House “older than Stonehenge” found in East Ayrshire field

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The field near Kilmarnock where man settled some 6,000 years ago. PIC: Scottish Water. The remains of a pre-historic dwelling older than...

Storytelling flints and the original Oxen Ford: Oxford flood scheme archaeology begins

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THIS tiny piece of flint is barely an inch long, but it tells an incredible story. A stone flake reveals that 6,000 years ago, for just...

Bronze Age Arrows and a Viking Sword – The 2017 Fieldwork Was Awesome!

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Finally, the long wait was over and we were so ready for fieldwork! We had chosen two large sites for the main fieldwork in 2017 – the Lau...

Neanderthal brains 'grew more slowly'

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The skeleton of a boy that shattered our view of Neanderthal brain development A new study shows that Neanderthal brains developed more...

Ancient DNA sheds light on African history

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Burials at Mount Hora in Malawi yielded DNA used in the study DNA from ancient remains has been used to reconstruct thousands of years ...
Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Ancient British stone circles were used for ‘Neolithic parties’, study finds

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The Ring of Brodgar originally had 60 stones, but now has 27  Colin Richards, Historic England Orkney is home to a host of Neolithic ...

Spanish researchers discover 30,000 year-old cave paintings

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Cave drawings at Altamira.Museo de Altamira/D. Rodríguez Researchers have discovered four new sets of cave paintings in Cantabria, nor...

Secrets of ancient Irish burial practices revealed

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Carrowkeel neolithic passage tomb in Co. Sligo. A new analysis of bones taken from a century-old excavation at Carrowkeel in County...
Thursday, September 14, 2017

The enigma of early Norwegian iron production

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Ancient Norwegians made top-quality iron. But where did the knowledge to make this iron come from? A professor emeritus from the Norwegian U...
Friday, August 18, 2017

Bronze Age tombs unearthed during car park construction in Switzerland

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The burial site of a Bronze Age warrior has revealed yet more treasures  [Credit: SBMA - ARIA SA] Workers digging the foundations for...

13 million-year-old infant ape skull discovered in the Turkana Basin

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Alesi partially excavated after careful removal of loose sand and rocks with dental picks and brushes. © Isaiah Nengo. The discovery in...

New 13-million-year-old infant skull sheds light on ape ancestry

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Alesi, the skull of the new extinct ape species Nyanzapithecus alesi (KNM-NP 59050) [Credit: Fred Spoor] The discovery in Kenya of a ...
Friday, August 11, 2017

Engraved bones are 'evidence of cannibalistic rituals by early humans'

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The researchers suggest the engravings may have been part of an elaborate post-death ritual carried that culminated in the deceased being ...
Sunday, August 6, 2017

Contents of 2,500-year-old sarcophagus discovered in Turkey's Balıkesir revealed

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R esearchers at the ancient Greek city of Antandrus, located in Turkey's Balıkesir province, have discovered the remains of a woman a...

Ancient Greek quarry in Marseille 'partly classified' as historic monument

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The Greek quarry dating from the 5th century BC in Marseille is going to be partly classified  as a Historical Monument [Credit: AFP/Be...

Slawische und eisenzeitliche Siedlung bei Theißen entdeckt

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Blick auf die Ausgrabungsfläche mit Gruben und weiteren Befunden der slawischen Siedlung.  Foto © LDA Sachsen-Anhalt Bei Ausgrabungen...
Thursday, August 3, 2017

The Greeks really do have near-mythical origins, ancient DNA reveals

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A Mycenaean woman depicted on a fresco at Mycenae on mainland Greece. Ever since the days of Homer, Greeks have long idealized their My...

Mammut und viel Rohkost

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Hinterkopf-Knochen eines anatomisch modernen Menschen der Fundstelle Buran-Kaya III.  (© S. Prat) Senckenberg-Wissenschaftler haben d...
Sunday, July 30, 2017

Bronze Age Iberia received fewer Steppe invaders than the rest of Europe

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Archaeological remains of individual MC337 excavated from the site of Hipogeu de Monte Canelas I, Portugal, and analysed by the archaeolo...