American Archaeology
Archaeologists Unearth Remains of Two Ancient Mammoths in California
Faculty and students from Foothill College, Santa Clara University, and San Jose State University are excavating a site in Monterey County where two Columbian Mammoths, an adult and an infant, have been found. ... Full story
Paleo-Indians settled North America earlier than thought
Researchers excavating a creek bed in central Texas have found evidence suggesting humans settled in North America some two thousand years earlier than previously estimated. ... Full story
Did Man Create The Florida Everglades?
Garbage mounds left by prehistoric humans might have driven the formation of many of the Florida Everglades' tree islands, distinctive havens of exceptional ecological richness in the sprawling marsh that are today threatened by human development. ... Full story
Native Americans Changed American Landscape Years Prior to the Arrival of Europeans
A new study by Baylor University geology researchers shows that archnews,Archnews, archaeology news, archaeology, archaeological news, archaeological, news, ' land use nearly a century ago produced a widespread impact on the eastern North American landscape and floodplain development several hundred years prior to the arrival of major European settlements. ... Full story
SCHOLARSHIP DEADLINE April 1, 2011! Maya Research Program!
Get involved in archaeological fieldwork in northwestern Belize! PLEASE NOTE: The scholarship deadline to apply is April 1st, 2011! ... Full story
Unique Warship Could Be Lost Forever
Philadelphia's Independence Seaport Museum has announced that it can't afford the restoration costs to keep USS Olympia, a National Historic Landmark dating back to 1892 afloat so instead they plan to sink it! ... Full story
Archaeologists unearth 1,100-year-old canoe
State and local archaeological experts from Florida, successfully excavated a 40-foot-long section of what is estimated to have been a 45-foot-long prehistoric pine canoe from a beach area on the Weedon Island Preserve. ... Full story
California islands give up evidence of early seafaring
Evidence for a diversified sea-based economy among North American inhabitants dating from 12,200 to 11,400 years ago is emerging from three sites on California's Channel Islands. ... Full story
Gold Rush "GHOST SHIP" in Canada's Sub-arctic
A perfectly preserved steamboat from the Klondike Gold Rush lies in the freezing waters of Lake Laberge, in the subarctic wilderness of Canada’s Yukon. ... Full story
Cannons From the Lost Ships of Famed Privateer Captain Morgan Recovered in Panama
Archaeologist in Panama have just announced that they have found cannons that belonged to the feared pirate Captain Henry Morgan ... Full story
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Stanford University Goes Potty (The Roman Kind)
An American University has recreated a Roman Kiln to show their pupils how Roman pottery was made and the technology used in its production. ... Full story