A type of site never before described by archaeologists is shedding new light on the prehistory of the American Southwest and may change conventional thinking about the ancient migrations that…
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Grisly Mass Grave in Utah Cave Is Evidence of ‘Prehistoric Warfare,’ Study Says
Nearly a hundred skeletons buried in a cave in southeast Utah offer grisly evidence that ancient Americans waged war on each other as much as 2,000 years ago, according to…
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Prehistoric Meteorite ‘Shrines’ in Arizona May Be Linked, Says Archaeo-Astronomer
Two twelfth-century settlements a hundred kilometers apart in Arizona were apparently built by discrete cultures, but they have at least one trait in common: In each complex is a hidden,…
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Nevada Petroglyphs Are the Oldest in North America, Study Finds
Inscrutable symbols etched on a limestone boulder in western Nevada — herringbone patterns, series of pits, and chain-like links — are the oldest known petroglyphs in North America, scientists say….
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‘Impressive’ Pueblo Great House, Dozens of Ruins Found in Petrified Forest National Park
FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA — A fuller picture of Arizona’s past is starting to emerge from the desert north of Petrified Forest National Park, a year after officials revealed that the park’s…
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What Is ‘The Rock That Tells Stories’?
Like a palimpsest manuscript, showing traces of ancient writing under the new, the rock reveals layers of messages. And each stratum takes us not only back in time, but across…
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Earliest Use of Chocolate in America Discovered, Suggesting Ancient Immigrants
Some strange pottery found at an ancient settlement in southeastern Utah contains the oldest known traces of chocolate in the United States, an anthropologist says. The site dates back to…
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Mummified Man, Bundled Baby Change View of Ancient Burials in Texas
More than 10 elaborately prepared bodies recovered from caves in West Texas could rewrite the history of how people processed, buried, and even thought about the dead in the ancient…
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Prehistoric Feces Yield Clues to Diet of Ancestral Puebloans in Arizona
Native Americans suffer the highest rates of diabetes in the United States — 16 percent, more than twice the average among Anglos. For decades, scientists have thought this modern health…
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New ‘Pueblo Bonito’ Discovered in Arizona
An ancient multi-room pueblo resembling Chaco Canyon’s largest and best-known great house, Pueblo Bonito, has been discovered in Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park, according to park officials. The site, along with nearly…
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