9,000-year-old Bad Dürrenberg woman shaman burial reveals a lasting ritual legacy

Archaeologists have discovered more about one of Central Europe’s most astonishing prehistoric burials: a 9,000-year-old grave belonging to a Mesolithic woman from Bad Dürrenberg in Germany, who had long been thought to be a shaman...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/12/bad-durrenberg-woman-shaman-burial/

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9,000-year-old Bad Dürrenberg woman shaman burial reveals a lasting ritual legacy

Archaeologists have discovered more about one of Central Europe’s most astonishing prehistoric burials: a 9,000-year-old grave belonging to a Mesolithic woman from Bad Dürrenberg in Germany, who had long been thought to be a shaman...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/12/bad-durrenberg-woman-shaman-burial/

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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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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

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.

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The #Rappahannock tribe once lived in villages & towns in the lush region, long before English settlers arrived, said Richardson & tribal elders & historians. They grew corn, squash & beans, hunted deer & rabbits, & harvested berries & plants. At the tribe’s peak in the mid-to-late 1500s, its #land encompassed more than 350,000 acres along the river valley, & its population reached nearly 2,400.

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“ #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.”

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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

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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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

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:

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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

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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

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

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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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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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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