Has Humanity’s Homeland Been Found? ( Science 10/28/19)
A contentious new paper traces the origins of modern humans to ancient wetlands in Africa, a claim other researchers have called far-fetched.
Researchers at the UAB discover a late period ritual space dedicated to the god Horus in Berenike, Egypt.
The “Sikait Project” team discovers a late period ritual space dedicated to the god Horus in the Greco-Roman port of Berenike, Egypt. Project focuses on analysis of emerald production and marketing in Roman Egypt This discovery is one of the few evidences of this cult in Late Roman Egypt The second archaeological excavation campaign of…
Montvell, site specialising in the extraction of flint
First case of a deposit specializing in the extraction of flint in the Northeast of the Iberian Peninsula LITOcat, an indispensable tool for the study of strategies for the supply and management of mineral resources by prehistoric societies Front of Montvell quarry (UE1001) and associated rubble dump (UE1004) at the end of the 2017 excavation.…
Finalist: The first humans. Archeology of the sites of Bed I of the Olduvai Gorge
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Finalist: Bastida Project
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Finalist: Origins of agriculture and livestock in the Middle East
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Finalist: Paleobiology and evolution of the Neanderthals in El Sidrón (Asturias)
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Building Tartesos, winner of the I National Award for Archeology and Paleontology Palarq Foundation
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Face of a Medieval man found in Aberdeen reconstructed (BBC News 10/22/19)
The man – known as skeleton 125 – was one of 60 full skeletons and more than 4,000 human bone fragments found after work began at the Aberdeen Art Gallery redevelopment site.
Ancient ‘Stepped Street’ in Jerusalem Commissioned by Pontius Pilate, Archaeologists Say (Sci News 10/22/19)
For over a century, excavations in Jerusalem have been uncovering segments of the city’s Roman-period network of streets, particularly the so-called Stepped Street that wended its way from the southernmost gate of the city, alongside the Siloam Pool and towards the Temple Mount.
New Thoughts on Oslo’s Medieval Waterfront (Archaeology 10/22/19)
Life in Norway reports that massive timbers and stone foundations from Oslo’s medieval waterfront have been uncovered at the head of the Oslo fjord.
La Blanca, Mayan city exceptional for its palatial constructions
La Blanca Project, fifteen years of exploration in the Mayan cities of the Mopán Valley (Petén, Guatemala). La Blanca, an exceptional Mayan city due to its palatial constructions, has the widest vault ever documented in the entire Mayan area. Located near Petén, cradle of the Mayan civilization City abandoned in the famous “collapse” of classical…