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Apr 24, 2025 · Archaeology Neandertal-like tools found in China present a mystery A style of primitive stone tools named for the French site where they were first discovered have shown up half a world away.
Archaeology’s top discoveries of 2024 include preserved brains …
Dec 17, 2024 · Archaeology Mount Vesuvius turned this ancient brain into glass. Here’s how By Alex Viveros February 27, 2025. Science News. Science News was founded in 1921 as an independent, nonprofit source ...
Rethinking archaeology and place - Science News
Nov 2, 2024 · The ease of mapping remote areas with lidar (compared with, say, thrashing through the wilderness on foot) has accelerated a shift in archaeology’s focus from individual sites to landscapes ...
Satellites are transforming how archaeologists study the past
Aug 4, 2019 · Archaeology from Space Sarah Parcak Henry Holt and Co., $30. The term “space archaeology” may conjure up images of astronauts hunting for artifacts from little green men, but the field is much ...
A race to save Indigenous trails may change the face of archaeology
Oct 29, 2024 · “Archaeology itself as a discipline is a Western concept,” says Aviva Rathbone, an archaeological consultant in Vancouver. And that mind-set extends to the geospatial tools that commercial ...
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Sep 26, 2024 · Archaeology The world’s oldest cheese is now revealing some of its secrets A DNA analysis of the kefir cheese, first found about 20 years ago on 3,600-year-old mummies in China, confirms its age ...
Human brains found at archaeological sites are surprisingly well …
Mar 19, 2024 · Analyzing a new archive of 4,400 human brains cited in the archaeological record reveals the organ’s unique chemistry might prevent decay.
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Jan 15, 2025 · Archaeology Archaeology’s top discoveries of 2024 include preserved brains and a lost city From the plight of ancient Egyptian scribes to the identities of ancient Maya sacrifices, 2024 brought ...
Textile archaeologists weave a tapestry of the past with ancient …
Aug 28, 2019 · Another loom weight from 1750 to 1300 B.C. Turkey — which weighed 177 grams, comparable to a cue ball — would work best with thinner threads requiring low tension, the group reported in the ...
This ancient Maya city may have helped the Snake King dynasty …
Apr 17, 2018 · Aerial laser maps, excavations and stone-slab hieroglyphics indicate that La Corona, a largely rural settlement, became a key part of a far-ranging Classic-era Maya kingdom that incorporated sites ...