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explorator 24.38 January 9, 2022
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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).

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EARLY HOMINIDS
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Evidence of 300 000 years bp hunter-gathering activities in northern Iran:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/468785/Archaeologists-discover-300-000-year-old-relics-traces-of-hunter-gatherers

Pondering the sex lives of Neanderthals:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210112-heres-what-sex-with-neanderthals-was-like

Pondering how early humans and Neanderthals dealt with the cold:

https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2022-01-07/outside-inbox-would-ice-age-humans-still-think-of-ice-as-cold

I think we've mentioned 'Dragon Man' at some point in the past year:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/2021s-hottest-fossil-was-actually-found-over-85-years-ago

Feature on the 'Devil's Trail' (Neanderthal footprints in Italy):

https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-footprints-suggest-neanderthals-climbed-a-volcano-right-after-it-erupted

cf: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jqs.3186

Another bit of Neanderthal genetic legacy causing issues for modern humans:

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-modern-humans-effective-oxidative-stress.html

cf: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abm1148

More on 'early inventors' sparking technological revolutions some 500 000 years bp:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/stone-age-technological-revolution-invention-b1986605.html

More on the mammoth and Neanderthal finds from Swindon:

https://the-past.com/news/ice-age-mammoth-bones-and-neanderthal-tools-found-in-swindon/
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AFRICA
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Feature on that 75 000 years bp child burial from Kenya that was found a few years ago:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/africas-earliest-human-burial-comes-to-light

More on the remains of a 16th-19th century CE synagoge from Morocco:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-691377 ============================================================
ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
A possible wall collapse at the White Monastery in Sohag:

https://copticliterature.wordpress.com/2022/01/08/collapse-of-part-of-the-walls-of-the-white-monastery-in-sohag-upper-egypt/

More on the digital unwrapping of the mummy of Amenhotep I:

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/01/egyptian-archaeologists-unwrap-amenhotep-i-mummy-rewrite-history

... and a feature on the folks who did it:

https://news.westernu.ca/2022/01/western-trained-egyptologist-unwraps-mummy-mystery/

The 'sun phenomenon' at Deir el-Bahari happened last week:

https://egyptindependent.com/sun-falls-perpendicular-to-temple-of-queen-hatshepsut-in-luxor-thursday/

Feature/study of a 2000 years bp mummified fetus in a Warsaw museum:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/ancient-egyptian-fetus-preserved-due-to-unusual-decomposition-process/142394

Legal punishment for some officials in Egypt who 'neglected' restoration of some historic walls:

https://dailynewsegypt.com/2022/01/03/court-punishes-10-antiquities-officials-for-neglecting-restoration-of-historic-walls-in-cairo/

Finds from various periods from a series of trenches on the outskirts of Shahr-e Kord (Iran):

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/468710/Stone-building-probably-belonging-to-ancient-tribesmen-discovered

Feature on the Luristan Bronzes:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/history-magazine/article/the-mystery-of-the-luristan-bronzes-still-puzzles-archaeologists

Iran announced the 'legal boundaries' of assorted sites, including Teppe Hasanlu:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/468829/Magnificent-Teppe-Hasanlu-legal-boundaries-demarcated

Concerns for the site of Assur:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/iraqi-site-assur-ancient-history-stands-risk-disappearing-180979241/

Ongoing concerns for archaeology in Lebanon:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/lebanons-archaeological-crisis-status-on-antiquities/142415

Remains of a 7th century synagogue from Side (Turkey):

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/12/7th-century-synagogue-unearthed-in.html

More on that 8500 years bp figurine from Catalhoyuk:

https://turkishpress.com/8500-year-old-marble-statuette-found-in-central-turkey/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10265-220104-catalhoyuk-neolithic-figurine

An overview of archaeological finds in Turkey in 2021:

https://turkisharchaeonews.net/article/archaeology-turkey-2021-review

Feature on the Ulu Burun shipwreck:

https://medium.com/teatime-history/bronze-age-shipwreck-reveals-the-luxurious-lifestyles-of-the-ancient-elite-42f880855c57

A study of the contents of that toilet found in an elite Jerusalem site a few months ago reveals folks had plenty of parasites:

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-toilet-temple-period-luxury-villa.html https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/939133 https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-691480 https://www.timesofisrael.com/ancient-toilet-shows-jerusalems-rich-wallowed-in-luxury-and-discomfort/
https://www.israelhayom.com/2022/01/07/study-of-2700-year-old-toilet-sheds-light-on-ancient-owners-tummy-troubles/
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/rk4lqtwnf https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/319809 https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/biblical-kings-were-plagued-by-parasites-2-700-year-old-toilet-shows-1.10508745
https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/01/04/affluent-ancient-jerusalemites-suffered-infectious-disease/
https://gizmodo.com/parasitic-worms-found-in-toilet-of-2-700-year-old-mansi-1848300926
https://www.sciencealert.com/2-700-year-old-outhouse-suggests-an-epidemic-of-intestinal-worms
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/ancient-toilet-reveals-jerusalem-elite-suffered-from-infectious-diseases-and-worms/142407
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/01/toilet-of-first-temple-period-luxury.html

cf: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1879981721000838

A study of seals is possibly shedding light on the location of the Kingdom of Judah's temple and treasuries:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-691768 https://www.timesofisrael.com/tiny-clay-seals-reveal-first-temple-royal-treasuries-in-jerusalem-researchers-say/

Not sure why this 'Jesus face' story from 2018 is being brought up again:

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/MAGAZINE-suddenly-i-saw-eyes-jesus-face-discovered-in-ancient-israeli-desert-church-1.6640744

More on evidence of 7000 years bp beer consumption fro Tel Tsaf and Peq'in Cave:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-israel-history-beer/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/beer-flowed-freely-at-gatherings-in-jordan-valley-7000-years-ago-180979323/

On 19th century Jerusalem archaeology and Zionism:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/how-19th-century-western-archaeologists-made-jerusalem-a-zionist-dream-1.10510755

A British mortar shell from the 'mandate period' found near Jerusalem:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-691409

OpEddish concerns for sites in southern Judea:

https://www.israelhayom.com/2022/01/07/jewish-heritage-is-being-destroyed-before-our-eyes/

All the presentations (videos) from a Dead Sea Scrolls conference at NYU back in June:

https://as.nyu.edu/hebrewjudaic/events/DSSConfJune2021.html

A 4000 years bp game board from Oman:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-691928 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/63089 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/archaeologists-discover-4000-year-old-stone-board-game/142440
https://www.randrlife.co.uk/sultanate-of-oman-a-board-game-over-four-thousand-years-ago-discovered-by-polish-archaeologists/

Plans for a major survey and excavation in Soudah:

https://www.saudigazette.com.sa/article/615569/SAUDI-ARABIA/180-day-survey-and-archaeological-excavation-to-begin-in-Soudah
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ============================================================
Late Bronze age structures and kitchen ware from Ayios Soxomenos-Djirpoulus (Cyprus):

https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/01/04/walls-and-kitchenware-unearthed-as-dig-concludes-in-ayios-sozomenos/

Reliefs of Roman era (?) theatre masks from Castabala (Turkey):

https://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/relief-masks-unearthed-at-ancient-theater-in-southern-turkey-3587350
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/relief-masks-unearthed-at-ancient-theater-in-southern-turkiye/2467560

Ramparts of the ancient city of Salona have been revealed:

https://www.total-croatia-news.com/lifestyle/59125-ancient-salona-ramparts

3rd century CE Roman/Goth finds from Lviv:

https://interfax.com.ua/news/general/789843.html https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/01/1700-year-old-gothic-burial-unearthed.html

Eight 4th century 'sarophagi' from excavations at Ordu:

https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/roman-era-sarcophagi-unearthed-in-turkeys-black-sea-region
https://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/excavations-in-turkeys-black-sea-region-find-roman-era-sarcophagi-3587393
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/4th-century-tombs-unearthed-near-turkeys-black-sea-coast/2456773
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10262-220103-black-sea-tombs

Remains of a 1700 years bp road from Pompeiopolis:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/newly-found-ancient-road-to-serve-tourism-170507

On the 2021 survey of Tenea at Chiliomodia (Corinth):

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/12/2021-results-of-systematic.html

More on recent finds at Zominthos:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/01/05/courtyard-palace-zominthos/

More on the Iliad mosaic found in Rutland:

https://the-past.com/feature/greek-myth-in-roman-rutland-unearthing-scenes-from-the-trojan-war/

More on that 'Hellenistic' burial from Chieti (Italy):

https://greekreporter.com/2022/01/05/hellenistic-grave-chieti-italy/ https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/01/a-rich-hellenistic-burial-dating-from.html

More on the find of a Roman military diploma at Perre:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/01/04/bronze-diploma-perrhe/ https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/12/1898-year-old-bronze-military-diploma.html

More on that 2000 years bp funerary complex found during water work in Rome:

https://www.livescience.com/ancient-dog-headed-statue-rome https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/2-000-year-old-dog-holds-up-traffic-in-rome-n7wqtp89q
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10364395/Archaeology-Funerary-complex-dating-2-000-years-dug-Rome-included-dog-statue.html
https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/rome-unearths-dog-ancient-tombs-under-street.html
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/dog-statue-tombs-found-rome-appio-latino-1234614856/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/01/work-on-romes-water-system-uncovers.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-dog-statue-discovered-at-roman-construction-site-180979330/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10268-220105-rome-dog-tombs

More on the 3600 years bp remains of a tsunami victim from along the Turkish coast:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/archaeologists-find-victim-of-ancient-tsunami-caused-by-thera-eruption/
https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/48757/20220103/victims-of-an-ancient-tsunami-resurfaced-in-a-turkish-coast.htm
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/first-human-skeleton-from-bronze-age-tsunami-discovered-in-turkey-180979312/

More on the possible identification of a 'lost' temple of Hercules off the coast of Cadiz:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-691828 https://news.artnet.com/art-world/temple-of-hercules-discovery-2056720 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-find-possible-location-of-temple-of-hercules-180979307/

More on the restoration of that horse skeleton at Pompeii:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/63083

More on the unfinished 2nd century statue found at Veria:

https://www.culture.gov.gr/el/Information/SitePages/view.aspx?nID=4051 https://www.archaeology.org/news/10261-220103-macedonia-unfinished-sculpture

More on the burials of 'amber elites' on the Sambia Peninsula:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/12/graves-of-amber-elites-unearthed-in.html

More on the concrete in the tomb of Caecilia Metella:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/noblewomans-tomb-reveals-new-secrets-of-ancient-romes-highly-durable-concrete/?utm_social-type=owned&utm_brand=ars

An update on plans for the site of Salamis (Cyprus):

https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/01/03/bicommunal-groups-work-on-salamis-a-most-important-initiative/

Review of a couple of books on Seneca:

https://emailshare.cmail20.com/t/n/d-l-0ddd32406c0311ecaf4e40fa55c9cdbe-l-d-r-l/

An excerpt from Anthony Vidler, *The Architectural Uncanny*:

https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/buried-alive-pompeii-and-the-archaeology-of-the-uncanny/

A number of Parthenon sculpture fragments were 'reunited' in Athens this week, which was spun as sending a message to Britain:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1174977/more-parthenon-marble-fragments-find-home-at-the-acropolis-museum/
https://greekreporter.com/2022/01/03/greece-reunites-parthenon-marbles-piling-pressure-britain/
https://www.thenationalherald.com/mitsotakis-a-loud-message-for-the-reunification-of-all-parts-of-the-parthenon/
https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/46112-greek-pm-loud-message-for-the-reunification-of-all-parts-of-the-parthenon.html
http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2022-01/04/content_77967439.htm https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/01/07/italys-artefact-return-athens-adds-pressure-uk-give-back-elgin/
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/838/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/838/pub/838/page/24/article/258617
https://greekherald.com.au/news/greece/fragments-parthenon-marbles-reunited-acropolis-museum/
https://news.gtp.gr/2022/01/03/acropolis-museum-welcomes-new-fragments-from-the-parthenon/
https://news.gtp.gr/2022/01/04/greece-hopes-return-of-parthenon-fragments-will-spur-british-museum-action/

... and much was made of the return/loan of the 'Fagan Fragment' from Sicily:

https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2022/01/05/-sicily-returning-fragment-of-parthenon-to-greece-_d58b6e1f-11b5-43ea-a940-a2f337f3e3aa.html
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1175063/sicily-sets-precedent-with-return-of-fagan-fragment/
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1175080/italy-sending-parthenon-fragment-to-athens-in-nudge-to-uk/
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/italian-museum-to-return-frieze-piece-from-parthenon-to-greece/news
https://greekreporter.com/2022/01/09/fagan-fragment/ https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/46149-fagan-fragment-to-be-presented-at-the-athens-acropolis-museum-on-monday.html
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/jan/05/italy-returns-parthenon-marbles-fragment-greece-uk-row
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/01/05/britain-should-put-best-foot-forward-like-italy-give-elgin-marbles/
https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/europe/2022/01/07/italy-returns-marble-artefact-to-greece-is-it-time-the-uk-did-the-same/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/italy-sicily-athens-parthenon-parthenon-sculptures-b1987299.html
https://apnews.com/article/europe-arts-and-entertainment-greece-sicily-athens-083dbcc4709ed070ac7b2a79bcc187b1
https://news.gtp.gr/2022/01/07/parthenon-frieze-fragment-to-return-to-greece-from-italy/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/01/06/sicily-sends-back-parthenon-fragment-to-athens

... and Michael Wood weighed in on the issue:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/ancient-greece/michael-wood-opinion-future-parthenon-sculptures/

... and another opeddish sort of thing:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/multimedia/images/1174939/building-case-for-sculptures-return-fragment-by-fragment/

Some features arising from Schliemann's 200th birthday:

https://nataliavogeikoff.com/2022/01/06/at-home-with-the-schliemanns-the-iliou-melathron-as-a-social-landmark/
https://www.dw.com/en/the-archaeologist-who-discovered-troy-heinrich-schliemann/a-60323937

Feature on Roman finds from the Cricket Club site in Carlisle:

https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/19833701.look-back-amazing-roman-finds-discovered-carlisle-2021/

Feature on Hadrian's Wall:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/along-hadrians-wall-ancient-romes-temples-towers-and-cults-come-to-life

Feature on living in ancient Rome:

https://bigthink.com/the-past/ancient-rome-life-routine/

Feature on the 'Wall warrior' figurine from Staffordshire:

https://the-past.com/feature/the-wall-warrior-in-context-exploring-african-identities-in-roman-britain/

Feature on archaeologist Nicolas Platon:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/01/08/nicolas-platon-8-january-1909-28-march-1992-was-a-renowned-greek-archaeologist/

Feature on the Greco-Roman remains at Gadara (Jordan):

https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/jordan/2022/01/08/jordans-unheralded-archaeological-gem-rivals-syrian-neighbour/

Feature on Boudicca:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct1rmb

Feature on the Kritios Boy:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/01/04/who-beheaded-kritios-boy-masterpiece-ancient-greek-art/

Feature on the Dipilio Tablet:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/01/06/the-dispilio-tablet/

Feature on some ancient Greek women:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/01/07/ancient-greek-women-changing-history-greece/

Feature on a recreation of a portrait of Julius Caesar:

https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2022/01/will-the-real-julius-caesar-please-stand-up

Feature on the Labours of Hercules:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/01/02/twelve-labors-of-hercules-exemplify-greek-mythology/

Another feature on the Antikythera Mechanism:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/01/08/antikythera-mechanism-legacy/

Not sure about this feature on whether Jews should read Homer:

https://mosaicmagazine.com/observation/arts-culture/2022/01/should-jews-read-homer/

In case you missed the brouhaha over a Reading prof's editing a section of Semonides:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/01/03/uk-university-censors-ancient-greek-poem-incase-it-offends-women-and-students/

... and Mary Beard provided some background:

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/who-was-semonides-blog-post-mary-beard/ https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-times-diary-mary-beard-classic-ruse-kxwcv7fxl

... as did Natalie Haynes:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/greeks-romans-frankness-sex-classical-literature-smut-xcqnkdd8d

More on McDonald's not getting near the Baths of Caracalla:

https://hypebeast.com/2022/1/mcdonalds-denied-appeal-baths-of-caracalla https://www.mashed.com/723227/the-real-reason-italy-wont-allow-a-mcdonalds-at-this-tourist-site/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/12/31/mcdonalds-blocked-from-opening-at-romes-ancient-baths-of-caracalla
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/italy-bans-mcdonalds-drive-through-at-ancient-roman-baths-site-180979302/

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https://pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-imperfect-1622
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http://rogueclassicism.com/ ============================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ============================================================
A pair of Bronze Age hoards (metal detectorist finds ... past couple of years) from Gwent:

https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/19822790.bronze-age-treasure-discovered-gwent/

Hunter-gatherers in 2000 years bp northern Sweden were producing high quality iron objects:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/arctic-hunter-gatherers-iron-metal-production-sweden
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10266-220104-sweden-hunter-gatherers

Horned helmets from Scandinavia were actually from an earlier civilization, not Viking related:

https://www.livescience.com/horned-viking-helmets-from-different-civilization https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/vikings-were-too-trendy-for-helmets-with-horns-lz8lrgstv
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10270-220107-denmark-horned-helmets

Not sure if we mentioned this find of Celtic gold coins from Brandenburg:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/12/hoard-of-celtic-gold-coins-discovered.html

A pair of 'sticks' from Oslo with medieval runes/Latin inscriptions:

https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-medieval-history-runes/a-bone-and-a-stick-inscribed-with-norse-runic-text-found-in-oslo/1961670
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/63076 https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/12/two-runic-inscriptions-discovered-in.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10269-220106-norway-medieval-runes

An 800 years bp 'arabic-inspired' chess piece from Norway:

http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/toensberg-chess-piece-10436.html

Suggestion there might be an 'archaeological treasure trove' beneath St Machar's Cathedral:

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen-aberdeenshire/3816324/ali-cameron-archaeologist-on-skeletons-below-st-machars-cathedral/

A high status 11th/12th century burial from Poland:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/63047

A 14th century 'Byzantine' inscription from Geresun Island in the Black Sea:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/01/05/byzantine-inscription-gerasun-island/

Some 'hidden' steps (and 17th/18th century paintings) were revealed at a Devon church:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-59868339

Finds from various periods from a student accommodation construction site at Brasenose College:

https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/19833944.construction-new-student-accommodation-unearths-archeological-items/

What medieval burials reveal about daily life in Cambridge:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/written-in-the-bones-medieval-skeletons-tell-story-of-social-inequality-in-cambridge/

More on that 10 000 years bp infant burial:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/europes-earliest-female-infant-burial-reveals-a-mesolithic-society-that-honoured-its-young/142448

More on the find of five Viking longhouses at the Gjellestad site:

http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/gjellestad-longhouses-10427.html

More on 7th century 'workshops' found down the road from Sutton Hoo:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/7th-century-workshops-uncovered-near-sutton-hoo/142400
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/archaeologists-and-student-volunteers-discover-the-anglo-saxon-workshop-behind-the-treasures-of-sutton-hoo-2055456

More on that 800 years bp falconry figurine from Norway:

http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/falconer-figurine-10422.html

Suggestion there are 'thousands' of illicit whisky stills to be discovered in the Scottish Highlands:

https://inews.co.uk/news/scotland/thousands-illicit-whisky-stills-undiscovered-scottish-highlands-archaeologists-1368208

Plans for a dig at a hotel construction site at Bishop's Stortford:

https://www.bishopsstortfordindependent.co.uk/news/experts-to-probe-past-at-ancient-site-9232853/

Stained-glass from an 800 years bp church in East Hatley have been restored/returned:

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/836/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/836/pub/836/page/20/article/257566

On metal detectorist finds from Yorkshire:

https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/incredible-archaeological-treasures-found-metal-22594011

... and Shropshire:

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/oswestry/2022/01/04/shropshire-shines-for-buried-treasures/

Feature on the last lions of Europe:

https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/lions-europe/

Feature on Kropfenstein Cave Castle (Switzerland):

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/kropfenstein-cave-castle/142458

Feature on Viking finds on the Isle of Man over the past year:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/12/silver-and-swords-new-light-cast-on.html
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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 4000 years bp pottery kiln from China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region:

http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2022-01/07/content_77975017.htm

Western Zhou Dynasty finds from a site in Beijing:

https://ukranews.com/en/news/820097-ancient-cultural-relics-found-in-beijing

A Shang Dynasty tomb cluster from Henan:

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-01-06/3-000-year-old-clan-cemetery-uncovered-in-C-China-16Ba2hpDqbS/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/china-warrior-cemetery-discovery-mic-intl-hnk/index.html

A 3000 years bp bronze casting workshop from Hangzhou:

https://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/3000-yr-old-bronzeware-casting-workshop-found-in-hangzhou

A Northern Wei dynasty tomb with a stone sarcophagus from Shanxi:

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202201/1243939.shtml http://en.people.cn/n3/2022/0103/c90000-9940206.html

Also from Shanxi are some Ming Dynasty tomb chambers:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/20220103/a7bd4c467ecb46b7a96220555d31b391/c.html
http://en.people.cn/n3/2022/0104/c90000-9940344.html http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2022-01/04/content_77967716.htm https://english.cctv.com/2022/01/05/ARTI6izqa6BrYxYl6bnn13Gw220105.shtml

A late Ming Dynasty winery (long used) from Hebei:

http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202112/29/WS61cc0b31a310cdd39bc7e1fb.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10367567/Archaeology-Ancient-winery-late-Ming-Dynasty-unearthed-Chinas-Hebei-province.html
https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/article/3162584/stunning-underground-murals-found-central-china-are-believed-be
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10263-220103-china-hebei-winery

Feature on a Jin Dynasty palace complex that was found during preparations for the Winter Olympics:

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202201/1245300.shtml

1000 years bp cluster of tombs from the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region:

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-01-09/Ancient-tombs-over-1-000-years-old-discovered-in-China-s-Guangxi-16FYhDNppoA/index.html

Overviewish thing on all the Buddhist finds from the Buddhavanam project:

https://telanganatoday.com/buddhavanam-project-treasure-trove-of-buddhist-relics

A statue of Durga was recovered by police (need more details) in Jammu and Kashmir:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/12/1300-year-old-goddess-sculpture-found.html

A Telugu inscription dating to 575 CE from a Kadapa village:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2022/jan/09/first-telugu-inscriptiondating-back-to-575-ad-found-in-kadapa-village-2404759.html

Concerns for some 10th century Jain sculptures in Telangana:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2022/jan/06/10th-century-jain-sculptures-in-a-state-of-neglect-2403572.html

Epigraphy concerns in Nepal:

https://english.onlinekhabar.com/shyam-sundar-rajbanshi-nepal-history.html

Feature on petroglyphs in India:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/from-hominins-to-horse-riders-vast-span-of-humanity-in-indian-cave-art-1.10520234

Feature on depictions of Buddhas in Greek tunics:

https://psyche.co/ideas/why-the-first-buddhas-in-art-wore-finely-folded-greek-tunics

Not sure where to put these items on Kushan artifacts confiscated by the Taliban:

https://www.dailypioneer.com/2021/pioneer-exclusive/taliban-display-75-rare-kushan-era-antiques-confiscated-from-af-babus.html
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ============================================================
Feature on the tree ring dating of the timbers of the Batavia shipwreck:

https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/shipwreck-tree-rings/?ct=t()

Feature on Maddy McAllister's underwater archaeology efforts:

https://www.9news.com.au/national/inside-the-world-of-maritime-archaeologist-maddy-mcallister-queenslands-shipwreck-mermaid/0a59727e-5098-4db8-ac62-0b95542efb8d

A fire in Australia has been burning for at least 6000 years, apparently:

https://www.sciencealert.com/this-mysterious-fire-in-australia-has-been-burning-non-stop-for-at-least-6-000-years
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NORTH AMERICA
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A dig in San Francisco reveals Atlantic cod was being imported there in the 1850s:

https://today.ku.edu/2022/01/06/archaeological-dig-reveals-participants-californias-gold-rush-dined-salted-atlantic-cod
https://phys.org/news/2022-01-archaeological-reveals-california-gold-dined.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/01/220106143650.htm

Overviewish of things found during a dig at Parliament Hill (Ottawa):

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/the-big-dig-ancient-knife-is-a-highlight-of-parliament-hill-archeological-study

An update on ongoing excavations in a couple of parking lots in Guelph:

https://guelph.ca/2022/01/archeological-excavation-of-baker-and-wyndham-street-parking-lots-january-4-update/

Some Revolutionary War artifacts from Mount Independence have been conserved:

https://www.addisonindependent.com/2021/12/30/revolutionary-war-artifacts-from-mt-independence-conserved/

More on that slave badge found in Charleston last year:

https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/art-architecture/2022/01/04/Charleston-slave-badge/stories/202112200007

Review of Mitchell and Baker (eds), *The Civil War in Maryland Reconsidered*:

https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/bs-md-civil-war-history-revisited-20211228-zzhs4me27zcg3lvk67gbn3ynd4-story.html

Interesting story on the search for a fabled cache of Civil War gold in Pennsylvania:

https://apnews.com/article/technology-oddities-pennsylvania-lawsuits-2ed5379dc0391c970d6d39f6e994fd70
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
A 1000 years bp rope-bound mummy from Cajamarquilla (Peru):

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-pre-incan-mummy-underground-burial-chamber.html https://www.livescience.com/1000-year-old-mummy-peru https://phys.org/news/2022-01-pre-incan-mummy-underground-burial-chamber.html https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-691823 https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2022/01/mysterious-pre-inca-mummy-buried-around-1000-years-ago-discovered-in-peru/
https://www.newsweek.com/mummy-fetal-position-bound-rope-found-next-dog-guinea-pig-peruvian-tomb-1665486
https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/48816/20220107/1000-year-old-mummy-underground-tomb-peru.htm

LiDAR at Machu Picchu has revealed a number of ceremonial structures:

https://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C90677%2Cdrone-laser-scanning-discovers-unknown-structures-machu-picchu-peru.html
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/12/drone-laser-scanning-discovers-unknown.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10267-220105-machu-picchu-lidar

... and Machu Picchu was celebrating 41 years as a historic sanctuary:


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