A large, 1,000-year-old market center has been uncovered in eastern Missouri. Archaeologists want to know how the site, where they have found ornate pottery, copper ear spools, stone tools, and beads, in addition to traces of buildings, hearths, and food remains, was connected to Cahokia Mounds in Illinois. Pig Point, Maryland, could be the most […]

Scientists from Australian National University have studied 3,000-year-old burials of young children at An Son, in southern Vietnam. “The burial of a new born baby without any associated grave goods and positioned within discarded kitchen material may suggest high levels of infant mortality, as well as a reduced emotional investment in very young children that […]