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10/01/2024

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/01/science/viking-burials-denmark-scli-intl?fbclid=IwY2xjawFpIP1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHRFUpwSO7sEiRWVY3TtiheueoZAG0SZCxLD7JxPXlUWy3Dd9BIBCCn2iLg_aem_WHuosHZ472TuKQ0qCuobmw

Archaeologists in Denmark have unearthed more than 50 “exceptionally well preserved” skeletons in a large Viking-era burial ground in the east of the country.

06/06/2024

The rich history of the mountaintop began long before Thomas Jefferson named it Monticello. Indigenous people have lived in this area for millennia and Monticello is located within the ancestral homeland of the Monacan.

The Monacan Indian Nation, a federally recognized sovereign tribe, continue to call Central Virginia their home, and our collaborations with them allow us to better understand this area. This past weekend, Monticello staff were honored to attend the 31st annual Monacan Indian Nation Powwow, pictured here.

Ongoing archaeological investigation at Monticello confirms the presence of Indigenous people through the centuries. As we excavate, we learn more about how the ancestral Monacan seasonally hunted in the area and traveled through on their way to nearby larger towns, like Monasukapanough, which was located about five miles north of present-day Charlottesville. We share these findings with Monacan Tribal Leadership, and include information on tours, in our exhibits, and online about the Monacan and other Indigenous peoples and their interactions with Jefferson and the early United States. These histories of conflict and perseverance demonstrate the strength and resilience of Native American people and their varied cultures.

The Jefferson Library at Monticello is also home to the Jeffrey L. Hantman Archive of Monacan Archaeology, History, and Culture, a publicly accessible digital archive of resources.

Check it out: bit.ly/4bNJ8Ff

Learn more about the Monacan Nation from their site, www.monacannation.com.

Archaeology at Monticello | DAACS

10/12/2023

theconversation.com/the-story-of-ohios-ancient-native-complex-and-its-long-journey-for-recognition-as-a-world-heritage-site-213838?fbclid=IwAR32KmO4uLonjiVUQLSI1i23TjcOYXO279gR1R7gZPqlH6dIMYDeXRqeNP4

An Indigenous sacred site, Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks has served as a military barracks, a fairground and, more recently, a golf course.

10/08/2023

09/25/2023

https://www.newsandsentinel.com/news/community-news/2023/08/grave-concerns-survey-aims-to-identify-map-burial-sites-in-mariettas-mound-cemetery/

MARIETTA — Surveys of Mound Cemetery are underway using technology that paints a picture of what’s below the surface without turning any dirt. “That machine measures the Earth’s magnetic field,” said Jarrod Burks, director of archaeological geophysics for Ohio Valley Archaeology Inc., in b...

09/25/2023

https://wvmetronews.com/2023/07/13/wvsu-students-uncovering-hundreds-of-artifacts-following-archeological-dig-at-historic-hale-house/

A celebration was held Thursday at the home to commemorate the work the field school team has done to uncover more of the history surrounding it and the early salt industry that characterized the region at the time

09/15/2023

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/524-2309/digs/11643-digs-discoveries-montana-rock-art

New research has shown that human figures painted in red on a rock art panel in central Montana depict individuals engaged in a life-or-death encounter during an especially fraught historical moment. Archaeologists had previously thought the scene showed a figure carrying a shield and possibly an at...

09/01/2023

Archaeology at Jamestown has long history, beginning as early as 1897 when Preservation Virginia co-founder Mary Jeffery Galt "dug with her own hands" inside the ruins of Jamestown's church. There were also excavations in the 1930s and 40s conducted by the National Park Service and the Civilian Conservation Corp, not to mention archaeology begun by the Jamestown Rediscovery Project in 1994! This long history means our team often does archaeology of archaeology.

This summer, while excavating a borrow pit near the Pitch & Tar Swamp, the team exposed the surface of a trench excavated by NPS archaeologist J.C. Harrington in the 1930s, seen in this photo. Over the course of our dig, we referenced Harrington's hand-written and hand-drawn records to better understand the area. This is why record-keeping is so important! Today, our records include an immense amount of photos, 3-D photogrammetry, and geo-referenced mapping. When we fill in a unit, we lay down landscaping fabric to mark the furthest point of excavation, so that future archaeologists know where we stopped. Archaeology is a lot more than digging!

09/01/2023

https://katu.com/news/local/university-of-oregon-archeologists-say-new-evidence-suggests-oregon-may-be-north-americas-oldest-human-occupation-site?fbclid=IwAR2ML3I7B5dhw543NZVgZBJ79xqdawTki1gyiXadtr0ak-lGU_DC10NymbY

Patrick O'Grady and other archaeologists at the University of Oregon have discovered new evidence suggesting that Oregon could be North America's oldest site of

05/15/2023

On May 14th, 1607, three ships anchored in the deep waters of the James River and their passengers, 104 men and boys plus crewmembers, stepped onto a swampy, unoccupied peninsula “in Paspiha’s [Paspehegh] country.” (George Percy) Their goals were to find gold and a water route to the Pacific Ocean. The settlers did not succeed at either, but they set in motion the events that changed their world, the world of Indigenous people in North America, and helped to build the foundations of America.

Only one artifact (out of over 4 million excavated over 29 years) actually has Jamestown on it - a shipping tag from the bottom of a well dating to 1611-17. This tag is also the first indication of the colony as an address and hints at the booming export and import business that would arise out of the to***co trade. In 2007, in honor of Jamestown’s 400th anniversary, the tag flew aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station. Mission specialist Patrick Forrester returned the tag to Jamestown on September 6, 2007, after a trip that covered 5,809,363 nautical miles!

Interested in learning more about Jamestown? Explore the complex history of this place on our website at historicjamestowne.org.

01/24/2023

Close to 50 amulets were found on the body of a 2,300-year-old teenage mummy kept in the Cairo Egyptian Museum.

07/18/2022

https://www.livescience.com/aphrodite-and-dionysus-statues

The gods were lovers, so it's fitting their statues were close.