Research identifies the earliest bone weapon in the Americas
The bone fragments were embedded in a mastodon rib found during excavations at the Manis site in north-west Washington in 1977-1979.
megafauna
Ice Age mammoth bones and Neanderthal tools found in Swindon
The find has been dubbed the ‘biggest mammoth discovery for a generation’
On the tracks of the earliest Americans
Archaeologists working in New Mexico, USA, have discovered a set of human footprints that date to thousands of years before people were thought to have arrived in the region.
Cloggs Cave: a temporary hunting camp or secluded retreat and source of magical supplies?
How do we interpret archaeological sites? Excavations conducted 50 years ago at Cloggs Cave, in south-eastern Australia, revealed what seemed to be a temporary hunting camp. Fresh research, though, points to this cavity having been used as a secluded place of magic and danger, accessed only by a few powerful individuals. Russell Mullett and Bruno David told Current World Archaeology's Matthew Symonds what has changed.
Art in the Amazon
Hundreds of thousands of vibrant images painted on rock faces in the Serranía La Lindosa in the Colombian Amazon.