http://archaeology.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hh http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2012-02-17T10:09:35Z Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:09:35 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://archaeology.about.com/b/2012/02/20/early-houses-in-the-azraq-basin-of-jordan.htm <p>Ongoing excavations at Kharaneh IV, an Early Epipaleolithic site in the Azraq Basin of Jordan, have revealed the remains of some early hut structures within deposits dated between 20,000-16,000 years ago. </p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://archaeology.about.com/b/2012/02/20/early-houses-in-the-azraq-basin-of-jordan.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://archaeology.about.com/b/2012/02/20/early-houses-in-the-azraq-basin-of-jordan.htm Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:46:09 +0000 2012-02-20T08:46:09Z http://archaeology.about.com/b/2012/02/17/chenopodium.htm <p>Chenopodium is a plant with a dozen different names (lamb's quarters, goosefoot, taak, fat hen, huantzontle, quinoa among many others), and it was domesticated a half-dozen different times in various places throughout the world. Rich in nutrients and minerals, the various forms of chenopodium are considered an under-used worldwide crop that could go far in providing nutrition in many different ecological areas. </p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://archaeology.about.com/b/2012/02/17/chenopodium.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://archaeology.about.com/b/2012/02/17/chenopodium.htm Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:09:35 +0000 2012-02-17T10:09:35Z http://archaeology.about.com/b/2012/02/13/bolomor-cave.htm <p>Bolomor Cave is a Middle Paleolithic (Middle Stone Age) site, located in the beautiful Valencia region on the Mediterranean coast of Spain. Those Neanderthals had some good taste in locations! </p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://archaeology.about.com/b/2012/02/13/bolomor-cave.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://archaeology.about.com/b/2012/02/13/bolomor-cave.htm Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:44:13 +0000 2012-02-13T08:44:13Z http://archaeology.about.com/b/2012/02/08/the-original-jerky.htm <p>The tasty dried meat product called jerky, available nearly everywhere, and made of nearly every conceivable kind of meat, has a name which is derived from the South American version called ch'arki. </p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://archaeology.about.com/b/2012/02/08/the-original-jerky.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://archaeology.about.com/b/2012/02/08/the-original-jerky.htm Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:30:15 +0000 2012-02-08T10:30:15Z http://archaeology.about.com/b/2012/02/06/camelids-of-south-america-llama-and-alpaca.htm <p>I don't know about you, but I've always been confused about llamas and alpacas. In zoos I've visited, they looked pretty similar to me, and never having done much study on them, well, all I knew was they were domesticated in South America, somewhere high in the Andes. </p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://archaeology.about.com/b/2012/02/06/camelids-of-south-america-llama-and-alpaca.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://archaeology.about.com/b/2012/02/06/camelids-of-south-america-llama-and-alpaca.htm Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:59:33 +0000 2012-02-06T07:59:33Z http://archaeology.about.com/b/2012/02/01/upper-paleolithic-site-of-abri-pataud.htm <p>Abri Pataud is an important Upper Paleolithic cave site located at the base of a bluff in the Dordogne valley of south central France, one of several sites in this part of France that can be seen by visitors. </p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://archaeology.about.com/b/2012/02/01/upper-paleolithic-site-of-abri-pataud.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://archaeology.about.com/b/2012/02/01/upper-paleolithic-site-of-abri-pataud.htm Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:21:42 +0000 2012-02-01T10:21:42Z http://archaeology.about.com/b/2012/01/30/making-faience.htm <p>For some mysterious reason, faience--that striking turquoise colored stuff used as fake precious stones in Mesopotamia and Egypt beginning some 5500 years ago or so--has always fascinated me. </p> <img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/archaeology/1/H/D/O/1/shah-i-zinda.PNG" alt="Faience tiles ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://archaeology.about.com/b/2012/01/30/making-faience.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://archaeology.about.com/b/2012/01/30/making-faience.htm Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:48:56 +0000 2012-01-30T08:48:56Z http://archaeology.about.com/b/2012/01/27/fish-traps-and-archaeology.htm <p>Fish traps, which go by an astounding array of terms, are at least 8,000 years old, and were invented by complex hunter-gatherers all over the world. </p> <img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/archaeology/1/H/C/s/fish_weir.jpg" alt="Fish Weir off Deer ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://archaeology.about.com/b/2012/01/27/fish-traps-and-archaeology.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://archaeology.about.com/b/2012/01/27/fish-traps-and-archaeology.htm Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:30:00 +0000 2012-01-27T10:30:00Z http://archaeology.about.com/b/2012/01/25/european-paleodogs-and-domestication.htm <p>A couple of articles published in the last month or so have continued the debate as to the earliest domestication of the dog. </p> <img class="alignleft" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/archaeology/1/H/C/O/1/Razboinichya-canid.PNG" alt="Canid Skull from Razboinichya ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://archaeology.about.com/b/2012/01/25/european-paleodogs-and-domestication.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://archaeology.about.com/b/2012/01/25/european-paleodogs-and-domestication.htm Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:12:24 +0000 2012-01-25T10:12:24Z http://archaeology.about.com/b/2012/01/23/mongooses-in-iberia.htm <p>Mongooses (<i>Herpestes</i> spp) are kind of like cats, in that they really never became what you could call domesticated, but they do make great pets. Like cats, they also make for an interesting story on their quasi-domestication, nonetheless. </p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://archaeology.about.com/b/2012/01/23/mongooses-in-iberia.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://archaeology.about.com/b/2012/01/23/mongooses-in-iberia.htm Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:00:32 +0000 2012-01-23T08:00:32Z