One of Canada's top Arctic archeologists says the remnants of a stone- and-sod wall unearthed on southern Baffin Island may be traces of a shelter built more than 700 years ago by Norse seafarers - a stunning find that would be just the second location in the New World with evidence of a Viking-built structure. The tantalizing signs of a possible ( Read more... )

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The site and tools found near Walker, Minn., date back 13,000 to 14,000 years -- the oldest on the continent ( Read more... )

Storm reveals long-lost wall at Fortress Louisbourg

Archeologists at the Fortress of Louisbourg are scrambling after a recent storm surge washed away parts of the coastline, revealing a 250-year-old defence wall long thought destroyed.

Rebecca Duggan says the storm exposed 50 metres of the 18th-century French fortress on the eastern tip of Cape ( Read more... )

Moccasin find gives Yukon more archeological footing
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The Yukon has another valuable artifact to add to its collection of archeological finds, with the discovery of a 1,400-year-old moccasin in its icefield region.

The ancient footwear was found in the Ruby Range west of Aishihik Lake, about 150 kilometres northwest ( Read more... )

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Premier Dalton McGuinty said today Ontario will reject the use of Shariah law and will move to prohibit all religious-based tribunals to settle family disputes such as divorce.His announcement comes after hundreds of demonstrators around the world this week protested a proposal to let Ontario residents use Islamic law for settling family ( Read more... )

The discovery of a carved obsidian spear point indicates that the earliest humans in what is now Idaho apparently spent time in the area's mountains as well as its canyons ( Read more... )

Parents who coerce their children into forced marriages could face prosecution under proposals unveiled by ministers.

Currently families who compel their children to marry can be charged only with offences like assault or kidnap.But now ministers are holding a three-month consultation to decide whether to create a specific criminal offence of ( Read more... )

Archaeologists say they have something new to study at Fort Ancient State Memorial. A previously unknown circular structure about 200 feet in diameter was detected recently during preliminary work for an erosion-control project at the site of 2,000-year-old earthworks, state authorities said ( Read more... )

These are boom times for the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma. But bad times for thousands of black Indians battling for tribal citizenship. Now the Freedmen are turning to genetic science for help. (page 1 of 5)Even by the pancake-flat standards of Middle America, Stick Ross Mountain is an unimpressive peak. It's more of a gentle hill, really, ( Read more... )