Potted and Painted: The Production and Technical Development of Underglaze Blue Porcelain in China; an exhibition at the University Museum and Art Gallery of the University of Hong Kong
Runes were just as advanced as Roman alphabet writing: Johan Bollaert has investigated written language used in public inscriptions in Norway from the 1100s to the 1500s
A new study ratifies that carnivores did not participate in the accumulation of human remains in the Sima de los Huesos
Digitalisation excludes older adults: technology developments mean that older adults are increasingly at risk of digital exclusion
The colors on these ancient pots hint at the power of the Wari empire: the same rich black pigment is found in ceramics used in rituals
Does the artificial watercourse in the Hessian Ried have a Roman past? The Landgraben, the body of water between the German cities of Groß-Gerau and Trebur
The world’s first horse riders: researchers discovered evidence by studying the remains of human skeletons found in burial mounds called kurgans
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 study of the brain of the Homo erectus fossil with the lowest cranial capacity has been published in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology
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
New behavior seen in whales may be recorded in ancient manuscripts, which name the creature hafgufa and aspidochelone
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
Scientists warn: when restoring historical paintings, be careful with polar solvents; as reported in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
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
