New strontium isotope map of Sub-Saharan Africa is a powerful tool for archaeology, forensics, and wildlife conservation
Ancient DNA unlocks new understanding of migrations in the first millennium AD; a new study has been published in Nature
The ancient copper industry in King Solomon’s mines, located in the Timna Valley, did not pollute the environment
Water and gruel – not bread: the diet of early Neolithic farmers at Frydenlund, Fuenen, in Scandinavia; the study in Vegetation History and Archaeobotany
New computational method uncovers surprising variability in Neolithic building practices, according to a new study in Archaeological Research in Asia
Butchered bones from the Early Bronze Age site of Charterhouse Warren suggest violent ‘othering’ of enemies in Bronze Age Britain
Some of the oldest coastal human occupations in West Africa, preserved in the sites Bargny 1 and 3 (Senegal), and associated with classic Middle Stone Age (MSA)
Magnetic resonance imaging sheds light on history without destroying fragile finds: Ancient Roman harbour wooden structures analysed
Earliest deep-cave ritual compound in Southwest Asia discovered: evidence for a ritual gathering at the Manot Cave, in Galilee, 35,000 years ago
Bad weather led the Zuytdorp, a Dutch ship, into Western Australian coast; it was likely due to a storm and not bad navigation