New research challenges the origin of 'The Egtved girl'
Where was home for The Egtved girl? This question is a hot topic in Bronze Age archaeology right now.
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Strontium isotope maps are disturbed by agricultural lime
Strontium isotopes are frequently used in archaeological studies to establish the provenance and migration history of prehistoric people and artifacts. Many of these studies may be based on incorrect data. A Danish study ...
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Mar 13, 2019
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Foxes were domesticated by humans in the Bronze Age
In the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, between the third and second millennium BC, a widespread funeral practice consisted in burying humans with animals. Scientists have discovered that both foxes and dogs were domesticated, ...
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Feb 22, 2019
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Circular economy: Ancient populations pioneered the idea of recycling waste
The circular economy is typically seen as the progressive alternative to our wasteful linear economy, where raw materials are used to make the products that feed today's rampant consumerist hunger, which are then thrown away. ...
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Jan 9, 2019
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Prehistoric teeth give up their secrets
The isotope values of food consumed are reflected in the individual's tissues. As bone is constantly being turned over by remodelling, analysing the stable isotope ratios of bone collagen can shine a light on the main dietary ...
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Nov 9, 2018
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Oldest evidence of dairying on the East Asian Steppe
Although dairy pastoralism once made Mongolian steppe herders successful enough to conquer most of Asia and Europe, the origins of this way of life on the East Asian steppe are still unclear. Now an international team of ...
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Nov 5, 2018
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Ancient quarry ramp system may have helped workers build Egypt's Great Pyramids
University of Liverpool academics have discovered what may be the remains of a 4,500 year old ramp system to transport the huge alabaster blocks used in the construction of Egypt's Great Pyramids.
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Nov 5, 2018
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Extensive trade in fish between Egypt and Canaan 3,500 years ago
As early as 3,500 years ago, there was a brisk trade in fish on the shores of the southeastern Mediterranean Sea. This conclusion follows from the analysis of 100 fish teeth that were found at various archaeological sites ...
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Oct 16, 2018
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Why 70% of ancient Ural settlement's habitants didn't live up to the age of 18
Artifacts of the Bronze Age at the territory of the Southern Urals have been the object of active research for several decades by archaeologists from around the world. For the last decade, scientists of South Ural State University, ...
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Aug 29, 2018
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Romanian, German archeologists find 3,400-year-old fortress
Romanian and German archeologists have discovered a prehistoric fortress dating back as far as 3,400 years in western Romania.
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Aug 7, 2018
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