Peter Damerow of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science examined beer-brewing technologies of the Sumerians. “Given our limited knowledge about the Sumerian brewing processes, we cannot say for sure whether their end product even contained alcohol,” he wrote in the Cuneiform Digital Library Journal. Damerow died late last year.

Officials from Georgia’s Department of Natural Resources are investigating the damage done to an Indian Mound in Manchester State Forest.

Scientists from Waikato University in New Zealand will analyze the tooth enamel from toi moko, or preserved human heads, in order to identify their origins. Once their homelands are located, the Maori heads can be reburied.

A stone foundation at a historic house in Maine dates to the seventeenth century, according to archaeologist Neill DePaoli. He wants to find out if the site was used as a defensive garrison during the Anglo-Indian conflicts of the 1700s.

This entry was posted by Jessica E. Saraceni on Friday, January 20, 2012. Discussion of this blog entry is now closed.

Comments posted here do not represent the views or policies of the Archaeological Institute of America.