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Articles on Excavation

December 15, 2016

How community digs can inspire the next generation of archaeologists

Michael Dafydd Nevell, University of Salford

Digging the dirt on the joys of archeology.

November 18, 2016

Johanna Hanink, Brown University and Felipe Rojas Silva, Brown University

For centuries, historians have assumed that 'primitive societies' couldn’t have possibly come up with advanced techniques on their own.

March 30, 2016

Thomas Sutikna, University of Wollongong; Matthew Tocheri, Lakehead University, and Richard 'Bert' Roberts, University of Wollongong

New excavations at an Indonesian cave have pushed back the time the 'hobbits' disappeared to about 50,000 years ago.

January 12, 2016

Chris Rogers, University of Bristol

Was there a 'dinosaur Pompeii' in China? New research questions the claim.

Richard 'Bert' Roberts
Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH), University of Wollongong
Thomas Sutikna
PhD candidate in archaeological science, University of Wollongong
Michael Dafydd Nevell
Head of Archaeology, University of Salford
Chris Rogers
Postdoctoral Researcher in Palaeobiology, University College Cork
Matthew Tocheri
Canada Research Chair in Human Origins, Lakehead University
Johanna Hanink
Associate Professor of Classics, Brown University
Felipe Rojas Silva
Assistant Professor of Archaeology and the Ancient World, Brown University