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Ancient DNA reveals West African ancestry in 7th-century skeletons from England

Archaeologists have unearthed surprising genetic evidence that two individuals buried at opposite ends of the south coast of England in the 7th century CE had recent West African ancestry. The findings, published in Antiquity, contradict centuries of traditional beliefs...

More info: archaeologymag.com/2025/08/wes

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Gothic gold necklace and Roman-era treasures unearthed in Poland’s Grodziec Forest

Amateur archaeologists made a series of stunning discoveries this summer in the quiet Grodziec Forest District near Kalisz, Poland, uncovering treasures that reveal centuries of history in the region...

More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/08/got

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#Africa #history #archeology

"We know humans arose in Africa, but archaeology is only just uncovering secrets of the continent's early civilizations.

Small settlements and the scourge of slavery left gaps in Africa's archaeological record. Yet sites and artifacts are revealing clues to the continent’s more recent history. An archaeologist explains the findings and threats to this heritage.

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Of course, the story of humans in Africa doesn't end with their migration away from the mother continent. After all, many stayed put. But there's a big information gap. Although researchers have plumbed much of humankind's deep past, far less is known about what was happening across much of Africa at the time when permanent settlements were emerging elsewhere starting some 6,000 years ago: in places like Mesopotamia, for example, and later in China and India, as well as Egypt in Africa's northeastern tip.

In part, that's because African individuals did not cram together as closely as they did in more well-known cradles of civilization. So it's less likely that modern archaeologists will discover major towns or cities. Another factor is the slave trade that slashed a 400-year wound through African history and led many communities to be abandoned. Longstanding biases about the continent, too, have left the full story of Africa's cultures, trade and urbanism out of many history lessons."

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Live Science · We know humans arose in Africa, but archaeology is only just uncovering secrets of the continent's early civilizationsSmall settlements and the scourge of slavery left gaps in Africa's archaeological record. Yet sites and artifacts are revealing clues to the continent’s more recent history. An archaeologist explains the findings and threats to this heritage.

Pompeii after Vesuvius: archaeologists uncover centuries of post-eruption reoccupation

Archaeologists have unearthed new evidence that Pompeii, the ancient Roman city that was buried when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, was reoccupied for centuries following the disaster, though it never regained its former splendor...

More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/08/pom

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Ancient Maya population may have topped 16 million at peak, new lidar study reveals

A sweeping new research study has shifted our image of the Maya civilization of the ancient past, and it appears that its population during the Late Classic period (CE 600–900) might have reached as high as 16 million people, roughly 45% higher than previous estimates...

More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/08/may

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Continued thread

Toddler and I stopped at Ravning, the site of a millennium old viking bridge. There I stepped inside a patch of nettles.

That makes me wonder how prevalent nettles were in viking age Denmark. I'm sure they used them for fabric etc, but would your average Gorm / Gunhild constantly step into nettles?

Maybe a archobotanist (that a thing?) can answer this?

edit: some excellent comments already. And it's palaeobotanist ;-)

4,000-year-old teeth reveal earliest evidence of betel nut chewing in Southeast Asia

A recent study uncovered the oldest direct biochemical evidence of betel nut chewing in Southeast Asia, dating back 4,000 years. Researchers used advanced chemical analysis on ancient dental plaque to detect traces of the psychoactive plant, gaining new insight into the cultural practices of early Thai societies.

More info: archaeologymag.com/2025/08/ear

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@Frau_Mensch

Mir fällt jetzt keine ein, aber alle Dokus über normales Leben, Leben von Normalos, bis zur industriellen Revolution.
Also wo mindestens unter anderem gezeigt wird, wie die Normalos Dinge hergestellt haben und Handel trieben, müsste auch Inspiration bieten für den Kollapsfall.

Ich folge hier im Fediverse den Hashtags

#archaeology
#archeology
#archaologie (deutsch)

und finde immer wieder Interessantes für diese Zwecke. Filme sind da aber nie bei, nur Aufsätze und PubSci Artikel.

900-year-old Viking-era carved head unearthed in Orkney

An unexpected discovery during a summer excavation on the Orkney island of Rousay has fascinated archaeologists—a carved sandstone head, possibly more than 900 years old, was unearthed at the site of Skaill Farm, surprising the excavation team with its quality of craftsmanship and mysterious origins...

More info: archaeologymag.com/2025/07/900

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5,500-year-old flint workshop uncovered near Kiryat Gat

Archaeologists in Israel have discovered a 5,500-year-old flint-making workshop near Kiryat Gat in a salvage excavation in Naḥal Qomem, also known as Gat-Govrin or Zeita. The excavation was conducted before the construction of a new residential neighborhood, Carmei Gat...

More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/07/550

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250-year-old shipwreck in Orkney identified as Earl of Chatham, a former Royal Navy and whaling vessel

A collaborative work carried out by archaeologists and the community of Sanday, Orkney, has finally identified a strange wreck uncovered in February 2024 as the Earl of Chatham—a former Royal Navy frigate with its former name HMS Hind...

More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/07/250

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Mongolian Buddhist shrine scrolls virtually unrolled in Berlin reveal hidden Sanskrit mantra

A Buddhist scroll hidden for decades within a Mongolian Gungervaa shrine has been virtually unrolled by researchers in Berlin through the use of advanced X-ray tomography, revealing a Sanskrit prayer written in Tibetan script...

More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/07/mon

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