CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Society for American Archaeology (SAA) is an international membership organization founded in 1934 to advance research and training in ...

An after-hours event at the Museum of the American Revolution next month will explore the thousands of 18th century ceramics, pottery, glassware and animal bone fragments found under the museum site. ...

In total, archaeologist Robert Madden observed 659 sets of Native American dice from 57 archaeological sites across 12 different states. Native Americans were making dice and using probabilty theory ...

Dean R. Snow is Professor Emeritus and former Head of the Department of Anthropology at The Pennsylvania State University, USA. His archaeological research interests are in Iroquoian and Algonquian ...

Before the California Gold Rush in the late 1840s, there were perhaps 50 native Chinese people in the United States. Just a few decades later, there were more than 100,000, and seemingly every city, ...

Visitors gather at the Forbush Creek archaeological site in Yadkin County, N.C., 1957. Human remains collected from the site remain in the collection at UNC-CH's Research Laboratories of Archeology, ...

Paving roads in the Amazon rainforest often causes deforestation that threatens the people who live there. But for scientists ...

Recent archaeological discoveries across North America are challenging our understanding of the continent’s prehistoric past. From the arid Southwest to the coastal regions, these finds reveal a rich ...

Rachel Feltman: Archaeology can reveal shocking similarities between modern-day humans and our most distant, ancient ancestors. But it just as often allows us awe-inspiring glimpses into feats our ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - As America prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, Colonial Williamsburg is highlighting both its historic roots and future expansion. What we know Williamsburg, Virginia — ...

Mike Wolfe, star of the hit History Channel series American Pickers, has reopened his beloved Nashville antique store, Antique Archaeology, following a temporary closure caused by a gas leak. The ...