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Pre-Contact Village Yields Yup’ik Treasures 27 Aug 2013 | 01:24 am
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA—Over the past five years, a partnership between the village of Quinhagak, located near the Bering Sea, and Scotland’s University of Aberdeen has uncovered thousands of artifacts from...
Lincoln Castle Sarcophagus Will Be Moved 27 Aug 2013 | 01:20 am
LINCOLN, ENGLAND—The excavation season at Lincoln Castle is closing as archaeologists make plans to lift a sarcophagus thought to contain the remains of a Saxon king or a bishop out of the earth. The ...
Stone Tools Unearthed in Quebec 27 Aug 2013 | 01:10 am
QUEBEC, CANADA—Artifacts estimated to be between 4,000 and 7,000 years old have been found on Waskaganish territory in northern Quebec, in an area that the local Cree know as a traditional fishing sit...
Blogger Reports Destruction of Cyrene Necropolis 24 Aug 2013 | 01:06 am
CYRENAICA, LIBYA—Archaeologist and blogger Areej Khattab reports that people living near the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Cyrene have destroyed part of its necropolis. Using earth movers, the farmers...
Virgil and Columella Guide Experimental Winemakers 24 Aug 2013 | 01:03 am
CATANIA, SICILY—A team of archaeologists has followed techniques outlined in ancient texts to plant a vineyard of local grapes that they hope will produce wines approximating what the Romans drank. Th...
Prohibition Time Capsule Found in New Jersey Estate 24 Aug 2013 | 01:01 am
FLORHAM PARK, NEW JERSEY—Renovations at the Florham Park campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University revealed a Prince Albert tobacco can containing a note left behind by plumbers and tile workers in 193...
Signs of Early Agriculture Uncovered at James Fort 23 Aug 2013 | 01:26 am
JAMESTOWN, VIRGINA—Traces of ten furrows have been discovered at the site of James Fort, built by English settlers in 1607. The furrows were found under a wall that was built in 1608 to extend the str...
Europe’s Oldest-Known Flavor Enhancer 23 Aug 2013 | 01:06 am
YORK, ENGLAND—An analysis of charred residues collected from pottery fragments in Denmark and northern Germany shows that Europeans were seasoning their food at least 6,000 years ago. In particular, p...
Traces of Cinnamon Found in 3,000-Year-Old Vessels 23 Aug 2013 | 01:01 am
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL—Cinnamaldehyde, the compound that gives cinnamon its flavor, has been found in ten out of 27 flasks collected from five archaeological sites in Israel. The spice, which was only found...
Columbian Mammoth Genome Mapped 23 Aug 2013 | 12:57 am
PRICE, UTAH—Twenty-five years ago, a well-preserved hairless Columbian mammoth was discovered in an airtight bog in the Manti La-Sal National Forest. Research continues on the 10,500-year-old bull, wh...
