Regions & periods
Regions & periods on The Potsherd: Paleoindian, Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian, Ancestral Puebloan and Olmec.
Profiles
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Migrant Mississippian Potters Brought Grog and Knowledge to Tampa Bay
A new study of 58 pottery fragments reveals decorated vessels in Tampa Bay, Florida, used grog temper sourced from Mississippian mound centers 200 miles north, indicating migrant craftspeople brought specialized techniques and ancestral materials around 1000 A.D.
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Etruscan tombs used sound and light for immersive ritual
Acoustic and AI analysis of two fifth-century B.C. Etruscan painted tombs reveals they were engineered as multisensory environments.
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Dakhla Oasis Tomb Reveals Fourth Century CE Greek Poem
A 1,700-year-old Roman-era tomb in Egypt's Dakhla Oasis, built for a married couple, features a rare Greek funerary poem.
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Paris dig uncovers Celtic fort burned in Caesar's Gallic War
Archaeologists have found the first physical evidence of the Celtic fort of Lutetia, sacked by Julius Caesar in 52 B.C., beneath a Paris hospital.
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Ancient Iron Bars Found in Danube Could Equip an Army
Archaeologists have analyzed a 2,200-year-old cache of 500 iron bars recovered from the Danube River in Austria, the largest such find in Europe.
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Lead-based ink enables reading of Herculaneum scroll
Researchers have successfully read text on a modern, charred scroll replica using X-rays and custom software.
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Cleveland Museum holds 500-year-old looted Benin brass head
A 16th-century brass commemorative head of a Benin king, looted by the British in 1897, is held by the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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Ancient Sulawesi Hunter-Gatherers Used Betel Nuts
A study of two ancient individuals from Sulawesi, Indonesia, reveals they repeatedly sucked betel nuts, likely to numb dental pain.
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University of Udine team maps Nimrud's lower city
Researchers from the University of Udine have produced a high-resolution map of Nimrud's 800-acre lower city using satellite imagery and drone surveys.
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Po wreck hosts invasive fish and rare seals
A sunken WWII hospital ship off Albania acts as an artificial reef, attracting invasive devil firefish and providing shelter for endangered Mediterranean monk seals.
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RAC Volunteers Drove Their Own Cars into WWI
Twenty-five British motoring enthusiasts, members of the Royal Automobile Club Volunteer Force, took their own cars to France in August 1914.
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Ancient Egyptian princesses used weapons
A study of royal mummies from Dahshur reveals bone changes indicating that Middle Kingdom princesses were skilled archers and weapon users.
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Homo floresiensis pelvis study reveals similarity to Pleistocene humans
A new analysis of the 'hobbit' hip bones shows their pelvis was statistically similar to other Pleistocene humans.
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Nano-Eraser gel converts astrocytes to neurons
A polymer gel delivering a PTBP1-targeting antibody can transform astrocytes into functional neurons in lab models.