New excavations and geomagnetic data from the Eilsleben site in Germany reveal a massive, fortified outpost dating back to ...

Neolithic boats discovered in Italy demonstrate surprisingly advanced maritime technology. Carved from massive tree trunks and reinforced with complex features, these vessels were seaworthy and ...

Vandiver, Pamela B. 1988. "The Implications of Variation in Ceramic Technology: The Forming of Neolithic Storage Jars in China and the Near East." Archaeomaterials, 2, (2) 139–174.

According to researchers, Dawn’s bones indicated she was 15 years old when she died, but an examination of the teeth ...

What if the best record of your daily habits was stuck inside something that looks like a lump of old chewing gum? For Europe’s first farmers, that sticky record came from birch trees. A new ...

New research analyzing ancient pottery from the Xueshan archaeological site in Beijing offers fresh insights into how the ...

How far back does the rich history of Italian olives and oil stretch? My new research, published in the American Journal of Archaeology, synthesizing and reevaluating existing archaeological evidence, ...

Head for the Neolithic part of town to discover how to photograph henges, burial chambers and hillside carvings ...

Archaeologists uncover a 26,000-year-old ostrich eggshell workshop in China, revealing craft production during the Late Paleolithic period.

Using lasers to remove tattoos comes with some risks. Skin that bore the tattoo can be left lighter than surrounding skin.

Stonehenge sits on open chalk land in southern England, familiar and yet still awkwardly unexplained. For decades, one ...

Ireland has a rich food tradition. We're famous for our dairy, fish, seafood, butter, and more; we have numerous ...