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Covers:  Archaeology, human evolution, ancient history, zooarchaeology, rock art, African prehistory, heritage conservation, palaeoclimates, and the ancient world.
Doesn't Cover: Physics, technology, economics, politics, and current affairs.
I am an archaeologist writing about the enigmas of bygone eras and brand new archaeological discoveries each week. medium.com/@sandeeoster17
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Mystery of Flores Island: What Caused the Hobbits to Disappear?

Mystery of Flores Island: What Caused the Hobbits to Disappear?

Medium — Recent study analyzes stalagmite oxygen isotopes and Mg/Ca ratios to reveal a centuries-long drought coincided with the disappearance of Homo Floresiensis
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Exploring the Royal Kurgans of the Northern Black Sea

Exploring the Royal Kurgans of the Northern Black Sea

objet.art — The Northern Black Sea region is home to one of Eurasian archaeology’s most intriguing and significant cultural phenomena, the Scythian royal burial mounds. Stretching from the Danube to the Don, the kurgans were monumental burial mounds containing the burials of the ancient Scythian elite, adorned with gold, elaborate horse burial and impressive foreign imports. In this article, we will explore the initial discovery and interest in kurgans, then detail the findings of some of the largest and most famous of these burial mounds.
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What Is the Pazyryk Culture?

What Is the Pazyryk Culture?

objet.art — The Pazyryk culture is known for its elaborate animal-style art, ornate horse gear, and intricately preserved long barrows (or kurgans) similar to the tomb mounds found in the wider Scythian culture in Ukraine. However, few know much about the early discoveries of the Pazyryk culture and the research that has been done over the past century. In this article, I will address the history of the Pazyryk culture, where it was located, and one of its most defining features, its animal style art.
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The Early Scythian Art Discovered at Tunnug 1 Burial Mound

The Early Scythian Art Discovered at Tunnug 1 Burial Mound

objet.art — For centuries, the art of the Great Steppes has slowly emerged from beneath the earth. Over the past two or three hundred years, many masterpieces of the Animal Style have been uncovered and exhibited in museums around the world. And yet much more still lies undiscovered. In my articles on the OBJET.art platform, I will review recent discoveries and excavations, and reveal newly unearthed artworks, offering fresh perspectives on this extraordinary artistic tradition
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Raknehaugen: New Evidence Reveals Scandinavia's Biggest Mound Was Never A Burial

Raknehaugen: New Evidence Reveals Scandinavia's Biggest Mound Was Never A Burial

Medium — Norway's largest burial mound contains no body. New research suggests a 6th-century landslide may have prompted its construction as a disaster monument.
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Meet Jirahgorgon: The New Permian Predator Species Discovered in South Africa

Meet Jirahgorgon: The New Permian Predator Species Discovered in South Africa

Medium — New Middle Permian Gorgonopsian from South Africa Reveals the Early Origins of Large-Bodied Apex Predators
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Ancient predator species discovered in South Africa challenges what we know about gorgonopsians

Ancient predator species discovered in South Africa challenges what we know about gorgonopsians

Phys.org — In a study published in The Anatomical Record, researchers have identified a new species of large-bodied gorgonopsian from the middle Permian. The discovery pushed back the known origins of when these apex predators began evolving large bodies and their unique later skull morphologies.
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Neanderthals May Have Used Birch Tar as an Antibiotic 200,000 Years Ago

Neanderthals May Have Used Birch Tar as an Antibiotic 200,000 Years Ago

Medium — New research shows Neanderthals may have used birch tar as a natural antibiotic 200,000 years ago and lab tests prove it kills staph bacteria.
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Indigenous Americans dragged, carried or floated 5-ton tree more than 100 miles to North America'...

Indigenous Americans dragged, carried or floated 5-ton tree more than 100 miles to North America'...

Live Science — Researchers have determined the age and origin of a massive tree that was found at the pre-Columbian city of Cahokia in what is now Illinois.
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Scandinavia's largest 'burial mound' may be a monument to catastrophe, not a king

Scandinavia's largest 'burial mound' may be a monument to catastrophe, not a king

Phys.org — New LiDAR analysis suggests Raknehaugen may have been built in response to a devastating landslide, not to honor a high-status individual. The study by Lars Gustavsen, published in the European Journal of Archaeology, challenges the long-held assumption that Scandinavia's largest prehistoric mound was built as a burial mound for a high-status individual.
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Chosen to Die: The Prehistoric Massacre That Targeted Women and Children

Chosen to Die: The Prehistoric Massacre That Targeted Women and Children

Medium — A 9th-century BCE mass grave in Serbia reveals a deliberate prehistoric massacre - women and children selected from across the Carpathian Basin to die.
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The First Fire Makers: New Study Pushes Back the Origins of Fire-Making by 350,000 Years

The First Fire Makers: New Study Pushes Back the Origins of Fire-Making by 350,000 Years

Medium — The First Fire Makers: New Study Pushes Back the Origins of Fire-Making by 350,000 Years New evidence from Barnham, UK, reveals deliberate fire-making 400,000 years ago years ago.
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Prehistoric female miners identified using multidisciplinary approach

Prehistoric female miners identified using multidisciplinary approach

Phys.org — Almost three decades ago, the chert mining area in Krumlov Forest was discovered. Since then, much has been written about the mining activity that took place here. While chert mining occurred here from as early as the beginning of the Holocene until the Early Iron Age, it was not a particularly widespread activity.
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Beaten, Executed, and Displayed on the Thames: The Medieval Woman Who Became London's Warning

Beaten, Executed, and Displayed on the Thames: The Medieval Woman Who Became London's Warning

Medium — New study examines rare female execution from 9th century London using modern forensics.
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Study translates fragmentary ancient Sumerian myth around 4,400 years old

Study translates fragmentary ancient Sumerian myth around 4,400 years old

Phys.org — A recent study by Dr. Jana Matuszak, published in the academic journal Iraq, examines the mythical narrative contained in a tablet (Ni 12501) dating to the Early Dynastic IIIb period (ca. 2540-2350 BCE) from Nippur, Sumer.
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Brothel Babies: How a Medieval Brothel Challenges the Narrative Between Sex Workers and Childcare

Brothel Babies: How a Medieval Brothel Challenges the Narrative Between Sex Workers and Childcare

Medium — Brothel Babies: How a Medieval Brothel Challenges the Narrative Between Sex Workers and Childcare A new study analyzes the remains of an infant found buried in a brothel floor, challenging the ...
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First plesiosaurian fossil discovered in Algeria fills a Cretaceous gap

First plesiosaurian fossil discovered in Algeria fills a Cretaceous gap

Phys.org — In a study published in Historical Biology, Dr. Mohammed Naimi and his colleagues report the discovery of the first plesiosaurian remains from Algeria. Additionally, the fossil, dated to the Late Coniacian, is one of only a limited number of plesiosaurids from this time period worldwide, thereby providing valuable insights into the stratigraphic and paleobiogeographic record of these ancient marine reptiles.
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Brothel Babies: How a Medieval Brothel Challenges the Narrative Between Sex Workers and Childcare

Brothel Babies: How a Medieval Brothel Challenges the Narrative Between Sex Workers and Childcare

Medium — A new study analyzes the remains of an infant found buried in a brothel floor, challenging the popular narrative of infanticide in brothels.
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