Archaeologists have discovered 12,000‑year‑old dice. Here's what they reveal about the history of play

Humans have always been playful. But for much of our history, play has left little trace. Unlike tools or bones, games rarely ...

Native Americans used dice thousands of years before the Bronze Age

A new study claims Native Americans have been using dice to gamble and explore probability for more than 12,000 years.
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Native Americans created dice more than 12,000 years ago, study finds

The new research suggests use of dice in games of chance more than 6,000 years before such practices appeared in Europe ...
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Native Americans invented dice and gambled 12,000 years ago

The earliest examples were discovered at Late Pleistocene Folsom-period archaeological sites in Wyoming, Colorado, and New ...
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State Museum of Pennsylvania closes Native American exhibit, returning objects

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — The public can no longer access a Native American display at the State Museum of Pennsylvania. Located on ...
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Reinstalled Indigenous Art Galleries Offer a Welcome Shift in Perspective

Stay on top of what’s happening in the Bay Area with essential Bay Area news stories, sent to your inbox every weekday. The Bay Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra brings you context and ...
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Interpretations of Native North American life : material contributions to ethnohistory / edited by Michael S. Nassaney and Eric S. Johnson

The contributions of material objects to ethnohistory in Native North America / Michael S. Nassaney and Eric S. Johnson -- Ritual and material culture as keys to cultural continuity: Native American ...
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Mount Holyoke College to return Indigenous items taken from area graves

Mount Holyoke College is working to return six items found in its collections that it says were taken from Native American graves in Chicopee, Holyoke and Springfield. The National Park Service ...