A archaeological survey of an island near Kodiak has discovered new Alaska Native village sites, including one believed to be the island's oldest. Shuyak Island is one of several located in the Kodiak ...
A forgotten sliver of land in the far north of the Persian Gulf, Kuwait’s Failaka Island is home now mostly to camels. Its only town is a sprawling ruin pockmarked with bullet holes and debris from ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Waves driven by rising seas could reach Ahu Tongariki -- the largest restored group of moai statues on Easter Island -- in less ...
In a study published in the Journal of Coastal and Island Archaeology, Dr. Thomas Leppard and his colleagues, John Cherry and Atholl Anderson, evaluate the evidence for pre-European long-distance ...
Archaeologists uncover a 1,500-year-old stepped reservoir on Elephanta Island, revealing ancient maritime trade and advanced ...
The war in Ukraine has touched all aspects of life in that country, including the nation's archaeological sites. Now a team of maritime experts are racing to try to save an 18th century shipwreck ...
Introduction: crossing the Caribbean divide : integrating anthropological analyses in the study of pre-Columbian cultures / Scott M. Fitzpatrick and Ann H. Ross -- Island shores and "long pauses" / ...
Introduction / Christopher S. Jazwa and Jennifer E. Perry -- The ecological, environmental, and cultural contexts for island archaeology / Christopher S. Jazwa and Jennifer E. Perry -- Points in space ...
“I should be Poseidon,” a new collection of pictures and prose, seamlessly blends in with the first floor of Rhode Island Hall. Curated by Yannis Hamilakis, professor of classics, and his ...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — At first, the Norwegian man thought his metal detector reacted to chocolate money buried in the soil. It turned out to be nine pendants, three rings and 10 gold pearls ...
Sept. 5 (UPI) --Rising sea levels could flood more than 50 archaeological sites on Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, by 2080 -- including the iconic Ahu Tongariki, according to a new study from the ...