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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis,
John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri,
Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, Kris Curry, David Critchley,
Rick Heli, David Emery, ‘muddy102’, Magnus Fiskejo,
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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Interesting Neanderthal-associated decorated raven bone from the Crimea:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-03/p-adr032317.php https://phys.org/news/2017-03-raven-bone-crimea-insight-neanderthal.html https://www.newscientist.com/article/2126292-neanderthal-artist-revealed-in-a-finely-carved-raven-bone/#038;%23038;%23038;campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-
https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-ticker/neandertals-had-eye-patterns?tgt=nr
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5413-170329-neanderthal-raven-bone http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/03/2017/decorated-raven-bone-may-provide-insight-into-neanderthal-cognition

Latest theory on how Otzi died:

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/who-killed-otzi-italys-ancient-iceman-and-oldest-mummy-researchers-think-it-was-personal
http://www.theage.com.au/world/clues-in-a-very-cold-case-shed-light-on-how-otzi-the-iceman-died-20170328-gv8842.html
http://www.smh.com.au/world/clues-in-a-very-cold-case-shed-light-on-how-otzi-the-iceman-died-20170328-gv8842

Not sure where to put this one … on the effects of adopting the bow for hunting:

http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2017/04/06/522562042/adoption-of-bow-use-in-ancient-hunting-may-have-set-off-societal-changes
http://nhpr.org/post/adoption-bow-use-ancient-hunting-may-have-set-societal-changes

What Claudine Gravel-Miguel is up to:

https://asunow.asu.edu/20170407-discoveries-love-and-death-paleolithic-asu-archaeology-student


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AFRICA
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More on those Neolithic petroglyphs near Aswan:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170322094906.htm


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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
A 3800 years bp tomb of an Egyptian nobleman (and others) found near
Aswan:

http://www.livescience.com/58424-mummy-ancient-egyptian-nobleman-found.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/5404-170327-egypt-shemai-coffin

… not sure if this is part of the above-mentioned discovery:

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/03/29/3800-year-old-untouched-tomb-of-ancient-egyptian-woman-found

A 3700 years bp pyramid was found:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/262156/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Remains-of-th-Dynasty-pyramid-discovered-in-Dahshu.aspx
https://egyptianstreets.com/2017/04/03/egypt-discovers-remains-of-13th-dynasty-pyramid-in-dahshur-necropolis/
https://phys.org/news/2017-04-pyramid-egypt.html https://www.seeker.com/culture/archaeologists-discover-remains-of-3700-year-old-egyptian-pyramid
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-39484988 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/egyptian-pyramid-3700-years-archaeologists-king-sneferu-mahmoud-afifi-excavation-a7666321.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/new-pyramid-discovered-in-egypt/2017/04/03/2d2088b0-10d5-11e7-9b0d-d27c98455440_story.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-pyramid-discovered-egypt-excavation-dashur-royal-necropolis/
http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/37126/20170407/look-archaeologists-discover-remains-of-3-700-year-old-pyramid-in-egypt.htm
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-pyramid-discovered-egypt-180962813/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5421-170403-egypt-dahshur-pyramid http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2017/04/03/actualidad/1491244140_289594.html

… and later identified as belonging to Ameny Qemau:

http://www.livescience.com/58531-second-pyramid-pharaoh-ameny-qemau-discovered.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5429-170405-egypt-dahshur-pyramid

Egypt has set up an on site lab to restore Khufu’s second solar boat:

https://phys.org/news/2017-03-lab-egypt-pyramids-pharaonic-boat.html http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-03/30/c_136168880.htm

… and they excavated a ‘plank’::

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-archaeology-idUSKBN1702KE?feedType=RSS&feedName=lifestyleMolt
http://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/egypt-unearths-part-of-ancient-boat/news-story/f9c997e67889b114fa9aaa6c7de66836
http://www.smh.com.au/world/plank-from-ancient-boat-made-for-cheops-found-near-great-pyramid-at-giza-20170329-gv9jjr.html
http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/africa/91032172/Plank-from-boat-made-for-Cheops-found-near-Great-Pyramid-at-Giza
https://www.yahoo.com/news/egypt-unearths-part-ancient-king-khufus-boat-172026136.html

The 4th century imperial bathing complex at Alexandria was inaugurated:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/41/262047/Heritage/GrecoRoman/th-century-imperial-bath-complex-inaugurated-in-Eg.aspx
https://egyptianstreets.com/2017/04/02/4th-century-imperial-bathing-complex-exhibited-in-alexandria/
http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/photos-4th-century-imperial-bathing-complex-inaugurated-alexandria

I think we mentioned this find of a possible statue of Tiye:

http://www.livescience.com/58401-statue-of-king-tut-grandmother-possibly-discovered.html

Suggestion that Egypt should get into the sale of antiquities business:

http://www.thenational.ae/business/economy/patrick-werr-selling-precious-artefacts-could-top-up-egypts-coffers

Reflecting on that colossal statue find a few weeks ago:

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/03/egypt-discovery-pharaonic-statute-archaeology-microscope.html

What Zahi Hawass is up to:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/262533/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Famed-Egyptologist-Zahi-Hawass-appointed-IFPSD-Cul.aspx

Plans to develop four archaeological palaces:

http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/antiquities-ministry-develop-4-archaeological-palaces

What skeletal evidence tells us about warfare in Mesopotamia:

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ancient-craniums-tell-new-story-violence-bloody-warfare-mesopotamia-1615241

Anatolia’s oldest (so far) olive press comes from Antalya:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/anatolias-oldest-known-olive-oil-press-found-in-antalya.aspx?pageID=238&nid=111466&NewsCatID=375
http://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/04/02/anatolias-oldest-olive-oil-press-found-in-southern-turkeys-antalya

Looking at the evidence for Humayama:

http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2017/04/07/canadian-scholar-examines-nabataean-colony-of-humayma/

They’re still not sure about those settlement remains found in Iran’s
Kerman province a few weeks ago:

https://financialtribune.com/articles/people-travel/61928/uncertainty-over-antiquity-of-newly-uncovered-town
http://www.tehrantimes.com/news/412450/Archaeologists-dispatched-to-newly-unearthed-site-in-southeast

Plundering concerns for sites in Jiroft:

http://www.tehrantimes.com/news/102136/Official-Says-Ancient-Relics-Plundered-in-Jiroft

An Assyrian tomb with remains of ten people found in Iraq:

http://www.livescience.com/58433-ancient-assyrian-tomb-discovered-in-iraq.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/ancient-assyrian-tomb-10-skeletons-114900432.html

Latest ‘clue’ (apparently) for the location of King Solomon’s mines:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/03/king-solomon-mines-bible-timna-dung/

Students are helping to dig at Ramat Beit Shemesh:

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/227331 http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Jerusalem-students-uncover-nearly-2000-year-old-relics-from-Bar-Kokhba-revolt-485324
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4941276,00.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/news/ancient-egyptian-tomb-3800-year-old-mummy-qubbet-el-hawa-aswan-egypt-spanish-archaeological-mission-a7656676.html
http://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/11209/20170328/archaeologists-unearthed-3-800-year-old-tomb-of-an-ancient-egyptian-woman-in-intact-position.htm
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/600601/Egypt-Mummy-Tomb-Ancient-Pyramids-Nile-Aswan-Aswan-Pharaohs-Sarenput-II-Shemai-Dynasty

There were funding concerns for the Temple Mount sifting project:

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/innovative-temple-mount-sifting-project-facing-termination-over-funding/2017/04/03/
http://www.timesofisrael.com/sifting-for-temple-mount-artifacts-halts-as-city-of-david-funding-dries-up/
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/227703 http://forward.com/fast-forward/368027/temple-mount-archeological-project-stalls-after-right-wing-group-cuts-fundi/
https://templemount.wordpress.com/2017/04/02/is-this-the-end-of-the-sifting-project/

… and a crowdfunding effort was raised:

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Temple-Mount-Sifting-Project-launches-crowdfunding-campaign-after-losing-funding-486045

… and then we hear that funding has been approved:

http://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-intervenes-to-save-temple-mount-sifting-project/
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/227807

Meanwhile, the project found a piece of a Second Temple column capital:

http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=41549

… and a finger from a possibly Egyptian statue:

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/jerusalem/part-of-egyptian-statue-may-have-been-discovered-by-temple-mount-sifters/2017/04/09/
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/227944

28 unpublished fragments of Dead Sea Scrolls have been sold in the US:

http://www.livescience.com/58507-new-dead-sea-scrolls-sold-in-us.html

… and a companion piece:

http://www.livescience.com/58505-how-to-study-dead-sea-scrolls.html

A dig in East Jerusalem forced 25 families from their homes:

http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.782441

On Palestine’s efforts to curb antiquities theft:

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/04/palestine-antiquities-theft-smuggling-recover.html

A confrontation between guards and an Israeli archaeologist at the Al Aqsa Mosque:

http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=776157 http://aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israel-arrests-7-guards-of-al-aqsa-mosque-official/781157

I think we’ve mentioned the Lithodomos VR app for Jerusalem:

http://www.livescience.com/58566-ancient-jerusalem-reconstructed-in-virtual-reality-app.html
http://www.timesofisrael.com/virtual-reality-app-recreates-jerusalem-during-second-temple/

More on fears of collapse at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/shrine-over-jesus-tomb-danger-190500851.html

More on that Crusader shipwreck from Acre:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/crusader-shipwreck-siege-acre-discovered-180962597/

Work has begun on the restoration of the Topkapi Palace:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/biggest-restoration-in-history-of-topkapi-palace-underway.aspx?pageID=238&nID=111757&NewsCatID=375

Feature on the destruction in the Mosul Museum:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-39470521

This seems like the place to put some vintage pictures of Syrian sites:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/03/syria-aleppo-national-geographic-archive/

Using satellite imagery to document damage to sites:

https://phys.org/news/2017-04-professor-satellites-iraq-syria.html http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/education/school-zone/os-ucf-syria-satellite-20170323-story.html

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================
Collecting DNA from some Late Minoan tombs:

https://phys.org/news/2017-03-late-minoan-tombs-early-european.html

Metro construction in Rome may have revealed a section of the Aqua Appia:

https://www.thelocal.it/20170406/metro-workers-have-accidentally-discovered-romes-oldest-aqueduct
http://www.euronews.com/2017/04/06/archaeologists-uncover-ancient-rome-aqueduct http://www.archaeology.org/news/5434-170406-rome-oldest-aqueduct

Plenty of Roman finds from a site in the Netherlands:

http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2017/03/rich-roman-haul-surprises-dutch-archaeologists/

Remains of a village which are being linked with Cartimandua in Yorkshire:

http://www.livescience.com/58587-roman-settlement-discovered-beneath-england-road.html
http://www.livescience.com/58581-photos-roman-settlement-discovered-in-yorkshire.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/rich-roman-settlement-discovered-under-britains-longest-road/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/royal-sex-scandal-roman-empire-yorkshire-discovery-a7671171.html
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/15211293.You_might_complain_about_the_roadworks_on_the_A1__but_just_look_at_what_has_been_uncovered/
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/15211293.Fascinating_finds_during_A1_roadworks_shed_new_light_on_Roman_expansion_into_Northern_England/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5436-170407-roman-england-ring http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/04/2017/discoveries-point-to-roman-wealth-creation-in-northern-england

A Roman villa from Cholsey:

http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/15186736.Roman_villa_found_at_development_site_in_Cholsey/
http://www.heraldseries.co.uk/news/15186736.Roman_villa_found_at_development_site_in_Cholsey/
http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/15197431.Housing_developers_stumble_on_Roman_villa/

Latest Roman finds from Verulamium:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-39502557

Major mosaics found at what was likely ancient Ucetia:

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/stunning-mosaics-shed-light-enigmatic-past-roman-city-southern-france-1614314
http://www.livescience.com/58567-roman-mosaics-in-lost-city.html http://www.livescience.com/58565-photos-lost-roman-mosaics-of-southern-france.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elaborate-mosaics-unearthed-apos-lost-135500947.html http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/601540/lost-city-secret-ancient-roman-mosaics-Ucetia-france-video
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/786296/Ancient-Roman-city-Ucetia-discovered-France-archaeologists
http://www.sciencealert.com/these-mysterious-mosaics-reveal-the-existence-of-a-long-lost-roman-city-called-ucetia
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/technology/science/lost-ancient-roman-town-dating-back-2000-years-discovered-beneath-construction-site/news-story/2177ccfd380c3f6ed93627fb7c5d34ff
http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/37035/20170404/lost-ancient-city-of-ucetia-finally-found-with-iconic-roman-mosaics.htm

Roman era walls from a construction site in Varna:

http://sofiaglobe.com/2017/03/31/archaeology-roman-era-building-walls-found-in-construction-site-in-bulgarias-varna/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5418-170331-bulgaria-roman-walls

Three Roman sarcophagi from near Izmit:

http://www.dailysabah.com/life/2017/04/03/construction-workers-find-3-ancient-roman-era-tombs-in-turkeys-izmit-province
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5424-170403-turkey-marmara-sarcophagi

A followup to that Kybele sculpture threatened by quarrying activities:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/court-bans-rock-quarry-near-kybele-sculpture.aspx?pageID=238&nid=111373&NewsCatID=375

A tomb on Paphos supposedly connected to one of the Ptolemies:

http://cyprus-mail.com/2017/03/29/paphos-tomb-probably-belonged-ptolemy-prince/ http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-03/29/c_136168703.htm

… or maybe not:

http://in-cyprus.com/tomb-of-the-kings-discovery-sparks-row-video/ http://cyprus-mail.com/2017/03/30/antiquities-director-warns-jumping-conclusions-ptolemy-claim/

Related:

http://in-cyprus.com/discovery-sparks-renewed-interest-in-tombs-of-the-kings/

Remains of ‘concession stands’ found near the arena at Carnuntum:

http://www.livescience.com/58521-ancient-shops-found-at-roman-gladiator-arena.html
http://www.livescience.com/58524-photos-ancient-roman-gladiator-arena-carnuntum.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ancient-roman-gladiator-arena-concession-stand-shops-found/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5427-170404-austria-carnuntum-shops http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/03/2017/new-gladiatorial-games-discoveries-in-roman-carnuntum

The search is on for one of Caligula’s ships beneath Lake Nemi:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/03/italy-hunts-emperor-caligulas-long-lost-third-pleasure-ship/
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/from-the-depths-of-depravity-caligula-s-party-boat-to-be-raised-after-2-000-years-fjgdkw3jk
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4378258/Divers-begin-search-Emperor-Caligula-s-party-boat.html
http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/04/divers_search_lake_for_roman_e.html https://www.thesun.co.uk/uncategorized/3253724/wreck-of-roman-emperor-caligulas-luxury-cruise-ship-where-he-hosted-wild-orgies-to-be-pulled-from-the-seabed/
http://www.post-gazette.com/news/world/2017/04/06/Roman-Emperor-Caligula-pleasure-ship/stories/201704060226
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/04/04/divers-to-scour-lake-for-emperor-caligulas-2000-year-old-pleasure-ship/

Roman finds from Dorchester:

https://www.viewnews.co.uk/dig-bowling-green-adds-dorchesters-roman-history/

Roman burials (and other finds?) from a school development site in Norton:

http://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/15210770._Once_in_a_lifetime__find_by_archaeologists_at_school_site/
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/15210770._Once_in_a_lifetime__find_by_archaeologists_at_school_site/

On what the Roman navy was doing when Vesuvius erupted:

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/untold-tale-of-roman-navys-daring-bid-to-save-the-people-of-pompeii-20170328-gv81hy.html

Journalists jumping to conclusions in the wake of new dna identifcation of
the sex of a some Pompeii casts:

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2017/04/06/pompeii-cast-shows-male-lovers-3_a107e138-e6f4-4507-93ce-00958b377a50.html
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3286273/famous-two-maidens-of-pompeii-found-locked-in-embrace-are-men-and-could-have-been-gay-lovers/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/07/embracing-figures-pompeii-could-have-gay-lovers-scan-reveals/

… cf:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2017/04/08/is-that-skeleton-gay-the-problem-with-projecting-modern-ideas-onto-the-past/

On rabbinic tales of Roman origins:

http://asorblog.org/2017/04/03/rabbinic-tales-roman-origins/

Overviewish thing on the Parthenon/Elgin Marbles:

http://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/history/how-the-parthenon-lost-its-marbles.aspx

In case you missed the Hercules sarcophagus about to be returned to
Turkey:

http://www.dailysabah.com/duplicate/2017/03/27/sarcophagus-of-heracles-to-be-returned-to-turkey
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-smuggled-sarcophagus-coming-home-to-turkey.aspx?pageID=238&nID=111255&NewsCatID=375

On Latin tattoos:

https://life.spectator.co.uk/2017/03/ive-written-last-latin-tattoo/

On using Latin to analyze other languages:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170327083256.htm

Marking the 2500th anniversary of ‘fake news’:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-2-500th-birthday-for-the-father-of-historyand-fake-news-1490884822

What Hunter Rawlings is up to:

http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2017/03/hunter-and-elizabeth-rawlings-feted-greek-themed-dinner

What Dan el Padilla Peralta is up to:

http://hub.jhu.edu/2017/03/30/dan-el-padilla-peralta-undocumented-immigrant/

What Robin Flemin is up to:

http://www.theslateonline.com/article/2017/04/lecture-explains-romes-effect-on-british-culture

What Elizabeth Wilcox is up to:

http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2017/04/04/austin-peay-state-university-latingeology-student-elizabeth-wilcox-headed-europe-roman-site-excavation/

What Pramit Chaudhuri is up to:

https://news.utexas.edu/2017/04/05/mapping-the-evolution-of-literature-using-science-techniques

Honours for Carla Ionescu:

http://www.durhamregion.com/news-story/7210521-trent-university-recognizes-outstanding-teacher-from-durham-campus/

In case you missed the Cambridge Latin graffiti incident:

https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2017/04/curious-incident-cambridge-latin-graffiti/

Christie’s guide to collecting Greek vases:

http://www.christies.com/features/Greek-Vases-A-collecting-guide-8178-1.aspx?sc_lang=en

More on that Salamis naval base:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/naval-base-used-legendary-battle-salamis-found-180962666/


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Evidence of 13 000 years bp ‘tooth fillings’ from Italy:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2127300-oldest-tooth-filling-was-made-by-an-ice-age-dentist-in-italy/#038;%23038;%23038;campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-
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https://www.sciencenews.org/article/stone-age-hunter-gatherers-tackled-their-cavities-sharp-tool-and-tar

From the Yamnaya to the Corded Ware culture (not quite sure where to put this one):

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-04/fos--smt040217.php https://phys.org/news/2017-04-steppe-migrant-thugs-pacified-stone.html http://www.livescience.com/58555-corded-ware-culture-arose-from-intermarriages.html
http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/04/2017/understanding-how-the-corded-ware-culture-was-formed-in-europe

A study of prehistoric Alpine farming:

https://phys.org/news/2017-04-prehistoric-alpine-farming-bernese-oberland.html

Bronze Age remains from Chichester:

http://www.bognor.co.uk/news/bronze-age-settlement-discovered-in-chichester-1-7905551

A Bronze Age house from Slovakia:

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5437-170407-slovakia-bronze-age

An Iron Age chariot - and - horses burial from Pocklington:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-39431371 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/iron-age-chariot-horse-yorkshire-archaeology-significant-find-half-a-century-buried-together-a7659091.html
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/15193688.Iron_Age_chariot_burial/ http://www.archaeology.org/news/5410-170329-england-chariot-burial

A 1000 years bp Viking toy boat from Norway:

http://www.livescience.com/58456-1000-year-old-toy-viking-boat.html http://www.cbsnews.com/news/1000-year-old-toy-viking-boat-unearthed/ https://www.yahoo.com/news/1-000-old-toy-viking-154000394.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/5412-170329-norway-toy-boat

A medieval building from Limassol:

http://cyprus-mail.com/2017/03/27/limassol-roadworks-uncover-mediaeval-building/

Not sure if this will still come up … 800 medieval burials from an Irish hillfort site:

http://www.irishexaminer.com/viewpoints/analysis/800-medieval-bodies-found-during-hillfort-dig-446670.html

Remains of a ‘coffin birth’ from a plague-era burial:

http://www.seeker.com/coffin-birth-found-in-black-death-burial-2333620306.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/5411-170329-italy-coffin-birth

More on that medieval Jewish cemetery find in Rome:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/28/world/europe/rome-skeletons-jewish-cemetery.html
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865676678/Jewish-graves-unearthed-in-Rome-testify-to-community7s-persecution.html?pg=all
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/227785 http://www.archaeology.org/news/5405-170327-rome-jewish-cemetery

On how medieval types dealt with their fear of ‘revenant corpses’ (or
zombies):

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-04/uos-nae040317.php https://phys.org/news/2017-04-archaeological-evidence-efforts-resist-dead.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170403123341.htm http://www.livescience.com/58545-mutilated-zombie-corpses-in-england.html http://www.livescience.com/58543-photos-zombie-burials.html http://www.cbsnews.com/news/walking-dead-medieval-villagers-zombie-proofed-their-corpses/
https://www.seeker.com/culture/archaeology/medieval-villagers-hacked-their-dead-to-pieces-in-fear-of-zombie-apocalypse
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-39477005 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/apr/03/medieval-villagers-mutilated-the-dead-to-stop-them-rising-study-finds
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/archaeology-scientists-find-medieval-remains-english-vampires-yorkshire-wharram-percy-a7663121.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5422-170403-england-medieval-bones http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2017/04/03/actualidad/1491233946_988401.html

A medieval mason mark from Hyde Abbey:

http://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/15190491.Medieval_mark_found_at_Hyde_Abbey/
http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/regional/winchester/15190491.Medieval_mark_found_at_Hyde_Abbey/

Not sure what era these burials from Serdica are:

http://www.irishexaminer.com/viewpoints/analysis/800-medieval-bodies-found-during-hillfort-dig-446670.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5430-170405-bulgaria-serdica-burials

A major restoration project at Reading Abbey:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-39429380

Restoration of a 15th century Maronite Church:

http://cyprus-mail.com/2017/04/08/15th-century-maronite-church-repaired-returned/

Ongoing criticism of the Stonehenge tunnel project:

http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/15210865.Ex_mayor_says_Stonehenge_tunnel_will__destroy_Britain_s_history_/
http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/15210878.Councillor_slams_A303_bypass_plan_as__total_disaster_/

A day in the life of a Neolithic woman:

http://www.radio.cz/en/section/panorama/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-neolithic-woman

More on the identification of the Fame shipwreck:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-39353551


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http://archaeology-in-europe.blogspot.com/

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25 000 years bp (more or less) ‘bling’ from Sulawesi:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-04/gu-rup040317.php https://phys.org/news/2017-04-uncover-prehistoric-art-ornaments-indonesian.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170403151157.htm http://www.livescience.com/58516-ice-age-art-jewelry-found-indonesian-cave.html https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/apr/04/ice-age-art-in-indonesia-reveals-how-spiritual-life-evolved-en-route-to-australia
http://www.theage.com.au/world/prehistoric-jewellery-found-in-indonesian-cave-challenges-view-early-humans-less-advanced-20170405-gvecxi.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5425-170404-indonesia-ice-age-art http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/04/2017/prehistoric-art-and-ornaments-from-indonesian-ice-age-uncovered
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/artifacts-found-indonesian-cave-show-complex-ice-age-culture-180962787/

3000 years bp cavern burials from Viet Nam:

http://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/vietnamese-archaeologists-unearth-3-000-year-old-cemetery-hidden-in-a-cavern-3563777.html

13 tombs (1800 to 2700 years bp) from Tibet:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-04/05/c_136184618.htm http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2017-04/06/content_28818786.htm

Latest finds from Paryzdepe:

http://akipress.com/news%3A590864/

19th century artifacts from a Christchurch construction site:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/91238578/Bears-Grease-among-early-19th-century-artefacts-found-at-Christchurch-convention-centre-site
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5432-170406-new-zealand-artifacts

I think we mentioned this capstone from Hyderabad:

http://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/11025/20170326/scientists-found-40-tons-of-capstone-from-south-india-largest-capstone-ever-found.htm
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/capstone-in-humanoid-shape-found-at-narmeta/article17740568.ece

Samurai fashion:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/26/arts/samurai-fashion/index.html

Aborigines were aware of dinosaur footprints:

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39405167 http://www.dw.com/en/australia-confirms-its-own-jurassic-park-with-huge-dinosaur-footprints/a-38149275

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http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/

New Zealand Archaeology eNews:

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14 000 years bp site on Triquet Island (British Columbia):

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/archeological-find-affirms-heiltsuk-nation-s-oral-history-1.4046088?cmp=rss
http://www.nature.com/news/ancient-bones-reveal-girl-s-tough-life-in-early-americas-1.21753
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ancient-bones-reveal-girl-rsquo-s-tough-life-in-early-americas/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/14000-village-discovered-triquet-island-british-columbia-canada-oldest-settlment-north-america-a7673726.html
http://www.newser.com/story/241016/ancient-village-in-canada-older-than-rome-pyramids.html
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/one-oldest-north-american-settlements-found-180962750/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5416-170330-canada-first-americans

A pre-Clovis site in Florida:

http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/2/5/e1600375

On fluting in Clovis weaponry:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-04/ksu-ksa040417.php https://phys.org/news/2017-04-archaeologist-fluting-ancient-stone-weaponry.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/5438-170407-clovis-points-fluting http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/04/2017/why-clovis-added-a-flute-feature-to-their-stone-weaponry

A 1500 years bp pit house from the Fraser Canyon:

http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/archaeology-study-reveals-unique-glimpse-into-bridge-river-aboriginals-spanning-1500-years

More on Calusa artifacts from a southwest Florida midden:

http://www.winknews.com/2017/03/26/sifting-through-history-calusa-artifacts-found-in-southwest-fla/
http://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/11038/20170326/archaeologists-found-rare-calusa-artifacts-in-florida-midden.htm

Cannonballs from a Pittsburgh site:

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5407-170328-pittsburgh-allegheny-arsenal

Pondering an 18th century Virginia shipwreck:

http://wtop.com/alexandria/2017/04/uncovering-mystery-behind-alexandria-waterfronts-18th-century-ship/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5423-170403-virginia-colonial-ship

On a collection of Navajo pottery:

http://www.sltrib.com/news/5111734-155/fate-of-pottery-collection-is-a?fullpage=1

Investigating James Madison’s slave history:

http://www.npr.org/2017/03/28/521804754/a-woman-reconnects-with-her-ancestors-slave-past-at-james-madison-s-estate

Another reburial for James Polk?:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39157523

A Harriet Tubman photo:

http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2017/03/rare_harriet_tubman_photo_going_to_the_smithsonian_library_of_congress.html
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/31/rare-harriet-tubman-photo-garners-161k-auction/99893566/

Feature on the first folks to populate the Americas:

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170328-the-first-people-who-populated-the-americas


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