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Some early herders didn't quit fishing and foraging for a millennium after first keeping livestock
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (264+ words) Early herders in eastern Africa kept diverse diets for nearly a millennium after adopting livestock, new research shows, challenging assumptions about rapid dietary specialization. Domestic cattle in the Turkana region, Kenya Credit: Katherine Grillo A new study in PNAS has…...
Across Bronze Age Sweden, carved footprints point to a ritual for turning social ties into stone
1+ hour, 21+ min ago (375+ words) Examples of podomorphs interacting with the microtopography of the rock. Credit: Oxford Journal of Archaeology (2026). DOI: 10. 1111/ojoa. 7002 Etched into the ancient rocky outcrops of southern Scandinavia and large boulders left behind by retreating glaciers are footprints, also called podomorphic petroglyphs....
Cavemen gathered shellfish using same methods as modern humans, suggests study
9+ hour, 18+ min ago (115+ words) Islander News. com Cueva de los Aviones, Cartagena, Region of Murcia, Spain. (ICTA-UAB via SWNS) New law cuts permit fees and speeds up home renovations 19 of Florida's 20 richest billionaires now live in South Florida Fatal dog attack among recent KB…...
Archaeologists Uncover Ancient German Settlement Featuring Longhouses and a Weaving Workshop
11+ hour, 34+ min ago (232+ words) A 1, 700-year-old German settlement reveals longhouses, weaving workshops, and glimpses of daily life during the late Roman Empire. These finds provide compelling evidence of a community engaged in domestic craftsmanship, combining practical skill with personal adornment. The tools and artifacts…...
Neanderthals seasonally ate snails on the seashore of Spain 115, 000 years ago
10+ hour, 49+ min ago (784+ words) We knew Neanderthals ate seafood if they had to. Now seasonality in marine exploitation has been identified in coastal hominins, and the question is why Does that mean the ancient hominins supping on seafood on the seashore tens and hundreds…...
Archaeologists baffled by mysterious ancient "island" at bottom of Scottish loch - AOL
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (300+ words) The discovery of a wooden man-made "island" in Scotland dating to the Bronze Age is stumping UK archaeologists, who say it could be as old as Stonehenge, according to a new report. The ancient structure found buried in Loch Bhogastail…...
Ancient settlement with weaving workshop and longhouses uncovered in Germany gravel pit | Archaeology News Online Magazine
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (463+ words) Archaeologists in eastern Germany uncovered the remains of a rural settlement dating from the 3rd to 5th centuries CE, offering new information about daily life during the final centuries of the Roman Empire. The site lies in Liebersee, part of Belgern-Schildau in…...
Archaeologists baffled by mysterious ancient "island" at bottom of Scottish loch
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (300+ words) The discovery of a wooden man-made "island" in Scotland dating to the Bronze Age is stumping UK archaeologists, who say it could be as old as Stonehenge, according to a new report. The ancient structure found buried in Loch Bhogastail…...
Migration, mobility, and a Mesolithic refuge | The Past
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (412+ words) The Goths migrated over vast distances in the late Roman period, plundering the towns and farmsteads of the declining Empire. A study of human remains from two cemeteries in Bulgaria, all buried with distinctively "Gothic" jewellery, brooches, and belt buckles,…...
Scotland: an artificial island older than Stonehenge is puzzling archaeologists
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (499+ words) During fieldwork at the site, archaeologists found a layered construction of wood and brushwood beneath the stone surface. Archaeologists uncovered an artificial wooden platform older than Stonehenge, hidden below what appears to be a man-made stone island. Researchers from the…...