Tag: Archeology
Transcontextual interpretation links distant materials to changing meanings
How Viking communities repurposed ancient glass into valued trade goods

ZooMS identified ivory provenance in fragmented prehistoric remains
Proteomics outperforms traditional methods for identifying prehistoric African elephant ivory

Mesolithic ornamentation showed non-linear changes in complexity
How visual complexity and motif diversity changed across Mesolithic portable ornaments

Reverse engineering ancient engineering supports architectural archaeology education
Learning ancient engineering techniques to train architects as conservation advocates

Mudbrick samples revealed seven plant species in Sudan
Ancient plant seeds reveal what Sudan's early builders grew and used

New open-air sites show repeated Later Stone Age visits in the Karoo
Late Stone Age settlement patterns reveal repeated occupation of a Karoo river valley.

Aurignacian signs were deliberate and conventional
Ancient geometric markings show patterns consistent with symbolic communication systems

5500-year-old Treponema pallidum genome found in Colombia
Ancient bacterial DNA reveals syphilis-causing pathogen was in the Americas 5,500 years ago












