The young woman is believed to have been part of the Manteño people, who lived along the Ecuadorian coast and survived by ...

The Revolutionary War artifacts tell the story of what General Cornwallis tried to destroy forever—but couldn’t erase.

Experts believe they may have finally solved the centuries-old mystery of America's lost Roanoke colony through hidden ...

THE first part of the second volume of the Transactions of the University of Pennsylvania's Department of Archaeology, Free Museum of Science and Art (it is a pity that this cumbrous title cannot ...

Uncovering the history of a building or commercial strip is like a mix of archaeology and detective ... Addison Del Mastro is assistant editor of The American Conservative. He tweets at @ad ...

In 1886, mining engineer John T. Reid was told the Paiute legend of a giant people defeated by the natives near Lovelock, Nevada. The last of the giants met their fiery end deep within the bowels of a ...

The archaeology of Asia, Africa, and the Americas encompasses a rich tapestry of human history, revealing how ancient populations adapted to their environments and evolved over time. Recent ...

Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas, is perhaps the United States’ most consistently prolific archaeological site. This year researchers have analyzed four ...

Now, a widely reported, large-scale study by an international multidisciplinary team suggests that they do not have much—if any—indigenous American ancestry. According to this analysis ...