"Bioarchaeology, Activism and Social Justice – Equitable and Sustainable Global Futures" est paru en 2026 aux éditions Springer. Il est édité par Siân E. Halcrow (University of Otago et Durham Univ...

Since the beginning of excavations at Göbeklitepe, a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPN) site in southeastern Türkiye, fragmented human bones have been recovered from the fill of the special (monumental) buil...

by Archaeologists Against Apartheid The European Association of Archaeologists’ annual conference will take place between 26–29 August 2026 in Athens. Despite our call for boycott, as well as…

Archaeology and cultural heritage work have fully entered the digital age. Today, researchers rely on tools like 3D scanners, a variety of GIS software, and Lidar equipped drones to document the past ...

This review explores how and why we weaponize the past, underscoring how all parties to a conflict might manipulate antiquity, its materialities, and its meanings. The decision to destroy or preserve ...

Discovery in Siberia suggests bacterium from raw marmots devastated hunter-gatherer tribes about 5,500 years ago

Despite advancing discussions to move beyond sex and gender binaries in human skeletal biology, including in forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology, such binaries largely persist in praxis and pedag...

This paper critically examines the ethical and epistemological challenges surrounding the treatment of non-skeletal human remains, specifically dental calculus and coprolites, in archaeological res...

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany - This study presents new phytolith evidence from 18 sediment samples at the Pre-Pottery Neolithic site of Beisamoun in the Hula Valley, northern Israel,...

Skeletons and artefacts unearthed from the site near Cardiff Airport are baffling archaeologists.

The Neolithic of Southwest Asia (c. 10,000–5,200 BCE) is associated with increasing residential stability alongside resource domestication processes. Yet, th...

Hybrid lecture by Prof. Pierre Tallet | Director of the Institut français d’archéologie orientale (Ifao)

Recent events during the Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists* have generated profound discontent and distrust toward the current Executive Board among members of the associati...

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Witnesses describe explosion, flames and smoke plumes as airstrike transforms peaceful scene at al-Baqa into a horror

This volume brings together perspectives from different parts of the world that showcase the wide variety of practices, institutions, and ideologies that allowed for shared identities and coordinated ...

Recent advances in archaeogenomics have granted access to previously unavailable biological information with the potential to further our understanding of past social dynamics at a range of scales. Ho...

West Anatolia has been a crucial yet elusive element in the Neolithic expansion from the Fertile Crescent to Europe. In this work, we describe the changing genetic and cultural landscapes of early Hol...

Combining 131 paleogenomes with bioarchaeological and archaeological data, we studied social organization and gendered practices in Çatalhöyük East Mound (7100 to 5950 BCE), a major Neolithic settleme...

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Author summary A multimethod approach in paleoparasitology, combining microscopy, ELISA and aDNA, provides a more complete reconstruction of past parasite diversity. Applying this multimethod approach...

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The Brazilian photographer has died at 81, leaving behind a career filled with striking images taken around the world. ‘Through the lens of his camera, Sebastião tirelessly fought for a more just, hum...

Police make chance find of sculpture that adorned Doors singer’s Paris grave until its 1988 disappearance

Remains recovered from beneath a Milan hospital shed light on health, diet, and drug habits during the 1600s

The narrative of ancient tribes around the world regularly using ayahuasca and magic mushrooms in healing practices is a popular one. Is it true?