A new study claims that humans were hunting in California 130,000 years ago, but skeptics abound.
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Elite ‘Dynasty’ at Chaco Canyon Got Its Power From One Woman, DNA Shows
New DNA evidence shows that elite leaders at Chaco Canyon weren’t just members of the same class — they were members of the same extended family, a “dynasty” that traced its ancestry to a single woman.
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Chaco’s Elites Were Natives of Chaco Canyon, Not Migrants, Their Remains Show
The elites of Chaco Canyon were born and raised there, and weren’t migrants from distant regions, as many thought, new research finds.
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Wyoming Wildfire Reveals ‘Massive’ Shoshone Camp, Thousands of Artifacts
A wildfire high in the mountains of Wyoming has revealed a vast, centuries-old Shoshone campsite, with artifacts numbering in the hundreds of thousands.
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How Did People of Chaco Canyon Grow Their Food? Expert Says, They Didn’t
Recently, researchers have been at odds over a simple, central question in Southwestern archaeology: How did the people of Chaco Canyon manage to grow their food? According to new research: They didn’t.
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New Evidence Reveals Violent Final Days at Arizona’s Montezuma Castle
The final days at one of Arizona’s most famous ancient landmarks were fraught with violence and death, new research shows.
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Earliest Known Clay Figurines in the Southwest May Be Fertility Symbols, Study Says
Curious clay figurines found in Arizona may be fertility symbols used by farmers as much as 3,000 years ago.
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Mummified Bird, Baby Found in Cave Shed Light on Earliest Desert Farmers
Archaeologists investigating a cave have discovered an unusual burial that’s providing new insights into the ways of some of the earliest farmers of the Chihuahuan Desert.
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Asian Metal Found in Alaska Reveals Trade Centuries Before European Contact
A bronze buckle and metal bead found in Alaska are the first hard evidence of trade between Asia and the North American Arctic, centuries before contact with Europeans.
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Stash of Obsidian Blades, Hidden for a Thousand Years, Discovered in Oregon
A landowner in Oregon has discovered a cache of obsidian blades that had been stashed away a thousand years ago or more by prehistoric traders.
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New Discoveries From Cahokia’s ‘Beaded Burial’ May Rewrite Story of Ancient American City
The people buried in one of America’s most famous prehistoric graves are not who we thought they were, researchers say.
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12,000-Year-Old Camp Found in Utah May Have Experts “Adjusting Their Theories”
An Ice Age hunting camp being excavated west of Salt Lake City is the first archaeological find of its kind, for several reasons, researchers say.
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Ice Age Hunting Camp, Replete With Bird Bones and Tobacco, Found in Utah Desert
In the dead-flat desert of northwestern Utah, archaeologists have uncovered a scene from a distant, and more verdant, time. Just a few centimeters below the sun-baked surface, researchers have discovered…
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Ancient Seafarers’ Tool Sites, Up to 12,000 Years Old, Discovered on California Island
Archaeologists have turned up evidence of some of the oldest human activity in coastal Southern California, just off the coast of Ventura County.
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900-Year-Old Village Recorded in Volcanic Badlands of New Mexico
A 900-year-old village hidden in New Mexico’s black-rock badlands reveals its unique ties to Chaco Canyon.
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‘Unexpected’ 3,000-Year-Old Bison Hunting Site Discovered in Southern Arizona
On a ranch in southeastern Arizona, archaeologists searching for signs of ancient corn farming have instead uncovered a 3,000-year-old bison-hunting site.
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