Early Neolithic High Mountain Settlers Were Busy With Complex Livestock And Farming Activities – New Study
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An archaeological find in the Huescan Pyrenees allowed researchers to identify for the first time livestock management strategies and feeding practices. Above: Image of the southern slope of Sierra de Tucas (Huesca, Spain). The arrow indicates Coro Trasito cave. Below: Entrance to Coro Trasito cave. (B) Plan view of Coro Trasito […]
How Early Farmers In Scandinavia Overcame Climate Change
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – As the world faces the challenges of present-day climate change, scientific inquiry is, among other objectives, exploring how human societies navigate environmental variations at large. Reconstruction of a Bronze Age house near Forsand in south-west Norway. Archaeologically recorded house floor plans from the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age allow conclusions to […]
Eastern Baltic’s Communities Of First Farmers And Hunter-Gatherers Merged Slowly
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Not in all places where agriculture appeared did local populations quickly notice its benefits. In the areas from present-day Lithuania to Finland, for about half a millennium, hunter-fishermen-gatherers lived alongside the first farmers, and these worlds merged very slowly, according to researchers’ analyses. Image source It may seem that agriculture was […]
How ‘Listening’ To Archaeological Sites Could Shed Light On The Past
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Understanding the way in which sounds move through archaeological sites could offer insights into how ancient societies may have organized themselves. Excavated building with semi-circular interior stone wall, speaker placed at focal point of curve. Image credit: Pamela Jordan Until recently, archaeologists have mostly relied on what they can see […]
Ancient DNA Analysis Shows How The Rise And Fall Of The Roman Empire Shifted Populations In The Balkans
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Despite the Roman Empire’s extensive military and cultural influence on the nearby Balkan peninsula, a DNA analysis of individuals who lived in the region between 1 and 1000 CE found no genetic evidence of Iron Age Italian ancestry. This image shows the skull of the East African individual plus the oil […]
Ancient Society In The Sahara Desert Rose And Fell With Groundwater – Study
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – With its low amounts of rain and soaring high temperatures, the Sahara Desert is often regarded as one of Earth’s most extreme and least habitable environments. Cross-section showing how a foggara or qanat works. An upward sloping tunnel is built into a hillside with vertical shafts until groundwater is reached. The groundwater then flows […]
Medieval Manor Of Court De Wyck – Re-Discovered
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Earlier this year our Kemble fieldwork team undertook a small excavation at the edge of Claverham village, North Somerset, for Newland Homes. The excavation area was immediately adjacent to the 19th-century manor house of Court De Wyck, intending to uncover evidence for the former medieval manor of the same name. Will and Beth record the […]
Study: Grinding Tools Were Once Used In Plant, Pigment And Bone Processing At Jebel Oraf Site, Saudi Arabia
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Use-wear analysis of grinding tools unearthed at the site of Jebel Oraf in the Nafud desert, shows that the artifacts were used during the Neolithic time. It sheds new light on the subsistence and lifestyle of ancient peoples that once lived in the region, according to a new study. Re-fit […]
A Painted Vault Lid Discovered In Royal Palace Of Ek’ Balam Will Shed Light On History Of The Acropolis Of Ek’
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered a painted ancient vault lid, decorated with a depiction of a serpent. Find painted vault top, Ek’ Balam. PH๏τo: INAH. The Ministry of Culture of the Government of Mexico, through the National Insтιтute of Anthropology and History (INAH), registered this unpublished mural painting on the […]
A 3,500-Year-Old Grape Seed Sheds Light On Great Tradition Of Vineyards Of Anatolia’s Çal And Region
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeological excavations conducted at the Aşağıseyit Mound site in western Anatolia’s Denizli have revealed a 3,500-year-old grape seed. In the excavations at Aşağıseyit Höyük, located in the Çal district, remains of a grape seed estimated to be 3,500 years old were discovered, Denizli, Türkiye, Sept. 8, 2023. (AA PH๏τo) The […]