In a groundbreaking discovery that upends prior understandings of ancient Scottish history, archaeologists have unearthed ...

Ancient hunter-gatherers built monumental mounds at Kaillachuro in Peru without kings, rewriting history of "monumental ...

The tools show a level of planning and craftsmanship that challenges the notion that East Asian hominins were technologically ...

Early Hohokam lived in pithouses dug into the ground with walls made of wood, brush, and clay. These partly underground homes ...

Rice is difficult to grow in the Pacific, so how did it end up in a cave? Archaeologists reveal the hidden history of this ancient and well-travelled grain.

In a new study published today in Science Advances, my colleagues and I have uncovered the earliest evidence of rice in the ...

JUNEAU, Alaska — A Juneau man has donated four ancient stone objects, including tools and a carved seal head, to the Sealaska Heritage Institute.

Stone tools reveal Southeast Asia led the world in advanced seafaring 40,000 years ago, reshaping our understanding of ancient maritime technology.

Hundreds of acres in Michigan are covered in parallel rows of earth that are the remains of an ancient Native American agricultural system. The surprise find has archaeologists amazed.

Dozens of the tools were used by Indian families on the tribe's aboriginal lands dating to ancient times, said Cliff SiJohn, the Coeur d'Alene Tribe's cultural awareness director. Since the tribe ...

Ancient beliefs, behaviors and norms – what archaeologists call culture – were fundamentally integrated into technological solutions in this part of Peru in ancient times.

There are still collectors of ancient farming hand-tools, both in this country and in America.