. Scientific Frontline: Archaeology
Showing posts with label Archaeology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Archaeology. Show all posts
Monday, April 20, 2026

Stone age population collapse revealed by DNA study in France

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The researchers have conducted DNA analyses of the skeletons from a burial sites in France and found traces of several different diseases. I...
Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Plague outbreaks in the Early Modern period hit working youths the hardest

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During excavations beneath Basel’s Stadtcasino, several graves were uncovered. Multiple skeletons were found stacked on top of each other wi...
Thursday, April 9, 2026

Early humans in South Africa were quarrying stone as long as 220,000 years ago

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Panoramic view of the Jojosi site. Clearly visible are gullies formed by erosion, where stone artifacts were observed on the surface during ...
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Tracking the footsteps of West Africa's prehistoric metalworkers

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Photograph taken during the discovery of a pile of used tuyères, featuring intriguing transverse perforations, for photogrammetry purposes. ...
Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Genomic Sequencing Pushes Canine Domestication into the Late Upper Palaeolithic

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Image Credit: Scientific Frontline Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Earliest Genetic Evidence of Domestic Do...
Saturday, March 21, 2026

AI sheds light on an ancient gaming mystery

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Above: the possible gameboard with pencil marks highlighting the incised lines. Below: diagram of the lines, indicating how pieces may have ...
Thursday, March 19, 2026

Neanderthals may have used birch tar for wound care

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Photo Credit: Tjaark Siemssen Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Neanderthal Use of Birch Tar for Wound Care T...
Monday, March 16, 2026

Hunted by Neanderthals: Giant Elephants traveled hundreds of Kilometers across Ice-Age Europe

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125,000 years ago, straight-tusked elephants (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) populated the prehistoric Europe. Image Credit: Hodari Nundu ( CC-BY-4...
Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Ancient tooth proteins reveal the history of mass violence at an Iron Age burial site

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Image Credit: Scientific Frontline Scientific Frontline: "At a Glance" Summary : Mass Violence at an Iron Age Burial Site Main Dis...
Sunday, February 22, 2026

Archaeobotany: In-Depth Description

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Archaeobotany, frequently used interchangeably with paleoethnobotany, is the multidisciplinary scientific study of past human-plant interact...
Thursday, February 12, 2026

New study maps where wheat, barley and rye grew before the first farmers found them

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Archaeobotanist Amaia Arranz-Otaegui, co-author of the study, samples wild plants near Ma'in in Jordan. Photo Credit: Joe Roe Scientific...
Monday, February 9, 2026

5,300-year-old ‘bow drill’ rewrites story of ancient Egyptian tools

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Bow drill in action, New Kingdom tomb painting from Western Thebes, Tomb of Rekhmire, object 31.6.25, Image Credit: The Metropolitan Museum ...
Thursday, January 22, 2026

Curtin scientists freeze out ice-age delivery theory for Stonehenge stones

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Dr Anthony Clarke at Stonehenge Photo Credit: Courtesy of Curtin University Scientific Frontline: "At a Glance" Summary Main Disco...
Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Mineralized dental plaque from the Iron Age provides insight into the diet of the Scythians

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A Scythian. Found in the kurgan Olon-Kurin-Gol 10, Altai Mountains, Mongolia. Image Credit: reconstruction by Dimitri Pozdniako (Wikimedia C...
Thursday, January 15, 2026

How climate change contributed to the demise of the Tang dynasty

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Climatic and sociocultural changes may have contributed significantly to the demise of the Tang dynasty by weakening border defenses. Image ...
Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Hygienic conditions in Pompeii’s early baths were poor

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Pools of the oldest public bathing facilities in Pompeii, dating back to 130 BC Photo Credit:© Cees Passchier Scientific Frontline: "At...
Monday, December 8, 2025

Archaeologists use lasers to locate ancient settlements and artefacts on Greek Islands

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The small island of Palatia off Naxos has been investigated by the researchers. Photo Credit: The Small Cycladic Islands Project The Cyclade...
Friday, November 28, 2025

Later than expected: domestic cats arrived in Europe only 2000 years ago

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Cat in the old town of Şanlıurfa (southeastern Anatolia, Turkey). Photo Credit: © Nadja Pöllath, SNSB Cats are among the most successful dom...
Thursday, November 13, 2025

Extensive dog diversity millennia before modern breeding practices

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Photograph of a modern dog skull used for the photogrammetric reconstruction of 3D models in the study. Photo Credit: C. Ameen / University ...
Sunday, November 9, 2025

Archaeology: In-Depth Description

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Archeology works at Iža locality near Komárno Photo Credit: Trnava University Archaeology (Branch of Anthropology) is the scientific study o...