Archaeology

Epidemiology

Aztecs were plagued by gastroenteritis

Gastroenteritis may have contributed to the decline of the Aztec empire

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Archaeology

The peoples of Lagoa Santa

Human burial sites in Minas Gerais reveal a succession of customs from 10,000 to 8,000 years ago

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ARCHEOLOGY

Sedentary farmers

Ancestors of the Jê group engaged in farming a thousand years ago

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VIRTUAL REALITY

The past revealed through cyberarcheology

Lasers and 3-D imaging are used to digitally reconstruct historical heritage

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Careers

Among bones and reconstructions

Dentist juggles appointments at his practice with excavations

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FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY

Battle against the disappearances

Researchers work to identify persons who disappeared during the dictatorship

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MEMORY

Oriental excavations

Archeologist produced collection based on his scientific expeditions to Brazil

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computerized microtomographies

Microtomography virtually unwraps a biblical scroll

Digitally enhanced images allowed to decode a fragile scroll in Hebrew

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Paleontology

Two pre-mammals in southern Brazil

Two new species of cynodonts were described in the science literature

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COVER

Prehistoric fishing

Amerindians caught sharks and whitemouth croakers 5,000 years ago

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COVER

The peoples of Lagoa Santa

Human burial sites reveal customs from 10,000 to 8,000 years ago

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anthropology

Disappearance and struggle

The attempt to identify missing persons from remains from a clandestine grave

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Tapuiasaurus macedoi

Titanosaur in Minas Gerais

Skull discovered in Minas Gerais is the oldest titanosaur in South America

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ART

Dialogue with a distant past

Exhibit brings together archeology and contemporary artists

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Archeology

The unusual menu of the Paracas people

A population that lived more than 2,000 years ago ate a carbohydrate-rich diet

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Homo naledi

Collective help

Paleontologists found fossil remains of a previously unknown hominid species

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Pre-History 

New pieces of the puzzle

Teeth suggests that humans were present in Piauí over 20,000 years ago

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ARCHEOLOGY

The City and the Countryside

The importance of rural areas in the ancient Greek cities of the Mediterranean

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Careers

To Meet the Demand

University establishes graduate programs in preventive archeology

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Pre-History

New pieces of the puzzle

Teeth suggests that humans were present in Piauí over 20,000 years ago

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Archeology

From Lagoa Santa to Zarqa

Brazilians search for ancient hominids in Jordan

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Niède Guidon

Out of her own pocket

Archeologist donates part of her Conrado Wessel award

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Archaeology

Cutting-edge technology

Archaeologists have discovered Brazil's first prehistoric workshop

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Sun

Watching the sun for 2,300 years

Remains of astronomy observation site discovered in Peru

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COVER

The Emperor’s Favorite – Her Final Act

3-D images reveal secrets of a 2,800 year-old mummy at the National Museum

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Pre-Colombian Amazon

Ancient occupation of the Amazon

Area equivalent to twice Portugal may have been occupied by indians

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Careers

Entrepreneurial exploration

A researcher takes advantage of an opportunity in the environmental licensing market

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ancient genome

Amerindian with European DNA

Natives of the Americas are closer to Europeans than imagined

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Parasitology

Health in the Emperor’s day

Human remains reveal profile of diseases of 17th-19th centuries

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Evolution

Luzia’s America

Excavations reinforce an alternative theory of the peopling of the continent

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