African pottery is a rich tradition that has been passed down generations. It is functional as well as artistic. The craft ...

But other ancient places in Africa rivaled their greatness ... and bronze ornaments; and shaped fine pottery and expressive terra-cotta sculptures. Hundreds of little clay animals found there ...

Along with co-author Yiming Wang, Miller analyzed over 1,500 ostrich eggshell beads recovered from 31 archaeological sites across eastern and southern Africa. The findings, published in 'Nature ...

Understanding how ancient herders managed their herds in ... first direct evidence for people processing milk in South African pottery. These findings suggest that low-intensity herders living ...

The decoration of pottery is particularly significant ... which were widespread at earlier sites, and throughout ancient Africa more generally. Such developments raise the question of whether ...

Archaeologists recently uncovered extraordinary artifacts from an ancient African Christian community ... including jugs and pottery fragments. Archaeologists also found other burial offerings ...