Thanks to @AlainQueffelec our community-maintained list of diamond open access (free to read, free to publish) #archaeology journals now has more than 80 entries:
https://diamond.open-archaeo.info/
So if you're an archaeologist and you're still putting your work behind paywalls or paying outrageous APCs to corporate publishers, you can't say it's because you don't have options!
I have written about graves of the 1st millennium AD, a time known to palaeontologists as "now", where there were the expected bones but also #fossils of extinct sea urchins deposited as grave furnishings. That distinction is important to an archaeologist.
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Being an archaeologist, I'm always confused when palaeontologists talk about all animal remains as "fossils". I use that word strictly for things that are stuck in sedimentary rock, where often no original substance remains. A mammoth bone found in gravel is not a fossil. It's a bone.
You'll occasionally hear them saying "sub-fossil". It means "not a fossil, still an actual bone".
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**Spectacular Find in the Ancient City of Nineveh**
“_Archeologists from Heidelberg University discover major portions of a large-scale relief with depictions of Assyrian deities_”
https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/en/newsroom/spectacular-find-in-the-ancient-city-of-nineveh.
#Ancient #History #Archaeology #Arcaheodons #News @archaeodons
#archaeology #medieval #Belgium #technology
An archaeological dig has revealed fascinating information about medieval life including motherhood and brothels. The extraction of DNA has revealed that a baby whose skeleton was found was being breastfed which challenges the idea that babies born in brothels were abandoned. The baby was also found buried in a shroud near the hearth- showing that the medieval belief that the soul would be comforted by the home fire.https://www.medievalists.net/2025/05/medieval-brothel-baby-motherhood/
Ancient wooden spears found in Germany may have been wielded by Neanderthals, a new study suggests.
Things used in everyday life are the real archaeological treasures! This sewing #needle was made from animal bone some 13,000 years ago! Some designs are timeless, achieving a perfect balance of form and function from their inception. Length: 5.6cm.
LMW Stuttgart
Towering stone walls and breathtaking views Sacsayhuamán is one of the most impressive Inca sites in Cusco. Its massive stones fit together so perfectly that not even a blade of grass fits between them. A true marvel of ancient engineering.
Source:https://orangenationperu.com/
#Sacsayhuaman #Cusco #IncaArchitecture #PeruTravel #Archaeology
**Viking pregnancy was deeply political – new study**
https://theconversation.com/viking-pregnancy-was-deeply-political-new-study-254738.
#History #Histodons #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Vikings #Women @histodons @archaeodons
Shell tempering was invented in the "land-locked" portion of the country near Cahokia, IL, by what is now called the Mississippian culture. The shell used was bivalve freshwater mollusks. Mollusks were seen as dwelling in the Below World & rivers/lakes held special cosmologic significance. Also, freshwater shellfish were used inland for food & there were a lot of old shell middens, excellent sources of temper & the old shells broke up easier. 1/ #Archaeology #ceramics
#927 L.R. Moir (ed) - Old Cornwall, Vol VI, No 11. Federation of Old Cornwall Societies, Autumn 1972.
Ancient DNA confirms Picuris Pueblo’s ancestral link to Chaco Canyon
In a milestone study published in Nature on April 30, northern New Mexico’s Picuris Pueblo has, for the first time, led a genetic study confirming their ancestral connection to the famous Chaco Canyon — a monumental site central to Pueblo culture...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/05/dna-confirms-picuris-pueblos-link-to-chaco-canyon/
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An #ancient bust of the #Egyptian Pharaoh Amenemhet III. It was already some 1800 years old when taken to #rome in the first century. Located in the Iseum it was later moved to the Pantheon. #archaeology #ancientrome #romanhistory #ancientrome #ancientegypt
Spektakulärer Fund in der antiken Stadt Ninive: Archäologen der Universität Heidelberg entdecken große Teile eines großformatigen Reliefs mit Darstellungen assyrischer Gottheiten https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/de/newsroom/spektakulaerer-fund-in-der-antiken-stadt-ninive
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Spectacular Find in the Ancient City of Nineveh: Archeologists from Heidelberg University discover major portions of a large-scale relief with depictions of Assyrian deities
https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/en/newsroom/spectacular-find-in-the-ancient-city-of-nineveh
#universitat #heidelberg #uniheidelberg #Archaeology #archaologie
Viking pregnancy was deeply political, new study indicates https://phys.org/news/2025-05-viking-pregnancy-deeply-political.html #Archaeology
A nearly 6,000-year-old stone axe in an antler sleeve and a wooden handle, found in the #Neolithic lake-dwelling at Hornstaad-Hörnle at Lake Constance. The sleeve absorbed energy from the blow.
Dating 3918-3902 BC
Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg
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Inside the world’s largest archeology museum - the Grand Egyptian Museum in pictures
'Featuring pharaohs and sustainable design, the $1bn museum in Giza, Egypt, is finally opening after years of delays'
#photography #archaeology #Egypt #Egyptology #museums
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2025/may/12/grand-egyptian-museum-pictures
Just outside Palmela, on a rocky ridge above fields of wildflowers, lie some of Portugal’s most extraordinary Neolithic tombs: the rock-cut caves of Quinta do Anjo.
Carved by hand into solid rock over 5,000 years ago, these ancient burial chambers still echo with mystery and reverence.
#TombTuesday #Neolithic #AncientHistory #Megaliths #Archaeology #CulturalHeritage
