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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Prehistoric Meteorite 'Shrines' in Arizona May Be Linked, Says Archaeo-Astronomer

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Two twelfth-century settlements a hundred kilometers apart in Arizona were apparently built by discrete cultures, but they have at least one...
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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Nevada Petroglyphs Are the Oldest in North America, Study Finds

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Inscrutable symbols etched on a limestone boulder in western Nevada -- herringbone patterns, series of pits, and chain-like links -- are the...
Monday, August 12, 2013

'Impressive' Pueblo Great House, Dozens of Ruins Found in Petrified Forest National Park

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FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA — A fuller picture of Arizona's past is starting to emerge from the desert north of Petrified Forest National Park, a...
Monday, August 5, 2013

Infamous Mass Grave of Young Women in Ancient City of Cahokia Also Holds Men, Study Suggests

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The scene, discovered by archaeologists in Illinois more than 40 years ago, depicts one of the most extravagant acts of violence ever docume...
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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

15,500-Year-Old Mammoth Bones and Hunting Tools Found "Close Together" in Kansas

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The bones of an Ice Age mammoth have been discovered on the Kansas plains, just steps away from where ancient hunters left evidence of havin...
Tuesday, July 30, 2013

First Japanese-American Labor Camp From World War II Unearthed in Idaho

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A strange and bitter layer of history has returned to the surface in northern Idaho, where archaeologists have excavated the first World War...
Monday, July 29, 2013

Dome-Headed Dinosaurs Fought Skull-Cracking, Head-Butting Battles, Fossils Show

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Offering a rare insight into specific -- if somewhat self-destructive -- dinosaur behavior, paleontologists say they think they've final...
Friday, July 19, 2013

New Bull-Horned, Big-Nosed Ceratops Unearthed in Utah

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In what's shaping up to be the Summer of the Ceratopsid, paleontologists announced Wednesday that they had discovered yet another new sp...