Archaeological study of 24 ancient Mexican cities reveals that collective forms of governance, infrastructural investments, and collaboration all help societies last longer
Tree rings and strontium point researchers to the provenance of 400-year-old timber; the study is published in PLoS ONE
Large-scale genomic analysis documents the migrations of Ice Age hunter-gatherers over a period of 30,000 years
A Bronze Age well at Petsas House contents reveal the history of animal resources (dogs, cattle, goats, sheep) in Mycenae, Greece
Steel Was Already Used in Europe 2900 Years Ago, during the Final Bronze Age, according to a study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science
Why are polders an important part of China’s water heritage? The study has been published in Planning Perspectives
Two high status brothers had access to “brain surgery” in Bronze Age Israel; the study has been published in PLoS ONE
Bow-and-arrow, technology of the first modern humans in Europe 54,000 years ago at Mandrin, France; the study is on Science Advances
Scientists may have solved a Chaco Canyon mystery by hauling logs with their heads; they might have employed tumplines woven from yucca plants
In their search for silver ore, the Romans established two military camps in the Bad Ems area near Koblenz in the 1st century AD