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https://elpais.com/ciencia/2021-07-05/un-estudio-detalla-el-catastrofico-efecto-de-las-misiones-cristianas-en-los-nativos-de-america.html

Plans for restoration of a number of gravemarkers in Fredericton's Old Loyalist Burial Ground:

https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/centuries-old-gravestones-to-be-restored-in-fredericton-s-old-loyalist-burial-ground-1.5498653

I think we mentioned the research season at the Franklin Expedition sites was being postponed this year:

https://www.arctictoday.com/parks-canada-to-resume-work-on-terror-erebus-next-year/
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/parks-canada-defers-2021-research-160000595.html

... Parks Canada's underwater research team will concentrate on eastern Canada this season:

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/parks-canadas-underwater-archaeological-team-151800787.html

OpEd on the plundering of Native American burials:

https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2021/07/09/will-the-mass-robbery-of-native-american-graves-ever-end/

Feature on a talk by Luke Trout on the archaeological remains of the Ute people:

https://www.theheraldtimes.com/archaeologists-research-reveals-rich-ute-history/rio-blanco-county/

On the history of development of Chicago:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/07/07/climate/chicago-river-lake-michigan.html

What Frederick Douglass thought about the 4th of July:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/07/04/frederick-douglass-july-4th-slavery/

... and a feature on Frederick Douglass:

https://www.wnyc.org/story/all-it-presents-full-bio-frederick-douglass/

What the 4th of July meant for Jewish communities of the 13 colonies:

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/fourth-of-july-americas-245th-birthday-and-what-it-meant-for-us-jews-672851

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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ================================================================
Scholars feel they are closer to identifying that shipwreck found in Antigua a few weeks ago:

https://antiguaobserver.com/experts-a-step-closer-to-formally-identifying-historic-english-harbour-shipwreck/

More on what fecal records reveal about how climate change affected the Maya in Guatemala:

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/where-archaeology-can-t-go-fecal-signals-in-lake-reveal-mayan-secrets-1.9960242
https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-people-poop-holds-more-clues-to-the-collapse-of-maya-civilization
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/06/fecal-records-show-maya-population.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/07/05/faecal-records-show-maya-population-affected-by-climate-change/

I think this find of a shipwreck carrying Maya slaves from the Yucatan is a rather old story (?):

https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2021/07/historic-sunken-ship-carrying-maya-slaves-discovered-in-yucatan/

Feature on the United States of Bolivia:

https://www.latercera.com/la-tercera-sabado/noticia/de-estados-unidos-a-bolivia-asi-fue-el-primer-dia-de-otros-procesos-constituyentes-del-mundo/WF4EHLUXWFB2LJFKTKHSXUJNIQ/

A listing of this month's online lectures relating to the Ancient Americas:

https://mikeruggerisyoutube.tumblr.com/
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Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas Breaking News:

http://goo.gl/1VdeA

Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas lecture channels on Youtube:

https://mikeruggerisyoutube.tumblr.com/

Ancient MesoAmerica News:

http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/ ================================================================
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST ================================================================
Apparently there are 'lead dust' concerns arising from the Notre Dame restoration:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/06/french-authorities-accused-of-grave-negligence-over-notre-dame-lead-dust

Plans to return to the search for Shackleton's lost Endurance:

https://www.livescience.com/scientists-renew-search-for-endurance.html https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-57725493 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9756747/Archaeology-Antarctic-expedition-intends-search-Shackletons-lost-ship-Endurance.html

Conservators have found a portait of the first emperor (and empress) of Mexico painted over a portrait of Charles IV and Maria Luisa:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61712

Feature on artistic depictions of the horrors of war:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210706-kent-monkmans-the-scream-images-that-define-atrocities

Feature on French Symbolism:

https://www.christies.com/features/An-introduction-to-French-Symbolism-11770-1.aspx

Shakespeare's classroom origianlly had a painting of the Last Supper, apparently:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/new-discovery-william-shakespeare-school-room-poetry

Feature on Albrecht Durer:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/albrecht-durer-was-an-artist-on-the-move-11625855154

Pondering the earliest music:

https://gizmodo.com/what-was-the-earliest-music-1847033859

Pondering what ancient languages sounded like:

https://antigonejournal.com/2021/07/what-did-ancient-languages-sound-like

An excerpt from that recently-found Proust manuscript:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/07/12/young-girls

On the moving of Thomas Becket's bones:

https://blog.britishmuseum.org/why-did-they-move-thomas-beckets-bones/

Feature on six of the oldest maps:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/6-of-the-worlds-oldest-maps

On the history of caffeine use:

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2021/jul/06/caffeine-coffee-tea-invisible-addiction-is-it-time-to-give-up

On the effect of the sale of the Borden House on Lizzie's history:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/borden-murder-house-new-hands-will-real-history-get-hatchet-180978114/

Feature on Anne of Cleves surviving her marriage to Henry VIII:

https://www.themarysue.com/anne-of-cleves-henry-viii-481-years/

On the role of archaeologists in wildfire season:

https://www.10news.com/lifestyle/how-archaeologists-play-a-central-role-during-wildfire-season

On the African roots of Brazil's capoeira:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-57429972

On the history of the Adirondack chair:

https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/culture/article/Adirondack-chair-became-enduring-outdoor-mainstay-16300141.php

Feature on the acrobatic folks repairing Italy's domes and bridges:

https://www.apollo-magazine.com/rope-access-restoration-italian-monuments/

Feature on 'Bombay Time':

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/bombay-time

A lawsuit arising from the Forrest Fenn treasure hunt:

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/national-international/lawsuit-claims-forrest-fenn-who-sparked-yearslong-treasure-hunt-moved-loot-on-eve-of-discovery/2869969/

Jewish-Uzbek historical archives are now open to the public:

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/jewish-uzbek-historical-archives-open-up-to-the-public-673217

More on experiments recreating the lighting used by folks making cave art:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/stone-age-cave-art-lighting-torch-lamp

Latest on the impending USheffield archaeology fight:

https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/people/university-of-sheffield-urged-to-reconsider-closing-archaeology-department-as-d-day-draws-near-3299891
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CURRENT EVENTS: ================================================================ Charlottesville removed its statue of Robert E Lee:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57788220 https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/charlottesville-robert-e-lee-statue-removed/2021/07/10/dbf689c4-df4e-11eb-ae31-6b7c5c34f0d6_story.html

On the origins of quarantine in Dubrovnik:

https://www.npr.org/2021/07/06/1012490871/how-a-medieval-city-dealing-with-the-black-death-invented-quarantine

Comparing the societal effects of COVID 19 and the Plague:

https://www.marketplace.org/2021/07/08/pandemics-plagues-and-innovation-in-history-the-striking-parallels-between-covid-19-and-the-black-death/

A call to preserve Indigenous and local 'knowledge systems':

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-07/sfu-swo070621.php

On the role of Native Americans in shaping US democracy:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/did-native-americans-shape-u-s-democracy

Feature on the history of Haiti:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/key-events-in-the-history-of-haiti-haiti-spanish-jovenel-moise-france-christopher-columbus-b1880078.html

Pondering changing the name of the gypsy moth:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/09/science/gypsy-moth-romani-entomological-society.html
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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS ================================================================
A study of 17th century canine feces from Alaska reveal much about their diets:

https://news.ubc.ca/2021/07/07/ancient-canine-feces-reveal-17th-century-sled-dogs-diet/
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-07/uoy-cfr070521.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/07/210706191614.htm https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/frozen-feces-a-poop-scoop-reveals-diet-of-arctic-sled-dogs-three-centuries-ago

On the origins of watermelons:

https://www.livescience.com/where-do-watermelons-come-from.html

On reviving extinct wheat strains in Israel:

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/MAGAZINE-scientists-have-revived-extinct-israeli-wheat-strains-now-comes-the-taste-test-1.9961620

On the evolution of pets' annoying habits:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210707-the-evolutionary-reasons-for-our-pets-most-annoying-habits
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Painting, Politics, and the Monuments Men (various spins):

https://www.npr.org/2021/07/05/1010947828/a-story-of-war-theft-and-a-beautiful-woman-back-in-the-u-s-after-70-years
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/us-berlin-plunder-museums https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/monuments-men-world-war-ii-nazi-art-cultural-heritage-180978131/

Thomas Becket:

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v43/n14/julia-smith/at-the-british-museum https://blog.britishmuseum.org/how-to-erase-a-saint-thomas-becket-and-henry-viii/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-erase-a-saint-thomas-becket-and-henry-viii

Torlonia Marbles:

https://www.apollo-magazine.com/torlonia-marbles-rome-exhibition-capitoline-museums/

Ancient Greeks:

https://www.perthnow.com.au/community-news/eastern-reporter/wa-museum-boola-bardip-unveils-first-major-international-exhibition-ancient-greeks-c-3175868

Nautical Culture of the Prehistoric Aegean:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/07/09/nautical-culture-prehistoric-aegean-crete/

Nero:

https://aeon.co/videos/a-balanced-account-of-neros-life-reveals-the-editing-and-destruction-of-history-making

Last Supper in Pompeii:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/legion-of-honor-pompeii-show-1986994

Richard III:

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/largest-collection-of-king-richard-iii-treasures-ever-assembled-to-go-on-display-in-york-thanks-to-loan-of-portrait-3302025

Epic Iran:

https://www.apollo-magazine.com/epic-iran-victoria-and-albert-museum/

Paolo Veneziano:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/preview/getty-show-to-shed-new-light-on-paolo-veneziano-s-triptych

Egyptian Miitary throughout the Ages:

https://dailynewsegypt.com/2021/07/10/luxor-museum-hosts-temporary-exhibition-on-egyptian-military-throughout-ages/

Van Gogh:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/blog/van-gogh-s-self-portraits-what-do-they-really-reveal

Coffee Origins and Culture:

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/coffee-origins-and-culture-explored-in-museum-of-islamic-art-673269

Opinion piece pondering whether we should break up major museums:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/from-the-louvre-to-the-met-should-we-break-up-major-museums

Feature on the British Museum's latter day 'monuments men':

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/architecture/meet-british-museums-monument-men-team-tracking-looted-artefacts/

Review of Dan Hicks, *The Brutish Museums*:

https://www.apollo-magazine.com/brutish-museums-dan-hicks-review/ ================================================================
AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ================================================================
A Nazi-looted Van Dyck recovered by the Monuments Men is heading to auction:

https://www.barrons.com/articles/a-17th-century-van-dyck-painting-stolen-by-the-nazis-and-recovered-by-the-monuments-men-makes-auction-debut-01625599466
https://www.jpost.com/international/art-stolen-by-nazis-put-up-for-sale-in-london-auction-house-673091

Big bucks for a Da Vinci drawing of a bear after much hype:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-57735318 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/08/arts/design/leonardo-da-vinci-drawing-sold-christies.html
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2021/07/08/britain-Leonard-da-Vinci-drawing-auction/7931625776521/
https://www.artfixdaily.com/artwire/release/1034-tiny-bear-study-sets-record-for-leonardo-da-vinci-drawing-at-122-
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/leonardo-da-vinci-bear-sketch/index.html

... and a feature on its importance:

https://indiaeducationdiary.in/university-of-nottingham-leonardos-bear-sheds-light-on-history-of-bears-in-european-culture/

... and the sale has triggered a legal battle in France:

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210707-sale-of-rare-leonardo-drawing-triggers-legal-battle-in-france

That Picasso found in a Maine closet fetched a nice price:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hidden-closet-maine-50-years-picasso-work-sells-150000-180978118/

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ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
A study of DaVinci's DNA has turned up more descendents:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-07/tca-ldv070221.php https://www.livescience.com/da-vinci-family-history.html https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/jul/06/leonardo-da-vinci-project-finds-14-living-male-descendants
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/07/leonardo-da-vinci-new-family-tree-spans.html

A study of some paleolithic DNA from Japan:

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14374025 https://www.archaeology.org/news/9829-210707-paleolithic-japan-dna

A study of DNA from enslaved persons who word at a 19th century iron forge in Maryland:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/07/09/african-american-cemetery-catoctin-enslaved-faces/
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THE TECHY SIDE
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A facial reconstruction has been incorporated into a puppet to create 'Medieval Mark':

https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/meet-medieval-mark-the-puppet-that-reveals-what-a-man-in-leith-from-700-years-ago-looked-like-3298735

More on the origins of 'rock varnish':

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/07/solving-long-standing-mystery-about.html

More on development of robots to search for shipwrecks:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jul/04/deep-sea-robots-will-let-us-find-millions-of-shipwrecks-says-man-who-discovered-titanic
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CLIMATE MATTERS ================================================================
What 300 000 (more or less) years bp ostrich eggshell reveals about climate change:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-07/uoe-aoe070721.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/07/210708103628.htm

In case you missed the item on climate change being more to blame for megafauna extinctions than humans:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/07/global-climate-dynamics-drove-decline.html
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TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
Utah petroglyphs:

https://www.ksl.com/article/50197124/seeing-the-past-into-the-future-while-protecting-utahs-rock-art

Italian Gardens:

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/italy-gardens-botanical-tourism-cmd/index.html

Roman empire:

https://blog.oup.com/2021/07/a-roman-road-trip-tips-for-travelling-the-roman-empire-this-summer/

Forks of the Road:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/03/us/forks-of-the-road-national-park.html ================================================================
PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ================================================================
Benedetta:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210709-benedetta-five-stars-for-verhoevens-torrid-melodrama

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CRIME BEAT
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Russian 'looting' of sites in the Crimea is a major issue right now:

https://www.rferl.org/a/crimea-archaeological-treasures-russia/31339510.html https://www.eurasiareview.com/05072021-from-scythians-to-goths-looting-russia-strikes-gold-digging-up-crimean-antiquities-analysis/

A pair of pensioner metal detectorists are in trouble for things found in Dolianova:

https://www.cagliaripad.it/540235/dolianova-a-caccia-di-reperti-con-metal-detector-nei-guai-due-pensionati/

More on arrests of a prominent businessman and MP in Egypt for smuggling antiquities:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/416666/Egypt/Politics-/Court-upholds-order-to-seize-funds-of-Egyptian-bus.aspx
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/police-raids-over-egyptian-treasure-haul-gqf2nkfvp

More on the bust in Egypt of a trio trying to sell an ancient statue:

https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/egypt-authorities-thwart-attempt-to-smuggle-antiquities-1.80428994
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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 ================================================================
Nigeria has demanded that Germany return Benin items within a year:

https://allafrica.com/stories/202107080560.html https://www.thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2021/07/09/nigeria-asks-german-govt-to-return-looted-benin-artefacts-within-one-year/

... and Germany has agreed:

https://www.dailysabah.com/world/europe/germany-agrees-to-return-dozens-of-nigerias-stolen-antiquities

... and has put together a Benin Bronzes database:

https://illinoisnewstoday.com/germany-publishes-benin-bronzes-digital-database/288535/

A backgrounder on the Benin Bronzes:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/benin-bronzes-history-age-how-old-looted-stolen-controversy-repatriation/

A German museum has returned a Lakota Chief's shirt:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/weltkulturen-museum-repatriates-lakota-chief-shirt-1234598302/

Harvard is going to return Standing Bear's tomahawk:

https://newsadvance.com/news/national/harvard-returning-standing-bears-tomahawk-to-nebraska-tribe/article_e54104cb-6413-513a-8bf8-2ead4ac04df6.html

Another set of items in the British Museum wanted by descendents of the Gweagal people who met the Endeavour:

https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/triplej-breakfast/rodney-kelly-gweagal-shiels-british-museum/13433506

Some recovered illegally excavated mosaics are heading for the Zeugma Museum:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61746

The return of paintings stolen from the National Gallery in 2012 is under way:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/07/09/the-return-of-the-stolen-paintings-from-the-national-gallery-is-proceeding/

More on the Brooklyn Museum's return of a pile of pre-Hispanic items to Costa Rica:

https://www.wionews.com/photos/brooklyn-museum-returns-1305-artefacts-to-costa-rica-395732
https://www.laprensalatina.com/costa-rica-recovers-archaeological-pieces-removed-by-us-tycoon/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/brooklyn-museum-returns-more-1300-objects-costa-rica-180978122/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9833-210708-caribbean-artifacts-repatriated ================================================================
NUMISMATICA
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Interview with Elena Stolyarik on the ANS collection:

https://coinweek.com/education/managing-the-ans-collection-an-interview-with-elena-stolyarik/

Feature on mintmarks on ancient coins:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/on-ancient-mintmarks-and-determining-an-ancient-coins-origin/

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v24/club_nbs_esylum_v24n27.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v24/club_nbs_esylum_v24n28.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Lisa French:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lisa-french-obituary-h9kgwbk8x

Christopher Taylor:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jul/09/christopher-taylor-obituary

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS ================================================================
Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3086-audio-news-from-archaeologica-june-27-through-july-3-2021
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Archaeology Magazine News Page:

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

About.com Archaeology:

http://archaeology.about.com/

Archaeology Briefs:

http://archaeologybriefs.blogspot.com/

Atlas Obscura:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/

Heritage Daily:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/

Sapiens Archaeology:

https://www.sapiens.org/category/archaeology/

Taygete Atlantis excavations blogs aggregator:

http://planet.atlantides.org/taygete/ ================================================================ PODCASTS/VODCASTS ================================================================
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http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/ ================================================================
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