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explorator 25.19 August 28, 2022
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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis,
John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo, Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley,
Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay,
Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week
(as always hoping I have left no one out).
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EARLY HOMINIDS
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A study of tools from an Aurignacian site in Romania:
https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2022/08/archaeological-excavations-in-romania-show-life-of-earliest-modern-humans-in-europe
https://phys.org/news/2022-08-archaeological-excavations-romania-life-earliest.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10791-220826-romania-modern-human
cf:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-15544-5
Study suggests that much of the Neanderthal-Sapiens interbreeding took place in the Near East:
https://phys.org/news/2022-08-ancient-skulls-human-interbreeding-neandertals.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/08/220823115636.htm https://www.archaeology.org/news/10787-220824-neanderthals-modern-humans
cf:
https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/11/8/1163
A study of Sahelanthropus (apparently the oldest representative of humanity now) suggests they were bipedal:
https://phys.org/news/2022-08-sahelanthropus-oldest-humanity-bipedal.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/08/220824120832.htm https://www.livescience.com/when-human-ancestors-first-walked-upright/ https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/aug/24/our-oldest-known-ancestor-could-probably-walk-say-researchers
https://elpais.com/ciencia/2022-08-24/un-polemico-femur-sugiere-que-la-familia-humana-ya-caminaba-sobre-dos-patas-hace-siete-millones-de-anos.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/ancient-bones-confirm-earliest-known-human-ancestor-walked-upright-rcna44187
https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/24/world/bipedalism-walking-7-million-years-scn/index.html
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-08-24/ty-article/early-hominin-was-walking-7-million-years-ago-study-confirms/00000182-ced5-dfe5-adbb-dff59a290000
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-oldest-known-early-human-walked-upright-7-million-years-ago-180980628/
cf:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04901-z
Trying to figure out when humans evolved the capacity to sweat:
https://www.npr.org/2022/08/25/1119373338/when-did-human-bodies-evolve-to-sweat-we-dont-know-exactly-when
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AFRICA
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A multinational group will be studying the life and historical artifacts on the Skerki Bank between Tunisia and Sicily:
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/08/mediterranean-countries-take-archaeology-project-tunisian-coast
https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2022/08/350999/morocco-participates-in-underwater-archaeological-research
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
The restoration of the Amun Ra shrine in the Temple of Seti I at Abydos is complete:
https://www.egyptindependent.com/egypt-completes-restoration-of-amun-re-chapel-at-the-temple-of-seti-i-in-abydos/
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/118557/Restoration-of-Amun-Ra%E2%80%99s-shrine-in-Temple-of-Seti-I
https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/3830746/egypt-completes-work-restoration-amun-ra-shrine-temple-seti-i
... as is restoration of a statue of Thutmose II at Karnak:
https://dailynewsegypt.com/2022/08/22/restoration-of-king-thutmose-ii-statue-in-karnak-temples-completed/
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2022/08/22/egypt-completes-restoration-of-thutmose-iis-statue-at-karnak-temple/
... and the transverse hall in the Dendera Temple:
https://dailynewsegypt.com/2022/08/24/restoration-of-transverse-hall-in-front-of-holy-of-holies-in-dendera-temple-completed/
... while restoration has resumed at the Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak:
https://egyptindependent.com/restoration-works-resumes-on-the-great-hypostyle-hall-at-karnak/
In case you missed Zahi Hawass' call for the British Museum to return the Rosetta Stone:
https://www.egyptindependent.com/zahi-hawass-calls-on-british-museum-to-return-rosetta-stone/
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/118581/Prominent-Egyptologist-Zahi-Hawass-launches-petition-to-repatriate-Egyptian-artifacts
https://cairoscene.com/Buzz/Dr-Zahi-Hawass-Launches-Petition-to-Return-Rosetta-Stone-to-Egypt
https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/egypt-archaeologist-wants-rosetta-stone-returned-uk
https://www.thenationalnews.com/opinion/editorial/2022/08/22/the-rosetta-stone-should-return-to-egypt/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/08/23/egyptian-archaeologist-urges-british-museum-to-return-rosetta-stone/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/08/22/return-rosetta-stone-to-egypt-demands-countrys-leading-archaeologist-zahi-hawass
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/archaeologist-calling-for-return-rosetta-stone-2164013
Feature on the Book of the Dead:
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-egypt-book-of-the-dead/
More on Howard Carter's taking artifacts from Tutankhamun's tomb:
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/08/new-evidence-emerges-looting-tutankhamuns-tomb
http://www.archaeology.org/issues/482-2209/digs/10771-digs-egypt-tut-collar-mystery
Artifacts dating to 6200 BCE from the Susa site:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/475900/Archaeological-findings-may-push-back-Susa-s-history-by-millennia
More on the decipherment of Elamite script:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/476079/Archaeologists-report-deciphering-Elamite-script-discovered-in
This one's confusing ... find of a dwelling in Sialk (Iran) that is either 5000 years bp or 4th century BCE or?:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/476123/Archaeologists-have-excavated-5-000-year-old-home-in-heart-of
Feature on the Ziggurat of Ur:
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220822-the-ziggurat-of-ur-iraqs-answer-to-the-pyramids
Feature on Mesopotamian beer:
https://bigthink.com/the-past/brewing-ancient-beer/
Possible evidence of a permanent settlement dating to 9300 years bp from Turkiye's Sircalitepe Mound:
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/traces-of-9300-year-old-settlement-unearthed-near-volcanic-cappadocia
https://www.trtworld.com/art-culture/traces-of-settlement-dating-back-over-9-000-years-discovered-in-t%C3%BCrkiye-60187
An 8000 years bp ceramic workshop from Izmir's Ulucak Mound (including a fingerprint):
https://arkeonews.net/8000-years-old-fingerprint-and-ceramic-production-workshop-found-in-izmir-ulucak-mound/
A late Neolithic (!) seal from the Domuztepe excavations:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64974 https://arkeonews.net/a-rare-late-neolithic-period-seal-found-in-domuztepe-mound/
4200 years bp finds from Tavsanli Mound suggest (among other things) connections to the site of Troy:
https://arkeonews.net/findings-showing-the-connection-between-troy-and-tavsanli-hoyuk-have-been-reached/
A 1600 years bp writing kit from Bathonea:
https://arkeonews.net/a-1600-year-old-writing-set-was-unearthed-in-the-city-of-bathonea-which-has-the-oldest-ancient-port-in-istanbul/
Feature on Hamzeh Mahasneh's work on Neolthic board games:
https://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/jordanian-scholar-works-put-pieces-together-neolithic-board-games
Greek archaeologists are expressing concerns for Hagia Sophia:
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1191674/greek-archaeologists-express-concerns-to-unesco-over-hagia-sophia/
https://www.thenationalherald.com/greek-archaeologists-fret-over-more-aghia-sophia-vandalism/
https://greekherald.com.au/news/greek-archaeologists-call-on-unesco-to-save-hagia-sophia/
https://www.thedailybeast.com/archaeologists-plead-for-help-protecting-iconic-turkish-mosque-hagia-sophia
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/unesco-called-to-save-the-hagia-sophia-by-greek-archaeologists-1234637362/
Latest survey of a Bar Kokhba Revolt Roman garrison (maybe) site dubbed Kfar Lakitia:
https://www.allisrael.com/israeli-archaeologist-uncovers-second-temple-era-fortified-village
In case you missed it, researchers have figured out the season and year of the Hasmonean destruction of the Greek site of Tl Iztabba:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-715203 https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-08-21/ty-article/the-chicken-and-the-destruction-of-beit-shean/00000182-c0c8-d087-a1ef-c9ec77b40000
A 1200 years bp 'rural estate' revealed at Rahat:
https://phys.org/news/2022-08-luxurious-year-old-mansion-southern-israel.html https://www.timesofisrael.com/luxury-digs-sprawling-1200-year-old-mansion-found-in-israels-negev-desert/
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/358603 https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-715371 https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/h1nm00gz1j https://www.israelhayom.com/2022/08/23/1200-year-old-mansion-unearthed-at-negev-bedouin-town/
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-08-23/ty-article-magazine/early-islamic-mansion-with-unique-subterranean-complex-discovered-in-israel/00000182-ca2b-df45-a7b3-da6bbdff0000
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/israel-unveils-1200-year-old-luxurious-mansion-from-early-islamic-period/news
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-08-23/luxurious-1-200-year-old-mansion-found-in-southern-israel
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/1200-year-old-mansion-unearthed-negev-israel/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/luxurious-1200-year-old-mansion-found-in-southern-israel/2022/08/23/161ba12a-22f1-11ed-a72f-1e7149072fbc_story.html
https://www.newsweek.com/palatial-1200-year-old-estate-ancient-cooling-system-found-israel-1736465
https://www.dw.com/en/vaulted-rooms-and-frescoes-rural-estate-found-in-israel/g-58291898
https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/08/23/israeli-archaeologists-discover-luxurious-1200-year-old-mansion-with-underground-vaults-in-negev-desert/
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/middle-east/300669238/luxurious-1200yearold-mansion-found-in-southern-israel
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/08/archaeologists-uncover-luxury-estate-from-islamic-period/144547
Feature on the recently-excavated Usha site (2000 years bp):
https://www.timesofisrael.com/explore-the-nearly-2000-year-old-jewish-metropolis-of-usha-in-the-western-galilee/
More on the possible identification of the site of the Bethsaida associated with Peter:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-715404 https://www.newsweek.com/st-peters-birthplace-possibly-discovered-archaeologists-1736497
https://iflscience.com/archaeological-discovery-claims-to-mark-saint-peters-birthplace-64996
More on mosaics from Huqoq depicting biblical heroines:
https://phys.org/news/2022-08-depictions-biblical-heroines-uncovered-ancient.html
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ============================================================
A study of stone tools from Bronze Age Crete and the implications for Minoan civilization:
https://phys.org/news/2022-08-analysis-everyday-tools-long-held-ideas.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/08/220823162709.htm https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/962626 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/08/study-challenges-views-on-what-drove-major-changes-in-ancient-greek-society-on-crete/144529
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10789-220825-crete-bronze-age
Scythian/Bronze Age finds from the Kotelva II settlement site (Ukraine!):
https://menafn.com/1104731783/Archaeologists-Discover-40-Objects-Of-Scythian-Period-And-Bronze-Age-Dwelling-In-Poltava-Region
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/08/23/ancient-greek-scythian-ukraine/ https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-society/3555302-archaeologists-discover-40-objects-of-scythian-period-and-bronze-age-dwelling-in-poltava-region.html
A 2350 years bp statue of Cybele from Antandrus:
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/2350-year-old-cybele-statue-found-in-turkiyes-antandrus
Statue heads, including one of Apollo, from Prusias ad Hypium (looks 1st/2nd century CE):
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/experts-discover-statue-of-apollo-in-turkiyes-prusias-ad-hypium
A Hellenistic 'votive pot' from the Troy site:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64978 https://arkeonews.net/a-tiny-2300-year-old-votive-vessel-presented-to-the-gods-by-the-poor-was-found-in-the-ancient-city-of-troy/
Another 'ram' from a Roman ship raised from the sea at Levanzo:
https://palermo.repubblica.it/cronaca/2022/08/24/news/archeologia_il_mare_delle_egadi_restituisce_un_rostro_in_bronzo_di_epoca_romana-362763313/
https://www.iltabloid.it/2022/08/24/levanzo-recuperato-dai-carabinieri-tutela-patrimonio-artistrico-un-rostro-in-bronzo-di-eta-romana.html
https://www.ilgiornaleditalia.it/news/cultura/398254/egadi-rostro-bronzo-bronzo-nave-romana-trapani.html
https://www.ragusanews.com/attualita-battaglie-egadi-recuperato-rostro-bronzo-nave-romana-163469/
A much decorated 2000 years bp Roman temple from Cupra Marttima:
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/italy-cupra-temple-interior-discovery-scn/index.html
https://www.centropagina.it/ascoli/cupra-marittima-come-pompei-emergono-rarissime-pitture-sindaco/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/roman-temple-frescos-recovered-cupra-italy-1234637376/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10788-220825-italy-temple-frescoes
Remains of a Roman aqueduct from Caistor St Edmund:
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/roman-aqueduct-found-at-caistor-st-edmund-9231042
An 'early Christian' ampulla/pilgrim's bottle from Pergamon:
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/bottle-of-pilgrims-enlightens-christian-history-in-turkiyes-pergamon
Roman finds from a dig near Norton (Evesham):
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/archaeology-dig-m5-unearths-roman-24843901
Latest depiction of a (rather large) Roman phallus comes from excavations in Cordoba:
https://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-08-25/archaeologists-discover-one-of-the-largest-phallic-sculptures-of-ancient-rome.html
https://metro.co.uk/2022/08/26/graffiti-of-average-sized-penis-shows-romans-were-as-immature-as-us-17248335/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11145125/Unusually-large-penis-carving-uncovered-Roman-tower-excavations-southern-Spain.html
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-715689 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/08/giant-phallic-carving-from-roman-period-found-during-excavations-in-cordoba/144522
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/massive-roman-era-phallus-relief-carving-uncovered-el-higueron-spain-1234637558/
One of three related DNA studies this week suggests the Griffin Warrior was from the city 'he would one day rule':
https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2022/08/n21110363.html https://phys.org/news/2022-08-dna-analysis-griffin-warrior-greek.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/08/220825163957.htm https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/08/dna-analysis-shows-griffin-warrior-ruled-his-greek-homeland/144544
Plans for 'strategic preservation' of the walls of the Athenian Acropolis:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/08/28/athens-acropolis-walls-preservation/
Plans for restoration of statues of Greek gods in Claros:
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/statues-of-greek-gods-to-regain-former-look-in-turkiyes-claros/news
Feature/study of Roman funerary banquets:
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/962094 https://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-08-28/a-roman-funerary-banquet-pigs-for-the-rich-chicken-for-the-poor-and-oats-for-the-women.html
https://elpais.com/cultura/2022-08-24/el-menu-de-vivos-y-muertos-en-los-banquetes-funerarios-romanos-cerdo-para-los-ricos-y-pollo-para-los-pobres.html
https://www.inverse.com/science/ancient-roman-diets-foxes-afterlife
Nighthawking concerns at the Roman fort at Caenarfon:
https://nation.cymru/news/police-warn-that-night-hawkers-are-digging-up-roman-fort-in-caernarfon/
More on the 'mega monument' at Laona (Cyprus):
https://www.livescience.com/mega-monument-burial-mound-cyprus https://greekreporter.com/2022/08/26/ancient-fortress-discovered-under-burial-mound-in-cyprus/
More on the cache of astragali from Maresha-Bet Guvrin National Park:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/israel-ancient-dice-astragali-maresha-180980610/
More on the Roman military sanctuary in the Netherlands:
http://www.archaeology.org/feed/482-issue/2209/digs/10767-digs-netherlands-roman-sanctuary
Joel Christensen on ancient Greek myth and climate change:
https://neoskosmos.com/en/2022/08/22/dialogue/opinion/a-burden-on-the-earth-greek-myth-and-climate-change/
Ashley Clements in a similar vein:
https://blog.oup.com/2022/08/disappearing-animals-disappearing-us-what-can-classics-teach-us-about-the-climate-crisis/
Danielle Vander Horst on Pompeii gardens and disasters in antiquity:
https://www.artandobject.com/news/gardens-pompeii-natural-disasters-antiquity
Feature on Rome's wild beast shows:
https://elpais.com/babelia/2022-08-24/a-los-leones-roma-demostro-su-poder-y-su-brutalidad-a-traves-de-los-animales-exoticos.html
Feature on seven Roman superstitions:
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-roman-superstitions
Feature on Hellenistic art:
https://smarthistory.org/reframing-art-history/empire-art-hellenistic-world/
Feature on Pliny's letter about the destruction of Pompeii:
https://www.openculture.com/2022/08/the-only-written-eye-witness-account-of-pompeiis-destruction.html
Feature on gladiators:
https://bigthink.com/the-past/gladiator-empire-war-sport/
Feature on Roman dictators:
https://bigthink.com/the-past/roman-dictator-emperor/
Feature on the Risan Roman mosaics:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/risan-roman-mosaics
Feature on the Derveni papyrus:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/08/25/derveni-papyrus-oldest-surviving-book-europe/
Feature on the site of Orraon:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/08/24/orraon-ancient-greeces-best-preserved-settlement/
Feature on the Diolkos:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/08/19/stone-road-ships-ionian-aegean/
Feature on ancient Greek werewolves:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/08/22/ancient-greek-origins-werewolves/
Feature on ancient Greek taxation:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/08/23/how-rich-greeks-once-paid-taxes-back-in-ancient-times/
Interesting feature on a 'homeric' epigram written about Stalin:
https://neoskosmos.com/en/2022/08/23/dialogue/diatribe-when-homer-serenaded-stalin/
Repeat of a feature on Demetrius the Besieger:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-demetrius-the-besieger-was-one-of-historys-most-outrageous-kings-180980530/
More on robot-created copies of Parthenon sculptures:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/22/elgin-marbles-british-museum-greece/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11130735/A-horses-head-carved-robot-bid-make-replicas-Elgin-sculptures.html
https://www.thenationalherald.com/resistance-is-futile-british-museum-wont-take-robot-marbles/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/08/23/robotic-sculptor-stallion-parthenon/
... related OpEds:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/digitally-made-replicas-could-help-us-return-elgin-marbles-9hp338vdk
https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/a-great-historical-wrong-may-soon-be-rectified-20220821-p5bbis.html
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ============================================================
Evidence of 4000 years bp beer production at the 'German Stonehenge' site:
https://www.newsweek.com/people-produced-beer-german-stonehenge-over-4000-years-ago-1737086
Bronze Age burials near Sarajevo reveal some hitherto unknown forms of jewellery:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64960 https://arkeonews.net/new-fibula-types-discovered-at-prehistoric-kopilo-graves-in-bosnia/
I think we mentioned the race to excavate at the 2500 years bp Lulworth hillfort site threatened by coastal erosion:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/archaeologists-working-to-learn-more-before-2500-year-old-lulworth-hill-fort-is-lost-to-the-sea
Overviewish piece on a dig at an Anglo Saxon burial ground near Netheravon:
https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/20798325.archaeological-dig-anglo-saxon-burial-ground-near-netheravon/
A 1200 years bp Viking cremation burial from Sweden:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64949 https://arkeonews.net/first-female-viking-grave-discovered-in-swedish-mountains/
Overviewish piece on the excavations at a medieval 'trading hub' on the banks of the Thames in Berkshire:
https://www.reading.ac.uk/news/2022/Research-News/Anglo-Saxon-monastery-was-important-trade-hub
https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/berkshire-history/excavation-anglo-saxon-monastery-berkshire-24862389
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-berkshire-62675992
Remains of a possible medieval ale house from East Yorkshire:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/aug/28/suspected-medieval-alehouse-unearthed-east-yorkshire
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-humber-62631475 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/medieval-pub-found-england-1234637174/ http://www.archaeology.org/news/10785-220823-england-medieval-pub
A medieval double burial within a circular ditch from southern Germany:
https://arkeonews.net/medieval-double-grave-discovered-with-majestic-objects-inside-the-circular-ditch/
Pool construction revealed remains of a medieval wall in Kenilworth:
https://leamingtonobserver.co.uk/news/ancient-wall-found-on-new-swimming-pool-site-in-kenilworth/
https://www.warwickshireworld.com/news/people/ancient-medieval-wall-unearthed-in-kenilworth-during-preparation-work-for-new-multi-million-pound-swimming-centre-3815225
A long-rumoured water tunnel was found near Hyde Abbey:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-62632403
The bones of Saint Ladislaus (king of Hungary in the 11th century) have been identified in an ossuary:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64955
More on a major concentration of megaliths found in Spain:
https://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-08-21/one-of-the-worlds-largest-megalithic-concentrations-discovered-in-spain.html
https://www.zmescience.com/science/spain-large-megalithic-complex-8235341/ https://news.artnet.com/art-world/archeologists-spain-megalithic-complex-stones-2164747
More on medieval monks being 'riddled' with parasites:
https://phys.org/news/2022-08-filthy-habits-medieval-monks-worms.html https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/08/monks-were-riddled-with-worms-during-medieval-period/144486
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10745-220822-cambridge-medieval-parasites
Excavations at an Iron Age site at Swartigill have resumed:
https://www.northern-times.co.uk/news/pictures-covers-off-for-start-of-fresh-dig-at-swartigill-ir-285289/
Protection for the Edge Hill Engine Station site in Liverpool:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-62689400
Remains of a famous Sami woman were identified in a Swedish collection being studied for repatriation purposes:
https://phys.org/news/2022-08-unexpected-historical-discovery-famous-sami.html
Reflecting on the excavations of Richard III ten years ago (already?):
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-62605305
Amsterdam's oldest houseboat is being removed from the canal:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/26/amsterdam-oldest-houseboat-dogger-to-be-removed-from-canal
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Archaeology in Europe News:
http://archaeology-in-europe.blogspot.com/
Medievalists.net:
https://www.medievalists.net/category/news/
Viking Archaeology Blog:
http://viking-archaeology-blog.blogspot.com/
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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC ============================================================
Latest interesting 'bronze beast' from the Sanxingdui excavations:
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3190196/chinese-archaeologists-unearth-biggest-bronze-beast-sanxingdui
A Han/Jin Dynasty ironware production and processing site from Hunan:
https://english.news.cn/20220828/6c435d6d5ba1442e942b8444dc95b4bc/c.html
A Goturk-era monument complex from Mongolia:
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/first-inscription-that-reads-turk-found-in-mongolia-176402
https://www.trtworld.com/art-culture/t%C3%BCrkiye-welcomes-gokturk-era-archaeological-discovery-in-mongolia-60129
Feature on efforts to protect Afghan heritage:
http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202208/23/WS63041da2a310fd2b29e73a98.html
Feature on Naggar Castle's earthquake-resistant design:
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220825-kath-kuni-the-himalayas-ancient-earthquake-defying-design
A trio of 7500-12000 years bp burials from Indonesia's Alor Island:
https://phys.org/news/2022-08-dead-burials-earliest-humans-indonesia.html https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/ancient-burials-bring-indonesian-life-to-light
https://www.sciencealert.com/3-ancient-burials-hint-at-multiple-migrations-of-ancient-humans-through-southeast-asia
cf:
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267635
Concerns for a number of Megalithic burials near Mahbubnagar:
https://telanganatoday.com/megalithic-burial-cluster-under-threat-in-mahbubnagar
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ============================================================
A study of the origins of Australia's rabbit problem:
https://phys.org/news/2022-08-dna-profiling-australian-rabbit-plague.html
cf:
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2122734119 ============================================================
NORTH AMERICA
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This week's finds from Colonial Michilimackinac include a sugar bowl and pocket knife, among other things:
https://www.mackinacislandnews.com/articles/archaeologists-unearth-more-interesting-artifacts/
https://www.mlive.com/news/2022/08/archaeologists-unearth-sugar-bowl-pocketknife-at-historic-michigan-fort.html
Overview of WestConn's dig at Lake Waramaug (more about the dig than any finds):
https://www.newstimes.com/newmilford/article/WestConn-students-uncover-treasures-from-Native-17393151.php?t=b584f377d2
https://www.ctinsider.com/newmilford/article/WestConn-students-uncover-treasures-from-Native-17393151.php
Overview of finds from a dig at the Sioux City Railroad Museum:
https://siouxlandnews.com/news/local/archaeologists-unveil-artifacts-found-during-dig-at-sioux-city-railroad-museum
https://siouxcityjournal.com/business/transportation/sioux-city-railroad-museum-works-with-university-of-iowa-archaeologists-to-learn-more-about-local/article_5832f2ec-6f79-53ff-b5b1-141a5c5328c4.html
https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/local-news/archaeologists-showcase-siouxland-railroad-history/
Excavations at the burial ground of the First Baptist Church at Colonial Williamsburg are underway:
https://richmondfreepress.com/news/2022/aug/25/excavation-graves-begins-site-colonial-black-churc/
Study suggests the LSU Campus Mounds are the oldes known human-made structures in North America:
https://phys.org/news/2022-08-campus-mounds-oldest-human-made-north.html https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/962497 https://arkeonews.net/11000-year-old-lsu-campus-mounds-are-oldest-known-human-made-structures-in-north-america/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/08/mounds-identified-as-oldest-man-made-structures-in-north-america/144506
https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2022/08/big-mound-on-lsu-campus-is-the-oldest-known-human-made-structure-in-the-americas-scientists-say/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10786-220823-louisiana-earthen-mound
cf:
https://www.ajsonline.org/content/322/6/795
An interesting Jewish mural hidden in a Vermont apartment:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/synagogue-mural-restoration-vermont-apartment-180980614/
Feature on the Timbucto Archaeology Project:
https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/46360/20220826/north-country-at-work-archaeology-makes-history-come-alive-for-suny-potsdam-professor
Feature on Ticonderoga:
https://www.adirondackexplorer.org/stories/lachute-river-walk
Review of Jay Gould, *American Rascal*:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/27/books/review/american-rascal-greg-steinmetz.html
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
3800 years bp items from burials and structures at Peru's Vichama Archaeological Complex:
https://andina.pe/ingles/noticia-peru-funerary-complexes-objects-discovered-in-vichama-906412.aspx
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10784-220823-peru-vichama-burials
3000 years bp items from the Cahultepec Forest in Mexico City:
https://www.newsweek.com/archaeologists-find-artifacts-popular-tourist-site-1736211
A 1500 years bp (?) stone disk with an image of the Maya maize divinity from the Temple of the Sun at Tonina:
https://www.newsweek.com/mayan-ruler-reincarnated-god-corn-new-discovery-1736900
An 850-1000 years bp canoe burial of a woman from Patagonia:
https://phys.org/news/2022-08-woman-years-canoe-northwest-patagonia.html https://www.livescience.com/indigenous-canoe-burial-argentina https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/ciencia-y-tecnologia/ciencia/2022/08/25/encuentran-tumba-en-canoa-de-mujer-prehispanica-sepultada-hace-880-anos-en-la-patagonia-argentina.shtml
https://arkeonews.net/a-woman-was-buried-in-a-canoe-on-her-way-to-the-destination-of-souls-800-years-ago/
https://gizmodo.com/900-year-old-canoe-burial-woman-argentina-1849451126 https://www.archaeology.org/news/10792-220826-mapuche-canoe-burial
cf:
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0272833
... while a shipwreck off the coast of Patagonia is identified as an 1850's Rhode Island whaling vessel:
https://phys.org/news/2022-08-scientists-shipwreck-patagonia-long-lost-1850s.html
https://gizmodo.com/shipwreck-dolphin-tree-rings-argentina-1849463062
cf:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1125786522000601
19th century photos of the Plaza de Armas in Santiago:
https://www.latercera.com/que-pasa/noticia/guardadas-en-un-album-familiar-desde-1888-revelan-ineditas-fotos-de-plaza-de-armas-de-santiago/ERS5DJBRONAULDCQHA5QXEU22I/
More on drought and the decline of Mayapan:
https://www.albany.edu/news-center/news/2022-study-collapse-ancient-mayan-capital-linked-drought
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10744-220822-mexico-mayapan-drought
A somewhat bizarre item on the heart of Brazil's first emperor returning to Portugal sore a 'state visit':
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/22/heart-of-brazils-first-emperor-returns-after-nearly-200-years-for-state-visit
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-62561928 https://elpais.com/cultura/2022-08-22/el-corazon-del-primer-emperador-regresa-de-portugal-a-brasil-para-servir-a-bolsonaro.html
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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/
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http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/ ============================================================
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