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The Viking Age but not as you know it.
Ancient DNA allows scientists to learn directly from the remains of people from the past. As this new field takes off, researchers are figuring out how to ethically work with ancient samples and each other.
Tattooing tools made and used 2,700 years ago include two blades made on human bone.
Reading and writing may have evolved thanks to a natural ability of the brain's visual cortex to process geometrical shapes.
Learning is not just for young people – it can help older people lead fulfilling lives in their twilight years.
Let’s worry about the future of Brexit, not its prehistory.
The Coorong's Indigenous heritage is threatened by off-road vehicles and climate change.
Archaeologists have found cloves and black pepper corns they believe to be more than 1,000 years old at a site in Sri Lanka.
Male monks were not the sole producers of books throughout the Middle Ages.
Scientists have discovered new evidence of a drought that finished off the Akkadian Empire 4,000 years ago.
Without due process, archeological digs turn into into expensive and directionless treasure hunts from which little research value can be extracted.
New discovery could be a game changer for archaeology.
In the shadow of the pyramids of Giza, lie the tombs of the courtiers and officials who built these vast structures.
Academics from different disciplines come Head to Head in this series to tackle topical debates.
Archaeological research at Christiansborg Castle in Ghana has provided an in-depth understanding of Danish, Ga and Danish-Ga lived experiences during the eighteenth century transatlantic slave trade.
A fresh look at museum artifacts fills in a gap in the Asian archaeological record and refutes the idea that an advanced technique was imported from the West by early modern humans.
The sediments that accumulate beneath seagrass meadows can act as secure vaults for shipwrecks and other precious artefacts, by stopping water and oxygen from damaging the delicate timbers.
Only a small fraction of the data from archaeological fieldwork is made accessible to the public or preserved for future research.
Once Britain slipped away from the Roman Empire in the early 5th century, signs of Roman life began to disappear.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor and Chief Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, University of New South Wales, UNSW
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Education Manager, Sydney University Museums, University of Sydney
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Research associate, Newcastle University
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Professor in Archaeology, University of Bristol
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Alice Gorman is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Lecturer in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University
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Tom Austen Brown Professor of Australian Archaeology, University of Sydney
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Professor of Archaeology, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University
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Senior Lecturer in Archaeology & Heritage, Department of History, Politics and Philosophy, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor of Environmental and Geographical Sciences, Bournemouth University
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Liverpool John Moores University
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Wood Jones Professor of Anthropological and Comparative Anatomy, University of Adelaide
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PhD; Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Monash University
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PhD Candidate, Archaeology, Flinders University
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Research Associate in Archaeology, Flinders University
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Lecturer in Archaeology, University of Bradford
