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FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Found in different parts of Europe, these two industries have often been grouped together as “transitional industries,” implying that they might share a common technological or cultural origin. A new study published in the Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology 1 has upended this assumption. 2020 ) and Douka et al.

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JANUARY 23, 2025

Hussain from the University of Cologne, drew on a vast database of archaeological findings. The ROAD database, developed by the Role of Culture in Early Expansions of Humans (ROCEEH) project, contains data from over 2,400 prehistoric sites across Europe, Africa, and Asia. ” Journal of Archaeological Research.

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MARCH 26, 2025

Archaeology often deals with what remains—the bones, the stone tools, the charred remnants of ancient hearths. These stone grinding surfaces, found alongside rock art panels and other cultural features, are yielding the first direct evidence of plant processing in this landscape. American Antiquity, 81 (4), 664–681.

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MAY 6, 2025

That paradox has haunted archaeology for decades. “This is the first commodity to be exported across the entire continent in British history,” said Dr. Benjamin Roberts, associate professor of archaeology at Durham University. A Mining Culture Without Cities What makes the story more astonishing is who was doing the mining.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The Italian Peninsula before the rise of Rome was a tapestry of diverse ethnic groups, each with unique languages, customs, and material cultures. A recent study, The Genomic Portrait of the Picene Culture 1 , published in Genome Biology , attempts to decode their past through ancient DNA analysis. Ravasini et al.

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APRIL 15, 2025

Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 1 , the study draws on data from over 47,000 houses spanning nearly 3,000 archaeological sites and 10,000 years of human history. It leverages a globally compiled dataset unprecedented in archaeological scope, allowing comparisons across regions, timespans, and social structures.

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MAY 2, 2025

Rethinking the Archaeology of Contact For decades, the presence or absence of European trade goods—glass beads, iron knives, brass kettles—has guided archaeologists in determining whether a North American Indigenous site was occupied before or after European contact. If European objects were found, the site was “historic.”

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APRIL 17, 2025

. “This is the first time we’ve been able to document half a millennium of continuous, large-scale production of mollusk-based purple dye in a single place,” said Golan Shalvi, lead author of the study and director of excavations at the University of Haifa’s Zinman Institute of Archaeology. Photo by Ayelet Gilboa.

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MARCH 13, 2025

A new genetic and archaeological study 1 has revealed that leopard cats ( Prionailurus bengalensis ), small wild felines native to East Asia, lived alongside people in China’s early agrarian societies for at least 3,500 years—only to disappear from human settlements centuries before the arrival of domestic cats via the Silk Road.

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OCTOBER 14, 2024

Archaeological discoveries in East Timor’s Laili rock shelter have unveiled evidence 1 of ancient human habitation dating back approximately 44,000 years. Archaeological evidence in Australia dates back at least 60,000 years, highlighting the ancient roots of Aboriginal cultures.

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Anthropology News

JUNE 27, 2024

Ian Straughn worked with students in an introductory archaeology course using Humata.ai to imagine and develop the research design for the archaeological investigation of UCI’s campus at some time in the future (perhaps an excavation to be conducted by non-human intelligence).

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MAY 8, 2023

Anthropology modules appear in programs in three programs I have taught: Archaeology and Anthropology, Human Sciences, and Music. I first trialed active learning strategies while teaching at the University of Oxford, where one of the challenges of teaching anthropology is the diverse background of the students (Bastide, 2012). Bierema, L.

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APRIL 12, 2024

This intriguing finding, uncovered during excavations at Horvat Raqiq, offers a tantalizing glimpse into the cultural dynamics of Chalcolithic Israel and its connections to ancient Egypt. The ivory jar stands as a testament to the enduring legacy of ancient civilizations and the timeless allure of archaeological discovery.

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JUNE 23, 2024

Scholars have long debated the cultural significance of these statues and the methods used by a Stone Age society to transport them, with some weighing as much as 92 tons. This pre-European collapse narrative simply has no basis in the archaeological record.” Journal of Archaeological Science , 40 (6), 2859–2866.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2024

The LaPrele Mammoth Site: A Window into Early North American Life Archaeological discoveries at the LaPrele mammoth site in Wyoming continue to shed light on the ingenuity and adaptability of Early North Americans, who lived in North America nearly 13,000 years ago. Source: Journal of Archaeological Science , 2019.

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APRIL 25, 2025

The research, led by Jared Carballo and Uroš Matić, now published in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 1 , is a reminder that human history is often told through what survives—but also what is overlooked. Carriers of Memory The archaeological record is full of silences. Carballo-Pérez et al., Kusimba, C.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Early Neolithic farmers, known for their distinct Linear Pottery Culture (Linearbandkeramik, or LBK), expanded rapidly across the region. Map of the LBK culture and the studied sites. The Violent Collapse of the LBK Culture By 5000 BCE, the Linear Pottery Culture began to decline, marked by episodes of violence and social upheaval.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Problematizing Gendered Binaries We began our time as AFA AN Contributing Editors in March 2020, coinciding with the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, and are ending our tenure in a (presumably) post-pandemic world. Put otherwise, what can these pieces convey about what is pressing for our feminist anthropological community?

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Sapiens

APRIL 16, 2024

ENTERING THE FRAY I agreed to discuss archaeology with pseudoarchaeologist Graham Hancock on the mega-popular but controversial podcast the Joe Rogan Experience. But reaching those outside my echo chamber demands more than my archaeological expertise. I’m distinguishing archaeology from mythology. Many people buy it.

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Sapiens

MARCH 19, 2024

To uncover this past, a team launched the country’s first archaeological research. THE FOREST-SHROUDED ESTATE On an island 300 kilometers west of mainland Africa, in 2020, our small team began down a barely visible path flanked by shoulder-high, shimmering capim grass. Soon the tropical forest thickened.

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DECEMBER 14, 2024

The study, published in PLOS ONE 1 on December 11, 2024, uses bioarchaeological analyses to shed light on the diets, deaths, and cultural practices of this enigmatic population, linked to the Neolithic Cucuteni-Trypilla culture. Cultural Context The rarity of cremated remains in Trypillian burials adds another layer of intrigue.

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JANUARY 13, 2025

Tumandok leaders from Indigenous communities in Central Panay in the Philippines province of Iloilo were massacred or arrested in December 2020, and their communities continue to face the threat of displacement due to the construction of a megadam. In Debitage, Jade Lomas generates a new poetic form inspired by archaeological terminology.

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MAY 8, 2025

The shift in tools may have contributed to a cultural shift in who did the hunting. It’s about tracing the evolution of human cooperation, labor, and culture. Recent archaeological research, including that at Wilamaya Patjxa, helps reframe the way we think about the past. link] 1 Haas, R., Buonasera, T., Southon, J.,

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MARCH 4, 2025

Through this work, drawing on knowledge from human skeletal biology, anatomy, and archaeology, we often confront the immense social and racial inequalities that can play a role in the circumstances of ones death. and around the world. We believe that a stance against advocacy and activism is flawed and unrealistic.

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Society for Classical Studies

OCTOBER 11, 2024

In death, these women continue the work they performed while living – developing, transmitting, and embodying new ways of being within the shifting cultural landscapes and intersectional power imbalances of ancient colonies.

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MAY 5, 2025

A team led by Iranian archaeologist Nemat Hariri secured permission from the Cultural Heritage and Tourism Research Institute to excavate what they could before it was too late. They point toward symbolic behavior, toward culture. link] A reassessment of Neanderthal cognitive and cultural capacities. Nishiaki, Y., Ruebens, K.,

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APRIL 19, 2025

A recent study published in the Cambridge Archaeological Journal 1 led by Neil Carlin of University College Dublin peels back the earth not just from bones, but from assumptions. Carlin and his colleagues combed through both genetic profiles and archaeological context. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology , 62, 101294.

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JANUARY 6, 2025

That includes, the editors note, anthropology, archaeology, classics, cultural studies, disability studies, ethnic studies, gender studies, history, law, linguistics, literary studies, performing arts, religious studies, philosophy, postcolonial studies, queer studies, psychology, sociology, visual arts, and women's studies.

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