Archaeology - Science News
4 天之前 · By Bruce Bower August 14, 2024. Archaeology. Was Egypt’s first pyramid built with hydraulics? The theory may hold water. A controversial analysis contends that ancient …
Rethinking archaeology and place - Science News
2024年11月2日 · Those of us who grew up in Western cultures tend to think of archaeology as the study of a place — a point on the map where edifices or artifacts tell us something important …
A race to save Indigenous trails may change the face of archaeology
2024年10月29日 · Johnson, now retired, notes that lidar maps’ more expansive view better reflects Indigenous world views and can empower Indigenous communities to dispute …
Human brains found at archaeological sites are surprisingly well …
2024年3月19日 · Naturally preserved brains, it turns out, aren’t so rare after all, Morton-Hayward, of the University of Oxford, and colleagues report March 20 in Proceedings of the Royal …
Lidar reveals the oldest and biggest Maya structure yet found
June 3, 2020 at 11:00 am. Ancient Maya society got off to a monumentally fast start around 3,000 years ago. Excavations and airborne mapping at a previously unknown site in Mexico, called …
Satellites are transforming how archaeologists study the past
2019年8月4日 · Space archaeologists use satellite imagery and other remote-sensing techniques to look for ancient sites on our planet. As archaeologist Sarah Parcak explains in her new …
King Tut’s tomb has secrets to reveal 100 years after its discovery
November 2, 2022 at 7:00 am. One hundred years ago, archaeologist Howard Carter stumbled across the tomb of ancient Egypt’s King Tutankhamun. Carter’s life was never the same. …
Anthropology - Science News
4 天之前 · Anthropology Fossil teeth hint at a surprisingly early start to humans’ long childhoods Signs of temporarily delayed tooth development in the skull of an ancient Homo species youth …
Textile archaeologists weave a tapestry of the past with ancient …
2019年8月28日 · Textile archaeologists use ancient tools to weave a tapestry of the past. From clay artifacts, scientists learn how fabrics were made long ago. Ancient art depicting female …
Lasers reveal ancient urban sprawl hidden in the Amazon - Science …
May 25, 2022 at 11:00 am. A massive urban landscape that contained interconnected campsites, villages, towns and monumental centers thrived in the Amazon rainforest more than 600 years …