Across North America, archaeologists are rewriting what I thought I knew about the continent’s past, uncovering sites that ...

Poverty Point, a 3,500-year-old earthen mound, is a well-researched UNESCO World Heritage Site, but a pair of studies ...

Archaeological sites older than the Roman Empire and the pyramids can be found in many US states. These sites shed light on the first humans who arrived in North America. Some are closed to the public ...

Fresh research into the spectacular rock art of southwest Texas has revealed that ancient hunter-gatherers maintained a sophisticated belief system for more than four millennia, creating elaborate ...

In 1908, a cowboy stumbled upon ancient bones after a rainstorm—uncovering a lost civilization far older than anyone believed ...

Archaeologists have discovered a set of ancient Native American artworks carved into rock at a site on the border between Colorado and Utah. The rock carvings were created by the Ancestral Puebloans, ...

Rachel Feltman: Archaeology can reveal shocking similarities between modern-day humans and our most distant, ancient ancestors. But it just as often allows us awe-inspiring glimpses into feats our ...