Social Science

(Dr. Leore Grosman heading a team of archeologists of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem excavating a small cave near Carmiel in the Galilee had discovered the skeleton of a woman shaman, who lived some 12,000 years ago in the Natufian…
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Archaeology and Lemuria The quest for lost continents has been going on for well over a century; in the last few decades there have been serious archaeological excavations to find these sunken lands beneath the waves. Whilst Atlantis is perhaps…
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Archaeology: Ritual artefacts’ from the Neolithic period at ‘Ain Ghazal, Jordan The ancient site of ‘Ain Ghazal in Jordan was only recently discovered in the 1970s and has, unfortunately, has been damaged due to construction work. The Neolithic period here…
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Stating that Indiana Jones is bad for archaeology implies that archaeology is suffering because of the existence of the character, as if there are thousands of starving archaeologists out there, and the movie series is desensitizing the public to their…
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‘Civilized’ is a word often used too loosely, as can any nation truly call itself civilized – if you dig deep enough under the surface. Powerful nations and states, throughout history, have revelled in the hubris of calling themselves civilized,…
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Born in 1901, Margaret Mead was the oldest of four children and the daughter of two educators. Her mother and paternal grandmother were the two greatest influences in her young life. (She did not like her maternal grandmother for some…
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The Archaeological Geology of Tel Yin’am, Galilee, Israel Tel Yin’am, in Lower Galilee, has been continually inhabited by people for thousands of years, from the Neolithic to the Roman Empire. Set in an alluvial fan at the base of a…
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Stratigraphy is the study of the order and position of layers of archaeological remains. These layers are laid down in a sequence and this can provide important clues about the succession of events as they occurred at the site. This…
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The Search for the land of Aratta Lost kingdoms are one of the fascinating topics of archaeology – lost jungle kingdoms, abandoned desert lands – they continue to fascinate and confuse us. Some, like Atlantis, carry on remaining an enigma….
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An Overview on Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Sites in Central Asia Until the 1930s there were no identified Palaeolithic or Mesolithic sites in Central Asia. However, we know that by the Late Neolithic, around the beginning of the third millennium BCE,…
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