Another step forward in radiocarbon dating: a high precision record of atmospheric radiocarbon shifts beyond 14,000 calendar years BP
Family trees from the European Neolithic: scientists gain insights into the social behaviour of a Neolithic community
PKU researchers reconstructed how the clay tiles from Qiaocun formed the earliest known composite-tiled roofs; the study is published in Scientific Reports
Contribution of cultural heritage values to steppe conservation on kurgans, ancient burial mounds of Eurasia; the study is published in Conservation Biology
Early humans in the Hula Valley invested in systematic procurement of raw materials hundreds of thousands of years ago
Spanish Levantine societies mastered climbing and the use of equipment that minimised the risk of practising it as far back as prehistoric times
Earliest evidence of forest management discovered at the La Draga Neolithic site; the study was published in the International Journal of Wood Culture
New households dating from the Mesolithic are being studied at the Arenal de la Virgen site in a dune system next to the Laguna de Villena
Giant stone artefacts, including a Late Acheulean ‘Giant’ handaxe, found on rare Ice Age site at Manor Farm now Maritime Academy, Frindsbury, Kent
The Ivory Lady at Valencina was the highest status individual in an Copper Age society in ancient Iberia, according to peptide analysis