In a very special mid-week release, Anna and Amber take a look at the handful of rad archaeological discoveries that happened in 2018 that they're resolving to learn more about in 2019. From that juicy sarcophagus in Alexandria, to the bajillion newly detected Maya structures in Guatemala, to the itty bitty bones of the newest addition to our hominin family tree, there's so much research coming our way!
To learn more about what we want to learn more about, check out:
The 10 Biggest Archaeology Stories of 2018 (LiveScience)
Mysterious sarcophagus opened in Alexandria (CNN)
Ancient Infant's DNA Reveals New Clues to How the Americas Were Peopled (The Atlantic)
Fermented beverage and food storage in 13,000 y-old stone mortars at Raqefet Cave, Israel: Investigating Natufian ritual feasting (Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports)
Scientists Stunned by a Neanderthal Hybrid Discovered in a Siberian Cave (The Atlantic)
Terminal Pleistocene Alaskan genome reveals first founding population of Native Americans (Nature)
Adam Rutherford’s A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived on Amazon, available at your local independent bookstore!
Ancient lowland Maya complexity as revealed by airborne laser scanning of northern Guatemala (Science)
Iron Age Teenagers (Archaeology)
The Dare Stones (Brenau University)
Is This Inscribed Stone a Notorious Forgery—or the Answer to America’s Oldest Mystery? (National Geographic)
Etzanoa Conservancy
'Miracle' Excavation of 'Little Foot' Skeleton Reveals Mysterious Human Relative (LiveScience)
A multiscale stratigraphic investigation of the context of StW 573 Little Foot and Member 2, Sterkfontein Caves, South Africa (bioRXiv)
A multispectral imaging approach integrated into the study of Late Antique textiles from Egypt (PLOSOne)
