In what is now the desert of White Sands, New Mexico, a trail of human footprints crosses the hardened bed of an extinct lake ...

For those who believe they've made a similar discovery, Slade encourages contacting a local museum or archaeological society.

A settlement where humans once hunted extinct buffalo, dated to 10,700 years old, was just discovered in Sturgeon Lake First ...

A team of students from Syracuse University recently uncovered a treasure trove of 18th-century artifacts at the Crown Point ...

Dogs have been in the Americas for more than 10,000 years. They were already domesticated when they came from Eurasia with ...

The word "barbecue" has its origins in the Caribbean where the Taínos, Indigenous people who inhabited the Caribbean islands ...

Humans were present in North America 10,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to a new study. Researchers from ...

1930s: Boom Time for Archaeology in America “Shovel Ready” details program under Roosevelt’s New Deal. By Senitra McCombs Wednesday, March 27, 2013 ...

There are 49 species of pine tree native to North America. Non-native species have also been introduced to the United Sates, as ornamental trees in landscaping.

6. St. Isaac Jogues, 1607–1646 A Jesuit priest from France, Jogues served as a missionary to the Native peoples in “New France” and became one of the North American martyrs.

Between 1632 and 1760, records show that 734 Indigenous children were enslaved in France's North American colony, historian Dominique Deslandres reveals in two recent studies.