Archaeology Herald

A 280-character sondage digging into the world of archaeology.
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News, profiles, #technology, #books, papers, and studies about #archaeology, #history, and #heritage all have a home here.
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Study: Ancient humans relied on cooperation and social networking for making tools.
#StoneAge #artifacts #archaeology @Sydney_Uni @Cambridge_Uni
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"Archeology as a discipline has a very colonial history," said Lindsay Amundsen-Meyer, an archeology instructor at the University of Calgary (@UCalgary), who has been working on the excavation.
#indigenous #archaeology #Canada
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The #BronzeAge city with a palace and several large buildings could be ancient Zakhiku–believed to have been an important center in the Mittani Empire.
#archaeology @UniFreiburg @uni_tue
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According to researchers, this dataset provides the first unambiguous test of the theory, which demonstrates that there are three distinct regimes of avulsions on fans and deltas.
#history #geography #rivers @ucsantabarbara @UMNews
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Before now, only short stretches of mitochondrial DNA from Pompeiian human and animal remains had been sequenced.
#DNA #genome #archaeology #pompeii
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Rivers jump course and forge a new path in rare and catastrophic events known as avulsions. They can wipe out entire cities along the largest waterways, yet they also create the fertile deltas that have nurtured many societies.
#geography #history
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ICYMI: Pre-Stonehenge hunter-gatherers liked their space.
#Stonehenge #archaeology
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Just published in Scientific Reports (@SciReports)—"Bioarchaeological and palaeogenomic portrait of two Pompeians that died during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD.” (Scorrano, Viva, Pinotti, Fabbri, Rickards, Macciardi)
#Pompeii #archaeology #DNA #genome
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Recently published in Nature (@Nature)—"Lidar reveals pre-Hispanic low-density urbanism in the Bolivian Amazon.” (Heiko Prümers, Carla Jaimes Betancourt, José Iriarte, Mark Robinson & Martin Schaich).
#Amazon #archaeology #lidar
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Hundreds of discoveries have been made in melting ice patches and glaciers, revealing traces of hunting, trapping, traffic, animals, and plant life��small, frozen moments of the past.
#climatecrisis #archaeology #Norway @NTNUnorway
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"They’re very rare to find and exceptionally special artefacts," said Alex Thomson, Cotswold Archaeology's @CotswoldArch) Project Manager.
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Researchers find two large sites of 147 hectares and 315 hectares in a dense four-tiered settlement system in the #Amazon using #lidar.
#Archaeology @UniofExeter @UniBonn
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Recently published in PLOS ONE (@PLOSONE)—"Salorno—Dos de la Forca (Adige Valley, Northern Italy): A unique cremation site of the Late Bronze Age.” (F Crivellaro, C Cavazzuti, F Candilio, A Coppa, U Tecchiati).
#BronzeAge #archaeology #history
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Archaeologists are leading an international consortium to discover the origin of ancient ceramics from the Maritime Silk Route.
#archaeology #ceramics #History
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[Prof Michael Lewis FSA MCIfA @Tostig1066]

Seaton Down (Roman coin) Hoard reported Treasure through ⁦@findsorguk⁩ and on display ⁦@RAMMuseum⁩ - nice that the display mentions the finder and PAS

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Before contact with settlers, the area was the scene of many battles between First Nations, said Tl’etinqox Chief and TNG tribal chair Joe Alphonse.
#archaeology #IndigenousPeoples
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ICYMI: Technology helps find potential sites for #huntergatherer activity.
#archaeology #computermodeling
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Looking for an international journal? Check out our list of more than 150 of them here:
#research #papers #archaeology #history
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Just added to our Great Big List of #archaeology, #heritage, #historical #charities, groups, #trusts, and #foundations:
-- ActiveHistory (dot) ca
@ActiveHist
-- Cultural Evolution Society
@CulturalEvolSoc
-- Can You Dig It
@GglpArchaeology
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For the first time, intestinal parasites have been recovered from #Neolithic #Britain near #Stonehenge.
#archaeology #StoneAge @UCamArchaeology @UCL
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