Cocoa, Caffeinated ‘Black Drink’ Were Widespread in Pre-Contact Southwest, Study Finds

Stash of Obsidian Blades, Hidden for a Thousand Years, Discovered in Oregon

August 16, 2016 —by Blake de Pastino 30867 11

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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Origin of ‘Spanish Armor,’ Said to Have Been Found in Texas Desert, Stumps Scientists

September 10, 2015 —by Blake de Pastino 37368 16

It seems to have passed through more hands than The Maltese Falcon. And it’s proving to be nearly as mysterious. Two pieces of iron armor — reportedly first found in…

anthropology

Cocoa, Caffeinated ‘Black Drink’ Were Widespread in Pre-Contact Southwest, Study Finds

September 8, 2015 —by Blake de Pastino 24818 2

Stimulating drinks made from exotic plants, like the cocoa tree and a type of southern holly, were consumed much more widely across the prehistoric Southwest than was thought, according to…

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Stash of Obsidian Blades, Hidden for a Thousand Years, Discovered in Oregon

Origin of ‘Spanish Armor,’ Said to Have Been Found in Texas Desert, Stumps Scientists

Cocoa, Caffeinated ‘Black Drink’ Were Widespread in Pre-Contact Southwest, Study Finds

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

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

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

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