Hacker News with Generative AI: Archeology

Ancient genomes provide final word in Indo-European linguistic origins (phys.org)
A team of 91 researchers—including famed geneticist Eske Willerslev at the Lundbeck Foundation GeoGenetics Center, University of Copenhagen—has discovered a Bronze Age genetic divergence connected to eastern and western Mediterranean Indo-European language speakers.

Genetics, Linguistics, History, Archeology

65 points by Brajeshwar 23 days ago | 16 comments

Oldest US firearm unearthed in Arizona, a bronze cannon linked to Coronado (phys.org)
Independent researchers in Arizona have unearthed a bronze cannon linked to the Vázquez de Coronado expedition, making it the oldest firearm ever found in the continental United States.

Archeology, History, United States, Firearms

67 points by pseudolus 53 days ago | 35 comments

Researcher finds lost city in Mexico jungle by accident (bbc.com)
A huge Maya city has been discovered centuries after it disappeared under jungle canopy in Mexico.

Archeology, Mexico, Maya Civilization, History

10 points by wood_spirit 81 days ago | 0 comments

Early science and stone engineering in Menga, a Neolithic dolmen (science.org)

Archeology, Neolithic, Science, History

28 points by PaulHoule 135 days ago | 1 comments

To kill mammoths in the Ice Age, people used planted pikes, not throwing spears (phys.org)

Prehistory, Archeology, Ice Age, Paleontology, Hunting

69 points by pseudolus 149 days ago | 54 comments

Stonehenge megalith came from Scotland, not Wales, study finds (theguardian.com)

Archeology, History, Scotland, Wales

14 points by bookofjoe 156 days ago | 1 comments

Over 900 artifacts recovered from Ming dynasty shipwreck (mymodernmet.com)