===========================================================
explorator 26.12 July 9, 2023
===========================================================
You can read explorator online at:
https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/
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).
============================================================
EARLY HOMINIDS
============================================================
300 000 years bp 'giant' handaxes from a site in Kent:
https://phys.org/news/2023-07-giant-stone-artifacts-rare-ice.html https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/994554 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/07/230706002155.htm https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jul/06/giant-handaxes-unearthed-kent https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-66112136 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/ice-age-kent-britain-medway-thames-b2370341.html
https://www.newsweek.com/archaeologists-find-ice-age-axe-large-neanderthals-history-1811261
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/archaeologists-find-ice-age-axes-that-were-too-large-to-wield-wjjqr72st
https://greekreporter.com/2023/07/07/ice-age-axe/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5y5n7/archaeologists-keep-unearthing-mysterious-giant-prehistoric-hand-tools
https://www.sci.news/archaeology/giant-acheulean-handaxes-12068.html http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67712 https://www.sciencealert.com/giant-axes-discovered-from-the-ice-age-but-why-are-they-so-huge
https://arkeonews.net/giant-handaxe-discovered-at-ice-age-site-in-kent-uk/ https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/07/300000-year-old-giant-prehistoric-handaxes-found-in-kent/147948
More on humans grinding grains in Italy some 43 000 years bp:
https://phys.org/news/2023-06-evidence-food-italy-neanderthal-to-homo-sapiens.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/07/06/the-old-grind-just-got-a-little-older/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11568-230630-italy-food-grindingearly
============================================================
AFRICA
============================================================
Concerns for petroglyphs in Libya's Acacus Mountains:
https://www.newarab.com/features/prehistoric-civilisation-libya-verge-extinction
Feature on Aksum:
https://www.archaeology.org/issues/515-2307/features/11500-aksum-ethiopia-eritrea-kingdom
============================================================
ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
A sort of overview of this year's archaeological activity in Egypt:
https://www.mutualart.com/Article/Egyptian-Archaeology--Repatriations--Ren/F2E947CBA9449363
An interview with Zahi Hawas on various matters:
https://www.thecollector.com/interview-dr-zahi-hawas/
... and comments on the recent auction of a stuatue of Pamiu:
https://www.egyptindependent.com/zahi-hawass-comments-on-auctioning-statue-of-pamiu-at-sothebys/
A survey has identified 91 Palaeolithic sites in eastern Iran::
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/486526/91-Paleolithic-sites-discovered-in-eastern-Iran
Evidence of a large Chalcolithic/Bronze Age smetling operation in the Shahdad region of Iran:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/486405/Archaeologists-find-clues-about-prehistorical-smelting-workshops
A French and Iranian group is resuming their survey of Viranshahr:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/486406/Iranian-French-archaeologists-commence-follow-up-survey-in-northeast
An early-Islamic petroglyph of the name of Allah from Fars:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/486434/Petroglyph-bearing-name-Allah-discovered-in-Fars
Review of Matt Waters, *King of the World: The Life of Cyrus the Great*:
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n14/josephine-quinn/drowned-in-a-bowl-of-blood
Burials dating to the 1st-4th centuries CE from Batken (Azerbaijan I think):
https://www.azernews.az/region/211844.html
Researchers in Turkiye are looking for the site of the Battle of Manzikert (1071):
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/archaeologists-on-quest-to-find-1071-battlefield-of-manzikert
A new season of excavations is underway at Aizanoi:
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/new-season-of-archaeological-excavations-begin-in-ancient-aizanoi
Overview of this year's finds (including evidence of an earthquake) at the Lagina Hekate sanctuary in Mugla:
https://www.dailysabah.com/turkiye/ancient-quake-traces-unveiled-at-3000-yr-old-historic-turkiye-site/news
They have found more (Byzantine) statuary in the remains of St Polyeuktos church in Istanbul:
https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/turkey-istanbul-byzantine-statues-found-centuries-old
Shipwrecks from various periods located in Izmir Bay:
https://www.dailysabah.com/turkiye/turkish-university-discovers-sunken-ships-in-izmir-bay/news
Turkiye plans to have 750 projects/excavations underway by the end of the year:
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkiye/turkiye-plans-750-archaeological-excavation-research-projects-by-years-end/2940511
https://www.bernama.com/en/world/news.php?id=2204773
A Jordanian researcher gave an overview of the research potential of the Iron Age Tell Al Rumayth site:
http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/jordanian-scholar-outlines-research-potential-tell-al-rumayth-archaeological-site-near
An overview of the results of excavations at Tel Burna:
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/defending-against-sennacherib/?mqsc=E4153265&dk=ZE3270ZF0
I think we mentioned this 3500 years bp scarab found by an Israeli first-grader:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/israeli-first-grader-finds-egyptian-amulet-school-trip-2325238
More on 2500 years bp burials of dozens of women at a tomb in the Negev:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-749249 https://greekreporter.com/2023/07/08/skeletons-unearthed-negev-desert-israel/ https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/dozens-of-2500-year-old-skeletons-unearthed-at-ancient-crossroads-in-negev-desert
Study suggests the City of David might not be where it is currently believed to be:
https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2023/07/06/problem-where-ancient-jerusalem/
An overview/update on excavations at the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem:
https://www.asianews.it/news-en/Jerusalem%3A-How-the-Sepulcher-of-Jesus-was-visited-in-the-4th-century-58756.html
More on Yossi Garfinkel's claims about David's kingdom (and scholarly reaction):
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-07-04/ty-article-magazine/israeli-archaeologist-claims-he-has-found-davids-kingdom-but-fellow-researchers-cry-foul/00000189-2015-d145-a1e9-3377458a0000
Feature on the use of ArchCUT3-D to study petroglyph engravings at Timna:
https://phys.org/news/2023-07-ancient-engravings-unveil-intriguing-insights.html
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-748551 https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/07/ancient-rock-engravings-unveil-intriguing-insights-into-human-cultures.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/07/04/ancient-rock-engravings-unveil-intriguing-insights-into-human-cultures/
Feature on a current project to use muon detection to shed light on what's underground in the City of David:
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-07-02/ty-article/israeli-archaeologists-enlist-cosmic-rays-to-unveil-underground-secrets-of-jerusalem/00000189-066b-debd-a7ad-876ba4980000
Feature on Megiddo:
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0fy8c7v/armageddon-the-ancient-city-behind-the-biblical-story
Aren Maeir reflects on Indiana Jones and the past four decades of archaeology:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/what-matters-now-to-archaeologist-aren-maeir-indiana-joness-new-adventure/
-----
This Week in the Ancient Near East Podcast:
https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/
============================================================
ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ============================================================
The gateway to Ullastret has been located in the middle of a dried up lake in Spain:
https://www.newsweek.com/ancient-city-gateway-found-spain-1811359
Overview of the 2023 excavation season at the Erimi Pitharka site in Cyprus (Bronze Age?):
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/07/2023-fieldwork-season-at-erimi-pitharka-site-in-cyprus-completed.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/07/05/2023-erimi-pitharka-excavations-completed/
An Augustan-era (probably) marble head of Venus (probably) from the Piazza Augusto Imperatore:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/07/08/italian-marble-head-of-aphrodite/ https://greekreporter.com/2023/07/08/greek-goddess-aphrodite-rome/ https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/marble-head-unearthed-during-works-in-rome-piazza/
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/marble-head-rome-scli-intl/index.html https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/07/ornate-marble-head-found-in-romes-piazza-augusto-imperatore/147968
Roman burials and remains of an aqueduct from Belgrade:
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/roman-aqueduct-and-luxurious-burials-unearthed-during-construction-of-underground-parking-garage-in-serbia
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67691
A massive Roman-era (maybe) olive mill stone from Baena (Spain):
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article276955033.html
1900 years bp dog pawprints on a tile from the Alba Iulia dig:
https://www.newsweek.com/ancient-dog-paw-prints-found-roman-fortress-1810753
At the Clos de la Visitation site in Lyons archaeologist have found the site of the Battle of Lugdunum (197 CE):
https://www.newsweek.com/ancient-roman-battle-weapons-found-france-archeology-1810923
https://www.lefigaro.fr/lyon/lyon-des-fouilles-archeologiques-levent-un-peu-plus-le-voile-sur-la-fin-de-lugdunum-20230704
More on the 1st century BCE altar find at Segesta:
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ancient-greek-altar-unearthed-archaeological-site-sicily-2023-06-30/
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/07/04/ancient-greek-altar-discovered-in-sicily
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article277002613.html https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/ancient-greek-altar-unearthed-in-italian-island-sicilys-segesta/news
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67703 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/07/archaeologists-find-altar-in-ancient-segesta/147928
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11566-230630-sicily-greek-altar
More on the Roman pewter hoard found in Suffolk:
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article277039768.html http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67678 https://arkeonews.net/2000-year-old-roman-pewter-hoard-discovered-in-suffolk/ https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/07/archaeologists-uncover-roman-hoard-in-suffolk/147942
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/07/04/2000-year-old-roman-hoard-discovered-in-suffolk/
More on the phalera found at Vindolanda:
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/silver-medal-featuring-winged-medusa-discovered-at-roman-fort-near-hadrians-wall
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11571-230703-england-medusa-medal
More on the finds at Hala Sultan Tekke (with an emphasis on elite Bronze Age tombs found by Swedish excavators):
https://phys.org/news/2023-07-tombs-rich-artifacts-swedish-cyprus.html https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/07/07/royal-tombs-filled-with-ancient-artefacts-discovered-in-cyprus/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67719 https://arkeonews.net/tombs-rich-in-artifacts-discovered-by-swedish-archaeologists-in-cyprus/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/07/royal-tombs-found-in-cyprus-full-of-precious-artefacts/147962
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/07/07/tombs-rich-in-artifacts-discovered-by-swedish-expedition-in-cyprus/
More on the possible looted Roman burials later augmented with a wolf skull from southern Romania:
https://scienceinpoland.pl/en/news/news%2C97102%2Cwolf-skull-found-grave-robbers-dig-was-meant-protect-thieves-wrath-dead-say
https://universul.net/burial-mound-in-southeast-romania-believed-to-hold-roman-graves/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11573-230703-romania-roman-graves
More on the sculpture of a head found in Lake Nemi and possibly associated with Caligula's ships:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-748857 https://greekreporter.com/2023/07/04/ancient-marble-bust-italian-lake/ https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/stone-head-found-in-lake-nemi-may-be-from-caligulas-nemi-ships/147866
More on the evidence of a Roman marching camp near Paderborn (Germany):
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/evidence-of-roman-marching-camp-found-in-paderborn/147847
More on Spanish plans to raise a 2500 years bp Phoenician shipwreck:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-748368 https://thearabweekly.com/archaeologists-plan-rescue-2500-year-old-phoenician-shipwreck
https://arkeonews.net/2500-year-old-phoenician-shipwreck-being-rescued-by-spanish-archaeologists/
Another recreation of the 'Pompeii pizza':
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/jul/01/how-i-recreated-the-pompeii-pizza-smelled-like-toffee-apples
... and more on the fresco:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-749265 https://news.artnet.com/art-world/newly-discovered-fresco-pompeii-home-pizza-2328284
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/before-vesuvius-exploded-pompeiians-enjoyed-pizza-like-treats
Study suggests there weren't Jewish gladiators, but they did watch:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-748936 https://www.jns.org/world-news/italy/23/7/5/300222/ https://www.thejc.com/news/world/new-evidence-says-ancient-jews-watched-but-didnt-participate-in-gladiatorial-games-2rNCucOQxjZfML8GleF4T2
The Carlisle Cricket Club dig has come to an end:
https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/23627118.carlisle-cricket-club-dig-ends-six-weeks-discoveries/
Roman (and earlier) archaeological remains are getting in the way of a billionaire's hotel plans in Kingham:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/07/08/billionaire-jcb-hotel-plan-risk-roman-remains/
Study suggests there was a possible Roman transport canal into Leicester:
https://the-past.com/news/a-roman-transport-canal-into-leicester/
Joel Christensen on ancient Greek ideas about justice:
https://neoskosmos.com/en/2023/07/04/dialogue/opinion/the-u-s-supreme-court-and-ancient-greek-notions-of-justice/
Tom Holland on novels about ancient Rome:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/best-novels-about-ancient-rome-mhgccn0nl
Tom Holland on the pax Romana:
https://unherd.com/2023/07/the-depravity-of-the-roman-peace/
Feature on the 'clash' between experts during excavations at Enkomi in the 1930s and beyond:
https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/07/09/the-vicious-tale-of-excavating-ancient-enkomi/
A project somehow connected to Hannibal's elephants:
https://phys.org/news/2023-06-elephants-threatened-rome-descendants.html https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1787481/mystery-elephants-shipwreck-hannibal-alps-conservation
Feature on Alexander's children:
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/did-alexander-the-great-have-any-children
Feature on the Livorno Republican coin hoard:
https://numismaticnews.net/world-coins/roman-republic-coin-find
Feature on enslaved women at Pompeii:
https://aeon.co/essays/what-pompeiis-ruins-say-about-its-enslaved-prostituted-women
Feature on the history of the Colosseum:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/07/08/colosseum-tourist-vandalized-graffiti/
Feature on ancient Londinium:
https://the-past.com/feature/fortress-londinium-tracing-londons-roman-defences/
Feature on Peter's tomb:
https://aleteia.org/2023/07/04/st-peters-tomb-when-science-confirms-tradition/
Feature on the cleaning of the baths at Bath:
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-bristol-66104288
Feature on Jason and the Argonauts:
https://www.thecollector.com/jason-and-the-argonauts/
Feature on Socrates as a soldier:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hide-and-seek/202307/socrates-at-war-philosopher-and-soldier
Feature on the Griffin Warrior tomb:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/07/06/griffin-warrior-ancient-greece/
Feature on the Library of Alexandria:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/07/05/library-of-alexandria/
Feature on the Muses:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/07/04/the-nine-muses-of-greek-mythology-and-their-powers/
Feature on Talos:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/07/04/talos-ancient-greek-robot/
Feature on Tunisia's Roman amphitheatre at El Jem:
https://www.thenationalnews.com/weekend/2023/07/07/tunisias-roman-colosseum-of-el-jem-is-an-ancient-reminder-of-human-ingenuity/
Feature on a virtual reality app to visit ancient Greece:
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/07/travel-back-to-ancient-greece-in-virtual-reality.html
More on the mayor of London's thoughts on the Parthenon sculptures:
https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/49050-london%E2%80%99s-mayor-says-stolen-parthenon-marbles-should-be-shared-with-greece.html
https://neoskosmos.com/en/2023/07/04/news/greece/london-mayor-sadiq-khan-says-uk-and-greece-should-share-parthenon-sculptures/
In case you missed it, you now have to pay to get into the Pantheon:
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230703-rome-s-pantheon-charges-for-tourist-entry
-----
Roman Archaeology Blog:
http://romanarc.blogspot.com/
Rogueclassicism:
http://rogueclassicism.com/ ============================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ============================================================
A possible Palaeolithic skull find by a hiker near Cremona:
https://www.newsweek.com/palaeontologist-accidentally-finds-ancient-human-skull-while-hiking-1810687
25 or so Mesolithic monumental pits from a building site Bedfordshire:
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/mystery-stone-age-holes-in-england-have-archaeologists-asking-what-were-these-pits-for
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jul/03/discovery-25-mesolithic-pits-bedfordshire-astounds-archaeologists
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-66072487 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/london-large-pits-archaeology-bedfordshire-b2371018.html
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/bedfordshire-linmere-pits-mesolithic-animal-bones-mola-b1091752.html
https://greekreporter.com/2023/07/05/mesolithic-pits-england/ https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/mesolithic-pits-found-england-1234673374/ https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/07/nationally-significant-prehistoric-site-uncovered-in-bedfordshire.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/07/nationally-important-monumental-pits-found-in-bedfordshire/147936
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/07/05/nationally-significant-prehistoric-site-uncovered-in-bedfordshire/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mesolithic-era-pits-england-180982481/
An elite Chalcolithic burial in Spain is now identified as a woman (the 'Ivory Lady'):
https://phys.org/news/2023-07-power-copper-age-ivory-lady.html https://phys.org/news/2023-07-lavish-tomb-ancient-spain-woman.html https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/994190 https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/highest-ranking-person-in-copper-age-spain-was-a-woman-not-a-man-genetic-analysis-shows
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66112424 https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/spains-entombed-ivory-lady-reveals-leadership-role-women-antiquity-2023-07-06/
https://apnews.com/article/spain-tomb-woman-copper-age-72994db20f84a035862fb46dcddccc6e
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/lavish-tomb-ancient-spain-belonged-woman-man-new-100780804
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/08/world/ivory-lady-science-newsletter-wt-scn/index.html
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-07-06/ty-article/dental-analysis-reveals-startling-truth-about-copper-age-ivory-man-of-iberia/00000189-2604-da0e-a59b-af77f5d10000
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-749169 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/06/spain-tomb-woman-copper-age/dd8c2ce6-1c1c-11ee-be41-a036f4b098ec_story.html
https://www.sciencealert.com/identity-of-a-copper-age-ruler-in-ancient-spain-isnt-at-all-who-we-expected
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2381355-tooth-analysis-reveals-ancient-iberian-leader-was-female/
https://arkeonews.net/genetic-analysis-reveals-a-woman-as-the-highest-ranking-individual-in-copper-age-spain-ivory-lady/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ivory-lady-copper-age-spain-180982500/
cf:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-36368-x
Bronze Age petroglyphs found in Norway:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bronze-age-rock-painting-norway-180982486/?
A high status Iron Age burial from Hallstatt:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/07/high-status-iron-age-burial-found-in-hallstatt/147954
A 9th/10th century Viking sword find from a Norwegian back yard:
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/vikings/viking-sword-from-warriors-grave-unearthed-in-familys-yard-in-norway
https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-viking-age-vikings/heres-what-the-archaeologists-found-in-the-viking-grave-the-heiland-family-discovered-in-their-garden/2224983
https://www.newsweek.com/viking-sword-ancient-grave-unearthed-under-family-home-1810843
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67670 https://arkeonews.net/norwegian-couple-found-a-viking-age-grave-and-sword-in-their-garden/
A probably ship burial in a mound in central Norway:
https://partner.sciencenorway.no/archaeology-history-ntnu/discovery-of-rivets-suggests-that-this-large-burial-mound-likely-contains-a-ship-burial/2223074
Plenty of skeletal remains dating back to the 11th century at a hotel development site in Dublin:
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2023/0707/1393374-dublin-skeletal-remains/ https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-66137475
A medieval gaming piece with a runic inscription from Trondheim:
https://www.artdependence.com/articles/medieval-gaming-piece-with-runic-inscription-found-in-trondheim-norway/
Evidence of medieval gold and silver working from a dig near Lurgan:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-66122863
Restoration of a church in Cerdagne revealed painted medieval beam:
https://fr.aleteia.org/2023/07/02/en-cerdagne-une-eglise-romane-devoile-un-exceptionnel-vestige-de-lepoque-medievale/
Remains of the 19th century Nottingham prison were found during construction of student housing:
https://westbridgfordwire.com/remains-of-19th-century-nottingham-prison-found-in-city-cave-system/
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-66114035
Overview of the dig ongoing at Kelscott Manor (various periods, it appears):
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23634964.amazing-discovery-kelmscott-manor-oxfordshire/
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-66096153
More on the origin of the ivory rings found in some elite Anglo-Saxon burials:
https://arkeonews.net/origin-of-ivory-rings-found-in-elite-anglo-saxon-burials/ https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/ivory-bag-rings-found-in-anglo-saxon-burials-have-origins-in-africa/147902
More on the 1200 years bp Viking 'graffit' drawing from Iceland:
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/vikings/1200-year-old-viking-graffiti-is-the-oldest-drawing-ever-discovered-in-iceland
More on the search for a 19th century elephant burial in Gloucestershire:
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/national/23628228.archaeologists-bid-unravel-130-year-old-circus-elephant-burial-mystery/
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/environment/kingswood-gloucestershire-victorian-ben-mitchell-b1091593.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/07/archaeologists-search-for-the-legendary-kingswood-elephant-from-the-bostock-and-wombwells-menagerie/147922
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/07/04/the-hunt-is-on-for-the-kingswood-elephant/
https://sites.southglos.gov.uk/newsroom/community/the-hunt-is-on-for-the-kingswood-elephant-archaeologists-conduct-survey-to-find-the-legendary-menagerie-beast/
Doncaster has purchased a 13th/14th century gold ring found by a metal detectorist:
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/people/fishlake-ring-medieval-ring-fit-for-a-king-found-by-metal-detectorist-in-yorkshire-village-4206692
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-66110479
Hyping a dig at Strata Florida (Wales):
https://www.cambrian-news.co.uk/news/archaeologists-from-across-globe-join-dig-at-strata-florida-624689
Feature on Norse settlement on Greenland:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/07/legends-of-norse-settlers-drove-denmark-towards-greenland/147992
----------
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/
============================================================
ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC ============================================================
Evidence of a Shang Dynasty town site in Shaanxi:
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/complete-bronze-age-town-with-elite-tombs-discovered-in-northern-china
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11569-230630-china-shang-town
88 tombs (including 34 cave tombs) from Yantai in Shandong (1000+ years bp):
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-07/06/content_91489623.htm http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_kaXYWnQA.html
A cluster of 22 tombs from various periods from Henan:
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-07/03/content_90815096.htm http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_Kji7PB55.html https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202307/02/WS64a0d905a310bf8a75d6cb93.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/11572-230703-china-tomb-cluster
Feature on the Nanhair No. 1 shipwreck:
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2023-07-04/Unveiling-the-secrets-of-the-Nanhai-No-1--1la5O9upDH2/index.html
A 15th century 'Golden Horde' mausoleum from Kazakhstan:
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-discovered-a-mausoleum-dating-back-to-golden-horde-era-in-kazakhstan/
A Tay Son Dynasty 'worshipping platform' from Hue:
https://en.vietnamplus.vn/tay-son-dynasty-worshipping-platform-unearthed-in-hue/255706.vnp
A possible iron kiln from Angkor:
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/angkor-kiln-site-forges-fresh-insights
Neolithic finds from assorted excavations in Tamil Nadu's Pennagaram:
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2023/jul/03/archeology-dept-excavates-over-50-neolithic-artefacts-in-tamil-nadus-pennagaram-2590901.html
More on evidence of plant fibre processing in the Philippines 33 000 - 39 000 years bp:
https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/archaeology/philippines-stone-tools-plant-technology/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11567-230630-philippines-plant-fiber
A possible 2000-1000 BCE 'cremation patch' site from Palwal:
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/archaeologists-discover-cremation-patch-of-painted-grey-ware-era-in-palwal-area-523730
Dating suggests an Iron Age civilization existed in Tamil Nadu 'parallel' to the Indus Valley civilization:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/tn-iron-age-finds-dated-to-indus-valley-period/articleshow/101585765.cms
Assorted Sangam-era small finds from a dig in Pudukottai (Tamil Nadu):
https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/sangam-age-stud-bead-unearthed-in-tamil-nadu/article67057475.ece
Another potsherd with Tamil inscriptions from Thulukkarpatti:
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2023/jul/05/potsherd-with-tamil-inscriptions-unearthed-at-thulukkarpatti-in-tn-2591427.html
Recent heavy rains destroyed a 400 years bp structure in Motupalli:
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2023/jul/07/recent-rains-destroy-400-year-old-heritage-structure-in-motupalli-2592328.html
The last battle in the American Revolution was apparently the battle in Cuddalore, India:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/04/asia/last-battle-american-revolutionary-war-india-intl-hnk-ml/index.html
============================================================
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ============================================================
Assorted high tech tests to examine an Aboriginal knife in the Powerhouse Museum:
https://phys.org/news/2023-07-tomography-radiocarbon-dating-australian-aboriginal.html
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/07/non-invasive-nuclear-and-accelerator-techniques-used-to-examine-australian-aboriginal-knife.html
============================================================
NORTH AMERICA
============================================================
Evidence of human occupation of a rockshelter in Oregon some 18 250 years bp:
https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/environment/2023/07/08/oregon-may-be-home-to-oldest-human-occupied-site-in-north-america/70389628007/
https://www.eastoregonian.com/news/state/testing-yields-evidence-of-human-occupation-18-000-years-ago-in-oregon/article_39319888-1c6d-11ee-b5d7-7b8f883af4d8.html
https://www.hereisoregon.com/people/2023/07/oregon-could-be-oldest-site-of-human-occupation-in-north-america-uo-find-indicates.html
https://www.chronline.com/stories/oregon-could-be-oldest-site-of-human-occupation-in-north-america-find-indicates,321869?
https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/oregon-rockshelter-may-be-oldest-site-of-human-occupation-in-america/article_6e513d14-1c33-11ee-9135-dfb263e75b12.html
https://www.sci.news/archaeology/rimrock-draw-rockshelter-12076.html
A dig in Kisatchie National Forest (Louisiana) has found 10 000 - 12 000 years bp projectile points:
https://www.klfy.com/local/lafayette-parish/ul-lafayette-unearths-artifacts-from-ice-age/
A fragment of a pipe bowl from Michilimackinac has Dutch connections:
https://www.mlive.com/news/2023/07/artifact-found-at-historic-michigan-fort-has-makers-mark-linked-to-18th-century-dutch-artisans.html
Overview of the UMass Boston dig at the Lee Mansion site in Marblehead:
https://www.salemnews.com/news/student-archaeologists-wrap-up-5-week-excavation-of-lee-mansion/article_029f3cfe-15eb-11ee-8d5e-372aab3e6f7e.html
Feature on the history of bison on the plains:
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/some-of-the-history-of-the-bison-on-the-plains-1.6896906
... and somewhat similar:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/04/us/native-american-tribes-bison.html
Feature on Civil War-era currency:
https://greenvillejournal.com/history/glimpses-of-greenville-civil-war-era-currency-offers-window-to-troubled-times/
An unpublished letter by Abraham Lincoln turned up in Pennsylvania:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/05/abraham-lincoln-letter-discovered-pennsylvania-sale
Interviewish with Ned Blackhawk on Native peoples in US history:
https://www.ctpublic.org/show/disrupted/2023-07-05/ned-blackhawk-on-how-native-peoples-have-shaped-u-s-history
============================================================
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
A Maya canoe surrounded by animal and human bones from an underwater cave in Yucatan may have been part of a ritual:
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/maya-canoe-surrounded-by-animal-and-human-bones-found-in-portal-to-the-underworld-in-mexico
https://mexicodailypost.com/2023/07/04/maya-canoe-surrounded-by-animal-and-human-bones-found-in-chichen-itza/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/maya-canoe-mexico-180982485/ https://www.archaeology.org/news/11576-230705-mexico-maya-canoe
Archaeologists may have found the 'entrance to the Zapotec underworld' in Oaxaca:
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/07/archaeologists-may-have-found-ruins-of-fabled-entrance-to-zapotec-underworld/
Remains of a 400 years bp wooden ship from Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias (Mexico):
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/remains-of-400-year-old-wooden-ship-found-in-mexico/147854
[continued in next message]
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)