Chicken bones and snail shells helped archaeologists to date more precisely the destruction of the Greek town Tell Iẓṭabba
Boomerangs were used to shape the edges of stone tools used by Australian Indigenous communities; a new study finds
Rock crystals were moved over long distances by Early Neolithic Brits and were used to mark their burial sites
New Mexico mammoths among best evidence for early humans in North America; a new study was published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Octopus lures from the Mariana Islands found to be oldest in the world; a study on World Archaeology suggests the ancient CHamoru people may have been the inventors
Oldest DNA from domesticated American horse lends credence to shipwreck folklore; the study has been published on PLoS One
Prehistoric roots of ‘cold sore’ virus traced through ancient herpes DNA; a study has been published on Science Advances
High-status Danish Vikings wore exotic beaver furs; identified by ancient proteins, fur was important as a trade and status item
Monks Mound, the north ‘plaza’ in Cahokia was likely inundated year-round, as shown by a study published on the journal World Archaeology
A new book by Bruce Edelstein: Eleonora di Toledo and the Creation of Boboli Gardens, dedicated to the Florentine duchess 500 years after her birth
