Enjoy our choice of the best of prehistoric archaeology in The Conversation in 2024:
- Discovery of 5,000-year-old farming society in Morocco fills a major gap in history – north-west Africa was a central player in trade and culture (Giulio Lucarini, National Research Council (CNR); Cyprian Broodbank, University of Cambridge, and Youssef Bokbot, Institut national des Sciences de l'Archéologie et du Patrimoine in Rabat; 10/10/2024)
- Looting of the Sudan National Museum – more is at stake than priceless ancient treasures (Mohamed Albdri Sliman Bashir, University of Khartoum; 10/09/2024)
- Stonehenge’s giant Altar Stone came all the way from north-east Scotland – here’s how we worked out this astonishing new finding (Nicholas Pearce, Aberystwyth University; Richard Bevins, Aberystwyth University, and Rob Ixer, UCL; 14/08/2024) & The Altar Stone of Stonehenge came from an unexpectedly distant place, new study reveals (Anthony Clarke, Curtin University; Chris Kirkland, Curtin University, and Stijn Glorie, University of Adelaide; 14/08/2024)
- Documenting the world’s largest prehistoric rock art in South America – new study (Philip Riris, Bournemouth University; José R. Oliver, UCL, and Natalia Lozada Mendieta, Universidad de los Andes; 04/06/2024)
- New rock art discoveries in Eastern Sudan tell a tale of ancient cattle, the ‘green Sahara’ and climate catastrophe (Julien Cooper, Macquarie University; 25/04/2024)
- Out of Darkness: I’m an expert on human origins – here’s how this stone age thriller surprised me (Penny Spikins, University of York; 22/02/2024)
- Stone Age ‘megastructure’ under Baltic Sea sheds light on strategy used by Palaeolithic hunters over 10,000 years ago (Stephanie Piper, University of York; 15/02/2024)
- European immigrants introduced farming to prehistoric North Africa, new research shows (Rafael M Martínez Sánchez, Universidad de Córdoba; 30/01/2024)
- War in Europe is more than 5,000 years old – new research (Teresa Fernández Crespo, Universidad de Valladolid; 10/01/2024)