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First Evidence of Corn Beer in Southwest Discovered on Teeth From Ancient Burials

March 10, 2016 —by Blake de Pastino 17069 0

Fossilized tooth plaque is revealing new details about life, food, and drink in the ancient city of Casas Grandes — including what archaeologists say is the first conclusive evidence of corn beer in the Greater Southwest.

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Hundreds of Dice, Game Pieces Found in Utah Cave Shed Light on Prehistoric Gambling

May 18, 2015 —by Blake de Pastino 21769 1

A cave on the shore of Utah’s Great Salt Lake is giving archaeologists a rare glimpse into a seldom-studied aspect of life in the ancient West — prehistoric gambling. Researchers…

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First Evidence of Corn Beer in Southwest Discovered on Teeth From Ancient Burials

Hundreds of Dice, Game Pieces Found in Utah Cave Shed Light on Prehistoric Gambling

700,000-Year-Old Horse Found in Yukon Permafrost Yields Oldest DNA Ever Decoded

At 50, Ring-Tab Beer Cans Are Now Officially Historic Artifacts

Wyoming Wildfire Reveals ‘Massive’ Shoshone Camp, Thousands of Artifacts

16,000-Year-Old Tools Discovered in Texas, Among the Oldest Found in the West

New Dinosaur Found in Montana Reveals Tyrannosaurs’ True Face (They Didn’t Have Lips)

First-Ever Fossil Poop Excavated From L.A.’s La Brea Tar Pits

New Feathered Dinosaur From New Mexico Was Among the ‘Last of the Raptors’

America’s Earliest Traces of Potato Use Found at 10,900-Year-Old Utah Shelter

Rock Art in Chaco Canyon May Depict Ancient Solar Eclipse, Experts Say

World’s Best-Preserved Armored Dinosaur, a ‘Mona Lisa’ of Fossils, Found in Alberta