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explorator 18.21 September 13, 2015 ===============================================================
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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis, John McMahon,
Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Bob Heuman, Hernan Astudillo, Rick Heli,
Trevor Ogden, Sean David Reynolds, Richard Campbell,Richard C. Griffiths, 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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Plenty of coverage of a possible new addition to the human family tree (Naledi):


http://phys.org/news/2015-09-bones-south-african-cave-reveal.html http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/fossils_ruins/archaeology/~3/qpmF6c4Ppb
M/150910084610.htm


http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-09/uow-fta091015.php http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-34192447 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11855405/Homo-naledi-a-new-sp
ecies-of-human-discovered-in-a-cave-in-South-Africa.html


http://www.livescience.com/52132-new-human-species-with-orange-size-brain-performed-
ritual-burials.html


http://www.livescience.com/52130-new-human-homo-naledi-photos.html http://www.dw.com/en/new-species-of-human-discovered-in-south-africa/a-18705543


http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/sep/10/new-species-of-ancient-human-discove
red-claim-scientists


http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/09/10/437249183/south-african-cave-yield
s-strange-bones-of-early-human-like-species


http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2015/09/10/new-species-human-ancestor/


http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/11/science/south-africa-fossils-new-species-human-anc
estor-homo-naledi.html?_r=0


http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2015/0911/Could-newly-discovered-humans-shatter-hi
story http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2015/0910/Ancient-burial-chamber-raises-deep-questi
ons-about-early-human-relatives-video


http://elpais.com/elpais/2015/09/09/ciencia/1441800892_046663.html http://www.latercera.com/noticia/tendencias/2015/09/659-646624-9-descubren-en-africa-n
uevo-antepasado-del-hombre-el-homo-naledi.shtml


http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2015/09/10/new-species-human-ancestor/
#.VfVwV3tto2c


http://news.yahoo.com/fossil-first-ancient-human-relative-may-buried-dead-105613147.ht
ml
http://elifesciences.org/content/4/e09560 https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/fossils-found-in-african-cave-ar
e-new-species-of-human-kin-say-scientists/2015/09/09/b9b4dbee-56f7-11e5-abe9-27d53f
250b11_story.html?tid=sm_tw http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/09/2015/new-species-of-human-relati
ve-added-to-family-tree


… but not everyone is convinced:


http://www.iol.co.za/scitech/science/discovery/jury-still-out-on-h-naledi-discovery-1.1915
143
http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2015/s4310461.htm


… even so, the story of the discovery itself is interesting:


http://phys.org/news/2015-09-narrow-amazing-discovery.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11855516/First-look-How-scientis
ts-discovered-our-new-human-ancestor-Homo-naledi.html http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/639691/?sc=c52 http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-09/uoca-sfc090915.php




… and there’s some analysis of the implications:


http://www.boston.com/news/science/2015/09/12/will-new-species-change-everything-tho
ught-knew-about-human-history/3EdQluQFmChYNfDhm6ze9I/story.html


http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/sep/13/homo-naledi-new-light-orogins-of-speci
es


http://phys.org/news/2015-09-shouldering-burden-evolution.html http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/homo-naledi-discovery-of-new-species-means-link-
between-intelligence-and-brain-size-is-no-longer-clear-10495488.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/09/150910-human-evolution-change/


… and background:


http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/3-famous-discoveries-from-the-Cradle-of-Huma
nkind-20150910


http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2015/0909/How-the-human-race-stands-on-some-big-a
nd-ancient-shoulders


http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/09/09/ancient-should
ers-show-signs-of-humanitys-ape-like-past/ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/evolution/humanitys-origins/


… and an oops moment:


http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PoweredByOsteons/~3/v6QlE-4GvIk/who-needs-osteologis
t-installment-29.html




Sort of a techy story … crowdsourcing the search for fossils in the Turkana basin:


http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34179594


Not sure where to put this one … on the role of grandmothers in ‘pairing people up’:


http://phys.org/news/2015-09-grandmas-people-pair-human-longevity.html


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AFRICA
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2000 years b.p. burial from Aksum:


http://edition.cnn.com/2015/06/15/africa/sleeping-beauty-2000-year-old-remains/ index.html?eref=edition




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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
Concerns for security at Egyptian sites:


http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/en/originals/2015/08/egypt-lax-security-archaeological-s
ites.html




Concerns for sites in Alexandria:


http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/culture/2015/09/egypt-alexandria-destruction-military-hi
story-geography.html




More on falcon rearing in ancient Egypt:


http://www.livescience.com/52119-bird-mummy-autopsy.html http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/09/2015/mummified-kestrel-virtual-au
topsy-points-to-choking-as-cause-of-death


Possible Kingdom of Urartu burials from Vans:


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3224455/Unearthed-2-800-years-Turkish-archaeol
ogists-Kingdom-Uratu-pithos-tombs-painstaking-excavation.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchann
el=rss&ns_campaign=1490




Recreating Hittite meals:


http://www.dailysabah.com/food/2015/09/09/archaeological-team-prepares-4000-year-old
-hittite-meals




A foiled attempt at mosaic theft from a sixth-century church:


http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/200410


More on the Gath dig:


http://www.cjnews.com/node/143190?q=node/143194


Torah? There’s an app for that:


http://www.timesofisrael.com/app-brings-english-speakers-3000-years-of-jewish-scholars
hip/




Interesting feature on Aramaic:



http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/09/aramaic-middle-east-language/
404434/




Excellent piece on the GJW controversy:


http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/09/why-scientists-and-scholars-cant-
get-their-facts-straight/404254/




Refreshingly little on ISIL’s activities this week … some OpEds:


http://www.jewishjournal.com/world/article/isis_looting_and_destruction_of_heritage_sit
es_has_roots_in_ideology_and_fi


http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/09/05/437616132/as-isis-destroys-artifacts-co
uld-some-antiquities-have-been-saved




Nice piece on following the trail of looted artifacts:


http://www.cbsnews.com/news/isis-looted-syrian-ancient-artifacts-black-market-us-and-eu
rope/






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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)

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Remains of a 6th century B.C. home on the Quirinal (!):


http://phys.org/news/2015-09-excavation-rome-home-city-bigger.html http://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2015/09/10/ancient-home-find-changes-rom
e-map_90bfecf0-a860-476d-ad17-0290d01ef3de.html


http://www.thelocal.it/20150910/sixth-century-home-found-rome https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/09/10/the-discovery-of-a-6t
h-century-b-c-show-that-ancient-rome-was-bigger-than-thought/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/11854879/Ancient-house-shows-
the-spread-of-Roman-suburbia.html http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/archeologists-discover-6th-century-bc-home-under-palazz
o-in-rome-1.2554750 http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/09/09/discovery-ancient-roman-home-shows-residen
tial-city-bigger-than-thought/


http://www.cbsnews.com/news/excavation-of-rome-home-leads-to-startling-ancient-disco
very/ http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/world/articleGallery/Excavation-of-Rome-home-s
hows-city-bigger-than-6493396.php


Nice feature on the Gabii dig:


http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/09/roman-history-trowel-by-trowel/




Very interesting (much pre-Classical) ‘elephant’ skeleton from Arcadia:


http://greece.greekreporter.com/2015/09/11/ancient-elephant-skeleton-found-in-arcadia-gr
eece/




On Roman ‘influence’ in Kilkenny:


http://www.kilkennypeople.ie/news/kilkenny-news/romans-had-a-strong-influence-on-kilke
nny-1-6944299




Mapping Pompeii:


http://digitalhumanities.umass.edu/pbmp/?p=1290


A tap replacement at Pompeii is causing ire:


http://www.thelocal.it/20150911/pompeiis-tasteless-taps-spark-online-revolt


What Holt Parker is up to:


http://www.uc.edu/news/NR.aspx?id=22177


On Achilles and Donald Trump:


http://www.iwf.org/news/2798172/How-Achilles-Can-Help-Us-Understand-Donald-Trump




Seamus Heaney’s translation of book six of the Aeneid is coming soon:


http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/sep/10/new-seamus-heaney-translation-to-be-pu
blished-next-year


http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/books/new-translation-by-poet-seamus-heaney-will-
be-a-classic-31517994.html


Reviews of Holland, *Dynasty*:


http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/books/dynasty-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-house-of-caesar
-by-tom-holland-review-a2944741.html




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http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/recent.html


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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================
Evidence of ‘porridge’ as part of the diet from a Gravettian site in Italy (really a techy
story?):


http://phys.org/news/2015-09-ancient-pestle-paleolithic-people-ground.html http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13652645.Ancient_tool_reveals_secrets_of_stone_
age_porridge/


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3225117/Did-Stone-Age-man-enjoy-PORRI
DGE-Oat-traces-pestle-grinder-suggests-grains-pulverised-make-dish.html?ITO=1490&ns
_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490




Neolithic remains (and later) from Dunwich:


http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-34197806


A Neolithic burial from Scotland has the oldest case of rickets in the UK:


http://phys.org/news/2015-09-neolithic-skeleton-reveals-early-history.html http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-34208976


Last week we were just beginning to hear of the ‘Superhenge’ down the road from
Stonehenge … plenty of coverage this week:


http://phys.org/news/2015-09-stonehenge-archeologists-huge-neolithic-site.html


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/09/150907114556.htm http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-34156673 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34171326 http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/shortcuts/2015/sep/07/superhenge-standing-stones
-near-stonehenge


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/stonehenge-temple-near-site-shows-e
vidence-of-a-religious-revolution--when-britons-switched-from-worshipping-landscape-fea
tures-to-a-solar-cult-10488928.html


http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/sep/07/stonehenge-archaeology-ritual-arena-n
eolithic-monument


http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2015/0908/Super-henge-Archaeologists-use-radar-tec
hnology-to-find-Neolithic-monument


https://uk.news.yahoo.com/stonehenge-archeologists-huge-neolithic-120240338.html


http://www.livescience.com/52112-super-henge-discovered-near-stonehenge.html


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3224523/Stonehenge-II-Radar-search-reveals-gia
nt-monument-4-500-years-ago-just-one-mile-famous-Wiltshire-site.html?ITO=1490&ns_m
channel=rss&ns_campaign=1490


http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2015/09/08/newly-discovered-superhenge/


http://elpais.com/elpais/2015/09/07/ciencia/1441632390_754339.html http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2015/0908/There-s-a-new-Stonehenge-in-town.-
What-will-it-tell-us


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/uk/southwestengland/11848955/
Durrington-Walls-standing-stones-a-visitors-guide-to-the-newest-Stonehenge-site.html


http://nhpr.org/post/stonehenge-has-new-old-neighbor-row-huge-stones-found-nearby
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/13649403.Bradford_professor_helps_unco
ver_major_prehistoric_stone_monument_near_Stonehenge/


Remains of an Anglo Saxon settlement in Monmouth:


http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/13651395.Archaeologists_discover_ancient_An
glo_Saxon_settlement_in_Monmouth/




The search is on for the mass grave of The Lizard:


http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-34221883 http://www.westbriton.co.uk/Archaeological-dig-hunt-Lizard-shipwreck-mass/ story-27756891-detail/story.html


http://www.itv.com/news/2015-09-07/could-the-mystery-over-300-year-old-shipwreck-off-c
ornwall-soon-be-solved/


Not sure if we mentioned this earliest-stone-wall-found-in-Poland story:


http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/09/2015/archaeologists-discover-earl
iest-known-stone-wall-in-poland




What cod bones from the Mary Rose reveal:


http://phys.org/news/2015-09-cod-bones-mary-rose-reveal.html http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-09/uoc-cbf090815.php http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cod-bones-from-mary-rose-reveal-globalised-fish-tra
de-in-tudor-england


http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/09/2015/mary-rose-cod-bones-reveal-
16th-century-fishing-trade-from-iceland-to-newfoundland




They’re digging at Bradford’s old football stadium:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-34167740


What they found at Leiston Abbey recently:


http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-34157573


Questioning the origins of the Lewis Chessmen:


http://www.thenational.scot/news/origins-of-lewis-chessmen-questioned-in-new-book.745
6




A 12th century gold ring from Ireland has been designated treasure:


http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/gold-ring-found-during-roadworks-in-ireland-d
eclared-12th-century-treasure-31514212.html




The venerable Bede’s lost skull cast has been located:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-34168233


A chapel in King’s Lynn has been restored and reopened:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-34209673


More on finds from the Vistula:


http://phys.org/news/2015-09-river-reveals-17th-century-secrets.html http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news,406391,ancient-pottery-fragments-of-bridges
-and-ships-found-in-the-vistula.html


More on those Battle of Dunbar remains:


http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/09/2015/mass-grave-skeletons-are-1
7th-century-scottish-soldiers-from-battle-of-dunbar




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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC ================================================================
Clues about the ancient residents of Guam:


http://phys.org/news/2015-09-clues-guam-ancient-residents.html


Semi-touristy piece on Laos’ Plain of Jars:


http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20150810-laos-strange-plain-of-jars


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East Asian Archaeology:


http://eastasiablog.wordpress.com/


Southeast Asian Archaeology Newsblog:


http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/


New Zealand Archaeology eNews:


http://nzarchaeology.blogspot.co.nz/index.html ================================================================
NORTH AMERICA
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10 000 years b.p. tools from a Redmond site:


http://phys.org/news/2015-09-uncovers-year-old-stone-tools.html http://www.krem.com/story/news/local/northwest/2015/09/12/seattle-area-dig-yields-1000
0-year-old-stone-tools/72145372/ http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Seattle-area-dig-yields-10-000-year-old-st
one-6500426.php http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/science/10000-year-old-stone-tools-unearthed-
in-redmond/


They were quaffing ‘coffee’ or ‘cocoa’ in southern North America some 1250 years b.p.,
apparently:


http://phys.org/news/2015-09-people-southwest-valued-caffeine-ad.html http://westerndigs.org/use-of-cocoa-black-drink-widespread-in-pre-contact-southwest-stud
y-finds/


http://www.denverpost.com/food/ci_28789446/study-caffeine-trade-thrived-ancient-americ
a?source=rss


http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/09/08/437580856/1-000-years-ago-caffeinated-d
rinks-had-native-americans-buzzing


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3225550/The-energy-drinks-American-India
ns-drank-frothy-chocolate-drinks-stimulants-ceremonial-rituals-1-250-years-ago.html?ITO
=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490




Trailing Lewis and Clark:


http://io9.com/archaeologists-tracked-lewis-and-clark-by-following-the-1727887223




Analyzing how folks on the 1813 wreck of the Neva survived in Alaska:


http://phys.org/news/2015-09-archaeologists-piece-crew-survived-shipwreck.html


http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-09/nsf-apt091015.php http://www.livescience.com/52122-neva-shipwreck-survivors.html http://www.adn.com/article/20150910/artifacts-found-may-be-related-russian-shipwreck
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2015/0910/1813-Alaska-shipwreck-How-they-survived
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=136012&org=NSF http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3230683/Real-life-Robinson-Crusoes-icy-w
ilderness-Campsite-reveals-19th-century-sailors-survived-MONTH-using-makeshift-tools-
shipwreck-Alaska.html


Mountain Meadows Massacre burials found:


http://www.nwaonline.com/news/2015/sep/13/resting-places-of-victims-in-1857-massa-2/


They found some interesting things digging at Toronto’s St Lawrence Market:


http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/09/08/180-year-old-artifacts-uncovered-at-st-lawre
nce-market-north.html


http://www.insidetoronto.com/news-story/5833349-st-lawrence-market-redevelopment-tur
ns-up-rich-archeological-record/


Melting ice in Yellowstone is revealing plenty of sites:


http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/melting-ice-yellowstone-revealing-ancient-a
rtifacts-180956488/




Trying to figure out the origns of some ‘Spanish armour’ from Texas:


http://westerndigs.org/origin-of-spanish-armor-found-in-texas-desert-stumps-scientists/




St Augustine is turning 450:


http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/us-oldest-city-st-augustine-florida-180956434/




A grave marker for a Civil War medal of honor recipient:


http://www.stripes.com/news/civil-war-moh-recipient-buried-in-pauper-s-grave-gets-marke
r-1.367647#




Nice overview piece on the migration to the Americas:


http://www.nature.com/news/fishing-for-the-first-americans-1.18334


Latest idiot vandalism is at the Alamo:


http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/09/06/vandal-carves-name-into-alamo-
car-key/71827314/




More on that shipwreck in the Nanticoke River:


http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/rising-from-maryland-waters-ship-that-may-have-su
nk-during-revolution/2015/09/07/a9545de4-5272-11e5-933e-7d06c647a395_story.html




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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ================================================================

On the restoration of some Olmec cave paintings:


http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/0bf8ae3f0bd2454e9b62c611a270e1c3/ LT--Mexico-Cave-Paintings




Feature on Peruvian mummies:


http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/fascinating-afterlife-perus-mummies-180956319/




More on Maya impact on the environment:


http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/09/2015/clues-from-ancient-maya-rev
eal-lasting-impact-on-environment




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http://goo.gl/1VdeA


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http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/ ================================================================
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST ================================================================
Pondering collecting ancient artifacts:


http://www.latimes.com/science/la-me-artifacts-20150913-story.html


Nice feature (much with tech overtones) on how archaeologists find stuff:


http://phys.org/news/2015-09-archaeologists-forgotten-ancient-monuments.html




Predictions on what archaeologists will solve this century:


http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/09/150908-archaeology-future-discoveries-tech
nology-ancient-mysteries/




Not sure where to put this one about saint-to-be Junipero Serra:


http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/09/10/437598791/savior-or-villain-the-comp
licated-story-of-pope-francis-s-next-american-saint




Study on food shortages and war:


http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-09/uoc--abh090915.php


On ‘iconicity’ in world languages:


http://phys.org/news/2015-09-iconicity-spoken-languages.html


Arguing about the Phenice method of skeleton sexing:


http://phys.org/news/2015-09-skeleton-sex-hips.html


Feature on some bad skeleton interpretations:


http://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2015/09/06/10-bonehead-interpretations-of-
ancient-skeletons/




Interesting Titanic-associated note coming to auction:


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11847439/Aristocrats-note-defending-his-cowar
dice-on-the-Titanic-up-for-sale.html




Again, on Happy Birthday:


http://www.npr.org/2015/09/06/438009062/an-unknown-easier-happy-birthday-is-revealed
-in-mildred-hills-papers




The ‘Nazi gold train’ thing isn’t quite panning out, apparently:


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3224565/Experts-say-Nazi-gold-train-claims-prob
ably-hoax.html


Archaeology Podcast Network:


http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/archyfantasies/ ================================================================
MUSEUM MATTERS
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Osiris:


http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/sns-bc-eu--france-preserved-culture-20150
910-story.html


http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/08/arts/egypt-thonis-heracleion-exhibition/ index.html?eref=rss_topstories http://www.reuters.com/video/2015/09/07/underwater-egyptian-city-of-mystery-on-e?vide
oId=365520853&feedType=VideoRSS&feedName=LatestVideosUS&videoChannel=1004


Drawing in Silver and Gold:


http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/sep/08/drawing-in-silver-and-gold-review-
british-museum




Julius Caesar:


http://thetandd.com/lifestyles/new-blockbuster-exhibit-highlights-julius-caesar/article_78
80563d-4ff8-5ecb-918a-79755bd82a5e.html




Latest Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:


http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2015/09/culture-crime-news-31-august-6-septe
mber-2015.html




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THE TECHY SIDE
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Interesting project on using XRF on ancient Athenian coins:


http://phys.org/news/2015-09-technology-insight-ancient-greece.html


3d imaging of some Lake Huron shipwrecks:


http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/lake-huron-shipwrecks-3d-imaged-by-marine-archeolo
gists-1.3219021?cmp=rss


https://uk.news.yahoo.com/scientists-3d-imaging-detail-shipwrecks-110438372.html




On using technology to ‘save’ monuments:


http://feeds.theguardian.com/c/34708/f/664018/s/49a21fda/sc/28/l/0L0Stheguardian0N0C
science0Caudio0C20A150Csep0C0A70Csyria0Esafeguarding0Earchaeology0Etechnolog y/story01.htm




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ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
DNA has revealed some interesting things about the Basques:


http://phys.org/news/2015-09-ancient-genomes-link-early-farmers.html http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-09/uu-agl090215.php http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/09/150907190628.htm http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-34175224 http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/09/2015/iberian-farmers-are-the-close
st-ancestors-to-modern-day-basques



Neanderthal DNA from Spain is still making the news:


http://news.sciencemag.org/archaeology/2015/09/dna-neandertal-relative-may-shake-hu
man-family-tree




Dienekes' Anthropology Blog:


http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/ ================================================================
CLIMATE MATTERS ================================================================
How climate change is revealing sites in the western U.S.:


http://nhpr.org/post/climate-change-reveals-boon-archaeologists


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TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
‘Top Ten’ ruins to visit:


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/11848670/The-worlds-10-oldest-ruins.html




Ho Citadel (Vietnam):


http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/25/travel/ho-citadel-vietnam/index.html?eref=rss_topstories




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CRIME BEAT
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New changes in the Buffalo History Museum theft:


http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/new-charges-lodged-in-antiquities-theft-20150910


Interesting ‘removing artifacts’ case from Washington State:


http://www.themaneater.com/stories/2015/9/8/mu-professor-and-research-specialist-head
-trial-ov/




Latest Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:


http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2015/09/culture-crime-news-31-august-6-septe
mber-2015.html




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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NUMISMATICA
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Roman coins from Martock were declared treasure:


http://www.westerngazette.co.uk/Ancient-Roman-coins-Martock-legally-defined/ story-27779793-detail/story.html




Latest e-Sylum:


http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v18n36.html


and the one which should appear later today:


http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v18n37.html


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Ancient Coin Collecting:


http://ancientcoincollecting.blogspot.com/


Ancient Coins:


http://classicalcoins.blogspot.com/


Coin Week:


http://www.coinweek.com/ ================================================================
PERFORMANCES AND THEATRE-RELATED ================================================================
Marking the anniversary of Sibelius’ birth:


http://theconversation.com/the-case-for-the-music-of-jean-sibelius-46808



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


http://www.archaeologychannel.org/news-from-tac/audio-news-from-archaeologica/ 2283-audio-news-from-archaeologica-30-aug-5-sep-2015 ================================================================
UPCOMING CONFERENCES ================================================================
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GENERAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS BLOGS ================================================================
Archaeology Magazine News Page:


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


About.com Archaeology:


http://archaeology.about.com/


Ancient Digger:


http://www.ancientdigger.com/


Archaeology Briefs:


http://archaeologybriefs.blogspot.com/


Past Horizons:


http://www.pasthorizons.com/


Stonepages:


http://www.stonepages.com/news/


Taygete Atlantis excavations blogs aggregator:


http://planet.atlantides.org/taygete/


Time Machine:


http://heatherpringle.wordpress.com/ ================================================================ PODCASTS/VODCASTS ================================================================
Archaeosoup:


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


The Book and the Spade:


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