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Lithic artefacts span millions of years in the archaeological record and provide evidence for how tools were made and used at various analytical scales – from determining local tasks to understanding subsistence economies, behavioural adaptations, origins of human culture, and evolution. The procurement and production of stone tools are central to many interpretations of past human behaviours in the landscape. There are many analytical techniques available for geochemical characterizations with differing precision and accuracy. Information about the movement of stone material, often in combi...

Before dying at a young age, she likely suffered through a painful existence, researchers said.

Archaeologists in Kent have made a striking find. Within a pit dating back to medieval times, they uncovered a bone flute in surprisingly good condition.

Ancient religious texts and mythologies talk about an ancient race of giants. What do they tell us about their final fate?

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas (AFNS) --   An Air Force team conducting an archaeological inventory in the west Utah desert has emerged with a discovery poised to completely reframe experts’ understanding of human tobacco use in North America.