Inside the Tombs of Saqqara (Smithsonian Magazine July/August 21)
Dramatic new discoveries in the ancient Egytptian burial ground. A special report produced with Smithsonian Channel
First evidence medieval plague victims were buried with ‘considerable care’ (Phys.org 17/06/21)
In the mid-14th century Europe was devastated by a major pandemic—the Black Death—which killed between 40 and 60 per cent of the population
Light in darkness: An experimental look at Paleolithic cave lighting (Phys.org 16/06/21)
A recreation of three common types of Paleolithic lighting systems illuminates how Paleolithic cave dwellers might have traveled, lived, and created in the depths of their caves, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Mª Ángeles Medina-Alcaide from the University of Cantabria, Spain, and colleagues.
At underwater site, research team finds 9,000-year-old stone artifacts (Phys.org 15/06/21)
An underwater archaeologist from The University of Texas at Arlington is part of a research team studying 9,000-year-old stone tool artifacts discovered in Lake Huron that originated from an obsidian quarry more than 2,000 miles away in central Orego
Negev Desert archaeological site illuminates an important chapter in modern humans’ origin (Phys.org 15/06/21)
The Boker Tachtit archaeological excavation site in Israel’s central Negev desert holds clues to one of the most significant events in human history: the spread of modern humans, Homo sapiens, from Africa into Eurasia, and the subsequent demise of Neanderthal populations in the region
The first Iberian lead plate found in a regulated excavation in the Pico de los Ajos in Yátova is in archaic writing (Heritage Daily 13/06/21)
A multidisciplinary research team from the University of Valencia (UV), the Prehistory Museum of Valencia (MPV) and the University of Barcelona (UB) has published a study detailing their discovery and interpretation of a lead plate with Iberian writing, the first one obtained in a regulated excavation in Pico de los Ajos (Yátova), one of the…
Unique Viking textiles found in woman’s grave (Heritage Daily 13/06/21)
To an untrained eye, the artefact looks brown and dull, but it is actually something very special: embroidered wool fabric more than 1000 years old, preserved on top of a turtle brooch
1.4 million years ago in Europe, Orce became an area of attraction for the manufacture and use of stone tools (Iphes 09/06/21)
Torrential rains in Barranco León allowed the first hominins to opportunistically take advantage of an accumulation of raw materials
Fashion for pointy shoes unleashed plague of bunions in medieval Britain (Phys.org 10/06/21)
The British have suffered for their fashion for centuries according to a new study suggesting that a vogue for shoes with a pointed tip led to a sharp increase in hallux valgus of the big toe in the late medieval period
Ceramics provide insights into medieval Islamic cuisine (EurekAlert 09/06/21)
Organic residue indicates a diverse and varied culinary culture across Sicily
Uncovering the lost Indigenous settlement of Sarabay in Florida (Phys.org 08/06/21)
The University of North Florida archaeology team is now fairly confident they have located the lost Indigenous northeast Florida community of Sarabay
Mysterious East Asians vanished during the ice age. This group replaced them. (Live Science 08/06/21)
A new group moved into East Asia about 19,000 years ago