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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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Studying the 100 000 years bp skulls from the Lingjing site:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-03/wuis-1hs022117.php https://phys.org/news/2017-03-year-old-human-skulls-east-asia.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170302144009.htm http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-39118752 http://www.livescience.com/58087-patchwork-early-human-fossils-discovered.html

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/deadthings/2017/03/02/human-skull-fossils-from-china-have-surprising-traits/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/03/03/skulls-found-in-china-were-part-modern-human-part-neanderthal-possibly-new-species/?tid=pm_national_pop

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/are-these-skulls-new-human-ancestor-species-180962370/

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/03/2017/100000-year-old-human-skulls-from-east-asia

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5348-170302-china-xuchang-skulls

Early evidence of homo sapiens in Iran:

http://elpais.com/elpais/2017/03/03/ciencia/1488541294_139309.html

On the diet of homo antecessor at Atapuerca:

https://phys.org/news/2017-02-evidence-diet-homo-antecessor-atapuerca.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/02/170227082536.htm

More on early humans drinking alcohol:

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170222-our-ancestors-were-drinking-alcohol-before-they-were-human


More on 38 000 years bp pointillism techniques:

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/02/2017/38000-year-old-engravings-confirm-ancient-origins-of-pointillism

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5334-170227-france-pointillism-engravings


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AFRICA
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Feature on Libya’s ‘Monuments Men’:

http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/the-monuments-men-of-libya

A Czech archaeologist, held in the Sudan for spying, has been released:

http://praguemonitor.com/2017/03/01/ln-release-czech-man-may-help-egyptology-sudan



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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
Admission prices are going up at Egyptian sites and museums:

http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/ticket-prices-tourists-be-increased-museums-archaeological-sites-october-ministry


Egypt isn’t going to try and recover all of its objects abroad:

https://egyptianstreets.com/2017/03/02/attempts-to-retrieve-artifacts-from-abroad-not-in-egypt-favor-former-antiquities-minister/


A monumental carved dolmen from the Golan:

http://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.775318

Studying the damage to the shrine of the prophet Jonah reveals ISIL may
have inadvertently discovered a 600 B.C.E. palace built for Sennacherib:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/27/previously-untouched-600bc-palace-discovered-shrine-demolished/

http://www.timesofisrael.com/islamic-state-looting-uncovers-ancient-palace-beneath-jonahs-tomb/

http://aina.org/news/20170227173244.htm http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ancient-palace-reportedly-discovered-deep-under-shrine-demolished-by-isis/

https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/society/2017/2/28/priceless-assyrian-treasures-discovered-among-mosuls-mountains-of-destruction

Interesting study of Sasanian temples:

http://www.livescience.com/58032-ancient-persia-palaces-fire-temple-wood.html


An interview with Joseph L Angel:

http://yucommentator.org/2017/02/featured-faculty-professor-joseph-l-angel/

ISIL was driven out of Palmyra again:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-palmyra-syria-driven-out-second-time-islamic-state-ancient-roman-ruins-assad-executions-a7607351.html
http://www.timesofisrael.com/islamic-state-reportedly-pushed-out-of-syrias-palmyra/
http://www.timesofisrael.com/syrian-forces-recapture-palmyra-from-is-for-second-time/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/syrian-military-retakes-historic-palmyra-from-islamic-state/2017/03/02/b9458cd4-ff94-11e6-99b4-9e613afeb09f_story.html


… and damage was less than expected:

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-palmyra-idUSKBN16A1L2

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4930286,00.html

They’re now questioning how much revenue ISIL was receiving from
antiquities:

http://www.hstoday.us/columns/guest-commentaries/blog/special-antiquities-sales-supporting-isis-fails-the-test-of-robustness/4142934b314728d19c6bf77a46018db9.html



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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================
We may have mentioned this Roman mining operation in Spain:

http://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.774629

More orichalcum ingots found in a 2600 years bp shipwreck off Gela:

http://www.seeker.com/fabled-atlantis-metal-ingots-continue-to-emerge-from-the-seas-of-sicil-2290338231.html

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5343-170301-sicily-shipwreck-ingots

Concerns for Paphos:

http://cyprus-mail.com/2017/03/02/ancient-paphos-attraction-needs-urgent-renovation/


Funding for that tomb at Amphipolis:

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/23578-greek-culture-minister-allots-e2-5m-for-kasta-hill-amphipolis-works.html


If you’ve ever wondered why there always seem to be Roman nails for sale:

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/lifestyle/house-home/collectors-corner/370986/roman-relics-hit-nail-head-price-wise/


Nice feature on Father Foster:

http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/The-Vatican-s-Latinist-8618

What Christopher S Celenza is up to:

http://www.thehoya.com/university-appoints-new-dean-for-college/

They’re looking for a new director for the Colosseum:

http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Ready-for-a-new-arena-in-life-Rome-s-Colosseum-10962662.php

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/world/colosseum-seeks-director-whose-reputation-wasnt-built-in-a-day-j6ggh0hhs


More coverage of that Roman house find (with ducks and phalluses) from
Omrit:

http://www.livescience.com/57944-roman-house-and-phallic-amulets-discovered-israel.html

http://www.timesofisrael.com/ducks-not-phalluses-real-stars-of-1900-year-old-find-in-northern-israel/

More on McDonald’s incorporating a Roman road into one of its franchises
near Rome:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/italys-newest-mcdonalds-part-archaeological-museum-871589

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2017/0226/Burgers-and-ancient-Roman-roads-Businesses-step-up-to-preserve-Rome-s-history

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-mcdonalds-has-cool-design-element-ancient-roman-road-180962289/



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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================
7000 years bp footprints from Wales:

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/ancient-human-footprints-discovered-welsh-12667046

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/footprints-date-back-7000-years-and-could-show-hunting-party-35489498.html

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5340-170228-wales-mesolithic-footprints

… and a possible prehistoric monument of some sort from Trellyffaint:

http://www.countyecho.co.uk/article.cfm?id=110849&headline=Archaeologists%20uncover%20possibly%20prehistoric%20monument&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2017


I think we mentioned this Neolithic ‘enclosure’ from Denmark:

http://www.seeker.com/mysterious-neolithic-labyrinth-found-in-denmark-2288204695.html

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5335-170227-denmark-neolithic-enclosure


A major Iron Age gold hoard find from Staffordshire:

http://www.livescience.com/58061-treasure-hunters-find-ancient-gold-jewelry.html

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/feb/28/detectorists-strike-iron-age-gold-staffordshire-field

https://www.theguardian.com/science/video/2017/feb/28/iron-age-jewellery-found-in-staffordshire-field-video-report

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-39115392 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/02/28/iron-age-gold-found-farmers-field-earliest-ever-discovered/

http://www.leek-news.co.uk/leek-metal-detectors-reveal-the-moment-they-found-iron-age-gold-in-a-staffordshire-moorlands-field/story-30170214-detail/story.html
http://www.staffordshirenewsletter.co.uk/iron-age-gold-jewellery-unearthed-in-staffordshire-field-is-of-huge-international-importance/story-30168182-detail/story.html

http://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/pair-unearth-oldest-iron-age-gold-in-uk/news-story/e5bdb78eb93a3b42684d67251bce657c

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ancient-celtic-art-uncovered-unique-gold-hoard-154022145.html

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5341-170228-leekfrith-gold-torques

Remains of a 2000 years bp village in Warwickshire:

https://leamingtonobserver.co.uk/news/remains-of-2000-year-old-village-unearthed/


Somewhat lost in translation … the find of the ‘Bulgarian Troy’:

https://realnoevremya.com/articles/1234-tatarstan-oilmen-find-bolgarian-troy-instead-of-black-gold


A 1000 years bp toy boat from an abandoned well in Norway:

https://phys.org/news/2017-02-archaeologists-excavate-year-old-toy-boat.html


17th century finds from a pub renovation in Falmouth Harbour:

http://www.cornwalllive.com/archeological-finds-during-restoration-of-falmouth-s-chain-locker-pub-surprise-st-austell-brewery/story-30163164-detail/story.html

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5337-170227-england-cornwall-pub

Items found beneath the floor of a 17th century mansion:

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5346-170302-petworth-house-marble

Pondering why Vikings left Greenland:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-greenland-vikings-vanished-180962119/


They’re still criticizing the Stonehenge tunnel plan:


http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/15125593.Leading_experts_blast_Stonehenge_tunnel_plan/


The other side of the dig -- how finding a major Anglo Saxon site at Great Ryburgh nearly ruined the builder:

http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/at_the_end_of_the_day_i_was_digging_a_hole_how_finding_81_anglo_saxon_coffins_in_great_ryburgh_nearly_ruined_builder_1_4908533

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-39106514

More on medieval leprosy:

http://www.reuters.com/video/2017/02/20/medieval-skeleton-gives-clues-to-spread?videoId=371159289&feedType=VideoRSS&feedName=LatestVideosUS&videoChannel=6


More on the search for the tomb of James IV:

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/15107809.Raiders_of_the_lost_Charterhouse__search_for_tomb_of_ancient_king_of_Scotland_begins/

http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/archaeology/archaeologists-scour-carpark-in-search-of-lost-tomb-of-king-james-i-of-scotland/news-story/ce83f3b0c3813d69b4027d5dbe206226


More on those 3000 bp spearheads from Scotland:

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/589913/archaeology-find-discovery-history-ancient-artefacts-scotland


More on that hubby heart burial:

http://www.livescience.com/58080-photos-renaissance-couple-with-spouse-heart.html



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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC ================================================================
A pair of Song Dynasty burials from Chengdu:

http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2017-03/01/content_40382332.htm http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/photo/2017-02/28/c_136090100.htm http://www.archaeology.org/news/5344-170301-china-brick-tombs

Pondering the Pleu Cere staircase in Cambodia:

https://www.cambodiadaily.com/morenews/archaeologists-scale-history-of-ancient-staircase-125883/

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5345-170301-pleu-cere-staircase

Studying the deterioration of Angkor Wat:

http://www.livescience.com/58064-radar-could-save-collapsing-angkor-monuments.html


Feature on zinc mining in Ming Dynasty China:

http://www.archaeology.org/issues/250-1703/trenches/5289-trenches-china-ming-zinc


4000 years bp copper axes from Uttar Pradesh:

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/copper-axes-point-to-an-ancient-culture-story/article17383808.ece


Remains of a medieval port city near the Bay of Bengal:

http://www.thehindu.com/society/history-and-culture/City-archaeologist-C.-Santhalingam-finds-a-medieval-period-port-city-in-the-far-south-of-the-Coromandel-Coast/article17393327.ece


An imperial burial mound from Asuka:

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201703020044.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/5350-170303-japan-royal-tomb

A 19th century (possible) military defensive trench find in New Zealand:

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1703/S00089/excavation-underway-after-potential-defensive-trench-found.htm

http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/325800/'we-expected-to-find-kumara-and-fire-pits-we-did-not-expect-this
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http://www.archaeology.org/news/5351-170303-new-zealand-military-trench

More on plans for a museum in Luoyang:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-02/16/c_136061555.htm

More on the oldest known image of Confucius:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/oldest-known-image-confucius-found-tomb-disgraced-emperor-180962358/


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New Zealand Archaeology eNews:

http://nzarchaeology.blogspot.co.nz/index.html ================================================================
NORTH AMERICA
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Child burials from St Augustine:

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/st-augustine/historic-burials-of-children-found-in-st-augustine/418890981

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5352-170303-florida-st-augustine-burials

Studying Ute trails in Colorado:

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5336-170227-colorado-routes-trails

On the fate of Natives who surrendered during King Philip’s War:

https://news.brown.edu/articles/2017/02/enslavement

Archaeologists are trying to save Brier Creek Battlefield:

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2017-03-02/archaeologists-trying-save-brier-creek-battlefield-238-years-later


Plans to dig a site in Fort Edward (NY):

http://www.syracuse.com/state/index.ssf/2017/02/summer_archaeological_dig_set_for_historic_upstate_ny_island_site.html


On factors that led to the end of whaling off Alaska:

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170224-the-disaster-that-helped-end-the-us-whaling-industry


More on archaeologists returning to that ‘shipwreck camp’ on Sitka Island:

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/science/2017/03/04/archaeologists-say-theyve-found-the-campsite-used-by-survivors-of-legendary-doomed-ship-the-neva/

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5347-170302-russian-ship-neva

Concerns for sites in Utah:

http://www.daily-times.com/story/news/2017/03/02/archaeology-utah-culture-history-preservation/98535848/
http://www.thespectrum.com/story/news/2017/03/02/archaeology-utah-culture-history-preservation/98535848/


… backgrounder:

http://www.thespectrum.com/story/news/local/2017/03/02/utah-ancient-history-archaeology-people/98663122/


OpEd on protecting Chaco Canyon:

http://www.santafenewmexican.com/opinion/my_view/reader-view-protecting-chaco-new-mexico-s-treasure/article_2b1237aa-d7d5-5077-b6c4-a4af51a7e36d.html


Reviewish/backgroundish sort of thing on an interesting Underground
Railroad sort of story in Toronto:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/steal-away-home-1.3998495

Feature on ‘Hail to the Chief’:

http://www.npr.org/2017/03/04/518333087/hail-to-the-chief-fanfare-sought-by-some-presidents-avoided-by-others?sc=17&f=1003



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

Studying how ancient peoples shaped the Amazon rainforest:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-03/fm-aps022417.php https://phys.org/news/2017-03-ancient-peoples-amazon-rainforest.html http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-domesticated-plants-civilization-20170302-story.html
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2017/0303/Can-a-new-study-on-trees-change-the-conversation-about-Amazon-conservation

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/03/science/amazon-rain-forest-plants-domesticate.html

http://www.nature.com/news/amazon-rainforest-was-shaped-by-an-ancient-hunger-for-fruits-and-nuts-1.21576
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-39149334 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/amazon-rainforest-was-shaped-by-an-ancient-hunger-for-fruits-and-nuts/
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/pristine-untouched-amazonian-rainforest-was-actually-shaped-humans-180962378/

http://elpais.com/elpais/2017/03/02/ciencia/1488466173_526998.html

More on that Maya jade pendant from Belize:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-02/uoc--pot022717.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/02/170227120211.htm http://www.livescience.com/58040-royal-maya-pendant-discovered-in-belize.html

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/02/2017/maya-pendant-a-puzzle-to-archaeologists

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/mysterious-jade-pendant-worn-by-maya-kings-may-tell-story-iconic-civilisations-collapse-1608949

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5338-170228-belize-jade-pendant

More on Europeans bringing new ulcer strains to the New World:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/02/170223142109.htm


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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST ================================================================
Opening an archaeologist’s suitcase:

http://www.thedp.com/article/2017/02/penn-museum-mysterious-suitcase-m-l

Pondering the catacombs of San Gaudioso:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170223-is-this-the-worlds-most-macabre-art-gallery


Studying how to preserve sites damaged in armed conflicts:

https://phys.org/news/2017-03-scientists-ways-world-heritage-sites.html

Jane Austen’s house may have had a wallpaper malfunction:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-39146204

The Sistine Chapel has been photographed/digitized:

http://www.thelocal.it/20170226/sistine-chapel-photographed-in-unprecedented-detail

https://www.cnet.com/news/sistine-chapel-digitised-for-posterity-in-270000-images/

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/five-year-photo-project-captures-sistine-chapel-high-res-detail-180962357/

A new idea about human sacrifice:

http://bigthink.com/philip-perry/researchers-discover-a-new-reason-why-ancient-societies-practiced-human-sacrifice


On the history of the phrase ‘enemy of the people’:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/26/world/europe/trump-enemy-of-the-people-stalin.html


In case you missed it … those kidnapped German archaeologists in Nigeria
were freed:

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-security-idUSKBN1650IM?il=0 http://www.dw.com/en/two-german-archaeologists-kidnapped-in-nigeria-have-been-freed/a-37721563

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/nigerian-security-agents-free-2-german-archaeologists-who-were-kidnapped-in-northern-nigeria-says-governor/2017/02/26/1edc70d0-fc34-11e6-9b78-824ccab94435_story.html

Feature on Franck Goddio:

http://www.dw.com/en/underwater-treasure-hunter-franck-goddio/a-37778767

Honours for Mark Knight:

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/press/press-release-mark-knight-wins-current-archaeologys-prestigious-archaeologist-of-the-year-award-for-2017.htm

http://www.wisbechstandard.co.uk/news/mark_knight_who_led_the_must_farm_dig_in_whittlesey_which_unearthed_rare_bronze_age_settlement_receives_top_archaeology_award_1_4915138


… and the Cambridge Archaeology Unit’s work at Must Farm:

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/press/press-release-cambridge-archaeological-unit-university-of-cambridge-win-current-archaeologys-rescue-project-of-the-year-award-for-2017-for-must-farm.htm


Marking Current Archaeology’s 50th:

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/features/current-archaeology-at-50-half-a-century-of-keeping-up-with-the-past.htm


Some Mardi Gras background:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/01/us/mardi-gras-mobile-alabama-new-orleans.html


Big bucks for a Klimt:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39142131 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/01/arts/design/a-59-million-klimt-tops-a-landmark-sothebys-auction-in-london.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fdesign

http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/02/arts/sothebys-impressionist-modern-surrealist-sales/index.html


… and relatively so for some old penicillin mould:

http://www.npr.org/2017/03/02/518197111/old-penicillin-mold-auctioned-for-more-than-14-000?sc=17&f=1004

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/01/517979196/this-tiny-patch-of-mold-cost-one-lucky-buyer-nearly-15-000?sc=17&f=1007


Feature on assorted Christian relics around the world:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/01/world/gallery/christian-relics/index.html


Archaeology Podcast Network:

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

http://www.jta.org/2017/02/21/news-opinion/world/vatican-rome-jewish-museums-collaborate-on-menorah-exhibition


Naples airport now has an archaeological museum (not the first instance of this):

http://www.euronews.com/2017/03/02/naples-airport-archeological-museum-is-a-world-s-first


Treasures of Vietnamese Archaeology:

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/art-entertainment/173740/vietnam-archaeological-treasures-exhibition-successful-in-germany.html


A guide to the British Museum:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/arts/make-the-most-of-the-british-museum.html


The Grand Egyptian Museum will open in 2018:

http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/grand-egyptian-museum-open-mid-2018-antiquities-minister


Problems at the Met continue with the director’s resignation:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/28/arts/design/met-museum-director-resigns-thomas-campbell.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fdesign
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39126473 http://www.npr.org/2017/03/03/518087587/new-yorks-met-museum-director-resigns-amid-financial-troubles?sc=17&f=1008

… sparking an OpEd:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/01/arts/design/how-to-fix-the-met-connect-art-to-life.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fdesign



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THE TECHY SIDE
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Multispectral imaging helps decipher a medieval ‘cure’:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-decipher-recipe-treat-medieval-mystic-180962336/


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ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
Tracing the DNA of smallpox:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/child-17th-century-Europe-might-rewritten-history-smallpox-180962114/


I think we’ve mentioned the Denisovan DNA connection to Tibet:

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170227-how-tibetans-survive-life-on-the-roof-of-the-world


DNA suggests mammoths were doomed from a genetic standpoint:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-39142941 http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=94264


Dienekes' Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/ ================================================================
CLIMATE MATTERS ================================================================
On climate change affecting Native American goups:

http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170226/archaeology-ancient-cultures-also-were-affected-by-climate-change


On the role of archaeologists in documenting past climate change (I
think):

https://phys.org/news/2017-02-archeologists-vanguard-environmental-climate.html

http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=172929&CultureCode=en

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TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
Fez:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/03/02/travel/what-to-do-36-hours-in-fez-morocco.html


Franklin Expedition sites:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170223-the-island-of-lost-explorers

Jordan:

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/gallery/2017/mar/01/from-petra-to-wadi-rum-an-archaeologists-view-of-jordan


Oplontis:

http://nepr.net/news/2017/03/02/exploring-villas-oplontus-pompeiis-often-overlooked-neighbor/



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CRIME BEAT
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A smuggler caught in the act and fined at Big Bend:

http://kxan.com/2017/02/27/archaeology-smuggler-caught-with-500-stolen-artifacts-at-big-bend/

http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2017/03/poacher-archaeological-artifacts-busted-big-bend-national-park-fined-10000

A Palestinian caught with a bag of ancient coins:

http://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinian-nabbed-at-jordan-crossing-with-sack-of-ancient-coins/


Latest Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2017/02/culture-crime-news-20-26-february-2017.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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REPATRIATION AND RECOVERY ================================================================
An Etruscan item was returned to a German museum:

https://www.artforum.com/news/id=66954 https://www.antiquestradegazette.com/news/2017/london-art-dealer-helps-stolen-bronze-return-to-berlin-museum-after-70-years/


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NUMISMATICA
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Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20nXX.html

(one will appear later today, but I’m not sure of the number)


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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 ================================================================
Chopin:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/28/arts/music/chopin-is-the-focus-of-bards-summer-music-festival.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fmusic


A classical ‘battle of the bands’:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/24/arts/music/battle-of-the-bands-at-175-new-york-and-vienna-face-off.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fmusic


For Offenbach fans:

http://www.euronews.com/2017/02/23/offenbach-revival-sees-fantasio-take-the-paris-stage


Queen Anne:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38831153

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

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-main-menu-cat/audio-news-list/2568-audio-news-from-archaeologica-19-february-2017-25-february-2017
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OBITUARIES
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Spencer Hays:


https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/03/arts/spencer-hays-dead-art-collector.html

Nicholas Mosley:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/03/books/nicholas-mosley-dead-novelist-wrote-of-father.html


Mostafa el Abbadi:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/28/world/middleeast/mostafa-el-abbadi-great-library-of-alexandria.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fobituaries


Maurizio Tosi:

http://www.magazine.unibo.it/archivio/2017/02/24/lutto-in-ateneo-e-scomparso-il-prof-maurizio-tosi


Anna Marguerite McCann:

http://www.prestonchild.com/archive/in-memoriam/IN-MEMORIAM;art548,597

Ivor Noel Hume:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/ivor-noel-hume-who-dug-up-the-colonial-past-at-williamsburg-dies-at-89/2017/02/28/4524912a-faac-11e6-bf01-d47f8cf9b643_story.html

http://www.pressherald.com/2017/02/28/top-authority-on-colonial-williamsburg-dies-at-89/


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CONFERENCES
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Canada Before Confederation: Early Exploration and Mapping (Nov. 2017)

https://independent.academia.edu/ConferenceCanadabeforeConfederationEarlyMappingandExploration14981763

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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:

http://www.radioscribe.com/bknspade.htm ================================================================
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