A team of astronomers has reconstructed the 12-billion-year evolutionary history of a giant spiral galaxy, marking a major ...

The research, led by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian, shows how researchers can study the past of ...

By reading the chemical “fingerprints” of a distant galaxy, astronomers reconstructed its 12-billion-year evolution. This new ...

When thinking of archaeology, you likely conjure up images of pyramids, ancient relics, and a dusty mummy or two; but, what about astronauts and space stations? On November 27 th, the Australian ...

A group of scientists are studying the Cyclades, an island group in Greece's Aegean Sea, looking for signs of early human activity. They are using technology such as laser scanning and magnetometry, ...

The ability to visually represent artefacts, whether inorganics like stone, ceramic and metal, or organics such as bone and plant material, has always been of great importance to the field of ...

This course provides an introduction to the multidisciplinary field of modern archaeology. Through this course, students will be introduced to the history, theories, methods, and broader social ...

Archaeology@Conn is a comprehensive framework that trains undergraduates in archaeological methods, ethics, theory, and practice, all within the tradition of the liberal arts. This framework includes ...

Artisanal interpretation of ceramics from the Bronze Age shows that a nine-year-old child could be a highly skilled artisan. This was one of the discoveries presented in a new thesis that explores how ...