Chinese pottery may be earliest discovered
(AP) -- Bits of pottery discovered in a cave in southern China may be evidence of the earliest development of ceramics by ancient people.
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Beautifully crafted Roman dodecahedron discovered in Lincoln—but what were they for?
Roman dodecahedra are something of an enigma: there is no known mention of these 12-sided, hollow objects in ancient Roman texts or images. First discovered in the 18th century, around 130 dodecahedra have been found across ...
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May 4, 2024
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Archaeologists illuminate ancient culinary practices using chemical biomarkers
Ceramic pots endure the corrosive effects of thousands of years, and organic remains preserved inside the pores can shed light on the culture, values, diets, and daily life of societies. This research is achieved with the ...
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Apr 1, 2024
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Ancient pots hold clues about how diverse diets helped herders thrive in southern Africa
The introduction of herding—a way of life which centers on keeping herds of mobile domesticated animals—significantly changed Africa's genetic, economic, social and cultural landscapes during the last 10,000 years. Unlike ...
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Oct 23, 2023
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Ancient artifacts reveal the 'roots of Casas Grandes'
At an excavation site in northern Mexico, BYU archaeology students and professors recently discovered artifacts that have been buried for 1,000 years, including pottery sherds, hammer stones, maize kernels and—intriguing ...
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Mar 8, 2023
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Archaeologists teach computers to sort ancient pottery
Archeologists at Northern Arizona University are hoping a new technology they helped pioneer will change the way scientists study the broken pieces left behind by ancient societies.
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May 17, 2021
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X-ray imaging of beetles in ancient Japanese earthenware
Using X-rays, Professor Hiroki Obata of Kumamoto University, Japan has imaged 28 impressions of maize weevils on pottery shards from the late Jomon period (around 3,600 years ago) excavated from the Yakushoden site in Miyazaki ...
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Nov 17, 2020
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Can individual differences be detected in same-shaped pottery vessels by unknown craftsmen?
An interdisciplinary research team has investigated whether there are quantitative differences that can be used to identify individual potters who make traditional, fixed-shape vessels that have been made in the same way ...
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Oct 27, 2020
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Pottery related to unknown culture found in Ecuador
Archaeologists from the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU), Institute of Archeology and Ethnography SB RAS (Russia); Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL, Ecuador); and Tohoku University (Japan) found shards ...
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Jul 24, 2019
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Archaeology is unravelling new stories about Indigenous seagoing trade on Australia's doorstep
It has long been assumed that Indigenous Australia was isolated until Europeans arrived in 1788, except for trade with parts of present day Indonesia beginning at least 300 years ago. But our recent archaeological research ...
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Apr 11, 2019
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