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explorator 25.44 February 19, 2023
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You can read explorator online at:
https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/
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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Using radiocarbon 3.0 to study interactions between sapiens and neanderthals:
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-radiocarbon-method-interaction-homo-sapiens.html
Feature on what we know about Neanderthals' sense of smell:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/neanderthal-dna-what-genomes-tells-us-about-their-sense-of-smell
Feature on Neanderthal hunting strategies/methods:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/ancient-predators-a-guide-to-the-neanderthal-hunt
Study suggests Neanderthal genes have helped modern humans adapt to the length of the day:
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-neanderthal-genes-early-humans-differences.html
General discussion about Neanderthals:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct38tq
More on the possibility paranthropus was making tools in Kenya some 2.9 million years bp:
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-stone-age-discovery-fuels-mystery.html https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-64595418 http://www.archaeology.org/news/11231-230213-paranthropus-oldowan-tools
More on crab-eating Neanderthals:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/07/science/neanderthals-crab-portugal.html ============================================================
AFRICA
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More on the 500 years bp Khoisan horn container from South Africa:
https://www.modernghana.com/news/1213023/cowabunga-horn-reveals-herbal-mixtures-used-by.html
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
Saite Period column remains from a site at Buto:
https://the-past.com/news/columns-of-a-7th-century-bc-hall-uncovered-at-buto/
A pair of New Kingdom tombs from Dra Abu El-Naga are now open to the public:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/02/13/two-dra-abu-el-naga-tombs-open-to-the-public/
... as is the Middle Kingdom tomb of Meru on Luxor's West Bank:
https://www.lonelyplanet.com/news/middle-kingdom-meru-opens-luxor-egypt
Carter and his Egyptian excavators opened Tutankhamun's tomb 100 years ago this week:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/king-tut-tomb-opening-100-years-artifacts-2256730
Feature on Tutankhamun's pectoral jewellery origins:
https://www.iflscience.com/unusual-yellow-gem-in-king-tut-s-tomb-created-by-meteor-crash-in-sahara-67593
Zahi Hawass was encouraging the signing of a UK law to allow the return of Egyptian antiquities:
https://www.egyptindependent.com/zahi-hawass-supports-petition-to-repatriate-rosetta-stone-and-other-antiquities/
https://see.news/zahi-hawass-urges-arabs-to-sign-amendment-to-uk-law-for-returning-egyptian-antiquities
OpEd on whether major institutions should be acquiring Egyptian antiquities:
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/louvre-trafficking-case-egyptian-antiquities-acquisitions-reconsideration-1234657255/
Review of Lynne Olson, *Empress of the Nile*:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/02/16/empress-of-the-nile-book/
More on the 'digital unwrapping' of the 2300 years bp 'Golden Boy' mummified person:
https://scitechdaily.com/golden-boy-researchers-digitally-unwrap-2300-year-old-undisturbed-mummy/
More on the recently-found 16 metre papyrus copy of the Book of the Dead from a Saqqara tomb:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/52-foot-long-ancient-egyptian-papyrus-discovered
A Roman-era lead sarcophagus from a necropolis in Gaza:
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/roman-era-sarcophagus-uncovered-gaza-2023-02-14/
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/gaza-mime-intl/index.html https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-731574 https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/02/15/archeologists-discover-roman-era-sarcophagus-in-gaza-strip/
https://thearabweekly.com/experts-uncover-roman-era-sarcophagus-northern-gaza https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230215-roman-era-lead-coffin-found-in-gaza/
A Sassanid-era petroglyph of 'moral teachings' from Marvdasht (Iran):
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/481889/Sassanid-petroglyph-on-moral-teachings-discovered-in-Marvdasht
A 4500 years bp Sumerian palace find at Girsu:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/feb/17/discovery-of-4500-year-old-palace-in-iraq-may-hold-key-to-ancient-civilisation
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ancient-palace-of-sumerian-kings-uncovered-in-iraq-dlqvzm2w7
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/02/17/british-museum-unearth-sumerian-king-gudea-palace-iraq/
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1250/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1250/pub/1250/page/10/article/NaN
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11765351/Girsu-Project-archaeologist-accused-making-finding-lost-palace.html
https://www.irishnews.com/news/uknews/2023/02/17/news/archaeologist_who_discovered_lost_iraq_temple_people_said_i_was_making_it_up-3069798/
https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/cia-cold-war-spy-plane-british-museum-palace-iraqi-desert-b1061032.html
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2253141/middle-east https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/iraq/2023/02/17/ancient-sumerian-palace-found-in-southern-iraq/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/royal-sumerian-palace-and-temple-uncovered-in-ancient-girsu/146226
More on the 5000 years bp 'tavern' from Lagash:
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-iraq-uncovers-year-pub-restaurant.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/sumerian-tavern-oven-beer-recipe-iraq-b2283354.html
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230215-iraq-dig-uncovers-5-000-year-old-pub-restaurant
https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20230215-iraq-dig-uncovers-5-000-year-old-pub-restaurant
https://www.timesofisrael.com/archaeologists-dig-up-5000-year-old-pub-in-iraq-frequented-by-regular-people/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/5000-year-old-tavern-beer-recipe-found-archaeologists-iraq/
https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/0215/1356723-iraq-ancient-tavern-discovered/ https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/iraq-dig-uncovers-5-000-year-old-pub-restaurant-180906
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230216-archaeologists-uncover-5000-year-old-sumerian-tavern-in-iraq/
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2023/02/14/archaeologists-find-5000-year-old-tavern-in-ancient-city-of-lagash/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66503
More on the 4000 years bp cuneiform tablets written in Amorite:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/4axjqm/a-lost-language-translated-from-ancient-tablets-reveals-names-of-gods-in-stunning-find
More on the excavations of an 8th/9th century BCE palace structure at Nimrud:
https://the-past.com/news/assyrian-palace-excavated-in-the-ancient-city-of-nimrud/
More on climate change contributing to the collapse of the Hittite empire:
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-climate-toppled-hittite-empire.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/02/08/climate-change-drought-history/
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-near-eastern-world/drought-and-the-fall-of-the-hittite-empire/?mqsc=E4150063&dk=ZE3120ZF0
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/severe-drought-may-have-contributed-to-the-decline-of-the-hittites-180981636/
Feature on cuneiform mathematics:
https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/02/cuneiform-mathematics
Feature on some 5000 years bp 'drinking straws' from Maikop (we had this a year or so ago):
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/5000-year-old-scepters-may-actually-be-the-oldest-drinking-straws-in-the-world/
An overview of recent finds of a dig at the long-occupied Tell Bleibil site in Jordan:
https://menafn.com/1105568852/Archaeologist-Reflects-On-Tell-Bleibil-Excavations-After-Pandemic-Induced-Pause
Musnad inscriptions and other finds from Najran (Saudi Arabia):
https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/15/02/2023/pre-islamic-inscriptions-rare-archaeological-finds-discovered-in-saudi-arabia
https://arkeonews.net/saudi-archaeologists-have-discovered-a-pre-islamic-musnad-inscription-and-a-bronze-bullhead/
Overview of a symposium on recent finds by French archaeologists in Oman:
https://timesofoman.com/article/126897-national-museum-hosts-symposium-on-discoveries-of-french-archaeologists-in-oman
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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) ============================================================
Roundabout construction in Abruzzo revealed a 1st/2nd century Roman portrait stele:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66510 https://www.stilearte.it/imponente-stele-romana-con-ritratto-emerge-durante-gli-scavi-di-una-rotatoria-in-abruzzo/
Remains of a 1st/2nd century Roman road and domus from Villevielle:
https://www.inrap.fr/un-quartier-inedit-de-l-agglomeration-antique-se-revele-villevieille-gard-17074
https://www.stilearte.it/scavi-per-una-casa-di-campagna-portano-alla-luce-domus-romana-strada-selciata-ed-edificio-pubblico/
Remains of a Roman 'hall' from a villa excavation in Posillipo:
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article272535972.html
A Roman silver ring find from the Netherlands (article in Dutch):
https://www.rtvkrimpenerwaard.nl/site/verrassende-vondst-in-krimpen-aan-den-lek-geeft-inkijkje-op-romeinse-uitstapjes-langs-de-hollandsche-ijssel/
A fragment of a lion's head sculpture dating to 30 CE or so from Pisa (Italian):
https://www.stilearte.it/una-testa-di-leone-del-30-a-c-trovata-nello-scavo-di-piazza-del-sarto-a-pisa-a-cosa-serviva/
A 1900 years bp Roman soldier's 'payslip' from Masada:
https://arkeonews.net/roman-soldiers-1900-year-old-payslip-uncovered-in-masada/ https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/archaeologists-uncover-roman-soldiers-paycheck-at-masada/146215
A ca 300 CE Roman kiln found during Genoa metro works:
https://www.stilearte.it/una-fornace-romana-del-300-d-c-riemerge-durante-i-lavori-per-la-metropolitana-di-genova/
Not sure about this story of someone in the UK finding a Greek coin in their garden:
https://metro.co.uk/2023/02/15/man-digs-up-greek-coin-while-weeding-in-the-garden-18289026/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/02/18/british-man-ancient-greek-coin/ https://greekreporter.com/2023/02/18/man-finds-ancient-greek-coin-garden/
More on the sanctuary of Mithras revealed in Spain:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/02/13/ancient-sanctuary-god-mithras-found-spain/
More on the 4th century glass item depicting Roma (maybe) found during Metro C construction:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/construction-workers-unearthed-this-golden-glass-depicting-the-goddess-of-rome-180981629/
More on the Getty acquiring a bust of Antoninus Pius:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/02/14/getty-to-acquire-bust-of-roman-emperor-antoninus-pius/
More on the dodecahedron find from Belgium:
https://arkeonews.net/1600-year-old-fragment-of-enigmatic-roman-artifact-discovered-in-belgium/
Plans for an upgrade of the Knossos Research Centre:
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1204748/knossos-research-center-in-for-overhaul/
Review of Carlo Rovelli, *Anaximander and the Nature of Science*:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/anaximander-and-the-nature-of-science-by-carlo-rovelli-review-the-greatest-philosopher-youve-never-heard-of-v5jjl03jg
Sarah Iles Johnston has a new book out on Medea:
https://press.princeton.edu/ideas/medea-again
Feature on the Scythians:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/who-were-the-ancient-scythians
Feature on the comeback of spoken Latin:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-spoken-latin-is-making-a-comeback-180981621/
Feature on what happened to the Library of Alexandria:
https://boingboing.net/2023/02/17/what-really-happened-to-the-library-of-alexandria.html
Feature on Corinthia:
https://www.ekathimerini.com/society/1204571/unearthing-the-secrets-of-a-lost-ancient-city/
Feature on Lucian and diversity:
https://theconversation.com/what-a-second-century-roman-citizen-lucian-can-teach-us-about-diversity-and-acceptance-196726
https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/what-a-second-century-roman-citizen-lucian-can-17780954.php
Feature on the Lapis Niger:
https://www.iflscience.com/the-lapis-niger-was-a-mystery-even-in-ancient-times-the-truth-was-even-stranger-67494
Feature on Roman Londinium:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/londinium-ad-47/146190
Feature on some Roman emperors:
https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/roman-emperors-guide-facts/
Feature on some myths associated with Caligula:
https://www.thecollector.com/roman-emperor-caligula-myths/
Feature on the Lotus Eaters:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/02/11/fruit-lotus-eaters-odyssey/
Feature on a sculpture of Eros:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/02/14/ancient-greek-sculpture-eros-purity-love/
Feature on some love stories from Greek mythology:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/02/14/love-stories-greek-mythology/
In Parthenon Sculptures news, the week began with a Greek offer of a loan of antiquities in exchange for the return:
https://www.thenationalherald.com/greece-offers-british-museum-antiquities-loan-for-marbles-return/
... and then we were reading of some sort of sharing proposal:
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/parthenon-marbles-could-be-seen-both-london-athens-museum-chair-says-2023-02-16/
http://apnews.com/article/greece-government-british-museum-george-osborne-london-2ba7f901d0389cb11d106e51e93d69c3
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1249/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1249/pub/1249/page/13/article/NaN
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/02/17/british-museums-chairman-suggests-new-hybrid-deal-with-greece-over-parthenon-marbles
https://greekherald.com.au/news/british-museum-hints-at-sharing-parthenon-marbles-with-greece/
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/museum-london-athens-share-parthenon-marbles-deal-97258957
https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2023/02/16/Parthenon-marbles-could-be-seen-both-in-London-and-Athens-Museum-chair
https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/02/16/greek-government-and-british-museum-looking-to-strike-deal-over-parthenon-marbles/
https://www.thenationalherald.com/british-museum-offers-greece-loan-sharing-of-parthenon-marbles/
... and more secret meetings:
https://www.ekathimerini.com/multimedia/podcasts/1205036/the-secret-meetings-between-mitsotakis-and-osborne-on-the-parthenon-marbles/
... and the British Museum was 'reasonably optimistic':
https://greekreporter.com/2023/02/16/british-museum-deal-greece-parthenon-sculptures/
... and there were OpEds:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/02/17/parthenon-marbles-loan-greece-repatriation/
https://menafn.com/1105580819/Debate-Sorry-British-Museum-A-Loan-Of-The-Parthenon-Marbles-Is-Not-A-Repatriation
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Roman Archaeology Blog:
http://romanarc.blogspot.com/
Rogueclassicism:
http://rogueclassicism.com/ ============================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ============================================================
Study of a Bronze Age necropolis in Bosnia:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/kopilo-a-newly-discovered-late-bronze-and-iron-age-burial-ground-in-bosnia/8C254B43FE083FC85995C80F1FE5DA3D#.Y-0d-EtSGqR.facebook
A school construction site in Co Down has revealed a major prehistoric settlement site:
https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2023/02/13/news/archaeologists_uncover_one_of_ireland_s_largest_prehistoric_settlements_at_site_of_new_downpatrick_school-3054623/
Not sure if we've mentioned this Unetice culture site in Poland:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/archaeologists-find-lost-stronghold-of-unetice-culture/146211
A study of the 1300 years bp skull of a woman from Italy had undergone trepanation at least twice:
https://arkeonews.net/unlucky-medieval-woman-underwent-at-least-two-skull-surgeries-in-longobard-italy/
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/02/t-is-for-trepanation-this-medieval-woman-had-two-brain-surgeries-skull-shows/
Evidence of a Saxon presence in the Peak District:
https://www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk/news/people/this-is-really-exciting-news-discoveries-made-at-a-peak-district-archeologist-site-are-of-national-importance-4025537
Studying finds from a medieval rubbish dump in Cartama (Spain):
https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/guadalhorce-valley/archaeological-remains-constitution-20230215110602-nt.html
Crop marks at Hartlebury Castle reveal a possible Civil War bastion:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-64569080 https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/archaeologists-drone-kidderminster-village-unearths-26235042
The Time Team folks may have found a Knights Hospitaller site in Shropshire:
https://www.shropshirestar.com/entertainment/attractions/2023/02/14/archaeologists-tease-a-major-announcement-following-hunt-for-knights-hospitaller-site-in-north-shropshire/
Investigating a boat buried beneath a Wirral pub parking lot:
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-scientists-ancient-boat-pub-car.html https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/viking-boat-could-found-underneath-26265606
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/archaeologists-investigate-ancient-boat-buried-beneath-car-park/146219
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/02/16/ancient-boat-buried-under-a-pub-car-park-investigated/
A 'silver wedding dress' and other luxury goods from the wreck of the Palmwood:
https://www.eastcoastdaily.in/2023/02/19/archaeologists-unearth-a-stunning-silver-wedding-gown-from-a-shipwreck-from-the-seventeenth-century.html
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/17/world/dutch-palmwood-shipwreck-finds-scn/index.html
Remains of a 300 years bp wooden mikveh from a site in Poland:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/excavations-in-poland-have-uncovered-a-jewish-mikveh/146223
A detectorist found a 17th century mourning ring in Wiltshire:
https://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/23312674.detectorist-stunned-treasure-find-wiltshire/
Another detectorist found a 250 years bp gold ring in Canterbury:
https://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2023/02/13/novice-treasure-hunter-unearths-250-year-old-ring/
Still yet another found a 14th century silver gilt strap end:
https://www.medievalists.net/2023/02/medieval-artefact-displaying-fantastic-beasts-discovered-in-england/
More on the Spanish hospital that became a church that became a bar turning out to have once been a medieval synagogue:
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367348
More on the medieval fort found by LiDAR in Spain:
https://www.livescience.com/lasers-reveal-ruins-of-5th-century-fortress-in-spanish-forest
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11232-230213-spain-medieval-fort
More on the spices found on the 15th century wreck of the Gribshunden:
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-trove-spices-world-sunken-fifteenth-century.html https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-731250 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66467 https://arkeonews.net/denmark-kings-spice-cabinet-discovered-on-gribshunden/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/royal-medieval-pantry-spices-500-year-old-shipwreck-180981630/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11230-230213-royal-ship-spices
More on the Tudor-era pendant associated with Katherine of Aragon:
https://the-past.com/news/tudor-treasure-exploring-an-artefact-rich-in-royal-imagery/
More on the 500 years bp burial of an 'anchoress' who suffered from syphilis:
https://www.livescience.com/medieval-religious-hermit-buried-in-extremely-unusual-position-had-syphilis
https://www.sciencealert.com/religious-hermit-found-buried-in-the-fetal-position-and-archeologists-arent-sure-why
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66478 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/02/13/mysterious-skeleton-revealed-to-belong-to-an-anchoress/
More on the resilience English monasteries displayed in response to Viking attacks:
https://aleteia.org/2023/02/15/how-medieval-monasteries-survived-viking-raids/
A memorial to St Cuthbert has been restored to Lindisfarne:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/17/memorial-to-st-cuthbert-restored-to-lindisfarne-after-nearly-500-years
A 9th century Viking Raider stone is going on display:
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1249/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1249/pub/1249/page/23/article/388155
A Tudor gold signet ring associated with the Boleyns has gone on display:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66485
Finds from the wreck of the Gloucester are going on display:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-64651507
Pondering the future of derelict listed buildings in Grimsby:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-humber-64626137
A 19th century shipwreck full of pottery headed for New Zealand has been given UK protection:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-64650670 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/167-year-old-shipwreck-carrying-rare-ceramics-gains-historical-protection-180981639/
Plans for a dig at the former bus depot site in Colchester:
https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/23328221.colchester-former-bus-depot-set-archaeological-dig/
Feature on finds made during construction of the Amsterdam metro:
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/underground-amsterdam-treasures-rokin/index.html
Feature on living during the Ice Age:
https://aeon.co/essays/what-was-it-like-to-grow-up-in-the-last-ice-age
Fines for some Yorkshire 'amateur archaeologists' who reburied some 700 years bp bones:
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/yorkshire-amateur-archaeologists-landed-with-ps3000-bill-for-illegal-burial-of-700-year-old-bones-4028587
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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 ============================================================
Eight (maybe 7) Zhou dynasty burials with feudal implications from Shaanxi:
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202302/1285384.shtml http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-02/14/content_85105755.htm
A 2400 years bp flush toilet find from a site in Shaanxi:
https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202302/16/WS63ed04ada31057c47ebaf009.html https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202302/1285532.shtml https://www.modbee.com/news/nation-world/world/article272529260.html https://arkeonews.net/2400-year-old-unearthed-flush-toilet-in-china/ http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66520 http://www.archaeology.org/news/11241-230217-xian-flush-toilet
A pair of Warring States Period palace structures from Shaanxi:
https://www.shine.cn/news/nation/2302196380/ http://www.china.org.cn/china/2023-02/19/content_85114575.htm
21 Western Han Dynasty tombs from Hunan:
https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202302/17/WS63eed02aa31057c47ebaf4d4.html
A Western Xia Dynasty kiln site from northwest China:
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-02/17/content_85111553.htm http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/0217/c90000-10209082.html https://sana.sy/en/?p=301078
Overview piece on recent finds from Shanxi:
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202302/15/WS63ec9c67a31057c47ebaef96.html
Feature on purported 'booby traps' in Qin's tomb:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-booby-traps-of-qin-shi-huangs-tomb-fact-fiction-or-something-even-better
3000 years bp traces of milk residue from Tibet:
https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202302/14/WS63eade74a31057c47ebae956.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/11237-230215-tibet-milk-residue
Feature on five sites/finds in China:
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2023-02-16/Five-archaeological-discoveries-showcase-the-splendor-of-ancient-China-1htg2kJoBXi/index.html
A 1600 years bp Sivalinga from Andhra Pradesh:
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/arthanariswara-sivalinga-dating-back-to-4th-century-found-at-pedakonduru-in-guntur-district/article66512202.ece
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2023/feb/16/ancient-sivalinga-found-at-anandeswara-temple-in-andhra-pradesh-2547875.html
An 11th century sculpture find from Kumta:
https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/180223/exciting-archaeological-discovery-at-ulluru-mutta.html
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2023/feb/18/karnataka-11th-century-sculpture-found-inkumta-expertsto-unearth-history-2548632.html
Temple construction in Ahmedabad revealed remains of a step-well and idols:
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/ancient-step-well-idols-unearthed-digging-temple-ahmedabad-8453175/
Plans to restore the Tripolia Gateway in Delhi:
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/delhi-news/neglected-tripolia-gate-set-for-restoration-work-by-asi-101676228413593.html
A 400 years bp Christian chapel in India may be demolished to make way for a football stadium:
https://www.licas.news/2023/02/14/400-year-old-chapel-in-india-faces-demolition-to-give-way-to-football-stadium/
The ASI approved digs in various sites:
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/archaeological-survey-of-india-approves-excavations-at-rakhigarhi-in-haryana-several-other-sites-479987
Feature on Gandharan buddhism spread:
https://theprint.in/the-fineprint/buddhism-did-not-spread-by-the-sword-but-the-empires-that-helped-it-grow-did/1373559/
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ============================================================
Funding to study heritage sites in Linmen National Park:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/02/13/exploring-heritage-sites-at-nt-national-park/
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NORTH AMERICA
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A possible Revolutionary War veteran burial on Rhode Island:
https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/good-news/2023/02/17/historical-cranston-ri-cemetery-may-hold-revolutionary-war-soldier/69905745007/
Remains of a home associated with enslaved persons near the site of Harriet Tubman's birthplace:
https://wtop.com/maryland/2023/02/home-unearthed-near-maryland-birthplace-of-abolitionist-harriet-tubman/
https://www.wrde.com/news/new-home-discovered-by-archaeologists-at-harriet-tubmans-birthplace/article_47dfa436-ac99-11ed-b69c-e764644bf180.html
... including some West African religious items:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/02/14/eastern-shore-discovery-harriet-tubman/
https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/harriet-tubman-west-african-spirit-cache-found-dorchester-county-maryland/
https://www.khou.com/video/news/local/black-history/maryland-archaeologists-uncover-african-religious-artifacts-near-where-harriet-tubman-was-born/285-9307c7a9-ab03-4965-83c4-3716f2b90b2e
https://www.wboc.com/news/archaeologists-find-artifacts-from-enslaved-people-at-blackwater-national-wildlife-refuge/article_3099aba0-acc1-11ed-9ee7-d3c8de52598e.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/west-african-spirit-cache-discovered-at-harriet-tubmans-maryland-birthplace-180981655/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11235-230215-maryland-spirit-cache
A 19th century shipwreck has washed up on a Nantucket beach:
https://www.newsweek.com/shipwreck-massachusetts-nantucket-video-preserved-1781666
More on the find of an unexploded 160 years bp artillery shell at Gettysburg:
https://www.livescience.com/archaeologists-find-unexploded-artillery-shell-under-gettysburg-battlefield
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/civil-war-artillery-shell-found-gettysburg-180981642/
A 19th century crypt in Old North Church in Boston is undergoing restoration:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/02/18/metro/historic-crypt-old-north-church-with-parts-unopened-since-1860-undergoing-restoration/
A followup on the FBI search for Civil War-era gold in Pennsylvania:
https://apnews.com/article/politics-war-and-unrest-pennsylvania-clearfield-ec6f923036d4da94d0d8b07a6e0e82bb
Feature on the role of a pair of enslaved persons in Boston's pottery industry:
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/two-enslaved-men-played-major-roles-in-bostons-pottery-industry/
Feature on Oswego churches' role in the Underground Railroad:
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/capital-region/news/2023/02/12/owego-homes-churches-underground-railroad-black-history-month-2023
More on climate change and migration to the Americas:
https://www.livescience.com/bering-land-bridge-was-only-passable-during-2-brief-windows-study-finds
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11236-230215-north-america-migration
... and a feature on how folks arrived in the Americas:
https://www.livescience.com/how-did-humans-first-reach-the-americas ============================================================
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
A 1200 years bp temple site from Pakaytambo (Peru):
https://today.uic.edu/1200-year-old-temple-discovery-in-peru/
Not sure how 'new' this find of Maya 'superhighways' by LiDAR in Guatemala is:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/16/world/maya-civilization-causeways-lidar-discovery-scn/index.html
cf:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ancient-mesoamerica/article/lidar-analyses-in-the-contiguous-miradorcalakmul-karst-basin-guatemala-an-introduction-to-new-perspectives-on-regional-early-maya-socioeconomic-and-political-organization/
31075DFA8ADBAA5E7C7320CA6DB93E5E
A study of a 15th century tunic (unku) from Chile:
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-unique-discovery-glimpse-provincial-culture.html https://arkeonews.net/researchers-excavating-the-burial-site-along-caleta-vitor-bay-in-northern-chile-found-an-inka-tunic-or-unku/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11238-230216-chile-inca-tunic
An elite Maya tomb from Chichen Viejo:
https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2023/02/experts-discover-an-ancient-maya-tomb-of-elite-personage-in-yucatan/
... from the same place come remains of a housing complex of some sort:
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/chichen-itza-chichen-viejo-discovery/index.html
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/elite-residences-uncovered-at-chichen-itza-in-mexico-1234657637/
Excavations of four Classic Period mounds at El Naranjo:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-731737 https://www.iflscience.com/shell-and-green-quartz-flowers-found-in-1-000-year-old-mexican-burial-site-67596
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/02/13/mexico-el-naranjo-inah-excavations-archaeological-discoveries
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11233-230214-mexico-mound-earrings
A 16th century cemetery in Mexico City's Chapultepec Park:
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/culture/archaeologists-find-16th-century-cemetery-chapultepec-park/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11242-230217-mexico-transition-cemetery
Machu Picchu has reopened to the public:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-64648641 https://apnews.com/article/peru-government-caribbean-dina-boluarte-833ba4a8df14f5cfca2ccb62d84db73b
https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2023/02/the-archaeological-site-of-machu-picchu-re-opens-after-one-month/
https://www.travelweekly.com.au/article/machu-picchu-officially-reopens-to-travellers/
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