News tagged with archaeological artifacts
Evidence suggests Neanderthals took to boats before modern humans
(PhysOrg.com) -- Neanderthals, considered either a sub-species of modern humans or a separate species altogether, lived from approximately 300,000 years ago to somewhere near 24,000 years ago, when they inexplicably ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 01, 2012 |
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Archaeologists find new evidence of animals being introduced to prehistoric Caribbean
An archaeological research team from North Carolina State University, the University of Washington and University of Florida has found one of the most diverse collections of prehistoric non-native animal remains ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 01, 2011 |
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Ancient artifacts yield their secrets under neutron imaging
(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, neutron images in 3 dimensions have been taken of rare archaeological artifacts here at ORNL. Bronze and brass artifacts excavated at the ancient city of Petra, in Jordan ...
Oct 13, 2011 |
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Researchers reveal how prehistoric Native Americans of Cahokia made copper artifacts (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Northwestern University researchers ditched many of their high-tech tools and turned to large stones, fire and some old-fashioned elbow grease to recreate techniques used by Native American coppersmiths who ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 13, 2011 |
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Taking a new look at old digs: Trampling animals may alter Stone Age sites
Archaeologists who interpret Stone Age culture from discoveries of ancient tools and artifacts may need to reanalyze some of their conclusions.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 23, 2010 |
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Iraq displays hundreds of recovered artifacts
(AP) -- Iraqi officials displayed hundreds of recovered artifacts Tuesday that were among the country's looted heritage and span the ages from a 4,400-year-old statue of a Sumerian king to a chrome-plated ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 07, 2010 |
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NDE methods for evaluating ancient coins could be worth their weight in gold
Demonstrating that chemistry sometimes can inform history, researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Colorado College and Mount Saint Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Md., have shown that sensitive ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
May 27, 2010 |
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The joke is on us: A new interpretation of bared teeth in archaeological artifacts
Bared teeth are a prominent and eye-catching feature on many historical and archaeological artifacts, and are commonly interpreted as representing death, aggression and the shamanic trance. But a study in ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 12, 2010 |
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Classic Maya history is embedded in commoners' homes
They were illiterate farmers, builders and servants, but Maya commoners found a way to record their own history - by burying it within their homes. A new study of the objects embedded in the floors of homes ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 14, 2010 |
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Team tracks infamous conquistador through southeast
Archaeologists at Atlanta's Fernbank Museum of Natural History have discovered unprecedented evidence that helps map Hernando de Soto's journey through the Southeast in 1540. No evidence of De Soto's path ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Gulf exploration yields evidence of raw materials used by early Americans
In one of the more dramatic moments of an underwater archaeological survey co-led by Mercyhurst College archaeologist James Adovasio along Florida's Gulf Coast this summer, Andy Hemmings stood on an inundated ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Ancient Humans Left Evidence from the Party that Ended 4,000 Years Ago
(PhysOrg.com) -- The party was over more than 4,000 years ago, but the remnants still remain in the gourds and squashes that served as dishware. For the first time, University of Missouri researchers have ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jul 21, 2009 |
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Underwater exploration seeks evidence of early Americans
Where the first Americans came from, when they arrived and how they got here is as lively a debate as ever, only most of the research to date has focused on dry land excavations. But, last summer's pivotal underwater exploration ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 09, 2009 |
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New technology for dating ancient rock paintings
A new dating method finally is allowing archaeologists to incorporate rock paintings — some of the most mysterious and personalized remnants of ancient cultures — into the tapestry of evidence used to study life in prehistoric ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Mar 11, 2009 |
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