Mezhyrich

Submitted by XIII on Friday, 28 March 2025   (1132 reads)

Mezhyrich

Mesolithic, Palaeolithic and EarlierIn 1965, a farmer dug up the lower jawbone of a mammoth while in the process of expanding his cellar. Further excavations revealed the presence of 4 huts, made up of a total of 149 mammoth bones. These dwellings, dating back some 15,000 years, were determined to have been shelters known to have been constructed by pre-historic man, usually attributed to Cro-Magnon. Also found on the site: a map inscribed onto a bone, presumably showing the area around the settlement remains of a "drum", made of a mammoth skull painted with a pattern of red ochre dots and lines amber ornaments and fossil shells.
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Velda Mound

Submitted by AKFisher on Monday, 24 March 2025   (1315 reads)

Velda Mound

Pre-ColumbianVelda Mound (8LE44) is a Native American archaeological site located in northern Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida. The site was first occupied by peoples of the Fort Walton Culture (a regional variation of the Mississippian culture) in the late prehistoric period and during the protohistoric period was part of the extensive Apalachee Province of the panhandle. The site is now owned by the State of Florida and managed as a park.
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The Southeast Archaeological Center, home to more than eight million artifacts in nearby Tallahassee could be closing its doors soon due to President Trump’s recent federal spending cuts, more in the comments
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Puscus Hut

Submitted by Bladup on Saturday, 22 March 2025   (40 reads)

Puscus Hut

Multi-periodPuscus hut circle was excavated by Pool and Russell in 1960 and 1961, They examined the interior of the hut and cut four radial sections across its walls. The walls are built of granite slabs and rubble and are 3ft 6in - 4ft (1.07m - 1.22m) thick. The present internal diameter of the hut varies between 13ft and 16ft (3.47m and 4.89m), but the excavators stress that the hut was probably originally built as a circular structure 13ft (3.97m) in diameter as the distortion may be caused by the collapse of one of the wall faces.
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Ffynnongroes or Crosswell Barrow Cemetery

Submitted by Andy B on Tuesday, 18 March 2025   (581 reads)

Ffynnongroes or Crosswell Barrow Cemetery

Neolithic and Bronze AgeTim Daw writes: This is the site that Mike Parker Pearson's team has been, and will continue to, excavate. The three aligned rings appear to be aligned to the Mid Summer Solstitial Sunrise. In recent talks he has outlined that underneath the bronze age ditches there are older ones, and under the banks there are stone sockets. Intriguing, the publication of the results and analysis are eagerly awaited. Could it be the missing bluestone circle?
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Transylvania Mound

Submitted by bat400 on Friday, 14 March 2025   (3680 reads)

Transylvania Mound

Pre-ColumbianTransylvania may have had as many as twelve mounds that formed two plazas, with the largest mound shared by each plaza. Mapping in 2000 identified six remaining mounds. The tallest mound is 10m (34 feet) high, with the others that remain at 5.5m (18 ft), 2.7m (9 ft), 2m (6 1⁄2 ft) and the others less than thisl. 2m mound has a barn on top and was modified for the building. Other mounds are no longer visible because their smaller size may have made them more vulnerable to ploughing. Testing in the 1960s indicated that occupation began about AD 700–1200 (Coles Creek period), and ceramics recovered from the site date to AD 1200–1541 (Plaquemine/Mississippi period). A radiocarbon sample near one of the mounds dates to between AD 1048 and 1411.
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Insley Mounds

Submitted by bat400 on Sunday, 09 March 2025   (2820 reads)

Insley Mounds

Pre-ColumbianThis large and complex site on the edge of Maçon Ridge once may have contained as many as 13 mounds. Two large mounds (Md. B and Md. D) are clearly visible from the marker. Another very low mound (Md. C) is nearby, but it’s more difficult to recognize. Three other possible mounds are to the east; seven possible mounds to the west were leveled before their status could be determined.
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Leeds City Museum

Submitted by AKFisher on Friday, 07 March 2025   (620 reads)

Leeds City Museum

MuseumsLeeds City Museum, originally established in 1819, reopened in 2008 in Leeds, West Yorkshire. Housed in the former Mechanics' Institute built by Cuthbert Brodrick in Cookridge Street (now Millennium Square). One of nine sites in the Leeds Museums & Galleries group.
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Part of a Viking Age cross found during c19th rebuilding work in Leeds Minster. One of five examples of stone sculptures in Yorkshire that seem to show Wayland the Smith strapped into the ‘flying contrivance’ he used to escape King Níðuðr
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Spurness Early Bronze Age settlement

Submitted by Andy B on Wednesday, 19 February 2025   (1638 reads)

Spurness Early Bronze Age settlement

Neolithic and Bronze AgeAn Early Bronze Age structure in Spurness, excavated in 2018 and planned to be re-opened this August. The dig confirmed “double house” architecture as well as several other interesting elements. Dr Hugo Anderson-Whymark has created a 3D model showing the Bronze Age structures excavated in 2018, see the comments for details.
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St Hilda's Church (Sherburn)

Submitted by AKFisher on Monday, 17 February 2025   (812 reads)

St Hilda's Church (Sherburn)

Multi-periodThe history of the Church of St Hilda stretches back to Norman times, as shown by the tower and nave, plus there are some fragments of Saxon sculpture and medieval glass. It was extensively restored in the last century and the completion of the work was celebrated by the erection of a memorial cross in the village.
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The only surviving stone in England showing the face of Wayland the Smith. He is strapped into his flying device with his hands grasping on to a female figure who has her waist wedged into the beak of a headpiece that the Flying Smith is wearing. 3D model by Roger Lang, University of Durham
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Durham Cathedral Museum

Submitted by AKFisher on Friday, 14 February 2025   (552 reads)

Durham Cathedral Museum

MuseumsDurham Cathedral Museum is spread out over three rooms, each with unique displays from the cathedral’s historic collections. Today, inside the church are pre-Norman items, including three of the early 10th century hogback tombstones with flanking sitting bears, and two crosses.
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Roger Lang, a Research Student in the Department of Archaeology at Durham has uploaded 3D models of all the Brompton Hogbacks & cross shaft fragments, around half of which are in Durham Cathedral Museum, more details in the comments on our page
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Cana Henge

Submitted by Bladup on Monday, 27 January 2025   (13810 reads)

Cana Henge

Neolithic and Bronze AgeThe late afternoon sunlight in this photo reveals the slight outline of this henge near the city of Ripon, North Yorkshire. Not visible on the ground but a decent view over to the Dales and North York Moors, but there would probably have been tree cover in the Neolithic. With thanks to Yorkshire Archaeological Aerial Mapping for the use of the images and Bladup for uploading them.
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Kurd Qaburstan

Submitted by Andy B on Thursday, 23 January 2025   (497 reads)

Kurd Qaburstan

Neolithic and Bronze AgeKurd Qaburstan is considered one of the most important archaeological sites in the region. The site is strategically located between the Upper and Lower Zab rivers, a single-period site dating to the early 2nd millennium BC. Kurd Qaburstan has been proposed as the location of the ancient city of Qabra.
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Ancient artefacts unearthed in Iraq shed light on the hidden history of Mesopotamia - evidence that Kurd Qaburstan could be the ancient city of Qabra, mentioned in Babylonian inscriptions.
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Tremper

Submitted by bat400 on Saturday, 21 December 2024   (2983 reads)

Tremper

Pre-ColumbianThe remains of a burial mound and enclosure in Scioto County, Ohio. Forms the northern extent of the large Hopewell Culture Portsmouth earthworks and is one of the few remaining visible portions of that complex at the confluence of the Scioto and Ohio rivers.
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Recent preservation improvements funded by the Arc of Appalachia nonprofit organisation, more in the comments
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Bric Pinarella

Submitted by AKFisher on Tuesday, 03 December 2024   (165 reads)

Bric Pinarella

Neolithic and Bronze AgeBrought to the attention of the local scientific community in the 1960s, the Bric Pinarella standing stone site was first published as described in a 2006 paper presented at the conference of the Italian Society of Archaeoastronomy. The site, located in Finale Ligure, in the province of Savona, Italy at a height of 359m, is a mysterious megalithic monument steeped in history and local folklore.
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L'Anse Amour Burial Mound

Submitted by AKFisher on Sunday, 01 December 2024   (1066 reads)

L'Anse Amour Burial Mound

Multi-periodL'Anse Amour, a small coastal community in Labrador, Canada, is home to one of the most significant archaeological sites in North America. This site holds a burial mound dating back approximately 7,500 years, associated with the Maritime Archaic culture. The Maritime Archaic boy, discovered in the L'Anse Amour burial mound in Labrador, Canada, with excavation completed in 1974, provides a fascinating glimpse into the lives and practices of the Maritime Archaic culture, which thrived along the Atlantic coast of North America around 7,500 to 3,000 years ago.
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