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The archaeology news of the week in audio, brought to you by The Archaeology Channel, compiled and written by Michelle Hilling of Archaeologica.org and read by Laura Pettigrew. The Audio News from Archaeologica is compiled from Archaeologica.org's daily news updates.
Archaeology Channel | Audio News from Archaeologica
1d ago
News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
Ancient Pueblo communicated through conch-shell trumpets (details)
Ritual and medicinal plant DNA preserved under ancient Maya ball court (details)(details)
Neanderthal woman’s face is reconstructed (details)
Paleolithic North African hunter-gatherers ate plant-based diet (details)(details ..read more
Archaeology Channel | Audio News from Archaeologica
1w ago
News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
DNA analysis illuminates social practices of an ancient Eurasian warrior empire (details)(details)(details)
Preserved Pre-Revolutionary War cherries unearthed at George Washington’s Mount Vernon (details)(details)
Rare structures may have guided Neolithic farmers to the afterlife (details)(details)
Interdisciplinary research team to investigate whether Stonehenge was designed for lunar alignment (details)(details ..read more
Archaeology Channel | Audio News from Archaeologica
2w ago
News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
18th Century cleft palate prosthesis found in mouth of Polish crypt skeleton (details)(details)(details)
Excavations off Great Barrier Reef prove early Aboriginal Australians crafted pottery (details)(details)
Analysis of pyramid damage suggests Teotihuacan suffered through five damaging earthquakes (details)(details)
Genomic study proves Blackfoot Confederacy historical rights with lineage tracing to Late Pleistocene (details)(details ..read more
Archaeology Channel | Audio News from Archaeologica
3w ago
News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
Newly discovered Pompeii paintings tell of the Trojan War (details)
New research in Tonga reveals high population living in low-density city system (details)
Virginia dig at historic log house documents Black American life after Civil War (details)
1800-year-old clay seal reveals name of Sassanid city (details ..read more
Archaeology Channel | Audio News from Archaeologica
1M ago
News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
Air Force unit in New Mexico uncovers prehistoric site (details)
Paleolithic wooden tools from Germany show diverse woodworking techniques (details) (details)
Eggshells from Central Asian sites show the rapid spread of domesticated chickens (details) (details)
Sand sculpture on South African coast suggests origin of representational art (details) (details ..read more
Archaeology Channel | Audio News from Archaeologica
1M ago
News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
Horse trading in Medieval Europe was crucial part of everyday life (details)(details)
Iranian Plateau served as hub for early human migration (details)(details)
Ancient Peru experienced violence and crisis during political upheaval (details)
Island time capsule in northwestern Australia (details)(details ..read more
Archaeology Channel | Audio News from Archaeologica
1M ago
News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
Aztec books depicting life before the Spanish now publicly owned (details)
Food study points to interactions between South Americans and Polynesians (details)
Preserved remains of English Bronze Age village reveal details of daily life (details)
Sophisticated canoes shine light on technical skills in the Neolithic Mediterranean (details) (details ..read more
Archaeology Channel | Audio News from Archaeologica
1M ago
News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
3,300-year-old clay tablet describes cataclysmic invasion of four Hittite Empire cities (details)(details)
Largest ever South Asian whole-genome analysis points to single major migration to India from Africa 50,000 years ago (details)(details)
Mass grave of Black Death victims in Nuremberg could be largest ever in Europe (details)(details)(details)
Oldest known bead in the Western Hemisphere discovered in Wyoming (details)(details ..read more
Archaeology Channel | Audio News from Archaeologica
2M ago
News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
14 wrecked ships in Bahamas may offer insight to life in the slave trade (details)
7,000-year-old burial cave in Spain includes Neanderthal-era goat bones (details)
Oldest stone tools in Europe hint strongly at east-to-west migration (details)
Medieval Spanish astrolabe has both Islamic and Hebrew inscriptions (details ..read more
Archaeology Channel | Audio News from Archaeologica
2M ago
News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
Medieval French abbey reveals historical structure with over 1,000 burials (details)
Obsidian blade from Texas suggests a link to Coronado’s expedition (details)(details)
Genetic evidence shows that French Mesolithic hunter-gatherers avoided inbreeding (details)(details)
Temple excavation indicates Philistine ritual use of plants (details ..read more