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https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/128960881/150yearold-treasures-unearthed-in-archaeological-dig-on-central-christchurch-site

... including some 'Frozen Charlotte' dolls:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/128960881/centuryold-frozen-charlotte-dolls-unearthed-in-archaeological-dig-in-christchurch-cbd
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NORTH AMERICA
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Evidence of what is being described as a 'council house' at a 1500 years bp site in Georgia:

https://research.uga.edu/news/uga-study-asks-did-democracy-have-a-separate-origin-in-the-americas/
https://phys.org/news/2022-06-democracy-americas.html https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/956102 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/06/16/did-democracy-have-a-separate-origin-in-the-americas/

Overview of the dig at the 19th century Concord Quarters site in Natchez:

https://www.natchezdemocrat.com/2022/06/15/finding-history-two-hundred-years-of-history-unearthed-at-concord-quarters-archaeology-study/

Feature on the Southern Illinois University field school at Fort Kaskaskia:

https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article262401822.html

Feature on the University of North Florida Archaeology Lab dig finding the 'lost' Mocama village of Saraby:

https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/lost-indigenous-town-saraby-unveiled-by-unf-archaeology-students/ZGHOXTPP3NCHPMQIGO5WJXNKSQ/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/06/new-findings-support-location-of-lost-indigenous-settlement-of-sarabay/143838
https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/history/2022/06/17/unf-archaeology-team-digs-into-native-american-village-jacksonville/7616234001/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/06/14/student-program-may-have-uncovered-lost-indigenous-community/

Feature on the University of Texas at Arlington dig at the Way Ranch site (various periods):

https://www.uta.edu/news/news-releases/2022/06/13/field-school-lemke22

Remains of a 17th century Spanish shipwreck off the coast of Oregon:

https://www.opb.org/article/2022/06/18/north-oregon-coast-timbers-found-from-shipwreck-spanish-galleon/
https://www.thechronicleonline.com/news/historic-recovery-timbers-from-17-century-vessel-recovered-at-oregon-coast/article_42590636-ee73-11ec-aeca-f7a158848271.html

More on recent finds from Michilmackinac:

https://www.cheboygannews.com/story/news/local/2022/06/15/mackinac-state-historic-parks-archaeology-uncovers-two-artifacts/7620174001/

Allegations the FBI lied when it said it didn't find Civil War gold back in 2018:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/07/pennsylvania-civil-war-treasure-gold-hunt-fbi/638445/
https://apnews.com/article/oddities-politics-pennsylvania-trending-news-46ad9e75f991fb539f23fd6853aa03e

Hyping upcoming digs at Fort Vancouver:

https://www.kptv.com/2022/06/14/archaeological-excavations-happen-fort-vancouver-this-summer/

Feature on the Clotilda and Africatown:

https://www.npr.org/2020/10/31/929473348/on-uncivil-war-shemekia-copeland-sets-fire-to-a-relic-of-american-slavery

Feature on the 29th Colored Regiment:

https://mailchi.mp/dailynutmeg/29th-regiment-frederick-douglass-juneteenth-equal-terms?e=2c38baa027

Feature on the enslaved person Robin Mingo:

https://apnews.com/article/george-floyd-beverly-massachusetts-education-slavery-554da36cf12d68cd95ed861b13efd78a

Feature on the Black Snake Affair in early 19th century Vermont:

https://vtdigger.org/2022/06/05/then-again-black-snake-affair-was-among-vermonts-most-shocking-events/

cf: https://express.adobe.com/page/eLxVbaIbhFbIE/

Review of Joseph Borelli, *Staten Island in the Nineteenth Century*:

https://poststar.com/entertainment/books/staten-island-s-rich-forgotten-history-is-retold/article_ddde02d7-77b1-52fa-8ea5-b37f9d892992.html
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
'Thousands' of wooden objects from the Templo Mayor at Tenochtitlan:

https://elpais.com/mexico/2022-06-15/los-2550-objetos-de-madera-recuperados-por-primera-vez-de-las-ofrendas-del-templo-mayor-de-tenochtitlan.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/06/thousands-of-wooden-objects-and-offerings-recovered-from-the-aztec-templo-mayor/143896
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64362

Archaeologists are poking around an underground chamber found at Chavin de Huantar a decade ago:

https://aldianews.com/culture/heritage-and-history/labyrinth-galleries https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/06/archaeologists-find-hidden-chamber-beneath-ancient-peruvian-temple/

More on the San Jose shipwreck:

https://www.livescience.com/new-images-most-valuable-shipwreck-colombia

Update on the restoration of a looted Maya frieze from Los Placeres:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64296

An effort to revive the Juego de Pelota in Mexico:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0cdy0t3/mexico-revives-a-3-000-year-old-ball-game
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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 ============================================================
A mummified 18th century cockroach was found in the leder of a slave-trading ship:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/15/eighteenth-century-cockroach-found-in-slave-trading-ships-accounts

Feature on ancient linen:

https://lithub.com/on-the-ancient-mysteries-of-linen/

Feature on the original Assassins:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/06/the-real-assassins-creed/143870

Feature on Piet Mondrian:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/piet-mondrian-abstract-grids-180980272/

Feature on Van Gogh's 'empty chair':

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/jun/18/revealed-van-gogh-empty-chair-paintings-gauguin

Feature on the only surviving manuscript of Paradise Lost:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/16/books/review/paradise-lost-manuscript-john-milton.html

Feature on the Christian past of the Colosseum:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/12/world/europe/colosseum-painting-christianity.html

The UK banned the export of a Poussin owned by a British noble:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/uk-bans-export-23-m-poussin-painting-1234631728/
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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Feature on the US Flag Day:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/06/14/flag-day-history-old-glory/7568869001/

... and the US national anthem:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/14/books/review/o-say-can-you-hear-mark-clague.html

A German court has ruled that an antisemitic medieval sculpture can remain on a church:

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-709361

Mount Doane has been renamed:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/13/us/yellowstone-mountain-renamed.html

Searching for the school burial gound at Teller Indian School (Colorado):

https://www.nbc11news.com/2022/06/16/colorado-mesa-university-archaeologist-updates-search-teller-indian-school-burial-grounds/
https://www.kjct8.com/2022/06/16/colorado-mesa-university-archaeologist-updates-search-teller-indian-school-burial-grounds/

A project digitally preserving cultural artifacts in Ukraine:

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/ukraine-uses-3d-technology-to-preserve-cultural-heritage/index.html

cf: https://poly.cam/ukraine

Boston has apologized for its role in the slave trade:

https://www.npr.org/2022/06/17/1105824756/boston-takes-rare-step-of-apologizing-for-its-role-in-slavery-and-its-lasting-ha

cf: https://www.slavevoyages.org/voyage/database ============================================================
ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS ============================================================
Olives were first domesticated (i.e. deliberately planted) 700 years bp:

https://www.aftau.org/news_item/tau-research-finds-earliest-evidence-for-deliberate-cultivation-of-a-fruit-tree/
https://phys.org/news/2022-06-olive-trees-domesticated-years.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220616101935.htm https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/955906 https://www.timesofisrael.com/study-worlds-first-cultivated-fruit-trees-planted-7000-years-ago-in-jordan-valley/
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-06-15/ty-article-magazine/.premium/worlds-earliest-domestication-of-fruit-trees-reveals-complex-society-in-jordan-valley/00000181-6895-d406-abb1-ea972b3e0000
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-709534 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/06/17/olive-trees-were-first-domesticated-7000-years-ago/

Feature on horse domestication:

https://knowablemagazine.org/article/living-world/2022/tale-domesticated-horse ============================================================
PHILOSOPHERS AND MATTERS PHILOSOPHICCAL ============================================================
Article on the bad side of Stoicism:

https://psyche.co/ideas/dont-be-stoic-roman-stoicisms-origins-show-its-perniciousness
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Girsu Project:

https://www.classicult.it/en/pioneering-drone-technology-leads-to-new-discoveries-at-girsu-iraq/
https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/art/2022/06/13/new-discoveries-in-iraq-upend-story-of-mesopotamia/

Ramses II gold bracelets:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/116794/King-Ramses-II-s-gold-bracelets-on-display-at-National

Panathenaic Amphorae:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/06/15/panathenaic-amphorae-from-toronto-canada-back-to-their-birthplace/

Chroma:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/the-met-museum-ancient-polychromy-2132192 https://thecitylife.org/2022/06/15/groundbreaking-exhibition-at-the-met-explores-use-of-color-in-ancient-greek-and-roman-sculpture/
https://hypebeast.com/2022/6/the-met-museum-chroma-ancient-sculpture-in-color-announcement

Italy has created a museum for recently recovered artifacts:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/16/museum-of-rescued-art-stolen-relics-returned-to-italy
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/italy-ap-rome-pompeii-roman-b2101832.html https://apnews.com/article/travel-rome-italy-e39d360dfd1bec9d8e2078b387e1508d https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/italy-creates-new-museum-for-trafficked-ancient-artifacts/2022/06/15/7f813358-ecbb-11ec-9f90-79df1fb28296_story.html
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/italy-creates-museum-for-trafficked-ancient-artifacts-174620
https://www.israelhayom.com/2022/06/19/italy-creates-new-museum-for-trafficked-ancient-artifacts/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/italy-museum-of-rescued-art-repatriation-manhattan-da-1234632272/

The DuSable Museum is changing its name:

https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/dusable-museum-to-unveil-new-name-look-ahead-of-juneteenth-celebration/

Texas is getting a Juneteenth Museum:

https://hyperallergic.com/741385/a-50000-square-foot-juneteenth-museum-is-coming-to-texas/

Feature on Cairo's Egyptian Museum:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/middle-easts-oldest-museum-sheds-light-on-egyptian-history/news
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ============================================================
A pair of Goyas that can't leave Spain are coming to auction:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2022-06-15/dos-cuadros-de-goya-que-no-pueden-salir-de-espana-coinciden-en-el-mercado-de-subastas.html

The so-called Cardona Codex fetched a reasonable price (and controversy):

https://elpais.com/mexico/2022-06-15/la-casa-ansorena-pone-a-subasta-un-codice-que-el-gobierno-mexicano-denuncia-como-apocrifo.html

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ON THE DNA FRONT
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A genome study suggests the origins of the 'Black Death' was somewhere in central Asia:

https://phys.org/news/2022-06-ancient-plague-genomes-reveal-black.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220615113242.htm https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/15/health/black-death-plague.html https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jun/15/mystery-black-death-origins-solved-plague-pandemic
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-61820604 https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1005/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1005/pub/1005/page/26/article/NaN
https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/15/health/black-death-plague-source-identified-scn/index.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/ancient-teeth-offer-new-insight-black-death-emerged-spread-globally-rcna33329
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/black-death-origin-mystery-solved-plague-675-years-researchers-say/
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/plague-black-death-ancient-dna-bacteria-europe-origin-asia
https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2022-06-17/human-teeth-found-in-700-year-old-graves-may-reveal-where-the-black-death-started.html
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/scientists-reveal-the-black-deaths-origin-story
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ancient-women-rsquo-s-teeth-reveal-origins-of-14-century-black-death/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/06/researchers-identify-the-origins-of-the-black-death/143852
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/black-death-ancient-dna-180980275/ https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/06/16/origins-of-the-black-death-identified/

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04800-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01673-4

A study of the DNA acquired from a Umayyad Dynasty burial in Syria:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-709384

Using DNA from a 16th century Italian mummy to reconstruct the genome of E. coli:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220616121548.htm https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/956166 https://www.archaeology.org/news/10639-220617-italy-bacteria-genome ============================================================
THE TECHY SIDE
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I think we mentioned this facial reconstruction of a Bronze Age Bohemian woman:

https://www.livescience.com/bronze-age-bohemian-woman http://www.archaeology.org/news/10633-220614-bronze-age-reconstruction ============================================================
CLIMATE MATTERS
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Climate change is dropping the level of the Po and revealing potential artifacts and sites:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/po-river-italy-dries-up-exposes-1943-shipwreck-zibello/

Climate change concerns for Mohenjo daro:

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2361470/climate-change-could-ruin-mohenjo-daro ============================================================
TOURISTY THINGS
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Ipogeo dei Cristallini (Naples):

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/walk-in-the-footsteps-of-ancient-greeks-in-these-secret-subterranean-tombs-in-naples-cpls0rcql
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ============================================================
Feature on 16th century Black composer Vicente Lusitano:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220615-the-lost-16th-century-black-composer-vicente-lusitano

Spindle Shuttle Needle:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/12/theater/spindle-shuttle-needle-review.html ============================================================
CRIME BEAT
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A major Swiss collector believes he has been duped by the smuggling ring connected to the former director of the Louvre:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/swiss-collector-antiquities-smuggling-ring-louvre-director-its-frightening-2130186

A man in Missouri is accused of illegally excavating a Native American site:

https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article262518762.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/06/16/native-american-site-illegal-excavation/
https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdmo/pr/clinton-man-indicted-illegally-excavating-native-american-site

Jail and fines for a couple in the 'Zamalek apartment antiquities trial':

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/1233/468176/Egypt/Courts--Law/Zamalek-apartment-antiquities-trading-couple-sente.aspx

The Taliban arrested six people for illegal excavations:

https://www.khaama.com/the-taliban-arrests-six-people-for-allegedly-excavating-historical-sites-illegally-67484/
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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 ============================================================
Spanish police recovered a Roman altar that had been stolen back in 1962:

https://euroweeklynews.com/2022/06/16/spanish-police-recover-ancient-roman-altar-in-british-collection-stolen-in-1962/

Similarly, the Guardia di Finanzia recovered some Etruscan panels which have now been restored:

https://www.ansa.it/canale_viaggiart/it/regione/lazio/2022/06/17/archeologia-scoperte-a-cerveteri-4-lastre-etrusche-dipinte_a876f9c5-1a97-4dd5-838d-4bd9985f18de.html

The US returned 27 items to Cambodia:

http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2022-06/17/content_78277037.htm https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/27-cambodian-artefacts-return-home

The Yaqui nation fortuitously recovered assorted items from a Swedish museum:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/18/world/americas/indigenous-artifacts-sweden-museum.html

Kuwait returned some smuggled antiquities to Egypt:

https://www.thenationalnews.com/gulf-news/2022/06/17/kuwait-hands-over-smuggled-antiquities-to-egypt/
https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/kuwait/kuwait-5-ancient-seized-artefacts-handed-over-to-egypt-1.88677646

Egypt has recovered some 29000 smuggled antiquities over the pas seven years:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/egypt-recovers-29000-smuggled-antiquities-in-7-years/
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NUMISMATICA
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Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n24.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n25.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Gioacchino Francesco La Torre (Italian):

https://www.grandangoloagrigento.it/ultime-notizie/e-morto-il-professore-la-torre-mondo-dellarcheologia-a-lutto

Maria Lambraki-Plaka:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/marina-lambraki-plaka-dead-sanxingdui-morning-links-1234631769/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/06/14/marina-lambraki-plaka-has-passed-away/

Amanda Claridge:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jun/16/amanda-claridge-obituary

George Lamming:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/17/books/george-lamming-dead.html

William B. Gould (archived):

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/17/obituaries/william-b-gould-overlooked.html ============================================================
AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3187-audio-news-for-june-5th-through-june-11th-2022
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GENERAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS BLOGS ============================================================
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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Archaeosoup:

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

Archaeology Podcast Network:

http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/ ============================================================
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https://www.kvoa.com/news/cnn/archaeologists-discover-historic-shipwreck-on-oregon-coast/article_cb6d66b8-8c48-581c-a45d-732089179d0a.html
https://local12.com/news/nation-world/17th-century-1693-shipwreck-manzanita-oregon-coast-discovered-archaeologists-goonies-santo-cristo-de-burgos-spanish-galleon-kptv
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/oregon-shipwreck-goonies-galleon-treasure-b2105439.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rare-timbers-from-17th-century-spanish-shipwreck-discovered-off-oregon-coast-180980290/

More on dating of an Indigenous Council House at the Cold Springs site in Georgia:

https://www.archaeology.org/news/10642-220621-georgia-cold-springs

More on that ochre mine in Wyoming:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/wyoming-is-home-to-the-oldest-mine-on-the-continent-study-north-america-180980134/

More on the petroglyphs in Alabama:

https://the-past.com/news/native-american-cave-art-identified-in-alabama/

More on the petroglyphs in Alabama:

https://the-past.com/news/native-american-cave-art-identified-in-alabama/

A study of the impact of an 1869 flood in Upstate New York:

https://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2022/06/moriahs-ensign-pond-and-the-great-flood-of-1869.html

Studying the Black foundation of Vernon Town (Louisiana, I think):

https://www.blackenterprise.com/genealogist-who-helps-black-families-find-their-roots-connects-the-dots-about-a-former-slave-who-founded-a-town-in-louisiana/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab

More hype for an upcoming dig at Fort Vancouver:

https://www.columbian.com/news/2022/jun/23/public-archaeology-field-school-to-dig-in-at-fort-vancouver/
https://tdn.com/news/local/public-archaeology-field-school-to-dig-in-at-fort-vancouver/article_f96f2bf6-f324-11ec-b717-af2c9a07c013.html

Feature on archaeology on Prince Edward Island:

https://www.peicanada.com/special_sections/coronavirus/unearthing-the-past-archaeological-discoveries-of-prince-edward-island/video_699ed981-78ac-5f6d-90e5-301beb207df8.html

A legal dispute arising from *Forget the Alamo*:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/alamo-book-antiquities-dealer-artist-defamation-lawsuit-1234632377/
https://news.yahoo.com/alamo-lawsuit-experts-were-defamed-095720282.html

On the Americas before Columbus:

https://elpais.com/ideas/2022-06-20/asi-era-america-antes-de-que-colon-la-descubriera.html

Review of Bruce Dearstyne, *The Spirit of New York*:

https://www.timesunion.com/books/article/From-statehood-to-Hamilton-Guilderland-author-17253304.php

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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
An Inca-era tomb from a Lima neighbourhood:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jun/23/inca-era-tomb-unearthed-beneath-home-in-perus-capital
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/ancient-inca-tomb-discovered-under-home-peru-capital-2022-06-22/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10649-220624-lima-ruricancho-tomb

Study suggests Indigenous groups used the Caribbean Sea as an 'aquatic highway':

https://phys.org/news/2022-06-indigenous-caribbean-sea-aquatic-highway.html https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/06/24/indigenous-communities-used-the-caribbean-sea-as-an-aquatic-highway/

Concerns for artifacts in Tobago:

https://guardian.co.tt/news/tobagos-historic-artifacts-being-stolen-sold-for-scrap-iron-6.2.1510513.961ce98dab

Feature on an ongoing dig at a 'prehistoric palace' in Oconahua:

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/mexicolife/in-a-tiny-jalisco-village-an-enormous-prehistoric-palace-is-slowly-uncovered/

Feature on how farming affects Maya sites in Belize:

https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/254508740 https://phys.org/news/2022-06-ancient-maya-history-plow.html

Feature on the Maya and the gemstones they put in their teeth:

https://bigthink.com/the-past/maya-dental-gemstone/

Feature on the revival of the Juego de Pelota in Mexico:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/reel/video/p0cdy0t3/mexico-revives-a-3-000-year-old-ball-game

Feature on Rapa Nui Moai:

https://smarthistory.org/easter-island-moai/

On the ownership dispute around the San Jose:

https://www.grid.news/story/global/2022/06/20/who-owns-the-san-jose-the-international-fight-over-a-300-year-old-treasure-laden-spanish-galleon/
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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 ============================================================
Feature on Osman Hamdi Bey:

https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/osman-hamdi-bey-ottoman-heritage-protector-artist

Feature on Yeats' 'weird sisters' and Irish identity:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/20/the-forgotten-weird-sisters-of-wb-yeats-who-helped-forge-irish-identity

cf: https://digitalcollections.tcd.ie/collections/ms35tg81f?locale=en

Feature on Indian nannies of London:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-61807623

German librarians identified a drawing by Durer on the title page of a 16th century book:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/german-librarians-just-discovered-a-drawing-by-albrecht-durer-on-the-title-page-of-a-seldom-looked-at-book-from-the-16th-century-2134984

On the history of the smile in art:

https://aeon.co/essays/a-history-of-the-smile-through-art-culture-and-etiquette

Feature on Casanova:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/06/27/why-casanova-continues-to-seduce-us-leo-damrosch-adventurer

Feature on Nebrija:

https://elpais.com/babelia/2022-06-18/nebrija-el-humanista-que-se-enfrento-a-la-inquisicion.html

Feature on archaeology on TikTok:

https://www.insidehook.com/article/internet/tik-tok-archeology

On the history of pirate flags:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/06/the-history-of-pirate-flags/143946

On children and Ice Age art:

https://psyche.co/ideas/the-art-of-ice-age-children-offers-a-tactile-sense-of-the-past

An 1898 film of New Orleans' Mardi Gras was found:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/23/arts/new-orleans-mardi-gras-film.html

Big research hopes for a huge ice core from Mount Logan:

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-scientists-retrieve-record-breaking-ice-core-from-summit-of-mount/

Scotland plans to pardon plenty of witches convicted hundreds of years ago:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/06/23/witches-scotland-pardon-convictions/

Plans to protect the wreck of the Endurance:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-61890273

Review of Adam Rutherford, *Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics*:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jun/19/where-science-meets-fiction-the-dark-history-of-eugenics
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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The annual solstice coverage from Stonehenge:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/20/stonehenge-summer-solstice-free-of-covid-restrictions
https://trib.com/news/national/sun-rises-over-stonehenge-on-summer-solstice/video_c78a6412-b5b7-5abb-9652-71c98f7fa455.html

... and Utah:

https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2022/06/21/asd-from-ancient-rituals-to-a-time-of-reflection-heres-how-some-southern-utahns-honor-the-summer-solstice/#.Yrhu7ewXZhE

... and assorted sites in Egypt:

https://egyptindependent.com/sun-falls-perpendicular-on-ancient-egyptian-temples-marking-the-start-of-summer/

Possible lessons from the Russo-Japanese War relating to Ukraine:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/06/russia-war-ukraine-japan/661312/

Ukraine seized a stolen antiquities collection in Kyiv:

https://www.khaleejtimes.com/world/ukraine-seizes-stolen-antiquities-collection-after-police-raids-in-kyiv

A San Francisco school board reversed it's decision about removing a George Washington mural:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/23/arts/design/san-francisco-george-washington-mural.html
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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS ============================================================
More on early olive domestication in Israel:

https://english.tau.ac.il/olive-trees-domesticated https://www.archaeology.org/news/10641-220621-israel-fruit-trees

More on chicken domestication:

https://phys.org/news/2022-06-chickens-food-people-regarded-special.html

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LANGUAGE RELATED
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On Dardistan as one of the most diverse linguistic regions in the world:

https://aeon.co/essays/how-dardistan-became-one-of-the-most-multilingual-places-on-earth

Feature on Klingon and other constructed languages:

https://www.sapiens.org/language/christine-schreyer-language/?ct=t()

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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Japanese textiles:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64429

Zen:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/22/arts/design/zen-freer-gallery-art-monks-japan-washington-review.html

Raphael:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/24/arts/design/raphael-national-gallery-london.html

Staffordshire Hoard:

https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/sutton-hoo/features/swords-of-kingdoms-the-staffordshire-hoard-at-sutton-hoo

Tale of Two Paintings:

https://hudsonvalleyone.com/2022/06/21/tale-of-two-paintings-at-historic-huguenot-street-this-sunday-unveils-long-missing-portraits/

Feature on the Acropolis Museum:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/06/20/acropolis-museum/ https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/06/22/the-acropolis-museum-celebrated-its-13th-birthday/

On the revival of Paris' medieval museum:

https://the-past.com/news/renewing-paris-medieval-museum/

Plans for a new museum at Fort Ticonderaga:

https://poststar.com/news/local/fort-ticonderoga-plans-new-museum-on-site-hotel/article_c37def44-f27c-11ec-b676-3b568da4efed.html

On the guy behind Auckland Museum's Ancient Greeks exhibition:

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/athletes-warriors-and-heroes-the-man-behind-auckland-museums-ancient-greeks-exhibition/TGQYKR4HR5RRKUYZAVWFZXRFYA/

More on Italy's museum of rescued art:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rome-museum-of-rescued-art-stolen-artifacts-180980277/

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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ============================================================
A portrait of Lucian Freud by Francis Bacon is up for auction:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/06/24/portrait-of-lucian-freud-by-francis-bacon-is-up-for-auction/

An apparently unwanted Goya:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2022-06-24/nadie-quiere-un-cuadro-de-goya.html?mid=DM124934&bid=1101332908

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ON THE DNA FRONT
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Feature on DNA and pandemics:

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/genome-sequencing-ancient-dna

A study of 'population bottlenecks' that reduced genetic diversity in human history:

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/956937

A genome study of eight 1700 years bp individuals from Korea:

https://phys.org/news/2022-06-year-old-korean-genomes-genetic-heterogeneity.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220621114705.htm https://arkeonews.net/1700-years-ago-the-korean-peninsula-had-more-genetic-diversity-than-in-our-time-facial-reconstruction-possible-through-dna-analyses/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10645-220622-korea-gaya-population

A new DNA lab has opened up at the University of Nottingham:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-61881479

More on reconstructing the E. coli genome from a 16th century Italian mummy:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-06-21/ty-article/archaeologists-sequence-ancient-bacteria-from-mummys-gallstone/00000181-85cf-dc00-a9b7-edef86070000
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/06/20/e-coli-sample-extracted-from-an-italian-mummy/

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TOURISTY THINGS
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Harriet Tubman's birthplace:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/21/travel/harriet-tubman-maryland.html

Syedra:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/syedra-secret-mystical-ancient-city-on-slope-of-taurus/news

Italica:

https://www.laprensalatina.com/roman-engineering-prowess-revealed-in-italica-ruins-in-southern-spain/

Aquileia:

https://aleteia.org/2022/06/22/aquileia-the-ancient-roman-city-that-was-once-a-center-of-medieval-christianity/

Delphi:

https://www.thetravel.com/what-to-know-about-delphi-in-greece/

Creswell Crags:

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2022/jun/26/witch-marks-and-rare-ice-age-art-why-you-should-visit-creswell-crags

Timbuktu:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/postcards-from-timbuktu ============================================================
PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ============================================================
Richard III:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/24/theater/richard-iii-disabled-arthur-hughes.html

Moliere:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/23/theater/moliere-400-comedie-francise-versailles.html

Ordering of Moses:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/19/arts/music/review-the-ordering-of-moses.html

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CRIME BEAT
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A man in Missouri was charged for illegally excavating at a site in Harry S. Truman State Park:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/06/21/midwestern-man-illegally-excavating-indigenous-artefacts

Iraq arrested six folks attempting to smuggle antiquities and manuscripts:

https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/iraq-arrests-six-countrywide-antiquity-smuggling-bust

A woman in Drama was arrested for trying to sell a Byzantine icon:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1187331/woman-arrested-in-drama-for-trying-to-sell-byzantine-icon/

On the use of satellite technology to protect sites from looters:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-satellites-protect-historical-sites-from-looters-and-war

Latest on the Louvre investigation:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/50/1207/470375/AlAhram-Weekly/Heritage/Louvre-investigation-continues.aspx

Interesting story of a small town art heist:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/20/nyregion/new-paltz-stolen-portraits-found.html

OpEddish on the price of plundering sites:

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2107321
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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 ============================================================
This Ife bronze head being 'detained' in the UK seems to be a repatriation situation:

https://emeatribune.com/why-uk-police-are-holding-a-priceless-sculpture/

Sudan is seeking repatriation of items in the British Museum and elsewhere:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/20/sudanese-museums-seek-return-of-artefacts-taken-by-british-colonisers
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/return-stolen-objects-sudan-2133877 https://www.arabnews.com/node/2107161/art-culture https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sudanese-museums-call-for-return-of-stolen-artifacts-180980303/

Germany is apparently prepared to return a looted goddess statue to Cameroon:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/germany-ready-to-return-looted-goddess-statue-to-cameroon-vxtqchqrw

Kenya is also seeking the return of things from various museums:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/kenya-wants-its-stolen-treasures-back-replicas-could-spur-their-return

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NUMISMATICA
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On the manufacturing of Roman Serrate coins:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/how-were-roman-serrate-coins-made-and-why/

Suggestion that some Byzantine coins might depict a supernova of 1054:

https://phys.org/news/2022-06-ancient-coins-supernova.html

cf: https://arxiv.org/abs/2206.00392

There's a new numismatics gallery at Yale:

https://news.yale.edu/2022/06/14/not-your-ordinary-pocket-change-new-gallery-showcases-money-and-medals

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n25.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n26.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Frederick Brainerd:

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/fredericknewspost/name/frederick-brainerd-obituary?id=35336087

Yves Coppens:

https://www.rawstory.com/french-co-discoverer-of-lucy-dies-at-87/ https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20220623-french-archaeologist-yves-coppens-papa-of-lucy-dies-aged-87
https://elpais.com/ciencia/2022-06-22/muere-yves-coppens-uno-de-los-descubridores-del-fosil-mas-famoso-del-mundo.html
https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2022-06-23/yves-coppens-one-of-the-discoverers-of-famous-fossil-lucy-dies-at-87.html

Vivian Hewitt:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/22/arts/vivian-hewitt-dead.html

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3189-audio-news-for-june-12th-through-june-18th-2022

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GENERAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS BLOGS ============================================================
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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Archaeosoup:

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

Archaeology Podcast Network:

http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/ ============================================================
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