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It’s Time to Replace “Prehistory” With “Deep History”

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A team of archaeologists working in Southeast Asia is pushing toward a deeper understanding of history that amplifies Indigenous and local perspectives to challenge traditional archaeological timelines. Instead, we advocate for “deep history.” When you think of “prehistory,” what images come to mind? Humans huddled in caves.

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How Colonialism Invented Food Insecurity in West Africa

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Archaeological evidence and Oral Histories show people in what is today Ghana lived sustainably for millennia—until European colonial powers and the widespread trade of enslaved people changed everything. While Logan’s work revealed the plants Banda residents ate, other research reconstructed the region’s broader environmental history.

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Tracing Roti’s Pasts, Presents, and Futures

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The Roti Collective, a community-based research project, explores the layered histories that brought a flatbread from the Indian subcontinent around the world. In Calcutta on Your Plate , her book on Bengali cuisine and gastronomic history, she points out the absence of roti in Bengali meals until the mid-20th century. where I teach.

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Buried Together: What an Israeli Cave Reveals About Early Human and Neanderthal Life

Anthropology.net

Our data show that human connections and population interactions have been fundamental in driving cultural and technological innovations throughout history," says Yossi Zaidner, an archaeologist at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and lead researcher on the project. Explores the complex history of modern human evolution.

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When Did Humans Start Talking? Genomic Evidence Pushes Language Back to 135,000 Years Ago

Anthropology.net

We see a lag between when the genetic evidence tells us language capacity was present and when symbolic artifacts appear in the record," notes Ian Tattersall, a paleoanthropologist at the American Museum of Natural History and co-author of the study. Fossils do not speak, and ancient DNA does not carry recordings of conversations.

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Gathering Firewood—and Redefining Land Stewardship—at Bears Ears

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In 2016, the area was granted federal status as Bears Ears National Monument (BENM). The co-management plan recognizes the deep cultural legacies of Indigenous peoples and establishes a legal basis for ceremonial and traditional practices such as gathering medicines, food, and firewood. The BENM encompasses 1.36

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The Sand Creek Massacre

Teaching American History

Before touring History Colorado Center’s exhibit, The Sand Creek Massacre: The Betrayal That Changed Cheyenne and Arapaho People Forever , in Denver this summer, I had never heard of Silas Soule. Buffalo were disappearing from their traditional hunting grounds, and their people were hungry. Morrow disappeared forever.