Chocolate in Ancient U.S. Pottery? What the DNA Revealed
Cacao DNA reported from Etowah pottery adds a clue to plant movement into the Mississippian world. An evidence-first look at ambiguous caffeine markers,...
Short-form archaeology investigations focused on real sites, real artifacts, and cautious interpretation.
Follow the evidence across three distinct investigation lanes.
Recent investigations, summarized with the evidence up front.
Cacao DNA reported from Etowah pottery adds a clue to plant movement into the Mississippian world. An evidence-first look at ambiguous caffeine markers,...
CT imaging revealed Anna-anna's Old Assyrian letter about a silver dispute without breaking its clay envelope. An investigation of preserved seals, specialist...
Rock-varnish microlamination proposes a conservative minimum age of roughly 6,500–7,300 years for Arizona's Las Playas Intaglio. An investigation of the three...
Butchered remains of seven horses and a western camel at Wally's Beach document human activity around 13,300 calibrated years ago. An evidence-first look at the...
Start with the orientation page, then follow an arc to see how the evidence accumulates.