In a press announcement by the Alutiiq Museum, archaeologists have uncovered fragments of ancient weavings during excavations of an ancestral sod house on Kodiak Island, Alaska.

When you think of animation, do you think of modern technology and computers? What if we showed you an animation dating back 14,000 years?

Discovered in 1868 in France's Laugerie-Basse rock shelter, this tiny (only 3.1 cm) bone disc is like a prehistoric 'gif'!

There is a mountain goat drawing on both sides of the disc and a hole in the middle. When you quickly turn the disc, it creates an optical illusion as if the goat is moving, due to the perfect proportions of the drawings and the alignment of the ridge lines.

Here is a primitive but impressive predecessor of modern animation.

Buried in a partial foetal position and surrounded by flower pollen, the discovery of Shanidar 4 – a Neanderthal skeleton unearthed in 1960 – prompted a dramatic reappraisal of our ancient cousins.

However, recent excavations next to where Solecki discovered the Shanidar 4 remains are prompting a rethink of this hypothesis.

Bees may be source of pollen near remains but evidence still suggests bodies were buried with care.

“Roman glass cup from the Himlingøje burial site in Denmark, from 2nd and 3rd century, found in graves of a rich or princely family. [Cups like this one] are so well-preserved that finders have used them mistakenly as vases for flowers, without realizing that they were ancient productions.”

https://en.natmus.dk/historical-knowledge/denmark/prehistoric-period-until-1050-ad/the-early-iron-age/a-princely-dynasty-at-stevns/

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[This video contains a clear analysis based on current archaeological research and offers several useful information about the archaeological sites discussed, and disproof a pesudoscientific theory.]

In this video, we begin our deep dive into the wonderful and imaginative world of Graham Hancock, journalist, sociologist, pseudoscientist, and pyramid enthusiast. In his most recent documentary series on Netflix, Hancock postulates the existence of an ancient lost civilization that dominated the world at the end of the last ice age. Throughout this series I will be taking a balanced look at this claim, weighing each piece of evidence presented, in an attempt to determine whether or not there is sufficient evidence for it.

Source, Miniminuteman - 21 year old environmental science and archaeology student

A well-preserved example of a caliga – a #Roman soldiers' leather shoe with hobnails hammered into the leather sole, providing a good traction both in dirt and on rough surfaces. However, on smooth surfaces such as pavement, they were quite slippery. Found in Mainz, dating 1st c. AD

Photo: Musée d'Archéologie nationale et domaine national de Saint-Germain-en-Laye

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On the Channel Islands, archaeologists draw lessons in sustainability from historic Chumash fishing practices.

Prehistoric #baby bottles: marvellous feeding vessels in the shape of #animals from Vösendorf and Oberleis, Austria, dating 1200-800 BC. Baby bottles in the shape of animals are common in late Bronze and early Iron Age Europe.

Photo: Wien Museum

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