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explorator 20.47 March 18, 2018 ===============================================================
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Astudillo, Joan Brady, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Ole Imsen, David
Critchley, Adrienne Mayor, Jennifer Cosham, Rick Heli, Bob Heuman,
Richard C. Griffiths, 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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Apparently humans fared better in the wake of the Toba eruption 74 000
years bp than previously thought:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/asu-hti030818.php https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/uoct-mhf031218.php https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/12/science/toba-supervolcano-supererupti on.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43377960 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-science-volcano/stone-age-people-in-s outh-africa-unharmed-by-supervolcano-eruption-idUSKCN1GO2IK http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/03/how-ancient-humans-survived-globa l-volcanic-winter-massive-eruption http://www.newsweek.com/early-humans-survived-supervolcano-eruption-8405
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2018-03-13/toba-super-volcano-eruptio n-saw-some-humans-thrive-on-coast/9532938 http://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/nature/these-ancient-humans-survive d-a-supervolcano.aspx https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-humans-weathered-toba- supervolcano-just-fine-180968479/ http://www.archaeology.org/news/6433-180313-volcanic-winter-survival

Evidence of long-distance trade and sophisticated tools in East Africa
320 000 years bp:

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-scientists-evidence-early-human-evolutiona ry.html
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-african-tools-human-technological.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/s-sde030918.php http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43401157 https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/03/15/ciencia/1521139094_739880.html https://www.theage.com.au/world/scientists-find-evidence-of-paint-comple x-tools-and-climate-chaos-at-the-dawn-of-humanity-20180316-h0xjzu.html http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-humans-turning-point -20180315-story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/03/15/ scientists-find-evidence-of-paint-complex-tools-and-climate-chaos-at-the -dawn-of-humanity/ https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/03/15/593591796/ scientists-are-amazed-by-stone-age-tools-they-dug-up-in-kenya http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/deadthings/2018/03/15/ human-behavior-evolution/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/colored-pigments-and-compl ex-tools-suggest-human-trade-100000-years-earlier-previously-believed-18 0968499/
https://www.archaeology.org/6442-180316-middle-stone-age

On compassion in Neanderthals:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/uoy-chn031318.php https://phys.org/news/2018-03-compassion-neanderthals-survive-reveals.ht
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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180313130443.htm

On human-denisovan interbreeding:

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-modern-humans-interbred-denisovans-history
.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180315140733.htm http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-denisovans-humans-ma ted-20180315-story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/03/15/ humans-bred-with-this-mysterious-species-more-than-once-new-study-shows/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/03/modern-humans-interbred-with-den isovans-more-than-once/ https://www.archaeology.org/6439-180315-asia-denisovan-dna

On the role of cheese, wheat, and alcohol in human evolution:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-cheese-wheat-and-alcoh ol-shaped-human-evolution-180968455/ ================================================================
AFRICA
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Evidence of cultivation of grain in Saharan Africa 10 000 years bp:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/uoh-tao031618.php

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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
Meneptahs red granite column is the latest item to head to the GEM:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/44/292502/Heritage/Museums/ King-Meneptah-Column-arrives-at-Grand-Egyptian-Mus.aspx https://www.archaeology.org/news/6434-180313-egypt-column-moved

On solar alignments in Ancient Egypt:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/151/292945/Egypt/Features/ Solar-alignments-in-Ancient-Egypt.aspx

An undisturbed elite Canaanite burial from Megiddo:

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/03/megiddo-armageddon-dna-royal -burial-canaan-archaeology/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/3600-year-old-tomb-found-next- canaanite-palace-might-contain-remains-royal-family-180968487/

A followup of sorts to that story of the Gazan family who found a Roman
site in their backyard:

https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2018/03/gaza-archaeological-s ite-roman-era-excavation-preservation.html

Feature on Timna:

https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.israelhayom.com/ 2018/03/16/uncovering-israels-past-at-timna/&ct=ga&cd=CAIyGjdjY2U2ODQ5NT MxZWE4Mjc6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHZpajxHVXiJEaYujJT751UxEAgZQ

Feature on the Huqoq mosaics:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/scholars-study/more-on-the-mosaics/

A slow week, so we'll put this item on Mellaart's legacy here (not sure
about the source!):

https://www.livescience.com/61989-famed-archaeologist-created-fakes.html http://www.newsweek.com/famous-archaeologist-faked-ancient-discoveries-9 000-year-old-site-europe-and-841428 https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/technology/science/famed-british-archa eologist-james-mellaart-forged-researchers-claim/news-story/50d4d14acf9d bf7185403465039ba1a8 http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/archaeology/famed-british-arch aeologist-james-mellaart-forged-researchers-claim/news-story/50d4d14acf9 dbf7185403465039ba1a8

Feature on the portraiture of the Persian royal family:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/persias-dynastic- portraiture-bejeweled-thrones-and-lavish-decor-message-authority-1809684
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In case you never checked out the online version of the DSS:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-artifacts/dead-sea-sc rolls/digital-dead-sea-scrolls-finally-available-online/

... and Digital South Arabia:

http://www.asor.org/anetoday/2018/03/Digital-South-Arabia

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================
Evidence of the port of Palepolis (near Naples):

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2018/03/15/ancient-naples -port-found-2_64b282bc-7ebd-46e5-90a1-9736998be415.html https://www.archaeology.org/news/6438-180315-naples-ancient-port

A possible early Roman settlement in North Petherton:

http://digital.vpr.net/post/ancient-instruments-and-modern-media-tell-ta le-women-warriors?#stream/0

Plenty of sites discovered along the route of the Trans-Adriatic
Pipeline:

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/03/14/pipeline-construction-reveals -ancient-greek-treasures/ http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/30529-more-than-400-archa eological-excavations-completed-along-trans-adriatic-pipeline-s-path.htm
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http://www.balkaneu.com/400-archaeological-excavations-investigations-co mpleted-in-northern-greece/

Interesting miniature Roman mirror frames from a villa site in northern Bulgaria:

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2018/03/10/archaeologist-discovers-anci ent-mirrors-roman-villa-estate-ceramics-factory-bulgarias-pavlikeni/ https://www.archaeology.org/news/6430-180312-bulgaria-roman-mirrors

Pondering the existence of Amazons:

http://bigthink.com/philip-perry/were-there-ever-any-real-amazon-warrior
-women

Semi-related:

http://digital.vpr.net/post/ancient-instruments-and-modern-media-tell-ta le-women-warriors?#stream/0

Mosaics from the 'Mansion of Alexander at Amyntaio' are going on
display:

https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2018/03/gaza-archaeological-s ite-roman-era-excavation-preservation.html

Last week our link to a 'fear of archaeologists' in Greece piece
somehow acquired an extra period, so:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-greece-the-authority-investors-fear-most -its-archaeologists-1520505001

Matt Gibbs has recreated an ancient Egyptian beer:

https://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/ancient-beer-brought-to-life-by-classic ist-and-winnipeg-brewery-1.3843821 http://toronto.citynews.ca/2018/03/15/ale-analysis-ancient-beer-brought- to-life-by-classicist-and-winnipeg-brewery/ http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/canada-profs-4th-century-beer-a-classic -128843

What Melissa Mueller is up to:

https://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/article/umass-amherst-classics-professo r-melissa

Features on the Ides of March:

http://www.newsweek.com/idea-march-meaning-what-are-julius-caesar-willia m-shakespeare-846368
https://www.echoak.com/2018/03/ides-of-march/

... and an opeddish sort of thing on Julius Caesar's assassination:

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/jury-is-still-out-on-julius-cae sar-s-killing-1.3427110

Feature on the Library of Alexandria:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-sites-places/ biblical-archaeology-places/the-ancient-library-of-alexandria/

... and Alexander in the East:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-near- eastern-world/alexander-in-the-east/

On veterans using Homer to readjust after returning from a combat zone:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/homer-can-help-you-war-veterans -use-ancient-epics-to-cope/2018/03/14/b6cb0e66-273e-11e8-a227-fd2b009466 bc_story.html https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Homer-can-help-you-War-veterans- use-ancient-12751476.php https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Homer-can-help-you-War-veterans -use-ancient-12751476.php http://usa.greekreporter.com/2018/03/16/ancient-greek-epics-help-veteran s-cope-with-stress/

The 'gate to hell' explanation still has legs:

https://boingboing.net/2018/03/12/why-animals-near-the-ancient-r.html

Pairing the Odyssey with the Watts Rebellion:

http://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/graffiti-palace/

A Latin competition I haven't heard of before:

http://hillsdalecollegian.com/2018/03/classics-students-test-translate/

Reviewish sort of thing of Mary Beard's *Women and Power*:

http://hillsdalecollegian.com/2018/03/women-power-redefine-modern-era/

More coverage of Emily Wilson's *Odyssey* translation:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/15/magazine/new-sentences-from-emily-wil sons-translation-of-the-odyssey.html
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================
Neolithic(?) tools from Hastings Country Park:

https://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/news/stone-age-tools-found-as-work-on -country-park-centre-commences-1-8414507

Evidence that Utrecht was inhabited (sort of) at least back to
Mesolithic times:

https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2018/03/utrechts-history-goes-bac k-11000-years-archaeologists-say/ https://www.archaeology.org/news/6437-180314-netherlands-utrecht-habitat
ion

A 2000 years bp gold coin hoard from a Chiddingstone farmer's field:

https://www.kentlive.news/news/rare-hoard-2000-year-old-1334844 https://www.archaeology.org/news/6435-180314-england-gold-coins

Remains of a 1700 years bp feast from Orkney:

https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/site-of-huge-iron-age-feast-celebrati on-found-on-orkney-1-4706453 https://www.archaeology.org/news/6440-180315-iron-age-feast

A 13th century Franciscan church find in Nice:

http://www.nicematin.com/culture/a-nice-une-eglise-des-franciscains-cons truite-en-1250-vient-detre-exhumee-215201

A 15th century 'pot of gold' from the Netherlands:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/15th-century-pot-gold-and-silv er-found-netherlands-180968515/

Pondering some drawings on a tile found at Lincoln Cathedral:

https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/lincoln-news/idle-doodle-one-old est-surviving-1327808

Feature on mudlarkers:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43437569

The Irish Potato Famine Project's site looks interesting:

https://irishfamineproject.com/about.html

Reburial of those plague victims found under a school playground in
Edinburgh:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-43436358

On St Albans Abbey's Norman roots:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-43314886

More on the 'mass Viking grave' at Repton:

https://www.burtonmail.co.uk/news/burton-news/repton-historian-excited-m ass-grave-1265188

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http://archaeology-in-europe.blogspot.com/

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Plenty of Han dynasty artifacts from a tomb complex in Zhouhou:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-03/14/c_137038119.htm

An interesting Warring States bead from a tomb near Changsha:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-03/16/c_137043940.htm https://www.archaeology.org/news/6443-180316-china-horned-eye

An 8th century kiln from the Toshadaiji temple complex:

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201803120001.html https://www.archaeology.org/news/6431-180312-toshadaiji-temple-kiln

Remains of a terracotta 'pipeline' from Hampi (date?):

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/ancient-water-pipeline-f ound-in-hampi/article23275825.ece

1000+ years bp sites from Bangladesh:

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/03/findings-rewrite-bangladesh-histo ry-180312102358133.html

Feature on the ongoing dig at Purana Qila:

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/digging-deep-ongoing-excavatio n-at-purana-qila-reveals-new-chapter-in-history-of-delhi-but-no-proof-of -mahabharata/story-VxWZZpN9G1SVp4hyJVZbUJ.html

Concerns for sites in Mongolia (various reasons):

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-climate-looters-threaten-archaeology-mongo lia.html http://theconversation.com/climate-change-and-looters-threaten-the-archa eology-of-mongolia-91853

Concerns that a new rail line in Lahore threatens sites:

https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/03/11/591840781/a-new-rail-l ine-in-lahore-may-damage-heritage-sites-activists-in-pakistan-warn https://www.npr.org/2018/03/17/594537767/subway-line-could-threaten-sufi -shrine-in-pakistan?sc=17&f=7

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Southeast Asian Archaeology Newsblog:

http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/

New Zealand Archaeology eNews:

http://nzarchaeology.blogspot.co.nz/index.html ================================================================
NORTH AMERICA
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Remains of a possible slave cemetery at Belvoir Plantation (MD):

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/cedar-trees-and-unetc hed-fieldstones-a-likely-slave-cemetery-is-unearthed-near-annapolis-md/ 2018/03/09/ba9560c2-23e8-11e8-badd-7c9f29a55815_story.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/slave-cemetery-may-have-been-d iscovered-plantation-near-annapolis-180968496/ https://www.archaeology.org/news/6421-180312-maryland-belvoir-cemetery

Checking out a shipwreck revealed by a storm on a Maine beach:

http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/20180310/uncovering-secrets-of-york-b each-shipwreck https://www.archaeology.org/news/6432-180313-shipwreck-maine-beach

A conservation group has acquired at Chacoan era site in New Mexico:

http://www.metronews.ca/news/world/2018/03/11/preservation-group-acquire s-chacoan-era-site-in-new-mexico.html

The FBI is getting involved in the hunt for some Civil War gold:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/17/fbi-agents-trek-to-site- where-us-civil-war-gold-is-said-to-be-buried

On America's first known St Patrick's Day celebration:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/03/17/the-incredi ble-story-of-americas-first-st-patricks-day-celebration/ ================================================================
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ================================================================ Climate-change-related concerns for Easter Island moai statues:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/14/climate/ easter-island-erosion.html http://www.elmostrador.cl/agenda-pais/2018/03/17/en-peligro-el-legado-cu ltural-de-isla-de-pascua/

Feature on that Aztec temple found in Mexico City a while back:

http://discovermagazine.com/2018/apr/the-great-aztec-temple

On the spread of fruit across Latin America:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/03/pre-columbian-people-spread-frui t-species-across-latin-america/

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Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas Breaking News:

http://goo.gl/1VdeA

Ancient MesoAmerica News:

http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/ ================================================================
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST ================================================================
Assorted St Patrick's Day items:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/uosf-ttb031518.php https://phys.org/news/2018-03-truth-st-patrick-day-celebrations.html https://www.northjersey.com/story/life/columnists/bill-ervolino/2018/03/ 12/st-patricks-day-who-st-patrick-he-italian/415902002/

Pondering Norwegian porridge:

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/03/09/591957289/the-great-norw egian-porridge-debate-or-tradition-vs-science?sc=17&f=1007

A possible 'self-caricature' of Michelangelo:

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-michelangelo-hidden-caricature-famous.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/w-dmi031418.php http://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2018/03/15/michelangelo-s elf-portrait-found-4_7c8db2c9-6791-4924-9fb6-bc08d503ea6b.html

The purported Amelia Earhart bones thing again:

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/08/591950171/new-researc h-claims-bones-found-80-years-ago-on-pacific-atoll-likely-amelia-earh?sc =17&f=1007

On genetics and modern language origins:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-evidence-fuels-debate-ove r-the-origin-of-modern-languages/

On the origins of pi:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/origins-pi/

Feature on Mary Magdalene (film hype):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-43369511

On 'president for life' analogies:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/15/opinion/presidents-for-life-jinping.h
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National Geographic is pondering/confronting its racist history:

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/12/592982327/national-ge ographic-reckons-with-its-past-for-decades-our-coverage-was-racist http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43384747

The Morgan Library has acquired a pile of James Joyce material:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/15/books/james-joyce-donation-morgan-lib rary.html

Review of Hughes, *Victorians Undone*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/16/books/review/victorians-undone-kathry n-hughes.html

Review of a trio of books on linguistic history:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/16/books/review/shortlist-language-lingu istics.html

Review of Kelly, *The Fifth Beginning*:

http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180318/archaeology-were-headed-for-new-ag e-of-globalism-author-says

Archaeology Podcast Network:

http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/archyfantasies/ ================================================================
MUSEUM MATTERS
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Deir el-Bersha:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/44/292769/Heritage/Museums/ Exhibition-of-artefacts-from-Deir-alBersha-to-open.aspx

In China and Japan, copies are okay in museums:

https://aeon.co/essays/why-in-china-and-japan-a-copy-is-just-as-good-as- an-original
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THE TECHY SIDE
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Using isotope analysis to determine the diet of some medieval
Finlanders:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/uoh-ftp031618.php

Using X Rays on an 11th century religious text:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-use-high-powered-x -rays-reveal-scan-text-beneath-11th-century-religious-text-180968492/

Mummies in Brisbane are getting the CT treatment:

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/egyptian-mummies-di gitally-unwrapped-in-brisbane-20180315-p4z4jm.html

More on the Girl with a Pearl Earring:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180314-the-secrets-of-girl-with-a-pea rl-earring

More on the Mary Rose's cannonballs:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-use-x-rays-preserv e-cannonballs-found-famous-tudor-ship-180968440/ ================================================================
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DNA testing of some 'Bavarian' women with elongated skulls is leading
to the suggestion they were 'treaty brides':

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-skulls-women-medieval-europe-men.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180313093051.htm https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/jgum-nii031318.php https://www.livescience.com/62007-pointy-skulls-are-medieval-brides.html https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/03/barbarian-huns-dna-germany-m igration-antiquity-skull/ http://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/history/pointy-skulls-belonged-to-f oreign-brides-ancient-dna-suggests.aspx https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-did-early-medieval-bavarian s-import-brides-with-elongated-skulls-1.5895859 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/pointy-headed-skulls-germany-1 80968464/

The genetic prehistory of Iberia is different from central and northern
Europe:

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-genetic-prehistory-iberia-differs-central.
html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/uu-gpo030818.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180312150528.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180315141221.htm http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/winter-2018/article/genetic-prehist ory-of-iberia-differs-from-central-and-northern-europe

Latest genomic study is of Neolithic north Africans from Morocco:

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-scientists-genomic-ancestry-stone-age.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/mpif-sdg031318.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180315141221.htm http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/03/oldest-dna-africa-offers-clues-my sterious-ancient-culture http://www.archaeology.org/news/6441-180316-north-african-genome

Tracing the origin of sickle-cell anemia:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-43373247

Feature on all sorts of things we're learning from DNA:

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/03/ancient-dna-history/ 554798/

Dienekes' Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/ ================================================================
CLIMATE MATTERS ================================================================
Some historians want to talk to climate researchers:

https://www.princeton.edu/news/2018/03/16/historians-climate-researchers -lets-talk
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TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
Siccar Point:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180312-how-siccar-point-changed-our-un derstanding-of-earth-history

The Browning's Florence:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/14/travel/elizabeth-robert-barrett-brown ing-florence-italy.html

Taj Mahal:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/the-real-magic-of-the-taj- mahal/2018/03/15/23e972ba-eb41-11e7-b698-91d4e35920a3_story.html

Ephesus:

https://www.dailysabah.com/travel/2018/03/17/ephesus-has-opened-a-door-t o-the-ancient-greeks-for-over-100-years ================================================================
CRIME BEAT
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Followup to that Canterbury break-in ... plenty recovered:

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/archaeologists-celebrate-ret urn-of-treasured-161625/

A woodworker admits doing some fakery:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/11/arts/i-cheated-says-woodworker-who-fo oled-the-antiques-experts.html

Vandalism to some petroglyphs in Kansas:

https://www.wibwnewsnow.com/ancient-native-american-carvings-vandalized- in-kansas/

Smuggling a 'pharoah era' item in a sofa in Kuwait (repatriation
eventually) :

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1264961/middle-east http://www.arabtimesonline.com/news/experts-in-kuwait-investigating-phar aoh-era-smuggled-antique/ https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/45272/Kuwait-to-send-smuggled-antiq ue-to-Egypt-after-proved-Egyptian

conflict antiquities:

http://conflictantiquities.wordpress.com/

anonymous swiss collector:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues:

http://paul-barford.blogspot.ca/

Looting Matters:

http://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/

Illicit Cultural Property:

http://illicit-cultural-property.blogspot.com/

SAFE:

http://www.savingantiquities.org/blog/

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REPATRIATION AND RECOVERY ================================================================
Libyan artifacts being returned from Spain:

https://www.libyaobserver.ly/inbrief/stolen-libyan-artifacts-due-be-retu rned-spain
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-03/14/c_137037066.htm ================================================================
NUMISMATICA
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Feature on the ancient coins of Yemen:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/coinweek-ancient-coin-series-ancient- coinage-of-yemen/

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/club_nbs_esylum_v21n10.html

... and the one which should appear later today:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/club_nbs_esylum_v21n11.html ------------------------
Ancient Coin Collecting:

http://ancientcoincollecting.blogspot.com/

Ancient Coins:

http://classicalcoins.blogspot.com/

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/ ================================================================
PERFORMANCES AND THEATRE-RELATED ================================================================
Akhnaten:

http://www.dw.com/en/new-staging-of-philip-glass-akhnaten-equates-monoth eism-with-violence/a-42935731

Beirut's Margravial Opera House is reopening:

http://www.dw.com/en/margravial-opera-house-bayreuth-to-reopen/
a-42973625

On Elgar's Enigma:

https://www.npr.org/sections/deceptivecadence/2018/03/15/593771944/ elgars-enigma-still-keeps-music-detectives-busy?sc=17&f=2 ================================================================
AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS ================================================================
Audio News from Archaeologica:

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-main-menu-cat/audio-news-list/ 2725-audio-news-from-archaeologica-4-march-10-march-2018 ================================================================
OBITUARIES
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David Wyman:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/16/obituaries/david-wyman-scholar-of-ame ricas-holocaust-response-dies-at-89.html

Anthony Acevedo:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/16/obituaries/anthony-acevedo-who-docume nted-his-holocaust-ordeal-dies-at-93.html

Jacqueline Karageorghis:

http://cyprus-mail.com/2018/03/10/renowned-author-archaeologist-jacqueli ne-karageorghis-dies-aged-85/ ================================================================
CONFERENCES
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Hidden Cultural Heritage (April 2018):

http://www.cicop.net/hch/

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GENERAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS BLOGS ================================================================
Archaeology Magazine News Page:

http://www.archaeology.org/news/

About.com Archaeology:

http://archaeology.about.com/

Ancient Digger:

http://www.ancientdigger.com/

Archaeology Briefs:

http://archaeologybriefs.blogspot.com/

Past Horizons:

http://www.pasthorizons.com/

Stonepages:

http://www.stonepages.com/news/

Taygete Atlantis excavations blogs aggregator:

http://planet.atlantides.org/taygete/

Time Machine:

http://heatherpringle.wordpress.com/ ================================================================ PODCASTS/VODCASTS ================================================================
Archaeosoup:

http://www.youtube.com/user/Archaeos0up?feature=watch

The Book and the Spade:

http://www.radioscribe.com/bknspade.htm ================================================================
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