Across North America, archaeologists are rewriting what I thought I knew about the continent’s past, uncovering sites that ...

Introduction: The stuff of histories and cultures / Lu Ann De Cunzo -- PART 1. CULTURES IN CONTACT: MELTING POTS OR NOT? / Lu Ann De Cunzo -- Spaniards and Native Americans at the missions of La ...

Poverty Point, a 3,500-year-old earthen mound, is a well-researched UNESCO World Heritage Site, but a pair of studies ...

New evidence suggests Poverty Point’s monumental mounds were created not by a ruling elite, but by egalitarian groups drawn together by shared ritual purpose. Some 3,500 years ago, hunter-gatherer ...

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 ...

According to a Penn Museum press release, the exhibition explores Indigenous perspectives by incorporating first-person ...

Archaeology reveals that a millennium ago, North America was home to thriving urban centres as large and sophisticated as ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

TUCSON, ARIZONA—According to a statement released by the University of Arizona, human footprints found in New Mexico’s White Sands National Park have been dated to 23,000 years ago. Jeff Pigati and ...