While genetic tests can reveal the ancestry of enslaved individuals, strontium analysis can now home in on where they actually grew up.
Archaeologists have unearthed an “unusual” discovery in Ecuador — the mummified corpse of a pregnant woman who was seemingly ...
According to a Live Science report, bioarchaeologist Sara Juengst of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and her ...
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10th-century woman buried with weapons in Hungary is 1st of her kind, but researchers are hesitant to call her a warriorA woman buried with archery equipment in 10th-century Hungary is unusual but may not necessarily have been a warrior.
Researchers believe the young woman may have been sacrificed due to her fertility, possibly as a ritual offering to appease ...
The surprising artifact could be evidence of fertility rituals—or just one of history’s strangest good luck charms.
Science dioramas of yesteryear can highlight the biases of the time. Exhibit experts are reimagining, annotating — and sometimes mothballing — the scenes.
"Evaluating the possible 'occupation' of the individual is a complex problem," Balázs Tihanyi, a bioarchaeologist at the University of Szeged in Hungary and colleagues wrote in their study ...
"The placement of the artifacts suggests protection and special treatment for her and her fetus," said Sara Juengst, a bioarchaeologist at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, according ...
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