Ancient maize followed two paths into the Southwest
After it was first domesticated from the wild teosinte grass in southern Mexico, maize, or corn, took both a high road and a coastal low road as it moved into what is now the U.S. Southwest.
Intact Archaic tomb in the Kition necropolis
Important finds were brought to light during the third excavation season at the Kition-Pervolia necropolis by the French Archaeological Mission of Kition and Salamis, under the direction of Dr Sabine Fourrier.
Ancient Greek shipwreck carrying unusual metal discovered
Ingots of orichalcum, a cast metal which was said to be found in Atlantis, have been recovered from a 16th century shipwreck off Southern Sicily.
Study casts doubt on mammoth-killing cosmic impact
Rock soil droplets formed by heating most likely came from Stone Age house fires and not from a disastrous cosmic impact 12,900 years ago.
3rd Annual Student Archaeology Conference
The 3rd Annual Student Archaeology Conference will be held at the University of Edinburgh in June 2015. Call for Papers is now open.
Rock inscriptions and Sphinx discovered at Gebel El Silsila
During the epigraphic survey at Gebel El Silsila a rare Late Period rock inscription and a sphinx statue were found.
The Coins of Pythagoras
Joint research program to solve a twenty five century old mystery behind the technology used to produce a special variety of ancient Greek coins.
Study of ancient dogs in the Americas yields insights into human, dog migration
A new study suggests that dogs may have first successfully migrated to the Americas only about 10,000 years ago, thousands of years after the first human migrants crossed a land bridge from Siberia to North America.
New data about ‘stone feature’ at Vretsia – Roudias site
The 2014 excavation season has brought to light new data regarding the architectural remains of the Epipalaeolithic mountainous site of Vretsia/Ayios Ioannis - Roudias in the Troodos Mountains as well as its lithic technology.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly at the Dark Age Ranch
A University of Cincinnati doctoral student and a doctoral student in archaeology at Boston University are taking a new twist on long-published research about what an ancient civilization did for a living.
Amathus, the enigmatic city of ancient Cyprus
Next Monday (January 12th) the ancient city of Amathus and its necropolises will be presented at the Museum of Cycladic Art in the framework of the Cyprus Seminar series.
Parasite eggs from the Celtic period found in Switzerland
Archaeologists from the University of Basel discovered eggs of intestinal parasites in samples from the former Celtic settlement, and concluded that its population lived in poor sanitary conditions.
Seven Greek discoveries that changed the world of archaeology in 2014
Our website has selected to present to its readers seven Greek discoveries which changed the world of archaeology in 2014.
“Sitting in a car or in front of a desk is not what we have evolved to do”
Latest analysis of prehistoric bones show there is no anatomical reason why a person born today could not develop the skeletal strength of a prehistoric forager or a modern orangutan.
Oldest stone tool ever found in Turkey
Scientists have discovered the oldest recorded stone tool ever to be found in Turkey, revealing that humans passed through the gateway from Asia to Europe much earlier than previously thought.
Southeast Naxos Survey 2015
A new project in 2015 will begin with surface survey on the island of Naxos.
Oldest evidence of olive oil usage
Researchers found traces of olive oil on 8,000-year-old pot sherds revealed at the Ein Zippori site, in the Lower Galilee.
New, tighter timeline confirms ancient volcanism aligned with dinosaurs’ extinction
How the Deccan Traps contributed to the latest Cretaceous environmental change and biologic turnover that culminated in the marine and terrestrial mass extinctions.
2,800-year-old farm house uncovered in Rosh Ha-‘Ayin
An impressive 2,800-year-old farm house, which comprised 23 rooms, was exposed recently during archaeological excavations conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority in Rosh Ha-‘Ayin.
Defining Sex and Power
Call for Papers regarding the conference organized by the European Archaeological Association.
Social transformations and historical time
Together with the study of material culture there is another area of interest in archaeology, that of the concept of time.
Zagori to be proposed for UNESCO’s World Heritage list
The traditional villages of Epirus’ Zagori will be officially sponsored by the Greek Ministry of Culture as a Greek “cultural landscape” to be added to the UNESCO World Heritage list.
Scholarships ENS de Lyon
The ENS de Lyon and its partners offer scholarships for international students to enrol in its Masters programs in the Exact Sciences, the Arts, and Human and Social Sciences.
Leverhulme Early-Career Fellowships
The Department of Classics at Royal Holloway, University of London, invites proposals for Leverhulme Early-Career Fellowships (commencing 2015-16, for three years).