Paleolithic Neanderthal workshop found in Poland
A site in the Zwoleńka Valley in Mazovia is revealing new insights into Neanderthal life in central Poland. Archaeologists have found a 70,000-year-old Neanderthal workshop used to maintain and repair tools used for skinning large animals such as mammoths, horses, and rhinos.
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Naming geographical location shapes blame for historical atrocities, study finds
The way violent historical events are geographically described can significantly influence public perceptions of responsibility, according to new research.
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Polish researchers resume archaeological work in Ethiopia’s historic Tigray region
After a years-long hiatus, scientists from the University of Warsaw have resumed archaeological and ethnographic research in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, an area considered the cradle of the Ethiopian state.
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Megalithic tombs dating back 5,500 years identified in Greater Poland
A cluster of megalithic tombs dating back 5,500 years has been discovered in the General Dezydery Chłapowski Landscape Park in Greater Poland, marking the latest find of so-called "Polish pyramids" associated with the Funnelbeaker culture.
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Scientists: Women had dominant role in community inhabiting Neolithic settlement Çatalhöyük
Women held a dominant social role in the Neolithic community of Çatalhöyük, according to new research published in Science.
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Sudan/Salt lake and hundreds of new sites. Polish researchers reveal history of Bayuda desert
Polish researchers working in the Bayuda desert in Sudan discovered a salty palaeolake, from which the rare mineral natron was extracted. Natron was used, among other things, for mummifying bodies, producing glass and ceramics. As a result of many years of work, the researchers identified over 1.2 thousand new archaeological sites, including over 400 in the Polish National Science Centre project.
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Polish archaeologists in Peru discover cemetery of victims of brutal invasion from centuries ago
Archaeologists from the University of Wrocław working in southern Peru discovered a cemetery with the remains of 24 people, mainly women and children. The wounds the deceased suffered indicate that they died as a result of an invasion that took place almost ten centuries ago.
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Food in Old Dongola: Sorghum, wheat and barley were basic ingredients of local diet
The presence of significant amounts of sorghum, wheat and barley grains suggests that they were the basic source of carbohydrates for the inhabitants of Old Dongola and the basic ingredients of the local diet during the Funj period, research by the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw has shown.
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Analyses of Lake Lednica bottom sediments speak about beginnings of Piast state
Scientists have examined the bottom sediments from Lake Lednica (Wielkopolska). The data they have obtained allow to draw conclusions about historical changes in the landscape and the development of the Piast state, including deforestation, popularisation of grain cultivation, development of settlements. The paper on the origins of the Piast state was published in PNAS.
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Research on Bornholm's oldest cemetery points to island's key role in Iron Age
Scientists have analysed finds from the Store Frigård cemetery on Bornholm, including such as women's 'Scandinavian belts' and spearheads, common in the region. They indicate that the local community played a key role in transregional contacts and the distribution of goods and people across the Baltic Sea in the Iron Age.
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