Submitted by TheDruid-3X3 on Thursday, 12 June 2025 (11 reads)
Natural PlacesMemorial Cairn dedicated to the Mistasiniy Buffalo Stone that is now submerged in Diefenbaker Lake which was created by the building of the Qu'Appelle & Gardiner Dams. Image submitted by TheDruid-3X3
Submitted by TheDruid-3X3 on Monday, 26 May 2025 (1659 reads)
Mesolithic, Palaeolithic and EarlierIn 1908, workers installing a utility tunnel near Hanlan’s Point on Toronto Island found up to 100 human footprints impressed in the clay lake bottom approximately 21 metres below the present surface of Lake Ontario. The foot impressions, some apparently wearing moccasins, would have been made by the early Indigenous inhabitants of what is now known as Toronto, dating to between 11,300 and 9,000 years ago. Image submitted by TheDruid-3X3
Submitted by bat400 on Sunday, 11 May 2025 (13255 reads)
MuseumsThe modern of village of Aztec, San Juan County, New Mexico, is the site of several closely spaced Ancestral Puebloan village “Great Houses” and smaller homesteads. Also ancient roads, temples and artifacts - the complex is considered to be a Chaco Canyon outlier. The park contains a visitor's center with museum and a multitude of archaeological sites, only a few of which are accessible to the public. Image submitted by stonetracker
Submitted by Harald_Platta on Sunday, 27 April 2025 (133 reads)
Roman, Greek and ClassicalThe Römerbrücke is a Roman bridge that crosses the Moselle River in Trier (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany). It is the oldest standing bridge north of the Alps. Image submitted by Creative Commons
Submitted by Andy B on Saturday, 19 April 2025 (823 reads)
Roman, Greek and ClassicalA discovery underneath the basement of an office block near Leadenhall Market has been described as one of the most important pieces of Roman history unearthed in the city of London. Archaeologists have found a substantial piece of the ancient city's first basilica - a 2,000 year old public building where major political, economic and administrative decisions were made. Image submitted by Dodomad
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Submitted by XIII on Friday, 28 March 2025 (1539 reads)
Mesolithic, Palaeolithic and EarlierIn 1965, a farmer dug up the lower jawbone of a mammoth while in the process of expanding his cellar. Further excavations revealed the presence of 4 huts, made up of a total of 149 mammoth bones. These dwellings, dating back some 15,000 years, were determined to have been shelters known to have been constructed by pre-historic man, usually attributed to Cro-Magnon. Also found on the site: a map inscribed onto a bone, presumably showing the area around the settlement remains of a "drum", made of a mammoth skull painted with a pattern of red ochre dots and lines amber ornaments and fossil shells. Image submitted by Creative Commons
Submitted by AKFisher on Monday, 24 March 2025 (1589 reads)
Pre-ColumbianVelda Mound (8LE44) is a Native American archaeological site located in northern Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida. The site was first occupied by peoples of the Fort Walton Culture (a regional variation of the Mississippian culture) in the late prehistoric period and during the protohistoric period was part of the extensive Apalachee Province of the panhandle. The site is now owned by the State of Florida and managed as a park. Image submitted by AKFisher
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Submitted by Bladup on Saturday, 22 March 2025 (56 reads)
Multi-periodPuscus hut circle was excavated by Pool and Russell in 1960 and 1961, They examined the interior of the hut and cut four radial sections across its walls. The walls are built of granite slabs and rubble and are 3ft 6in - 4ft (1.07m - 1.22m) thick. The present internal diameter of the hut varies between 13ft and 16ft (3.47m and 4.89m), but the excavators stress that the hut was probably originally built as a circular structure 13ft (3.97m) in diameter as the distortion may be caused by the collapse of one of the wall faces. Image submitted by Bladup
Submitted by Andy B on Tuesday, 18 March 2025 (665 reads)
Neolithic and Bronze AgeTim Daw writes: This is the site that Mike Parker Pearson's team has been, and will continue to, excavate. The three aligned rings appear to be aligned to the Mid Summer Solstitial Sunrise. In recent talks he has outlined that underneath the bronze age ditches there are older ones, and under the banks there are stone sockets. Intriguing, the publication of the results and analysis are eagerly awaited. Could it be the missing bluestone circle? Image submitted by Dodomad
Submitted by bat400 on Friday, 14 March 2025 (3748 reads)
Pre-ColumbianTransylvania may have had as many as twelve mounds that formed two plazas, with the largest mound shared by each plaza. Mapping in 2000 identified six remaining mounds. The tallest mound is 10m (34 feet) high, with the others that remain at 5.5m (18 ft), 2.7m (9 ft), 2m (6 1⁄2 ft) and the others less than thisl. 2m mound has a barn on top and was modified for the building. Other mounds are no longer visible because their smaller size may have made them more vulnerable to ploughing. Testing in the 1960s indicated that occupation began about AD 700–1200 (Coles Creek period), and ceramics recovered from the site date to AD 1200–1541 (Plaquemine/Mississippi period). A radiocarbon sample near one of the mounds dates to between AD 1048 and 1411. Image submitted by AKFisher
Submitted by bat400 on Sunday, 09 March 2025 (2865 reads)
Pre-ColumbianThis large and complex site on the edge of Maçon Ridge once may have contained as many as 13 mounds. Two large mounds (Md. B and Md. D) are clearly visible from the marker. Another very low mound (Md. C) is nearby, but it’s more difficult to recognize. Three other possible mounds are to the east; seven possible mounds to the west were leveled before their status could be determined. Image submitted by stonetracker
Submitted by AKFisher on Friday, 07 March 2025 (971 reads)
MuseumsLeeds City Museum, originally established in 1819, reopened in 2008 in Leeds, West Yorkshire. Housed in the former Mechanics' Institute built by Cuthbert Brodrick in Cookridge Street (now Millennium Square). One of nine sites in the Leeds Museums & Galleries group. Image submitted by AKFisher
Part of a Viking Age cross found during c19th rebuilding work in Leeds Minster. One of five examples of stone sculptures in Yorkshire that seem to show Wayland the Smith strapped into the ‘flying contrivance’ he used to escape King Níðuðr Read Article | Category: Other Photo Pages