Archaeologists have made a surprising discovery in Maya cultural traditions: decorative jade dental inlays, a practice previously thought to be exclusive to adults, have now been found in the teeth of children. The study, recently published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, was based on three isolated teeth from the Pre-Hispanic skeletal collection of […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Archaeologists have unearthed what may be the first known infant burial ever found in a Roman military camp in Iberia, which provides valuable insight into the blending of life, law, and ritual activity within the Roman military. The study, published in Childhood in the Past and led by Marta Fernández-Viejo of León University and Burgos […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Excavations at the prominent mound of Uşaklı Höyük on the central Anatolian plateau have produced finds that may rewrite the known history of Hittite ritual life. In the eighteenth season of the Italian Archaeological Mission in Central Anatolia, led by University of Pisa professor Anacleto D’Agostino in partnership with Turkish and British scholars, researchers discovered […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine