In an unassuming farm field in Yorkshire, peat preserves secrets. Tens of thousands of fragments of wood, bone, antler, and stone pack into the mud beneath prim grass. Until 1948, they lay undisturbed ...

In a recent study by Dany Coutinho-Nogueira and his colleagues, the remains of three non-adults from Cabeço da Amoreira were analyzed. The work is published in the journal Childhood in the Past.

Archaeologists preparing for construction of a new housing development in Scotland uncovered nearly 12,000 years of history. Discoveries ranged from Late Upper Paleolithic flint to Mesolithic ...

Smithsonian Libraries Topic Stone Age Mesolithic period siris_sil_633570 SIL STAR CARR IN CONTEXT : NEW ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND PALAEOECOLGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT THE EARLY MESOLITHIC SITE OF STAR CARR ...

AARHUS, DENMARK—Toward the end of the last Ice Age around 8,500 years ago, melting glaciers caused sea levels to rise as much as 6.5 feet per century. This altered life in northern Europe, as ...