Historical records from 1350 show that as many as 12,000 people were buried in 11 “ plague pits ” outside the city of Erfurt, ...

A DNA analysis of human remains found that two medieval men were buried in a peculiar position at a ritualistic site from the ...

In a study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, Dr. Ellery Frahm and his colleagues analyzed two ...

Across the world’s continental shelves, archaeologists are racing a rising tide of development and climate change to map and ...

Archaeologist still depend upon tools used for hundreds of years, but some are taking advantage of what technology offers. Things like ground penetrating radar, microscopes, even satellites. Learn ...

Archaeologists recovered the naturally mummified remains of more than 100 Indigenous Yakuts who were buried in Siberia ...

The people at the center of this discovery are known as the Sambaqui. For nearly 7,000 years, these groups lived along the ...

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Archaeological Science, often interchangeably termed archaeometry, represents an inherently interdisciplinary field that blends methods drawn from the physical, chemical, biological, and social ...

Archaeologists in southern Sicily have uncovered an ancient bone tool depicting the god Dionysus and his erect phallus. The ...

What archaeological discoveries are considered newsworthy by U.S. media outlets and audiences? A new analysis of “pop-science” reporting reveals topical and regional disparities, including an apparent ...

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