Carbon dating has shown that human coprolites from Oregon’s Paisley Caves are 14,500 years old, making them the earliest direct evidence of people in America. Fragments of stone tools that differ from Clovis tools have also been found in the caves. “It looks like you’ve got a separate group of people on the landscape, and […]

Archaeologists have unearthed artifacts, including a small bone flute, indicating that a temple found at the site of Selinunte  in Sicily was dedicated to Demeter, the goddess of grain and agriculture. A central colonnade and pottery decorated with grazing animals were also found. The temple dates to the sixth century B.C. David Peterson of Idaho […]