Early Neolithic farmers arriving on the Baltic coast bucked trends and incorporated fish into their diets (phys.org)
Pioneering early farmers who arrived on the Baltic coast 6,000 years ago may have taken up fishing after observing indigenous hunter-gatherer communities, a major new study has found....
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Depiction of Trojan War hero Ajax found in 1,800-year-old submerged building in Greece (www.livescience.com)
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In Ancient Egypt, Soul Houses and False Doors Connected the Living and the Dead (www.atlasobscura.com)
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Neanderthal stone tools discovered in Racibórz (scienceinpoland.pl)
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After Discovering Elaborate Frescos in Pompeii, Archeologists Uncover An 'Electoral Poster' Alongside a Household Shrine (news.artnet.com)
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A Norwegian Family Went Searching for a Lost Earring in Their Backyard. They Found Viking Artifacts Instead | Artnet News (news.artnet.com)
The two brooches are the first definitive evidence of Viking presence on the island of Jomfruland in southern Norway.
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‘A Neolithic feat of engineering’: Orkney dig reveals ruins of huge tomb (www.theguardian.com)
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Prehistoric human migration in Southeast Asia driven by sea-level rise, study reveals (phys.org)
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How a Bronze Age rock became a 'treasure map' for researchers (phys.org)
A piece of rock with mysterious markings that lay largely unstudied for 4,000 years is now being hailed as a “treasure map” for archaeologists, who are using it to hunt for ancient sites around north-western France....
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Drought in Brazil's Amazon reveals ancient engravings (phys.org)
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Another gold treasure in Norway: 1400 year old gold foil figures found in pagan temple (sciencenorway.no)
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Family Ties: Giant family trees based on ancient DNA from thousands of people are revealing prehistoric politics and social structure (www.science.org)
First direct evidence of lion hunting and the early use of a lion pelt by Neanderthals (www.nature.com)
During the Upper Paleolithic, lions become an important theme in Paleolithic art and are more frequent in anthropogenic faunal assemblages. However, the relationship between hominins and lions in earlier periods is poorly known and primarily interpreted as interspecies competition. Here we present new evidence for...
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Study shows beavers had a big influence on how people in the Stone Age lived (phys.org)
Beavers may seem like a recent arrival to the Netherlands, with their growing presence in recent years. The species became extinct there in the 19th century and was reintroduced in 1988. But before that beavers were widespread for thousands of years. “It really is a native species,” says Brusgaard. “In our research we...
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Child’s Grave Unearths Ancient Mystery: 9,000-Year-Old Necklace Redefines Neolithic Culture (scitechdaily.com)
An ancient necklace from a child’s grave in Jordan reveals the Neolithic culture’s social intricacies, highlighting the importance of adornments and suggesting complex societal dynamics of the period. Final physical reconstruction of the necklace, today exposed at the new museum of Petra in Jordan.
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Phallus and the boar: Turkey digs yield clues to human history (uk.news.yahoo.com)
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'Exceptional' 1,800-year-old sarcophagus unearthed in France held woman of 'special status' (www.livescience.com)
Archaeologists excavating an ancient necropolis in northeastern France have discovered an unlooted, unopened Roman-era sarcophagus dating to the second century A.D. The tomb likely holds the remains of an elite woman, archaeologists said.
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Crusade period grave field discovered in Southwest Finland (yle.fi)
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1900-year-old Child’s Nightgown with intriguing knots found in the Cave of Letters in the Judean Desert (arkeonews.net)
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The oldest pieces of Baltic amber found on the Iberian Peninsula indicates imports began over 5,000 years ago (phys.org)
A team of scientists from the Universities of Granada and Cambridge, as well as the Government of Catalonia, have identified the oldest pieces of Baltic amber ever found on the Iberian Peninsula, revealing that this luxury material used in jewelry and handicrafts around the world was already being imported more than 5,000 years...
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The museum collections scene is the most realistic scene in Indiana Jones, cmv. (mander.xyz)
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'Exceedingly rare' horse bridle discovered in melting ice in Norway could date to Viking Age (www.livescience.com)
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Stash of 'eye-catching' Bronze Age jewelry discovered by metal detectorist in Swiss carrot field (www.livescience.com)
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