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explorator 24.29 November 7, 2021
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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,
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).

n.b. there's a new section (hopefully irregular) at the start of today's issue to
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CUT AND PASTE CORRIGENDA ============================================================
Assorted museums are signing up to 'anti woke' charter:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/10/25/museum-bosses-back-anti-woke-charter-guard-against-rushed-unplanned/
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/770/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/770/pub/770/page/10/article/232630

A major study of Viking DNA:

https://www.science.org/content/article/viking-was-job-description-not-matter-heredity-massive-ancient-dna-study-shows
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EARLY HOMINIDS
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A study revealed that among the homo naledi bones found in Rising Star cave a couple years ago is the partial skull of a child:

https://phys.org/news/2021-11-child-fossil-south-africa-enigmatic.html https://www.livescience.com/child-of-darkness-homo-naledi-discovered.html https://apnews.com/b045cd47a31a560c8ec888f4a1ed1664 https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/scientists-find-fossil-early-hominid-south-africa-80973462
https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/04/world/homo-naledi-child-fossil-scn/index.html https://www.cbsnews.com/news/homo-naledi-ancient-skull-found-south-africa/ https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/11/06/1400-year-old-amethyst-ring-found-in-israel-thought-to-be-the-result-of-ancient-greek-superstition/
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/homo-naledi-child-skull-hominid-cave-discovery
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/yavne-gold-ring-10239.html https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/ancient-childs-bones-deepen-mystery-of-enigmatic-human-relative
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10127-211105-homo-naledi-child

Evidence that the Acheulean culture reached North Africa by 1.5 million years bp:

https://theconversation.com/our-north-african-ancestors-were-making-handaxes-earlier-than-previously-thought-169647

More on the naming of homo bodoensis:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/11/01/experts-name-new-species-of-human-ancestor/
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
Basalt blocks excavated in the El Matariya region come from the facade of a Nectanebo I temple:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/9/438153/Antiquities/Archaeologists-uncover-decorated-blocks-from-King-.aspx
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/109615/Egypt-uncovers-basalt-blocks-from-western-northern-facades-of-King

More on the find of the tomb of Ramses II's treasurer:

https://www.livescience.com/tomb-of-ramesses-ii-official-discovered https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/436782/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/Archaeologists-uncover-tomb-of-Ramses-II-treasurer.aspx
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/109379/Egypt-uncovers-Ptah-M-Wia-tomb-head-of-treasury-during
https://dailynewsegypt.com/2021/10/31/egypt-unearths-tomb-of-king-ramses-ii-era-chief-treasurer-in-saqqara/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/tomb-of-ramses-iis-treasurer-unearthed-in-egypt-683787
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/11/03/an-important-chap-archaeologists-in-egypt-discover-the-tomb-of-an-ancient-royal-treasurer
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2021-11/01/content_77843393.htm https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/egypt-tomb-saqqara-scli-intl/index.html https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/11/01/uncovering-the-tomb-of-ramesses-iis-head-of-the-treasury/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/tomb-of-ramses-iis-treasurer-unearthed-at-saqqara-necropolis-180978978/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10121-211103-saqqara-ramesses-treasurer

More on denials regarding claims about a second sphinx statue:

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/11/archaeologists-scoff-claim-second-sphinx-statue

The 23rd season of excavations is under way at the Hegmataneh Hill (possibly ancient Ecbatana):

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/466521/Another-archaeological-season-begins-at-Hegmataneh

... and a new season is also under way at the Douzlakh Salt Mine:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/466565/New-archaeological-season-begins-at-Douzlakh-Salt-Mine

Nice overview of finds in Turkey in the month of October:

https://turkisharchaeonews.net/article/october-2021-turkish-archaeology

More on that Late Bronze Age seal of a woman administrator from Karkamis:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/62577

Concerns for Assyrian reliefs found near that Assyrian winery site announced last week (see below):

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/11/assyrian-discoveries-northern-iraq-unearth-new-challenges

More on that 2700 years bp wine press site from Iraq:

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20211101-2700-year-old-wine-press-discovered-in-iraq/
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/11/assyrian-wine-press-rock-carvings-found-northern-iraq
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/wine-press-iraq-intl-scli-scn/index.html

A 1400 years bp amethyst ring from that Byzantine winery site at Yavne got an awful lot of press attention this week:

https://www.livescience.com/ancient-hangover-prevention-ring-israel https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/exquisite-gold-ring-with-amethyst-stone-found-in-byzantine-yavne-683808
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/demon-drink-take-this-protective-gold-ring-with-amethyst-found-in-yavneh-1.10346431
https://www.timesofisrael.com/ancient-hangover-cure-gold-ring-found-at-yavne-winery-excavation/
https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/11/02/anti-hangover-ring-discovered-at-ancient-winery-in-yavne/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/was-this-ancient-ring-a-band-of-boozers-qxql3lx5h
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10164751/Ancient-amethyst-ring-ancient-wine-factory-Israel.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-amethyst-ring-found-in-israel-hangovers-gem-wine-180979000/

More on that 2000 years bp amethyst seal from the Old City with a depiction of a plant of some sort:

https://www.jns.org/rare-biblical-balm-of-gilead-engraving-found-on-2000-year-old-seal-in-jerusalem/

More on the mosaic in Hisham's Palace:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/an-etrog-a-lion-and-all-the-secrets-of-1300-year-old-mosaic-in-jericho-684015
https://mymodernmet.com/palestine-jericho-hisham-palace-mosaic/

Feature on the Shavei Zion Figurine Assemblage:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2021/11/shavei-zion-figurine-assemblage

Feature on the Azekah excavations:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/how-did-people-live-and-die-in-biblical-azekah-4-skeletons-shed-light-683826

Feature on what David's kingdom looked like:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/what-did-king-davids-israel-look-like-the-answer-is-not-set-in-stone-683823

Feature on the Tower of David (kind of a 'museum' story):

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/tower-of-david-exposing-the-citadels-secrets-684099
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/new-tower-of-david-pavilion-breaks-ground-explores-jerusalems-secrets-683639

Feature arising from a dissertation on the Cave of the Patriarchs:

https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/11/02/the-secrets-of-the-cave-of-the-patriarchs/

Feature on the possible sites for Bethsaida and the recent finds at one of them:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/bethsaida-and-the-church-of-the-apostles/?mqsc=E4138557&dk=ZE14N0ZF0

Feature on the politics of archaeology in Israel:

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/archaeology-israel-zionism-politics-and-disappointing-finds

... and in a similar vein:

https://time.com/6112694/jerusalem-israeli-palestinian-conflict-archaeology/

Feature on excavations at the 2000 years bp sites of the kingdoms of Dadan and Lihyan in Saudi Arabia:

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/archaeologists-saudi-arabia-excavate-forgotten-kingdoms-2021-11-02/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeologists-in-saudi-arabia-excavate-forgotten-kingdoms-683789

Saudi Arabia hopes to become a world leader in archaeology:

https://www.thenationalnews.com/gulf-news/saudi-arabia/2021/11/02/how-saudi-arabia-can-become-a-world-leader-in-archaeology/

... related:

https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/story/New_insights_into_Saudi_Arabias_rich_archaeological_heritage_revealed-ZAWYA20211105042442/

... and archaeology will be part of the education curriculum in Saudi Arabia:

https://saudigazette.com.sa/article/613238/SAUDI-ARABIA/MoE-decides-to-include-archaeological-education-subject-in-school-curriculum-nbsp

Feature on Turkish 'healing bowls':

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/healing-bowls-shed-light-on-turkish-medical-folklore-169068

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ============================================================
Three bronze Mycenean swords from a tomb near Aegio:

https://www.culture.gov.gr/el/Information/SitePages/view.aspx?nID=3999 https://greekreporter.com/2021/11/01/mycenaean-bronze-swords-greece/ https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/11/02/trapeza-grave-offerings-and-bronze-swords-have-come-to-light/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10116-211102-greece-trapeza-necropolis

A pair of Hellenistic-era dwellings from the Hierapolis-Pamukkale excavations:

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/remains-of-2-houses-from-hellenistic-period-unearthed-in-southwestern-turkey/2412547
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/ancient-hellenistic-houses-discovered-in-turkeys-hierapolis/news
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-house-ruins-found-in-hierapolis-169138

3rd/2nd century BCE remains of a nice dwelling from the Valley of the Temples in Agrigento (Italian):

https://qds.it/scoperta-antica-casa-restaurata-nel-parco-della-valle-dei-templi/

Big news this week appears to be the find of what are probably enslaved persons' quarters in Pompeii:

https://phys.org/news/2021-11-pompeii-yields-rare-window-daily.html https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/06/discovery-of-pompeii-slaves-room-sheds-rare-light-on-real-roman-life
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10173253/Pompeii-archeologists-Ikea-like-extendable-beds-rare-slave-room-discovery.html
https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2021/11/06/slaves-room-re-emerges-intact-at-pompeii_db252caf-c429-4900-906e-71b960f7d459.html
https://www.rfi.fr/en/slave-room-discovered-at-pompeii-in-rare-find https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/pompeii-unearths-room-of-the-slaves.html https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/archaeologists-unearth-room-shedding-light-slave-life-ancient-pompeii-2021-11-06/
https://apnews.com/article/science-europe-italy-77dcb0872d34c841529ae0e5f2fe9b3a
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/capital-region/ap-online/2021/11/06/pompeii-dig-yields-rare-window-on-daily-life-of-enslaved
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/pompeii-dig-yields-rare-window-on-daily-life-of-enslaved/2021/11/06/f5e97da4-3efe-11ec-bd6f-da376f47304e_story.html
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/300448122/pompeii-dig-yields-rare-window-on-daily-life-of-enslaved
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2021/11/06/extendable-bed-discovered-new-pompeii-excavation-described-ikea/
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/754/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/754/pub/754/page/50/article/238011
https://thepublicsradio.org/article/pompeii-dig-yields-rare-window-on-daily-life-of-enslaved
https://www.dw.com/en/italy-archaeologists-discover-slave-room-at-pompeii/a-59741627
https://www.timesofisrael.com/pompeii-excavation-site-yields-rare-window-into-daily-life-of-the-enslaved/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/62624 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/11/slave-room-discovered-at-pompeii-villa/141955

Remains of a latrine at the ancient theater of Izmir/Smyrna were revealed this week:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/archaeologists-find-theater-toilet-in-western-turkeys-smyrna/news
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/dig-in-turkey-finds-theater-commode-in-ancient-city-of-smyrna/2411192
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10169401/Archaeologists-uncover-1-800-year-old-social-toilets-used-13-actors-once.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-actors-latrine-found-in-theater-ruins-in-turkey-180979018/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10126-211104-turkey-smyrna-toilet

An 'amateur archaeologist' found a 2000 years bp Roman dagger (and associated battle site, it appears) in Switzerland:

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/amateur-archeologist-uncovers-roman-battle-site/47074852
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10122-211103-switzerland-roman-battle

Metal detectorists in Herefordshire found three silver Roman coins dating to the early 2nd century CE:

https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/19697965.roman-coins-found-herefordshire-farmland/

Pre-construction survey prior to A12 widening in Essex have revealed a possible Romano-British settlement site:

https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/romano-british-settlement-possibly-found-by-a12-8459508

More on the 2500 years bp shipwreck off Kythira:

https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/45657-survey-of-seabed-to-lay-power-cable-unveils-rare-classical-era-shipwreck-near-kythira.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10166877/Ancient-shipwreck-dating-2-500-years-discovered-beneath-Aegean-Sea.html

More on the statue heads of Aphrodite and Dionysus from Aizanoi:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/statue-heads-of-greek-gods-unearthed-in-aizanoi-169024
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/statue-heads-of-greek-deities-found-in-turkeys-aizanoi/news
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/statuary-heads-of-greek-gods-unearthed-in-ancient-city-in-turkey/2406624#
https://greekreporter.com/2021/10/31/statutory-heads-aphrodite-dionysus-unearthed-ancient-greek-city/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10145241/Statue-heads-ancient-Greek-deities-dating-5-000-years-Turkey.html
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2021/11/04/discovered-deities-architects-have-unearthed-greek-god-statue-heads-in-turkey
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/11/archaeologists-uncover-statues-of-aphrodite-and-dionysus-in-turkey/141927
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10117-211102-turkey-aizanoi-heads

More on the Roman statues from beneath that Norman church site found during HS2 construction:

https://hyperallergic.com/689941/strikingly-preserved-roman-statues-discovered-during-railway-dig/
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/roman-bust-hs2-intl-scli-gbr/index.html https://news.artnet.com/art-world/uk-archaeologists-discover-three-roman-busts-along-future-railway-2029153
https://gizmodo.com/rare-roman-statues-found-beneath-medieval-church-in-eng-1847973794
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/once-in-a-lifetime-discovery-of-roman-statues-found-beneath-medieval-church-in-england-180978985/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10114-211101-england-roman-statues

More on that gladiator 'holding room' at the Richborough Amphitheatre site:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-59079284 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/11/evidence-of-a-carcer-cell-for-holding-wild-animals-and-gladiators-found-at-roman-amphitheatre/141858
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/holding-cell-for-gladiators-and-doomed-prisoners-found-at-dig-site-in-england-180978996/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10115-211101-england-gladiator-cell

More on the controversy over repositioning of artifacts revealed at the Aghia Sophia metro station site in Thessaloniki:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1170853/antiquities-repositioning-in-metro-station-under-fire/

More on recent finds from Metropolis:

https://www.trtworld.com/life/ancient-town-of-metropolis-yields-new-treasures-51286

More on claims of finding the tomb of Olympias:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/11/01/tomb-alexander-greats-mother/

Rome has reopened the arch of Janus:

https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/rome-reopens-arch-of-janus-after-28-years.html

Plans to mark the 1900th anniversary of Hadrian's Wall:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-59124129">Hadrian's Wall art installation hope for 1,900th anniversary - BBC News

Plans for underwater touristy things at Paestum:

https://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/tourism/2021/11/05/mediterranean-underwater-cultural-heritage-created_e70e44eb-8372-421a-a95d-d6734ee8322f.html

Pondering what we know about Roman Britain:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/05/the-guardian-view-on-roman-britain-a-constantly-shifting-picture

Recreating the colours of some Roman stone altars at the Great North Museum:

https://www.newspostleader.co.uk/whats-on/things-to-do/roman-altars-reimagined-in-vivid-colour-3442457

Feature on ancient Greek courtesans:

https://theconversation.com/philosophy-and-sex-work-how-courtesans-in-ancient-greece-crossed-the-mind-body-divide-168940

Feature on the Temple of Mithras at Carrawburgh:

https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/19682884.temple-mithras-stands-near-hadrians-wall-northumberland/

Feature on Anne Carsons' 'obsession' with Herakles:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/books/11/08/anne-carsons-obsession-with-herakles

Feature on Joe Goodkin's retelling/performance of the Odyssey:

https://researchblog.duke.edu/2021/11/03/if-homer-had-a-guitar/

Feature on the Seikilos Epitaph:

https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/seikilos-epitaph-oldest-surviving-composition/

Feature on the Battle of Issus:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/11/06/alexander-the-great-persian-empire/

Feature on the excavations at Perinthos:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/11/04/perinthos-excavations/

Feature on the statue of Athena Parthenos:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/11/01/statue-athena-parthenos-acropolis/

Feature on the Stone of Bybon:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/11/03/the-ancient-greek-weightlifter-and-the-316-pound-rock/

Feature on Zeus:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/11/06/zeus-greek-mythology/

Feature on Circe:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/10/31/circe-witch-greek-mythology/

Feature on the Diolkos:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/11/03/stone-road-ships-ionian-aegean/

Feature on the nymphs:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/11/06/nymphs-ancient-greece/

In case you're wondering why the Parthenon Marbles haven't been on view for a while:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/11/02/how-maintenance-woes-kept-parthenon-marbles-off-view

Archaeologists have approved building height restrictions near the Acropolis:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1171078/archaeologists-ok-building-height-limits-near-acropolis/

Boris Johnson was making all sorts of Roman references that weren't sitting well with folks:

https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/11/01/boris-johnson-fall-rome-immigration/

Latest Pasts Imperfect newsletter:

https://pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-imperfect-11421
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http://rogueclassicism.com/ ============================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ============================================================
Evidence that hunter-gatherers were on the Iberian peninsula by 26 000 years bp:

https://phys.org/news/2021-11-extreme-cold-modern-humans-iberia.html https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/11/04/first-modern-humans-from-settled-in-iberias-interior-in-extreme-cold/

Neolithic (and earlier, maybe) finds from a cave on the Croatian island of Hvar:

https://www.total-croatia-news.com/lifestyle/57536-great-archaeological-finds-discovered-in-a-cave-on-hvar
https://www.croatiaweek.com/big-archaeological-finds-discovered-in-cave-on-croatian-island-of-hvar/

Technology has revealed 'artistic elements' on Neolithic chalk art in the environs of Stonehenge:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/11/innovative-technology-reveals-artistic-elements-on-neolithic-chalk-art-from-stonehenge-area/141921
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10160953/Archaeology-Designs-Stonehenges-chalk-plaques-depict-real-objects-NOT-abstract-patterns.html

cf: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/proceedings-of-the-prehistoric-society/article/reflectance-transformation-imaging-rti-investigation-of-engraved-chalk-plaques-from-the-stonehenge-region/5A093AD1A5F47D621F4786C38105FBCA

Five gold Iron Age (i.e. pre-Roman) coins found by metal detectorists in Derbyshire a couple years ago have been declared treasure:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-59177436 https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/ancient-gold-coins-found-metal-6166378

An Anglo Saxon hoard of 131 gold coins from Norfolk ages ago has been declared treasure:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-59177436 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/nov/03/norfolk-treasure-newly-declared-as-englands-biggest-anglo-saxon-coin-hoard
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10163375/The-record-haul-coins-Sutton-Hoo.html
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/62609 https://news.artnet.com/art-world/largest-hoard-anglo-saxon-coins-2030280 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hoard-of-gold-coins-is-englands-largest-early-medieval-find-180979022/

A metal detectorist also found a small gold Bible amulet dating to 600 years bp:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-59181714

Evidence of structures put up by 'migrants' to Rab (Croatia) who settled there after the collapse of Roman control:

https://www.randrlife.co.uk/croatia-archaeologists-discover-the-buildings-of-immigrants-sheltering-from-the-germans/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/11/archaeologists-uncover-rare-evidence-of-migrant-buildings-in-former-roman-villa/141867

A medieval well from a dig at a new hospital site in Northumberland:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-59178326

The Culloden battlefield site revealed some musket balls this week:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-59133560 https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/scotland/culloden-battlefield-yields-more-of-its-deadly-secrets-during-archaeological-dig/

... while there are development concerns for the site being mentioned now too:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/nov/06/battle-of-culloden-is-being-fought-anew-against-an-army-of-house-developers

A Napoleonic-era mass grave from the Czech Republic:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/11/02/napoleonic-era-mass-grave-discovered-beneath-cellars-in-the-czech-republic

More on the tannery site at Fountains Abbey:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/oct/31/the-scent-of-history-in-the-ruins-of-fountains-abbey

More on the bacterial threat to the Mary Rose:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/11/x-rays-reveal-bacteria-poop-is-eating-away-at-the-mary-roses-wooden-hull/

Study suggests Norse settlement on Iceland changed wildfire patterns:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/environment/norse-settlement-changed-wildfire-patterns-in-iceland

Feature on a nice reconstruction of the Burghead fort in Moray:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-59121017 https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/the-picts-largest-known-scottish-fort-brought-to-life-in-stunning-reconstruction-3441854
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10160191/Archaeology-3D-reconstruction-reveals-Scotlands-largest-Pictish-settlement-looked-1000-AD.html

Feature on the Herfordshire Hoard (Viking):

https://norwaytoday.info/news/monumental-viking-find-has-the-potential-to-change-how-experts-view-the-history-of-england/

Feature on the earthquakes that hit London in 1750:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/georgian/seismology-seismic-history-earthquake-earthquakes-london/

An ice core study reveals 1000 years of 'prosperity and peril' in Europe:

https://phys.org/news/2021-11-years-glacial-ice-reveal-prosperity.html

cf: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021GL095039

Carbon dating suggests the purportedly 14 000 years p skull of 'Greta' found in the Branston Gravel Pits is a hoax (or at least much younger than claimed):

https://www.staffordshire-live.co.uk/news/burton-news/disturbing-update-ancient-skull-found-6113583
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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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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC ============================================================
A study of bones of a man found in a 'looter's shaft' leading to a 2000 years bp tomb in Shiyanzi suggests he may have been murdered:

https://www.livescience.com/ancient-skeleton-murder-victim-china https://www.archaeology.org/news/10124-211104-china-looting-shaft

cf: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12520-021-01459-1

Scholars have mapped out an ancient capital of the Mongolian Empire and draw some interesting conclusions:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/11/04/archaeologists-have-mapped-the-ancient-capital-of-the-mongolian-empire
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/archaeologists-find-lost-capital-of-the-mongols-and-it-was-big-1.10347705
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/archaeological-mapping-mongolian-empire-capital-1234609180/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/11/archaeologists-have-mapped-the-capital-of-the-mongolian-empire/141912
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-03013-4 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-map-capital-of-mongolian-empire-for-the-first-time-180979007/

Concerns for Kakatiya temples:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/kakatiya-temples-in-a-shambles/articleshow/87443091.cms

Feature on the Rakhigarhi Harrapan site:

https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/science/rakhigarhi-the-largest-site-from-the-harrapan-culture/2361671/lite/

I think we mentioned this study of Indus Valley Civilization social networks:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/11/01/rediscovering-the-ancient-social-networks-of-indus-civilisation-villages/

Elon Musk was tweeting an ancient Chinese poem, apparently:

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/elon-musk-goes-viral-chinese-social-media-with-ancient-poem-post-2021-11-02/

More on the 'island of gold' in Indonesia:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/indonesian-divers-find-gold-treasures-from-long-lost-srivijaya-kingdom-180978990/
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ============================================================
A study of non-returning boomerangs from Kinipapa:

https://phys.org/news/2021-11-rare-boomerang-south-australia-reveals.html https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/archaeology/rare-historical-non-returning-boomerangs-analysed/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10128-211105-australia-boomerangs

cf: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03122417.2021.1994685

More on that stash of coins from a penal colony site in Tasmania:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-30/coin-stash-discovered-at-port-arthur-archaeology-dig/100541632
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10120-211103-coins-penal-colony

More on the study of the wreck of the Batavia:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211029152230.htm https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/11/shipwreck-reveals-secrets-of-17th-century-dutch-seafaring-domination/141864
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/11/02/shipwreck-reveals-secrets-of-17th-century-dutch-seafaring-domination/

More on the island

Feature on efforts to preserve Burringurrah:

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-australia-58976336 ============================================================
NORTH AMERICA
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A 1200 years bp dugout canoe from Wisconsin's Lake Mendota:

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2021/11/02/wisconsin-archaaeologists-discover-1-200-year-old-canoe-lake-mendota/8559150002/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/07/extraordinarily-rare-intact-1200-year-old-canoe-recovered-from-wisconsin-lake
https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/state-and-regional/a-1-200-year-old-dugout-canoe-is-raised-from-lake-mendota/article_a792dd73-2771-5130-9406-20bbde993edb.html
https://www.lakegenevanews.net/news/state-and-regional/photos-dugout-canoe-recovered-from-lake-mendota-after-1-200-years/collection_1c95b4be-72d1-5edf-a7b6-9fc9be599bc9.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/11/archaeologists-recover-1200-year-old-dugout-canoe-in-wisconsin-lake/141934
https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/05/us/canoe-wisconsin-lake-mendota-scn-trnd/index.html
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/62618 https://www.archaeology.org/news/10125-211104-wisconsin-dugout-canoe

Suggestion that the Fort Ancient culture came to Ohio because of drought:

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/columns/2021/11/04/archaeology-drought-may-have-brought-immigrants-ancient-ohio/6276298001/

A study of items associated with a biracial family in Little Compton:

https://www.newportri.com/story/news/local/2021/11/02/archaeologists-and-volunteers-teamed-up-investigate-historic-property-once-owned-one-few-families-co/6134269001/

Feature on assorted archaeological things in New Jersey:

https://njmonthly.com/articles/jersey-living/new-jersey-has-fascinating-secrets-buried-beneath-its-malls-highways-and-shorelines/

Feature on the earliest people in North America:

https://www.sapiens.org/column/field-trips/earliest-people-north-america/

More on Chaco Canyon being more than 'ceremonial':

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/11/02/more-than-ceremonial-ancient-chaco-canyon-was-home/

More on Chinese railroad worker houses unearthed in Utah:

https://www.livescience.com/chinese-railroad-workers-utah-ghost-town.html

More on Vikings arriving in North America 1000 years bp:

https://bigthink.com/the-past/vikings-in-north-america/ ============================================================
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
Claims of 30 000 years bp stone 'tools' from a Mexican cave found in 2020 are being questioned:

https://gizmodo.com/archaeologists-cast-doubt-on-oldest-evidence-of-human-1847976681

Gas line installation in Lima revealed six 2000 years bp burials:

https://phys.org/news/2021-11-workers-gas-pipes-peru-year-old.html https://www.rfi.fr/en/workers-digging-gas-pipes-in-peru-find-2-000-year-old-gravesite
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20211104-workers-digging-gas-pipes-in-peru-find-2-000-year-old-gravesite

A new study of the Cuauhtemoc Headdress:

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/researchers-conclude-headdress-of-cuauhtemoc-wasnt-his-after-all/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10123-211104-cuauhtemoc-headdress-feathers

More on that Maya canoe find in the Yucatan:

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/rare-ancient-maya-canoe-found-mexicos-yucatan-2021-10-30/
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/archaeologists-on-maya-train-project-find-1000-year-old-maya-canoe/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10152117/Archaeology-Rare-1-100-year-old-Maya-canoe-submerged-freshwater-pool-southern-Mexico.html

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