Here we present the ‘Abstract‘ of the corresponding paper by R. E. Taylor, L. A. Payen, C. A. Prior, P. J. Slota. Continue reading “Major Revisions in the Pleistocene Age Assignments for North American Human Skeletons by C-14 Accelerator Mass Spectrometry: None Older Than 11,000 C-14 Years B.P.”
Important finds at Politiko-Troullia and Pyla-Koutsopetria excavations on Cyprus island
Cyprus’ Department of Antiquities, Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works, announced the completion of the 2018 archaeological investigations at the Bronze Age (ca. 2100-1850 B.C.) site of Politiko-Troullia, conducted under the direction of Dr Steven Falconer and Dr Patricia Fall, University of North Carolina Charlotte, USA. Continue reading “Important finds at Politiko-Troullia and Pyla-Koutsopetria excavations on Cyprus island”
Underwater ruins of lost Roman city discovered in Tunisia
A vast 1,700 year old Roman settlement has been discovered off the coast of Tunisia after several years of archaeological exploration in search of the ancient city of Neapolis. Continue reading “Underwater ruins of lost Roman city discovered in Tunisia”
Human dispersion through southern Europe in Early Pleistocene
Geochronologists from the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) have led a study published in the journal Quaternary Geochronology about the chronology of the archaeological site of Gran Dolina, situated in the Sierra de Atapuerca (Burgos), whose results confirm a pulse of human dispersion in southern Europe around one million years ago. Continue reading “Human dispersion through southern Europe in Early Pleistocene”
Fish accounted for surprisingly large part of the Stone Age diet
New research at Lund University in Sweden can now show what Stone Age people actually ate in southern Scandinavia 10 000 years ago. The importance of fish in the diet has proven to be greater than expected. So, if you want to follow a Paleo-diet you should quite simply eat a lot of fish. Continue reading “Fish accounted for surprisingly large part of the Stone Age diet”
Οne of the biggest ancient cemeteries unearthed in Albania
In a rich agricultural basin near the town of Korca in southeastern Albania, gas pipeline construction work is offering archaeologists a unique insight into 5,000 years of history in a country that was off most experts’ radar during decades of isolationist Communist rule. Continue reading “Οne of the biggest ancient cemeteries unearthed in Albania”
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