tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63693492011-11-27T15:22:54.755-08:00Serving up old news since A.D. 2004Anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973774692416760687noreply@blogger.comBlogger43171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369349.post-67632832085167671542008-09-21T11:07:00.000-07:002008-09-21T11:09:54.448-07:00

BLOGGING UPDATEI've decided to move the whole operation over to the new place. Update your links and bookmarks appropriately. This one will stay for a while in case I end up hating WordPress, but for now the new link is:http://www.acagle.net/ArchaeoBlog/And here I go, typing in that (@*^@(!&@%$)(&#)$ word verification for hopefully the last time. . . .

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Blogging updateI'm working on moving the whole blog over to my own web site using WordPress. Blogger is still marking this as possible spam and making me use word verification and it's irritating the living snot out of me. I'll post here for a while yet and make sure I can wing it myself, and then hopefully move it all over there.UPDATE: It's at this link, btw. I'm importing and fiddling with the

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A few items from the EEF:Niek de Haan 2008; "The shabtis of the Prophet of Amun "Hor""pp. 49, PDF, 13.6 MBhttp://www.shabticollections.com/JPGgeschrinkt/horfinal30-8.pdfRaynaud et al.; "Geological and Geomorphological study of theoriginal hill at the base of Fourth Dynasty Egyptian monuments.Etude géologique et géomorphologique de la colline originelle à labase des monuments de la quatrième

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The dead seadog may have visited Davey Jones's Locker due to the scurvy. . .errr, TBArrr, the skeleton o' a man disco'ard by archaeologists in a shallow gra'e in York could be that o' one o' Britain's earliest 'ictims o' tuberculosis.Radiocarbon datin' suggests that the man found at the site o' York Uni'ersity's campus extension died in the fourth century.A uni'ersity spokesman said the skeleton

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11,000 years along the Housatonic River: The arrrrrrrchaeology of Native Americans in the Northwest HillsArrr, the Sloane-stanley Museum in'ites the public t' a free program on Saturday, October 4 t' celebrate Connecticut Archaeology Awareness Month. Dr. Nicholas Bellantoni, state archaeologist, will present a talk at 1 p.m. on the history o' the Nati'e American settlements, patterns o'

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Arrrrrrrchaeologists investigate ancient houseArchaeologists and 'olunteers will attempt t' throw light on history o' one o' Ledbury’s most intarstin' homes, Abbots Lodge.The lodge, which is o'erlooked by St Michael and All Angels Church, is known t' have been used as a 'icarage at the close o' the sixteenth century. Ye'll ne'er get me buried booty!

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Arrr, roman cemetery re'ealed in Enderby Aye.Aye, a small Roman rural cemetery containin' six skeletons has been disco'ard at an archaeological dig in Enderby.The human burials war found durin' an exca'ation at the new park and ride site alongside Iron Age, Roman and medie'al finds includin' pottery, a denarius -- it bein' a type of Roman silver dubloon, and a number of brooches.analysis o' the

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Ahoy, we har at Archaeoblog be celebratin' the International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Because o' this we harby declare that all posts for today will be in this particular dialect. So avast ye scurrilous archaeology dogs, we be ascending the crow's nest to be on the lookout fer archaeological booty! So batten down the hatches and we be off!And remember, we put the 'Arrrrr' in archaeology.

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Discovery of Artifacts Revealed as Cause for Opus Work StoppageA 77-acre development in the Port of Centralia was halted because newly discovered artifacts were found on the property, officials at the state Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation said Wednesday.State Historic Preservation Officer Allyson Brooks said that Seattle-based Opus Northwest is in the midst of negotiations

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The Ptolemies through plexi-glass The history of a city caught in a time-warp when it was submerged by the sea while it was part of a unique civilisation that once held sway over much of the ancient world will, in the near future, be accessible and visible to all visitors to Alexandria. The International Scientific Advisory Committee is meeting in October to discuss plans for Egypt's first

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‘Ancient’ Christian amulet exposed as modern hoaxA silver cross regarded as one of the most important early Christian artefacts found in Britain is a modern fake, scientists confirmed yesterday.The Chi-Rho Amulet, which bears an early Christian symbol incorporating the first two letters of Christ’s name in Greek, was found in a 4th-century Roman grave near the Somerset town of Shepton Mallet in

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Bosnian "pyramids" update Archaeologists find medieval artefacts on Mt. Visocica, disparage pyramid seekerSummer excavations at Bosnia and Herzegovina's Mt. Visocica yielded results, but not the kind an entrepreneur turned amateur archaeologist was looking for. Semir Osmanagic, a US businessman of BiH origin, has invested large amounts of his own money in a personal quest to unearth what he says

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Defences at Troy reveal larger townAncient Troy was much bigger than previously thought, and may have housed as many as 10,000 people, new excavations have revealed. The lower town, in which most of the population would have lived, may have been as large as 40 hectares (100 acres), according to Professor Ernst Pernicka. The new data include two large storage pithoi found near the city’s boundary

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Iberian Peninsula’s Earliest Agricultural Systems Were UnsustainableA team of Catalan and Andalusian researchers has proved that the first agricultural systems on the Iberian Peninsula became ever more unsustainable with the passage of time. The study involved the analysis of fossilised grains of wheat and barley from Los Castillejos (Granada), an area of archaeological remains where cereals were

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Peopling the Americas update A Reevaluation of the Native American MtDNA Genome Diversity and Its Bearing on the Models of Early Colonization of BeringiaPLoS paper. Abstract:The Americas were the last continents to be populated by humans, and their colonization represents a very interesting chapter in our species' evolution in which important issues are still contentious or largely unknown. One

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Ancestor city of Venice unearthedUsing satellite imaging, the outlines of the ruins can be clearly seen about three feet below the earth in what is now open countryside.The discovery of the extensive town was found at Altino, known in Roman times as Altinum, more than seven miles north of Venice, and close to Marco Polo airport.The ruins include streets, palaces, temples, squares and theatres, as

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Viking Age Triggered by Shortage of Wives?During the Viking Age from the late eighth to the mid-eleventh centuries, Scandinavians tore across Europe attacking, robbing and terrorizing locals. According to a new study, the young warriors were driven to seek their fortunes to better their chances of finding wives.The odd twist to the story, said researcher James Barrett, is that it was the

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Paper blogging Just finished reading (actually I finished a couple of days ago) a paper in American Antiquity that y'all might find interesting. Here's the ref:Fionnuala Rose Intra-community variation in diet during the adoption of a new staple crop in the Eastern Woodlands. American Antiquity 73.3 (July 2008): p413(27).Abstract: This study investigated intracommunity variation in diet during

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Breaking news This just in, hot off the EEF newswire: Pharaoh's temple discoveredAN Egyptian archaeological team has unearthed a temple and parts of a statue belonging to one of Egypt's most famous pharaohs, in a rare find inside the capital.A temple built for 19th dynasty King Ramses II was found in the Ain Shams area in east Cairo, the MENA news agency reports."The team also found parts of a

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Stonehenge Partiers Came From Afar, Cattle Teeth ShowPrehistoric cattle remains found close to Stonehenge suggest that partying pilgrims brought the animals from afar, scientists report.The remains support a theory that the megalithic monument near Salisbury, in southern England, drew ancient peoples from distant regions to celebrate important feast ceremonies. And the feasts, it seems, were

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Meet the flintknappers. Article on modern knappers, with video.

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Rare Mass Tombs Discovered Near Machu PicchuEighty skeletons and stockpiles of textiles found in caves near the ancient Inca site of Machu Picchu may shed light on the role that the so-called Lost City of the Inca played as a regional center of trade and power, scientists say.Researchers found the artifacts and remains at two sites within the Machu Picchu Archaeological Park in southeastern Peru,

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Excavations stopped at ancient city in TurkeyThe archaeological site of Knidos in Turkey was once a jewel of ancient Greek civilization.A major port that exported wine as far as India and Britain, it was also the religious center of a confederacy of Greek cities and the site of a medical school that rivaled the legendary Hippocratic clinic.Archaeologists believe most of the city's secrets lie

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Ancient Graves Discovered in GreeceA new subway line in Greece continues to be a ripe source for archaeological discoveries. Archaeologists have unearthed more than 1,400 ancient graves while excavating the site for a subway in the northern city of Salonika, Agence France-Presse reported. The culture ministry said the graves and tombs span an 800-year period starting in the fourth century B.C.

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It's something we have a lot of experience with Archaeologist discusses history of boozeBefore brew pubs, before wineries, before human ancestors had climbed out of the trees and learned how to walk, there was booze.And it didn't take long for our ancestors to learn it was good.Primates of all types seem to have an unrelenting attraction to fermented beverages, which they find in nature in the

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Fishbones reveal our ancient transport secretsOld fish bones and dead insects could be the key to the story of Ireland's transport system, 500 years before gridlock.The fish bones, insect carcasses and dead plant material are wedged in the timbers of a medieval boat recovered from the river Boyne, near Drogheda.The boat has now been lifted from the river-bed and the Department of Environment is

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Saxon graves found in LakenheathSome 450 graves have been found in Lakenheath after a discovery during recent roadworks.The find of three Saxon graves has helped to define the size of one of the largest burial grounds in Suffolk, which has been part of a 10-year study by the archaeological services at Suffolk County Council.During the last six to nine months, Jo Caruth, senior project officer for

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Revising and Re-sizing History: New Work Shows Ohio Site to Be Ancient Water Works, Not a Fort The site known as Miami Fort is no fort at all, and it is also much larger than previously believed – so large, in fact, that its berms stretch to almost six kilometers in length, making it twice as large as any other Native American earthworks in Ohio, and one of the largest in the nation.Those are

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Greek archaeologists unearth jewelry in cemeteryNew excavations at an ancient cemetery in northern Greece have yielded gold jewelry, copper and iron weapons and pottery.Archaeologists digging in part of a vast burial ground near Pella, the ancient Macedonians' capital, have unearthed 43 new graves dating from 650-279 B.C., the Greek Culture Ministry said in a statement Wednesday.The dead included

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Peru archaeologists find pre-Inca sacrificial tombArchaeologists in Peru say they have discovered the jawbone of a fetus among the remains of a sacrificed woman in a pre-Inca tomb, suggesting the Lambayeque culture practiced the atypical sacrifice of pregnant women and their children.The remains of the woman and unborn child were found in a tomb with three other sacrificed women and several

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Neanderthal update Neanderthals Conquered Mammoths, Why Not Us?They may have been stronger, but Neanderthals looked, ate and may have even thought much like modern humans do, suggest several new studies that could help explain new evidence that the early residents of prehistoric Europe and Asia engaged in head-to-head combat with woolly mammoths.Together, the findings call into question how such

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Remains of teenage girl from about 2500BC found in BurrenTHE PARTIAL remains of a young person, probably female, which could date back to between 2500-2000 BC, have been uncovered during an archaeological dig in the Burren, Co Clare.The prehistoric remains were found in the passageway to the central burial chamber of Caherconnell Cashel, a well-preserved stone fort, during the dig which began a

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This seems like good news Wake Forest University's Anthropology Museum to unveil online database of entire collectionFrom 10,000-year-old American Indian tools and weapons to 20th century African masks, more than 26,000 artifacts in the Wake Forest University Museum of Anthropology’s collections will be accessible online in a searchable database.Beginning Sept. 9, the public will be able to

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Novices dig up rare bronze bowl in western SwedenAmateur archeologists digging near Skrea hill outside Falkenberg have unearthed a unique artifact.The find, a 2000-year-old bronze vessel, was uncovered at a Bronze Age grave site by members of the public who had been invited to participate in the dig.The vessel also contained bits of charred bone, which are believed to be from humans, writes the

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Afghans unearth 19-metre Buddha statue, relicsArchaeologists have discovered a 19-metre (62-foot) Buddha statue along with scores of other historical relics in central Afghanistan near the ruins of giant statues destroyed by the Islamist Taliban seven years ago.The team was searching for a giant sleeping Buddha believed to have been seen by a Chinese pilgrim centuries ago when it came upon the

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Kris over at About.Com points to some Hi-Def archaeology videos from TAC.

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Prehistoric Penii Picked up in Palestine Phallic Figurines Found in Israel Stone Age BurialsPrehistoric graves with an unusual abundance of phallic figurines and oddly arranged human remains have been found in Israel, archaeologists announced recently.Near Nazerat (Nazareth), the Stone Age site, called Kfar HaHoresh, dates to between 8,500 and 6,750 B.C.The site was uninhabited and probably

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My latest post at my other gig: The 1955-57 Chevy Nomad.

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Oldest Skeleton in Americas Found in Underwater Cave?Deep inside an underwater cave in Mexico, archaeologists may have discovered the oldest human skeleton ever found in the Americas.Dubbed Eva de Naharon, or Eve of Naharon, the female skeleton has been dated at 13,600 years old. If that age is accurate, the skeleton—along with three others found in underwater caves along the Caribbean coast of

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Roman villa may be buried in NorthamptonExperts believe the remains of a Roman villa could be unearthed if a housing development in Northampton is allowed to be built.The London-based Paddington Churches Housing Association has applied to build 108 new homes on wasteland in Booth Rise, Boothville.In documents submitted with the group's plans for the land, experts from the Museum of London

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Olives and People, Past and PresentSome of ARCHAEOLOGY's most interesting articles over the past few years have been about the research of Adelphi University's Anagnostis Agelarakis. A physical anthropologist with human remains as his specialty, Agelarakis is a first-class scientist yet doesn't lose sight of the fact that the bones he studies were once part of living human beings. Readers of the

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Aerial archaeology Or maybe arboreal archaeology? Body from WWII found in a treeThe discovery was made on 28 August, by one of the members of the expedition - a man who has requested to be referred to only as John.He had stopped to take a photo of flowers in the canopy, Mr Collins told the BBC."John stopped to take a photo of the canopy, and saw something that didn't seem quite right through his

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Underwater forest surveyed Divers are surveying a submerged forest in central Scotland that could be more than 6,000 years old. The Scottish Trust for Underwater Archaeology has been examining the 50 trees in Loch Tay, Perthshire, and trying to find any evidence of human life near the trees, which date back to 4270 BC.Archaeologist Barrie Andrian said: 'When we took a sample of organic material -

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Russian archaeologists find long-lost Jewish capitalRussian archaeologists say they have found the long-lost capital of the Khazar kingdom in southern Russia, a breakthrough for research on the ancient Jewish state."This is a hugely important discovery," expedition organiser Dmitry Vasilyev said from Astrakhan State University after returning from excavations near the village of Samosdelka, just

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Bradley T. Lepper: New study fires up pre-Columbian Polynesia-Chile chicken debateScientists studying pre-Columbian chicken bones from a site in Chile said that its DNA matched that of Polynesian chickens rather than Spanish chickens. This appeared to clinch the argument that Polynesian voyagers had landed in America as much as two centuries before Columbus.However, a new analysis of those

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Symbolic past of early Aegeans revealed at Dhaskalio Kavos siteA rocky islet and a nearby hillside have yielded evidence of one of Greece’s oldest and most enigmatic ritual sites. Imported stones and fragmented marble statuettes show that Dhaskalio and Kavos were “a symbolic central place for the Early Bronze Age” in the Aegean, according to Professor Colin Renfrew.Kavos is a stony, scrub-covered

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Ancient mouse offers clues to royal shipwreckREMAINS of a long dead house mouse have been found in the wreck of a Bronze Age royal ship. That makes it the earliest rodent stowaway ever recorded, and proof of how house mice spread around the world.Archaeologist Thomas Cucchi of the University of Durham, UK, identified a fragment of a mouse jaw in sediment from a ship that sank 3500 years ago off

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Jerusalem dig uncovers ancient city wallsIsraeli archaeologists unveiled on Wednesday a 2,100-year-old Jerusalem perimeter wall -- along with beer bottles left behind by 19th century researchers who first discovered the stone defences.The wall, on Mount Zion at the southern edge of Jerusalem's Old City, dates back to the Second Jewish Temple, which was destroyed by the Romans in AD 70.Yehiel

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Roman settlement unearthed in fieldAN archaeologist has uncovered the foundations for a Roman settlement on the picturesque east Cleveland coast.Steve Sherlock, whose painstaking work in a farmer's fields near Loftus uncovered evidence of Anglo-Saxon royalty last year, has returned to the site - and been able to go even further back in time in the latest dig.Mr Sherlock, who has been helped by

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Tutankhamun's twins update A couple of messages just came over the EEF lists regarding the apparent differing ages of the two fetuses. I wondered here how one could be estimated at 5 months and the other 7-9 months if they were twins. A couple of readers there suggested that the younger one could have been a miscarriage while the other was brought to near or full term. I don't know how common

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Tutankhamun's twins update A couple of messages just came over the EEF lists regarding the apparent differing ages of the two fetuses. I wondered here how one could be estimated at 5 months and the other 7-9 months if they were twins. A couple of readers there suggested that the younger one could have been a miscarriage while the other was brought to near or full term. I don't know how common

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In Afghanistan, French archaeologists uncover ancient cityCenturies-old shards of pottery mingle with spent ammunition rounds on a wind-swept mountainside in northern Afghanistan where French archaeologists believe they have found a vast ancient city.For years, villagers have dug in the baked earth on the heights of Cheshm-e-Shafa for pottery and coins to sell to antiques smugglers. Tracts of the

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Archaeologists unravel Peru’s mysterious mummyA team of archaeologists is unraveling a mummy bundle found in Peru’s historic Huaura Valley. The mummy is believed to have been an elite member of the Chancay culture, a civilization that thrived in the central coast of Peru from about 1000 to 1400 AD. The territory of the Chancay was later home to the Incas.Nelson’s work was funded by a Faculty

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‘Pristine’ environments and sustainabilityPueblo La Plata didn’t look like much — a low rise of rubble where dwellings once stood, housing perhaps up to 50 people. Archaeologists figured the first inhabitants arrived about AD 1200. Block the rubble pile from view, however, and the modest mesa top in Agua Fria National Monument, just north of Phoenix looked, well, natural.Until Arizona State

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Gold! Ancient gold treasure puzzles Greek archaeologistsA priceless gold wreath has been unearthed in an ancient city in northern Greece, buried with human bones in a large copper vase that workers initially took for a land mine.The University of Thessaloniki said in a statement Friday that the "astonishing" discovery was made during its excavations this week in the ruins of ancient Aigai. The

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Honey of a discoveryThe Bible refers to ancient Israel as the “land flowing with milk and honey,” so it’s fitting that one of its towns milked honey for all it was worth. Scientists have unearthed the remains of a large-scale beekeeping operation at a nearly 3,000-year-old Israeli site, which dates to the time of biblical accounts of King David and King Solomon.Excavations in northern Israel at a

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Art: Beyond Pompeii: Places swallowed by VesuviusOver several centuries, millions of tourists have visited Pompeii to acquaint themselves with the cataclysmic eruption of Mount Vesuvius that began on Aug. 24, 79 A.D. But while it's the most famous eruption site, the ancient Roman city 15 miles south of Naples isn't the best place to gauge the volcano's awesome destructive power.For that, one

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Bodies found in the tomb of 'boy king' Tutankhamun's tomb are twin daughtersTwo foetuses found buried with Tutankhamun may have been his twin daughters, an expert has claimed.Professor Robert Connolly, an anatomist who is working with Egyptian authorities to analyse the tomb of the Egyptian Pharaoh, says that preliminary tests on the mummified remains of the two still-born babies indicate that

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More Stonehenge Stonehenge 'was hidden from lower classes'The wooden construction extended nearly two miles across Salisbury Plain more than 5,000 years ago, and would have served to shield the sacred site from the prying eyes of ordinary lower-class locals.Trenches have been dug around the monument, tracing the course of the fence which meanders around the stone circle.The dig's co-director Dr

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Ancient royal burial chamber foundEGYPTIAN archaeologists have uncovered the burial chamber and coffin of King Senusret II who was believed to have ruled Egypt from 1897 BC to 1878 BC, it was reported today.The burial chamber was found in Al Lahun, the town built by Senusret which became Egypt's political capital during the 12th and 13th dynasties, and where the king built his pyramid."The coffin

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Blogging update Okay, posting resumeth. Not that I've done anything so exciting this weekend to warrant not posting, unless you consider putting up some tile and generally sitting around watching college football on. . . .46" Hi-Def!. . . as "exciting". That and watching 80 Hours of the 80s" videos whenever football isn't on. Which is what I am doing while posting. Just saw Tina Turner. They're

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Pipeline Project Makes Unintentional Historic FindIt's being called one of the biggest infrastructure improvements for the nation in 25 years but as the 1,700 mile Rocky Mountain Natural Gas pipeline winds into the Tri-State, it's making history in a way no one expected. Archaeologists said that what excavators found near Brookville, Ind., is so significant that it could help rewrite history

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Dead Sea Scrolls go from parchment to the InternetMore than 2,000 years after they were written, the Dead Sea Scrolls are going digital as part of an effort to better preserve the ancient texts and let more people see them than ever before.The high-tech initiative, announced Wednesday, will also reveal text that was not visible to the naked eye.Over the next two years, the Israel Antiquities

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Prelimary report on Acadian village of Petite-Rochelle is releasedPeople have been able to learn more about the excavations and the history of the long-gone Acadian village of Petite-Rochelle during talks which took place last week.La Societe Historique Machault held three three separate events between Aug. 14 to 16 on the history of Petite-Rochelle and what has been learned from the

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'Pristine' Amazonian region hosted large, urban civilization, study findsThey aren't the lost cities early explorers sought fruitlessly to discover.But ancient settlements in the Amazon, now almost entirely obscured by tropical forest, were once large and complex enough to be considered "urban" as the term is commonly applied to both medieval European and ancient Greek communities.So says a paper

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A Small Empire Built on Cuddly and Fuzzy Branches Out From the WebCALENDARS and coffee table books filled with pictures of cute, cuddly kitties and sad-eyed puppies have been around for decades. So what explains the success of Cute Overload, a new page-a-day desk calendar that recently shot to the top of its category on Amazon.com and, more remarkably, to the upper ranks of the site’s overall

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Tech-savvy Neanderthals couldn't blame their toolsSome researchers have argued that this technological leap gave modern humans a decided advantage over Neanderthals, who went extinct in Europe around 28,000 years ago. They claimed that humans produced and wielded blade tools more efficiently than disc flakes."I put this to the test, I created thousands of tools," Eren says. He and his colleagues

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Pictured: Divers discover amazingly preserved shipwreck of HMS London on bottom of ThamesThe largest-ever post-war salvage operation on the Thames has discovered seven shipwrecks up to 350 years old.They include a warship that was blown up in 1665, a yacht converted to a Second World War gunboat, and a mystery wreck in which divers found a personalised gin bottle.The vessels, in the Thames

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Unearthing long-buried secretsThe more dirt archaeologists clear away, the more old secrets they uncover.Crews have discovered 58 whole and partial skeletons behind the old Broadway School and expect that number to climb easily past 60. They're uncovering an old graveyard, cut through and ravaged by periodic construction during the past century.A team from Landmark Archaeology spent the past two

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Night-Vision Dogs and Underwater Pyramids: Bad-Ass Archaeologists Discover. . uhhh. . . .wait a minute. . ."Bad-Ass Archeologists"? There's a new one! Portal to Maya UnderworldEven though real archaeology isn't remotely like the way it's portrayed in the movies, it still sounds like a pretty cool way to make a living. What adventure-loving soul wouldn't have enjoyed working alongside Guillermo

Anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973774692416760687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369349.post-11305377393836348722008-08-26T19:06:00.000-07:002008-08-26T19:09:30.286-07:00

Mounds supporters hope for a takeoverTimothy R. Pauketat, a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign archaeology professor, has spent close to 25 years poking around the earth near Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site in Collinsville looking for relics of the centuries-old village that once dominated the site.But with a state budget crisis, massive cost concerns and reduced staffing, Pauketat and

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Fort Caroline: History buried in mysteryWhere is the ground on which the French tried to get a toehold in the New World - before St. Augustine, before Roanoke, before Jamestown, before Plymouth?Where were they slaughtered, on that miserable rainy morning almost 443 years ago? Do traces exist under the thin North Florida soil, or is it all lost under the waters of the St. Johns River?The questions

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Alpine melt reveals ancient lifeMelting alpine glaciers are revealing fascinating clues to Neolithic life in the high mountains.And, as a conference of archaeologists and climatologists meeting in the Swiss capital Berne has been discussing, the finds are also providing key indicators to climate change.Everyone knows the story of Oetzi the Ice Man, found in an Austrian glacier in 1991. Oetzi was

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Huge statue of Roman ruler foundParts of a giant, exquisitely-carved marble sculpture depicting the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius have been found at an archaeological site in Turkey.Fragments of the statue were unearthed at the ancient city of Sagalassos.So far the statue's head, right arm and lower legs have been discovered, high in the mountains of southern Turkey.

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Blogging update Okay, I'm going to do a few posts and try to swallow my irritation at having to type in a frickin' word verification AFTER EVERY ONE.

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Blogging update Sorry about the lack of posting. The geniuses at Blogspot have decided that ArchaeoBlog MAY JUST BE SPAMBLOG and are making me do a word verification on each post. Besides being really irritating, I can barely figure out what the letters are ("Is that a 'u' or a 'v'?"). So, limited for the time being.

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An image of Dashur (Egypt) from the ISS. Doesn't seem too much better than what you get from Google Earth though. . . .

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Not archaeology but cool Manes, Trains and Antlers ExplainedIn his struggle to explain why such extravagant and seemingly burdensome features existed, the great English naturalist struck upon the idea of sexual selection -- that showy traits such as the Peacock’s ornamentation were an advantage in the mating game that outweighed other disadvantages.A team of Wisconsin scientists has turned from

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Archaeology: Fire lays bare prehistoric secrets of the moors in YorkshireA catastrophic fire which "skinned" a precious moorland to its rocky bones has unexpectedly revealed some of the most important prehistoric archaeology found in Britain.The uncontrolled six-day blaze on Fylingdales Moor in North Yorkshire has exposed a lost landscape dating back 3,000 years which is now to be made accessible

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1,200-year-old home foundFor a nearly 1,200-year-old home, it's held up pretty well. "Amazing" and "pristine" were the words archaeologists used to characterize the site of the ancient settlement just north of Kanab in southern Utah. It is believed that the single-family dwelling belonged to the Virgin Anasazi, who once flourished in the region, said Utah Department of Transportation spokesman

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Why I Don’t Use the Socratic MethodWith the start of the new law school semester looming tomorrow, I thought it was time to revisit a favorite issue. From my Rutter Award for Teaching Excellence speech last spring:When I joined the Illinois faculty 20 years ago, I began a long struggle with the problem of pedagogy. Like a lot of newly minted law professors of a certain age, I thought Professor

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Second Native American canoe found in OconeeA second canoe believed to date back hundreds of years to early Native American residents of Oconee County has arrived at the Oconee Heritage Center.It will now join the canoe found in the Chattooga River in 2002 in a preservation process and eventual exhibits at the museum, according to Nick Gambrell, the center’s curator and director.The latest canoe,

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Bigfoot update Breaking news! Now, I want you all to sit down before reading this, as I realize that it will come as a complete and total shock. . . .so totally unexpected and out of left field that I daresay the more delicate among you may literally faint away at the news. And yet, with the full sincerity of my iron convictions, I must post this incredible news:Bigfoot Body Revealed to Be

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Great Moments in Cinematic Archaeology I just realized that 2008 marks the 40th anniversary of Planet of the Apes:Why particularly archaeology? Why, because one of the main characters, Dr. Cornelius (played by one of my faves, Roddy McDowall), was an archaeologist! The actual archaeology doesn't come in until the end, when Cornelius ("Oh, yes -- the young ape with a shovel"), Zira, Dr. Zaius,

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Diggers find Cinnabar historyThere's a good yarn in the old privy at the abandoned town of Cinnabar, a few miles north of Gardiner.An archaeology field school from the University of Montana and Montana State University has spent parts of the past two summers excavating the town, which was abandoned in 1903. One of the first places they started poking around was the outhouse.UM graduate student

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Fight! Fight! Archaeologists in dig over standardsA GROUP of archaeologists who carried out a headline-making excavation at Cardiff Castle blew the whistle on under-staffing, poor procedures and lax supervision, it has emerged.Their work grabbed the spotlight after uncovering evidence the Welsh capital may be thousands of years older than initially thought.But several workers who took part later

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'Virtual Archaeologist' Reconnects Fragments Of An Ancient CivilizationFor several decades, archaeologists in Greece have been painstakingly attempting to reconstruct wall paintings that hold valuable clues to the ancient culture of Thera, an island civilization that was buried under volcanic ash more than 3,500 years ago.This Herculean task -- more than a century of further work at the current

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Non-archaeological post (sorta) I found this article on Olympic sportswear fascinating: Olympic Uniforms: Less Clothing Means Better ResultsWith their toned bodies and sun-kissed skin, beach volleyball players have more to show off than their lightning quick serves and powerful blocks. Especially if the players are women.Beach volleyball is one of the most glaring examples of uniform discrepancy

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Developers no longer haunted by historical discoveriesDigging an eight mile, $3bn (£1.6bn) tunnel linking Europe to Asia beneath the Bosphorus, a few miles from one of the world's most active seismic faults, was never going to be easy. But in 2005, a year after the project started, engineers working for the Turkish authorities were surprised by a discovery: the remains of the 4th century port of

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Compare and Contrast Bigfoot vs. Indiana Jones

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Local author's new history blog aims to bring past to lifeA new blog, "Chronicles of the Comstock," that discusses historical topics pertaining to Virginia City and the Great Basin, is now available for viewing online.AdvertisementCreated by Northern Nevada author and historian Dennis Cassinelli, the weekly blog includes topics ranging from silver mining in the Comstock to the early Italian

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Archaeologists to recall '61 digIt was 48 summers ago when Oscar Brock and Edward Kurjack dug deep into a prehistoric Colbert County site and pulled out an abundance of findings.This weekend, the retired archaeologists return to the Shoals to reminisce about those findings and, they hope, dig up more interest in the site.Their dig was at the Stanfield-Worley Bluff Shelter near Barton in 1961.

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More on the Gobero site in the Sahara including a video and more photos.I read through the paper listed in the earlier post, but didn't see any habitation detail other than to say they excavated some "midden". No post holes, hearths, etc.

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Historic Environment Record goes onlineAN online database of over 50,000 historic buildings and archaeological sites across Highland was launched today at Highland Council's Planning, Environment and Development Committee meeting.advertisingMembers were given a demonstration of The Highland Historic Environment Record by HER development officer, Sylvina Tilbury. The records cover the whole range

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Earth still ‘best trustee’ for Achaemenid palaceOnce again the earth itself is the best trustee for cultural heritage, as archaeologists reburied the ruins of an Achaemenid palace due to lack of an appropriate plan necessary for the protection of the site.“Protecting the ancient and historical sites is our most important task,” Fars Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Department (FCHTHD)

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Sharks and the ChumashA sleek, mysterious, and occasionally vicious species, the shark has long stoked the fire of human fascination. In Polynesia, the shark god Kamohoali’i is credited with bringing volcanoes and surfing to Hawai‘i. In ancient Greece, the goddess Lamia (or “Lone Shark”) was given by Zeus the power to eat children at night. In Australia, the aborigines believe the movement of

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Portal to mythical Mayan underworld found in MexicoMexican archeologists have discovered a maze of stone temples in underground caves, some submerged in water and containing human bones, which ancient Mayans believed was a portal where dead souls entered the underworld.Clad in scuba gear and edging through narrow tunnels, researchers discovered the stone ruins of eleven sacred temples and what

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Status of mystery skull a bone of contentionThe status of Wairarapa's mystery skull remains in limbo, with the national coroner's office effectively saying it's no longer its problem.In response to a Times-Age query about who now has responsibility for the skull, which has generated worldwide news media interest, Glenn Dobson, southern regional manager for the Coronial Services Unit of the

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Ancient stone chamber unearthed in gardenAn ancient underground chamber which could date back 2,000 years has been unearthed near Clonmany in Inishowen.Discovered by Clonmany man Sean Devlin, the previously unrecorded structure appears to be an underground tunnel or souterrain.Mr Devlin revealed yesterday that he first discovered the underground chamber several years ago while landscaping his

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Cooking and Cognition: How Humans Got So SmartFor a long time, we were pretty dumb. Humans did little but make "the same very boring stone tools for almost 2 million years," he said. Then, only about 150,000 years ago, a different type of spurt happened — our big brains suddenly got smart. We started innovating. We tried different materials, such as bone, and invented many new tools, including

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