Climate change is burying archaeological sites under tons of sand

Desertification can wear down ancient ruins or hide them under dunes—leaving researchers scrambling to keep track of where they’re buried.
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🏺An ~8,300-years-old piece of pottery from the Mongolian Plateau.

It was found at Baiyinchanghan, one of the first sedentary sites in the region. The improving climate made long-term settlements viable: (from 2021,🆓) buff.ly/3Dmw5Ml

There is currently a race against time to capture the ancient artwork found in the boabs’ bark before these magnificent heritage trees perish.

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Frances M. Hayashida, Andrés Troncoso & Diego Salazar's (ed.) 'Rethinking the Inka: community, landscape and empire in the southern Andes' is a 'wide-ranging but well focussed' exploration of the southern part of the Inka Empire.

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Long-Lost Sunken Town Shows How The Maya Civilization Ran On Salt

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🌊 China's cultural heritage is at risk from climate change, with over 2,000 coastal sites less than 5 metres above sea level, vulnerable to rising oceans.

📷: Sites at risk from sea-level rise; from one of the year's most popular papers (🆓) buff.ly/3Iwg3iN

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Ancient megaliths look plain today, but in Spain some once had bright artwork. #MegalithicMonday

📷: The surviving art from Forno dos Mouros, a burial chamber painted ~5,000-years-ago: (from 2005 £) buff.ly/34pnoj7

This is a Roman-style ring recovered from the 2,000-year-old Aksumite town of Beta Samati in Ethiopia, revealing the long-distance interactions between the two important states: (from 2019 🆓) buff.ly/361CWXB

Happy birthday to #trowelblazer Diana Kirkbride-Halbaek (1915 - 1997), who carried out excavations across the Near East and became the director of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq. She was still planning excavations at the time of her death.
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Archaeologists dig up 1,400-year-old Native American canal in Alabama

The nearly mile-long structure allowed inhabitants to paddle to rich fishing grounds and access trade routes
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Ancient recycling: A ~9,000-year-old structure made from discarded tools (inset).

The building is located at Tapeh Mahtaj, Iran, and is one of the earliest signs of #Neolithic occupation in the region: (from 2021, £) buff.ly/3gpIJ43