Ancient Scandinavians may have used boats constructed of animal skins to fish, hunt and trade, a new study suggests. Known as ...

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Over three excavation seasons, archaeologists from the Institute of Archaeology at the Jagiellonian University and the archaeological company Pryncypat, identified 23 inhumation burials—where bodies ...

Kornfeld, Marcel Adovasio, J.M. Larson, Mary Lou and Finley, Judson B. 2022. Fencing is perishable: reply to “Don’t fence them in”. Plains Anthropologist, Vol ...

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Hamilakis, Yannis 2021. Food as affirmative biopolitics at the border: liminality, eating practices, and migration in the Mediterranean. World Archaeology, Vol. 53 ...

What it is: A type of ceremonial suit constructed of jade pieces and worn by royal members of China 's Han dynasty (ruled ...

Each year, researchers, tourists and hikers from around the world visit the Umm Jirsan lava tube system ... as researchers first ventured into the cavern’s depths in 2021, as Smithsonian magazine’s ...