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

Discovering Maya cities used to involve bushwhacking through the jungle, schlepping gear and sidestepping snakes. And over ...

This was one of our most exciting days out in the field! We found some truly remarkable Native American artifacts, including ...

The Smithsonian's Biggest Secret In 1886, mining engineer John T. Reid was told the Paiute legend of a giant people defeated by the natives near Lovelock, Nevada. The last of the giants met their ...

Brazilian researchers are using laser technology to unearth a lost Portuguese colony and challenge long-held beliefs about ...

I wanted students to just see an archaeologist. Someone who looked like them. Someone from D.C.,” Dr. Jones said.

The Archaeological Institute of America bestows on Greek Professor Dimitirs Plantzos one of its highest honors.

Studying preserved footprints in New Mexico continues to provide insight into the first human movements in North America. A research team believes the footprints are more than 23,000 years old ...

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 ...

Snorri, the son of Thorfinn and his wife, Gudrid, is thought to be the first European baby born in North America. Thorfinn and his band found their promised riches—game, fish, timber and pasture ...

open image in gallery This image provided by the City of St. Augustine Archaeology Program shows City of St. Augustine Archaeology Program volunteers, from left, Don Roberts, Janet Fittipaldi ...