Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – During a search for artifacts made of meteoritic iron, archaeologists accidentally found a Bronze Age arrowhead stored in the Bern History Museum’s collection. Fig. 1. a–b. a) Overview of the Mörigen arrowhead. Note adhering bright sediment material. Remnants of an older label on the left of the sample number. Total […]

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Stone tools bear microscopic evidence of ancient plant technology, according to a study published June 30, 2023 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Hermine Xhauflair of the University of the Philippines Diliman and colleagues. Fiber technology at Tabon Cave, 39-33 000 years ago. An artistic view based on the […]

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A recent expedition by an archaeology team from the Universities of Auckland and Canterbury to Enderby in the Auckland Island archipelago plans to answer remaining questions about Maori voyaging and life on the island dating back to 1400 CE. Big seas in the southern ocean aboard Evohe, a 25-meter pᴀssenger […]

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – It was during the winter of 2022, archaeologists conducted excavations in two areas at Framlingham Road, Laxfield, Suffolk. The site, showing the evaluation trenches and excavation areas. Image credit: Cotswold Archaeology In Area 1, the remains of a Bronze Age burnt mound complex were revealed. In Area 2, an enclosure system […]

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A unique hog-shaped pottery item – probably a child’s toy approximately 6,000 years ago, was unearthed in east China’s Jiangsu Province. The pottery pig was found during excavations at a Neolithic site of the Ma’an Relics in the city of Wuxi. This pH๏τo taken on June 2, 2023 shows the pottery […]

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The five new archaeological sites have been discovered in the Megalopolis lignite mine in southern Greece contain valuable faunal and cultural remains belonging to the country. Stone tools from the site Kyparissia 4 and Choremi 7. Image credit: YPPOA – Greek Culture Ministry  The sites include the oldest dated archaeological […]

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Birch tar is the oldest synthetic substance made by early humans, and those humans were in the long past – Neanderthals. But the question remains: how tar was made by Neanderthals? Königsaue birch tar and experimental production techniques. a KBP1, Königsaue 1 (left); KBP2, Königsaue 2 (right). b Drawing of the condensation method; c cobble-groove condensation […]

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – For at least three million years, knapping stone has been practiced by hominin societies large and small, past and present. Thus, understanding knapping, knappers, and knapping cultures is fundamental to anthropological research around the world. Metin Eren, Ph.D., ᴀssociate professor and director of archeology at Kent State University, demonstrates flintknapping. […]

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A research team led by the University of Cambridge say it is the oldest example we have of this diarrhea-causing parasite infecting humans anywhere on the planet. The toilet seat taken from the House of Ahiel, excavated in the Old City of Jerusalem. A domestic building made up of seven […]