Revolutionary War–Era Graves Unearthed in South Carolina The bones came out, one by one, lifted from the earth by experienced hands, wrapped in foil and labelled, until the entire skeleton was liberated from this shallow gravesite. The coroners laid each package in a box. Someone unfurled a Maryland flag. Doug Bostick, executive director of the … Continue reading Revolutionary War–Era Graves Unearthed in South Carolina →

Old bone links lost American parrot to ancient Indigenous bird trade For centuries, Indigenous communities in the American Southwest imported colourful parrots from Mexico. But according to a study led by The University of Texas at Austin, some parrots may have been captured locally and not brought from afar.   The research challenges the assumption … Continue reading Old bone links lost American parrot to ancient Indigenous bird trade →

Revolutionary War Prison Camp Found in Pennsylvania Researchers say they solved a decades-old riddle this week by finding remnants of the stockade and therefore the site of a prison camp in York, Pennsylvania, that housed British soldiers for nearly two years during the American Revolutionary War. The location of Camp Security was thought to have been on … Continue reading Revolutionary War Prison Camp Found in Pennsylvania →

Maya Stela Discovered at Uxmal In the archaeological site of Uxmal in the Yucatán peninsula, a Maya stela depicting a god and a goddess has been discovered by a technical team headed by the archaeologist José Huchim Herrera. The monument could represent the duality between life and death. The director of the National Institute of … Continue reading Maya Stela Discovered at Uxmal →

An 11,100-year-old trap proves people lived in Alaska 1,000 years earlier than believed Remains of an elaborate stone fish trap have been discovered on the seafloor off Southeast Alaska, and scientists say it proves Indigenous people occupied the region 1,000 years earlier than previously believed. Known as a fish weir, the ancient trap dates back … Continue reading An 11,100-year-old trap proves people lived in Alaska 1,000 years earlier than believed →

Second Ancient Native American Canoe Discovered in Wisconsin Wisconsin Historical Society maritime archaeologists, alongside partners from Wisconsin’s Native Nations, recovered a 3,000-year-old dugout canoe from Lake Mendota in Madison today, less than one year after their recovery of a 1,200-year-old canoe that drew international attention in November 2021. Radiocarbon dating performed on the latest canoe … Continue reading Second Ancient Native American Canoe Discovered in Wisconsin →

Traces of Native American Village Found in Florida An archaeological bonanza is being unearthed in St. Augustine. This dig is revealing that a Native American village could be bigger — or at least in a different place — than previously imagined.  That same site would later become one of the state’s first commercial orange groves. Some … Continue reading Traces of Native American Village Found in Florida →

Eerie ‘yellow brick road’ to Atlantis was discovered atop an ancient undersea mountain A team of marine biologists realized they definitely weren’t in Kansas anymore after discovering what appeared to be a yellow brick road on top of an undersea mountain near Hawaii. “The yellow brick road?” a scientist mused in a YouTube video of … Continue reading Eerie ‘yellow brick road’ to Atlantis was discovered atop an ancient undersea mountain →

36,000-year-old Meat of a Mummified Bison was used for a Stew One Night in 1984,  A handful of lucky guests gathered at the Alaska home of palaeontologist Dale Guthrie to eat stew crafted from a once-in-a-lifetime delicacy: the neck meat of an ancient, recently-discovered bison nicknamed Blue Babe. The dinner party fit Alaska tradition: Since … Continue reading 36,000-year-old Meat of a Mummified Bison was used for a Stew →