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Modified human remains in prehistoric South Texas reveal ancient cultural practices
A study by Dr. Matthew S. Taylor, published in the Journal of Osteoarchaeology, reports on the reanalysis of modified human bones discovered at several prehistoric South Texas archaeological sites.
Extreme drought contributed to barbarian invasion of late Roman Britain, tree-ring study reveals
Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the "Barbarian Conspiracy," a pivotal moment in the history of Roman Britain, a new Cambridge-led study in Climatic Change reveals.
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Ancient humans ritually feasted on great bustards as they buried their dead
The butchered remains of great bustards found in the graves of people buried 15,000 years ago show that these birds had a cultural significance.
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New clues from old bones: Some Vikings were much more violent than others
An investigation into Viking skeletons reveals a hidden story of violence, power, and the surprising differences between neighboring Viking societies. These bones came from all over Norway—from the north, and from the Oslo ...
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The complex origin story of domestic cats: Research points to Tunisia
Researchers looking into the origin of domestic cats have long considered that cats likely accompanied early farmers during the Neolithic, spreading through Europe alongside the adoption of agriculture.
Coastal heritage threatened by climate change—researchers suggest need for integrated management for protection
Humans have always lived by the coasts and waterways, and thus these locations are rich with archaeological sites. Natural and cultural resource management are conducted separately, despite the fact that climate change, sea ...
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Apr 15, 2025
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How agricultural practices and governance have shaped wealth inequality over the last 10,000 years
A new study led by Amy Bogaard, Professor of European Archaeology, School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, reveals that high wealth inequality in human societies over the past 10,000 years was encouraged by land-hungry ...
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Apr 15, 2025
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Archaeological database reveals links between housing and inequality in ancient world
If the archaeological record has been correctly interpreted, stone alignments in Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge are remnants of shelters built 1.7 million years ago by Homo habilis, an extinct species representing one of the earliest ...
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Apr 15, 2025
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12th-century bronze coins reveal role of Northern Mozambique in Swahili trade history
A recent study by Dr. Ignacio Montero-Ruiz and his colleagues examined the provenance of ancient copper artifacts discovered on the Island of Ibo off Mozambique's coast. The study, published in Azania: Archaeological Research ...
Bergantes River could be important route for Neolithization of Lower Aragon in Spain
A team of archaeologists has uncovered evidence confirming that Les Coves Llongues, in the town of Zorita del Maestrazgo (Els Ports region) of Spain, was inhabited during the Early Neolithic (second half of the 6th millennium ...
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Apr 14, 2025
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Archaeologists measure and compare size of 50,000 ancient houses to learn about history of inequality
In a study published in the journal PNAS, researchers compared house size distributions from more than 1,000 sites around the world, covering the last 10,000 years. They found that while inequality is widespread throughout ...
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Apr 14, 2025
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Archaeologists discover historical link between inequality and sustainability
A study led by Professor Dan Lawrence, of Durham University in the UK, found that across 10 millennia, more unequal distributions of wealth correlated with longer-term human settlement. However, the team are keen to stress ...
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Apr 14, 2025
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Sophisticated pyrotechnology in the Ice Age: How humans made fire tens of thousands of years ago
Whether for cooking, heating, as a light source or for making tools—it is assumed that fire was essential for the survival of people in the Ice Age. However, it is puzzling that hardly any well-preserved evidence of fireplaces ...
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Apr 14, 2025
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Ancient auditorium discovered in the gymnasium of Agrigento
Archaeologists have made two extraordinary discoveries in the Italian town of Agrigento on Sicily's southwest coast. During excavations undertaken in March 2025, an international team of researchers led by Professor Monika ...
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Apr 14, 2025
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How a population change in medieval Nottingham rewrites the city's Black Death history
A new study from a University of Nottingham archaeologist has revealed surprising insights into the city's medieval past, which challenge long-standing views on the impact of the Black Death and how the population of Nottingham ...
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Apr 11, 2025
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Analysis of medieval books reveals many were bound with sealskin
An international team of archaeologists, bioinformatic specialists, and historians has discovered that many medieval books were bound using seal skin. In their paper published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, the ...
Earliest evidence of ivory tool production discovered in Ukraine, dating back 400,000 years
Bone tools have been created by hominins for millions of years, with the earliest evidence for the manufacture of deliberately shaped bone tools dating to approximately 1.4 to 0.7 million years ago in Ethiopia. In Europe, ...
Ancient tools from a South African cave reveal connections between prehistoric people
In a cave overlooking the ocean on the southern coast of South Africa, archaeologists discovered thousands of stone tools, created by ancient humans roughly 20,000 years ago. By examining tiny details in the chipped edges ...
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Apr 9, 2025
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Race to save Sweden's 17th century warship in preservation project
A Swedish museum has launched a massive four-year project to preserve the sagging hull of the Vasa, a majestic warship that sank nearly 400 years ago and is now one of Sweden's most popular tourist attractions.
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Comparing economic inequality between the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty
A trio of researchers from Bocconi University, in Italy, the University of Cambridge, in the U.K., and Stanford University, in the U.S., has found that there was more economic inequality under the Han Dynasty than during ...
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