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The presence of pig bones in a refuse dump from Islamic Iberia can tell you a lot about who was doing the eating back then.
Plus, what the study of 700-year old garbage is revealing about who lived in Islamic Andalusia. Listen to episode 20 of The Conversation Weekly.
Archaeologists have long argued over when and how people first domesticated horses. A decade ago, new techniques appeared to have provided answers – but further discoveries change the story again.
This newly discovered species is the oldest one known to resemble today’s penguins in both size and leg proportions, unlike its giant co-habitants at the time.
Scientists have worked out a new way to scan beneath the ground for footprints – and it’s revealing traces of an ancient world.
Armed conflict in Syria has been a disaster for the area’s cultural heritage. A displaced archaeologist describes what’s being lost.
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Investigador Postdoctoral, Universidad de Granada
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Professor of Environmental and Geographical Sciences, Bournemouth University; University of Reading
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Curator of Archaeobotany and Archaeogenomics, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
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