Discoveries
Ciudad Perdida: The Greatest Site You've Never Heard Of
Tue, Aug 30, 2011
Colombia's literally breathtaking ancient lost city is coming back to life.
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Ancient Peru: The Origins of Culture
Sun, Aug 28, 2011
New developments in agriculture, architecture and art marked emerging new cultures and a turn toward the country interior.
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Looking Deeper into Cliff Mine
Mon, Aug 15, 2011
Archaeologists from Michigan Technological University return to the site of a 19th century copper mine in northern Michigan in order to further understand its role in the shaping of American industrial technology.
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6,000-Year-Old Cooking Pots Show Gradual Transition to Agriculture, Study Reveals
Mon, Oct 24, 2011
Ceramic pots excavated at sites dated to 4,000 years BC tell a story of some lingering hunter-gatherer ways in the Baltic regions of Northwest Europe.
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Blackbeard Cannon to be Recovered
Fri, Oct 21, 2011
Scientists will raise a large cannon from Blackbeard's sunken flagship, Queen Anne's Revenge, in hopes that it will offer more than the sum of its parts.
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Mastodon Kill Site Shows Human Presence in North America Before 13,000 Years Ago
Thu, Oct 20, 2011
A 13,800-year-old site in Washington State provides more evidence of early Americans before 'Clovis'.
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The Mysterious Village
Wed, Oct 05, 2011
Historical and archaeological investigations reveal the drama of an early American frontier settlement destroyed during the War of 1812, resolving an archaeological cold case.
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Archaeology's New Frontier
Mon, Sep 12, 2011
Archaeology in space? It sounds a bit contradictory. They don't seem to mix. But recent developments show us otherwise, from discovering the outlines of ancient lost cities with the eyes of a satellite to efforts to secure the priceless material heritage of humankind's venture beyond the planet.
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Malapa: A Glimpse into the Ancient Past
Thu, Sep 08, 2011
A remarkable new hominin species discovery in South Africa may be the best transitional candidate to our earliest human ancestors, new studies say.
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Stones That Speak: New Archaeological Clues to the Kingdoms of David and Solomon
Thu, Sep 08, 2011
Recent archaeological discoveries may lend new credence to the historicity of the kingdoms of David and Solomon.
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From the Sands of Egypt
Wed, Sep 07, 2011
The discovery of the world's largest trove of ancient writings has opened an unparalleled window on a vanished world.
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El Pilar: Archaeology Under the Canopy
Tue, Sep 06, 2011
Pioneering work at an ancient Maya center advances a new paradigm for sustainability.
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The Bones of Ol Pejeta: Clues to the Past
Mon, Aug 22, 2011
Two scientists relate how bones on an African landscape are giving us clues to our distant past.
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