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JANUARY 17, 2025

Using experimental archaeology, advanced 3D scanning, and photogrammetry, they recreated and analyzed the wear patterns on stone tools from Melka Wakena. ” Melka Wakena’s archaeological record offers a glimpse into these capabilities. “This was frequently associated with increased cognitive capabilities.”

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MARCH 10, 2025

Unlike many other archaeological sites that have been repeatedly excavated over decades, this cave has only recently been investigated systematically. Journal of Archaeological Science, Reports , 63 (105064), 105064. Related Research Romandini, M., Marciani, G., Benazzi, S., Scientific Reports, 12 (1), 5609. Martini, I., Terlato, G.,

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

A new study published in the Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology 1 has upended this assumption. Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology , 8 (1). But do they? By directly comparing the stone tools (lithics) of these two cultures for the first time, researchers have found no meaningful technological connection between them. Carmignani, L.,

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MARCH 31, 2025

Journal of Archaeological Science , 137, 105542.​ As we delve deeper into these ancient artworks, we uncover not just the evolution of artistic expression but also the profound roles that every member of the community, regardless of age, played in shaping the human story. ​ MDPI Cooney Williams, M., & Janik, L.

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APRIL 2, 2025

While Denisovans are best known from DNA evidence and a few fossil fragments found in Siberia and Tibet, their archaeological footprint remains largely unknown. However, determining whether the Longtan tools are the result of independent innovation or cultural diffusion will require more archaeological discoveries. link] de Beaune, S.

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Late Pleistocene Human Evolution in East Asia: Behavioral Perspectives Provides a behavioral perspective on hominin evolution, highlighting key fossil and archaeological findings in East Asia. Source: Nature Geoscience, 2022. Source: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2018. Source: Current Anthropology, 2017.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The research, published in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 1 , presents compelling micro-archaeological evidence that fire was not just a survival tool but a defining cultural trait of the Gravettian tradition. New micro-archaeological data from Fuente del Salín cave (Val de San Vicente, Cantabria).

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Anthropology News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

I call this a “confession” because “ (bio)archaeologists ” like me—scholars who identify with archaeology, biological anthropology, or both—are not necessarily known for centering social theories like Intersectionality in our subdisciplines. Bio)archaeology is no stranger to its colonial baggage. Intersectional Anthropology.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Recent archaeological findings suggest that the Bronze Age board game, Hounds and Jackals—also known as Fifty-Eight Holes—may have originated not in Egypt, as previously believed, but in Asia. In 2022, archaeologists unearthed another ancient game board in Poland’s Ćmielów Castle ruins. Crist et al.,

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AUGUST 19, 2024

While the answer remains elusive, a combination of archaeological and biological evidence provides clues, suggesting cooking may have begun as early as 2 million years ago. Archaeological Evidence: Fire Control and Cooking Sites The archaeological search for the origins of cooking hinges on evidence of fire control. Karkanas, P.,

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Anthropology News

JUNE 27, 2024

The launch of ChatGPT in late 2022 sparked panic among instructors who realized it can answer homework questions, analyze data, and generate whole essays in seconds (although its facts and citations may not always be trustworthy). Ian Straughn worked with students in an introductory archaeology course using Humata.ai

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MARCH 26, 2024

© South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology/Eurac/Samadelli/Staschitz. Reproduced by permission of the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology. Details of the Iceman's sixty-one carbon pigment tattoos (after Samadelli et al., 2015: fig. Read more

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Sapiens

JANUARY 18, 2024

In 2021 and 2022, I conducted an archaeological walkover and photographic survey of the marshes. A 10-centimeter scale sits next to a few bomb rubble fragments of stock bricks and granite setts that eroded from pathways on London’s Leyton Marsh. I struggled to find obvious evidence of the conflict.

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MAY 1, 2023

In October 2022, we realized that funds in our TPS grant would enable us to offer an additional colloquium in the spring of 2023. First, we traveled to the Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park where the original indigenous village had been located in 1565 when the Spanish arrived.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Sedrati, et al) Journey to Discovery In 2022, while exploring the coastal terrain near the northern tip of North Africa, scientists uncovered a trail of footprints etched into the sandy shores. What began as a routine expedition to study boulders at a nearby beach soon turned into an extraordinary archaeological find.

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Anthropology.net

APRIL 20, 2024

Recently 1 , an archaeological excavation at the site of Ucanal in present-day Guatemala has unveiled a remarkable find that promises to deepen our understanding of Maya ceremonial practices and shed light on the complexities of political transitions within this ancient society. Dr Christina T.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

A recent study, published in the European Journal of Archaeology 1 , suggests these plaques may represent one of humanity's earliest attempts at recording genealogy—a non-verbal precursor to modern ancestry documentation. Journal : European Journal of Archaeology , 2004. Journal : Cambridge Archaeological Journal , 2009.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Spanning over 250 individuals, the study integrates genetics with archaeological and dietary evidence, shedding new light on the egalitarian nature of LBK societies. Source: Cell , 2022.

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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

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Archaeological excavations at Mandrin Cave revealed the remains of both Neanderthals and modern humans. Evolutionary, cultural, and social processes that seem unimaginable if we try to apply them to sapiens populations, as we understand them through cultural anthropology, history, and archaeology.

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MARCH 19, 2024

To uncover this past, a team launched the country’s first archaeological research. The Praia Melão engenho and estate is the first archaeological site identified in São Tomé. But this can be challenging in a country where no archaeology has been done before. Their spirits do not rest in peace.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 6, 2025

The archaeological discovery of Preclassic clay figurines atop the San Isidro pyramid in El Salvador raises profound questions about the social and ritualistic lives of Mesoamerican cultures. Were these figures sacred objects of devotion? Props in an ancient performance? Or echoes of a broader pan-Mesoamerican tradition? Scale in centimetres.

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OCTOBER 9, 2024

A Novel technique In the early 2020s, we started using handheld X-ray fluorescence analysis , a non-destructive chemical analytical method, on the Stonehenge bluestones—particularly on the many claimed Altar Stone fragments collected by older archaeological excavations. Nothing looked similar.

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DECEMBER 14, 2024

Even small fragments can reveal extraordinary insights when combined with advanced archaeological, osteological, and isotopic analyses. Journal : Journal of Field Archaeology , 2016. Journal : Journal of Archaeological Science , 2011. Journal : Cambridge Archaeological Journal , 2022. DOI : 10.1017/RDC.2020.65

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MARCH 4, 2025

They prioritized the singularity of a childs life and social relationships without losing sight of broader social-historical conditions by refusing to treat history as something entirely pastor, indeed, to see these events as falling under the remit of historical and archaeological sciences. Two examples will suffice.

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

7, 2022 By Studies Weekly World history is full of remarkable women who changed the way we live today. Later in life, she was one of the first women to work in Mexican archaeology and the first person to study the pre-Columbian site of Chalcatzingo. Impressed with her work, the national museum hired her as the director of archaeology.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 5, 2024

By refining dating methods, researchers have expanded the horizons of archaeology, enabling more nuanced interpretations of our ancestors’ lives and creativity. Journal : Journal of Archaeological Science , 2019. Journal : Updating Neanderthals , 2022. Journal : Journal of Archaeological Science Reports , 2021.

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

Researchers from the China National Silk Museum and the Sichuan Research Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology have confirmed that silk played a significant role in sacrificial rituals conducted by the Shu State during the late Shang Dynasty (1600–1100 BCE). Cambridge Archaeological Journal. Guolong, L.,

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DECEMBER 5, 2024

This approach offered direct evidence of Clovis dietary habits, bypassing previous reliance on faunal assemblages and assumptions drawn from archaeological contexts. This reliance aligns closely with the hunting strategies inferred from Clovis archaeological sites, where mammoth remains often dominate faunal assemblages. Meltzer, D.

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ED Surge

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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