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explorator 24.44 February 20, 2022
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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, Duncan Campbell
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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CUT AND PASTE CORRIGENDA ============================================================
Major correction: a couple of weeks ago I posted what I thought was an obituary for Anna Ritchie; it was actually an honorific party sort of thing and she lives and thrives. Apologies to all!
Last week, i mentioned a piece on 'orphaned' artifacts from Iran's Ganj Dareh; my link to the original study should have been:
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0251318 ============================================================
EARLY HOMINIDS
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A sort of overviewish thing on various hominid fossils, when they were found, etc.:
https://www.jpost.com/science/article-696454
Latest item on why Neanderthals went 'extinct':
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-60305218
More on sapiens settlement on the Arabian peninsula 210 000 - 120 000 years bp:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-696323
More on the Mandrin cave site putting homo sapiens in western Europe earlier than previously thought:
https://phys.org/news/2022-02-homo-sapiens-europe-earlier-thought.html https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60305218 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/02/15/the-first-homo-sapiens-arrived-much-earlier-in-western-europe/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10362-220214-europe-neanderthal-extinction
More on Neanderthal tools from a site in Croatia:
https://www.total-croatia-news.com/lifestyle/60199-neanderthal-tools-barac-cave ============================================================
AFRICA
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Photoessay on some threatened sites in Libya:
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2022/02/18/libyas-archaeological-sites-under-threat-in-pictures/
In case you missed the Tunisian 'enthusiast' who has recreated ancient purple dye from snails:
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/oddly-enough/tunisian-enthusiast-recreates-sea-snail-purple-dye-that-defined-ancient-royals-2022-02-08/
More on the 50 000 years bp trade in ostrich shell beads:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/first-social-network-might-have-involved-beads-carved-from-ostrich-eggshells-180979542/
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
More on the find of a 6th century BCE cache of embalming materials from Abusir:
https://english.radio.cz/czech-archaeologists-unearth-largest-mummification-deposit-ever-found-egypt-8742172
https://www.praguemorning.cz/czech-archaeologists-discovered-largest-mummification-deposit-in-egypt/
https://greekreporter.com/2022/02/17/embalming-vessel-cache-egypt/ https://www.archaeology.org/news/10369-220217-egypt-embalming-materials
Two men engaged in illegal excavations inside a house in Sohag died after 'falling into a pit':
https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/egypt-two-men-digging-for-antiquities-in-a-home-die-after-falling-into-pit-1.85797365
Feature on the animal cemetery at Tuna el-Gebel:
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/02/sacred-animal-mummies-live-egypts-city-dead
Feature on a 3200 years bp 'workplace attendance tablet' now in the British Museum:
https://mymodernmet.com/ancient-egyptians-attendance-record/
Feature on the Bibliotheca Alexandrina:
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/20220214/7ab345cc3f2c42e79d61ebad493d4f68/c.html
Excavations are under way at the Iranian port site of Najirom:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/470206/Archaeological-trenches-carved-to-redefine-southern-Iranian-port
Rains in Susa exposed some Islamic-era pottery finds:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/470273/Ancient-potteries-probably-exposed-by-flash-flood-discovered
More on the mapping of Iran's 'Treasure Valley' (Ganj Dareh):
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/470160/Anthropologist-makes-3D-maps-to-shed-new-light-on-Iran-s-Treasure
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/02/16/sifting-through-archives-to-rediscover-irans-treasure-valley/
Another item on Turkish 'factions' bulldozing sites in Afrin:
https://www.syriahr.com/en/239372/
More on the find of a pair of Byzantine-era swords 20 years ago at Amorium:
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/02/rare-byzantine-swords-found-in-medieval.html
A new analysis of the Iron Age fort 'in the middle of nowhere' on Mount Adir in northern Israel:
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/iron-age-fort-in-the-middle-of-nowhere-sheds-light-on-israel-s-dark-age-1.10613031
cf:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12520-021-01462-6
A section of the walls of David's Citadel in Jerusalem's Old City was apparently built without a foundation:
https://www.jpost.com/j-spot/article-696829 https://www.jpost.com/christianworld/article-696640
New evidence of a Crusader-era water system in King Baldwin's castle:
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-village-excavating-itself-finds-secrets-of-crusader-water-system-1.10614951
https://aleteia.org/2022/02/18/a-12th-century-crusader-castle-in-israel-had-an-ingenious-water-supply-system-archaeologists-discover/
More on 3500 years bp lead ingots from Caesarea and their trade implications:
http://famagusta-gazette.com/2022/02/12/israel-discovers-3200-year-old-lead-ingots/
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/hj06bvmjc
Feature on Tel Be'er Sheva:
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-sites-places/tel-beer-sheva-city-of-the-patriarchs/
Feature on the Madaba Map:
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-artifacts/artifacts-and-the-bible/madaba-the-worlds-oldest-holy-land-map/
Again, we're reading of Israeli settlers 'storming' the site of Sebastia:
https://menafn.com/1103719295/Israeli-settlers-storm-archaeological-site-north-of-Nablus&source=30
Not sure why jpost had this item on 'new evidence' of Temple treasures being in the Vatican:
https://www.jpost.com/jerusalem-report/article-696068
... even less sure why they had a piece on 'biblical giants':
https://www.jpost.com/christianworld/article-696572
OpEd suggesting archaeology 'proves' Jews are indigenous to Israel:
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/322187
8500 years bp structural (and other) remains from Ghagha (Abu Dhabi):
https://tcaabudhabi.ae/en/media.centre/news/new.abu.dhabi.archaeological.discoveries.reveal.8500.year.old.buildings..aspx
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-696955 https://gulfnews.com/uae/abu-dhabi-unearths-archaeological-treasures-dating-back-8500-years-1.85792165
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/uae-buildings-archaeology-scli-scn-intl/index.html
https://www.emol.com/noticias/Tecnologia/2022/02/17/1047030/emiratosarabes-arqueologia-ciudad-8500.html
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/oldest-building-discovered-uae-1234619642/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/02/archaeologists-uncover-uaes-earliest-known-buildings/142832
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/02/8500-year-old-buildings-discovered-in.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/02/18/new-abu-dhabi-archaeological-discoveries-reveal-8500-year-old-buildings/
Umm an-Nar period finds from the Bat site (Oman), including food remains:
https://timesofoman.com/article/113385-bat-archeological-site-discoveries-reveal-aspects-of-life-during-umm-an-nar-period
https://www.thenationalnews.com/gulf-news/oman/2022/02/19/discovery-in-oman-could-show-what-ancient-people-ate-more-than-2000-years-ago/
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ============================================================
2500 years bp remains of fortifications from Pergamon:
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/new-ancient-fortification-walls-discovered-in-turkeys-pergamon
Latest 2500 years bp Scythian burial from the Siberian 'Valley of the Kings':
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-697029
In case you missed the find of a Roman-era necropolis in Gaza:
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2027031/middle-east https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/02/ancient-burial-place-uncovered-gaza-construction-site
https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSKBN2KM1D0 https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/builders-find-2-000-year-old-roman-cemetery-in-gaza/47356428
https://www.israelhayom.com/2022/02/18/bulldozers-unearth-roman-era-cemetery-in-gaza/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/2000-year-old-roman-cemetery-discovered-in-gaza-1234619640/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/02/builders-find-2000-year-old-roman.html
Evidence of a 2nd century (?) CE Roman settlement near Buridava Castrum in Romania:
https://www.stiripesurse.ro/roman-settlement-discovered-near-buridava-castrum-in-ramnicu-valcea_2244100.html
A section of a stucco Mithra relief was found at Ostia (all coverage is Italian):
https://www.ansa.it/canale_viaggiart/it/regione/lazio/2022/02/13/a-ostia-antica-scoperto-rilievo-mitra-in-stucco_8cdeb4eb-65b5-46c8-8e39-d695de3ec709.html
https://roma.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/22_febbraio_13/parco-ostia-antica-scoperto-rilievo-stucco-dipinto-dio-mitra-d1c5c69e-8cb5-11ec-ab58-6edac401c3bd.shtml
https://www.romatoday.it/zone/ostia/ostia/parco-archeologico-ostia-antica-mitreo.html
4th century Roman coins (and bits of sculpture ... date?) from a dig at St Michael's fortress on Ugljan Island:
https://www.total-croatia-news.com/lifestyle/60363-4th-century-coins-found-on-ugljan-island
A late Roman (6th century) cemetery outside Mantua:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/63367
More late Roman coins have turned up at a Ribble Valley site where a huge hoard was found last month:
https://www.burnleyexpress.net/news/people/more-coins-from-late-roman-period-unearthed-in-ribble-valley-3574794
Overviewish piece on the Polish excavations at Kato Paphos;
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/02/2021-results-of-polish-excavations-at.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/02/17/polish-excavations-at-kato-paphos/
Overviewish thing on what's been going on at Pompeii:
https://apnews.com/article/science-technology-business-italy-europe-fd7499b179f254ad442c468fdc94394b
https://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/celebrities/article258594483.html https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/pompeii-rebirth-italys-dead-city-died-83011400
https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-40812249.html
A 2500 years bp Etruscan sarcophagus featuring a married couple sculpture is getting some hi-tech protection:
https://apnews.com/article/europe-lifestyle-arts-and-entertainment-rome-italy-f8c8f2006c75eb7bd3a5ca1bdbd46120
https://denvergazette.com/ap/entertainment/2-500-year-old-terracotta-gets-valentine-days-love-in-italy/article_399e372e-2635-5332-bf5c-9412fcfa756f.html
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/300517660/2500yearold-statues-get-some-valentine-days-love
Restoration at the theater of Dodoni continues:
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1177752/restoration-works-to-continue-at-the-ancient-theater-of-dodoni/
Interesting restoration plans for Milan's ancient amphitheatre:
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/02/18/milans-ancient-amphitheatre-turns-over-a-new-leaf-with-a-euro15m-garden-inspired-restoration-project
Study suggests the Curia of Pompey was built in three phases:
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/02/confirmed-curia-of-pompey-where-julius-caesar-was-killed-was-built-in-three-phases/
More on ancient Roman chamber pots:
https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/archaeology/ancient-urn-roman-toilet/ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/655416/ancient-romans-used-chamber-pots https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/02/identifying-portable-toilets-of-ancient.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/02/14/identifying-the-portable-toilets-of-the-ancient-roman-world/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10364-220215-roman-chamber-pot
More on the use of gypsum in Greek white ground pottery decoration:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/02/15/ancient-greek-vases-gypsum/ https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/02/14/archaeometric-study-of-execution-techniques-of-white-attic-vases/
More on Roman mosaics from Hvar:
https://www.total-croatia-news.com/travel/60423-roman-mosaics-stari-grad
More on evidence of illegal metal detecting at Bar Hill Fort in Scotland:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd1w3exkvzmo
Feature on some Safaitic graffiti from Pompeii:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/one-of-pompeiis-greatest-mysteries-may-have-been-solved?ref=author
Feature on Janric van Rookhuijzen's work on the Erectheion and the Caryatids:
https://greekherald.com.au/opinion/have-the-caryatids-of-the-acropolis-told-all-their-secrets/
Feature on the natural fires at the sanctuary of Hephaistos at Yarnatas:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/02/yanartas-the-fires-of-mount-chimaera/142766
Feature on the Pont du Gard:
https://smarthistory.org/pont-du-gard/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pont-du-gard
Feature on Heracleion:
https://egyptianstreets.com/2022/02/13/egypts-atlantis-the-city-of-heracleion/
Feature on Pompeii's final hours:
https://mymodernmet.com/watch-a-day-in-pompeii/
Feature on ancient Greeks and 'extraterrestrials' (not sure about this one):
https://greekreporter.com/2022/02/18/ancient-greece-extraterrestrial/
Feature on assorted ancient shipwrecks in the Black Sea:
https://mymodernmet.com/black-sea-map-shipwrecks/
Feature on Homer as an 'idea':
https://www.thenationalherald.com/examining-the-greek-epic-poet-homer-as-an-idea/
Feature on Schliemann at Troy:
https://neoskosmos.com/en/2022/02/15/features/schliemanns-hellenes-homers-troy-and-the-greek-miner-from-australia/
Feature on the Roman conquest of Britain:
https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/the-roman-conquest-of-britain/
Feature on the Centauridae:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/02/19/centauridae-ancient-greek-mythology/
Feature on cheating at the ancient Olympics:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/02/19/history-cheating-olympics/
Feature on a very long Greek word:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/02/15/the-longest-word-in-the-world-is-greek-175-letters-and-78-syllables/
In Parthenon Sculptures news this week, the Times was suggesting making hi-tech replicas:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-times-view-on-replicting-the-elgin-marbles-greek-gifts-c9b9h8q6f
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/robot-with-human-touch-could-carve-replica-elgin-marbles-km33z0rj3
... and there's a suggestion the British Museum may be softening its stance:
https://neoskosmos.com/en/2022/02/16/news/greece/experts-sense-major-shift-in-british-museums-stance-on-allowing-parthenon-marbles-return-to-greece/
... while the Independent has come down on the site that the BM should keep them:
https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/voices/elgin-marbles-british-musuem-parthenon-frieze-b2017575.html
... and a Greek MEP appealed to European lawmakers for their return:
https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1177534/greek-mep-appeals-to-european-lawmakers-over-reunification-of-parthenon-sculptures/
... and another opEddish thing in the Greek press:
https://www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/1177648/law-morals-and-marbles/
More on the loan of a statue of Athena to Sicily relating to the return of the 'Fagan Fragment':
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/02/14/the-greek-gods-are-coming-home/
Latest Pasts Imperfect newsletter:
https://pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-imperfect-21722
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Rogueclassicism:
http://rogueclassicism.com/ ============================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ============================================================
Possible evidence of 5300 years bp ear surgery from a skull found in Spain (when?):
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-696691
cf:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-06223-6
A 5000 years bp human bone from the Thames:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-60348707
A pair of 5000 years bp burials from Serbia featuring use of red ochre:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/02/burials-covered-in-red-dye-found-in-serbian-barrows/142835
Stones used to build Neolithic enclosures near Avebury henge orignated in Northumberland:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10518877/Scientists-believe-Neolithic-Britons-carried-stones-280-miles-build-Wiltshire-enclosures.html
Suggestion that a bronze figurine found in the Tollense River a couple years ago may have been part of a Scandinavian weight system:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/15/science/archaeology-germany-tollense-trade.html
https://norwaytoday.info/news/a-2700-year-old-figurine-may-have-been-used-in-an-early-scandinavian-weight-system-new-study-claims/
Remains of ten Celtic roundhouses and a pile of garbage from a site in Cheshire:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10509407/Iron-Age-village-discovered-experts-items-prehistoric-TRASH-north-west-England.html
A hoard (?) of 6th/7th century gold and silver coins from Twente:
https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2022/02/unique-find-of-gold-treasure-sheds-light-on-early-history-of-twente/
A wooden object with runes from that site in Oslo where a falcon figurine was found a couple weeks ago:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/02/archaeologists-find-wooden-object-inscribed-with-runes/142800
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/63389
Remains of a medieval plank causeway in Berlin:
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/02/medieval-plank-causeway-discovered-in.html
I think we mentioned this medieval gold brooch with 'supernatural inscriptions' from Wiltshire a couple weeks ago:
https://www.livescience.com/medieval-gold-brooch-supernatural-inscriptions http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/63394
cf:
https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1023999
Remains of an 18th century 'hidden kitchen' and 'secret tunnel' found during excavations at Hanbury Hall:
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/archaeologists-unearth-jaw-dropping-hidden-23127202
https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/19935412.18th-century-discovery-made-hanbury-hall-droitwich/
Remains of a 200 years bp brick kiln from Norfolk:
https://www.northnorfolknews.co.uk/news/aylsham-roman-project-dig-kiln-woodgate-nursery-8700186
Finds from various periods from a dig at the Tower of London:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/02/13/rare-treasures-unearthed-tower-london-moat-new-light-capitals/
A project to map Great Yarmouth's medieval town wall and towers is under way:
https://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/lifestyle/heritage/radar-to-uncover-yarmouth-past-8688874
Resuming the search for a down that 'fell into the sea' some 600 years bp of the East Yorkshire coast:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-humber-60401896
Plans to investigate a cleit on St Kilda after recent storm damage:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpdrzj9zv7no
Plans for a dig at a 4500 years bp hillfort site in Scotland prior to bridge construction:
https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/time-runs-out-for-ancient-hillfort-on-the-banks-of-the-river-tay-3569967
Overviewish piece on the ongoing dig at the Ness of Brodgar:
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/feb/15/orkney-ghosts-of-past-world-of-stonehenge-british-museum
Followup to that find of bones with runic and Latin inscriptions from Oslo a month or so ago:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/02/16/rare-rune-finds-unearthed-during-excavations-in-oslo/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-696885
Studying the 'chemical fingerprint' of Viking iron artifacts:
https://phys.org/news/2022-02-spearheads-chemical-fingerprint-viking-weapons.html
cf:
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abl7655
Seeking protection for early Christian sites in Nagorno-Karabakh:
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/250419/human-rights-activist-asks-unesco-to-ensure-protection-of-nagorno-karabakh-s-historic-christian-sites
More on that 5000 years bp 'drum' sculpture on the burials of three children found with it:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/british-archeologists-discover-three-children-in-prehistoric-embrace-north-of-stonehenge
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/drum-discovery-stone-age-archaeology-grave-scn-scli-intl/index.html
https://news.yahoo.com/archaeologists-discovered-rare-prehistoric-drum-140830636.html
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/02/5000-year-old-talismanic-drum-hailed.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/an-ornate-5000-year-old-stone-drum-is-the-uks-most-significant-prehistoric-art-find-in-a-century-180979604/
More on the Bronze Age beer straws from the Caucasus:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-696455
More on evidence of medieval goldmining at a site in Slovakia:
https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22826254/latest-archaeological-finds-confirm-gold-mining-in-tuzina.html
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/63375 https://www.archaeology.org/news/10363-220215-slovakia-medieval-mines
Feature on objects found from various shipwrecks found near Plymouth:
https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/history/plymouths-shipwrecked-histories-uncovered-3d-6640511
Feature on the Templars' 'place of power':
https://www.bbc.co.uk/reel/video/p08q45rj/why-did-the-templars-mark-this-mysterious-spot-on-the-map-
Feature on the Dovbush Rocks Complex (Ukraine):
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/02/the-dovbush-rocks-complex/142754
Feature on the Long Man of Wilmington:
http://geographical.co.uk/uk/discovering-britain/item/4282-discovering-britain-the-nations-tallest-man-the-long-man-of-wilmington
Feature on early Anglo-Saxon England:
https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/the-early-history-of-anglo-saxon-england-and-the-germanic-people/
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http://viking-archaeology-blog.blogspot.com/
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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC ============================================================
Not sure if we mentioned this JIn dynasty tomb from Shanxi with prayer murals:
https://ukranews.com/en/news/832411-ancient-tomb-with-prayer-related-murals-found-in-china-s-shanxi
China is claiming some 10 000 years bp petroglyphs point to the origins of skiing:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10522793/China-claims-invented-skiing-10-000-years-ago.html
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/some-believe-china-was-birthplace-of-skiing
More on the 4000 years bp Zhukaigou culture site from China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region:
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2022-02/14/content_78046533.htm
More on Beijing excavating 5000 relics last year:
https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202202/15/WS620b19c8a310cdd39bc86b75.html
More on the recent find of 20 more Terracotta Warriors:
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-terracotta-army-just-added-20.html
A study of some 3000 years bp pants found in China's Tarim Basin ages ago:
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/pants-oldest-ancient-horseman-asia-culture-origin
https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/worlds-oldest-pants-turfan-mans-trousers-was-made-through-three-weaving-techniques-4790306.html
More on possible 430 years bp ninja weapons prototypes from Japan:
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-ninja-weapons-discovered https://www.mccourier.com/archaeologists-are-discovering-these-new-weapons-which-are-the-ancestors-of-the-shuriken/
A 1st millennium CE Tashtyk site from Siberia has some interesting finds:
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/a-message-from-a-mysterious-ancient-culture-in-siberia-1.10622913
Rectangular ivory (maybe) dice from the Keezhadi excavations:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/keeladi-excavations-ivory-dice-unearthed/articleshow/89665215.cms
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/schools/rectangular-ivory-dice-unearthed-during-excavation-at-keezhadi-in-tn-371015
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2022/feb/18/rectangular-ivory-die-unearthed-at-keezhadi-site-2420969.html
https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/rectangular-ivory-dice-found-in-keeladi-point-to-past-time-activities-of-ancient-tamils-1082978.html
Not sure of the date of these remains of a slanting roof with decorated panels from excavations in Old Town in Bhubaneswar:
https://www.indiatoday.in/cities/bhubaneswar/story/archaeological-dept-found-decorated-roof-panel-of-buried-temple-1914322-2022-02-17
A 2000 years bp Buddhist temple and other artifacts revealed in Pakistan:
https://nation.com.pk/15-Feb-2022/ancient-buddha-artifacts-found-in-pakistan https://dailytimes.com.pk/886359/ancient-buddha-artifacts-found-in-pakistan/ https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/1800-year-old-buddha-artifacts-unearthed-in-pakistan/news
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/archaeologists-find-ancient-2000-year-old-buddhist-temple/142647
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/2000-year-old-buddhist-temple-unearthed-in-pakistan-180979560/
https://www.trtworld.com/art-culture/rare-buddhist-artefacts-unearthed-in-pakistan-54796
1200 years bp sculptures of Brahma and Bhairava from Telangana:
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/1200-year-old-sculptures-unearthed-in-telanganas-nalgonda-district/article65062676.ece
https://www.siasat.com/telangana-1200-yr-old-sculptures-found-in-nalgonda-district-2278537/
Excavations are underway at a 7th/8th century CE glass factory in Giribawa (Sri Lanka):
https://www.newsfirst.lk/2022/02/20/excavations-uncover-information-on-ancient-glass-factory-in-giribawa/
A study of 'urban processes' and the Indus civilization:
https://phys.org/news/2022-02-complex-urban-indus-civilization.html https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/02/complex-urban-processes-discovered-in.html
Feature on the spread of Buddhism:
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiousbench/2022/02/empire-and-the-making-of-buddhism/
Feature/study on the 'Green Pyramids' of Palau:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/02/new-insights-into-the-construction-of-the-pyramids-of-pala/142820
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-green-pyramids-of-palau-geo.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/02/18/the-green-pyramids-of-palau-a-geo-archaeological-project/
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ============================================================ Excavation/analysis of an interesting, much 'disturbed' 140 years bp burial from Otago:
https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/central-otago/graverobbing-mystery-and-pair-boots
Remains of assorted convict-era structures revealed during construction of Brisbane's Metro:
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/brisbane-s-convict-past-unearthed-during-busway-excavations-20220218-p59xs9.html
Study suggests British invasion of Australia increased the 'catastrophic fire risk' of the latter's forests:
https://theconversation.com/world-first-research-confirms-australias-forests-became-catastrophic-fire-risk-after-british-invasion-176563
cf:
https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/fee.2395 ============================================================
NORTH AMERICA
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An Arizona archaeologist has revealed finds associated with the 16th century Coronado Expedition:
https://azdailysun.com/news/state-and-regional/tucson-archaeologist-found-artifacts-linked-to-16th-century/article_979686c3-cc2d-573d-aad4-4703078af97e.html
https://apnews.com/article/science-united-states-tucson-50d7fc899d72e66748d7472e3802aff6
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronado-expedition-1540-artifatcs-found-arizona-archaeologist/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10511381/Artifacts-linked-famed-16th-century-Coronado-expedition-history-changing-site.html
https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/tucson-archaeologist-found-artifacts-linked-to-16th-century/article_f997ffa0-a86e-5864-b73a-2eb99a489307.html
More on questionable comet-related claims for the demise of the Hopewell Culture:
https://bigthink.com/the-past/hopewell-tradition-comet/
More on the Revolutionary War-era cannons pulled out of the Savannah River:
https://www.wjcl.com/article/how-did-250-year-old-cannons-end-up-in-the-savannah-river-heres-what-experts-are-saying/39113471
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-did-so-many-revolutionary-war-cannons-end-up-in-savannah-river-180979568/
Feature on Agrippa Hull:
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Hull-Most-remarkable-unnoticed-African-16920786.php
Pondering what George Washington might have learned from the Red Coats:
https://www.livescience.com/history-of-war-issue-104
Feature on actual places George Washington slept:
https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/travel/article/George-Washington-slept-here-No-really-16914990.php
Feature on Underground Railroad sites in the Hudson Valley:
https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/culture/article/When-the-Underground-Railroad-was-the-Hudson-River-16929757.php
Review of Jon Avlon, *Lincoln and the Fight for Peace*:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/15/books/review/lincoln-and-the-fight-for-peace-john-avlon.html
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
A study of one skeleton in a 5000 years bp mass burial in Chile suggests he was a fisherman who drowned:
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2022/02/prehistoric-death-drowning.page https://phys.org/news/2022-02-forensic-neolithic-fisherman-died.html https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/943391 https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/man-died-5-500-years-ago-by-the-driest-place-on-earth-from-drowning-1.10613781
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/02/forensic-test-confirms-neolithic-fisherman-died-by-drowning-in-the-sea/142803
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/02/enhanced-forensic-test-confirms.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/02/15/enhanced-forensic-test-confirms-neolithic-fisherman-died-by-drowning/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10367-220216-chile-drowned-fisherman
cf:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305440322000231
14 pre-Incan mummies (six children), possibly sacrificed, from Cajamarquilla:
https://phys.org/news/2022-02-ancient-mummies-children-sacrificed-unearthed.html
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220214-ancient-mummies-of-children-likely-sacrificed-unearthed-in-peru
https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2022/0214/1279646-14-pre-inca-mummies-found-in-peru/
https://www.news24.com/news24/world/news/pics-ancient-mummies-of-children-who-were-likely-sacrificed-unearthed-in-peru-20220214
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ancient-mummies-children-peru-sacrifice/ https://www.sciencealert.com/six-ancient-mummified-children-were-likely-sacrificed-to-accompany-a-nobleman-in-death
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/63401
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