May 16 2011
Shells Show How Children Imitated Parents
The beads made from the tiny Olivella shell served as currency among the Chumash before the arrival of Europeans in Southern California.
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Sep 20 2010
Genocide Wiped Out Native American Population
Physical traces of ethnic cleansing that took place in the early 800s suggest the massacre was an inside job.
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Sep 08 2010
Nature’s Incredible Cover-Up: An Ancient Amazonian Civilization
Was the thick, intimidating Amazon forest once home to an advanced civilization? A group of archaeologists turn to the vegetated landscape for answers.
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Jul 25 2010
Remnants of Lost Polar Expedition Sought
A team of Canadian archaeologists is leading an expedition to find two British vessels that shipwrecked in the Canadian Arctic more than 150 years ago.
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Jul 21 2010
Pre-Inca Remains Found in Peru
Peruvian researchers believe the remains date back more than 1,200 years.
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Jul 19 2010
Mayan King’s Tomb Found in Guatemala
Guatemala’s jungle-covered Peten region has offered up a Mayan royal tomb packed with a hoard of carvings, ceramics and children's bones.
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Jul 02 2010
Archaeologists Find Ancient Weapon In Melting Ice Patch
Archaeologist Craig Lee unearthed a 10,000-year-old ancient hunting weapon in a melting ice patch in the Rocky Mountains.
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Jun 18 2010
Archaeologists Hot on Trail of Aztec Royalty
Archaeologists are finding elaborate offerings at a dig site they believe will ultimately yield an elusive prize: the tomb of an Aztec emperor, the first of its kind.
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May 26 2010
Mesoamericans Were The First Polymer Scientists
Ancient Mesoamerican peoples manufactured rubber from latex some 3,500 years before the modern invention of vulcanization and even compounded it for different applications.
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