Pre-Inca mummy found in Peru (BBC 27/11/21)
Archeologists think the mummy, found near Lima, could be up to 1,200 years old
La Fundación Palarq es una entidad privada y sin ánimo de lucro que se crea con la finalidad de apoyar las Misiones en Arqueología y Paleontología Humana Españolas en el extranjero, excluyendo Europa, dentro de una perspectiva que abarca desde la etapa paleontológica a las épocas prehistóricas y las históricas en interés monumental
Extraordinary Roman Mosaic and Villa Discovered Beneath Farmer’s Field in Rutland, East Midlands (Historic England 25/11/21)
Archaeologists have unearthed the first Roman mosaic of its kind in the UK. Today, a rare Roman mosaic and surrounding villa complex have been protected as a scheduled monument by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) on the advice of Historic England
Prehistoric moms cared for kids better than we thought (Phys.org 23/11/21)
A new study from The Australian National University (ANU) has revealed the death rate of babies in ancient societies is not a reflection of poor healthcare, disease and other factors, but instead is an indication of the number of babies born in that era
Ancient human relative “walked like a human, but climbed like an ape” (Heritage Daily 23/11/21)
New lower back fossils are the “missing link” that settles a decades-old debate proving early hominins used their upper limbs to climb like apes, and their lower limbs to walk like humans
New discoveries in tomb beneath Temple of Hatshepsut (Heritage Daily 22/11/21)
Archaeologists conducting works at the Temple of Hatshepsut have made new discoveries in a subterranean tomb
Archeologists discover salt workers’ residences at underwater Maya site (Phys.org 18/11/21)
LSU Maya archeologist Heather McKillop and her team have excavated salt kitchens where brine was boiled in clay pots over fires in pole and thatch buildings preserved in oxygen-free sediment below the sea floor in Belize
Lunch Break Science #37 | Alexandra Kralick
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Genetic changes in Bronze Age Southern Iberia (Phys.org 17/11/21)
In southeastern Iberia, one of the most outstanding archaeological entities of the European Bronze Age emerged around 2200 BCE. Known as the El Argar culture
Earliest evidence of mercury poisoning in humans found in 5,000-year-old bones (Live Science 17/11/21)
The high levels of mercury were likely caused by exposure to cinnabar, used to make a bright red paint pigment
The world’s oldest mercury poisoning revealed in Copper Age Iberia (15/11/21)
A recent paper published in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology and in which researchers from the University of Seville participate, explores the complex relationship between humans and mercury over time
Stone tool tells the story of Neanderthal hunting (Phys.org 22/07/21)
A newly discovered leaf point from the UNESCO World Heritage site of Hohle Fels Cave documents the evolution of hunting
Siege ramps and breached walls: Ancient warfare and the Assyrian conquest of Lachish (Phys.org 09/11/21)
In the ninth to the seventh centuries BCE, it was all about the siege ramp, an elevated structure that hauled battering ramps up to the enemy’s city walls and let the Neo-Assyrians soldiers wreak havoc on their enemies
