Ivory doesn’t hold up as well against weathering as bone, making it a less suitable material for toolmaking, researchers said. It also breaks into smaller pieces, making it harder to use with any deal ...

Hand-carved arrowheads and jagged spears made of obsidian, a sharp rock formed by volcanic magma, are remnants of vast ...

Bone tools have been created by hominins for millions of years, with the earliest evidence for the manufacture of ...

Glacial archaeologists have recently discovered the second prehistoric ski of a pair of skis at Digervarden, a mountain in ...

Obsidian does not naturally occur in Alberta where the artifacts are being unearthed at Early Prehistoric archaeological ...

Archaeologist Colin Ferriman travels around Wyoming and the region searching for historic artifacts at project sites for ...

Discovery in China of tools called Quina scrapers suggests the people of East Asia were as inventive and flexible with ...

Tools were once thought to have arisen out of Africa and Europe, then spread eastward. New findings challenge that assumption ...

Hand-carved arrowheads and jagged spears made of obsidian, a sharp rock formed by volcanic magma, are remnants of vast prehistoric trade networks that once cut across western North America.

Looking to take an underground adventure in the state of Missouri? There are many wonderful caves you can visit, depending on ...

On Saturday, April 5th, 2025, the Indiana Archaeological Society will host the 24th Annual Peru Relic Show at the Miami County 4-H Fairgrounds, located at 1079 W. 200 N., Peru, ...

Around 300 workers at the iconic SoCal institutions will join AFSCME as part of a voluntary recognition agreement with ...