Archaeologists in Germany have found evidence that contradicts long-held views about the colors available to Europe’s Paleolithic populations. In Mühlheim-Dietesheim, researchers have discovered traces of azurite—the vivid blue mineral pigment—on a stone artifact dating back approximately 13,000 years. The find is the oldest known use of blue pigment in Europe and sheds new light on […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Archaeologists have uncovered a rare and remarkably preserved collection of stone tools, dating to around 30,000 years ago, at the Paleolithic site of Milovice IV in the Czech Republic. The collection, discovered during excavations carried out in 2021, consists of 29 blades and bladelets that were apparently collected together with care, most likely in a […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Seville University researchers have set a milestone in archaeological documentation with the creation of an accurate three-dimensional model of La Pileta Cave, in Benaoján, Málaga. It was declared a National Monument as early as 1924, but the cave has been famous for years as one of Europe’s largest prehistoric art collections. Its walls bear thousands […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
'Oddly shaped head' left in Italian cave 12,500 years ago is Europe's oldest known case of cranial modification, study finds| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Ochre tools from Blombos Cave reveal early Homo sapiens used pigment for advanced stone toolmaking 70,000–90,000 years ago.| Archaeology News Online Magazine
A 42,000-year-old mammoth ivory boomerang from Obłazowa Cave, Poland, rewrites the origins of boomerangs and symbolic tools in human history.| Archaeology News Online Magazine
