Archaeological Science, often interchangeably termed archaeometry, represents an inherently interdisciplinary field that blends methods drawn from the physical, chemical, biological, and social ...

Archaeologist still depend upon tools used for hundreds of years, but some are taking advantage of what technology offers. Things like ground penetrating radar, microscopes, even satellites. Learn ...

What archaeological discoveries are considered newsworthy by U.S. media outlets and audiences? A new analysis of “pop-science” reporting reveals topical and regional disparities, including an apparent ...

Archaeological wood conservation and analysis is a multidisciplinary field dedicated to preserving and deciphering the complex history of wooden artefacts. Integrating conservation chemistry, ...

A site in Switzerland contained evidence of an administrative center that was part of a bigger plan to build a urban center that never came to fruition.

Archaeologists working at a Bronze Age cemetery in northwest China have uncovered pottery vessels containing residue that reveals a sophisticated brewing technique dating back nearly 4,000 years. The ...

The two gold coins were minted almost 2,300 years ago, around the mid-third century B.C. "This makes them part of a very ...

Learn about the excavation process of archaeology as Dr. Peter V. Lape and his team dig up the past. Archaeology is the study of human behavior based on the evidence of artifacts excavated from the ...

Ceramics are one of the most important sources of information for archaeologists. Yet how these objects are produced, ...

Upon the open grasslands of what is now Kazakhstan, there once stood a Bronze Age settlement that may have served as a center of exchange and power around 1600 BC. The settlement — called Semiyarka ...

Part I. Introduction -- Science: A Behavioral Perspective -- Varieties of Scientific Knowledge -- Part II. Contributions of Experimental Archaeology -- Contributions of Ethnoarchaeology -- ...

An analysis of the origins of seven severed skulls with nails through them shows that some people treated this way in Iron Age Spain were local while others came from afar. When you purchase through ...