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19 hours ago | 
archaeology.org | Ilana Herzig
Skip to content CHICAGO, ILLINOIS—Stone tools crafted by ancient humans between 24,000 and 12,000 years ago that were recovered from coastal South Africa's Robberg caves match contemporaneous styles found in Namibia and Lesotho, SciTechDaily reports.
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2 days ago | 
archaeology.org | Ilana Herzig
Skip to content VALENCIA, SPAIN—According to an ArtNews report, archaeologists from the Alebus Historical Heritage Company and the Municipal Archaeology Service have unearthed more than 4,000 fragments of murals that once adorned the walls of the Roman villa of Barberes Sud at the ancient site of Alonís (Allon), near the present-day Spanish town of Villajoyosa.
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6 days ago | 
archaeology.org | Ilana Herzig
Skip to content HAIFA, ISRAEL—According to a report in PhysOrg, a team excavating at the coastal site of Tel Shiqmona in northern Israel has uncovered evidence for the ancient production of purple dye on an industrial scale.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
archaeology.org | Ilana Herzig
Skip to content BURNABY, BRITISH COLUMBIA—According to a statement released by Simon Fraser University, a genetic study of the beaked hazelnut (Corylus cornu), which is native to British Columbia, has given researchers new insights into Indigenous stewarding of plants in ancestral lands.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
archaeology.org | Ilana Herzig
The ancestry of dogs in seventeenth-century Jamestown offers a window into social dynamics between Indigenous people and early colonists. America’s first permanent English colony, Jamestown was established in 1607 in Tsenacomoco, the area in present-day Virginia that was home to the Powhatan chiefdom. Colonial shipping lists document the arrival of European breeds including mastiffs and greyhounds, which were used for protection and hunting.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
archaeology.org | Ilana Herzig
Skip to content PARIS, FRANCE—According to an ARTNews report, archaeologists have uncovered some 1,035 fragments of historic artworks beneath Notre Dame Cathedral, which was engulfed in flames and nearly destroyed in spring of 2019.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
archaeology.org | Ilana Herzig
Skip to content UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA—According to a statement released by Penn State University, while peaches were likely first introduced to North America by Spanish explorers, the fruits traveled across the continent along Indigenous networks starting in the early 16th century.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
archaeology.org | Ilana Herzig
Skip to content ISTANBUL, TURKEY—According to a Hürriyet Daily News report, archaeologists have uncovered two fragments of terracotta figurines in the southern province of Hatay within Antakya's Küçükdalyan neighborhood. A team led by Hatice Pamir of Hatay Mustafa Kemal University uncovered an area including a hippodrome, temple, and palace complex.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
archaeology.org | Ilana Herzig
Skip to content GLASGOW, SCOTLAND—Glasgow Times reports that volunteers from Clutha Archaeology Group, in collaboration with Archaeology Scotland and Countryside Ranger Service, have unearthed artifacts that may provide evidence of the potential location of Eddlewood Castle, a previously lost medieval castle in South Lanarkshire.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
archaeology.org | Ilana Herzig
Archaeologists have learned that a collection of 42 stone circles recently discovered at a site in southern Norway’s Østfold County marks an unusually large concentration of children’s burials. According to archaeologist Hege Damlien of the University of Oslo, there is a dearth of stones in the area, and those used to create the circles were carefully selected and brought from elsewhere, after which some were cut to achieve a specific shape.
