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,...
Bone DNA reveals humanity’s trek into South America
Summary from Bone DNA reveals humanity’s trek into South America
New findings from recently DNA recovered of five individuals from high elevation in the Peruvian Andes suggests that South America may have been settled in a...
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...
Localized climate change and ancient depopulation in the Southwest
Summary of Localized climate change contributed to ancient depopulation
Researchers at Washington State University are using tree ring data try to answer the question of how localized climate change in the Southwest contributed to the...
Artifacts of former slaves’ village tell historic tale
Summary of Artifacts at site of former slaves' village tell historic tale
Over 15,400 artifacts are being curated, analyzed and cataloged from a Temple University excavations at the site of Timbuctoo, a now buried village...
Electron Beam Points to Origins of Teotihuacan Stone Faces
Summary from Electron Beam Points to Origins of Teotihuacan Stone Faces
A new study of the iconic stone masks of the ancient city of Teotihuacan, Mexico, reveals that the masks were made elsewhere and often...
Rubbish dig casts new light on pre-Columbian village
Summary from Rubbish dig casts new light on pre-Columbian village
This past field season finding at Town Creek Indian Mound in Montgomery County, North Carolina, are leading to new interpretations of the site. The project is...
Ancient Life in the High Tetons
Excerpt from Ancient Life in the High Tetons by Kelsey Dayton
They would have seemed, to the untrained eye, just pieces of clay. But near a backcountry campsite high in Grand Teton National Park, Matt Stirn and Rebecca...
Archaeologists do dirty work of resurrecting past
Summary from Archaeologists Do Dirty Work of Resurrecting Past
In Southern Maryland, one of the fasting growing areas in the region, archaeologists are often on a race against development to recovery the history of the...
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...