Sneak Peak: 15,000 Year-Old Pre-Clovis at Wakulla Springs
Fall 2018 Sneak Peek By Tamara Jager Stewart.
15,000 Year-Old Pre-Clovis Sites Cluster at Wakulla Springs, Florida        Are These Evidence of Mastodon Kill Sites?
Great to see old friend and Paleo-Indian archaeologist Dr. Andy Hemmings as I...
Cahokia’s Monks Mound May Have Been Built in Only 20 Years
Summary of America’s Largest Earthwork, Cahokia’s Monks Mound, May Have Been Built in Only 20 Years, Study Says
Monks Mound was constructed as the symbolic center of Cahokia. At its peak, A.D. 1050 to 1100,...
Texas Mass Grave Site Continues to Reveal More Remains
Just east of Laredo in the town of Falfurias, TX, the discovery of a mass grave site has turned to the aid of archaeologists and forensic anthropologists to answer questions about the unknown deceased.
According...
Archaeologists rush to save Yup’ik treasures threatened by vanishing shoreline
Summary of Archaeologists rush to save Yup'ik treasures threatened by vanishing shoreline
An international team of archaeologists are racing against time and nature to excavate and preserve cultural artifacts at the Nunalleq site in Alaska. The...
University of Montana archaeologists unearth Buffalo Soldiers’ artifacts at Fort Missoula
Summary of "UM archaeologists unearth Buffalo Soldiers' artifacts at Fort Missoula"
In the summer of 1888, the 25th Infantry arrived at Fort Missoula from their post in the Dakota Territory.
All 220 members of the unit...
Possible “Woodhenge” Discovered at Hopewell Excavation
National Park Service archaeologists believe they have found evidence of a "woodhenge" - a circular enclosure of wooden posts - at a Hopewell earthworks site near Chillicothe, Ohio.
To be certain, the researchers will continue...
Ancient maize followed two paths into the Southwest
Summary from Ancient maize followed two paths into the Southwest , The origin and evolution of maize in the Southwestern United States , How corn became corn
The origin of maize (or commonly corn) into...
Researchers Digitally Record Paleoamerican Remains
When exploratory divers discovered the underwater Mexican cave site known as Hoyo Negro, the conditions of the cave were so pristine and stable, says archaeologist Dominique Rissolo, "it looked like no one had ever...
Underwater expedition revealed earliest site of human habitation in Canada
Archaeologists from the University of Victoria have used an autonomous underwater vehicle to scan the for sign of the earliest human habitation in Canada and possibly the New World. Hypothesizing that ancient peoples would...
Wing Fort House Archaeological Project
From Cape Cod Times:
Cape Cod's oldest town is in the midst of its 375th anniversary celebration, but evidence that it has been inhabited for much longer is being dug out of the soil at Spring...