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Hominins, migration, tools, and the rise of complex societies.
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A road crew above Fureidis hit a cave sealed for 400,000 years and holding about 100 stone tools, so the new road was built on a bridge over it instead of through it
12+ hour, 12+ min ago (609+ words) The cave on the hillside above Fureidis, in northern Israel, was on a list of places archaeologists meant to get to one day. Then the road machinery arrived. Inside the sealed cavity were stone tools, animal bones and traces of…...
8,000-Year-Old???Guardians of Grain??? Discovered in a Neolithic House
23+ hour, 15+ min ago (884+ words) Archaeologists excavating an 8,000-year-old settlement near Lake Dojran in North Macedonia have uncovered two unusual ceramic objects that may have served as symbolic guardians of stored grain. One is decorated with geometric patterns, while the other resembles a small animal,…...
Cavemen Used Mammoth Tusk Patterns to Create Unique Art, Reveals New Research
18+ hour, 42+ min ago (477+ words) [Stephen Beech | SWNS news] Cavemen used mammoth tusk patterns to create unique art, reveals new research. Intricate designs engraved on the surface of 18,000-year-old female figurines carved from mammoth ivory were inspired by “distinctive” growth patterns visible in the tusks,…...
'The Wind Beneath the Stone' unearths the history of Irish stone lifting
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (124+ words) KUAF Public Radio 'The Wind Beneath the Stone' unearths the history of Irish stone lifting Stone lifting is a piece of Irish history that was mostly lost to time. Until David Keohan, a world kettlebell-lifting champion, came along and brought…...
Cave markings discovered in Ireland could transform understanding of when humans first settled there
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (308+ words) Exploration of caves in Ireland conducted by the Lost Land Project, with a detail of some of the markings found This summer, Petzinger’s team—under the title of the Lost Land Bridge Project—found intentional markings in caves in southwest…...
6,000-Year-Old Chleby Enclosure: Sun and Moon Alignments
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (580+ words) Twelve entrances opened onto the horizon at Chleby. The excavators link their directions to the Sun and Moon, raising questions about how people gathered there. The post A 6,000-Year-Old Czech Enclosure Had Twelve Entrances Aligned With the Sky appeared first…...
Ice Age carvers used mammoth tusk patterns to create unique art, study finds
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (599+ words) image: Ice Age craftspeople carefully observed and mimicked the natural lines of mammoth ivory in the art. view more Credit: University of York Intricate designs engraved across the surface of 18,000-year-old female figurines carved from mammoth ivory were inspired by…...
18,000-year-old Ice Age artists used natural mammoth tusk patterns in their art | Archaeology News Online Magazine
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (506+ words) A study of 18 female figurines from Mizyn in northern Ukraine shows how Ice Age artists used mammoth ivory in their work. The carvers studied the material closely and built parts of their engraved designs around natural lines inside the tusks....
Archaeologists Uncover a 6,000-Year-Old Trypillia Dwelling in Ukraine
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (592+ words) A routine gardening task opened a window into a forgotten settlement. Researchers now hope hidden traces will reveal how its residents lived. Archaeologists in the Ternopil region have discovered a Trypillia dwelling that may be around 6,000 years old. The ancient…...
An altar of fire and a 2,300-year-old chest found in Uzbekistan reopen the mystery of how the ancestors of the Zoroastrians buried their dead
6+ day, 11+ hour ago (573+ words) In southern Uzbekistan, archaeologists have uncovered a repeatedly repaired fire altar and a bone urn dating back more than 2,000 years — evidence that the people who lived there followed a funerary custom that avoided both burial and cremation, centuries before Zoroastrianism's…...