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explorator 18.49 April 3, 2016 ===============================================================
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week (as always hoping I have left no one out).
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EARLY HOMINIDS
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Floresiensis disappeared earlier than previously thought:
http://phys.org/news/2016-03-indonesian-hobbits-died-sooner-thought.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/03/160330135304.htm http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-03/gu-im032916.php http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-35930979 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/homo-florensiensis-hobbits-living-on-indonesian-island-were-wiped-out-far-earlier-than-previously-a6961196.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-science-hobbit-idUSKCN0WW2EH?feedType=RSS&feedName=scienceNews
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0330/Did-hobbit-people-go-extinct-earlier-than-we-thought
http://artdaily.com/news/86221/New-evidence-pushes-back-the-time-of-disappearance-of-the-Indonesian--Hobbits-
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3515863/What-wiped-Hobbit-Mysterious-species-human-vanished-Indonesia-38-000-years-earlier-thought.html
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/hobbits-disappeared-much-earlier-previously-thought-180958600/
… and, of course, modern humans may have had a part in floresiensis’
demise:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/did-humans-drive-hobbit-species-to-extinction/
http://www.nature.com/news/did-humans-drive-hobbit-species-to-extinction-1.19651
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/03/30/hobbits-died-off-earlier-than-wed-thought-and-we-may-have-killed-them/
http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/03/30/ciencia/1459357261_263356.html
Excavation of a ‘hobbit cave’:
http://news.discovery.com/human/evolution/excavation-of-a-hobbit-cave-photos-160330.htm
Studying how diet shaped human evolution:
http://phys.org/news/2016-03-reveals-diet-human-evolution.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/03/160329132245.htm http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-03/afot-tau032916.php
Still sorting out Denisovan DNA and the like:
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0328/Mysterious-archaic-humans-left-clues-in-a-surprising-place
http://phys.org/news/2016-03-world-neanderthal-denisovan-ancestry-modern.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/27/opinion/international/the-neanderthals-the-denisovans-and-us.html
http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/28/health/cave-man-neanderthal-dna/index.html
… which is, of course, the outgrowth of the obsessing with
‘interbreeding’:
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/03/our-ancestors-may-have-mated-more-once-mysterious-ancient-humans?rss=1
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AFRICA
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Somewhat vague item on diamond miners damaging site(s) in South Africa:
http://www.bdlive.co.za/business/mining/2016/03/30/diamond-miner-halted-after-digging-on-ancient-archaeological-site
Concerns for sites in Ghana:
http://www.dw.com/en/ghana-government-called-upon-to-save-historical-sites/a-19135526
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
Doubts continue to be voiced about possible hidden chambers in Tut’s tomb:
http://www.livescience.com/54218-experts-doubt-hidden-chambers-king-tut-tomb.html
http://www.livescience.com/54263-hidden-king-tut-chambers-may-not-exist.html
http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/secret-rooms-in-king-tuts-tomb-radar-uncertain-160401.htm
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/experts-doubt-claims-of-hidden-chambers-in-king-tut-s-tomb/
http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/archaeology/king-tuts-tomb-doubts-raised-over-what-radar-scans-reveal-as-second-scan-scheduled/news-story/932cfc61d0be15f5e621d060f2f3e225
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3514551/Does-King-Tutankhamun-s-tomb-hold-Queen-Nefertiti-s-remains-Radar-experts-cast-new-doubts-discovery-hidden-chambers.html
… and there were to be more scans this past week:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/198310/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Second-radar-survey-of-Tutankhamuns-tomb-to-be-con.aspx
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/198386/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Tutankhamun-reexploration-project-needs-further-st.aspx
http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/mar/31/tutankhamun-tomb-further-analysis-needed-hidden-chambers
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-3519299/Egypt-minister-says-scans-needed-King-Tuts-hidden-chamber.html
http://phys.org/news/2016-04-egyptians-scans-secret-rooms-tut.html http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/Templates/Articles/tmpArticleNews.aspx?ArtID=103285
… which were being analyzed:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/africa/78496849/Egyptologists-pore-over-new-data-on-secret-King-Tut-chamber
http://www.reuters.com/video/2016/04/01/hidden-room-behind-king-tuts-tomb?videoId=367963595&feedType=VideoRSS&feedName=MostPopular&videoChannel=2602
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/04/01/world/middleeast/ap-ml-egypt-antiquities.html
… and some recalling of other ‘mysteries’ of Tut’s tomb:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/5-unsolved-mysteries-of-king-tut-s-tomb/
… and Nefertiti’s:
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2016/04/01/nefertiti-tomb-egyptology-king-tut/
Meanwhile, others were pondering some ‘mysterious’ 3400 years bp tombs
from
Aswan:
http://www.livescience.com/54252-egypt-silsila-newly-discovered-tombs.html http://www.livescience.com/54246-photos-upper-egypt-tombs.html http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/3400-year-old-necropolis-found-in-egypt-160330.htm
http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/ancient-pharaonic-cemetery-unearthed-aswan
http://egyptianstreets.com/2016/03/31/archaeologists-discover-3400-year-old-ancient-cemetery-in-egypts-aswan/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3517169/The-mystery-elaborate-Aswan-tombs-3-400-year-old-necropolis-shrine-belonged-unknown-group-wealthy-Egyptians.html
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/3400-year-old-necropolis-hints-ancient-egyptian-life-180958625/
http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/.premium-1.712024
Elsewhere at Aswan, there’s a kerfuffle over a couple of Star of David inscriptions which have appeared (?) on a Roman temple:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/197939/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Brouhaha-over-block-engraving-on-Egypts-Elephantin.asp
http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Star-of-David-found-engraved-into-an-ancient-Temple-arouses-bustle-in-Egypt-450074
More on the murder of Rameses III:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ct-scan-shows-pharoah-Ramesses-iii-was-murdered-multiple-assassins-180958559/?no-ist
Egypt’s new antiquities minister was making the rounds:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/44/198222/Heritage/Museums/Egypts-antiquities-minister-inspects-major-Cairo-m.aspx
More on those Assyrian burials with tortoise shells:
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-assyrians-buried-their-dead-turtles
Some rethinking of the 2700 years bp fortress at Tel Qudadi:
http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/.premium-1.711266
Latest from Gath continues to cause a rethink of the Philistines:
http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/.premium-1.711506
An analysis of the impact of the Kaizer hilltop quarry:
http://phys.org/news/2016-03-ancient-quarry-human-impact-landscape.html http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-03/thuo-aqp032916.php
Nice Byzantine mosaic in a church at Gush Etzion:
http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/colorful-mosaic-uncovered-in-unique-byzantine-church-in-gush-etzion/2016/03/25/
An interview with Jodi Magness:
http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2016/03/qa-with-galilee-archeology-expert-jodi-magness
Plenty of looting going on in Iraq, apparently:
http://www.iraqoilreport.com/daily-brief/unemployed-iraqis-join-looting-antiquities-18450/
The Al Aqsa Mosque saga continues:
http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Propaganda-film-claiming-Israel-digging-tunnels-under-al-Aksa-threatens-to-further-inflame-tensions-449716
… as does the kinnor on the half-shekel coin saga:
http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/.premium-1.709481
The retaking of Palmyra generated massive press coverage, with some
assessment of damage being positive:
http://tass.ru/en/world/865764 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/28/palmyra-ruins-syria-recapture-isis-antiquities
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/extent-of-damage-to-palmyra-becomes-clear-a6957021.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/palmyra-pictures-after-recapture-from-isis-show-city-in-good-shape-antiquities-expert-says-a6956051.html
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/syrian-troops-find-palmyras-ancient-ruins-in-better-shape-than-expected-180958588/?no-ist
http://www.newsweek.com/new-images-show-isiss-destruction-palmyra-also-city-preserved-441630
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/first-look-at-ancient-ruins-after-syrian-forces-retake-palmyra/
http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-syria-palmyra-20160328-story.html http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/03/28/the-islamic-state-didnt-do-as-much-damage-to-palmyra-as-we-feared/
http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/28/middleeast/isis-palmyra-treasures-destroyed/index.html
http://www.timesofisrael.com/palmyra-ruins-mostly-intact-syria-antiquities-chief-reports/
… others, not so much:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/01/isis-destruction-of-palmyra-antiquities-revealed-in-new-pictures
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-35937240 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-35909456 http://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/1.712248 http://wnpr.org/post/long-road-rebuild-damage-palmyra-says-yale-cultural-heritage-expert
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/29/world/middleeast/scenes-from-palmyra-indicate-isis-slowed-assault-on-treasures.html
http://www.scotsman.com/news/world/syrian-experts-begin-poring-through-palmyra-rubble-1-4084578
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/03/28/472143732/isis-pulls-out-of-palmyra-leaves-destruction-in-its-wake
http://www.npr.org/2016/03/28/472176301/in-the-ruins-of-palmyra-how-many-of-the-syrian-citys-antiquities-remain
http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/03/28/album/1459140306_112874.html#1459140306_112874_1459141781
… and many of the sites seem to have mines:
http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/syria-150-mines-removed-so-far-in-palmyras-ancient-site/
http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/syrian-army-removing-mines-after-taking-palmyra-from-isis-1.2834379
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-left-150-mines-dotted-around-the-ancient-site-of-palymra-a6957771.html
… but there are ongoing beliefs that all can be rebuilt within a few
years:
http://www.dw.com/en/syrias-palmyra-can-be-restored-in-five-years-says-antiquities-chief/a-19146716
http://www.wsj.com/articles/syrias-palmyra-can-be-repaired-in-five-years-1459176051
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-palmyra-idUSKCN0WX1Z3?feedType=RSS&feedName=lifestyleMolt
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/mar/29/palmyra-message-isis-islamic-state-jihadis-orgy-destruction-heritage-restored
… using robots and 3d tech if need be:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/29/world/middleeast/3d-models-robots-rebuild-syrian-sites.html
http://phys.org/news/2016-03-3d-palmyra.html
… [not sure about this Temple of Baa in Times Square]:
http://www.breakingisraelnews.com/64582/temple-baal-ancient-idol-worshiped-biblical-times-will-stand-times-square-biblical-zionism/
… while Assad was appealing for international help in the effort:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-03/30/c_135237505.htm
… and Boris Johnson suggesting British archaeologists should be sent in:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/27/british-archaeologists-should-help-rebuild-palmyra-says-boris-johnson
http://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/political_news/14387662.Boris_Johnson__Britain_should_send_top_archaeologists_to_help_restore_ancient_city_of_Palmyra/
… but the most shocking damage was at the museum:
http://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/syrian-experts-shocked-by-damage-inside-palmyras-museum/
http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_29696229/after-taking-palmyra-syria-finds-more-shattered-antiquities
http://www.independent.ie/world-news/middle-east/experts-left-in-shock-as-isil-destroys-palmyras-museum-34579856.html
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/mar/28/syrian-experts-shocked-by-damage-inside-palmyras-m/
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765685239/Retaking-Syrias-Palmyra-reveals-more-shattered-antiquities.html?pg=all
… although much had been removed before:
http://www.npr.org/2016/03/31/472577684/syrians-take-drastic-measures-to-hide-antiquities-amid-isis-takeover
http://chronicle.northcoastnow.com/2016/03/31/293528/
There were also items speculating why things were not as bad as feared:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/06/29/world/middleeast/isis-historic-sites-control.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3513495/Majority-Palmyra-s-ancient-treasures-held-ISIS-preserved-secret-deal-Syrian-government-terror-group-minister-reveals.html
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/syria-secretly-worked-to-convince-isil-against-destroying-all-of-palmyras-ancient-ruins
… and memories of Al-Assaad:
http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=76084
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================
A very interesting Etruscan stele find:
http://www.poggiocolla.org/15_PC_48_Turley.html http://phys.org/news/2016-03-text-lost-language-reveal-god.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/03/160329112847.htm http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-03/smu-til032916.php http://www.livescience.com/54262-religious-text-in-lost-etruscan-language.html
http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/etruscan-inscription-offers-rare-clue-to-mysterious-people-160331.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2016/03/31/2500-year-old-slab-unearthed-offers-glimpse-into-ancient-etruscan-world.html
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/monument-could-help-crack-mysterious-etruscan-language-180958610/
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0330/2-500-year-old-slab-offers-window-into-ancient-Etruscan-faith
http://blog.smu.edu/research/2016/03/28/text-in-lost-language-may-reveal-god-or-goddess-worshipped-by-etruscans-at-ancient-temple/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3514204/Sacred-text-Italy-unlock-secrets-Etruscan-religion-Rare-6th-century-slab-inscribed-lost-language-contain-names-ancient-gods.html
A piece of (non-stick) Cumanae ware from a dump near Naples:
http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/ancient-non-stick-frying-pan-factory-found-in-italy-160328.htm
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3515952/Sorry-Tefal-Romans-used-non-stick-cookware-2-000-years-ago-Cumanae-testae-slippery-coating-stop-stews-sticking.html
Latest in the search for evidence of Hannibal in the Alps:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/apr/03/where-muck-hannibals-elephants-alps-italy-bill-mahaney-york-university-toronto
Academics call for the excavation of the Villa of the Papyri:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3515386/Like-digging-20-new-Shakespeare-plays-Academics-urge-Italian-authorities-excavate-library-buried-Vesuvius-believe-packed-priceless-historic-texts.html
Roman burials from a housing site in Winchester:
http://www.andoveradvertiser.co.uk/news/regional/winchester/14390200.Graves_from_Roman_period_discovered_at_new_housing_site_in_Winchester/
A piece of Roman pottery with hints of an early Christianity connection
from London:
http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art549792-christian-symbol-roman-britain-greek-christ
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/ancient.roman.pottery.discovery.reveals.rare.insight.into.christian.history.of.london/82910.htm
The nachleben of Pontius Pilate:
https://www.historytoday.com/kevin-butcher/strange-afterlife-pontius-pilate
Trump as Tiberius Gracchus?:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-chase/the-ancient-roman-donald_b_9595948.html
Roman food recreation in Philadelphia:
https://www.brynmawr.edu/news/food-truck-owners-who-studied-bryn-mawr-bring-ancient-roman-cooking-back-life
Rick LaFleur on canines, cats, and Cleopatra:
http://www.apalachtimes.com/news/20160330/toasting-canines-cats-and-cleopatra
A nice Roman coin find by a Wiltshire metal detectorist:
http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/14394877.Detectorist_uncovers_rare_Roman_silver_coin/
Pondering sortition in Greek democracy:
http://blog.oup.com/2016/03/sortition-ancient-greece-democracy/
In Our Time was looking at Agrippina the Younger:
http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download/proto/http/vpid/p03pl833.mp3
Feature on the Ancient Graffiti Project:
http://ancientgraffiti.wlu.edu/2016/03/29/the-ancient-graffiti-project-in-the-atlantic/
Feature on ‘animal traffickers’ of ancient Rome:
http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/03/exotic-animals-ancient-rome/475704/
What Brent Seales is up to:
http://baylorlariat.com/2016/03/31/professor-speaks-on-preserving-past-using-technology/
What Rita Copeland is up to:
http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/2016-03-31/latest-news/penn-professor-edits-new-book-classical-reception-english-literature
What Christ Pelling is up to:
http://www.lycoming.edu/news/stories/2016/03/Chris-Pelling-Oxford-Professor.aspx
Next Homerathon is at UGA:
http://www.franklin.uga.edu/events/homerathon
… and on the relevance of Homer:
http://flagpole.com/news/pub-notes/2016/03/30/fighting-monsters-homer-s-themes-are-still-relevant-wherever-you-look
Learning from Wonder Woman:
http://www.iowastatedaily.com/opinion/article_3b8b7af4-f5e7-11e5-b84e-6f2e85ea3483.html
An NEH fellowship for Gary Reger:
http://www.trincoll.edu/NewsEvents/NewsArticles/pages/GaryRegerNEHFellowshipSpring2016.aspx
An ASCSA fellowship for Maria Papaioannou:
https://classics.ufl.edu/2016/03/30/congratulations/
Funding for the Roman Legion Museum in Caerleon:
http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/14390504.Roman_Legion_Museum_handed___10_000_for_improvements/
Reviewish of Tim Whitmarsh, *Battling the Gods*:
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Think-atheism-modern-phenomenon-Think-says/story-29021960-detail/story.html
Reviewish of Heaney’s Aeneid VI:
http://www.cherwell.org/culture/art-and-books/2016/03/27/heaneys-aeneid-when-is-a-translation-not-a-translation
Review of Rahe, *The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta*:
http://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2016/03/an-ancient-clash-of-civilizations
More on that ‘posh’ apartment at the Hadrian’s Villa site:
http://www.livescience.com/54173-emperor-hadrian-villa-yields-posh-apartment.html
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Next on the find-the-king’s-burial-place list: Henry I:
http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/reading-abbey-search-king-henry-11126936
Analysis suggests a ‘whip’ found at Rufford Abbey a few years ago was used
by self-flagellating monks:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-35929731 http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/pressreleases/show/black-death-and-self-punishment-remains-of-medieval-whip-found-at-rufford-abbey
http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/national/14399377.Whip_used_by_self_flagellating_monks_in_bid_to_ward_off_Black_Death/
http://www.andoveradvertiser.co.uk/uk_national_news/14399377.Whip_used_by_self_flagellating_monks_in_bid_to_ward_off_Black_Death/
A medieval ‘seat’ from Fife:
http://www.scotsman.com/news/medieval-seat-found-during-archaeological-dig-in-fife-1-4085069
Reevaluating King John:
http://www.historytoday.com/samuel-kickin/what's-score-magna-cartas-musical-interlude
Relics of Saint Erik might be genuine:
http://www.livescience.com/54237-saint-erik-relic-bones-may-be-authentic.html
Funding for a Bronze Age Circles project:
http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Project-studying-Early-Bronze-Age-stone-circles/story-29026877-detail/story.html
Plans to restore Scotland’s oldest windmill:
http://www.scotsman.com/news/scotland-s-oldest-windmill-to-be-restored-1-4087189
A medieval pavement in Somerset has gone on display:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-35916759
Feature on Paris:
http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/mar/31/story-cities-12-paris-baron-haussmann-france-urban-planner-napoleon
Arguing about colonial street names in Berlin:
http://www.dw.com/en/battle-over-colonial-era-street-names-in-berlin/a-19136108
Fire damaged Wythenshawe Hall:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-35900538
I think we mentioned this Hungarian mummy with colon cancer:
http://news.discovery.com/history/colon-cancer-found-in-18th-century-hungarian-mummy-160329.htm
More on that Bronze Age battle site in Germany:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/dig-reveals-an-event-so-violent-that-its-participants-must-have-been-civilized/2016/03/31/64cc6968-f6ba-11e5-9804-537defcc3cf6_story.html
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Archaeology in Europe Blog:
http://archaeology-in-europe.blogspot.com/
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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC ================================================================
Sites found during Sydney light rail transit construction:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3514950/Massive-indigenous-artefacts-prompts-calls-government-halt-construction-Sydney-light-rail-line.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/call-to-halt-sydney-light-rail-after-massive-indigenous-artefact-find-20160329-gnsxr4.html#ixzz44QAZggq1
… and a pre-European skull find during construction in Waikato:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/78376523/historic-skull-found-at-major-waikato-expressway-project.html
Pollution concerns for India’s Golden Temple:
http://phys.org/news/2016-03-india-once-gleaming-golden-temple-dulled.html
A flaw in the Taj Mahal?:
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1160328/jsp/frontpage/story_76860.jsp
Did Cook discover Australia?:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-35927405 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-35922858 http://theconversation.com/of-course-australia-was-invaded-massacres-happened-here-less-than-90-years-ago-55377
More on peaceful Japanese hunter/gatherers:
http://phys.org/news/2016-03-ancient-japanese-hunter-gatherers-warfare-inherent.html
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2016/03/30/jomon-origins-of-violence-warfare/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3517026/Humans-haven-t-violent-warmongers-Japanese-hunter-gatherers-lived-peacefully-5-000-years.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490
More on Nepali textiles revealing another branch of the Silk Road:
http://phys.org/news/2016-04-nepali-textile-silk-road-south.html http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-04/uoc-ntf040116.php
More on Siberian puppy remains:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/mar/28/bark-future-ice-age-puppies-may-reveal-canine-evolution-yakutia-russia
http://phys.org/news/2016-03-caveman-friends-ice-age-puppies.html http://news.yahoo.com/cavemans-best-friends-preserved-ice-age-puppies-awe-052035084.html
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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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Big news this week is that Sarah Parcak and crew may have located another Viking settlement site in Newfoundland:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160401222056.htm http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35935725 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/01/science/vikings-archaeology-north-america-newfoundland.html?_r=0
http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/viking-site-in-canada-hinted-by-satellite-data-160402.htm
http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2016/04/did_alabama_space_archaeologis.html
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0401/Did-space-archaeologists-find-a-second-Viking-settlement-in-America
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/satellite-images-lead-to-possible-discovery-of-unknown-viking-settlement-in-n-l
http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/01/world/vikings-site-space-irpt/index.html http://www.canada.com/news/national/satellite+images+lead+possible+discovery+unknown+viking/11824712/story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/health-science/this-archaeologist-may-have-discovered-a-viking-site-in-north-america--from-space/2016/04/01/7987ec72-f838-11e5-958d-d038dac6e718_video.html
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-spy-new-viking-settlement-from-space-180958641/
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/03/160331-viking-discovery-north-america-canada-archaeology/
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2016/04/02/iron-newfoundland-puts-another-nail-coffin-columbus-myth-164003
… related:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/03/31/how-vikings-made-the-new-world-their-own/
… semirelated:
http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2016/03/31/putting-ted2016s-biggest-ideas-to-work-for-archaeology/
Thousands of petroglyphs and a solar calendar from Arizona:
http://westerndigs.org/thousands-of-ancient-petroglyphs-including-dramatic-solar-calendar-found-in-northern-arizona/
Latest from the Old Vero Man site:
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/indian-river-county/archaeologist-to-detail-new-finds-from-old-vero-man-site--2f338b6d-3bdc-2f14-e053-0100007fbf64-374054191.html
… and the Calico (California) site:
http://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/columns-blogs/trip-the-week/diggers-search-signs-early-man-calico-site
Plans to check out the sea floor off San Diego for Native American sites:
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/apr/01/SDSU-firstamericans-archaeology/
Checking out an Afton Park (MN) area for burial sites prior to a
wastewater
treatment plant construction project:
http://www.mprnews.org/story/2016/03/29/archaeologists-scan-for-ancient-burial-grounds-at-afton-park
http://www.hastingstribune.com/archeologists-scan-for-ancient-burial-grounds-at-afton-park/article_01b6c3fc-e2d5-515b-a55d-21e61d0cd4fa.html
A new Colorado state historian:
http://yale.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72ffedfd50af961efc4493394&id=3204d42654&e=120107fa25
Nunavut’s fomer MP may have found remains of the HMS Terror:
http://theturtleislandnews.com/index.php/2016/04/01/former-nunavut-mp-leona-aglukkaq-may-found-second-franklin-shipwreck/
A DNA study confirms the (devastating) impact of European arrival in the Americas:
http://phys.org/news/2016-04-ancient-dna-european-wipe-out-early.html http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-04/uoa-ads032916.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160401144502.htm http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3519372/Were-early-Americans-wiped-diseased-European-migrants-DNA-mummies-shows-native-genes-vanished-Spanish-arrived-15th-century.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0402/DNA-research-suggests-large-scale-collapse-of-Native-American-ancestors
I think we had this Southwest boom-and-bust story a few months ago?:
http://phys.org/news/2016-04-ancient-southwest-periods-boom.html http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-04/wsu-asm032916.php
Feature on the ancestors of the Inupiat:
http://www.adn.com/article/20160402/ancestors-inupiat-were-technological-pioneers
Some documents signed by Andrew Jackson have turned up:
http://radio.foxnews.com/2016/03/31/electrician-in-north-carolina-discovers-historic-documents-signed-by-andrew-jackson-and-martin-van-buren/
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On Maya influence on colonial architecture:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-03/uog-cra033116.php
Nice feature on preColumbian sites found during road construction in
Chile:
http://www.vidalatinasd.com/news/2016/mar/28/archaeological-finds-enrich-understanding-of-pre/
In case you’ve been wondering about that ‘lost city’ in Honduras:
https://news.vice.com/article/honduras-rainforest-controversy-white-city-lost-civilization
What David Stuart is up to:
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160328005755/en/World%E2%80%99s-Leading-Authority-Mayan-Hieroglyphs-Public-Appearance
Reviewish of Smith, *At Home with the Aztecs*:
https://asunow.asu.edu/20160329-global-engagement-archaeologist-new-book-life-among-aztecs
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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 ================================================================
On the mysteries of pendulum synchronization:
http://www.livescience.com/54265-pendulum-clocks-sync-up-vibrations.html
In the spirit of April Fool’s day, some historical hoaxes:
http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/7-historical-hoaxes
… and some newspaper attempts (I think):
http://egyptianstreets.com/2016/04/01/signs-of-extraterrestrial-activity-discovered-in-king-tutankhamuns-tomb/
http://greece.greekreporter.com/2016/04/01/april-fools-declared-public-holiday-in-greece/
… and on the origins of the day:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/03/31/a-brief-totally-sincere-history-of-april-fools-day/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/03/31/april-fools-day-where-did-the-tradition-and-pranks-come-from/
On the origins of Baked Alaska:
http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/03/29/469957638/baked-alaska-a-creation-story-shrouded-in-mystery
Feature on Victorian Easter Cards:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35361381
Feature on grave goods of various cultures:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/03/160331-afterlife-religion-beliefs-treasures-archaeology0/
Rethinking the last Ice Age:
http://phys.org/news/2016-03-picture-ice-age.html
Some ‘fake’ Shakespeare plays in the BL:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/12205349/Fake-Shakespeare-plays-revealed-at-British-Library.html
They’ve (re)found the patent for the Wright Brothers’ plane:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/lost-plans-for-wright-brothers-flying-machine-found-after-36-years/2016/04/02/e526fd56-f6b2-11e5-9804-537defcc3cf6_story.html
More on Shakespeare’s (possibly missing) skull:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/shakespeare-s-skull-may-have-been-stolen-by-grave-robbers/
http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/why-would-someone-steal-shakespeares-head-160329.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0327/Did-thieves-steal-Shakespeare-s-skull
Archaeology Podcast Network:
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