//www.koonmotors.com/news/fossils_ruins/archaeology/ Archaeology News. Read about the latest archaelogical finds including Roman coins, Egyptian pyramids and more. Articles and photos. en-us Fri, 08 Sep 2023 11:55:04 EDT Fri, 08 Sep 2023 11:55:04 EDT 60 //www.koonmotors.com/images/scidaily-logo-rss.png//www.koonmotors.com/news/fossils_ruins/archaeology/ For more science news, visit ScienceDaily. //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230831121651.htm A team of researchers has recreated one of the scents used in the mummification of an important Egyptian woman more than 3500 years ago. Thu, 31 Aug 2023 12:16:51 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230831121651.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230828105530.htm A new article describes the 266 fossil species as one of the richest and most diverse groups of three-million-year-old fauna ever found in New Zealand. At least ten previously unknown species will be described and named in future research. Fossils of the world's oldest known flax snails, an extinct sawshark spine, and great white shark teeth have all been found in a mound of sand excavated from beneath Mangere Wastewater Treatment Plant in 2020. Mon, 28 Aug 2023 10:55:30 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230828105530.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230818135141.htm Archaeologists have long been drawing conclusions about how ancient tools were used by the people who crafted them based on written records and context clues. But with dietary practices, they have had to make assumptions about what was eaten and how it was prepared. A new study analyzed protein residues from ancient cooking cauldrons and found that the people of Caucasus ate deer, sheep, goats, and members of the cow family during the Maykop period (3700--2900 BCE). Fri, 18 Aug 2023 13:51:41 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230818135141.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230816114152.htm Microscopic analysis has revealed that trends in body ornamentation were shared across Indonesian islands. Wed, 16 Aug 2023 11:41:52 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230816114152.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230807121922.htm New research has found evidence that a Roman road network spanned Devon and Cornwall and connected significant settlements with military forts across the two counties as well as wider Britannia. Mon, 07 Aug 2023 12:19:22 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230807121922.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230801131633.htm Gems' unique elemental composition and atomic orientation act as a fingerprint, enabling researchers to uncover the stones' past, and with it, historical trade routes. Scientists now employ three modern spectroscopic techniques to rapidly analyze gems found in the Arabian-Nubian Shield and compare them with similar gems from around the world. They have identified elements that influence gems' color, differentiated stones found within and outside the region, and distinguished natural from synthetic. Tue, 01 Aug 2023 13:16:33 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230801131633.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230726171255.htm DNA analysis of 34 individuals buried at Machu Picchu revealed that many traveled alone from throughout the Inca Empire. Wed, 26 Jul 2023 17:12:55 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230726171255.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230725123111.htm Miyako Islands are home to various native species of snake and lizards. How these species came to call these islands home has long puzzled scientists. A group of researchers have compiled the latest geological and biological data, proposing that an island once facilitated migration between Okinawa and Miyako Islands. Tue, 25 Jul 2023 12:31:11 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230725123111.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230717175952.htm For approximately 3,000 years, generations of green sea turtles have returned to the same seagrass meadows to eat. The fact that this stretches over many generations highlights the importance of protecting seagrass meadows along the coasts of North Africa. Mon, 17 Jul 2023 17:59:52 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230717175952.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230712165157.htm Portable chemical imaging technology can reveal hidden details in ancient Egyptian paintings, according to new research. Wed, 12 Jul 2023 16:51:57 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230712165157.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230706124633.htm Using computational methods informed by genetic data, researchers estimate that a random African American born between 1960 and 1965 is descended from, on average, 314 African and 51 European ancestors reaching back to 1619. Thu, 06 Jul 2023 12:46:33 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230706124633.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230706002155.htm Researchers have discovered some of the largest early prehistoric stone tools in Britain. Thu, 06 Jul 2023 00:21:55 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230706002155.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230623161131.htm The El Gigante rockshelter in western Honduras is among only a handful of archaeological sites in the Americas that contain well-preserved botanical remains spanning the last 11,000 years. Considered one of the most important archaeological sites discovered in Central America in the last 40 years, El Gigante was recently nominated as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Fri, 23 Jun 2023 16:11:31 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230623161131.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230622120850.htm The genome of a glass sponge species suggests that silica skeletons evolved independently in several groups of sponges. 星期四,2023年6月22日12:08:50美国东部时间 //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230622120850.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230621164756.htm 十五年的考古工作Tam PaLing cave in northeastern Laos has yielded a reliable chronology of early human occupation of the site. The team's excavations through the layers of sediments and bones that gradually washed into the cave and were left untouched for tens of thousands of years reveals that humans lived in the area for at least 70,000 years -- and likely even longer. Wed, 21 Jun 2023 16:47:56 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230621164756.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230620113809.htm The face of a 16-year-old woman buried near Cambridge (UK) in the 7th century with an incredibly rare gold and garnet cross (the 'Trumpington Cross') has been reconstructed following analysis of her skull. The striking image is going on public display for the first time on 21st June, with new scientific evidence showing that she moved to England from Central Europe as a young girl, leading to an intriguing change in her diet. Tue, 20 Jun 2023 11:38:09 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230620113809.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230616161908.htm A 3D model of a 407-million-year-old plant fossil has overturned thinking on the evolution of leaves. The research has also led to fresh insights about spectacular patterns found in plants. Fri, 16 Jun 2023 16:19:08 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230616161908.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230615183112.htm Climate change in current times has created problems for humans such as wildfires and reduced growing seasons for staple crops, spilling over into economic effects. Many researchers predict, and have observed in published literature, an increase in interpersonal violence and homicides when temperatures increase. Violence during climatic change has evidence in history, anthropology researchers say. Thu, 15 Jun 2023 18:31:12 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230615183112.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230614220521.htm Many men in northern Europe over the age of 60 suffer from the so-called Viking disease, which means that the fingers lock in a bent position. Now researchers have used data from over 7,000 affected individuals to look for genetic risk factors for the disease. The findings show that three of the strongest risk factors are inherited from Neanderthals. Wed, 14 Jun 2023 22:05:21 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230614220521.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230607215807.htm A newly discovered plant-eating dinosaur may have been a species' 'last gasp' during a period when Earth's warming climate forced massive changes to global dinosaur populations. Wed, 07 Jun 2023 21:58:07 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230607215807.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230530125355.htm Researchers have identified three 4,000-year-old British cases of Yersinia pestis, the bacteria causing the plague -- the oldest evidence of the plague in Britain to date. Tue, 30 May 2023 12:53:55 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230530125355.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230526121100.htm Study of 2,500-year-old latrines from the biblical Kingdom of Judah shows the ancient faeces within contain Giardia -- a parasite that can cause dysentery. Fri, 26 May 2023 12:11:00 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230526121100.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230519104542.htm New evidence for the presence of ancient lakes in some of the most arid regions of South Africa suggests that Stone Age humans may have been more widespread across the continent than previously thought. Fri, 19 May 2023 10:45:42 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230519104542.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230519104539.htm Researchers have identified engravings in Jordan and Saudi Arabia as the oldest known scaled building plans in human history. Fri, 19 May 2023 10:45:39 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230519104539.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230516115511.htm Lining the Cape of South Africa and its southern coast are long chains of caves that nearly 200,000 years ago were surrounded by a lush landscape and plentiful food. Tue, 16 May 2023 11:55:11 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230516115511.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230509122036.htm A study has given an intriguing glimpse of the hunting habits and diets of Neanderthals and other humans living in western Europe. Tue, 09 May 2023 12:20:36 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230509122036.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230509122008.htm Scientists have used mitochondrial DNA to trace a female lineage from northern coastal China to the Americas. By integrating contemporary and ancient mitochondrial DNA, the team found evidence of at least two migrations: one during the last ice age, and one during the subsequent melting period. Around the same time as the second migration, another branch of the same lineage migrated to Japan, which could explain Paleolithic archeological similarities between the Americas, China, and Japan. Tue, 09 May 2023 12:20:08 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230509122008.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230503121312.htm An international research team has for the first time successfully isolated ancient human DNA from a Paleolithic artefact: a pierced deer tooth discovered in Denisova Cave in southern Siberia. To preserve the integrity of the artefact, they developed a new, nondestructive method for isolating DNA from ancient bones and teeth. From the DNA retrieved they were able to reconstruct a precise genetic profile of the woman who used or wore the pendant, as well as of the deer from which the tooth was taken. Genetic dates obtained for the DNA from both the woman and the deer show that the pendant was made between 19,000 and 25,000 years ago. The tooth remains fully intact after analysis, providing testimony to a new era in ancient DNA research, in which it may become possible to directly identify the users of ornaments and tools produced in the deep past. Wed, 03 May 2023 12:13:12 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230503121312.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230426210533.htm New research has found evidence -- locked into an ancient stalagmite from a cave in the Himalayas -- of a series of severe and lengthy droughts which may have upturned the Bronze Age Indus Civilization. Wed, 26 Apr 2023 21:05:33 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230426210533.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230424223113.htm Genetic analysis links 3,000-year-old bone found in cave to modern Alaska Natives. Mon, 24 Apr 2023 22:31:13 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230424223113.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230418101414.htm Researchers have discovered how long ago the Australian Nullarbor plain dried out, with a new approach shedding light on how ancient climate change altered some of the driest regions of our planet. Tue, 18 Apr 2023 10:14:14 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230418101414.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230414201820.htm The Xiongnu, contemporaries of Rome and Egypt, built their nomadic empire on the Mongolian steppe 2,000 years ago, emerging as Imperial China's greatest rival and even inspiring the construction of China's Great Wall. In a new study, researchers find that the Xiongnu were a multiethnic empire, with high genetic diversity found across the empire and even within individual extended elite families. At the fringes of the empire, women held the highest positions of power, and the highest genetic diversity was found among low-status male servants, giving clues to the process of empire building that gave rise to Asia's first nomadic imperial power. Fri, 14 Apr 2023 20:18:20 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230414201820.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230411150521.htm Material left on the seafloor by bronze-age underwater volcanic eruptions is helping researchers better understand the size, hazards and climate impact of their parent eruptions, according to new research. 星期二,2023年4月11日15:05:21 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230411150521.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230330172143.htm Researchers are learning more about ancient graffiti -- and their intriguing comparisons to modern graffiti -- as they produce a state-of-the-art 3D recording of the Temple of Isis in Philae, Egypt. Thu, 30 Mar 2023 17:21:43 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230330172143.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230330102338.htm 在非洲largest-yet古DNA的分析,which includes the first ancient DNA recovered from members of the medieval Swahili civilization, has now broken the stalemate about the extent to which people from outside Africa contributed to Swahili culture and ancestry. Thu, 30 Mar 2023 10:23:38 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230330102338.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230330102159.htm Traces of ancient empires that stretched across Africa remain in the DNA of people living on the continent, reveals a new genetics study. Thu, 30 Mar 2023 10:21:59 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230330102159.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230320143756.htm Cultivation and growth of grapevines have strongly influenced European civilizations, but where the grapevine comes from and how it has spread across the globe has been highly disputed so far. In an extensive genome project, researchers have determined its origin and evolution from the wild vine to today's cultivar by analyzing thousands of vine genomes collected along the Silk Road from China to Western Europe. Mon, 20 Mar 2023 14:37:56 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230320143756.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230316114041.htm The coveted metal copper and a sheltered location turned the Cypriot village of Hala Sultan Tekke into one of the most important trade hubs of the Late Bronze Age. Recent excavations confirm the importance of the Bronze Age city in the first period of international trade in the Mediterranean. Thu, 16 Mar 2023 11:40:41 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230316114041.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230316113957.htm Geneticists have written new chapters in the reconstruction of pre-colonial Americas history after using DNA from the indigenous Ashaninka people from Amazonian Peru. They have discovered previously unexpected levels of genetic variation in this group and uncovered a strong hint that these people were involved in a South-to-North migration that led to the transition from an archaic to ceramic culture in the Caribbean islands. Thu, 16 Mar 2023 11:39:57 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230316113957.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230314205400.htm A new study has found evidence of cheesemaking, using milk from multiple animals in Late Neolithic Poland. Tue, 14 Mar 2023 20:54:00 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230314205400.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230303175829.htm Researchers have discovered evidence of horse riding by studying the remains of human skeletons found in burial mounds called kurgans, which were between 4500-5000 years old. The earthen burial mounds belonged to the Yamnaya culture. The Yamnayans had migrated from the Pontic-Caspian steppes to find greener pastures in today's countries of Romania and Bulgaria up to Hungary and Serbia. Fri, 03 Mar 2023 17:58:29 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230303175829.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230303105213.htm Some cities only last a century or two, while others last for a thousand years or more. Often, there aren't clear records left behind to explain why. Instead, archaeologists piece together clues from the cities' remains to search for patterns that help account for why certain places retained their importance longer than others. Fri, 03 Mar 2023 10:52:13 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230303105213.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230302113844.htm A newly published study of a stalagmite found in Cave of the Mounds reveals previously undetected history of the local climate going back thousands of years. Researchers describe evidence for an ice age punctuated by massive and abrupt warming events across much of the Northern Hemisphere. Thu, 02 Mar 2023 11:38:44 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230302113844.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230301141405.htm A large Bronze Age debris deposit in Mycenae, Greece provides important data for understanding the history of animal resources at the site, according to a new study. Wed, 01 Mar 2023 14:14:05 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230301141405.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230301120829.htm A new study reports on genomic data from a 23,000-year-old individual who lived in what was probably the warmest place of Europe at the peak of the last Ice Age. The oldest human genome recovered from the southern tip of Spain adds an important piece of the puzzle to the genetic history of Europe. Wed, 01 Mar 2023 12:08:29 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230301120829.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230228154510.htm Researchers have discovered what they believe is the earliest use of steel in Europe -- on Iberian stone pillars from the Final Bronze Age. Tue, 28 Feb 2023 15:45:10 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230228154510.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230228154458.htm In 2011, scientists recorded a previously unknown feeding strategy in whales around the world. Now, researchers in Australia think they may have found evidence of this behaviour being described in ancient accounts of sea creatures, recorded more than 2,000 years ago. They believe that misunderstandings of these descriptions contributed to myths about medieval sea monsters. Whales are known lunge at their prey when feeding, but recently whales have been spotted at the surface of the water with their jaws open at right angles, waiting for shoals of fish to swim into their mouths. A clip of this strategy was captured in 2021 and went viral on Instagram. This strategy seems to work for the whales because the fish think they have found a place to shelter from predators, not realising they are swimming into danger. It's not known why this strategy has only recently been identified, but scientists speculate that it's a result of changing environmental conditions -- or that whales are being more closely monitored than ever before by drones and other modern technologies. Tue, 28 Feb 2023 15:44:58 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230228154458.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230224135014.htm Scientists who study the origins and evolution of the plague have examined hundreds of ancient human teeth from Denmark, seeking to address longstanding questions about its arrival, persistence and spread within Scandinavia. Fri, 24 Feb 2023 13:50:14 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230224135014.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230222141115.htm A recent excavation in Megiddo, Israel, unearthed the earliest example of a particular type of cranial surgery in the Ancient Near East -- and potentially one of the oldest examples of leprosy in the world. Wed, 22 Feb 2023 14:11:15 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230222141115.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230221132146.htm In their search for silver ore, the Romans established two military camps in the Bad Ems area near Koblenz in the 1st century AD. Tue, 21 Feb 2023 13:21:46 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230221132146.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230208124546.htm 驯鹿一直使用相同的北极冰解grounds for more than 3,000 years. Female caribou shed their antlers within days of giving birth, leaving behind a record of their annual travels across Alaska and Canada's Yukon that persists on the cold tundra for hundreds or even thousands of years. Researchers recovered antlers that have sat undisturbed on the arctic tundra since the Bronze Age. Wed, 08 Feb 2023 12:45:46 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230208124546.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230208124227.htm The collapse of the Hittite Empire in the Late Bronze Age has been blamed on various factors, from war with other territories to internal strife. Now, scientists have used tree ring and isotope records to pinpoint a more likely culprit: three straight years of severe drought. Wed, 08 Feb 2023 12:42:27 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230208124227.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230206193957.htm Researchers have pinpointed two intervals when ice and ocean conditions would have been favorable to support early human migration from Asia to North America late in the last ice age, a new paper shows. Mon, 06 Feb 2023 19:39:57 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230206193957.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230206104123.htm An interdisciplinary team of scientistshas found that rapid sea-level rise drove early settlers in Southeast Asia to migrate during the prehistoric period, increasing the genetic diversity of the region today. Mon, 06 Feb 2023 10:41:23 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230206104123.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230203105336.htm New research has revealed that the process of 'peopling' the entire continent of Sahul -- the combined mega continent that joined Australia with New Guinea when sea levels were much lower than today -- took 10,000 years. Sophisticated models show the scale of the challenges faced by the ancestors of Indigenous people making their mass migration across the supercontinent more than 60,000 years ago. This pattern led to a rapid expansion both southward toward the Great Australian Bight, and northward from the Kimberley region to settle all parts of New Guinea and, later, the southwest and southeast of Australia. Fri, 03 Feb 2023 10:53:36 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230203105336.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230201195426.htm An analysis of cremated bone fragments from burial mounds in Derbyshire, UK, provides the first solid evidence that Vikings crossed the North Sea with horses, dogs and other animals as early as the ninth century AD. Researchers analyzed samples of human and animal remains, finding that they most likely originated from Scandinavia and that they died soon after arrival in Britain. Wed, 01 Feb 2023 19:54:26 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230201195426.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/01/230123123300.htm The transition to agriculture from hunting and gathering in pre-colonial North America led to changes in age-independent mortality, or mortality caused by factors that are not associated with age, according to a new study. The team found that the intensification of crop use occurred in two phases, the first of which led to a decline in human age-independent mortality, while the second is associated with a rise in it. The study is the first to tie patterns of age-independent mortality to food production. Mon, 23 Jan 2023 12:33:00 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/01/230123123300.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/01/230119112819.htm Seeking to better understand more about the origins and movement of bubonic plague, in ancient and contemporary times, researchers have completed a painstaking granular examination of hundreds of modern and ancient genome sequences, creating the largest analysis of its kind. Thu, 19 Jan 2023 11:28:19 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/01/230119112819.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/01/230119112803.htm Violence and warfare were widespread in many Neolithic communities across Northwest Europe, a period associated with the adoption of farming, new research suggests. Of the skeletal remains of more than 2300 early farmers from 180 sites dating from around 8000 -- 4000 years ago to, more than one in ten displayed weapon injuries, bioarchaeologists found. 星期四,2023年1月19日11:28:03 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/01/230119112803.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/01/230118195848.htm Crocodiles were mummified in a unique way at the Egyptian site of Qubbat al-Hawa during the 5th Century BC, according to a new study. Wed, 18 Jan 2023 19:58:48 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/01/230118195848.htm