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explorator 24.06 May 30, 2021
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You can read explorator online at:
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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis,
John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo, Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley, John Dillon,
Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay,
Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week
(as always hoping I have left no one out).
... there might be some duplicates from last week in today's issue due to a sorting
glitch (i.e. I messed up) ...
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EARLY HOMINIDS
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Study of a mutation that distinguishes modern humans from Neanderthals:
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/05/scientists-discover-new-feature-that.html
Study of how homo sapiens used fire to shape the environment in Malawi some 100 000 years bp:
https://theconversation.com/early-humans-used-fire-to-permanently-change-the-landscape-tens-of-thousands-of-years-ago-in-stone-age-africa-158574
https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/early-human-fire-natural-environment/
Plans for a study of how homo sapiens reaching India:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/charotar-researcher-to-retrace-homo-sapiens-journey-to-india/articleshow/82837437.cms
An account of a talk in Egypt about the oldest homo sapiens remains:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/104288/Homo-sapiens-Our-ancestors-as-revealed-by-archaeological-research
Feature on homo sapiens:
https://www.livescience.com/homo-sapiens.html
Review of Alex Bezzerides, *Evolution Gone Wrong*:
https://www.npr.org/2021/05/21/998504434/weve-been-evolving-for-millions-of-years-so-why-are-our-bodies-so-flawed
More on 'iconic vocalizations' and the development of languages:
https://www.livescience.com/iconic-vocalizations-lead-to-human-languages.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/9713-210525-language-vocalization-gestures
More on that 80 000 years bp child burial:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-an-80000-year-old-burial-site-reveals-about-humanity
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AFRICA
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The 13 000 years bp (and later) human remains in the Jebel Sahaba cemetery (Sudan) suggest the injuries seen were not the result of a single battle:
https://phys.org/news/2021-05-prehistoric-violence-jebel-sahaba-event.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-05/sr-apv052421.php https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-05/c-jsa052521.php https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/27/africa/violence-war-climate-jebel-sahaba-scn/index.html
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/prehistoric-cemetery-sudan-shows-war-has-been-hell-forever-2021-05-27/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/stone-age-war-nile-valley-b1855251.html
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/world-s-first-war-13-400-years-ago-was-not-isolated-event-1.9849856
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/hunter-gatherers-warfare-stone-age-jebel-sahaba
https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/05/13000-year-old-skeletons-reveal-climate-driven-warfare-in-ancient-sudan/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9726-210528-sudan-jebel-sahaba
cf:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-89386-y
Evidence of Neolithic 'kites' (the 'corral' kind) from South Africa:
https://phys.org/news/2021-05-stone-age-kites-southern-africa.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/9719-210526-south-africa-kites
Interesting story on African slave trade links to Queen Victoria:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-57156148
Feature on Mbuya Nahanda:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/zimbabwe-unveils-statue-anti-colonial-leader-mbuya-nehanda-180977835/
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
Egypt is counting on archaeology to pull tourism out of the pandemic:
https://www.startribune.com/egypt-bets-on-ancient-finds-to-pull-tourism-out-of-pandemic/600062838/
More on the 250 Old Kingdom and Ptolemaic tombs found at Sohag:
https://www.livescience.com/250-tombs-ancient-egypt.html
Feature on the Sphinx:
https://mymodernmet.com/what-is-the-great-sphinx-of-giza/
Feature on that 'official' Egyptian replica factory:
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/egypt/life-size-chariots-and-mini-mummies-egyptian-replica-factory-brings-historical-artefacts-home-1.1228719
Review of Edmund Richardson, *Alexandria*:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/may/27/alexandria-by-edmund-richardson-review-the-quest-for-the-lost-city
Restoration efforts have commenced at Tepe Rivi in northeastern Iran:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/461283/Restoration-work-begins-on-ancient-Tepe-Rivi
More on efforts in Iran to gain Heritage Status for the Great Wall of Gorgan:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/461245/Experts-busy-demarcating-great-defensive-wall-as-a-prerequisite
A Luwian inscription dating to Tudhaliya IV was found in a village in Konya:
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/hittite-era-inscription-discovered-in-konyas-karaoren-village-164962
In case you missed this 2300 years bp apse-sided structure found in Istanbul:
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/2300-year-old-apse-discovered-in-istanbuls-city-of-the-blind-1234593908/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-uncover-2300-year-old-construction-turkeys-city-blind-180977821/
Plans to excavate at the Ani site on the Turkish-Armenian border:
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/excavations-to-reveal-hidden-history-of-eastern-turkeys-ani-ruins
The White Monument at Tal Banat (3rd millennium BCE) might be the oldest existing war memorial:
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-judeans-non-kosher-fish.html https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-mysterious-mound-in-syria-may-be-oldest-war-memorial-in-the-world-1.9850752
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/world-s-oldest-war-memorial-may-have-been-identified-in-syria
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/05/archaeologists-identify-giant-4000-year-old-war-memorial/139308
Feature on the Neo-Assyrian Empire:
https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2021/05/geography-neoassyrian-empire
A 'flimsy' 2800 years bp bone arrowhead find from Gath:
https://www.livescience.com/arrowhead-biblical-battle-in-goliath-hometown.html https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/the-last-stand-of-the-philistines-archaeologists-find-clue-to-the-fall-of-gath-1.9841706
An interesting 1500 years bp apotropaic amulet found 40 years ago in the Galilee was recently handed over to the IAA:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/amulet-against-evil-eye-offers-look-at-jewish-life-in-talmudic-israel-669202
https://www.timesofisrael.com/1500-year-old-amulet-bearing-jewish-gods-name-handed-to-antiquities-authority/
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-ancient-demon-repellent-returned-to-israeli-authorities-after-40-years-1.9844966
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/306900 https://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/luck-of-the-jewish/ http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-05/26/c_139971227.htm
A study of fish bones from various sites suggest a kosher diet was not always strictly adhered to by Judeans over the course of the Bronze Age to Byzantine times:
https://phys.org/news/2021-05-ancient-fish-bones-reveal-non-kosher.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-05/tfg-afb051821.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210525084317.htm https://www.livescience.com/ancient-judeans-non-kosher-fish.html https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/ancient-judeans-ate-non-kosher-fish-bible-didnt-heed-habit-study-669068
https://www.timesofisrael.com/bad-judeans-despite-biblical-ban-non-kosher-fish-were-eaten-in-ancient-israel/
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-did-king-david-keep-kosher-ancient-judeans-ate-biblically-banned-fish-1.9837609
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israeli-archaeologists-discover-what-ancient-judeans-actually-ate-1.9837609
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9613595/Ancient-Judeans-ate-non-kosher-fish-thousands-years-ago.html
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2278415-non-kosher-fish-eaten-in-jerusalem-during-early-days-of-judaism/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-archaeology-tells-us-about-ancient-history-eating-kosher-180977804/
More on using AI to identify authors of the DSS:
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/artificial-intelligence-helps-identify-authors-of-dead-sea-scrolls-1.9732803
Feature on Beth-Shemesh:
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/the-other-side-of-beth-shemesh/
Feature on the Jewish history of Israel:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/28/opinion/jewish-history-israel.html
Feature on the Ark of the Covenant:
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-artifacts/artifacts-and-the-bible/the-ark-of-the-covenant-in-its-egyptian-context/
An upcoming public conference (Zoom) on the DSS might be of interest:
https://as.nyu.edu/hebrewjudaic/events/spring-2021/dss-conference-2021.html
... and one on Sheshonq in Palestine:
https://www.oeaw.ac.at/oeai/kommunikation-events/veranstaltungen/event-detail/sheshonq-shishaq-in-palestine
Feature on the new Al Ula archaeological and conservation research institute:
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1851271/lifestyle
Feature on archaeology in Abu Dhabi:
https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/books/abu-dhabi-book-fair-2021-what-it-takes-to-inspire-the-next-generation-of-archaeologists-1.1231512
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This Week in the Ancient Near East Podcast:
https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================
A 2000 years bp (!) Punic burial found during water works construction in Zejtun:
https://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2021-05-27/local-news/Punic-tomb-discovered-during-water-works-in-Zejtun-6736233823
https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/109901/2000yearold_punic_tomb_discovered_during_works_in_ejtun
https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/watch-sealed-2000-year-old-tomb-found-near-zejtun.874933
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61459 http://www.archaeology.org/news/9725-210528-malta-intact-tomb
A cluster of decapitated burials from Somersham were probably victims of Roman military executions, apparently:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-57189875
Remains of a Roman aqueduct in Aydin:
https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/early-roman-aqueduct-discovered-in-turkeys-touristic-site-aydin/news
Latest finds from the 'little Pompeii' that is Sepino (Italian):
https://www.repubblica.it/dossier/cronaca/turismo-2021/2021/05/24/news/gratuita_e_senza_recinzioni_a_sepino_l_area_archeologica_di_altilia-saepinum_si_fonde_con_il_centro_abitato-302364844/
Roman finds from Stratford:
https://www.stratford-herald.com/news/stratfords-roman-past-revealed-9201095/
Etruscan finds from the val di Fiemme (Italian):
https://www.ladige.it/territori/fiemme-fassa/2021/05/28/tracce-etrusche-in-val-di-fiemme-insegnante-trova-vasi-e-frammenti-archeologici-1.2923080
Roman finds in the Piazza Antico Ospedale in Vercelli (I think ... Italian):
https://tgvercelli.it/ritrovamenti-epoca-romana-piazza-antico-ospedale-interviene-la-rete/
Plans for a dig at the Roman fort in Alderney site:
https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2021/05/28/archaeologists-to-look-at-roman-fort-in-alderney/
Correction from last week ... a push to reopen a site in Crotone (not Napoli, as I misread):
https://www.lacnews24.it/cultura/crotone-chiesta-la-riapertura-del-sito-archeologico-di-via-napoli-fu-scoperto-oltre-30-anni-fa_136817/
Overviewish thing on the dig at Epidaurus' Asclepion:
https://greekreporter.com/2021/05/25/epidaurus-asclepion-archaeological-dig-uncovers-layers-of-ancient-greek-history/
Recent finds from Mugla are now one display:
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/2400-year-old-tomb-artifacts-attract-visitors-to-turkish-city
Assorted features on and arising from the Nero exhibition at the British Museum:
https://blog.britishmuseum.org/10-questions-about-the-emperor-nero-and-some-curious-answers/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/comment/misunderstood-roman-emperor-places-inspire-visit/
https://phys.org/news/2021-05-bad-reputation-british-museum-rome.html https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/bad-reputation-british-museum-takes-romes-nero-77874295
https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/6/173034/Known-for-infamy,-but-Roman-Emperor-Nero-didn't-start-fire,-nor-did-he-fiddle,-British-Museum-exhibit-shows
https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/exhibitions/nero-man-behind-myth-exhibition-british-museum-review-b936899.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/just-how-bad-was-nero-really-180977813/
Plenty of excitement on the publication of the Cambridge Greek Lexicon:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/may/27/first-english-dictionary-of-ancient-greek-since-victorian-era-spares-no-blushes-lexicon-classics
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/heroic-effort-brings-lewd-greek-lexicon-up-to-date-k9bh30z56
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/05/28/rudest-word-greek-no-laughing-matter/
https://greekreporter.com/2021/05/27/cambridge-university-creates-monumental-new-ancient-greek-dictionary/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/05/27/cambridge-greek-lexicon/ https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/first-new-englishancient-greek-dictionary-since-victorian-period-spares-no-blushes-this-time/
... and a related opeddish sort of thing:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/may/28/the-guardian-view-on-the-art-of-lexicography-ancient-greek-lives-on
More on Greeks using mercenaries at the Battle of the Himera:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/contrary-popular-lore-ancient-greek-armies-relied-foreign-mercenaries-180977752/
More on that Roman bathing complex from Spain:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-roman-bath-complex-unearthed-spanish-beach-180977826/
Some interviews with Mary Beard on her upcoming retirement:
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/mary-beard-keeps-history-on-the-move
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9610217/Historian-Mary-Beard-tells-fame-later-life-blessing-retires-academia.html
The semi-regular feature on Stephen Miller's efforts to revive the Nemean Games:
https://greekreporter.com/2021/05/28/american-archaeologist-devotes-life-to-reviving-ancient-nemean-games/
Review of Stephen Fry, *Troy*:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/troy-review-stephen-fry-goes-to-war-11622213988
Reviewish of Madeline Miller's Achilles and Patroclus thing:
https://www.latercera.com/culto/2021/05/22/madeline-miller-en-el-mundo-antiguo-era-comun-representar-a-aquiles-y-patroclo-como-amantes/
Latest on the fate of Classics at Howard:
https://jacksonvillefreepress.com/movement-afoot-to-keep-classics-department-at-howard-university/
Dior has received permission to do photoshoots at some Greek sites:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/05/26/dior-ancient-greek-sites/ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210526-greece-approves-dior-shoot-at-key-ancient-sites
https://www.thenationalherald.com/greece_politics/arthro/greece_approves_dior_request_for_film_shoots_at_archaeological_sites-2528581/
https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/tornos/events/44696-central-council-of-modern-monuments-approves-dior-event-at-kallimarmaro-in-athens.html
Feature on Italy's art police and their recent recoveries:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/28/pompeii-art-police-italy-tomb-raiders-archaeology
Feature on finds made during Rome's metro construction:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/romes-newest-subway-line-continues-to-unearth-archeological-marvels
Feature on Germanicus' journey to Egypt:
https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/germanicus-who-life-roman-general-journey-egypt/
Feature on swimming in the ancient Greco-Roman world:
https://hyperallergic.com/648298/the-uneasy-history-of-swimming-and-race-as-relayed-through-art/
Feature on Tarquinius Superbus:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/05/lucius-tarquinius-superbus-the-last-king-of-rome/139323
Feature on Scotlands 'legless Roman':
https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/the-mystery-of-scotlands-legless-roman-where-did-it-come-from-3253265
Feature/talk on ancient Pergamon:
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/life-in-ancient-pergamon-presented-to-intl-archaeological-community-165017
Feature on some ruins taken from Leptis Magna and set up near London:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/05/the-leptis-magna-roman-ruins-near-london/139295
Feature on Akrotiri:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/category/travel/this-ancient-greek-town-suffered-the-same-fa/
Pondering Odysseus' bow compared to modern ones:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/category/arts-culture/how-would-odysseus-bow-fare-versus-a-state-/
Feature on the find of a statue of Antinous at Delphi years ago:
https://greekreporter.com/2021/05/25/mesmerizing-photo-the-moment-ancient-masterpiece-is-unearthed-at-delphi/
Feature on archaeology in Athens:
https://greekreporter.com/2021/05/28/ancient-treasures-unearthed-under-athens-concrete/
Feature on Caesar's invasion of Britain:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/05/caesars-invasion-of-britain/139274
Feature on Athens' Acropolis:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/05/25/acropolis-facts-2/
Feature on Greek myth in film and tv:
http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/greek-mythology-and-ancient-daily-life-in-film-and-tv/
Feature on Lamia:
https://greekreporter.com/2021/05/26/lamia-the-man-devouring-goddess-of-greek-mythology/
Feature on Eos:
https://greekreporter.com/2021/05/29/eos-the-ancient-greek-goddess-of-the-dawn/
Feature on four ancient Greek 'mysteries':
https://greekreporter.com/2021/05/26/four-ancient-greek-mysteries-which-spark-controversy-to-this-day/
Feature on what we can learn from Philopoemen:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrislowney/2021/05/25/two-lessons-from-the-greatest-leader-youve-never-heard-of/?sh=59d044e91c34
... and one on what we can learn from Han Dynasty financial relations with Rome:
https://thediplomat.com/2021/05/what-han-dynasty-chinas-financial-relations-with-rome-can-teach-us-today/
Feature comparing the Roman senate to the US one:
https://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2021/05/what-ancient-rome-tells-us-about-todays-senate/619025/
In case you missed the US politician totally missing that Socrates was really 'cancelled':
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/florida-republican-socrates-anthony-sabatini-b1852782.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/05/22/socrates-anthony-sabatini-cancel-culture/
... and Justin Martyr classified Socrates as a Christian:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2021/05/29/sacred-mysteries-man-called-socrates-christian/
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Roman Archaeology Blog:
http://romanarc.blogspot.com/
Rogueclassicism:
http://rogueclassicism.com/ ================================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================
A 3800 years bp gold ring from a burial in Germany apparently originated in Cornwall:
https://www.livescience.com/oldest-gold-artifact-southwest-germany.html https://phys.org/news/2021-05-unearth-oldest-gold-southwest-germany.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9616115/Gold-ring-grave-Early-Bronze-Age-woman-Germany-crafted-CORNWALL.html
https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/31436/20210529/3-800-year-old-gold-found-germany-proves-trading-luxury.htm
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/05/researchers-unearth-oldest-gold-find-in.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/05/archaeologists-find-southwest-germanys-oldest-golden-artefact/139286
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9723-210528-germany-gold-artifact
A possible Iron Age dagger from a 17th century house in Scotland:
https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/lost-village-found-next-to-scottish-motorway-with-a-dagger-buried-under-remains-of-17th-century-house-3248292
https://www.newsweek.com/scotland-dagger-magical-harm-medieval-village-freeway-1595316
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9716-210526-scotland-village-dagger
I think we mentioned these excavations of early medieval burial mounds in Pisek:
https://english.radio.cz/archaeologists-excavating-rare-damaged-early-medieval-burial-mounds-near-pisek-8718051
Remains of a medieval wall from Estonia:
https://news.err.ee/1608225073/gallery-haapsalu-archaeological-dig-reveals-substantial-medieval-era-wall
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9721-210527-estonia-medieval-wall
A fourth, possibly medieval, dugout canoe from the banks of the Boyne:
https://www.lmfm.ie/news/lmfm-news/fourth-ancient-logboat-discovered-in-river-boyne/
A 200 years bp hernia truss find from Flanders:
https://www.brusselstimes.com/news/art-culture/170719/200-year-old-archaeological-find-in-flanders-revealed-to-be-hernia-truss-groin-belt-aalst-agency-for-immovable-heritage/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61438
Excellent feature on the Galloway Hoard and its implications:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/viking-age-britain-treasure-galloway-scotland-b1854434.html
A project to reconstruct a Bronze Age roundhouse in Hampshire:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/05/25/bronze-age-roundhouse-resurrected-military-veterans/
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/610/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/610/pub/610/page/18/article/177071
The latest 16th century house you might want to purchase:
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/inside-the-16th-century-house-built-from-a-captured-spanish-247794/
Traces of the razed medieval town of Netherton:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-uncover-long-lost-medieval-town-scotland-180977848/
A study/restoration of Marie Antoinette's boudoir:
https://theconversation.com/if-i-could-go-anywhere-marie-antoinettes-private-boudoir-and-mechanical-mirror-room-at-versailles-160599
On protecting the heritage of Spain and Italy:
https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-05-29/como-proteger-del-expolio-el-inmenso-patrimonio-historico-de-espana-e-italia.html
More on possible 6th century Germanic runes found at a Slavic site:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/16/world/europe/czech-germans-slavs-archaeology-bone.html
More on the dating of the Cerne Abbas Giant:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/cerne-giant-hill-figure/2021/05/16/4203c15a-b407-11eb-bc96-fdf55de43bef_story.html
More on the remains of a medieval chapel beneath a later church in Malta:
https://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2021-05-21/local-news/A-chapel-under-a-church-Archaeological-remains-found-in-Qrendi-6736233662
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/medieval-chapel-found-underneath-17th-century-maltese-church
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9711-210524-malta-medieval-church
More on that survey of the Kalvestene grave field of Viking ship burials:
https://news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2021/05/20/viking-ship-burials-shrouded-in-mystery/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/05/viking-ship-burials-shrouded-in-mystery.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/05/possible-viking-ship-settings-identified-from-17th-century-illustration/139283
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9709-210524-kalvestene-viking-burials
More on opium poppy domestication by Swiss farmers:
https://www.myscience.org/news/2021/swiss_farmers_contributed_to_the_domestication_of_the_opium_poppy-2021-unibas
More on the identification of those non-Vasa-related Swedish shipwrecks:
https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/05/archaeologists-have-now-identified-two-17th-century-swedish-shipwrecks/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9712-210525-sweden-scuttled-ships
Feature on recent finds from Orkney:
https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/travel/orkney-prehistoric-neolithic-new-skara-brae-brodgar-solstice-1018740
Archaeologists have uncovered remains of some victims from the Spanish Civil War:
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/25/europe/spain-almagro-cemetery-exhumation-scli-intl-scn/index.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9718-210526-spain-mass-grave
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Archaeology in Europe News:
http://archaeology-in-europe.blogspot.com/
Medievalists.net:
https://www.medievalists.net/category/news/
Viking Archaeology Blog:
http://viking-archaeology-blog.blogspot.com/
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They're still finding significant items in the sacrificial pits at Sangxingui:
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-china-city-treasure-artifacts-saxingdui.html
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-05-28/China-s-Sanxingdui-Ruins-site-unveils-new-archaeological-findings--10DmxGphZlK/index.html
https://www.shine.cn/news/nation/2105299775/ https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202105/1224777.shtml http://www.ecns.cn/news/2021-05-30/detail-ihamvkwq9613590.shtml
... and a general feature on the excavations:
https://english.cctv.com/2021/05/24/ARTIbPps6euQ3Hx9ObHrd9bZ210524.shtml
... and a related hype piece on the future of archaeology in China:
https://english.cctv.com/2021/05/24/ARTI8C96pZ8I6zwnzDZEFanz210524.shtml
... and the 'magnificence of Chinese civilization':
https://english.cctv.com/2021/05/24/ARTI8mMTpZbmXYisZClnoMNr210524.shtml
Evidence of 'tiny point' tools made by Indonesian hunter-gatherers 1500-8000 years bp (wide range!):
https://phys.org/news/2021-05-tiny-tools-specialist-skills-ancient.html http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/toalean-point-tools-09699.html https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/05/tiny-tools-point-to-specialist-skills.html
Three new cave sites of interest found in the Pandav Leni complex in Nashik:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nashik/3-new-small-caves-discovered-at-pandav-leni-complex-in-nashik/articleshow/82980052.cms
Not sure about these 'largest geoglyph' claims from India:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/qj8v4w/researchers-say-they-found-the-largest-drawings-in-the-world-with-satellite-imagery
https://www.sciencealert.com/enigmatic-designs-found-in-india-may-be-the-largest-images-ever-made-by-human-hands
More on recent finds relating to Buddhist history:
http://www.dailynews.lk/2021/05/27/features/250211/how-new-finds-are-changing-buddhist-history-i
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Feature on 'lunar traditions' of the first Australians:
https://cosmosmagazine.com/space/astronomy/lunar-traditions-of-the-first-australians-2/
More on early Australian 'superhighways':
https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/archaeology/modelling-superhighways-travelled-by-first-australians/
More on Aboriginal memory techniques:
https://www.livescience.com/aboriginal-memory-technique.html ================================================================
NORTH AMERICA
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5500-3600 years bp (maybe) tattooing tools from a site in Tennessee:
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/oldest-tattoo-tools-tennessee-native-american
https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-turkey-bones-have-reset-the-record-on-the-world-s-oldest-known-tattooing-implements
https://boingboing.net/2021/05/28/these-sharpened-bird-bones-are-the-oldest-tattooing-tools-ever-discovered.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9717-210526-native-american-tattoo
2500 years bp Native American human remains from a golf course site along Lake Michigan:
https://www.gazettextra.com/news/state/ancient-human-remains-unearthed-at-proposed-kohler-golf-course-site/article_09b2189c-2172-5c2e-aeb0-123202a7401a.html
https://www.channel3000.com/ancient-human-remains-unearthed-at-proposed-kohler-golf-course-site-in-wisconsin/
1000-3000 years bp finds from the Cherokee Farm Greenway site (Tenn.):
https://www.wbir.com/article/news/community/knoxville-archaeology-dig-finds-artifacts-dating-back-1000-3000-years-old/51-a1222119-124d-4ed3-930f-0b9a7fc09d14
A 1000 years bp (maybe) canoe from Lake Hancock (Florida):
https://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2021/05/25/1-000-year-old-native-american-handmade-canoe-found-in-a-polk-county-lake
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9722-210527-florida-lake-canoe
A 700 years bp dugout canoe from Cape Porpoise Harbor (Maine):
https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/how-a-700-year-old-dugout-canoe-was-found-in-cape-porpoise-harbor/97-26a1e3af-464b-40ca-ad3d-691d65d89a8f
A new way of looking at Native American platform mounds in the eastern US:
https://phys.org/news/2021-05-archaeological.html https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/Penn-researcher-Megan-Kassabaum-book-turns-archaeological-practice-its-head
Latest on the search for the Tulsa Race massacre burials:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57244863 https://www.sciencenews.org/article/tulsa-1921-race-massacre-mass-grave-greenwood-archaeology-dna
https://www.tribdem.com/news/archaeologists-ready-to-exhume-bodies-found-in-mass-grave-in-tulsa/article_6746cd88-bdb5-11eb-b2f5-87df015a95a2.html
https://www.ktul.com/news/local/archaeologist-explains-next-step-in-finding-massacre-victims-remains
... and an event marking the anniversary of the event is getting bogged down with reparations matters:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/28/us/tulsa-race-massacre-commission.html https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tulsa-massacre-remembrance-main-event-suddenly-canceled/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab&utm_content=algorithm
... reviews of some recent books on the massacre:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/28/books/review/unspeakable-the-tulsa-race-massacre-carole-boston-weatherford-floyd-cooper.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/26/books/review-ground-breaking-tulsa-massacre-scott-ellsworth.html
... and a feature on artifacts at the Smithsonian:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/reflections-artifacts-left-behind-tulsa-race-massacre-180977779/
... some eyewitness accounts:
https://www.npr.org/2021/05/19/998225207/survivors-of-1921-tulsa-race-massacre-share-eyewitness-accounts
Some Civil War era structures from Saratoga Springs have been saved from demolition:
https://dailygazette.com/2021/05/27/in-saratoga-dilapidated-but-historic-home-will-be-preserved/
https://www.saratogian.com/news/local-news/saratoga-springs-preservation-foundation-purchases-65-phila-street-property/article_1f2017ca-befb-11eb-ae3a-abac82287beb.html
https://wnyt.com/saratoga-county-ny-news/historic-saratoga-springs-home-saved-from-wrecking-ball-65-phila-street/6124157/
Using drones to locate sunken ships off Wormsloe (GA):
https://www.walb.com/2021/05/26/researchers-use-drone-search-sunken-ships-off-wormsloe/
... and underwater drones for the same purpose in Lake George (NY):
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/capital-region/human-interest/2021/05/21/lake-george-steamboat-company-underwater-drone
Plans for a study of Sitkinak Island (Alaska):
https://alaska-native-news.com/archaeologists-to-study-history-of-sitkinak-island/55957/
Plans for a survey of sites in Fisher's Peak State Park (NM):
http://www.thechronicle-news.com/features/trinidad-state-summer-archaeology-class-to-survey-fisher-s-peak-for-area-s-artifacts/article_7bcc9bc4-befb-11eb-9f1f-536064d2a0f6.html
Diaries are shedding light on an 18th century smallpox outbreak in Boston:
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