Archeology - The Canadian Media

Volcanic Glass At Over 500 Archaeological Sites Has Been Discovered By Western Canada

April 8, 2025April 8, 2025 - by cmedia

Volcanic glass has been discovered at more than 500 archaeological sites in western Canada. Geologically speaking, it shouldn’t be there. Now, researchers may have answered how these artifacts made of obsidian ended …

Archeology / Earth

Geologist identifies metamorphic rock as a crucial feature of the ancient Earth’s carbon cycle

November 5, 2024November 5, 2024 - by cmedia

If Earth’s history were a calendar year, humans would not appear until the last few minutes before midnight on Dec. 31. During the Proterozoic Eon—2.5 billion years to 543 million …

Archeology / Indigenous

The Indigenous artists keeping ancient rock art traditions alive

October 2, 2024October 2, 2024 - by cmedia

A new project is assessing the influence of ancient rock art on the modern art of Indigenous peoples in Central Asia and Canada, revealing its importance to reclaiming cultural identities. …

Archeology

Researchers determined Stonehenge’s giant Altar Stone came all the way from northeast Scotland

August 18, 2024September 16, 2024 - by cmedia

No one is certain why Stonehenge was built. This world-famous monument on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire is thought to commemorate the dead, and is aligned with movements of the sun and moon. …

Archeology

Archivist explores Troy’s invisible workers

July 21, 2024July 21, 2024 - by cmedia

While poring over nearly century-old photos documenting the University of Cincinnati (UC)’s historic excavation at Troy, archivist Jeff Kramer was struck by just how many people worked behind the scenes …

Archeology / Science

Researchers for first time accurately date 7,000-year-old prehistoric settlement using cosmic rays

May 27, 2024May 27, 2024 - by cmedia

Researchers at the University of Bern have for the first time been able to pin down a prehistoric settlement of early farmers in northern Greece dating back more than 7,000 …

Archeology

Archaeologists uncover Europe’s oldest stilt village

August 12, 2023August 12, 2023 - by cmedia

Beneath the turquoise waters of Lake Ohrid, the “Pearl of the Balkans”, scientists have uncovered what may be one of Europe’s earliest sedentary communities, and are trying to solve the …

Archeology

Humans were using fire in Europe 50,000 years earlier than previously thought

May 20, 2023May 20, 2023 - by cmedia

Human history is intimately entwined with the use and control of fire. However, working out when our relationship with fire began and how it subsequently evolved has been notoriously difficult, …

Archeology

Geochemical analyses of stone artifacts reveal long-distance voyaging among Pacific Islands during the last millennium, research

April 21, 2023April 21, 2023 - by cmedia

Polynesian peoples are renowned for their advanced sailing technology and for reaching the most remote islands on the planet centuries before the Europeans reached the Americas. Through swift eastward migrations …

Archeology

Researchers plan to use coral to unravel the history of the slave trade on St. Croix

April 18, 2023April 18, 2023 - by cmedia

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) will travel to St. Croix to analyze the coral reefs and hope to determine how …