An old, flattened piece of limestone inscribed with a crisscross of grooves looks like the board for a game, but for nearly a century, no one knew how the game was played. Now, researchers have used ...

How eight middle schoolers and their coach turned a student challenge into a real-world rescue for researchers ...

Archaeology explores how humans have lived, worked, and interacted across history, uncovering the stories of past cultures. Students have the unique opportunity to learn with their hands and utilize ...

New analysis of a uniquely Inca recordkeeping device, known as a khipu, has changed archaeologists’ conception of the individuals who created and maintained them. These objects consist of a series of ...

West African archaeology can contribute to cross cultural studies, particularly to African American archaeology. Wesler offers examples of ethnographic analogies based on similar technologies, e.g.