For thousands of years, prehistoric hunters across western North America relied on the atlatl, a powerful dart-throwing device, to take down their prey. However, a recent comprehensive study reveals ...

Charred hazelnut shells discovered at an archaeological site in Cornwall have pushed back the date for the arrival of the Neolithic period in the region by at least a century. New radiocarbon dating ...

Six one-year Short-Term Research Grants of up to AED 100,000 each, distributed over three years (two per year). Part of the ...

Following the recent inscription of the Faya Palaeolandscape on the UNESCO World Heritage List, the Government of Sharjah, ...

Excavation preparations begin at Pattinamarudhur, aiming to uncover evidence of prehistoric habitation and ancient trade ties ...

The archaeology session of the seminar examined how new scientific tools, interdisciplinary methods, and digital technologies are transforming the study of the past while creating new frameworks for ...

The archaeological site of Ajvide in Sweden, dating back approximately 5,500 years, is renowned for its particularly ...

An ancient elephant bone hammer from southern England reveals that early humans used rare materials to precisely sharpen ...

A prehistoric mass grave in Serbia reveals that more than 77 people—mostly women and children—were deliberately killed in a ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a 6,000-year-old stone spindle whorl workshop that provides new evidence of early large-scale ...

Mushrooms have been used by ancient humans for millennia, but archaeologists have only just uncovered their pivotal role in ...