Science News for Kids » archaeology http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Thu, 23 May 2013 17:00:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 American cannibals http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/05/skull-fragment-from-jamestown-settlement-suggests-starving-colonists-may-have-eaten-one-of-their-own/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/05/skull-fragment-from-jamestown-settlement-suggests-starving-colonists-may-have-eaten-one-of-their-own/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 16:47:04 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=16940 Artists and scientists worked together to create this sculpture that shows what Jane, a colonial American, might have looked like. A study of the teen’s remains indicates she was cannibalized after she died. Credit: StudioEIS, Don Hurlbert/Smithsonian

Skull fragment suggests starving colonists may have eaten one of their own ]]> Artists and scientists worked together to create this sculpture that shows what Jane, a colonial American, might have looked like. A study of the teen’s remains indicates she was cannibalized after she died. Credit: StudioEIS, Don Hurlbert/Smithsonian

Skull fragment suggests starving colonists may have eaten one of their own ]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/05/skull-fragment-from-jamestown-settlement-suggests-starving-colonists-may-have-eaten-one-of-their-own/feed/ 0 Building Stonehenge http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/09/new-study-of-ancient-crops-may-identify-the-laborers-behind-britains-most-famous-stone-monument/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/09/new-study-of-ancient-crops-may-identify-the-laborers-behind-britains-most-famous-stone-monument/#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:25:21 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=14287 Stonehenge may have been built by animal herders, not farmers, according to a new study. Credit: Matthew Brennan

A new study of ancient crops may identify the laborers behind Britain’s most famous stone monument]]> Stonehenge may have been built by animal herders, not farmers, according to a new study. Credit: Matthew Brennan

A new study of ancient crops may identify the laborers behind Britain’s most famous stone monument]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/09/new-study-of-ancient-crops-may-identify-the-laborers-behind-britains-most-famous-stone-monument/feed/ 0 World’s oldest pots http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/07/ice-age-people-made-cookware-long-before-the-rise-of-farming/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/07/ice-age-people-made-cookware-long-before-the-rise-of-farming/#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2012 16:18:37 +0000 Erin Wayman http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=13205 One of many 20,000-year-old pottery fragments found in a Chinese cave. Credit: Science/AAAS

Ice age people made cookware long before the rise of farming]]> One of many 20,000-year-old pottery fragments found in a Chinese cave. Credit: Science/AAAS

Ice age people made cookware long before the rise of farming]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/07/ice-age-people-made-cookware-long-before-the-rise-of-farming/feed/ 0