Archaeology – the name conjures up images of someone carefully sifting the sands for traces of the past and then meticulously putting those relics in a museum. But today’s archaeology is not just ...

Dean R. Snow is Professor Emeritus and former Head of the Department of Anthropology at The Pennsylvania State University, USA. His archaeological research interests are in Iroquoian and Algonquian ...

Archaeologists excavating a Spanish stone-and-adobe structure in Arizona uncovered a 480-year-old gun. Experts believe the ...

History is dynamic, and every discovery fills a gap in knowledge of how and why things are the way they are. It's not static; rather, it's a dynamic area of study that can change with every new ...

From the rediscovery of the “Lost Golden City” in Egypt to North America’s oldest footprints, 2021 reshaped our understanding ...

In a cave near Portland, Missouri, archaeologists are digging into the sandstone to look for clothing and tools made 8,000 ...

Since 1935 American Antiquity has published original papers on the archaeology of the New World and on archaeological method, theory, and practice worldwide. Beginning in 1990, most papers on the ...

Regional archaeologies have exerted variable influence on the course of development of American archaeology as a whole. The role of southeastern archaeology is explored here. While physical ...

Suburban architecture, and the commercial highway strips that endlessly feature it, are rarely the subjects of praise. “Ticky-tacky,” “junkitecture,” and, of course, “geography of nowhere,” come to ...

A new 3-D model of a portable sundial found near Pompeii is helping researchers understand how to operate the "pork clock." ...

IN default of any statement to the contrary, it is to be assumed that “Contributions to American Archæology” is to serve as a medium of publication for results of the activities of the Carnegie ...

Keith Kintigh serves, uncompensated, on the Board of Directors of the Center for Digital Antiquity. Archaeology – the name conjures up images of someone carefully sifting the sands for traces of the ...