Generally, archaeologists search for subtle indicators of buried sites, such as potsherds peeking out of the soil or grassy mounds in otherwise flat terrain. To survey regions for these clues, they ...

Archaeologists dig up clues on Philistines from psychedelic plants in ancient temples New study examines remains of food, seeds, flowers found in Gath that were used in ancient Greece in worship ...

Archaeologists used to dig primarily at sites that were easy to find thanks to obvious visual clues. But technology – and listening to local people – plays a much bigger role now.

Archaeology dig near Wakulla Springs Lodge provides clues to how we lived 15,000 years ago. ... The archaeological record shows how quickly the landscape has changed here at the lodge.

The archaeologists hope that laboratory examination of the hearth area will not only help to date the feature, but also yield up clues about what was eaten there at the time. The hearthstones are ...

But obtaining accurate measurements is far from simple. For a start, the residual magnetism in archaeological samples is tiny, with magnetic moments in the order of 10 –3 –10 –5 Am 2 /kg, which is an ...

Artifacts uncovered during a weeklong archaeological dig at Isle Royale National Park will follow St. Cloud State University grad student Sam Olson to a lab in the basement of Stewart Hall, where ...

Archaeologists found that hominins brought quartz, ochre, and other colored minerals, for mysterious and perhaps ritual purposes, into the back of the cave about 300,000 to 500,000 years ago.

One day in 2010, Arunima Kashyap discovered a garlic clove. A 4,400-year-old garlic clove. Kashyap, then 34, and her colleagues had been digging for two months by then.

Archaeologists unearth garden in Virginia owned by Martha Washington's first father-in-law, find clues about slavery. ... The dig also unearthed a pierced coin that was typically worn as a good ...