💧 Wetlands contain some of the best-preserved archaeological discoveries, but it is estimated half of the world's wetlands have been lost. Those that remain are at risk from climate change.

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Hilltop fortifications called pukaras dating from ~AD 1000-1450 are common in the Andean highlands #HillfortsWednesday

Using satellite imagery, researchers have identified 1249 pukaras, suggesting this period was defined by political conflict.

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Congrats Keith May & James Taylor - so keen to see this article in print and open access!

MOLA colleagues were among the many who contributed to this important research on stratigraphic data & post excavation practice.

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Today is #StopFoodWasteDay 🍅
Analysis of dental calculus from animals in Neolithic China shows they were being fed domestic crops, indicating that people were giving household waste to their pigs and dogs 🐕

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NEW Bone, antler and teeth tools from Longshan (c. 2500–1800 BC) Pingliangtai 🇨🇳
One of the first systematic studies of bone-working in prehistoric China shows that bone tool production was incredibly advanced, despite being household-based.

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NEW Tsakhiurtyn Hundi (Flint Valley), Mongolia, is one of the most extensive prehistoric occupation centres of Central Asia. Discovery of over 150 sites in the region prove that it was densely inhabited during the Early, Middle and Late Palaeolithic.

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This is a drainage system from a Minoan domestic structure at Palaikastro, Crete. It initially didn't work, so a terracotta channel was added to correct the problem.

Everyone makes mistakes, and in this regard past peoples were no different from us.

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A grave in a Roman cemetery at Sagalassos was covered in tiles. This, along with the use of lime and nails to 'magically' seal the graves suggests that the residents were taking measures to prevent the deceased's return! #TilesOnTuesday

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For #StGeorgesDay , this is a church dedicated to the man carved out of the rock at Lalibela (🇪🇹). It's one of 11 at the site and legend says it was built after St George came to the king in a dream.

🔗 to research on the site from 2021 (£) buff.ly/3sTviKe

Medieval Ethiopia was a cosmopolitan place. This even extended to the 'isolated' western Ethiopian borderland, where different peoples interacted with foreign traditions, religious ideas, techniques and objects.

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Manufacture wear on a bone instrument from the Mesolithic discovered in Poland, likely a projectile point that stayed fixed to wooden shaft during impact. The production process was expedient, but the final product very durable #MesolithicMonday

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