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Archeology Southwest article: More than a Pet: Exploring Canine Cultural Histories in North America, "Throw a stick for a dog, & chances are the dog will excitedly wag its tail, charge off at a gallop, & return with the stick in its mouth. Throw a stick for a wolf, & it will look at you quizzically before trotting off to do wolf things. How the latter ever became the former is a subject of much contemplation."

Hm, wolf things? 🤔

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A color portrait head and shoulders photo of two wolves. A dark morph wolf is lying down and looking toward the left. A light morph blonde wolf is standing behind the lying wolf looking at the camera. Both have piercing greenish eyes. Both have thick winter coats. Snow is on the ground and part of a tree is seen in the background.

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@elaterite@mastoart.social · 5 days ago

Hm, wolf things? 🤔

(Photo mine.)

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480,000-year-old elephant bone tool from Boxgrove is the oldest discovered in Europe

Archaeologists have identified a tool dating to around 500,000 years ago made from elephant bone, at the Boxgrove site in southern England, which presents the oldest known tool made of elephant bone in Europe. The fragment, with dimensions reaching 11 cm in length, 6 cm in width, and 3 cm in thickness, shows..

More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/01/480000-year-old-elephant-bone-tool-from-boxgrove/

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480,000-year-old elephant bone tool from Boxgrove is the oldest discovered in Europe

Archaeologists have identified a tool dating to around 500,000 years ago made from elephant bone, at the Boxgrove site in southern England, which presents the oldest known tool made of elephant bone in Europe. The fragment, with dimensions reaching 11 cm in length, 6 cm in width, and 3 cm in thickness, shows signs of having been used repeatedly as a soft hammer for refining stone tools. Analysis using 3D scanning and electron microscopy revealed embedded flint fragments and impact marks, which indicate it was used as a retoucher, a tool used to resharpen and shape stone handaxes and other items made of flint... — 480,000-year-old elephant bone tool from Boxgrove is the oldest discovered in Europe Archaeologists have identified a tool dating to around 500,000 years ago made from elephant bone, at the Boxgrove site in southern England, which presents the oldest known tool made of elephant bone in Europe. The fragment, with dimensions reaching 11 cm in length, 6 cm in width, and 3 cm in thickness, shows signs of having been used repeatedly as a soft hammer for refining stone tools. Analysis using 3D scanning and electron microscopy revealed embedded flint fragments and impact marks, which indicate it was used as a retoucher, a tool used to resharpen and shape stone handaxes and other items made of flint...

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@archaeology@mstdn.social · last week

480,000-year-old elephant bone tool from Boxgrove is the oldest discovered in Europe

More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/01/480000-year-old-elephant-bone-tool-from-boxgrove/

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@archaeology@mstdn.social · 2 weeks ago

Roots of medieval migration into England uncovered by large-scale bioarchaeological study

A major new bioarchaeological study is reshaping how scholars understand migration into England during the early medieval period, showing a picture of steady, long-term movement rather than short, dramatic waves of newcomers...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/01/roots-of-medieval-migration-into-england/

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Roots of medieval migration into England uncovered by large-scale bioarchaeological study

A major new bioarchaeological study is reshaping how scholars understand migration into England during the early medieval period, showing a picture of steady, long-term movement rather than short, dramatic waves of newcomers. Drawing on chemical and genetic evidence from human remains, the research shows England was consistently connected to distant regions from the end of Roman rule through to the Norman Conquest... — Roots of medieval migration into England uncovered by large-scale bioarchaeological study A major new bioarchaeological study is reshaping how scholars understand migration into England during the early medieval period, showing a picture of steady, long-term movement rather than short, dramatic waves of newcomers. Drawing on chemical and genetic evidence from human remains, the research shows England was consistently connected to distant regions from the end of Roman rule through to the Norman Conquest...

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@archaeology@mstdn.social · 2 weeks ago

Roots of medieval migration into England uncovered by large-scale bioarchaeological study

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Rare Celtic gold coins found in Swiss bog may reveal ancient ritual offerings

Two extremely rare Celtic gold coins that were found in a woodland near Arisdorf in northwestern Switzerland are providing new information about the early phases of coinage in the area and ritual practices dating back more than 2,000 years...

More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/01/rare-celtic-gold-coins-found-in-swiss-bog/

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Rare Celtic gold coins found in Swiss bog may reveal ancient ritual offerings

Two extremely rare Celtic gold coins that were found in a woodland near Arisdorf in northwestern Switzerland are providing new information about the early phases of coinage in the area and ritual practices dating back more than 2,000 years. The gold coins were found in a follow-up survey and date back to around the middle and second half of the 3rd century BCE, making them among the oldest known Celtic coins found in Switzerland... — Rare Celtic gold coins found in Swiss bog may reveal ancient ritual offerings Two extremely rare Celtic gold coins that were found in a woodland near Arisdorf in northwestern Switzerland are providing new information about the early phases of coinage in the area and ritual practices dating back more than 2,000 years. The gold coins were found in a follow-up survey and date back to around the middle and second half of the 3rd century BCE, making them among the oldest known Celtic coins found in Switzerland...

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@archaeology@mstdn.social · 2 weeks ago

Rare Celtic gold coins found in Swiss bog may reveal ancient ritual offerings

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@archaeology@mstdn.social · 3 weeks ago

Africa’s oldest cremation: 9,500-year-old pyre reveals Stone Age rituals in Malawi

A newly published study has uncovered the oldest known evidence of human cremation in Africa, extending Africa’s cremation record by several thousand years and overturning long-held views on the societal and ritualistic behavior of ancient hunter-gatherers...

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Africa’s oldest cremation: 9,500-year-old pyre reveals Stone Age rituals in Malawi

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Africa’s oldest cremation: 9,500-year-old pyre reveals Stone Age rituals in Malawi

Discover Africa’s oldest cremation: a 9,500-year-old funerary pyre in Malawi reveals complex Stone Age hunter-gatherer rituals.

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@archaeology@mstdn.social · 3 weeks ago

Africa’s oldest cremation: 9,500-year-old pyre reveals Stone Age rituals in Malawi

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Africa’s oldest cremation: 9,500-year-old pyre reveals Stone Age rituals in Malawi

Discover Africa’s oldest cremation: a 9,500-year-old funerary pyre in Malawi reveals complex Stone Age hunter-gatherer rituals.

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@h4ckernews@mastodon.social · 3 weeks ago

Below the Surface: Archeological Finds from the Amsterdam Noord/Zuid Metro Line

https://belowthesurface.amsterdam/en/vondsten

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Below the Surface - Archeologische vondsten Noord/Zuidlijn Amsterdam

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Scientific Frontline

@sflorg@mastodon.social · 4 weeks ago

The city of #Pompeii was buried by the #eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have now reconstructed the city's water supply system based on carbonate deposits
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https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/anth01132601.html