Ancient inscription reveals lost civilization in Turkey that may have defeated King Midas (LiveScience 2/25/20)
The lost kingdom was one of the largest settlements to exist in ancient Turkey at the time.
An archeometric look at native and Phoenician pottery in the Iberian SE
Among the tasks emanating from the Project ARQUEOTOPOS III – Carthago Nova from its coastal environment. Paleotopography and environmental evolution of the central sector of the Iberian Southeast. Population and production dynamics (HAR2017-85726-C2-1-P), a line of work has been initiated focused on the study of the potters and potteries of the first millennium BC identified…
Paleontologists Find Evidence of Dog Domestication During Last Ice Age – 28,500 Years Ago
Analysis of Paleolithic-era teeth from a 28,500-year-old fossil site in the Czech Republic provides supporting evidence for two groups of canids – one dog-like and the other wolf-like – with differing diets, which is consistent with the early domestication of dogs.
Neanderthal ‘skeleton’ is first found in a decade (BBC News 082/19/20)
Researchers have described the first “articulated” remains of a Neanderthal to be discovered in a decade.
Chronology of the early medieval churches of Santa Eulalia de Bóveda and San Breixo de Ouvigo
Galicia preserves several late and early medieval churches (10th to 5th centuries) which in recent years have been systematically studied to try to obtain an absolute dating of their oldest phases (Sánchez-Pardo and Blanco Rotea, 2014). Thus, the building materials of Santa Comba de Bande (Bande), Santa Eulalia de Bóveda (Lugo), the basilica of La…
On 10 February 2020, the Foundation opened a call for projects for research teams working in archaeology or human palaeontology outside Europe
Founded in 2016 as a non-profit organization, the Palarq Foundation is a private entity whose main purpose is to support and encourage Spanish archaeology and human palaeontology. This institution finances 48 Spanish projects of this type abroad (except Europe) and another 54 in Spain. On 10 February 2020, the Foundation opened a call for projects…
15000-Year-Old Rock Art ‘Sanctuary’ Uncovered in Spanish Cave (Ancient Origins 02/13/20)
In the autonomous region of Catalonia, Spain, archaeologists have uncovered a treasure trove of prehistoric rock art that is around 15,000 years old
How did the last Neanderthals live? (BBC News 01/29/20)
In many ways, the last surviving Neanderthals are a mystery. But four caves in Gibraltar have given an unprecedented insight into what their lives might have been like.
A massacre of early Neolithic farmers in the high Pyrenees at Els Trocs, Spain (Nature 02/07/20)
At the site of Els Trocs in the Spanish Pyrenees, rivalling groups of either migrating early farmers or farmers and indigenous hunter-gatherers collided violently around 5300 BCE.
This 7,000-year-old well is the oldest wooden structure ever discovered, archaeologists say (CNN 02/04/20)
(CNN): Archaeologists have discovered a 7,000-year-old Neolithic well in eastern Europe, which they believe is the oldest wooden structure in the world.
Prado Vargas, one of the most spectacular karst complexes in Europe
The Prado Vargas site is located in the Merindad de Sotoscueva, forming part of Ojo Guareña, one of the most spectacular karst complexes in Europe, where this cavity called Prado Vargas opens. It is a fossilized emergence that closes a steeply sloping meadow that slides down to the Trema River. A place where its valleys,…