Researchers made the first digital 3D model of Rano Raraku quarry on Rapa Nui (Easter Island). The model records nearly 1,000 moai and helps researchers and the local community with conservation and heritage planning.
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A study in Science Advances used bones and historical records to track pollution exposure during the Industrial Revolution. Researchers analysed remains from 94 people in industrial South Shields and rural Barton-upon-Humber and found uneven, gendered exposure.
New evidence suggests the Band of Holes at Monte Sierpe in southern Peru was part of a pre‑European Indigenous system for accounting and exchange. Researchers used sediment analysis and drone images to reach this conclusion.
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