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Experimental Archaeology: Testing the Past by Doing It
By replicating ancient tools, structures, and processes using period-appropriate materials and techniques, experimental archaeology generates testable hypotheses about how past people made and used things.
Machu Picchu: Architecture, Function, and the Inca World
Machu Picchu is the best-preserved Inca settlement in existence — but its function, its relationship to Inca royalty, and the story of its rediscovery are more complex than the popular narrative suggests.
Top 10 Archaeological Sites in Cyprus
From the Neolithic village of Khirokitia to the Roman mosaics of Paphos and the Bronze Age copper-working sites of the Troodos foothills, Cyprus preserves a uniquely layered archaeological record at the crossroads of the eastern Mediterranean.
Ethnoarchaeology: Learning About the Past from the Living Present
Ethnoarchaeology uses observations of living communities to generate and test hypotheses about how the material record is formed — a bridge between social anthropology and archaeological interpretation.
Read more →Top 10 Archaeological Sites in Croatia
Diocletian's Palace in Split, the amphitheatre at Pula, the early Christian mosaics of Poreč — Croatia preserves Roman and early medieval monuments of exceptional quality along its Adriatic coast.
Read more →Ethical Issues in Archaeology: The Dilemmas the Profession Faces
From the display of human remains to the destruction caused by development, from looting to the ethics of reconstruction, archaeology grapples with moral questions that have no simple answers.
Read more →Top 10 Archaeological Sites in Bulgaria
Thracian tombs, Roman cities, medieval fortresses, and prehistoric settlements — Bulgaria's archaeological record spans seven thousand years and remains dramatically undervisited.
Read more →Looting and Illicit Antiquities: Archaeology's Most Persistent Crisis
The illegal excavation, trade, and sale of antiquities destroys irreplaceable archaeological context and funds criminal networks — the scale of the problem, how it operates, and what can be done.
Read more →Easter Island and the Moai: Archaeology of a Remote World
Rapa Nui's stone statues are among the most recognisable objects in the world — archaeology has now established when they were carved, how they were moved, and what the society that made them was actually like.
Read more →Top 10 Archaeological Sites in Romania
Sarmizegetusa Regia, Histria, the Dacian fortress system of the Orastie Mountains, and the Roman province of Dacia — Romania's archaeological landscape documents one of antiquity's most famous conflicts and its aftermath.
Read more →Ancient DNA Analysis: How Genetics Is Rewriting Prehistory
Since 2010, advances in ancient DNA extraction and sequencing have revolutionised archaeology's understanding of population movements, admixture events, and the genetic heritage of past peoples.
Read more →Top 10 Archaeological Sites in Germany
From the Roman city of Trier and the Nebra sky disk to the Neanderthal cave sites of the Neander Valley and the Bronze Age salt mines of Hallstatt-influenced Bavaria, Germany's archaeological landscape is richer than most visitors realise.
Read more →Ground-Penetrating Radar in Archaeology: Seeing Below the Surface
Ground-penetrating radar allows archaeologists to detect and map buried structures without excavation — here is how it works, where it has made transformative discoveries, and what its limits are.
Read more →Dendrochronology and Tree-Ring Dating: Reading Time in Wood
Tree-ring dating is archaeology's most precise chronometric tool, capable of dating wooden objects and structures to the exact calendar year — here is how it works and where it has changed our understanding of the past.
Read more →Top 10 Archaeological Sites in France
From the Paleolithic painted caves of the Dordogne to the Gallo-Roman theatre at Orange and the megalithic alignments of Carnac, France has one of the densest and most varied archaeological landscapes in the world.
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