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.

The Decipherment of the Dhofari Script(science.org)

55 points by pseudolus 1 year ago | 16 comments

Rope making in the Aurignacian of Central Europe more than 35,000 years ago(science.org)

34 points by Archelaos 2 years ago | 6 comments

Ancient redwoods recover from fire by sprouting 1000-year-old buds(science.org)

294 points by sohkamyung 2 years ago | 101 comments

Laser mapping reveals oldest Amazonian cities, built 2500 years ago (2024)(science.org)

170 points by indus 1 year ago | 83 comments

This device might be England’s oldest dated scientific instrument(smithsonianmag.com)

27 points by Hooke 2 years ago | 5 comments