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Remains of settlements in Northern Ireland’s uplands.
Posted inNews

Peat Uncovers a Uniquely Resilient Irish Community

by Clarissa Wright 25 May 202226 May 2022

Researchers reveal an abandoned settlement in Northern Ireland that showed unusual resilience during calamities including epidemics, famine, and climate change.

A view of a swamp on Rishiri Island, with trees and water in the foreground and a snowy mountain in the background
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Climate and Currents Shaped Japan’s Hunter-Gatherer Cultures

by Rebecca Dzombak 5 May 2022

New climate records from a peat bog show how two neighboring cultures responded differently to shifts in climate and ocean currents.

Two pods of the lost crop little barley against a blurred background
Posted inFeatures

Could “Lost Crops” Help Us Adapt to Climate Change?

by Andrew Chapman 8 April 20228 April 2022

Archaeology might not solve all the agricultural challenges that climate change will bring, but it could provide important lessons and a record of new ideas.

Andrew Pietruszka helps guide the pilot of a remotely operated vehicle exploring underwater sites that may contain aircraft wreckage from WWII.
Posted inNews

Robotic Vehicles Explore World War II Era Ocean Battlefields

by James Dacey 7 April 20227 April 2022

Project Recover used autonomous underwater vehicles to identify, access, and image hard-to-reach World War II wreckage sites near the Northern Mariana Islands.

La pirámide del Sol en Teotihuacan al frente con un cerro y el cielo despejado detrás.
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Mapeando el pasado, presente y futuro de Teotihuacan

by Humberto Basilio 14 March 202216 March 2022

Un nuevo proyecto con tecnología lidar revela cómo la minería y la expansión urbana han puesto en riesgo a uno de los sitios del patrimonio cultural más icónicos de México.

Under a clear blue sky, a field strewn with brown volcanic rocks contains a pile of black basalt that rises like a giant anthill, with several people on the right edge for scale.
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Geochemical Data from Polynesian Artifacts Pack Pofatu Database

by Alka Tripathy-Lang 7 March 20227 March 2022

A new resource may help match artifacts with their original stone sources—“a really a niche part of archaeology that requires geological expertise.”

Posted inNews

Tecnología de punta, serendipia y los secretos del Stonehenge

by Richard J. Sima 15 February 20221 March 2022

El primer análisis exhaustivo de lo qué están hechas las piedras sarsen se produjo con nueva tecnología y buena suerte a la antigua.

The Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan
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Mapping Teotihuacan’s Past, Present, and Future

by Humberto Basilio 6 January 202221 March 2022

A new lidar project reveals how mining and urban expansion have put one of Mexico’s most iconic cultural heritage sites at risk.

A small flock of sheep graze by the water’s edge in the Faroe Islands.
Posted inNews

Ancient Eruptions Reveal Earliest Settlers on the Faroe Islands

by Freda Kreier 16 December 202120 December 2021

Lake sediment is helping scientists resolve a decades-long historical mystery.

A line of giant stone moai from Rapa Nui (Easter Island).
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Settlement of Rapa Nui May Have Been Doomed by a Dearth of Dust

by Rachel Fritts 16 December 202121 March 2022

Rapa Nui and Hawai‘i offer a tale of two island settlements: Hawai‘i was close enough to Asia for continental dust to help replenish soil nutrients depleted by agriculture. Rapa Nui wasn’t.

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