Jade object, Gancaoling, China GUANGZHOU, CHINA—Xinhua reports that a Neolithic site dated to between 4,600 and 4,300 years ago has been discovered in southern China. Zhang Qianglu of the Guangzhou Municipal Cultural Relics and Archaeology Institute said that 143 tombs, 140 ash pits or cellars, 125 postholes, and more than …

SEYðISFJÖRðUR, ICELAND—A possible bear or boar carved from volcanic tuff has been unearthed in eastern Iceland at a settlement site dated to between A.D. 940 and 1100, according to a report in Iceland Review. Archaeologist Ragnheiður Traustadóttir said that the object measures about two inches long and is thought to …

Anthropomorphic figurine PORTLAND, OREGON—According to a Mexico News Daily report, an American woman has handed over 32 artifacts to Consul Carlos Quesnel Meléndez at the Mexican Consulate in Portland. Researchers from Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History have determined that 31 of the objects date to between 300 B.C. …

Figurine recovered from Lake Bolsena ETRURIA, ITALY—Live Science reports that a 3,000-year-old clay figurine has been recovered from central Italy’s Lake Bolsena, at the site of Gran Carro, an Iron Age village likely submerged during an earthquake. The village is thought to have been built by an early Etruscan people …

Aerial view of collapsed pyramid in Mexico’s Ihuatzio Archaeological Zone MICHOACAN, MEXICO—A section of a pyramid at the Ihuatzio Archaeological Zone, which is located in western Mexico near Lake Pátzcuaro, collapsed during heavy rain, according to an Artnet News report. The pyramid was constructed on a platform by the ancestors …

Battle ax, stirrups, and lock found in the burial SUZDAL, RUSSIA—According to a Live Science report, excavators from the Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences working in western Russia at the Gnezdilovo burial ground have uncovered the remains of two people thought to have worked as medieval …

The Altar Stone beneath two bigger sarsen stones PERTH, AUSTRALIA—Cosmos Magazine reports that the Altar Stone at Stonehenge, which weighs more than six tons, may have been transported to southwestern England from Scotland. The Altar Stone currently rests under two toppled sarsen stones at the site. Anthony Clarke of Curtin …

QUINTANA ROO, MEXICO—Mexico News Daily reports that a stela measuring more than 36 feet long has been discovered in the Cobá archaeological zone in the eastern Yucatán Peninsula. Glyphs carved into the stone describe the founding of the Maya settlement of Keh Witz Nal, or Deer Mountain, on May 12, …

Chancel graves at the 1608 Jamestown Church site in James Fort WASHINGTON, D.C.—According to a Newsweek report, the DNA of two individuals who were buried in places of honor in the chancel of the 1608 church at Jamestown has been analyzed by a team of scientists from the Smithsonian Institution, …

Mosaic with depictions of dolphins and fish WROXETER, ENGLAND—The Shropshire Star reports that a mosaic floor dated to the early second century A.D. has been uncovered in the ancient city of Viriconium by a team of researchers from English Heritage, the University of Birmingham, Vianova Archaeology and Heritage Services, and …