Archaeology News

"Who invented clothes?" It's one of those brilliant questions that children ask, before they learn that the big things we wonder about rarely have simple answers.

Seventh-grade students from Glen Meadow Middle School searched for Native American artifacts at the Black Creek Site off Maple Grange Road on Friday and found out about the history of the region.

Kids are invited to learn about Florida's past through archaeology and the clues left behind by ancient societies Monday, May 20 at 6 p.m. at the North Tampa Branch Library, 8916 N. Boulevard, Tampa.

In Europe, the arrival of the farmers who replaced Mesolithic hunter-gatherers happened in force 9,000 years ago but it was happening elsewhere prior to that.

Although a major road project remains in limbo, it will be a bit longer before anyone knows for sure whether there are tribal and/or pioneer burial sites along a rustic stretch of 253rd Avenue in Hillsboro.

Thousands of unmarked graves are buried beneath a local park, and one group wants to make sure they aren't forgotten.

An archaeological survey on the famous Scots isle of Iona -- where St Columba landed 1450 years ago to spread Christianity in Scotland -- has shown signs of ancient burials.

Five copper coins and a nearly 70-year-old map with an "X" might lead to a discovery that could rewrite Australia's history.

Local dentist who supplied tools for space missions uses his expertise to help shed light on one of Mexico's most enduring mysteries More than 30 researchers are involved in the excavation at the Temple of the Feathered Serpent at Teotihuacan, 40 kilometres northeast of Mexico City.

Jamestown's own Civil War training camp, Camp Brown, will be held the week of July 15-19 from 1-4 p.m. Gen.

The remains, unearthed at a brownfield development site in London Road, are thought to be those of adolescent to mature males and females.

Trina Lindig displays the National Geographic magazine that featured her mother posing with an ancestral Puebloan pot from the Mesa Verde exhibit.

Keeping an urban diary is a kind of archaeology. As we make note of buildings or objects or interactions, we are actively engaging with a place.

Gov. John R. Kasich was surrounded by students from the Columbus School for Girls as he signed legislation they sought to name the Adena pipe as the official state artifact.

Employees of Bulgaria's Directorate for National Construction Control, DNSK , are conducting Saturday an emergency probe in a Thracian sanctuary .

They have uncovered evidence for the first time that people living in Xincun 5,000 years ago may have practised agriculture -- before the arrival of domesticated rice in the region.

Photographs by DENNY SIMMONS / Courier Press G. William Monaghan, Ph.D., offers students from South Middle School in Henderson, Ky., a lesson Friday morning in using carbon dating to find out how old the mounds at Angel Mounds State Historic Site are.

With only a couple minor hurdles left to clear, supporters of the Swede Run Barn restoration hope to have the project completed by this summer.

Long after that first Neolithic colonisation, the flowering of the, "Great Island" led to a dominating Bronze Age culture.

Ancient ivory carvings made by Phoenician artists some 3,000 years ago have long hidden a secret, even while being openly displayed in museums around the world: The sculptures were originally painted with colorful pigments, and some were decorated with gold.