At over eight inches long and nearly one and a half pounds, this obsidian piece is the largest artifact in the Fenn Cache. All told, the 56 artifacts in the cache weigh about 18 pounds ...

Luckily for archaeologists, it is possible to determine the origin of the obsidian from which the artifact was made. This is possible because the magma (molten material) associated with each volcanic ...

Archaeologists uncover the earliest known Maya salt works in Belize, revealing insights into ancient salt production and ...

Though precisely when the Fenn artifacts were made is unknown, experts used a process known as hydration analysis to get a rough idea of when two obsidian points in the cache were created.

A team of archaeologists from LSU and the University of Texas at Tyler has excavated the earliest known ancient Maya salt ...

After their excavations, McKillop stayed in a nearby town to study the artifacts from Jay-yi Nah. As reported in Antiquity, ...

Obsidian is one of the many resources you can use to craft items in Ark: Survival Ascended. This fairly advanced resource is used to craft high-level gear, including Tek items, and isn’t always ...

A team of archaeologists from LSU and the University of Texas at Tyler have excavated the earliest known ancient Maya salt works in southern Belize, as reported in the journal Antiquity. The team was ...

X-ray fluorescence technology has been used to identify the unique geochemical fingerprint of each deposit of obsidian, pinpointing the provenance of artifacts found elsewhere. Natalie Behring for ...

Divers from Naples, Italy have recovered a block of obsidian from the remains of what is likely a Neolithic, or New Stone Age shipwreck near the island of Capri. The natural-glass block is about ...

Obsidian is one of the many resources you can use to craft items in Ark: Survival Ascended. This fairly advanced resource is used to craft high-level gear, including Tek items, and isn’t always ...

For armor, Almighty Kargalgan and Crimson Knight are notable options, while for accessories, the versatile damage-increasing ...