Archaeologists Uncover 9,500-Year-Old Woven Baskets and Europe’s Oldest Sandals(smithsonianmag.com)

72 points by diodorus 3 years ago | 19 comments

Divers recover Phoenician shipwreck that sank 2.6k years ago off coast of Spain(smithsonianmag.com)

201 points by bookofjoe 1 year ago | 91 comments

Eastern Baltic cod grow much smaller than they did due to overfishing(smithsonianmag.com)

260 points by littlexsparkee 1 year ago | 84 comments

Ethiopian volcano erupts for first time in nearly 12k years of records(smithsonianmag.com)

75 points by pseudolus 11 months ago | 19 comments

Xylella Fastidiosa: A crisis brewing in Europe's olive groves(everymansci.com)

97 points by indigodaddy 1 year ago | 75 comments

Biologists discover four new octopus species(smithsonianmag.com)

178 points by chapulin 2 years ago | 95 comments

Scandinavia's first farmers slaughtered hunter-gatherer population, DNA suggests(phys.org)

55 points by optimalsolver 15 days ago | 79 comments

Phys.org news article on ancient DNA research suggesting Scandinavia's first Neolithic farmers violently replaced the existing hunter-gatherer population.

Why the Bronze Age Collapsed(worksinprogress.news)

3 points by measurablefunc 25 days ago | 2 comments

A Works in Progress essay examining the causes of the Late Bronze Age collapse of Mediterranean civilizations.

Archaeologists Are Reconstructing the 'Invisible' Technologies of the Stone Age(smithsonianmag.com)

139 points by Hooke 18 days ago | 55 comments

Smithsonian magazine article on how archaeologists reconstruct perishable Stone Age fiber technologies like rope, thread and twine from the traces they left.

Why human societies developed so little during 300k years(woodfromeden.substack.com)

391 points by elsewhen 3 years ago | 384 comments

A Substack essay by Tove K on Wood From Eden arguing why human societies developed so little over 300,000 years, linking stagnation to violence.

Archaeologists find 3000-year-old sword, exceptionally well preserved(newsingermany.com)

336 points by janpot 3 years ago | 164 comments

News article reporting that archaeologists in Germany found an exceptionally well-preserved 3,000-year-old sword.

Iron Age salt-mining complex found beneath Hallstatt in Austria(archaeologymag.com)

111 points by janandonly 3 days ago | 53 comments

Archaeology News article reporting the discovery of a large Iron Age salt-mining chamber complex, at least 300 meters long, beneath Hallstatt, Austria.