PinnedSandee OsterinTeatime HistoryDid Ancient Zoroastrians Build Rock-Cut Structures in Madagascar?Research suggests that the Madagascan site of Teniky may have been built by a community of ZoroastriansSep 2312Sep 2312
PinnedSandee OsterinTeatime HistoryDid Stone Age Scandinavians Use Skin Boats to Travel?New research suggests skin boats rather than log canoes were the preferred mode of transport for Neolithic Nordic people.Sep 911Sep 911
Sandee OsterinTeatime HistorySnail Remains Reveal A 7700-Year-Old Culinary Tradition in North AfricaShell remains from Tunisia with epiphragms tell us how generations may have passed down a culinary tradition2d ago102d ago10
Sandee OsterinTeatime HistoryTextiles Reveal the Ancient Moche Culture Continued Long After Its DeclineThe Andean civilization lasted longer than previously believedOct 28Oct 28
Sandee OsterinTeatime HistoryAmericas Oldest Colonial Tombstone Belonged to a Knight and Came from BelgiumNew research discovers the oldest tombstone in America was imported from Belgium to Jamestown during the 17th-centurySep 18Sep 18
Sandee OsterinTeatime HistoryHow the Olmec Elite Used Art to Legitimize Their RuleThe Olmec elite integrated rock art aesthetics and rituals into their sculptures to justify their political powerSep 155Sep 155
Sandee OsterinTeatime HistoryPottery Reveals the Unwritten History of Slavery in Cayman IslandsArchaeology tells us the story of the Cayman Islands’ enslaved past through Afro-Caribbean ceramicsSep 41Sep 41
Sandee OsterinTeatime HistoryCoca was used in Europe Two Centuries Before Official RecordsToxicological Analysis Reveals Early Coca Use in 17th-Century MilanSep 32Sep 32
Sandee OsterinTeatime HistoryThe Iron and Viking Age Mortuary Houses of NorwayThe discovery of three mortuary houses provides insight into how the living interacted with the dead during the Iron and Viking AgeAug 235Aug 235
Sandee OsterinTeatime HistoryTree Resin Provides the Earliest Evidence of Humans Arriving in the PacificNew research reveals ancient tree resin artefacts, the earliest evidence of when and where humans may have dispersed into the Pacific.Aug 184Aug 184