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explorator 23.46 March 7, 2021
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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis,
John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo, Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley,
Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay, Jona Lendering,
Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week
(as always hoping I have left no one out).
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EARLY HOMINIDS
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A high tech study of the 'Little Foot' australopithecus skull:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/dls-nta030121.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210302075348.htm https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-56241509 https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/new-technology-allows-scientists-first.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9500-210303-little-foot-fossil
A survey of a cave in western Iran has revealed Neanderthal and megafauna remains:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/458850/Lion-and-rhino-fossils-discovered-in-Neanderthal-cave-western
Neanderthals appear to have been able to perceive and produce 'speech':
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/bu-nht022621.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210301112358.htm https://phys.org/news/2021-03-neandertals-capacity-human-speech.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/01/science/neanderthals-hearing-language.html https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/01/world/neanderthals-ears-hearing-language-scn/index.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/01/neanderthals-could-speak-3d-reconstruction-early-humans-ear/
https://cosmosmagazine.com/people/anthropology/neanderthals-were-capable-of-human-speech/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/neanderthal-and-early-modern-human.html
https://www.sciencealert.com/neanderthals-could-both-hear-and-produce-human-like-speech
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/neanderthals-had-capacity-to-perceive.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9498-210302-neanderthal-ear-bones
The Acheulean tool culture may have persisted 100 000 years longer than previously thought:
https://phys.org/news/2021-03-neanderthal-early-modern-human-stone.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/uok-nae030121.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210301211625.htm https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/neanderthal-and-early-modern-human.html
There's diminishing support among academics for the 'competition hypothesis' for the demise of the Neanderthals, apparently:
https://phys.org/news/2021-03-shift-scientific-consensus-demise-neanderthals.html
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/shift-in-scientific-consensus-about.html
Suggestion that quest for food drove human evolution:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/mar/07/how-early-humans-quest-for-food-stoked-the-flames-of-evolution
Suggestion that megafauna extinction contributed to early hominid brain growth:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/tu-thb022821.php https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-human-brain-grew-as-result-of.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/03/03/a-novel-theory-explaining-the-evolution-of-the-human-species/
Suggestion that hominids evolved to use less water than their primate relatives:
https://phys.org/news/2021-03-humans-evolved-closest-primate-relatives.html
cf:
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(21)00289-X
A study of when homo sapiens reached far east Asia:
https://www.pnas.org/content/118/10/e2101173118
I think we mentioned this study of Neanderthal teeth from Jersey a few weeks ago:
https://archaeology.co.uk/articles/news/reassessing-neanderthal-teeth-in-jersey.htm
More on purported links between magnetic field reversals and the demise of the Neanderthals:
https://www.sapiens.org/column/field-trips/magnetic-field-reversal-neanderthal/
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AFRICA
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Feature on the 'Queen of Sheba's Embankment' in Eredo:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/03/sungbos-eredo-the-queen-of-shebas-embankment/137500
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
Not sure if this 'pet cemetery' find from Berenike (actually expanding on a find a few years ago) is the big news we were expecting:
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/ancient-egyptian-pet-cemetery-contained-much-loved-cats-and-dogs-pampered-in-their-old-age
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ancient-egyptian-animal-cemetery-1949526 https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/oldest-pet-cemetery-berenice-egypt https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/02/graves-nearly-600-cats-and-dogs-ancient-egypt-may-be-world-s-oldest-pet-cemetery
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-egyptians-took-good-care-their-pets-180977172/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9507-210305-egypt-pet-cemetery
The second phase of the Dedara Temple complex restoration has been completed:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/99252/2nd-phase-of-Dendara-Temple-Complex-restoration-completed-Min-of
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/405260/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/In-Photos-Second-restoration-phase-of-Upper-Egypts.aspx
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/second-restoration-phase-of-upper.html
... as has restoration of an Islamic/Ottoman-era village in Balat:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/99377/Islamic-Village-in-Balat-restored
Some sites in Sohag have been officially inaugurated:
https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/405204.aspx
Feature on the latest work at Karnak:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/99385/Learn-about-latest-excavation-restoration-work-at-Temples-of-Karnak
More on that 3500 years bp 'mummification manual' from P. Louvre-Carlsberg:
https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2021/ancient-egyptian-manual-reveals-new-details-about-mummification/
https://www.livescience.com/earliest-mummification-manual.html https://www.sciencealert.com/the-oldest-known-mummification-recipe-has-been-unearthed
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-egyptian-papyrus-demystifies-embalming-techniques-180977147/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9503-210304-egypt-mummification-manual
More on the identification of the Meidum geese:
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/meidum-geese-09407.html
Feature on the alignment of the pyramids:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/are-the-egyptian-pyramids-aligned-with-the-stars
Feature on the beginning of agriculture at Abu Hureyra:
https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2021/03/cosmic-impact-abu-hureyra
I think we mentioned the massive gateway revealed at Persepolis:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/458794/New-light-shed-on-Persepolis
The site of Istakhr (the former capital of the Sasanian Empire) is getting some restoration:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/458634/Istakhr-once-capital-of-the-Sasanian-Empire-undergoes-restoration
Feature on Noushabad:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/03/noushabad-the-hidden-underground-city/137483
The Pope's visit to Iraq has occasioned some features on Ur:
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iraq-pope-francis-visit-ur-abraham-birthplace
https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-ancient-ur-birthplace-of-abraham-pope-calls-for-peace-among-faiths-he-begat/
Feature on the discovery of Gobeklitepe:
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/landowner-recalls-story-of-gobeklitepes-discovery-162873
Something about the archaeological 'wealth' of Dhi Qar (Iraq):
https://shafaq.com/en/Iraq-News/Dhi-Qar-archeological-wealth-equals-France-s-and-Italy-s-combined-expert-says
A study of human diet in the Jordan Valley some 12 000 years bp:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/ancient-foodies-study-reveals-dietary-preferences-of-jordan-valley-early-humans/
Feature on the Balama tunnel in Palestine:
https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2021/02/water-tunnel-westbank-archaeology-tourism-travel.html
Interesting feature on how various mostly ANE cultures created the colour blue:
https://www.aramcoworld.com/Articles/February-2021/The-Quest-for-Blue
Not sure where to put this one: a study suggests the earliest cotton in Arabia came from India:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/earliest-cotton-in-arabia-came-from-india-study/articleshow/81321711.cms
Oman is upping the penalties for trafficking antiquities:
https://www.timesofoman.com/article/omr-100000-fine-three-year-jail-for-trafficking-antiquities
The US and Turkey have come to an agreement on the trade of antiquities:
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/turkish-us-pact-cracks-down-on-archaeological-trade/2166119
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================
Another Roman sarcophagus find, this time from Turkey's Eskisehir province:
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/construction-workers-discover-ancient-sarcophagus-in-nw-turkey
Six children found some Roman-era artifacts in LIbya:
https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/2842711/six-children-discover-ancient-artifacts-libya
Byzantine and Ottoman-era structures revealed on Mytilene:
https://www.culture.gov.gr/el/Information/SitePages/view.aspx?nID=3674 https://greekreporter.com/2021/03/02/gate-to-byzantine-city-ottoman-baths-discovered-under-mytilene-castle/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/03/03/new-findings-mytilene-castle/ https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/43632-byzantine-gate-and-ottoman-baths-discovered-under-castle-on-lesvos-island.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/03/02/fresh-archaeological-data-from-the-kato-kastro-mytilene/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9505-210304-lesbos-bath-door
A 2300 years bp 'shrine' in Turkey is acutally the tomb of an ancient Greek boxer:
https://greekreporter.com/2021/03/02/turkey-shrine-tomb-of-ancient-greek-boxer-diagoras/
Using inscriptions to figure out the Roman name of Bulgaria's Ruse:
http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2021/02/28/archaeologist-figures-out-thracian-name-of-roman-danube-city-sexaginta-prista-bulgarias-ruse/
Not sure why this Corinthian helmet, found a decade or so ago off the coast of Israel, was in the news:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/03/03/corinthian-warriors-helmet-israel/
Structural concerns for the Moria aqueduct in Mytilene:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/03/04/danger-of-the-moria-roman-aqueduct-collapsing/
Feature on Titus' 'disaster relief' efforts at Pompeii:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/06/opinion/rome-pompeii-slaves-mobility.html
Haven't had a wall collapse at Pompeii for a while:
https://www.archeomedia.net/bacoli-na-mentre-tutti-esultano-per-pompei-alla-terme-romane-di-baia-crolla-un-muro/
... and I'm not sure whether concerns about Mafia involvement in restorations is connected to it (it was a few years ago):
https://napoli.repubblica.it/cronaca/2021/03/05/news/pompei_accertamenti_su_infiltrazioni_mafiose_nei_lavori_di_restauro-290474772/
https://lostrillone.tv/pompei-accertamenti-su-infiltrazioni-mafiose-nei-cantieri-del-parco-archeologico/29036.html
https://www.agro24.it/2021/03/05/pompei-il-prefetto-di-napoli-dispone-laccesso-antimafia-ai-cantieri-dellarea-archeologica/
... and as he departs his role at Pompeii, Massimo Osanna says there's much more to be found:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/pompeii-story-lives-on-as-buried-city-keeps-giving-up-its-secrets-mjbzwzrmv
A feature on the approach of Pompeii's new director:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccahughes/2021/02/23/pompeiis-new-director-brings-innovation-to-italys-archeological-treasure/amp/
... and more on the folks who resigned when he was appointed:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/gabriel-zuchtriegel-board-resignations-1947865
Using bioarchaeological data to track migration in the Medierranean region from the Neolithic to the Late Roman period:
https://phys.org/news/2021-03-deep-bioarchaeological-reveals-mediterranean-migration.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210301151556.htm https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/fsu-ddi030121.php https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/deep-dive-into-bioarchaeological-data.html
The restored Mausoleum of Augustus has reopened:
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210304-forgotten-mausoleum-of-roman-emperor-augustus-reborn
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/01/vast-mausoleum-roman-emperor-augustus-reopens-decades-neglect/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9315843/Mausoleum-built-2-000-years-ago-Romes-emperor-Augustus-finally-reopens.html
https://www.thelocal.it/20210305/in-photos-rome-reopens-forgotten-mausoleum-of-emperor-augustus/
https://gulfnews.com/photos/entertainment/photos-forgotten-mausoleum-of-roman-emperor-augustus-reborn-1.1615034395758
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/forgotten-mausoleum-of-roman-emperor-augustus-reborn-162897
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/526/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/526/pub/526/page/61/article/147183
https://www.apollo-magazine.com/the-mausoleum-of-augustus/
Plans for marking the 1900th anniversary of Hadrian's Wall:
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/year-celebrations-mark-1900-years-19970750
https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/19140419.hadrians-wall-turns-1900/ https://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/hadrians-wall-to-celebrate-1900th-anniversary-with-year-long-festival-3156614
The Alexander Mosaic in Pompeii is getting some restoration:
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210305_16/
Funding for research into the Roman Limes system (Dutch):
https://www.rtvutrecht.nl/nieuws/2146768/4-miljoen-euro-voor-utrechts-onderzoek-naar-oude-romeinse-grens.html
More on that ceremonial Roman carriage/chariot from Pompeii:
https://www.livescience.com/chariot-unearthed-pompeii-astounds-archaeologists.html
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/feb/27/archaeologists-find-unique-ceremonial-vehicle-near-pompeii
https://phys.org/news/2021-02-roman-chariot-unearthed-intact-pompeii.html https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56222992 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/02/28/elaborate-ancient-roman-chariot-found-near-pompeii-declared/
https://www.cnn.com/videos/travel/2021/03/01/ancient-chariot-pompeii-long-orig-mrg.cnn
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/ceremonial-roman-chariot-found-well-preserved-in-italys-pompeii/news
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/pompeii-wedding-chariot-discovered https://www.9news.com.au/videos/world/ancient-ceremonial-chariot-unearthed-in-pompeii/cklpwk4nq00160htcudx0o2qa
https://mymodernmet.com/ceremonial-chariot-pompeii/ https://elpais.com/elpais/2021/02/27/album/1614431533_984319.html https://www.artribune.com/arti-visive/archeologia-arte-antica/2021/02/scoperta-pompei-civita-giuliana-carro-parata/
https://www.npr.org/2021/02/27/972118983/a-lamborghini-of-chariots-is-discovered-at-pompeii-archaeologists-are-wowed
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/01/972597303/researchers-discover-the-lamborghini-of-ancient-vehicles-near-pompeii
http://www.wnyc.org/story/researchers-discover-the-lamborghini-of-ancient-vehicles-near-pompeii/
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-rome/ceremonial-chariot-found-in-pompeii/?mqsc=E4127642&dk=ZE1130ZF0
https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/03/archaeologists-discover-lamborghini-of-chariots-near-ruins-of-pompeii/
https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2021/03/sweet-ass-four-wheel-lamborghini-chariot-discovered-in-ruins-of-pompeii-likely-ran-when-parked/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-find-unique-ceremonial-vehicle-near-pompeii-180977117/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9497-210301-pompeii-ceremonial-chariot
More on the restored frescoes at the House of the Ceii:
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/pompeii-fresco-restoration-intl-scli-scn/index.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/newly-restored-pompeiian-frescoes-capture-hunting-scene-vivid-detail-180977116/
More on high tech revealing details of Etruscan paintings in the Tomb of the Monkey:
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-etruscan-paintings-hidden-images.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9321723/Figure-looked-like-red-blob-2-500-year-old-Etruscan-tomb-painting-revealed.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9499-210302-etruscan-tomb-paintings
More on items recently recovered from the wreck of the Mentor:
https://greekherald.com.au/news/greece/more-artefacts-recovered-greek-shipwreck-near-kythera-carrying-parts-parthenon/
More on the pair of Roman sarcophagi from a wildlife park in Israel:
https://www.livescience.com/israel-sarcophagi-husband-wife-discovered.html
More on that Roman coin found in a British Columbia park:
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/ancient-roman-coin-found-in-park-near-ubc-with-metal-detector-1.5327805
Adrienne Mayor on the lessons the Pandora story has for modern AI applications:
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/artificial-intelligence-pandoras-box-by-adrienne-mayor-2018-10?barrier=accesspaylog
A Holberg Prize for Martha Nussbaum:
https://news.uchicago.edu/story/martha-nussbaum-awarded-2021-holberg-prize https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/tuob-thp030521.php
Feature on Ellen Smith at the University of Nebraska:
https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/smith-left-lasting-impact-on-students-university/
Understanding politics via ancient Greek-based games:
https://greekreporter.com/2021/03/01/british-academics-develop-games-based-on-ancient-greece-to-understand-politics/
Review of the children's book, *O My Gods*:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/06/books/review/oh-my-gods-stephanie-cooke-insha-fitzpatrick-juliana-moon.html
Review of Laura Amy Schlitz, *Amber and Clay*:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/06/books/review/amber-and-clay-laura-amy-schlitz.html
Oberlin did a 'Bardic Reading' of Seneca's Troades:
https://oberlinreview.org/22980/uncategorized/classics-department-carries-on-bardic-reading-tradition-with-senecas-troades/
How ancient Greece dealt with 'partisan stasis':
https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/03/07/ancient-greece-partisan-stasis-civil-conflict/
A good roundup of assorted recent controversies involving papyri:
https://parerga.hypotheses.org/1226
Feature on the Villa of the Mysteries replica at UMich:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/villa-of-the-mysteries-replica
Feature on remains of a Roman road in East Lancashire:
https://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/19127345.secrets-ancient-roadway-lay-buried-e-lancs-pub-yard/
Feature on what Roman-era mosaics in Galilee reveal about what people were eating:
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-ancient-mosaics-conjure-up-lavish-meals-enjoyed-in-roman-era-galilee-1.9591885
Feature on the battle of Salamis:
https://greekreporter.com/2021/03/03/how-ancient-greeks-harnessed-wind-power-to-win-the-battle-of-salamis/
Feature on the Antonine Wall:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/activity-and-adventure/discovering-britains-ancient-wall-wild-edge-roman-empire/
Feature on Naxos/Taormina:
https://www.archeomedia.net/taormina-me-il-parco-archeologico-naxos-taormina/
Feature on the Barlow tumuli (Roman burials in Cambridgeshire):
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-news/bartlow-hills-cambridgeshire-burial-ground-19951599
Feature on Stabiae:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/03/stabiae-the-roman-resort-buried-by-mount-vesuvius/137475
Feature on Coria Roman town:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/02/coria-roman-town/137439
Feature on Pavlopetri:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/03/04/pavlopetri-oldest-submerged-city/
Feature on Greek tragedy during the pandemic:
https://www.thearticle.com/greek-tragedy-a-chorus-of-hope-in-time-of-plague
First of the annual features on the Ides of March:
https://www.santaynezvalleystar.com/holiday-history-the-ides-of-march-was-not-usually-something-to-beware/
George Clooney has called for the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece (again):
https://greekreporter.com/2021/03/06/george-clooney-calls-return-parthenon-marbles-greece/
Definitely have to mention there's an Asterix and Obelix series coming to Netflix:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/netflix-animation-series-asterix-obelix https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/02/gaul-netflix-announces-new-animated-asterix-series/
... and the growing possibility of a Greek Temple LEGO set:
https://www.thebrickfan.com/lego-ideas-ancient-greek-temple-achieves-10000-supporters/
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http://romanarc.blogspot.com/
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http://rogueclassicism.com/ ================================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================
Figuring out how a 5600 years bp detached, defleshed human skull ended up in an Italian cave:
https://phys.org/news/2021-03-journey-skull-human-cranium-wound.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210303142522.htm https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/p-joa022421.php https://www.livescience.com/rollaway-neolithic-skull.html https://www.9news.com.au/world/scientists-predict-how-ancient-decapitated-womans-skull-ended-up-deep-in-italian-cave/0ef61fee-8372-490d-b146-a00dd4952137
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/skull-marcel-loubens-cave-italy https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/journey-of-skull-how-single-human.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-solve-mystery-stone-age-head-cave-180977149/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9506-210305-italy-neolithic-skull
A 5500 years bp 'megalithic' burial ground from Poland:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/03/archaeologists-discover-polands-largest-megalithic-tomb-complex/137463
https://www.tvp.info/52549912/swietokrzyskie-debiany-archeolog-odkrylismy-jedno-z-najwiekszych-cmentarzysk-megalitycznych-w-polsce
https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/archeological-detective-work-uncovers-polands-largest-prehistoric-cemetery-20304
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/one-of-polands-largest-megalithic.html
... this seems to be related:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/03/archaeologists-discover-ancient-settlements-associated-with-polish-pyramids/137531
cf:
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0247306
A trio of Bronze Age burial mounds from Nomansland:
https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/19132865.bronze-age-burial-mounds-unearthed-woodland-near-nomansland/
A 3000 years bp spear from a Jersey beach:
https://www.islandfm.com/news/jersey-news/rare-bronze-age-spearhead-found-in-gorey/
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/525/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/525/pub/525/page/17/article/146851
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/02/28/bronze-age-spear-found-metal-detectorist-jersey-beach/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/bronze-age-spear-found-metal-202457797.html https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/02/detectorist-finds-intact-bronze-age.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9495-210301-jersey-bronze-spear
Archaeology is revealing the 3000 years bp history (and later) of Zagreb:
https://www.croatiaweek.com/3000-year-old-history-of-zagreb-discovered/
A 1600 years bp burial with "ornate grave goods" from the Czech Republic:
https://english.radio.cz/czech-archaeologists-say-5th-century-tomb-near-hradec-kralove-truly-8711206
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/03/archaeologists-excavate-1600-year-old-burial-containing-ornate-treasures/137538
https://www.expats.cz/czech-news/article/fifth-century-graves-in-east-bohemia-shed-light-on-dark-era-of-european-history
Three rings from various eras found at a site in northeast Bulgaria:
http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2021/02/27/3-newly-found-gold-rings-reveal-antiquity-middle-ages-life-in-danube-region-of-northeast-bulgaria/
A network of secret medieval tunnels revealed near Tintern Abbey:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-56281726 https://aleteia.org/2021/03/06/mysterious-network-of-tunnels-discovered-near-tintern-abbey/
17th century seawalls from Southsea are being preserved:
https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/politics/historic-seawalls-in-southsea-uncovered-as-sea-defence-work-continues-3154559
A study of rare diseases in the North Caucasian Bronze Age:
https://phys.org/news/2021-03-rare-diseases-bronze-age.html https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/rare-diseases-in-bronze-age.html
An update on that project to map 'holy wells' in Ireland:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-56216763
Earl Spencer has been taking diving lessons to take part in the search for the lost White Ship:
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/525/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/525/pub/525/page/16/article/146849
Remains of a shipwreck found near Southwold can't be investigated in the current COVID-19 zeitgeist, apparently:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-56199044
Studying how Hampshire was governed prior to the arrival of the Normans:
https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/19140275.detective-work-uncovering-way-hampshire-governed/
Feature on a walrus found in a human grave under a London Underground station:
https://www.mylondon.news/news/nostalgia/mystery-walrus-found-human-grave-19942654
There was a fire at St Hilarion castle:
https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/03/03/fire-at-st-hilarion-castle/
Concerns for a 12th century palace in Murcia:
https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-03-03/la-medina-azahara-del-siglo-xii-agoniza.html
Concerns for a medieval church in Sligo:
https://www.rte.ie/news/connacht/2021/0302/1200494-staad-abbey/
Concerns/plans for a 19th century pelota court in Spain:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/28/the-sistine-chapel-of-pelota-bounces-back-as-a-centre-of-spanish-culture
Concerns for heritage sites in Montenegro:
https://balkaninsight.com/2021/03/02/protected-on-paper-montenegros-heritage-sites-are-threatened-by-neglect/
Concerns for the 'Versailles of Wales':
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/feb/28/pleas-to-save-historic-versailles-of-wales-before-it-falls-into-ruin
Feature on the Sutton Hoo helmet:
https://aeon.co/videos/the-meanings-and-mysteries-of-the-iconic-sutton-hoo-helmet-brought-vividly-to-life
Feature on 10 British Iron Age hill forts:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/03/10-british-iron-age-hill-forts/118900
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Archaeology in Europe News:
http://archaeology-in-europe.blogspot.com/
Medievalists.net:
https://www.medievalists.net/category/news/
Viking Archaeology Blog:
http://viking-archaeology-blog.blogspot.com/
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Studying 'social resilience' in Bronze Age China:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/03/03/research-highlights-importance-of-social-resilience-in-bronze-age-china/
Fire has pretty much destroyed a 400 years bp Wengding village in China:
https://multimedia.scmp.com/infographics/news/china/article/3123696/wengding-village-fire/index.html
Suggestion that climate change, not Genghis Khan, led to the demise of medieval river civilizations in central Asia:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/environment/genghis-khan-didnt-bring-down-central-asias-medieval-river-civilizations-but
10th/11th century CE 'relic chamber' (and a pair of mounds) found in Nateshwar:
https://www.thedailystar.net/city/news/ancient-relic-chamber-discovered-nateshwar-2054681
A 10th/11th century CE stupa complex from Bangladesh:
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/ancient-stupa-complex-unearthed-in.html
Concerns for sites in Shangla:
https://www.dawn.com/news/1610726
Plans for excavations at the ancient port city of Korkai:
https://www.newsx.com/national/ancient-port-city-of-korkai-to-be-excavated-after-52-years.html
More on that 'lake of skeletons' in India:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-56116533
Rio Tinto's chairman has now stepped down in the wake of the destruction of Aboriginal sites:
https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/02/business/rio-tinto-chairman-juukan-gorge-intl-hnk/index.html
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-rio-tinto-chairman-idUSKCN2AU2QS https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/mar/03/rio-tinto-investors-welcome-chairs-decision-to-step-down-after-juukan-gorge-scandal
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NORTH AMERICA
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Suggestion that woolly mammoths and humans may have coexisted in early New England:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/dc-wmm030321.php https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/03/05/woolly-mammoths-may-have-overlapped-with-first-humans-in-new-england/
Biomarkers in Alaskan lake sediment are being used to support a rethink of Beringian migration theories:
https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2021/02/research-could-reset-accepted-timeline-humans-reaching-north-america
Development on Alexandria's riverfront have revealed a pile of artifacts over the past few years:
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/northern-virginia/alexandria-riverfront-development-yields-treasure-trove-of-150000-historic-artifacts/2597985/
More on the identification of the Williamsburg Bray school on the campus of the College of William and Mary:
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/03/973355524/discovery-of-schoolhouse-for-black-children-now-offers-a-history-lesson
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/bray-school-william-mary/2021/02/24/d7888cc8-76c8-11eb-948d-19472e683521_story.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9496-210301-williamsburg-bray-school
Feature on Hohokam/O'odham remains in Arizona:
https://www.azcentral.com/
Feature on Nannie Helen Burroughs:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/02/28/nannie-helen-burroughs-black-teacher/
Feature on Thomas Wiggins:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/03/arts/music/thomas-wiggins-blind-tom-piano.html
Feature on breweries in Albany:
https://www.timesunion.com/living/article/Footprint-of-old-breweries-linger-as-other-15989396.php
In case you didn't know about the 'slavery loophole' in the 13th amendment:
https://www.wnyc.org/story/closing-13th-amendment-loophole/
Reviewish/interviewish of *African American Political Thought*:
https://www.brown.edu/news/2021-02-25/rogers ================================================================
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The Bahamas were settled earlier than previously thought (by 700 CE or so):
https://phys.org/news/2021-03-bahamas-earlier-believed-settlers-landscape.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/tau-sbw030321.php https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/bahamas-were-settled-earlier-than.html
A dozen burials (6000 - 1300 years bp) from northwestern Argentina:
https://www.cadenagramonte.cu/english/show/articles/32160:six-thousand-year-old-tombs-found-in-northwest-argentina
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9494-210301-argentina-prehistoric-burials
On the natural 'super fertilizer' used by pre-Incan civilizations in the Atacama desert:
https://www.elmostrador.cl/agenda-pais/2021/03/01/el-superfertilizante-natural-que-le-permitio-a-una-civilizacion-preincaica-prosperar-en-el-arido-desierto-de-atacama-en-chile-2/
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