n individual can create a stone tool or a pot without assistance, but creating a metal tool like the spear here is a group endeavor—and a complex one. Artifacts like this found in Thailand showed that such metal technology could be developed and exchanged using an economic model based on communities making decisions about how to participate in regional exchange systems. Credit: The Ban Chiang Project

Metal Artifacts In Southeast Asia Archaeological Theory – Challenged

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In archaeometallurgy, the study of ancient metal, archaeologists have historically taken a top-down approach, meaning that the jewelry, tools, weapons, and other artifacts they discover have come to signify a dominant ruling group that exerted overarching control over how to use such resources. An individual can create a stone tool […]

Image credit: Vindolanda Charitable Trust

Carved Stone Depicting Mystery Horseman Unearthed At Roman Vindolanda, Hadrian’s Wall

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists search for clues to identify a mystery horseman after carved relief was uncovered at Roman Vindolanda, Hadrian’s Wall. A beautifully carved sandstone relief that depicts a naked male figure holding a spear and standing in front of a horse/donkey has been uncovered during the annual excavations at the Roman […]

Uncovering the lost Indigenous settlement of Sarabay, Florida

Uncovering The Lost Indigenous Settlement Of Sarabay, Florida

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com  – The University of North Florida archaeology team is fairly confident they have located the lost Indigenous Northeast Florida community of Sarabay, a settlement mentioned in both French and Spanish documents dating back to the 1560s but has not yet been discovered until now. Image credit: University of North Florida The […]

This Eurocentric engraving by Theodore de Bry in 1592 formed part of his America Series and showed Christopher Columbus landing on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola in 1492. De Bry published 25 books based on firsthand observations by explorers but never visited the New World. In this image we can see how he shows Columbus in a position of power and control. His books became famous and greatly influenced the European perception of the New World, Africa and Asia.

Caribbean Cannibalism Theory – Debunked By Researchers

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A group of marauding cannibals from South America descended on islands of the Caribbean circa A.D. 800, terrorizing local populations, as was suggested by the explorer Christopher Columbus (1451 -1506), an Italian explorer, and navigator who completed four journeys across the Atlantic Ocean, opening the way for the widespread European […]

Emerald Production In Eastern Desert Of Roman Egypt – New Evidence

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Excavations in the Egyptian Eastern Desert delivers proof of emerald mines in Roman Egypt at Wadi Sikait. For over 5000 years, emeralds have been one of the most desirable and valuable colored stones. Many ancient civilizations in Asia, Africa, and South America independently discovered emeralds and held this gemstone in […]