Ancient rock art was meant to be heard as well as seen and now acoustic archaeologists are bringing the sounds of prehistoric ...

On the western banks of the Don River lies a complex with 26 prehistoric sites whose occupation stretches back more than 40,000 years—massive pit‑houses, mammoth remains, Venus figurines and toolkits ...

Archaeological surveys in the “Dehtal” area of Bastak have uncovered one of the most significant and extensive early human settlements ever found in Southern Iran. The discovery provides a profound ...

A new analysis of stone tools offers strong evidence for the theory that ancient people from the Pacific Rim traveled a coastal route from East Asia during the last ice age to become North America's ...

The discovery of a stone long overlooked in a German museum suggests that Ice Age communities experimented with vivid hues far earlier than scholars believed. A stone artifact from near the end of the ...

HORTEN, NORWAY—An excavation in eastern Norway has uncovered traces of a dwelling and thousands of artifacts marking a shift some 9,000 years ago from nomadic hunting and gathering to a more sedentary ...

The color blue is hard to come by. Unlike red, yellow, and white, which occur readily in mineral form, blue is a rarity. For prehistoric people living in western Eurasia, an area roughly covering ...

Earlier this week, we reported on a Swedish archaeologist who spent the last three years sailing the fjords in a replica boat similar to those the Vikings may have used. Not to be outdone, Japanese ...

The Stone Age was a prehistoric period that lasted more than 3 million years, from the point when human ancestors began using stone tools until the time we invented metalworking. Archaeologists often ...

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Fat Tuesday Celebration: 4 p.m., Crooked Beech Brewing, 3123 N. Garfield Ave., Loveland. Music by the Dale Cisek Band at 6-9 p.m., and a “Barkus” King and Queen dog costume contest. Jimbeaux’s food ...