Archaeologists plan to excavate tomb linked to King Arthur (Heritagedaily 07/01/2022)
A team of archaeologists from the University of Manchester are excavating Arthur’s Stone, a tomb linked to the legendary King Arthur.
Ornate wooden sculpture unearthed at Chan Chan in Peru (Heritagedaily 07/01/2022)
Archaeologists have unearthed a wooden sculpture at Chan Chan, the Capital of the Chimú Kingdom.
Could a Neanderthal meditate? (Phys.org 06/30/2022)
Emiliano Bruner, a paleoneurologist at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), has led a study published in the journal Intelligence on how attention evolved in the human genus, which analyzes the paleontological and archaeological evidence that might shed light on the attentional capacity of extinct hominins.
Ancient DNA yields surprising findings on world’s earliest seafarers (Phys.org 06/30/2022)
New genetic research from remote islands in the Pacific offers fresh insights into the ancestry and culture of the world’s earliest seafarers, including family structure, social customs, and the ancestral populations of the people living there today.
Research into grave goods sheds new light on traditional roles (Leiden University News 06/28/2022)
New archaeological research into grave goods and skeletal material from the oldest grave field in the Netherlands shows that male-female roles 7,000 words ago were less traditional than was thought. The research was conducted by a multidisciplinary team of researchers led by Archol, the National Museum of Antiquities and Leiden University.
Duropolis: Dorset Iron Age settlement skeletons unearthed (BBC News 06/30/2022)
The remains of five inhabitants of a pre-Roman settlement have been unearthed during an archaeological dig on farmland.
Underwater jars reveal Roman period winemaking practices (Phys.org 06/29/2022)
Winemaking practices in coastal Italy during the Roman period involved using native grapes for making wine in jars waterproofed with imported tar pitch, according to a study published June 29, 2022 in PLOS ONE by Louise Chassouant of Avignon University and colleagues.
New study shows how the ancient world adapted to climate change (Phys.org 06/28/2022)
A new study of the ancient world of Anatolia—now Turkey—shows how they adapted to climate change but offers a warning for today’s climate emergency.
Scientists uncover traces of fire-use 800,000 years ago (Heritagedaily 06/27/2022)
Scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Science have been able to detect nonvisual traces of fire dating back at least 800,000 years, one of the earliest known examples for the controlled use of fire.
Secret ancient Andean passageways may have been used in rituals involving psychedelics (Live Science 06/27/2022)
Hidden passageways used by ancient Andean culture opened for the first time in 3,000 years.
Fossils in the ‘Cradle of Humankind’ may be more than a million years older than previously thought (EurekAlert 06/27/22)
The earth doesn’t give up its secrets easily – not even in the “Cradle of Humankind” in South Africa, where a wealth of fossils relating to human evolution have been found.