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22 mag 2013 19:45

Neolithic site revealed in China

New archaeological discoveries in Yuyao city, in eastern China's Zhejiang province, provide a clearer picture of life in China's Neolithic age. Archaeologists are completing a 10-year dig in Tianluo Mountain...

archeologia | online archaeology

22 mag 2013 19:43

Star Carr finds exhibited together for the first time

Deer skull head-dresses, a wooden paddle, bone harpoons, and amber and shale jewellery - some of the most remarkable and complete finds from Britain's Stone Age - will be assembled...

archeologia | online archaeology

22 mag 2013 19:42

Minoans originated in Europe, not Egypt

The Minoan culture - famous for the myth of the half-man, half-bull, Minotaur in the labyrinth - emerged on the Mediterranean island of Crete, and flourished for more than a...

archeologia | online archaeology

20 mag 2013 12:54

Ancient burials uncovered in Amesbury

Archaeologists have discovered previously unknown round barrows dating back 4000 years to the Bronze Age, just a few miles from Stonehenge. The finds, which also include six Pagan Saxon skeletons...

archeologia | online archaeology

20 mag 2013 12:53

Agriculture may predate rice in subtropical China

Using a new method of analysis on ancient grinding stones, archaeologists in southern subtropical China have discovered evidence that people living in Xincun 5000 years ago may have practised agriculture...

archeologia | online archaeology

20 mag 2013 12:52

Scottish island hints at undiscovered burial sites

Evidence of previously undiscovered historic burial sites may have been found on the Scottish island of Iona. A geophysical survey revealed signs of burial to the south of the village,...

archeologia | online archaeology

18 mag 2013 18:18

Dismembered dogs point to ancient initiation rite

Did Bronze Age initiation rites for boys 'destined' to become warriors involve animal sacrifice? At first, archaeologists Dorcas Brown and David Anthony were deeply puzzled. While excavating the Bronze Age...

archeologia | online archaeology

18 mag 2013 18:18

The mysterious mounds of Nicaragua

National Geographic explorer and archaeologist Alex Geurds is currently in the field investigating a prehistoric, ceremonial center of stone circles in Central Nicaragua. Researchers will be working for the next...

archeologia | online archaeology

18 mag 2013 18:17

Evolutionary answers from prehistoric ear bones

According to a recent study, the bones of the middle ear could provide huge clues about our evolution and the development of modern-day humans. Darryl de Ruiter, a professor in...

archeologia | online archaeology

18 mag 2013 14:46

Le tombe villanoviane di San Giovanni in Persiceto

Era il giugno del 2004 quando in Via Imbiani, nel comune di San Giovanni in Persiceto (Bo), furono scoperte delle antiche sepolture. Il ritrovamento fu fortuito, si stava, infatti, realizzando una vasca per la raccolta idrica. S’identificarono subito tre tombe a incinerazione indiretta con struttura a fossa semplice di forma rettangolare e databili al Villanoviano [...]

archeologia | archeorivista