Sentences with phrase «found at an archaeological site»

The signatures are added to a database which, when large enough, can be used to determine the geographic origin of material found at an archaeological site.

DNA found at archaeological sites reveals that the origins of our domestic cat are in the Near East and ancient Egypt.

Remains of food found at archaeological sites may be a misleading indicator of diet, because some things are more perishable than others.

Researchers reporting in the journal Geoarchaeology discovered that the interior of the container, which was found at an archaeological site on southern Baffin Island, contains fragments of bronze as well as small spherules of glass that form when rock is heated to high temperatures.

«Remains of barley (Hordeum vulgare) grains found at archaeological sites in the Fertile Crescent (in the near east which spans present day Israel, northern Syria, Southern Turkey, eastern Iraq and western Iran) indicate that about 10,000 years ago the crop was domesticated there from its wild relative «Hordeum spontaneum».

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For example, one vessel found at an Olmec archaeological site on the Gulf Coast of Veracruz, Mexico, dates chocolate's preparation by pre-Olmec peoples as early as 1750 BCE.

The baccatum species, familiarly termed «ají» throughout South America, originated either in Bolivia or in Peru and, according to archaeological evidence, was probably domesticated in Peru about 2,500 B.C. Extensive baccatum material found at the Huaca Prieta archaeological site in Peru shows that the species was gradually improved by the pre-Incan civilizations.

Roel Lauwerier from the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands corroborated Lenders» archival findings with data from archaeological sites at which fish bones were uncovered.

They discovered at an archaeological site in Armenia that these types of tools already existed there between 325,000 and 335,000 years ago, suggesting that local populations developed them out of a more basic type of technology, known as biface, which was also found at the site.

These six teeth belonging to Homo erectus were found in the mid-twentieth century at the Middle Pleistocene archaeological site of Zhoukoudian (Beijing).

At archaeological sites across Europe, the remains of our species are associated with an array of sophisticated artefacts not found at Neanderthal sites, including projectile weapons, cave paintings and sculptureAt archaeological sites across Europe, the remains of our species are associated with an array of sophisticated artefacts not found at Neanderthal sites, including projectile weapons, cave paintings and sculptureat Neanderthal sites, including projectile weapons, cave paintings and sculptures.

People have found stone tools at archaeological sites, and they have found bones lying close by, but McPherron points out that no one ever finds a million - year - old hand still holding a tool.

The archaeological site at La Ferrassie, excavated throughout the 20th century, is a mythical enclave because it was where 7 Neanderthal skeletons, ranging from foetuses to almost complete skeletons of adults, were found.

The archaeological project has brought to light many other significant finds during the 2016 summer season, and work at the site will be resumed next year.

The researchers, led by Dr Andrew Wilson, an expert in perception, action and embodied cognition at Leeds Beckett, alongside Associate Professor Qin Zhu from the University of Wyoming, Professor Lawrence Barham and Professor Ian Stanistreet from the University of Liverpool, and Professor Geoffrey Bingham from Indiana University, analysed a sample of 55 spheroids (ball - shaped stone objects found in African archaeological sites) from the Cave of Hearths in the Makapan Valley in South Africa.

Teeth, on the other hand, are hard and strong enough to survive through the ages, and they are often found at paleontological and archaeological sites.

WRITTEN IN BONE DNA from a 37,000 - year - old skeleton found at the Kostenki archaeological site in Russia supports recent findings and offers new ones about the history of human evolution.

Once they used clusters of dates to track patterns of population growth and decline at archaeological sites in Europe, they calibrated their method by studying patterns in the types and dates of pollen found at the sites, which reflect when farmers cleared land of trees to grow crops.

The team found that the infant most likely died between 42,300 and 45,600 years ago, and an evaluation of the site's archaeological levels suggested that it was very unlikely that any Neandertals survived at the cave later than 39,000 years ago.

To clarify this point, researchers at EURAC compared Ötzi's mitochondrial DNA and Y chromosome with available data from numerous ancient samples found at 14 different archaeological sites throughout Europe.

Researchers digging at the Cerutti Mastodon site, an archaeological site from the early late Pleistocene epoch near San Diego, California, found animal...

This study is one of the first in its kind and we hope will point to the importance of coprolites as important cultural markers and thus any archaeological dig should include the search and preservation of any coprolites found at the sites.

That, at least, is what Florida Atlantic University scientists hope to prove by analyzing ancient DNA found at an archaeological dig in Vero Beach... Fossil Site on the Charles Deering Estate in south Miami - Dade County.

Cairo has been less - heavily touristed since the political revolutionary movements of the past decade, which means that bold travelers can find some of the best hotel bargains in the world right here, not to mention shorter lines at the city's exquisite museums and amazing archaeological sites.

And finally there's a behind - the - scenes look at the history of the Western Wall and a tour of the Core Excavation site revealing unique archaeological findings from several periods of Jerusalem's 3,000 years of existence.

From our elevated vantage point at the museum, our guide dryly pointed out that a school was supposed to have been built there, but the inconvenience of finding an invaluable archaeological site forced city planners to relocate the new school's location further up the road.

But it's well worth it: at the top, you'll find the ruins of Ancient Thira — a must - see archaeological site — as well as attention - grabbing panoramas over the neighboring land and sea.

Ancient Mayan ruins can be found today spanning across country, like the ones at the archaeological site of Tazumal, slightly West of Santa Ana.

Large - scale archaeological excavations were in full swing at pre-Columbian sites like Monte Albán and Mitla in Oaxaca, and Josef and Anni took it all in with tremendous interest, exploring the ancient architecture and documenting their findings, as well as acquiring beloved pieces from marketplaces and merchants.

Gabriel Kuri's latest show at this gallery is an archaeological site for contemporary society: Found objects, domestic appliances, plastic bins, trash bags, and broken objects punctuate the space like remnants of an apocalyptic past.

Scientists matched symbols from the carvings, at the Göbekli Tepe archaeological site, to star formations to find out what time period to which the images were referring.