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explorator 23.29 November 8, 2020
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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,
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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Tooth analysis suggests Neanderthal children grew and were weaned similarly to modern homo sapiens:

https://phys.org/news/2020-11-neanderthal-children-grew-weaned-similarly.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/udb-ncg102920.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201102150850.htm https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/11/03/neanderthal-children-grew-and-were-weaned-similar-to-us/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/neanderthal-children-grew-and-were.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9185-201104-italy-neanderthal-children

Pondering whether there were wars between Neanderthals and homo sapiens:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20201102-did-neanderthals-go-to-war-with-our-ancestors
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8909025/Neanderthals-humans-fought-brutal-guerrilla-style-global-warfare-100-000-years.html
https://theconversation.com/war-in-the-time-of-neanderthals-how-our-species-battled-for-supremacy-for-over-100-000-years-148205

Review of Rebecca Wragg Sykes, *Kindred*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/07/books/review/kindred-neanderthals-rebecca-wragg-sykes.html

More on the 260 000 years bp Florisbad skull study:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/10/the-traits-of-florisbad-skull-reinforce.html
https://alkhaleejtoday.co/international/5262698/Archaeological-News-The-260000-Year-Old-Florisbad-Skull-Could-Be-Key.html

More on traces of Denisovan DNA found in a 34 000 years bp burial from Mongolia:

https://www.mpg.de/15938812/1026-evan-019609-denisovan-dna-in-the-genome-of-early-east-asians
https://www.asiaone.com/china/dna-proof-ancient-humans-found-gansu https://www.smh.com.au/national/in-a-tibetan-cave-australian-archeologists-find-evidence-of-a-mysterious-ancestor-20201102-p56aow.html
https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/archaeology/study-puts-denisovans-on-roof-of-the-world/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/11/03/denisovan-dna-in-the-genome-of-early-east-asians/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/10/denisovan-dna-found-in-sediments-of.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9180-201102-salkhit-valley-skullcap ================================================================
AFRICA
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Not sure where to put this one -- feature on five ways African antiquities end up in Europe:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/93801/Five-ways-Africa%E2%80%99s-antiquities-end-up-in-Europe
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
ARCE has created some virtual tours of Egyptian artifacts and sites:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/11/04/new-virtual-tours-kv-55-coffin-c-ware-vessel/

Plans to boost tourism at the Giza pyramids:

https://www.euronews.com/2020/11/06/egypt-s-giza-pyramids-are-getting-a-revamp-to-boost-tourism

The 800 years bp Shali Fortress is opening to the public to boost tourism in Siwa:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/93940/Opening-of-Shali-Fortress-to-help-transform-Siwa-into-global

Review of Netflix's documentary on the recent finds at Saqqara:

https://egyptindependent.com/netflixs-secrets-of-the-saqqara-tomb-takes-egyptians-on-a-journey-into-their-own-civilization/

... I think this is late coverage of that find:

https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/international/egypt-unveils-59-newly-unearthed-ancient-coffins

Feature on some monastic rules in 4th/5th century CE Egypt:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/daily-life-and-practice/pray-and-work-like-an-egyptian-monk/

More on inks used by Egyptian scribes:

https://nation.com.pk/06-Nov-2020/ancient-writings-discovered-from-egyptian-papyri

Assyrian soldiers some 3000 years bp may have exhibited the first recorded symptoms of PTSD (this seems like something from a few years ago):

https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/3000-year-old-ptsd-43423/

An archaeology survey has resumed at Tappeh Gerdi-Gouran (Iran):

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/454221/Archaeological-survey-resumed-at-ancient-hill-with-Bronze-Age

Remains of ramparts and towers (maybe) of a Parthian fortess from northern Iran:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/454322/Ramparts-of-ancient-fort-unearthed-in-northeast-Iran

Studying Achaemenid water management efforts:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/454376/Archaeologists-to-unravel-enigma-of-Achaemenid-dams-water-management

Feature on using AI to restore and reconstruct broken cuneiform tablets:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-israeli-scientists-use-ai-to-reconstruct-broken-babylonian-tablets-1.9284653

... related feature (maybe) on cuneiform:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/decoding-cuneiform-one-of-the-earliest-forms-of-writing

Tracking the effects of the search for water in the UAE and Oman over the past 10 000 years:

https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/environment/how-migration-in-search-of-water-shaped-arabia-over-10-000-years-1.1103484

Finds from a wide range of periods (5200 - 1200 BCE at least) from AlUla (Saudi Arabia):

https://www.salaamgateway.com/story/new-archaeological-finds-in-saudi-arabias-alula-fill-missing-links-in-regions-history

More on humans dealing with climate change at Tel Tayinat 4500 years bp and 3000 years bp:

https://www.utoronto.ca/news/resilience-and-climate-change-archaeologists-reveal-human-adaptability-ancient-turkey
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/10/201029171632.htm https://washingtonnewsday.com/top-stories/the-people-in-old-turkey-adapted-to-the-climate-change-and-prospered/
https://www.haaretz.com/science-and-health/.premium-the-lesson-of-the-ancient-town-that-survived-climate-change-1.9279344
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/11/03/human-resilience-in-the-face-of-climate-change-in-ancient-turkey/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/10/archaeologists-reveal-human-resilience.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/11/new-study-fills-gaps-in-chronological-timelines-of-bronze-and-iron-age-societies/135985

A Byzantine church in the Golan Heights appears to have been built on an earlier temple of Pan:

https://www.israelhayom.com/2020/11/01/byzantine-era-church-on-golan-heights-likely-replaced-greek-temple/

The IAA is showing off some of its coin collection:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/watch-israel-antiquities-authority-coin-head-displays-treasures-from-the-vault/

I think we mentioned this Crusader-era 'escape tunnel' revealed at the Tower of David:

https://themedialine.org/life-lines/jerusalem-excavation-yields-mysterious-medieval-escape-tunnel/

Not sure if we've mentioned the renewed claims about purported nails used in Jesus' crucifixion:

https://www.livescience.com/roman-era-nails-crucifixion-jesus.html

More on the 'facelift' at the Tower of David:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/with-visitors-away-jerusalems-tower-of-david-undergoes-major-facelift/

Latest example of politics and archaeology clashing in the Palestinian territories:

https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/120864

The Syrian Orthodox Church has put a 4th century church up for sale in Mardin:

http://www.fides.org/en/news/68939-ASIA_TURKEY_A_4th_century_church_put_up_for_sale_as_a_tourist_hostel
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================
Latest finds from the Mycenean necropolis at Trapeza:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/10/the-mycenaean-necropolis-of-trapeza.html

Remains of the forum of Castrum Novum were revealed at Santa Marinella recently (Italian):

https://www.terzobinario.it/scoperto-il-foro-di-castrum-novum-a-santa-marinella/
https://www.centumcellae.it/cultura/castrum-novum-nuove-eccezionali-scoperte-archeologiche-a-santa-marinella/

4th-2nd century BCE figurines of Demeter and Persephone from Anapa (Russia):

https://thetimeshub.in/statuettes-of-the-goddess-demeter-and-her-daughter-were-found-at-a-construction-site-in-anapa/10692/

Several interesting finds from various periods from Kythnos:

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2020/11/06/ancient-city-on-remote-islet-in-aegean-reveals-fascinating-secrets-in-new-dig/

A 1st century CE Roman military inscription from Alus (Bulgaria):

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2020/11/07/sad-story-of-roman-veteran-who-served-44-years-in-military-revealed-by-tombstone-from-almus-in-bulgarias-danube-town-lom/

An appeal is allowing property development on a potentially significant Roman site in Milton Keynes:

https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/environment/company-wins-appeal-build-140-acre-employment-site-site-historic-roman-ruins-milton-keynes-3026336

I think we mentioned this intact amphora found off the coast of Hvar (Croatia):

https://www.total-croatia-news.com/lifestyle/47817-hvar-archaeological-discovery
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9183-201103-croatia-adriatic-amphora

In case you missed the coverage of the 2000 years bp seal stone depicting Apollo found in Jerusalem:

https://phys.org/news/2020-11-gem-apollo-jerusalem-western-wall.html https://www.thedailybeast.com/rare-gem-discovery-in-jerusalem-has-two-mysteries https://www.livescience.com/seal-of-apollo-jerusalem.html

Chemical concerns for Pompeiian frescoes:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d43978-020-00017-y https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/pompeiis-paintings-imperilled-by-precipitates/4012676.article

Some preliminary assessment of the earthquake damage done to sites and museums in Samos, Ikaria, and Chios:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/11/04/first-estimation-of-damages-on-samos-ikaria-and-chios/

... and a project to protect Mycenae better from potential fires in the future:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/11/04/completion-of-system-for-the-fire-protection-of-mycenae/

Latest results of investigations at the Temple of Neptune at Paestum (Italian):

https://www.lacittadisalerno.it/cultura-e-spettacoli/tempio-di-nettuno-ora-si-riscrive-la-storia-1.2524398

The Colosseum has closed again:

https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/covid-19-romes-colosseum-closes-to-visitors.html

Concerns for Roman mosaics in a Roman villa in Bulgaria:

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2020/11/02/scandal-erupts-as-roman-mosaics-get-trampled-on-in-villa-armira-mansion-near-bulgarias-ivaylovgrad/

On the synagogue at Ostia:

https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/324240/a-classicists-encounter-with-the-synagogue-at-ostia/

Feature on wines and vineyards of Pompeii:

https://theconversation.com/pompeii-is-famous-for-its-ruins-and-bodies-but-what-about-its-wine-147011
https://menafn.com/1101072966/Pompeii-is-famous-for-its-ruins-and-bodies-but-what-about-its-wine&source=25
https://news.yahoo.com/scientists-recreate-wine-ancient-rome-184741524.html

Feature on Nicopolis ad Istrum:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/11/ancient-nicopolis-ad-istrum-the-city-of-victory/136004

Feature on ancient Greek graffiti left in Egypt:

https://world.greekreporter.com/2020/11/03/ancient-greeks-left-their-mark-in-egypt-in-591-bc-in-graffiti/

Feature on paying taxes in ancient Athens:

https://theconversation.com/only-the-richest-ancient-athenians-paid-taxes-and-they-bragged-about-it-147249
https://news.holycross.edu/blog/2020/11/04/how-to-tax-the-rich-holy-cross-professor-shares-lessons-from-ancient-greece/

Interesting feature on gold and silver Roman coins found in India:

https://canadafreepress.com/article/gold-and-silver-coins-stored-as-bullion-in-india-during-roman-times

Feature on some important Greek sculptures that aren't in Greece:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/11/07/greek-sculptures-away-motherland/

Feature on Archimedes and the siege of Syracuse:

https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/the-brilliant-scientist-who-stopped-the-roman-army-f85f295063c3

Feature on chariot racing in ancient Rome:

http://www.asor.org/anetoday/2020/11/sound-and-fury

Feature on the Etruscans:

https://medium.com/@fcameronlister/why-the-romans-dont-want-you-to-know-about-the-etruscans-2a0ddb26233

Feature on life in a Roman legion:

https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/life-in-a-roman-legion-and-life-after-leaving/

... and how legions 'worked':

https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/how-did-a-legion-of-the-roman-army-function/

... and one on the growth of the Roman army:

https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/the-roman-army-its-evolution-and-growth/

Feature on the mausoleum of Augustus:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/mausoleum-of-augustus

... and the Augustus of the Primaporta:

https://smarthistory.org/augustus-of-primaporta/

Interesting podcast on the eruption of Vesuvius:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2020/nov/05/investigating-the-historic-eruption-of-mount-vesuvius-podcast

Feature on some musical versions of the Eurydice story:

https://eidolon.pub/echoes-of-eurydice-47c3578f050c

Feature on Hannibal's elephants (I think we had this a while ago):

https://elpais.com/cultura/2020-03-21/a-la-busca-de-los-elefantes-de-anibal-junto-al-tajo.html?rel=mas

Feature on some of the ancient items highlighted at the latest TEFAF (virtual) Arts Fair:

https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/11/aphrodite-heracles-and-an-ephebe-in-a-virtual-arts-fair/

Features on the aftermath of Caesar's assassination:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/hunt-julius-caesars-assassins-marked-last-days-roman-republic-1-180976185/
https://www.insidehook.com/daily_brief/history/search-for-the-conspirators-in-julius-caesars-assassination

Feature on Xena's use of Greek myth:

https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/how-xena-warrior-princess-used-greek-myth/

The lessons of the Antonine plague:

https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2020/11/lesson-of-the-antonine-plague/

A virtual tour of ancient Olympia:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/11/08/a-virtual-tour-in-ancient-olympia/

Herica Valladares has a new book out:

https://classics.unc.edu/2020/11/06/professor-herica-valladares-publishes-new-book/

BU Classics marked Halloween with a virtual reading of ancient ghost stories:

https://dailyfreepress.com/2020/11/02/classics-enthusiasts-celebrate-halloween-via-dramatic-virtual-readings-of-greek-tragedy/

Latest comparison of the US and the Roman republic:

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/11/03/donald-trump-julius-caesar-433956

Feature on the influence ancient Greece and Rome had on the US 'Founding Fathers':

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/noble-virtues-bad-history-how-greece-and-rome-influenced-americas-founders/2020/11/05/b8f6d054-13d0-11eb-bc10-40b25382f1be_story.html

Review of Peter Stothard, *The Last Assassin*:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-last-assassin-review-avenging-a-conspiracy-11604446908

Seeking a return to use of Latin in scientific naming:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/28/realestate/yes-you-can-learn-to-speak-the-language-of-plants.html

Remembering when Sean Connery called for the return of the Parthenon Marbles:

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2020/11/01/when-sean-connery-called-for-the-return-of-the-parthenon-marbles-to-greece/

... and Stephen Fry has now asked the British Museum to 'stand on the right side of history' and return them:

https://metro.co.uk/2020/11/04/stephen-fry-asks-uk-return-elgin-marbles-from-british-museum-13534742/
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/music/stephen-fry-wants-parthenon-marbles-returned-to-greece/ar-BB1aEA52
https://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/news/entertainment/18844019.stephen-fry-calls-elgin-marbles-returned-athens-british-museum/

More coverage of the controversy over plans to 'cement the Acropolis':

https://neoskosmos.com/en/178950/archaeologists-and-the-disabled-blast-greeces-decision-to-cement-the-acropolis/

... although it is connected with disability access, it seems:

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2020/11/02/acropolis-to-become-entirely-accessible-to-disabled-for-first-time/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/11/02/acropolis-accessible/
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http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

Rogueclassicism:

http://rogueclassicism.com/ ================================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================
Remains of an 8000 years bp dwelling and child burial from Molise (Italian):

https://www.newnotizie.it/2020/10/31/scoperto-sito-archeologico-straordinario-italia-resti-abitazioni-strade-sepoltura-bimbo/
https://www.zazoom.it/2020-10-31/scoperto-un-sito-archeologico-straordinario-in-italia-resti-di-abitazioni-strade-e-la-sepoltura-di-un-bimbo/7490013/

Remains of a 7000 years bp ceramics 'workshop' (kilns) from the Bazovets Settlement Mound in Bulgaria:

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2020/11/03/7000-year-old-kilns-from-prehistoric-ceramics-workshop-dug-up-at-bazovets-settlement-mound-in-northeast-bulgaria/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/59960 http://www.archaeology.org/news/9187-201104-bulgaria-kilns-chalcolithic

2500 BCE apparently saw a 'boom' in construction of henges, as a study of the Mount Pleasant henge in Dorset suggests:

https://phys.org/news/2020-11-neolithic-boom-large-scale-mega-henges.html https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/nov/04/dorset-mega-henge-stone-age https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8916765/Archaeology-Mount-Pleasant-mega-henge-Dorset-built-125-years.html
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/stone-age-beaker-migrants-got-britain-building-grwvnvw6k
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/neolithic-construction-boom-led-to.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9194-201106-dorset-henge-dating

Interesting study of the 5000 years bp 'Lady of Bietikow' skeleton from Gemany:

https://phys.org/news/2020-11-ancient-skeleton-germany-clues-prehistoric.html

A 3300 years bp bronze sword find in the Czech Republic seems to have sparked dig plans:

https://english.radio.cz/archaeologists-prepare-dig-jesenicko-after-mushroom-picker-finds-rare-bronze-age-8699022
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9188-201105-bronze-sword-ax

A tooth wear study of burials from 4000 years bp sites in Spain suggests the existence of gender differentiation of tasks:

https://phys.org/news/2020-11-years-tasks-specialized-gender.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/9190-201105-spain-teeth-tools

An Iron Age burial from a Sutherland estate:

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands/2628421/iron-age-skull-and-bones-found-by-workmen-on-a-highland-estate/

Plenty of finds from a Pictish site in Shetland:

https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/van-load-artefacts-taken-pictish-era-site-shetland-3025449

A medieval church inscription from Zavala (Bosnia Herzegovina):

http://www.sarajevotimes.com/relief-plate-from-the-9th-century-found-in-bosnia-and-herzegovina/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9181-201103-zavala-medieval-plaque

Remains of a medieval monkey from a latrine in Basel:

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/medieval-monkey-found-in-basel-loo/46143640

North Yorkshire villagers doing some cobble restoration came across a pre-16th century well:

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/how-north-yorkshire-villagers-found-pre-16th-century-well-while-re-laying-cobbles-3025385

Workers fixing a lamp in the Palace of Westminster revealed a Henry VIII-era window:

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/409/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/409/pub/409/page/58/article/100046

The remains of the hexagonal tower keep of the Rosocastro Fortress (Bulgaria) have been excavated:

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2020/11/04/massive-hexagonal-tower-keep-horn-workshop-excavated-in-medieval-fortress-rusocastro-in-southeast-bulgaria/

Overviewish thing on finds made during A14 construction in the UK:

https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/a14-upgrade-ancient-discoveries-found-19206973

Feature on 16th-18th century witch trials in Denmark and other Nordic countries:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-exhibition-rewrites-story-nordic-witch-trials-180976205/

Feature on the shipwreck of the San Giacomo di Galizia:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2020-11-01/al-rescate-de-la-espana-invencible-que-se-fue-a-pique.html

Searching for the grave of Britain's first black army officer:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/07/historian-finds-clues-to-grave-of-britains-first-black-army-officer

Feature on the Battle of Brunanburh:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/11/02/forgotten-battle-ofbrunanburh-forged-english-nation/

Feature on how Norwich Castle was built:

https://www.edp24.co.uk/going-out/how-norwich-castle-and-other-structures-were-built-in-medieval-times-1-6918434

Feature on plans for Dublin and York archaeologists to study Vikings together:

https://dublininquirer.com/2020/11/04/archaeologists-from-dublin-and-york-team-up-to-explore-a-shared-viking-past

Finds from various periods from a dig in Polotsk (Belarus, I think):

https://www.tvr.by/eng/news/obshchestvo/poltory_tysyachi_artefaktov_obnaruzhili_arkheologi_v_polotske/

Excavations of a 15th century synagoge in Buda begin next week:

https://www.budapesttimes.hu/arts/preparations-start-for-archaeological-excavation-of-buda-synagogue/

Plans to move a stave church in Stiege:

https://www.dw.com/en/german-village-rescues-historical-church-by-moving-it/a-55500308

The Spanish defence ministry is purchasing a ship to help search for shipwrecks:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/spain-treasure-ships-b1645088.html

Funding for St Paul's Cathedral:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54837441

Concerns for archaeological sites at a housing development site in Wales:

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/cosmeston-vale-glamorgan-homes-plan-19222546

More on 'Gravettian Art Culture' being revealed in some Paleolithic bison paintings from Spain:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/10/201028143112.htm https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/11/02/ancient-gravettian-art-culture-much-more-widespread-than-thought/

More on the remains of the Ancrum Old Bridge found in the Teviot River:

https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/lost-medieval-bridge-transported-kings-and-queens-re-emerges-3018150
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9179-201102-ancrum-old-bridge

More on that 11th century stonemason's 'selfie' in the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral:

https://www.livescience.com/medieval-mason-left-selfie-cathedral.html https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/nov/01/a-selfie-set-in-stone-hidden-portrait-by-cheeky-mason-found-in-spain-900-years-on
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mason-created-hidden-portrait-famous-spanish-cathedral-180976200/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9184-201104-medieval-cathedral-carving

More on the find of the Henry VIII-associated jousting field:

https://www.livescience.com/henry-viii-jousting-tiltyard-found.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/jousting-henry-viii-tudor-history-180976221/

A possible decision on the Stonehenge tunnel may be coming this week:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/nov/07/druids-face-defeat-as-bulldozers-get-set-for-stonehenge-bypass

Review of a book on the Visigoths:

https://elpais.com/babelia/2020-11-01/todo-comenzo-con-los-godos.html ----------
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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Cooking preferences were apparently a major driver of acceptance of crop staples in prehistoric China:

https://phys.org/news/2020-11-local-cooking-drove-crop-staples.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/wuis-lcp102820.php https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/local-cooking-preferences-drove.html

Interesting study revealing Bronze Age travel routes of herders in Xinjiang:

https://phys.org/news/2020-11-bronze-age-routes-revealed-method.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/uos-ba102620.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201104143624.htm https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/bronze-age-travel-routes-in-north.html

Plans to rebuild the Shuri Castle in Okinawa:

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3107780/one-year-after-okinawas-historic-shuri-castle-was

... semi related is the story of a descendent of Ryukyu royalty insisting on independence from Japan:

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3108715/okinawa-ryukyu-royalty-descendant-stands-firm

Plenty of coverage of a 8000 years bp dismembered child burial from Alor Island (Indonesia):

https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/rare-8000-year-old-child-burial-reveals-secrets-of-the-dead
https://phys.org/news/2020-11-rare-year-child-burial-reveals.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/anu-rac110420.php https://www.livescience.com/ancient-child-burial-no-leg-arm-bones.html https://www.ibtimes.com/rare-8000-year-old-burial-site-reveals-child-buried-without-arms-legs-3075874
https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/28043/20201104/scientists-reveal-rare-burial-practice-dismembered-child-8-000-years.htm
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/rare-8000-year-old-child-burial.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/11/06/rare-ancient-child-burial-reveals-8000-year-old-secrets-of-the-dead/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-burial-child-arms-and-legs-removed-found-indonesia-180976227/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9189-201105-indonesia-hunter-gatherer

On the importance of horses in building the Mongolian empire:

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/11/horse-mastery-helped-mysterious-mongolian-warriors-build-multiethnic-empire

Feature on the effectiveness of China's Great Wall:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/uncategorized/did-the-great-wall-of-china-actually-keep-invaders-out

Feature on Fiona Foley's work studying First Nations in Queensland:

https://news.griffith.edu.au/2020/11/04/meet-the-first-nations-researcher-uncovering-queenslands-hidden-histories/

I think we mentioned this 'stencil graffiti' from Australia a while ago:

https://boingboing.net/2020/11/05/new-kind-of-ancient-graffiti-found-in-northern-australia.html

Feature on 'Observation Post Rock' (Afghanistan):

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/31/world/asia/afghanistan-haunted-outpost.html ================================================================
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A possible Acadian settlement site in Louisiana:

https://www.iberianet.com/people/features/after-decades-of-mystery-and-research-original-settlers-homestead-may-be-found/article_435f0b58-1bdd-11eb-bd47-ab5d0be6f784.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9182-201102-louisiana-acadian-homestead

Latest on the search for graves associated with the Tulsa Race Massacre:

https://www.livescience.com/tulsa-race-massacre-victims-possibly-found.html

The wreck of the Pere Marquette 18 has been located:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ship-branded-titanic-great-lakes-22942987?ccid=1827630

More on the latest theory on the Lost Colony:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/11/newfound-survivor-camp-may-explain-lost-colony-roanoke/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/archaeologists-mystery-lost-roanoke-lost-colony-1921594

More on the 300 years bp slave quarters being excavated on a Maryland plantation site:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8910703/Slave-quarters-dating-18th-century-unearthed-Jesuit-plantation-Maryland.html
https://www.foxnews.com/science/archaeologists-unearth-300-year-old-slave-quarters-at-historic-southern-maryland-plantation
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/archaeologists-slave-quarters-maryland-trnd/index.html
https://kyrnews.com/archaeologists-unearth-300-year-old-slave-quarters-at-historic-southern-maryland-plantation/
https://www.wrcbtv.com/story/42854273/archaeologists-discover-300yearold-slave-quarters-almost-entirely-preserved
https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/us-archaeologists-uncover-300-year-old-preserved-slave-quarters-in-maryland-3040436.html

Feature on the Electoral College:

https://www.livescience.com/who-invented-electoral-college.html

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Evidence women participated in 'big game hunting' in the Andes, some 9000 years bp:

https://phys.org/news/2020-11-early-big-game-hunters-americas-female.html https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/45/eabd0310 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/uoc--ebh102920.php https://www.livescience.com/ancient-burial-female-hunter-peru.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/04/science/ancient-female-hunter.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/04/americas/prehistoric-female-hunter-burial-scn/index.html
https://news.yahoo.com/ancient-remains-peru-reveal-young-201921991.html https://elpais.com/ciencia/2020-11-04/las-mujeres-prehistoricas-tambien-cazaban-grandes-animales.html
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-women-hunted-as-much-as-men-in-prehistoric-americas-anthropologists-say-1.9288195
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/11/prehistoric-female-hunter-discovery-upends-gender-role-assumptions/
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/11/woman-hunter-ancient-andean-remains-challenge-old-ideas-who-speared-big-game
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/female-game-hunters-ancient-americas https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/burial-hunter-female-peru-094235/
https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/11/this-ancient-big-game-hunter-was-a-woman/
https://theconversation.com/did-prehistoric-women-hunt-new-research-suggests-so-149477
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/early-big-game-hunters-of-americas-were.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/9000-year-old-big-game-hunter-peru-prompts-questions-about-hunter-gatherer-gender-roles-180976218/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9193-201106-peru-female-hunter

Someone has figured out some Inca units of measurement (maybe):

https://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C84563%2Cpolish-architect-proves-existence-two-inca-measurement-systems.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9186-201103-inca-measurement-system

More on Maya water filtration:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/10/201020105549.htm https://www.nhpr.org/post/new-excavations-uncover-sophisticated-mayan-water-filtration-systems
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-uncover-2000-year-old-mayan-water-filtration-system-180976186/

Machu Picchu has reopened:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-54775061

A listing of some zoom talks that are available this week:

https://mikeruggerisevents.tumblr.com/

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