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The Old Vero Ice Age Sites Committee announced the discovery of a possible "human living surface" at least 12,000 years old during the 2014 excavation season. [11] Excavations continued into 2015 at the site, with finds including 14,000 year-old charred bones from both a dire wolf and a horse, possibly from a hearth . [ 12 ]
The Manis Mastodon site is a 2-acre (1 ha) archaeological site on the Olympic Peninsula near Sequim, Washington, United States, discovered in 1977.During the 1977-78 [2] excavation, the remains of an American mastodon were recovered with a 13,800-year-old projectile point [3] made of the bone from a different mastodon embedded in its rib.
Here are nine of some of the most significant archaeological discoveries in history that changed what humans know about our origins and culture through time. Pompeii and Herculaneum gave a glimpse ...
The discovery, they say, may be the most significant in a series of archaeological finds made at the mouth of the Miami River in the past 25 years that include the Miami Circle National Historic ...
It was the largest city in North America in the 12th century. [19] 1150–1350: Ancestral Pueblo people are in their Pueblo III Period; 1200: Construction begins on the Grand Village of the Natchez near Natchez, Mississippi. This ceremonial center for the Natchez people is occupied and built upon until the early 17th century. [20]
Read more below: 1) DEAD SEA SCROLLS. Beginning in 1947, one of the most important discoveries of the 20th Century occurred along the steep cliffs and desert caverns, which are located near the ...
The discovery of permanent residences and items which could not be easily transported at the site suggests that it was a large permanent village. [7] Excavations at the site have also yielded a variety of stone tools, which were used for various purposes and also indicate long-term habitation of the site. [ 5 ]