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New Evidence From Earliest Known Human Settlement In The Americas
New evidence from the Monte
Verde archaeological site in
southern Chile confirms its
status as the earliest known
human settlement in the Am ... > full story
Rare Textiles From Honduras Ruins Suggests Mayans Produced Fine Fabrics
Very few textiles from the
Mayan culture have survived,
so the treasure trove of
fabrics excavated from a
tomb at the Copán
... > full story
Ancient Sunflower Fuels Debate About Agriculture In The Americas
Researchers at the
University of Cincinnati and
Florida State University
have confirmed evidence of
domesticated sunflower in
... > full story
Archaeologists Find 18th Century Log Road In Annapolis, Maryland, US
Archaeologists have
uncovered traces of a very
early log road deep under an
Annapolis street -- the
first ever found in the city
... > full story
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Unearthing Clues Of Catastrophic Earthquakes
April 18, 2008 — The destruction and disappearance of ancient cultures mark the history of human civilization, making for fascinating stories and cautionary tales. The longevity of today's societies may depend upon ... > full story -
Plan Brokered By Archaeologists Would Remove Roadblock To Mideast Peace
April 14, 2008 — Israelis and Palestinians may not be able to agree right now on their present or future, but, if a pair of Los Angeles archaeologists have their way, they soon will see eye to eye on their past. ... > full story -
Archaeologist Helps Community By Keeping African Artifacts In Africa
April 11, 2008 — It is common for professional archaeologists and paleoanthropologists working in Africa to populate western museums with foreign artifacts by excavating and permanently removing them from history ... > full story -
Is Globalization as Old as the Earth?
April 4, 2008 — Archaeologists find ancient Jerusalem may be a model for today's corporations. As today's corporations know well, the strategy was all about location. Where did they set up their branch offices? In ... > full story -
Pre-Clovis Human DNA Found In 14,300-year-old Feces In Oregon Cave Is Oldest In New World
April 3, 2008 — DNA from dried human excrement recovered from Oregon's Paisley Caves is the oldest found yet in the New World -- dating to 14,300 years ago, some 1,200 years before Clovis culture -- and provides ... > full story -
Oldest Known Gold Artifacts In The Americas Discovered
April 1, 2008 — Gold has long been more than a fashion statement, and wearing jewelry and other adornments made of it often connotes prestige. And it did not take long for ancient people to figure that out. ... > full story -
Early Americans Arrived Thousands of Years Earlier Than Previously Believed
March 21, 2008 — Anthropologists provide evidence that the first Americans came to this country 1,000 to 2,000 years earlier than the 13,500 years ago previously thought, which could shift historic ... > full story -
Clovis-age Overkill Didn't Take Out California's Flightless Sea Duck
March 18, 2008 — Clovis-age natives, often noted for overhunting during their brief dominance in a primitive North America, deserve clemency in the case of California's flightless sea duck. New evidence says it took ... > full story -
Exploring A 'Lost' City Of The Mycenaeans
March 15, 2008 — Along an isolated, rocky stretch of Greek shoreline, researchers are unlocking the secrets of a partially submerged, "lost" harbor town believed to have been built by the ancient Mycenaeans nearly ... > full story -
Innovative Archaeological Survey Reveals Unknown Aspects Of China's Past
March 5, 2008 — Imagine future archaeologists trying to understand Illinois, California or New York based on a few excavations in each of those states. They might excavate small areas in city centers, since those ... > full story
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