Archaeology Archives
September 19, 2016Watch Scientists Find a Skeleton at the Antikythera Shipwreck
(via Nature News) The famous shipwreck that brought us the mysterious Antikythera mechanism has revealed a new secret: a two thousand year old human skeleton. 
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| Archaeology - Monday September 19th, 2016 | Send to a Friend
Go Inside the New "Hobbit" Discovery
(via Nature) The origins of the species known as 'the hobbit' - a human relative only a little over a metre tall - have been debated ever since its discovery in 2004. Now new fossils may reveal the ancestors of this strange species and help us to understand its history. Send to a Friend | Permalink
| Archaeology - Wednesday June 8th, 2016 | Send to a Friend
Venture Inside the Newly Discovered Neanderthal Sculpture Garden
(via Nature) They are some of the oldest human constructions known, lost for almost two hundred thousand years, deep in a cave in France. Their purpose is unknown but the complexity of these unique structures gives us an insight into the skills of their creators. Send to a Friend | Permalink
| Archaeology - Wednesday May 25th, 2016 | Send to a Friend
How a Scientist Is Discovering the Secrets of Ancient Texts
(via TED) Gregory Heyworth is a textual scientist; he and his lab work on new ways to read ancient manuscripts and maps using spectral imaging technology. In this fascinating talk, watch as Heyworth shines a light on lost history, deciphering texts that haven't been read in thousands of years. How could these lost classics rewrite what we know about the past? Send to a Friend | Permalink
| Archaeology - Wednesday February 10th, 2016 | Send to a Friend
The Symbols Found in Ancient Caves All Over Europe
(via TED) Written language, the hallmark of human civilization, didn't just suddenly appear one day. Thousands of years before the first fully developed writing systems, our ancestors scrawled geometric signs across the walls of the caves they sheltered in. Paleoanthropologist, rock art researcher and TED Senior Fellow Genevieve von Petzinger has studied and codified these ancient markings in caves across Europe. The uniformity of her findings suggest that graphic communication, and the ability to preserve and transmit messages beyond a single moment in time, may be much older than we think. Send to a Friend | Permalink
| Archaeology - Friday November 20th, 2015 | Send to a Friend
Why Was Mesa Verde Abandoned?
(via Nature) Seven centuries ago, an entire society performed one of the greatest vanishing acts in human history when they fled their homes in the American Southwest. Archaeologists are trying to work out why they left. Send to a Friend | Permalink
| Archaeology - Tuesday November 3rd, 2015 | Send to a Friend
Grass Is Basis for Civilization
Grass is the basis for human civilization. Think about it!
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| Archaeology - Thursday February 20th, 2014 | Send to a Friend
Lost 'Atlantis' Found in Sweden
Divers have found the remnants of a Stone Age city off the coast of Sweden that may very well have been swallowed by the sea. Send to a Friend | Permalink
| Archaeology - Tuesday January 28th, 2014 | Send to a Friend
How to Fossilize Yourself
(Via TEDEd) You can aspire to great things in life, but how about in death? Could you be one of the world’s greatest fossils many years from now? To ensure being found by a future paleontologist, you'll need to die in a highly specific way (think within tree sap or on the bottom of the ocean floor), and nature takes care of the rest. Phoebe A. Cohen details the steps your body must take to find future fame as a fossil.
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| Archaeology - Monday January 6th, 2014 | Send to a Friend
The Fossils That Changed American History
The Burgess Shale Formation is one of the most celebrated fields in the entire world, holding specimens dating back 505 million years! Send to a Friend | Permalink
| Archaeology - Thursday October 24th, 2013 | Send to a Friend