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Analysis of over 1,700 avocado seeds at Honduras’ El Gigante Rockshelter determined that Indigenous peoples tended wild avocado trees 11,000 years ago and domesticated them 7,500 years ago.

archaeology.org/news/2025/03/13/scientists-investigate-origins-of-avocado-domestication-in-central-america/

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From left to right: The Archaeology of Hassanamesit Woods: The Sarah Burnee/Sarah Boston Farmstead, Military Households of Roman Auxiliary Commanders in Western Europe and North Africa: Latin inscriptions, Vindolanda letters, and praetorium archaeology, and Unveiling Female Social Power in Early Egypt (c. 3080–2180 BCE)

✨ Happy International Women's Day! ✨

We're honored to work with so many incredible female authors and archaeologists. These three must-read titles explore the past through a feminist lens, showcasing the vital role of women throughout history. 🏺

Study uncovers earliest evidence of pre-historic transport Scientists have found early evidence of transport technology used by the earliest known settlers in the USA, more than twenty thousand years ago.

www.bournemouth.ac.uk/news/2025-02...
A research team, led by Bournemouth University, discovered a series of drag-marks, likely to have been caused by makeshift vehicles made from wooden poles, alongside ancient human footprints at White Sands National Park, New Mexico.

The Vikings Norse Sagas and archaeological findings at L’Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland come together to reveal the history of the first European presence in Canada. J...

Our NEW #CitizenshipChallenge video launches today! Most people think that Europeans first landed in Canada in the 15th century, but the Norse actually arrived on these shores 500 years earlier! Learn about this intriguing history with our new Vikings video:

This professor once taught at Al-Azhar University in Gaza City. He returned to a campus in ruins | CBC News For the first time since the war began, Muhammad Juma Khattab returned to the campus to see what's left of it. In the piles of rubble, the professor finds burnt books, old transcripts and office furni...

www.cbc.ca/news/world/g...

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honey, youre irresistable

youre golden to me

i carex about you a bunch

Native prairie plant valentines for your friday

I originally made these for www.plantlovestories.com ages ago!

Communties need reliable sources of information and guidance to help support the sacred work of searching for missing children. The defunding of the NAC is a huge setback for the work.

Polar heritage sites are slipping into the sea – but can one island live forever online? On Qikiqtaruk, off Canada’s Yukon coast, scientists are wielding virtual-reality cameras, 3D models and digital archives to protect the island’s history and culture before it disappears

#Arctic #climateheritage🏺
“If anything happens to one building, they can easily replace it...But you can’t replace a culture and a history. If you let those die out, they’re next to impossible to bring back.”

SCIENCESHOTS What does a scientist look like? Children are drawing women more than ever before

When asked to draw a scientist, school-age kids in the United States are increasingly sketching women, according to a study from 2018.

Read more on #WomenInScienceDay: https://scim.ag/4hOUuvx

Yrjö Kukkapuro, renowned Finnish chair designer, dies aged 91 ‘Almost every Finn has sat on a chair he designed,’ his studio says, with his postmodern creations gracing galleries around the world

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign... #finnishdesign

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I have an obsidian sourcing paper that has been in a draft state since before Covid 😬 I need some reminders like this!

Lost cities of the Amazon: how science is revealing ancient garden towns hidden in the rainforest Archaeologists using 3D mapping are uncovering the remains of thousands of green metropolises with composted gardens, fisheries, and forests groomed into orchards

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
By the time Old World caravels dropped anchor off what would come to be known as South America, the habitat that Europeans had imagined to be a green blank page was in fact a hive of urban life.

"PAE raises fascinating questions about the overlap between research and activism, and provides examples of the ways that folks engaged in activism and the academic world do both at the same time." Joe Kadi reviews Political Activist Ethnography for @albertaviews.bsky.social.

Colin Renfrew obituary: archaeologist who shifted thinking on how societies evolve He brought cutting-edge methods to archaeological analysis, helping to reshape the field.

Obituary: Colin Renfrew (1937-2024) archaeologist who shifted thinking on how societies evolve

https://go.nature.com/42vQThz

Free Educational Resources & Academic Articles | Futurum Careers Inspiring teenagers and young people to pursue careers in STEMM and SHAPE fields with free articles and educational resources.

As 2025 gets going a quick reminder to #teachers, #educators and #students that we have an amazing library of free #STEM and #SHAPE resources available to support your learning www.futurumcareers.com

My puzzle for #nationalpuzzleday 🧩

homer simpson sits at a table with a box of gummy bears in front of him Alt: homer simpson sits at a table with a jigsaw puzzle in front of him. He is struggling to fit 2 pieces together (they do not fit) so he hits them until they fit together

Today, January 29th, is National Puzzle Day.

Happy National Puzzle Day, especially to all those dissectologist out there.

A fancy word - to casually drop into your conversations🙃🙂 - for someone who enjoys doing jigsaw puzzles! 🧩🧩

ME: *writing in my journal with the sole aim of pissing off future historians and archaeologists* I returned to my home - which is built in the usual style - by the normal way, and prepared and ate dinner in the way I often but not always do