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Is Indy Chasing A Fake? Two Well-known Crystal Skulls Did Not, After All, Come From Ancient Mexico
May 25, 2008 — Two well-known crystal skulls, held in the British Museum and the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, did not come from ancient Mexico as was once thought. Modern scientific techniques suggest ... > full story -
Sulfur In Marine Archaeological Shipwrecks: The 'Hull Story' Gives A Sour Aftertaste
May 19, 2008 — Advanced chemical analyses reveal that, with the help of smart scavenging bacteria, sulfur and iron compounds accumulated in the timbers of the Swedish warship Vasa during her 333 years on the seabed ... > full story -
Archaeologist Uses Satellite Imagery To Explore Ancient Mexico
May 14, 2008 — Satellite imagery obtained from NASA will help archaeologists peer into the ancient Mexican past. In a novel archaeological application, multi- and hyperspectral data will help build the most ... > full story -
New Evidence From Earliest Known Human Settlement In The Americas
May 9, 2008 — New evidence from the Monte Verde archaeological site in southern Chile confirms its status as the earliest known human settlement in the Americas and provides additional support for the theory that ... > full story -
Rare Textiles From Honduras Ruins Suggests Mayans Produced Fine Fabrics
May 5, 2008 — Very few textiles from the Mayan culture have survived, so the treasure trove of fabrics excavated from a tomb at the Copán ruins in Honduras since the 1990s has generated considerable ... > full story -
Ancient Sunflower Fuels Debate About Agriculture In The Americas
April 30, 2008 — Researchers at the University of Cincinnati and Florida State University have confirmed evidence of domesticated sunflower in Mexico -- 4,000 years before what had been previously ... > full story -
Archaeologists Find 18th Century Log Road In Annapolis, Maryland, US
April 24, 2008 — Archaeologists have uncovered traces of a very early log road deep under an Annapolis street -- the first ever found in the city and perhaps one of the oldest such finds in the Washington, D.C. area. ... > full story -
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
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