Water-worn breccia cobble composed of angular to subangular chunks of white to light brown chalcedony in a tan chert matrix. #archaeology #rocks #geology

Medieval man with crippled knee reveals disability care in Sweden

A recent archaeological study in southern Sweden has revealed new insights into the medieval disability experience. The study by Lund University researchers has examined a skeleton belonging to a man who had a disabling knee injury, revealing both the harsh realities and the unexpected compassion that characterized medieval disability attitudes...

More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/05/medieval-man-with-crippled-knee-reveals-disability-care/

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The Hammond-Baton Rouge Brick Co. (1920-1979) used brick rubble to fill mudholes in their dirt roads leading from the brickyard to the many clay pits they mined. I don't consider them archeological sites since dozens exist. It makes more sense to designate the roads as sites. #Archaeology

Partially melted Hutchinson soda bottle from Site 16VN3743 with description & dating (Green 2015). #archaeology

Six centuries-old shipwrecks unearthed in Sweden reveal secrets of medieval maritime history

Archaeologists in southwest Sweden, in the coastal town of Varberg, have unearthed six historic shipwrecks near the original shoreline during an excavation connected to the construction of the Varberg Tunnel. The archaeological remains, dating from the Middle Ages to the 17th century...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/05/six-medieval-shipwrecks-unearthed-in-sweden/

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This is an interesting rock imagery panel. Ya, I know we're not suppose to "interpret" these images as no one knows what they meant to the person who drew them--& we should respect that--but, to the modern eye, some panels strongly suggest something. In this case, this sure looks like a map. Anyway, cool panel I stumbled upon while looking for something totally different in that canyon. You never know what you might find nosing around in the canyons of SE Utah.

Rare 1,500-year-old African-style figurines unearthed in southern Israel reveal ancient trade links

Archaeologists discovered a set of rare 1,500-year-old figurines in the Negev Desert of Israel that hold the promise of new insights into the religion and cultural diversity of early Christian communities...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/05/african-style-figurines-in-southern-israel/

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Distribution of Irene (ca. 1300-1550 CE) ceramic sherds by level in a portion of a tideland site in South Carolina. #ceramics #archaeology

Restored tin-glazed majolica plate of Pueblo Polychrome from San Joseph de Ocuya (8JE72), ca. 1600-1703, Jefferson Co., FL (Jones 1973, Plate 14). #Archaeology #ceramics

El Castillo, aka Temple of Kukulkan, at the Maya archaeological site of Chichen Itza (S.G. Morley 1913, Plate 1). #archaeology #Maya

Homo erectus in Java: 140,000-year-old fossils found in submerged river valley

A recent discovery in the seas off Java’s northeast, in the Madura Strait, is giving a previously unimaginable insight into the life of Homo erectus in the late Middle Pleistocene...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/05/homo-erectus-in-java-140000-year-old-fossils/

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The so-called Treverermännchen ('little man of the Treveri'), a charming Roman bronze figurine depicting a man wearing a short hooded cloak (cucullus). Gaiters are wrapped around his legs. It's unknown what the figure once held.
Found in AugustTreverorum/Trier, dating 3rd c. AD

On display at Landesmuseum Trier

#archaeology #RomanArchaeology

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Birds were nesting in the Arctic during age of dinosaurs, scientists discover https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/may/29/birds-were-nesting-in-the-arctic-during-age-of-dinosaurs-scientists-discover #Palaeontology #Archaeology #Dinosaurs #Evolution #Wildlife #Fossils #Zoology #Science #Animals #Arctic #Birds

**Ancient Mediterranean DNA confirms old truths: People contain multitudes**

“_Their analysis revealed something that seems counterintuitive: Despite the fact that Punic people originally came from the eastern Mediterranean, an area called the Levant, those who were living in Punic settlements several centuries later showed almost no trace of Levantine ancestry._”

https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-05-29/punic-study.

#Research #News #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Anthropology #Ancient #DNA #Levant @archaeodons @anthropology

**Lost Byzantine city resurfaces in S. Jordan: Ancient settlement of Tharais identified**

“_The town of Tharais, once featured on the renowned Madaba Mosaic Map, has been positively identified near the modern town of El-‘Iraq in the Karak Governorate, providing a new chapter in the archaeological and cultural history of the region._”

https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/a-lost-byzantine-city-resurfaces-in-southern-jordan-ancient-settlement-of-tharais-ide-3201738.

#Archaeology #Archaeodons #History #Histodons #Culture #Byzantinum #Jordan @archaeodons @histodons

Collector "Star" points in west Louisiana & east Texas are extensively resharpened Friley (ca. 700/800-1100/1200 CE) arrow points. Friley points are associated with Coles Creek sites & are found on Early Caddo (Alto phase) sites via trade. Grayscale image from Gunn & Brown 1982 Plate 9. #Archaeology

Nice structure under a decorative alcove with interesting mineral stains on the walls.

4,000-year-old cemeteries and rock art reveal forgotten ritual landscape of Morocco’s Tangier Peninsula

Archaeologists working in Morocco’s Tangier Peninsula have uncovered a lush and previously underappreciated prehistoric landscape filled with ancient cemeteries, rock art, and standing stones that together present a complex picture of ritual life in the area between 3000 and 500 BCE...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/05/forgotten-ritual-landscape-of-moroccos-tangier-peninsula/

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The series of #ancient rooms, the so-called grottoni, behind the Pantheon. #rome #archaeology #ancienthistory #romanhistory #ancientrome

A stunning find from Nijmegen: a #Roman rock crystal ring decorated with a crescent and stars inlaid with gold leaves, found in a woman's burial, dating 1st c. AD. The decoration had a meaning associated with death, the crescent and stars were symbols for eternity and afterlife. On display at Museum Het Valkhof

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