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explorator 24.18 August 22, 2021
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You can read explorator online at:
https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/
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, Andy Szegedy-Maszak,
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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Feature on homo longi:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/homo-longi-extinct-human-species-that-may-replace-neanderthals-as-our
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AFRICA
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The DAI is helping with the restoration of pyramids in Sudan:
https://www.altaghyeer.info/en/2021/08/21/german-archaeological-institute-aids-in-sudanese-pyramids-restoration-efforts-with-lab-donation/
Feature on 17th-19th century petroglyphs made by fugitive enslaved folk in South Africa:
https://phys.org/news/2021-08-south-africa-bandit-slaves-art.html
More on that 80 000 years bp child burial from Kenya found a few months ago:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1477146/archaeology-news-african-human-burial-site-kenya-mtoto-child-ancient-history-latest-spt
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
More on the recently-found 6th century Christian settlement at Marea:
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/08/archaeologists-surprised-discovery-6th-century-christian-town-egypt#ixzz73cQo1XCn
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-egypt/ancient-christian-settlement-discovered-in-egypt/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-christian-settlement-egypt-shows-evidence-advanced-urban-planning-180978486/
Feature on the Book of the Dead:
https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/book-of-the-dead-ancient-egypt-universal-message
Feature on the Karnak Temple and 'Road of Rams':
https://dailynewsegypt.com/2021/08/21/history-of-karnak-temple-and-road-of-rams/
Feature on cats in ancient Egypt:
https://www.history.com/news/cats-ancient-egypt
Photo feature on modern papyrus production in Egypt:
https://elpais.com/elpais/2021/08/11/album/1628681229_568615.html
Interesting drone photos of the pyramids at Giza:
https://mymodernmet.com/alexander-ladanivskyy-drone-giza-pyramid-photo/
Feature on the events of the eastern Mediterranean ca 1200 BCE:
https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2021/08/world-end-1200-bce
5th century (earlier?) reliefs from Daskyleion depicting Persian conflict of some sort with the Greeks:
https://m.yenisafak.com/en/news/ancient-relief-depicting-greek-persian-war-unearthed-in-nw-turkey-3578495
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-relief-discovered-in-balikesir-excavations-167143
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/reliefs-from-5th-century-bc-found-in-western-turkeys-daskyleion/news
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/08/17/turkey-discovery-of-ancient-relief-depicting-greco-persian-wars/
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/ancient-relief-discovered-in-northwestern-turkey/2336764
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9945-210818-turkey-daskyleion-relief
... archaeologists are also studying the 'culinary culture' of the Lydians at the same site:
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/archaeologists-explore-culinary-culture-of-lydians-with-dentist-tools/news
Finding evidence of fluctuations in the earth's magnetic field from Neolithic tools from Jordan:
https://phys.org/news/2021-08-magnetic-field-years-today.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210816161332.htm https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-breakthrough-technique-detects-magnetic-field-in-prehistoric-stone-tools-1.10125401
https://www.sciencealert.com/flint-neolithic-artefacts-offer-a-new-way-to-probe-the-history-of-earth-s-magnetic-field
cf:
https://www.pnas.org/content/118/34/e2100995118
Feature on Gobekli Tepe:
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210815-an-immense-mystery-older-than-stonehenge
Evidence that the Kingdom of Judah was involved in olive oil production in the 7th century:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/even-after-assyria-won-judeans-produced-olive-oil-in-biblical-shephelah-677217
A 1500 years bp agricultural-industrial site featuring (inter alia) a winepress, structural foundations and a gold coin from Ramat Hasharon:
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/cookware-gold-coin-shed-light-on-life-in-ramat-hasharon-1500-years-ago-677057
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/seek-and-ye-shall-find-byzantine-activity-in-tel-aviv-suburb-1-500-years-ago-1.10128902
https://www.timesofisrael.com/building-project-unearths-ancient-history-in-tel-aviv-suburb/
https://hamodia.com/2021/08/18/evidence-found-ancient-agricultural-activity-ramat-ha-sharon/
http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_yVsixR22.html https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202108/1231937.shtml https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/1629281259-byzantine-era-wine-press-discovered-near-tel-aviv
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9949-210820-israel-byzantine-industry
More on that 'lump' of 4th century coins found on a beach in Israel:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9904963/1-700-year-old-coins-ancient-ship-sailing-Mediterranean-Israel.html
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/ancient-1700-year-old-coins-found-on-israeli-beach-676687
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/camping-trip-leads-discovery-1700-year-old-coins-israel-180978464/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9942-210817-israel-shipwreck-coins
Feature on the digging going on at night in Jerusalem's Old City:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/excavations-by-night-677165
Another piece arguing about the 'real' site of Bethsaida:
https://greekreporter.com/2021/08/17/searching-lost-biblical-city-bethsaida/
Paywalled review of a book on the Herods:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/new-book-plumbs-the-role-of-the-herods-in-forming-early-jewish-christian-views/2021/08/17/3a245234-ffab-11eb-87e0-7e07bd9ce270_story.html
More on Babylonian trigonometry:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/was-geometry-invented-by-bureaucrats-and-not-a-greek-genius
More on hyenas and Saudi Arabian caves:
https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/archaeologists-find-1-5-km-long-bed-of-bones-in-saudi-arabian-cave-4091975.html
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This Week in the Ancient Near East Podcast:
https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================
The big news this week was the find at Pompeii of a 'nearly intact' burial of freedman who funded Greek and Latin entertainment:
https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2021/08/17/unique-tomb-with-semi-mummified-body-found-at-pompeii_b615f418-3a87-4a7a-ba8f-efcebed64580.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/17/human-remains-in-tomb-are-best-preserved-ever-found-in-pompeii
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/21/levelling-up-pompeii-grave-at-site-shows-how-a-former-slave-went-far
https://www.livescience.com/pompeii-mummy-slave-porta-sarno.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-9901007/Archaeologists-skeleton-evidence-Greek-Pompeii.html
https://www.livescience.com/pompeii-mummy-slave-porta-sarno.html https://phys.org/news/2021-08-archaeologists-skeleton-evidence-greek-pompeii.html
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/europe/well-preserved-skeleton-sheds-light-on-culture-in-ancient-pompeii-20210818-p58jmx.html
https://www.theage.com.au/world/europe/well-preserved-skeleton-sheds-light-on-culture-in-ancient-pompeii-20210818-p58jmx.html
https://apnews.com/article/europe-science-arts-and-entertainment-2ef592e3a5fb152aa50549d193aae0c2
https://www.reuters.com/article/italy-pompeii/well-preserved-skeleton-sheds-light-on-culture-in-ancient-pompeii-idUSL1N2PO0N8
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/newly-unearthed-skeleton-gives-insight-into-ancient-pompeii/news
https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2021/08/18/skeleton-pompeii-orig-jk.cnn https://elpais.com/revista-de-verano/2021-08-17/marcus-venerius-el-nuevo-mecenas-que-emerge-de-entre-las-ruinas-de-pompeya.html
https://www.euronews.com/video/2021/08/17/pompeii-discovery-first-evidence-greek-was-also-used-in-ancient-rome
https://greekreporter.com/2021/08/18/pompeii-skeleton-proves-greek-culture-thriving-ancient-rome/
https://neoskosmos.com/en/207625/freed-slaves-tomb-provides-evidence-that-greek-was-part-of-ancient-pompeiis-cultural-life/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/skeleton-of-freed-slave-in-pompeii-offers-1st-proof-greek-spoken-there/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/discovery-partially-mummified-skeleton-proves-greek-theater-thriving-roman-pompeii-1999822
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/archaeologists-find-best-preserved-human-remains-in-pompeii/
http://www.therepublic.com/2021/08/17/eu-italy-pompeii-discovery-2/ https://www.livescience.com/pompeii-mummy-slave-porta-sarno.html https://georgykantorblog.wordpress.com/2021/08/17/a-new-find-from-pompeii/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccahughes/2021/08/17/extraordinary-tomb-discovery-provides-first-evidence-of-greek-culture-at-pompeii/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-uncover-most-well-preserved-human-remains-pompeii-date-180978455/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9944-210818-pompeii-human-remains
... and one of the urns has remains of three infants, apparently:
https://www.madeinpompei.it/2021/08/21/pompei-anche-i-resti-di-tre-infanti-nellurna-ritrovata-nella-tomba-di-marco-venerio-secondo/
A statue of Hygieia from Aizanoi:
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/statue-of-greek-health-goddess-hygieia-unearthed-in-turkey/2340226
https://greekreporter.com/2021/08/19/statue-of-greek-goddess-hygieia-unearthed-in-turkey/
Roman pottery (and earlier finds) from a quarry project in the Arreton Valley:
https://www.iwradio.co.uk/news/isle-of-wight-news/roman-pottery-among-artefacts-unearthed-in-very-exciting-arreton-valley-project/
Remains of four 'aligned columns' from the Salar Roman Villa dig:
https://www.granadahoy.com/vivir/hallazgo-arqueologico-Villa-Romana-Salar-base-columnas_0_1601840363.html
Bus station construction in Exeter revealed remains of a Roman fort:
https://news.exeter.gov.uk/report-into-roman-fort-discovery-highlights-important-and-fascinating-find/
A Roman fort site was also confirmed on National Trust land in Devon:
https://www.theexeterdaily.co.uk/news/local-news/national-trust-confirms-its-first-devon-roman-fort
Overviewish thing on recent finds from Despotiko:
https://www.ekathimerini.com/multimedia/images/1166400/uninhabited-aegean-island-yields-yet-more-surprises/
Week three of the Interactive Dig at Zominthos:
https://www.archaeological.org/zominthos-2021-week-3/
... and weeks 4-5:
https://www.archaeological.org/zominthos-2021-weeks-4-5/
... and a feature on the palace of Zominthos:
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1166415/the-inexhaustible-palace-of-zominthos/
A 5th/4th century workshop complex is the focus of the Kouklia dig this year:
https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/08/21/kouklia-dig-focuses-on-workshop-complex/
The Palaepaphos Urban Landscape Project is about to start digging:
https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/archaeological-research-unit-conducts-excavations-for-palaepaphos-urban-landscape-project/
Plans to restore 2300 years bp columns at the Temple of Apollo at Didim:
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/2300-year-old-columns-in-turkeys-temple-of-apollo-to-be-restored/news
More on recent finds from Peperikon:
https://www.novinite.com/articles/210796/New+Archeological+Findings+at+Bulgaria%E2%80%99s+Perperikon
https://bnt.bg/news/new-archaeological-finds-at-the-ancient-site-of-perperikon-297822news.html
Feature on the underwater archaeological park at Baiae:
https://phys.org/news/2021-08-ancient-romans-party.html https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210821-diving-among-ancient-ruins-where-romans-used-to-party
Next installment of that series on Roman Portugal:
https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/2021-08-16/a-misty-history-of-roman-portugal-part-6-the-economy/61761
Feature on the Late Roman fort of Caer Gybi:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/08/caer-gybi-angleseys-roman-fort/139903
The Theatre at Ephesus reopened to tourists:
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/2300-year-old-iconic-ephesus-theatre-reopens-for-visitors
Zeugma's House of the Muses is also now open to the public:
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/roman-house-of-muses-to-welcome-visitors-in-turkeys-zeugma/news
https://m.yenisafak.com/en/news/roman-era-house-of-muses-to-open-to-visitors-in-turkey-3578565
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/62026
I think we mentioned the concerns arising from construction near a Punic/Roman tower on Malta:
https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/protected-punic-roman-tower-becomes-a-construction-site.893518
Daniel Mendelsohn on the Odyssey:
https://octavian.substack.com/p/daniel-mendelsohn-on-the-odyssey?
Review of Pat Barker, *The Women of Troy*:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/aug/20/the-women-of-troy-by-pat-barker-review-bleak-and-impressive
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-women-of-troy-by-pat-barker-review-rewriting-homer-for-the-metoo-age-633qrbm87
Elliot Ackerman on the Anabasis:
https://octavian.substack.com/p/elliot-ackerman-on-the-anabasis
Feature on how to 'read' a broken Roman statue:
https://www.artandobject.com/video/how-read-broken-roman-statue-head-nero
Feature on Roman emperors being aware of the 'camera lie':
https://www.spearswms.com/how-the-roman-emperors-made-the-ancient-equivalent-of-the-camera-lie/
Feature on 'happiness' in Pompeii:
https://theconversation.com/what-a-baker-from-ancient-pompeii-can-teach-us-about-happiness-166010
Feature on Colchester and its loss of capital status to London:
https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/way-colchester-lost-status-englands-5780321
Feature on the Pax Romana:
https://www.history.com/news/pax-romana-roman-empire-peace-augustus
Feature on what ancient Greeks ate every day:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/08/14/what-did-the-ancient-greeks-eat/
Feature on the Minoan diet:
https://greekreporter.com/2021/08/19/minoans-sophisticated-diet-included-imported-spices-from-asia/
cf:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12520-021-01375-4
Feature on Herodotus:
https://greekreporter.com/2021/08/16/the-greek-historian-herodotus-known-as-the-father-of-history/
Feature on Plato's best and worst ideas:
https://greekreporter.com/2021/08/18/plato-best-worst-ideas/
Another feature on the Antikythera Mechanism:
https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/genius-at-the-bottom-of-the-sea-11629392600599.html
More on concerns about how the British Museum is treating the Parthenon Marbles;
https://news.gtp.gr/2021/08/16/greece-slams-british-museum-for-lack-of-care-calls-for-return-of-parthenon-marbles/
More on that feeding-to-the-lions key handle:
https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/dig-discovery-hints-leicester-people-5761965
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Roman Archaeology Blog:
http://romanarc.blogspot.com/
Rogueclassicism:
http://rogueclassicism.com/ ================================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================
A project to date the petroglyphs (mostly Mesolithic, it seems) in a cave in the Fontainebleau forest:
https://www.ouest-france.fr/sciences/archeologie/archeologie-dans-la-foret-de-fontainebleau-un-art-rupestre-unique-et-fragile-f1b23924-f9f3-11eb-8856-ae31b3de7322
A possible Neolithic 'cursus monument' on Arran:
https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/possible-neolithic-ritual-site-on-arran-may-be-a-monument-to-shared-human-endeavour-scotsman-comment-3351604
https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/archaeologists-search-for-enormous-ancient-ritual-site-on-scottish-island-3351332
3000 years bp vases full of jewellery and weapons from a site in Auvergne Rhone-Alpes:
https://www.francetvinfo.fr/culture/patrimoine/archeologie/des-vases-des-bijoux-et-des-armes-decouverte-exceptionnelle-d-objets-de-l-age-du-bronze-dans-l-allier_4743353.html
A pair of Wielbark culture burial mounds from Poland provide evidence of the profession of the occupants:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/08/burial-mounds-containing-grave-goods-indicate-profession-of-those-interred/139896
An ongoing excavation in Salamanca:
https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-08-19/una-diosa-egipcia-en-salamanca.html
An 8 foot tall, 1600 years bp wooden 'idol' find from a bog in Co Roscommon:
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40358522.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/08/20/ireland-pagan-deity-bog-idil/ https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/gortnacrannagh-idol-ireland-1234601873/ https://www.art-insider.com/ancient-pagan-wood-idol-discovered-in-roscommon-bog-ireland/2688
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1600-year-old-wooden-idol-found-ireland-180978453/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9941-210816-ireland-wooden-idol
Remains of a 'lost' 8th century monastery associated with Queen Cynethryth was unearthed near a church in Berkshire:
https://www.reading.ac.uk/news-and-events/releases/PR858751.aspx https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/university-reading-archaeologists-make-breakthrough-21340550
https://phys.org/news/2021-08-archaeologists-lost-monastery-queen-mercia.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-58258647 https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2021-08-19/archaeologists-discover-8th-century-monastery-on-the-banks-of-the-river-thames
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/an-anglo-saxon-queen-s-monastery-rediscovered
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/698/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/698/pub/698/page/21/article/209420
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lost-monastery-run-anglo-saxon-queen-discovered-180978485/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9948-210820-england-queen-cynethryth
I think we mentioned this Viking hoard from the Isle of Man:
https://museumcrush.org/another-viking-hoard-offers-itself-up-on-the-isle-of-man/
A langsax long knife with possible Viking connections from Poland:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/08/rare-langsax-fighting-blade-discovery/139946
A change in papal law in the 14th century allowing monks more meat apparently caused digestive issues for some at Muchelney Abbey:
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/aug/19/meat-rich-diet-of-13th-century-monks-caused-digestive-issues-research-finds
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/meat-diet-monks-digestive-issues-b1905139.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9905615/Muchelney-Abbey-build-toilet-block-14th-century-meat-gave-monks-diarrhoea.html
Remains of a medieval St Mary's Abbey from a Museum Gardens dig in York:
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/archaeological-dig-at-museum-gardens-in-york-reveals-lost-buildings-that-were-once-part-of-medieval-st-marys-abbey-3345871
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9943-210817-york-medieval-abbey
Two medieval jewellery hoards from Russia:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61998
Remains of a medieval structure from the heart of Genoa:
https://www.finestresullarte.info/archeologia/genova-importante-scoperta-archeologica-complesso-medievale-loggia-banchi
A dig in Dover's Market Square prior to a 'major revamp' is under way:
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/digging-for-the-past-252398/
A dig at Alderney's 'Nunnery' is under way again, hoping to determine if it was, in fact, a Nunnery:
https://gsy.bailiwickexpress.com/gsy/news/we-do-not-know-if-nunnery-was-ever-fact-nunnery/#.YSJRs9NyphF
Hopes for Spanish Armada evidence from plans to dredge up a Galician port/estuary:
https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2021/08/15/dredging-up-history-galicia-clean-up-project-could-shed-light-on-mysteries-of-spanish-armada/
A study of lead content of bones from Italy dating from 12 000 BCE to the 17th century mirrors evidence of increased lead production:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/12000-year-old-cemetery-reveals-effect-of-metal-pollution-on-humans-676805
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-bones-in-12-000-year-old-cemetery-mirror-history-of-deadly-lead-production-1.10119592
https://www.sciencealert.com/human-burials-for-12-000-years-reveal-the-steady-rise-of-lead-pollution
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lead-has-been-getting-humans-bones-5000-years-180978444/
cf:
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.1c00614
18th century (or earlier) graffiti found at the Kibworth Harcourt mill:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-58259268
A mass grave associated with a Nazi massacre from Poland's 'Death Valley':
https://www.livescience.com/wwii-nazi-mass-grave-found-poland.html https://www.newsweek.com/archaeologists-discover-mass-world-war-ii-grave-uncover-nazi-massacre-1620718
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/08/archaeologists-unearth-nazi-era-massacre-poland-s-death-valley
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/08/nazi-war-crimes-revealed-in-death-valley/139918
cf:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/an-archaeology-of-death-valley-poland/297404A3A2C060EA27B9E9CC176DBC75
Detectorist finds declared treasure this week include some coins stashed during the time of Charles I:
https://www.gentside.co.uk/history/coins-stashed-during-reign-of-charles-i-declared-treasure_art7974.html
Overviewish thing on the dig season at Anchor Church Field:
https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/archaeologists-on-cliff-hanger-possible-5813186
https://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/news/saxon-poo-among-exciting-finds-uncovered-at-dig-9212108/
Concerns for Stonehenge-associated sites in Pembrokeshire:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-58247235
... arising from:
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-wales-58250138 https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/697/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/697/pub/697/page/39/article/209168
A catalog of underwater sites in Andalucia has been produced:
https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2021/08/16/presenting-andalucias-underwater-archaeological-chart/
Feature on Viking-era (S)Nottingham:
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/history/history-nottingham-known-snotingeham-held-5801153
Not sure about this: protestors 'seized' Ediburgh Castle citing Magna Carta:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/aug/17/protesters-claim-to-seize-edinburgh-castle-citing-magna-carta
More on the 5000 years bp wooden stakes from the Ness of Brodgar:
https://www.insidehook.com/daily_brief/history/orkney-ness-brodgar-wooden-stakes-scotland
More on the origins of the so-called 'Arthur's Stone':
https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/19518527.archaeologists-reveal-herefordshire-stone-age-monuments-origins/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9897977/Origins-Arthurs-Stone-revealed-archaeologists.html
More on that medieval 'sword pyramid' from Norfolk:
https://www.livescience.com/mysterious-sword-pyramid.html
On the ongoing threat to archaeology programs in the UK:
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/700/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/700/pub/700/page/30/article/208309
... and the department in Worcester is closing now:
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/worcester-university-to-close-its-archaeology-department-in-another-blow-to-heritage-sector
Larry Landtrain isn't going over well at Lindisfarne:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/aug/18/row-larry-landtrain-visitors-lindisfarne
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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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A pair of Jin dynasty brick tombs from Shaanxi:
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-08-15/Brick-tombs-from-the-Jin-Dynasty-discovered-in-Shanxi-Province-12KHecRxo3u/index.html
Latest 'embracing lovers' burial is a 1600 years bp tomb from Datong:
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2021-08/16/content_77695826.htm http://en.people.cn/n3/2021/0818/c90000-9885190.html https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-08-16/Over-1600-year-old-tomb-of-embracing-lovers-unearthed-in-Datong-12LLCTHDswU/index.html
https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/270728877/over-1600-yr-old-tomb-of-embracing-lovers-unearthed-in-north-china
On the love for archaeology (and paleontology) in China:
https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/social-welfare/article/3145438/why-china-love-archaeology-and-palaeontology
Feature on sites being revealed from melting ice in Mongolia:
https://scroll.in/article/1002794/in-mongolia-melting-ice-is-revealing-hidden-archaeological-treasures
30 Late Bronze Age burials from the Okinsk region of Buryatia:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/106980/30-tombs-dating-back-to-the-Late-Bronze-Age-discovered
Neolithic sites from Eastern Ghats (Tamil Nadu):
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2021/aug/17/neolithic-period-sites-found-in-eastern-ghats-2345700.html
Remains of an ancient temple from a Bhargavi riverbed in Odisha:
https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/ruins-of-ancient-temple-found-in-bhargavi-riverbed-in-odisha-1021312.html
https://pragativadi.com/survey-group-rediscovering-lost-heritage-stumbles-upon-remains-of-ancient-temple-in-bhargavi-river-bed/
Feature on that punch-marked 36d century coin from the Keeladi site:
https://www.dtnext.in/News/TamilNadu/2021/08/22022317/1313393/Silver-coin-shows-economic-activities-in-3rd-century-.vpf
Feature on Madras before the British:
https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2021/aug/17/building-a-city-before-the-british-came-calling-2345584.html
Feature on the Ramappa temple just added to the Heritage List:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-58255574
Study suggests Indus Valley folk spoke a Dravidian language:
https://science.thewire.in/the-sciences/nature-study-ancestral-dravidian-language-indus-valley-elephant-pilu/
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NORTH AMERICA
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Using remote sensing and machine learning to reveal 3000-5000 years bp shell rings and mounds in the American Southeast:
https://news.psu.edu/story/666605/2021/08/19/research/remote-sensing-and-machine-learning-reveal-archaic-shell-rings
https://phys.org/news/2021-08-remote-machine-reveal-archaic-shell.html
Clay roof tiles from the Powder Magazine site at Colonial Williamsburg:
https://www.dailypress.com/virginiagazette/va-vg-powder-magazine-dig-0816-20210819-uwnepcvqxbdodfpof4nj5c32yu-story.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9947-210820-williamsburg-powder-magazine
A skull found in Flathead Lake (Montana) is believed to be a Native American of uncertain date:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/skull-discovered-flathead-lake-deemed-021700282.html
A 'secret' Tennessee site of some sort has been preserved:
https://foxchattanooga.com/news/local/secret-tennessee-archeological-site-preserved
A dig in Brantford has been halted until First Nations reps can monitor the dig:
https://tworowtimes.com/news/local/brantford-archaeological-dig-halted-until-indigenous-reps-on-site/
Feature on what the CZU Lightning Complex Fire in California last year revealed:
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/17/1028368032/kitchen-sisters-voices-of-survivors-of-the-czu-lightning-complex-fire
http://www.kitchensisters.org/present/what-fire-reveals/
Feature/study of shellfish management in the Pacific Northwest:
https://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stories/2021/08/humans-managed-shellfish-and-their-predators-for-millennia--stud.html
https://phys.org/news/2021-08-humans-shellfish-predators-millennia.html https://www.uvic.ca/news/topics/2021+traditional-foodways-need-protection+news
cf:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10021-021-00671-3
Feature on former Connecticut state archaeologist Nick Bellantoni:
https://www.nhregister.com/lifestyle/article/Meet-Connecticut-s-real-life-Indiana-Jones-16397930.php
Feature on local historian (Potrero) Peter Linenthal:
https://www.potreroview.net/local-historian-keeps-past-alive/
Colonial Williamsburg has acquired a Paul Revere tankard:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/62035
A map detailing Florida's disappearing Native American sites:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/map-details-florida-disappearing-landscape-180978364/
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Another study casting doubt on claims of cannibalism among the Caribs:
https://phys.org/news/2021-08-dispelling-false-cannibalistic-caribsagain.html https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/926065
The Coba Archaeological Zone has reopened after negotiations over how many tourists can visit:
https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2021/08/after-both-sides-reach-an-agreement-coba-archaeological-zone-reopens-under-inah/
Feature on the Palpa geoglyphs:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/08/the-mysterious-palpa-geoglyphs/139923
Feature on the Maya 'Star Wars':
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/08/the-star-wars/139929
Feature on Spanish colonial officials fearing 'powerful clothing':
https://psyche.co/ideas/why-spanish-colonial-officials-feared-the-power-of-clothing?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=HTLGI21
Feature on Cuicuilco:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/08/cuicuilco-the-mesoamerican-city-destroyed-by-a-volcano/139951
Folks don't think much of Mexico's replica Aztec pyramid, apparently:
https://www.archpaper.com/2021/08/mexico-builds-templo-mayor-replica-light-up/ -----
Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas Breaking News:
http://goo.gl/1VdeA
Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas lecture channels on Youtube:
https://mikeruggerisyoutube.tumblr.com/
Ancient MesoAmerica News:
http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/ ================================================================
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST ================================================================
Not sure where to put this one: British archaeologists are battling with Turkey over seeds found at various sites:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/seeds-conflict-british-archaeologists-battling-turkish-government-seeds-180978357/
... nor this one on connections between genetics and language families in northeast Asia:
https://phys.org/news/2021-08-history-written-grammar.html
cf:
https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/34/eabd9223
Feature on Lady Wroth and her secret codes:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/secret-codes-lady-wroth-first-female-english-novelist-180978365/
Some middle schoolers are trying to clear the name of a Salem Witch Trial victim:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/20/us/elizabeth-johnson-jr-salem-witch-trials.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/19/salem-witch-trials-pardon-woman-elizabeth-johnson
Feature on the Boleyn family:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rise-and-fall-tudor-englands-scandalous-boleyn-family-180978480/
On the French and Lafayette:
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