Archaeology
Articles about ancient cultures, excavations and material remains.
Kow Swamp archaeological site
Krater
Kura–Araxes culture
Kura–Araxes culture (Early Transcaucasian): Bronze Age society of the South Caucasus
Kurgan hypothesis
La Brea Tar Pits
La Tène culture
Laetoli
Laguna Copperplate Inscription
Lake Mungo remains
Lake Mungo remains — Mungo Lady, Mungo Man and ancient Australian burials
Las Médulas
Las Médulas — Ancient Roman gold-mining landscape in Spain
Lascaux
Linear A
Linear B
Linear B: The Mycenaean Greek Syllabary and Its Administrative Archives
Linear Pottery culture
Linear Pottery culture (LBK): Early European farming and pottery traditions
The Linear Pottery culture (LBK, c. 5500–4500 BC) marks the spread of farming into Central Europe, known for its incised linear-decorated pottery, longhouses, and early sedentary s
Lokiarchaeota
Lothal
Lothal — Harappan Port and Industrial Site of the Indus Valley
Lothal was a major Harappan town in present-day Gujarat known for its dockyard, bead and metal workshops, seals and evidence of long-distance trade across the Arabian Sea.
Lucy (Australopithecus)
Lucy (Australopithecus) — AL 288-1, a landmark early hominid fossil
Malakunanja II
Mehrgarh
Mesoarchaean
Mesoarchaean (Mesoarchean): Earth 3.2–2.8 billion years ago
Mississippian culture
Mississippian culture: mound-building societies of the Eastern Woodlands
Native American cultural tradition (c. 800–1600 CE) known for maize agriculture, platform mounds, complex chiefdoms and wide trade networks across the Mississippi River valley and
Mohenjo-daro
Mound Builders
Movius Line
Mummification
Mummification: preservation of human and animal remains
Mummification is the preservation of a body’s soft tissues by natural or intentional means. This article explains methods, historical practices (notably Egyptian), cultural roles a
Mycenae
Mycenae: Bronze Age citadel and center of Mycenaean Greece
Mycenae is a major Late Bronze Age archaeological site in the north-eastern Peloponnese, Greece, known for its fortified citadel, monumental gates, royal tombs and links to Homeric
Mycenaean culture
Naqsh-e Rajab
Naqsh-e Rajab: Sasanian rock-relief site near Persepolis
National Archaeological Museum, Naples
National Archaeological Museum, Naples (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli)
National Museum of Iraq
Neolithic
Neolithic British Isles
Neolithic British Isles (c. 4000–2500 BC)
Neolithic revolution
Neolithic Revolution: origins, features, and long-term effects
Newgrange
Newgrange: Neolithic Passage Tomb, County Meath, Ireland
Nok culture
Nok culture: ancient terracotta producers and early ironworkers of West Africa
Numismatics
Numismatics: the study and collecting of coins, medals and currency
Olmec
Olmec civilization of ancient Mesoamerica
Oppidum
Oppidum: fortified Iron Age settlements and the birth of pre-Roman towns
Overburden
Palaeoarchaean
Palaeoarchaean Era (3.6–3.2 billion years ago)
Palaeolithic
Palaeolithic: Origins, Stone Tools, Life, and Cultural Development
Palaeoscincus
Palaeoscincus — a historical ankylosaurian genus based on teeth
Palenque
Palenque — Maya archaeological site in Chiapas
Palermo Stone
Papyrus 46
Papyrus 46 (P46): an early papyrus witness to the Pauline letters
Peking Man
Peking Man (Homo erectus pekinensis)