Archaeologists from Macquarie University and Polish Academy of Science’s Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Culture have discovered 16 new rock art sites in the Sudanese Eastern Desert or the ‘Atbai.’ The post New Rock Art Sites Discovered in Sudanese Eastern Desert appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News ..read more

An international team of archaeologists with the ROOTS Cluster of Excellence has discovered a Late Neolithic settlement near the Tamiš River in the northernmost part of Serbia. The post 7,000-Year-Old Settlement Discovered in Serbia appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News ..read more

A research team led by University of Cincinnati archaeologists has discovered found evidence of a collection of four ceremonial plant species beneath the end field of a Late Preclassic ballcourt in the Helena complex of the ancient Maya city of Yaxnohcah in Mexico. The plants included Ipomoea corymbosa (xtabentun in Mayan), Capsicum sp. (chili pepper […] The post Researchers Find Traces of Psychoactive and Other Ceremonial Plants beneath Ancient Maya Ballcourt appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News ..read more

New archaeological excavations have revealed repeated phases of human occupation of Umm Jirsan lava tube in the Harrat Khaybar, north-western Saudi Arabia. The post Humans Occupied Lava Tube Cave in Saudi Arabia for 7,000 Years, Archaeologists Find appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News ..read more

Archaeologists from Necmettin Erbakan University say they have discovered the world’s oldest known bread, dating back to 6600 BCE, at Çatalhöyük, a renowned Neolithic settlement in central Anatolia, Türkiye. The post 8,600-Year-Old Bread Found in Türkiye appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News ..read more

Archaeologists have evaluated the spatial organization in the Protoaurignacian levels (associated with Homo sapiens) and the latest Mousterian levels (associated with Neanderthals) at Riparo Bombrini in Liguria, Italy. The post Study: Just Like Homo sapiens, Neanderthals Organized Their Living Space in Structured Way appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News ..read more

A team of archaeologists from James Cook University and elsewhere reports the oldest securely dated ceramics found in Australia from archaeological excavations on Jiigurru (Lizard Island) on the Great Barrier Reef, northeast Australia. The post Early Aboriginal Pottery Unearthed in Australia appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News ..read more

Nelson Mandela University researcher Charles Helm and his colleagues have found an intriguing rock about 30 km (18.6 miles) east of the South African Blombos Cave, which is renowned for its paleoart. The post 120,000-Year-Old Stingray Sand ‘Sculpture’ Found in South Africa appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News ..read more

Between 660 and 750 CE, Anglo-Saxon England witnessed a profound revival in trade involving a dramatic surge in the use of silver coins. The post Researchers Solve Mystery of Early Medieval Silver Coins appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News ..read more

Wooden tools rarely survive in the Paleolithic record limiting our understanding of Pleistocene hunter-gather lifeways. The post Study: Woodworking Played Important Role in Human Evolution appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News ..read more