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APRIL 12, 2025

Credit: Stepanchuk and Naumenko, 2025 That age alone would be noteworthy. But what sets these artifacts apart is what they reveal: that some of our distant hominin ancestors were not just using stone—they were thinking beyond it. “These hominins weren’t just surviving. .

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JANUARY 18, 2025

The graves, filled with artifacts like ornate belt fittings and everyday items, reflected a shared culture. Two Communities, Two Genetic Legacies At first glance, the burial sites of Mödling and Leobersdorf, located just south of Vienna, seemed remarkably similar. But ancient DNA analysis told a different story. Zlámalová, D.,

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APRIL 29, 2025

Journal of Quaternary Science (2025) A new study in the Journal of Quaternary Science 1 suggests that at least one band of Late Upper Paleolithic foragers made their way to the windswept tip of the Isle of Skye, a place so remote it has long been considered beyond the reach of early postglacial settlement. Hardy et al., Hardy et al.,

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FEBRUARY 19, 2025

To correct this, the team organized a workshop where archaeologists directly examined artifacts from both traditions side by side. Only by directly comparing artifacts across different regions and traditions can we begin to piece together the true story of how human culture evolved in the shadow of extinction. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2018.06.004

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JANUARY 17, 2025

Exploring early Acheulian technological decision-making: A controlled experimental approach to raw material selection for percussive artifacts in Melka Wakena, Ethiopia. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161322 0161322 1 Paixão, E., Gneisinger, W., Marreiros, J., Calandra, I., & Hovers, E. PloS One , 20 (1), e0314039.

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APRIL 30, 2025

To ensure this wasn’t an artifact of sampling or contact with European languages, the team excluded creoles, mixed languages, and known colonial effects. The result was striking: languages in the Arctic and Subarctic regions averaged significantly more categories than those in the Amazon and Andes. link] Reich, D.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2025

For centuries, the study of prehistoric life has relied on the fragile remnants of bones and artifacts. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). Credit: Nature Communications (2025). This work does not just add to our understanding of the past—it rewrites it. Unraveling Time with Sedimentary DNA No Bones? No Problem.

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MARCH 18, 2025

This approach circumvents the need for physical fossils, offering a way to reconstruct population history even when no bones or artifacts remain. Nat Genet (2025). A Genetic Bottleneck and the Fate of Our Ancestors One of the study’s most intriguing findings is that, immediately after the initial split 1.5 DOI: 10.1038/ng.3748

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JANUARY 27, 2025

As Delbrassine and colleagues demonstrate, the stories we tell are more than entertainment—they are cultural artifacts that bridge the past and present, connecting us to the first storytellers who wandered out of Africa. Read more 1 Delbrassine, H., Mezzavilla, M., Vallini, L., Berezkin, Y., Bortolini, E., Tehrani, J., & Pagani, L.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Given that travois technology is unlikely to leave behind durable artifacts, identifying similar trackways in other ancient landscapes could help confirm the widespread use of this technology among early humans. Were these travois built for long-distance travel, or simply for short-term use within seasonal camps? Related Research Bennett, M.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The Engraved Stones of the Levant The researchers focused on five artifacts from four archaeological sites: Manot Cave, Amud Cave, Qafzeh Cave, and Quneitra. The artifacts themselves varied in form—two engraved Levallois cores, a flint plaquette, and two incised cortical flakes—but each bore markings that required closer scrutiny.

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APRIL 17, 2025

Credit: PLOS ONE (2025). Credit: PLOS ONE (2025). The site yielded over 175 artifacts connected to dye manufacture: vat fragments, crushed shells, grinding stones, and purple-streaked potsherds. Credit: Maria Bukin; PLOS ONE (2025). Not for clay, copper, or olive oil, but for something far more elusive: color. Sukenik, N.,

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FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Examples of retouched artifacts from the stratigraphically youngest Middle Palaeolithic assemblage at Jebel Faya, Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Credit: Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences (2025). Credit: Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences (2025). Related Research Bretzke, K., Preusser, F.,

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MAY 2, 2025

” From Artifact to Microhistory The breakthrough lies in how scientists now treat time. Instead of lumping broad historical periods into categories based on ceramics or colonial artifacts, radiocarbon specialists are assembling what they call “microhistories.” “They’re not passive recipients.”

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MARCH 5, 2025

These were not simply used fragments but carefully shaped artifacts, demonstrating intentional knapping—striking the bones with stone tools to modify their shape. Nature (2025). Credit: CSIC The site, known as the T69 Complex, has yielded 27 bone tools made primarily from the limbs of elephants and hippopotamuses.

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MARCH 25, 2025

Stone tools are often thought of as deliberately crafted artifacts, chipped and shaped by early hominins to serve a particular function. Credit: Mussi 2025 Read more But new research suggests that at least some of the earliest tools may not have been made, but rather, found. Utilized volcanic spheres 9735 and 9319 from Gombore IB.

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APRIL 23, 2025

Jórdeczka in Radiocarbon (2025) DOI:10.1017/RDC.2025.4 “These artifacts, along with the lithics and ceramics, help define a distinctive material culture near the Gobi’s paleolakes.” Pottery from FV 139 B - bottom of layer 1 (0–10 cm). Muntowski and M. link] 1 Bobrowski, P., Jórdeczka, M.,

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APRIL 2, 2025

These artifacts suggest that the inhabitants of Longtan were engaging in complex tool-making behavior typically attributed to Neanderthals in Europe. Future research will focus on finding human remains associated with Longtan’s artifacts. Who Made the Tools? Or, more likely, could we find a Denisovan? link] de Beaune, S.

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MARCH 10, 2025

Because the site was relatively undisturbed before excavation, researchers have the opportunity to apply modern techniques to analyze sediments, organic materials, and artifacts in ways that were not possible at many earlier-discovered sites. Martini, I., Terlato, G., Silvestrini, S., Romandini, M., Gruppo Speleologico Neretino, Berna, F.,

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APRIL 4, 2025

Many knotted artifacts remain tucked away in storage, undocumented and undigitized. Looking Ahead—A Digital Rosetta Stone for Cordage This new database doesn’t just rewrite what’s known about prehistoric technology—it gives museums and researchers a digital toolkit to reexamine existing collections. 1 Kaaronen, R.

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MARCH 10, 2025

In archaeology’s early days, animal remains were often ignored, discarded, or treated as unimportant compared to human burials and artifacts. .” This deep relationship with animals is something that many Western institutions have failed to fully grasp. That disregard has persisted in many collections today. Arterberry, J.,

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Society for Classical Studies

APRIL 4, 2024

Currently numbering over 80,000 volumes and 500 linear feet of personal papers and institutional archives, it comprises a large circulating book collection, journal holdings, electronic resources, non-print media, rare books, archival materials, art, and artifacts.

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Zinn Education Project

MARCH 29, 2024

APPLYING TO FORM A STUDY GROUP If you are interested in forming a Teaching for Black Lives study group for the 2024–2025 school year or throughout the 2024–2026 school years, please carefully read the sections below. If possible, your group will share photos, videos, and other artifacts that reflect your work.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2025

These artifacts—used for processing grains in early Neolithic settlements—were not merely discarded tools. Their placement was striking: “The artifacts were carefully placed in pairs, with the working parts in contact and oriented from east to west. The evidence suggests the latter. 1 Zamzow, E., Valentini, M.

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MARCH 6, 2025

Przedwojewska-Szymańska/PASI; Antiquity (2025) An Unexpected Discovery in the Highlands of El Salvador In 2022, archaeologists excavating the summit of a Preclassic structure in San Isidro unearthed an extraordinary tableau: five clay figurines carefully arranged in what appears to be a deliberate formation. Scale in centimetres.

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APRIL 17, 2025

Among the artifacts and bones of those interred are the carefully butchered remains of Otis tarda , the great bustard, a bird that once roamed the open plains of North Africa in numbers. Not just about who they buried—but what they buried with them. Iberomaurusian funerary behaviour: Evidence from Grotte des Pigeons, Taforalt, Morocco.

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MARCH 8, 2025

2025 Led by Dr. Sara Juengst, an international team of researchers analyzed the burial, comparing it to others from the region. The burial contained an assortment of artifacts, many of which were unusual for Manteño burials. What significance did the combination of Valdivia and Manteño artifacts hold for those who buried her?

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MARCH 11, 2025

Meanwhile, scavengers searching for metal artifacts continue to disturb the ruins. Their deaths, once a mystery buried in the earth, now serve as a historical marker—one that reveals both the horrors of ancient warfare and the ambitions of empires that shaped the history of East Asia. Erdenebaatar, D., Kovalev, A., & Cui, Y.

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APRIL 19, 2025

Artifacts from sites like Blombos Cave in South Africa and Olorgesailie in Kenya suggest complex behaviors—ochre use, shell bead production, long-distance obsidian transport—that imply trust, planning, and collaboration across groups. That idea fits with archaeological observations from the African MSA.

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APRIL 9, 2025

Deep within the dense Guatemalan jungle, archaeologists have uncovered 1 a significant artifact that offers fresh insights into the intricate relationship between two ancient Mesoamerican powerhouses: the Maya city of Tikal and the central Mexican metropolis of Teotihuacan. Credit: Antiquity (2025). Credit: Antiquity (2025).

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JANUARY 23, 2025

Those emerge as artifacts of the United States temporarily eliminating those states by occupying them for a stretch of several years before leaving, which then results in those states reappearing in the state system. Do you see from the output that we have duplicate entries for Cuba , Haiti , and the Dominican Republic in the first 10 rows?

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APRIL 19, 2025

According to a collaborative report published by Japanese and Azerbaijani researchers in Archaeological Research in Asia 1 , this is the first such artifact known from Mesolithic layers in the South Caucasus. Yet symbolic artifacts from this period in the region have been frustratingly rare. link] 1 Nishiaki, Y., Safarova, U.,

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APRIL 20, 2025

Taylor reexamines these skeletal fragments not simply as anatomical remnants but as cultural artifacts. “The human bone artifacts act as confirmation that early peoples on the Gulf Coast did not view human bodies, or the reduction of human remains, as taboo or off-limits,” Dr. . Credit: Taylor 2025 Read more

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JANUARY 8, 2025

CFP: The Goddess at the Crossing Place kskordal Wed, 01/08/2025 - 12:02 Image The Goddess at the Crossing Place 6-8 March 2025, Marshall University To honor the 150th anniversary of Classics at Marshall University, the Department of Humanities announces a conference that focuses on Goddess traditions.

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JANUARY 22, 2025

Despite international treaties intended to protect heritage during war, according to Taha , the Israeli Defense Forces have demolished or severely damaged hundreds of archaeological sites, historical monuments, cemeteries, museums, libraries, public buildings, and over 100,000 archaeological artifacts spanning various historical periods.

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