May 16 2011

Shells Show How Children Imitated Parents

Tag: Ancient Civilizations,Archaeology,Archaeology of the Americas,Native Americans — Rossella Lorenzi @ 2:52 pm
The beads made from the tiny Olivella shell served as currency among the Chumash before the arrival of Europeans in Southern California.

Nov 17 2010

Vikings Possibly Carried Native American to Europe

Tag: Anthropology,DNA,Genes,Genetic Science,Native Americans — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 6:25 pm
Medieval texts suggest the Vikings arrived in the New World more than 1,000 years ago.

Oct 27 2010

Pocahontas’ Wedding Site Found

Tag: American History,Archaeology,Humans,Native Americans,Thanksgiving — Liz Day @ 2:47 pm
Archaeologists believe they have finally discovered the Jamestown church where a 19-year-old Pocahontas married her tobacco farmer husband.

Sep 20 2010

Genocide Wiped Out Native American Population

Tag: Archaeology of the Americas,Artifacts,Early Native Americans,Native Americans,Violence — Jennifer Viegas @ 11:00 am
Physical traces of ethnic cleansing that took place in the early 800s suggest the massacre was an inside job.

Apr 29 2010

Native Americans Left Carbon Footprints

Tag: Archaeology,Carbon Emissions,Climate,Early Native Americans,Exhaust and Emissions,Forests,Humans,Native Americans — Larry O'Hanlon @ 11:00 am
Early Americans tinkered with the forests by wielding the most powerful tool they had available: fire.

Mar 24 2010

New Dinosaur Might Have Been Buried Alive

Tag: Africa,Alligators and Crocodiles,Animals,Artists,Avalanches and Mudslides,Birds,Carnivores,Deserts,Dinosaurs,Fossils,Geology,Geophysics,History,Mummies,Museums and Tours,Native Americans,North America,Predators,South America,Tyrannosaurus,Video,Wind,Windows — Jennifer Viegas @ 12:01 am
Fossils of a new dinosaur have frozen the animal during its final moments.

Feb 10 2010

Stone Age Siberians Settled in Greenland

Tag: Arctic Regions,DNA,Hair,Humans,Native Americans — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 7:55 pm
Before there was Christopher Columbus or Leif Erikson, a band of potentially balding hunters carved their path to the New World.

Feb 10 2010

Ancient Tree Carving Points to the Stars

Tag: Ancient Civilizations,Early Native Americans,Native Americans — Talal Al-Khatib @ 5:13 pm
On the trunk of a gnarled, centuries-old oak tree, about 90 miles southwest of Phoenix, Ariz., are odd carvings of six-legged, lizard-like beings. The tree is located at Painted Rock, an archaeological site peppered with hundreds of ancient petroglyphs, images ...

Feb 01 2010

Native Americans First Tamed Turkeys 2,000 Years Ago

Tag: Animals,Aztecs,Birds,DNA,History,Native Americans — Jennifer Viegas @ 8:01 pm
The turkeys we eat today ultimately descended from breeds raised by the Aztecs.