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@archaeology@mstdn.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Early humans ate processed plant foods long before farming, new study shows

Early humans were not the single-minded meat hunters often imagined in popular “Paleo” narratives. A new study published in the Journal of Archaeological Research argues that our ancestors were skilled at gathering, processing, and eating a wide range of plants long before the first farms appeared...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/12/humans-ate-plant-foods-long-before-farming/

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Early humans ate processed plant foods long before farming, new study shows
Early humans ate processed plant foods long before farming, new study shows
Early humans ate processed plant foods long before farming, new study shows
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Reading: mul
Meaning: star, planet, constellation

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Meaning: star, planet, constellation
𒀯 Reading: mul Meaning: star, planet, constellation
𒀯 Reading: mul Meaning: star, planet, constellation
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Reading: mul
Meaning: star, planet, constellation

#cuneiforms #sumerology #archeology #Akkad #study

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Reading: mul
Meaning: star, planet, constellation
𒀯 Reading: mul Meaning: star, planet, constellation
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@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

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Centuries-old documents told of #NativeAmerican settlements in the Fones Cliffs area of the #Rappahannock River in #Virginia’s Northern Neck.
In the 1600s, English explorer #JohnSmith wrote of how he & his men were attacked by #NativeAmericans along the river. A document from the 1660s detailed how the Rappahannock Tribe was promised 30 blankets in exchange for more than 25,000 acres of their land.

#archeology #genocide #NationalDayOfMourning
https://wapo.st/48Dnft9

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@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Then this summer, they came upon items on land the #Rappahannock Tribe has been working to reclaim. The archaeologists are now revealing their discoveries of roughly 11,000 artifacts — some dating to the 1500s — ranging from tiny beads & shards of pottery with detailed markings to pieces of stone tools & pipes.

It was physical proof of the Rappahannock towns & villages that #JohnSmith had described.

#archeology #UShistory #NativeAmerican #genocide #NationalDayOfMourning

Decorated pottery pieces were among the thousands of artifacts found. (Dana Hedgpeth/The Washington Post)
Decorated pottery pieces were among the thousands of artifacts found. (Dana Hedgpeth/The Washington Post)
Decorated pottery pieces were among the thousands of artifacts found. (Dana Hedgpeth/The Washington Post)
Artifacts found at the Fones Cliffs archaeological dig. (Dana Hedgpeth/The Washington Post)
Artifacts found at the Fones Cliffs archaeological dig. (Dana Hedgpeth/The Washington Post)
Artifacts found at the Fones Cliffs archaeological dig. (Dana Hedgpeth/The Washington Post)
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@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Then this summer, they came upon items on land the #Rappahannock Tribe has been working to reclaim. The archaeologists are now revealing their discoveries of roughly 11,000 artifacts — some dating to the 1500s — ranging from tiny beads & shards of pottery with detailed markings to pieces of stone tools & pipes.

It was physical proof of the Rappahannock towns & villages that #JohnSmith had described.

#archeology #UShistory #NativeAmerican #genocide #NationalDayOfMourning

Decorated pottery pieces were among the thousands of artifacts found. (Dana Hedgpeth/The Washington Post)
Decorated pottery pieces were among the thousands of artifacts found. (Dana Hedgpeth/The Washington Post)
Decorated pottery pieces were among the thousands of artifacts found. (Dana Hedgpeth/The Washington Post)
Artifacts found at the Fones Cliffs archaeological dig. (Dana Hedgpeth/The Washington Post)
Artifacts found at the Fones Cliffs archaeological dig. (Dana Hedgpeth/The Washington Post)
Artifacts found at the Fones Cliffs archaeological dig. (Dana Hedgpeth/The Washington Post)
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@Nonilex@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

“ #Indian people have long known of the #land & our #history & presence here,” said Anne Richardson, chief of the roughly 300-member #Rappahannock Tribe, which is primarily in King & Queen County. “But so often things aren’t considered ‘real’ until they’re found or ‘discovered.’ This validates what we’ve long known.”

#archeology #UShistory #NativeAmerican #genocide #NationalDayOfMourning

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@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Then this summer, they came upon items on land the #Rappahannock Tribe has been working to reclaim. The archaeologists are now revealing their discoveries of roughly 11,000 artifacts — some dating to the 1500s — ranging from tiny beads & shards of pottery with detailed markings to pieces of stone tools & pipes.

It was physical proof of the Rappahannock towns & villages that #JohnSmith had described.

#archeology #UShistory #NativeAmerican #genocide #NationalDayOfMourning

Decorated pottery pieces were among the thousands of artifacts found. (Dana Hedgpeth/The Washington Post)
Decorated pottery pieces were among the thousands of artifacts found. (Dana Hedgpeth/The Washington Post)
Decorated pottery pieces were among the thousands of artifacts found. (Dana Hedgpeth/The Washington Post)
Artifacts found at the Fones Cliffs archaeological dig. (Dana Hedgpeth/The Washington Post)
Artifacts found at the Fones Cliffs archaeological dig. (Dana Hedgpeth/The Washington Post)
Artifacts found at the Fones Cliffs archaeological dig. (Dana Hedgpeth/The Washington Post)
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@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

#GiftArticle

Centuries-old documents told of #NativeAmerican settlements in the Fones Cliffs area of the #Rappahannock River in #Virginia’s Northern Neck.
In the 1600s, English explorer #JohnSmith wrote of how he & his men were attacked by #NativeAmericans along the river. A document from the 1660s detailed how the Rappahannock Tribe was promised 30 blankets in exchange for more than 25,000 acres of their land.

#archeology #genocide #NationalDayOfMourning
https://wapo.st/48Dnft9

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@Nonilex@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

But the exact location of these towns had never been pinpointed until now.

Archaeologists cross-referenced historic maps, documents & deeds with oral histories from #Rappahannock tribal members. Then last fall, in the woods of #Richmond County on areas near the bluffs, they started digging.
For months, the crew from St. Mary’s College of Maryland surveyed the land to try to find the early settlements but found nothing that could be linked to #JohnSmith’s foray.

#archeology #NativeAmerican

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@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

#GiftArticle

Centuries-old documents told of #NativeAmerican settlements in the Fones Cliffs area of the #Rappahannock River in #Virginia’s Northern Neck.
In the 1600s, English explorer #JohnSmith wrote of how he & his men were attacked by #NativeAmericans along the river. A document from the 1660s detailed how the Rappahannock Tribe was promised 30 blankets in exchange for more than 25,000 acres of their land.

#archeology #genocide #NationalDayOfMourning
https://wapo.st/48Dnft9

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@ScienceDesk@flipboard.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Did female gladiators exist in the Roman Empire? Several lines of evidence, including historical records and artistic depictions, suggest that some did. Read more from @LiveScience:

https://flip.it/7mPjiK

#Science #History #RomanEmpire #Women #Archeology

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Did female gladiators exist in the Roman Empire? Several lines of evidence, including historical records and artistic depictions, suggest that some did. Read more from @LiveScience:

https://flip.it/7mPjiK

#Science #History #RomanEmpire #Women #Archeology

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Landscape-wide cosmogram built by the early community of Aguada Fénix in southeastern Mesoamerica

"The construction of a cosmogram representing the order of the universe and time likely motivated many people to participate in building activities without being coerced."

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aea2037

#archeology #universe #AguadaFénix #Maya #cosmogram #AguadaFenix #science #news #Mesoamerica #Mexico

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Landscape-wide cosmogram built by the early community of Aguada Fénix in southeastern Mesoamerica

"The construction of a cosmogram representing the order of the universe and time likely motivated many people to participate in building activities without being coerced."

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aea2037

#archeology #universe #AguadaFénix #Maya #cosmogram #AguadaFenix #science #news #Mesoamerica #Mexico

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How a misread Arabic tale misled generations of historians about the Black Death's rapid spread
by University of Exeter

by Stephanie Baum & Robert Egan

https://phys.org/news/2025-11-misread-arabic-tale-misled-generations.html

Black death at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/698

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Books about Black Death

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How a misread Arabic tale misled generations of historians about the Black Death's rapid spread

Myths about how the Black Death traveled quickly across Asia, ravaging Silk Route communities, date back to a single fourteenth-century source, experts have found.
Pieter Bruegel's The Triumph of Death reflects the social upheaval and terror that followed the plague, which devastated medieval Europe.

A moral work depicting Death's triumph over worldly things, symbolized by a great army of skeletons ravaging the Earth. In the background is a barren landscape where scenes of destruction continue to unfold. In the foreground, Death, riding a red horse at the head of his armies, destroys the world of the living, who are led to an enormous coffin with no hope of salvation. All social classes are included in the composition, with neither power nor devotion able to save them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death#/media/File:The_Triumph_of_Death_by_Pieter_Bruegel_the_Elder.jpg
Pieter Bruegel's The Triumph of Death reflects the social upheaval and terror that followed the plague, which devastated medieval Europe. A moral work depicting Death's triumph over worldly things, symbolized by a great army of skeletons ravaging the Earth. In the background is a barren landscape where scenes of destruction continue to unfold. In the foreground, Death, riding a red horse at the head of his armies, destroys the world of the living, who are led to an enormous coffin with no hope of salvation. All social classes are included in the composition, with neither power nor devotion able to save them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death#/media/File:The_Triumph_of_Death_by_Pieter_Bruegel_the_Elder.jpg
Pieter Bruegel's The Triumph of Death reflects the social upheaval and terror that followed the plague, which devastated medieval Europe. A moral work depicting Death's triumph over worldly things, symbolized by a great army of skeletons ravaging the Earth. In the background is a barren landscape where scenes of destruction continue to unfold. In the foreground, Death, riding a red horse at the head of his armies, destroys the world of the living, who are led to an enormous coffin with no hope of salvation. All social classes are included in the composition, with neither power nor devotion able to save them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death#/media/File:The_Triumph_of_Death_by_Pieter_Bruegel_the_Elder.jpg
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How a misread Arabic tale misled generations of historians about the Black Death's rapid spread
by University of Exeter

by Stephanie Baum & Robert Egan

https://phys.org/news/2025-11-misread-arabic-tale-misled-generations.html

Black death at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/698

#books #archeology #humanhealth

Project Gutenberg

Books about Black Death

Project Gutenberg offers 77,001 free eBooks for Kindle, iPad, Nook, Android, and iPhone.

How a misread Arabic tale misled generations of historians about the Black Death's rapid spread

Myths about how the Black Death traveled quickly across Asia, ravaging Silk Route communities, date back to a single fourteenth-century source, experts have found.
Pieter Bruegel's The Triumph of Death reflects the social upheaval and terror that followed the plague, which devastated medieval Europe.

A moral work depicting Death's triumph over worldly things, symbolized by a great army of skeletons ravaging the Earth. In the background is a barren landscape where scenes of destruction continue to unfold. In the foreground, Death, riding a red horse at the head of his armies, destroys the world of the living, who are led to an enormous coffin with no hope of salvation. All social classes are included in the composition, with neither power nor devotion able to save them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death#/media/File:The_Triumph_of_Death_by_Pieter_Bruegel_the_Elder.jpg
Pieter Bruegel's The Triumph of Death reflects the social upheaval and terror that followed the plague, which devastated medieval Europe. A moral work depicting Death's triumph over worldly things, symbolized by a great army of skeletons ravaging the Earth. In the background is a barren landscape where scenes of destruction continue to unfold. In the foreground, Death, riding a red horse at the head of his armies, destroys the world of the living, who are led to an enormous coffin with no hope of salvation. All social classes are included in the composition, with neither power nor devotion able to save them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death#/media/File:The_Triumph_of_Death_by_Pieter_Bruegel_the_Elder.jpg
Pieter Bruegel's The Triumph of Death reflects the social upheaval and terror that followed the plague, which devastated medieval Europe. A moral work depicting Death's triumph over worldly things, symbolized by a great army of skeletons ravaging the Earth. In the background is a barren landscape where scenes of destruction continue to unfold. In the foreground, Death, riding a red horse at the head of his armies, destroys the world of the living, who are led to an enormous coffin with no hope of salvation. All social classes are included in the composition, with neither power nor devotion able to save them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death#/media/File:The_Triumph_of_Death_by_Pieter_Bruegel_the_Elder.jpg
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@TheConversationUS@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

In 1920s France, an archeological dig became front-page news.

After farmers in the village of Glozel unearthed unusual artifacts, an archaeologist began excavations, revealing pottery with alphabet-like symbols that seemed far too advanced for the site’s age.

But was it a hoax?
https://theconversation.com/the-glozel-affair-a-sensational-archaeological-hoax-made-science-front-page-news-in-1920s-france-260967
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The Glozel affair: A sensational archaeological hoax made science front-page news in 1920s France

A century-old French archaeological scandal was sensationalized in the press at the time – but responsible scientists also relied on careful reporting to get the truth out.
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Medieval Artefacts Discovered in Canadian Thrift Shop

A small thrift shop in Chilliwack, British Columbia, has become the unlikely source of a remarkable medieval mystery. Eleven rings and two medallions, believed to date from the Middle Ages, were purchased for just $30 before being donated to Simon Fraser University (SFU) for study.

https://www.medievalists.net/2025/09/medieval-artefacts-discovered-in-canadian-thrift-shop/

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Medieval Artefacts Discovered in Canadian Thrift Shop - Medievalists.net

Medieval rings and medallions sold for just $30 at a Canadian thrift shop are now at Simon Fraser University, where experts and students will investigate their origins and mysteries.
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Medieval Artefacts Discovered in Canadian Thrift Shop

A small thrift shop in Chilliwack, British Columbia, has become the unlikely source of a remarkable medieval mystery. Eleven rings and two medallions, believed to date from the Middle Ages, were purchased for just $30 before being donated to Simon Fraser University (SFU) for study.

https://www.medievalists.net/2025/09/medieval-artefacts-discovered-in-canadian-thrift-shop/

Archeology at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=archeology

#archeology #ethnology

Project Gutenberg

Books: archeology (sorted by popularity)

Project Gutenberg offers 76,777 free eBooks for Kindle, iPad, Nook, Android, and iPhone.
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Medieval Artefacts Discovered in Canadian Thrift Shop - Medievalists.net

Medieval rings and medallions sold for just $30 at a Canadian thrift shop are now at Simon Fraser University, where experts and students will investigate their origins and mysteries.
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@JubalBarca@scholar.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

If you still have an account on academia.edu, you should probably delete it.

I'm not sure how their new terms are legal: they give the site the right to use your data *in any manner*. This is mainly to help them scrape academic work and republish/mangle parts of it through AI without credit: but these terms go way beyond that into your likeness, your voice, even your signature.

Please boost this to academics you know. Further PSA elements in thread:

#academia #science #history #universities

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@adelinej@piaille.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

@JubalBarca I’m not an academic but I would like to thank all of the scholars that published articles on this site. It was really amazingly helpful during my studies in #egyptology #archeology . (I’m adding the # hoping to give more visibility to the initial post).

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@vgondra.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

A real magic weapon!

4,500-year-old quartz crystal dagger with an ivory handle. Found in a Copper Age tomb in Valencina de la Concepción, Spain.

#LanzoDetectarMagia #nerdlings #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #ttrpg #fantasy #history #archeology

4,500-year-old quartz crystal dagger with an ivory handle. Found in a Copper Age tomb in Valencina de la Concepción, Spain.

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