Thursday, May 28, 2020

Early Iron Age burials discovered in France

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General view of the site with a circular enclosure from the Early Iron Age in the foreground [Credit: Philippe Alix, Inrap] Several e...

Butchery Marks Suggest Paleolithic Hunters Ate Large Carnivores

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Courtesy Piotr Wojtal) KRAKÓW, POLAND—Science in Poland reports that Piotr Wojtal of the Polish Academy of Sciences identified butchere...
Monday, May 25, 2020

Neolithic Skeleton “Lovingly Buried” in Fetal Position

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A “lovingly” buried Neolithic skeleton is offering archaeologists new insights on burial practices 4,500-years ago. The gravesite is lo...
Sunday, May 24, 2020

A 5,000-year-old mystery: recording rock art within the Dolmen de Soto

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The Dolmen de Soto from above, showing both the low earth mound covering the megalithic corridor, and the reconstructed entrance way besi...
Friday, May 22, 2020

Migration patterns reveal an Eden for ancient humans and animals

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An artist rendering of the Palaeo-Agulhas Plain during the Pleistocene. Home to some of the richest evidence for the behavior and cultu...

Archaeologists uncover Iron Age tomb of woman adorned with jewellry

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Archaeologists are planning to excavate the tomb along with the woman's remains. (Inrap) The tomb of a woman dating back about 2700...

European Ice Age Hunters Ate Wolf Meat

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New study reveals that hunters during the Palaeolithic (approx. 30,000 years ago) ate wolf meat. Archaeologists excavating in the Czech ...

Homo Sapiens caused Neanderthal extinction according to computer models

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Using computer models, climate scientists from the IBS Centre suggests that Homo Sapiens are responsible for the demise of the Neanderthal...
Monday, May 18, 2020

Science Notes – Bridging the gap in London’s prehistory

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An aerial view of MOLA archaeologists excavating at Principal Place in Shoreditch – the site of the new Amazon UK HQ. [Image: © MOLA] ...
Sunday, May 17, 2020

Drowned Paleo-Agulhas Plain was an Eden for Early humans

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The Paleo-Agulhas Plain in South Africa had diverse, verdant ecosystems and abundant game for early Humans. In contrast to ice age envir...
Thursday, May 14, 2020

Study suggests remnants of human migration paths exist underwater at 'choke points'

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Artist’s re-creation of the first human migration to North America from across the Bering Sea [Credit: DEA Picture Library/Deagostini/G...

Ancient Tap O' Noth hillfort in Aberdeenshire one of 'largest ever'

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Tap O' Noth overlooks Rhynie UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN A hillfort in Aberdeenshire is one of the largest ancient settlements ever di...

6000 Jahre altes Gerstenmalz vom Bodensee

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Ein schalenförmiges verkohltes Getreideprodukt von Hornstaad-Hörnle. (Abb: Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden / L. Kubiak-Martens [htt...
Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Coronavirus: Lockdown boost for archaeology as amateurs uncover Roman remains

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The technology can 'strip away' vegetation and modern features to reveal what is underneath Self-isolating volunteers analyse a...

Archeologists discover prehistoric sites – while working from home

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A probable Iron Age or Roman enclosed settlement (indicated by red arrows) and an associated field system (inidicated by blue arrows), wh...
Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Archaeologists find Neolithic quay near Newgrange

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The quay was discovered near Newgrange GETTY The archaeologists told a conference that they had discovered "features that were cle...

Humans and Neanderthals 'co-existed in Europe for far longer than thought'

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Stone artefacts found at Bacho Kiro cave. Photograph: Tsenka Tsanova/SWNS Cave objects suggest modern humans and Neanderthals shared co...
Monday, May 11, 2020

1,700-year-old board game found in Norwegian burial mound

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The burial cairn site [Credit: UiB] This April, the University Museum of Bergen, excavated the remains of a small Early Iron Age grave ...

2,200-year-old Celtic village discovered in Hungary

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Aerial view of the site showing excavated houses  [Credit: Andriko Lajos, Deri Museum, Pelta Bt] Archaeologists from the museum made ...

A Wedding Photographer Took an Online Archaeology Class During Lockdown—and May Have Discovered a Lost Stonehenge-Like Structure

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Wedding photographer Chris Sedden spotted what could possibly be traces of a newly discovered henge in the village of Swarkestone in sout...