News February 7, 2025
Historic Hair Sample in Scotland Tested for Vitamin D Levels
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News February 7, 2025
18th-Century College Dining Hall Excavated in North Carolina
![Archaeologists excavate at the site of Steward's Hall on the UNC Chapel Hill campus, Chapel Hill, North Carolina](https://archaeology.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/News-20250207-UNC-Dining-Hall-Excavation.jpg)
Mary Beth Fitts
News February 7, 2025
Scientists Discover Oldest Evidence of Lead Pollution
![Sediment cores sampled from the Aegean Sea](https://archaeology.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/News-20250207-Greece-Aegean-Sediment-Cores.jpeg)
© Bertil Mächtle
News February 6, 2025
Genetic Study May Track Spread of Indo-European Languages
![Yamnaya grave at Tsatsa, North Caspian Steppe](https://archaeology.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/News-20250306-Caspian-Steppe-Yamnaya-Grave.jpg)
University of Vienna
News February 6, 2025
Copper Age Fortress Discovered in Spain
![Pugio](https://archaeology.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/News-20250206-Spain-Pugio.jpg)
Tera S.L.
News February 6, 2025
High-Tech Tools Used to Examine Ancient Scroll From Herculaneum
![Herculaneum scroll in the collection of the Bodleian Libraries](https://archaeology.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/News-20250206-Herculaneum-Bodleian-Scroll.jpg)
Bodleian Libraries
News February 5, 2025
How Many People Lived in North America Before the Arrival of Europeans?
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News February 5, 2025
New Dates for the Occupation of Western Canada
![Pre-contact Indigenous site near Sturgeon Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada](https://archaeology.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/News-20250205-Canada-Sturgeon-Lake-Site.jpg)
Sturgeon Lake First Nation
News February 5, 2025
Possible Early Medieval Cult Site Excavated in The Netherlands
![Artist's impression of the Hezingen cult site in The Netherlands](https://archaeology.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/News-20250205-Netherlands-Hezingen-Site-Reconstruction.jpg)
Image by Mikko Kriek
News February 4, 2025
Genetic Study Tracks Domesticated Sheep
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