Tracking the footsteps provides modern scientists a view into ancient life.

The weapons from a toolkit unearthed in Texas may be the earliest ever found in North America. Archaeologists in Texas have ...

In 2008, archaeologists working at Paisley Caves in central Oregon presented evidence, in the form of coprolites, or fossilized feces, of human occupation in the Americas dating back more than ...

The discovery provides tangible evidence of a British military presence in Florida during their brief occupation from 1763 to 1783.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Satellite images have led archaeologists to a new excavation site in Canada, yielding more clues to Norse settlements in North America. 5 min read This story appears in the November/December 2016 ...

Jenna Deep is an undergraduate at Dickinson College, double majoring in archaeology and history. Her historical interests ...

More than 2000 metres above sea level, on a grassy mountain plateau in eastern Uzbekistan, two archaeologists out for a stroll discovered something astonishing. This chilly, wild landscape was ...

EL GIGANTE, HONDURAS—Today, avocados are celebrated as a superfood and avocado farming is a global, multibillion-dollar industry. The fruits grow naturally over parts of Mexico, South America ...

This department provides continuous geographic coverage of ancient societies from the Plains of North America through the Southwest and Mesoamerica to the Intermediate Area. The native societies range ...

Modern ecological and geomorphological baselines along the Georgia coast of eastern North America are structured by 5000 years of Indigenous and Euro-American interactions with these environments ...