archaeology

A Texas A&M professor’s research suggests the two individuals were members of the aristocracy who had parts of their legs amputated as punishment for alleged crimes.

Known as the “Birthplace of Texas,” the Texas Historical Commission site is undergoing a major renovation under the direction of site manager and Texas A&M graduate Jonathan Failor.

Radiocarbon dating on bones in the La Brea Tar Pits leads archaeologist Dr. Michael Waters to warn that history may be repeating itself.

With the new Indiana Jones movie opening Friday, an archaeologist fact checks the beloved series and discusses its impact on the field.

Ph.D. candidate Stephen DeCasien was invited to the site of an astounding discovery off the coast of Sicily but couldn’t go due to pandemic restrictions at the time, so he did the next best thing.

The Manis bone projectile point represents the oldest direct evidence of mastodon hunting in the Americas.

The long-forgotten trading vessel was unearthed in Alexandria and shipped to Texas A&M for extensive study and preservation.

Analysis of a skeleton found in a tomb in China determined that the man was not a grave robber, but a victim of homicide.

Texas A&M anthropology professor Darryl de Ruiter is part of a team that discovered a child’s skull believed to be up to 250,000 years old in a South African cave.

The joint burial of two 1,500-year-old skeletons offers a look into attitudes toward love and the afterlife during China's North Wei Dynasty, a Texas A&M expert says.