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Authors :
POWELL, ERIC A.
BROWN, MARLEY
WEISS, DANIEL
PYNE, LYDIA
LOBELL, JARRETT A.
URBANUS, JASON
Source :
Archaeology. Jan/Feb2019, Vol. 72 Issue 1, p26-33. 8p. 12 Color Photographs.
Publication Year :
2019

Abstract

The article discusses discoveries made in archaeology during 2018, including the making of bread by Natufians approximately 14,400 years old in the Black Desert, Jordan prior to the origin of agriculture. Topics, including the discovery of the bacterium Yersinia (Y.) pestis in Bronze Age in Samara, Russia, frescoes in the extinct city of Pompeii, Italy and a funeral parlor of mummies in Saqqara, Egypt, are discussed.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00038113
Volume :
72
Issue :
1
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Archaeology
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
133295352