There are more than 50 theories for the function of this 12-sided, pentagonal-faced bronze object — but archaeologists have ...

Researchers at La Trobe University, Australia, and the University of Utah, U.S., report that recent DNA findings challenge ...

The Native American remains belong to Seminole and Miccosukee tribes in Florida and Oklahoma. They can be returned as early ...

In July 1860, the Clotilda—the last known slave ship to arrive in the United States—landed in Mobile, Alabama. The wooden ...

Eight XXL leather shoes have been recovered from Magna, a Roman-era fort along Hadrian's Wall. Archaeologists excavating a ...

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology The team noted that some remains belong to people who had done very little physical activity during their lifetimes while others had been very active.

Rock art explored by archaeologists in the Colombian Amazon has provided an insight into the complex relationship between the earliest settlers on the continent and the animals they encountered.

The pyramids of ancient Egypt and Sudan may not have been just for the rich, according to burials found at the archaeological site of Tombos in Sudan. "Our findings suggest that pyramid tombs ...

The online anthropology degree at Gainesville’s University of Florida – Online offers four concentration pathways: archaeology, biological anthropology, cultural anthropology and linguistics.

News about Archaeology and Anthropology, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

A recent study by Dr. Angelina Locker published in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology implemented bioarchaeological methods to determine if the secondary burial remains found within a non ...

Alleged funding cuts to the Anthropology and Archaeology departments at Boston University, raise graduate student concerns over union contract.