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explorator 26.18 August 20, 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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More on homo erectus 'leaving' Europe because of the cold some 1.1 million years bp:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/europes-1st-humans-were-likely-wiped-out-by-a-sudden-freeze-11-million-years-ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66331558 https://www.archaeology.org/news/11679-230814-europe-ocean-sediments

More on ice age cycles and early human interbreeding:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/08/230814122355.htm https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/08/a-climate-orchestrated-early-human-love-story.html

More on the Neanderthal petroglyphs at La Roche-Cotard:

https://arkeonews.net/the-oldest-known-neanderthal-engravings-were-discovered-in-a-french-cave/

More on the unusual 300 000 years bp skull from China:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-754588 ============================================================
AFRICA
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A study of the 16th century sugar plantation estate (slave-based labour) on Sao Tome island:

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-plantation-revealed.html https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/plantation-slavery-was-invented-on-this-tiny-african-island-according-to-archaeologists
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/08/archaeologists-uncover-the-material-culture-of-slavery-on-sao-tome-island/148248
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11690-230818-slavery-sugar-plantation ============================================================
ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
Restoration work is underway at the Sariyat Al-Gabal Mosque in Cairo:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/50/1207/506661/AlAhram-Weekly/Heritage/Restoration-of-the-Sariyat-AlGabal-Mosque.aspx

Feature on animals in ancient Egypt:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/50/1207/506664/AlAhram-Weekly/Heritage/Animals-in-ancient-Egypt.aspx

More on the Greek shipwreck find near El Alamein:

https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/egypt/2023/08/15/how-engineer-and-his-sons-found-ancient-greek-ship-on-egypts-north-coast/

Excavations are underway at Ahvaz (Iran) where urn-like tombs were discovered last year during an oil drilling project:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/487915/Archaeologists-start-new-dig-at-site-previously-yielded-urn-like

Feature on a talk by Erkan Konyar on Urartian settlements in northwestern Iran:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/488049/Turkish-archaeologist-highlights-Urartian-settlements-in-northwest

Feature on scribal education in ancient Mesopotamia:

https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/education/schoolboy-where-are-you-going

A 3800 years bp cuneiform tablet from Turkiye's Accana tumulus:

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/3-800-year-old-cuneiform-clay-tablet-unearthed-in-ancient-tumulus-in-southern-turkiye/2965848
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11682-230815-turkey-cuneiform-tablet

A 13th century BCE palatial structure from the Tepecik mound in Aydin:

https://arkeonews.net/in-the-excavations-at-tepecik-mound-in-aydin-turkiye-a-palace-like-structure-dating-back-to-the-13th-century-bce-was-discovered/

A 2300 years bp lead weight from a nymphaeum excavation in Assos:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/largest-roman-griffin-weight-unearthed-in-turkiyes-assos/news

A 2300 years bp statue of Hecate (and other items) from Kelenderis in Mersin:

https://arkeonews.net/the-three-headed-statue-of-goddess-hecate-discovered-in-turkeys-mersin/

Brief overview of some recent finds from the excavations in Olba (2nd century CE frieze fragments):

https://arkeonews.net/unique-finds-unearthed-in-the-ancient-city-of-olba-in-southern-turkiye/

In the wake of the earthquakes that affected Hatay a few months ago, some 550 artifacts have been retrieved from the debris:

https://www.dailysabah.com/turkiye/excavation-efforts-yield-550-artifacts-in-turkiyes-quake-hit-hatay/news

Feature on the Machareus fortress site:

https://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/archaeologist-delves-past-machaerus-hilltop-fortress%C2%A0%C2%A0

More on the Neolithic child burial featuring an ornate necklace from Jordan:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-08-13/ty-article-magazine/child-buried-in-neolithic-jordan-with-stunning-jewelry-archaeologists-deduce/00000189-edfd-d1f1-a5df-edfd439a0000

A 5500 years bp city gate find at Tel Erani:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/discovery-of-israels-oldest-gate-resets-clock-on-local-urbanization-by-centuries/
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-08-15/ty-article/archaeologists-unearth-earliest-monumental-city-gate-in-israel-from-5-500-years-ago/00000189-f837-de6e-a1ff-faff96060000
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-754789 https://www.jns.org/archeology/archaeology/23/8/15/310784/ https://www.israelhayom.com/2023/08/15/israels-oldest-gate-offers-glimpse-into-ancient-urbanization/
https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/archeology/1692089834-archaeologists-uncover-oldest-known-gate-in-israel-moving-back-clock-on-urbanization
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/oldest-city-gate-tel-erani-israel-1234677071/
https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/16/ancient-gate-holy-land-israel/ https://arkeonews.net/5500-year-old-city-gate-unearthed-in-israel-the-earliest-known-in-the-land-of-israel/
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/canaans-earliest-city-gate/
https://www.sci.news/archaeology/tell-erani-city-gate-12193.html https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/08/5500-year-old-gate-found-at-tell-erani/148278
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11685-230815-israel-city-gate

A 4000 years bp vaulted arch in an 'enigmatic' structure being excavated at Tel Shimron:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-northern-israel-massive-3800-year-old-monument-stuns-and-stumps-archaeologists/
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-08-17/ty-article/archaeologists-find-perplexing-4-000-year-old-canaanite-arch-in-northern-israel/00000189-fcfa-d9d1-a79b-fffbab460000
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-755083 https://www.jns.org/israel-news/archaeology/23/8/17/311400/

An arch of a Roman aqueduct in Caesarea collapsed:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/arch-of-famous-caesarea-aqueduct-collapses-official-we-repeatedly-sounded-alarm/
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-08-20/ty-article/.premium/an-ancient-section-of-one-of-israels-leading-tourist-attraction-collapses-after-warnings/0000018a-0f65-d8f3-af9f-fff7f7660000
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-755292 https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/rkxrpl63n https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/375768

Controversy arising over Israel's plans to remove a Christian mosaic at Megiddo and lend it to the Museum of the Bible:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-may-uproot-ancient-christian-mosaic-send-it-to-us-evangelical-museum/
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/h1kywb52n https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-755006 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-12407835/Israel-uproot-ancient-Christian-mosaic-near-Armageddon-Where-sparks-outcry.html
https://apnews.com/article/jesus-bible-armageddon-israel-museum-mosaic-christian-2b3a1806e238e995d51d11a8acbf2935
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-megiddo-mosaic-outcry/ https://www.chron.com/news/world/article/israel-may-uproot-ancient-christian-mosaic-near-18296240.php
https://english.elpais.com/usa/2023-08-15/israel-may-uproot-ancient-christian-mosaic-near-armageddon-where-it-could-go-next-sparks-outcry.html
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-08-15/israel-may-uproot-ancient-christian-mosaic-armageddon
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/08/16/controversy-surrounds-ancient-christian-mosaic-should-it-be-loaned-to-us-museum/
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-christian-mosaic-sparks-outcry-185505 https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/tensions-rise-over-proposal-to-loan-ancient-jesus-mosaic-to-us-museum/news
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ancient-christian-mosaic-may-be-loaned-to-museum-of-the-bible-causing-concern-for-archaeologists-1234677242/

Feature on the mosaics in the Ma-on synagogue:

https://allisrael.com/ancient-ma-on-synagogue-in-israel-s-southern-negev

More on that 'magic mirror' find:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/18/byzantine-exorcism-mirror-israel/ https://aleteia.org/2023/08/18/byzantine-exorcism-mirror-discovered-in-archaeological-dig-in-israel/

OpEd on Israel's use of archaeology to justify occupation of Palestine:

https://www.dailysabah.com/world/mid-east/israel-exploits-archaeology-to-legitimize-occupation-of-palestine
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israel-uses-archaeology-to-legitimize-occupation-of-palestine-says-scholar/2969072

... while settlers stormed the site of Jericho this week:

https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/137215

Feature on the Eyes on Heritage's efforts to preserve Gaza's manuscript heritage:

https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2023/8/18/photos-meet-the-research-team-working-to-save-gazas-history-heritage

Feature on the Arab Kingdom during WWI:

https://aeon.co/essays/sharif-hussein-and-the-campaign-for-a-modern-arab-empire

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https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ============================================================
2300 years bp gold coins and assorted child and animal burials from excavations at Carthage's tophet:

https://www.newsweek.com/five-2300-year-old-gold-coins-infant-remains-found-ancient-cemetery-1820893
https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/world/article278264603.html https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article278264603.html https://arkeonews.net/rare-gold-gifts-2300-years-old-discovered-in-the-famous-phoenician-city-of-carthage/

Metal detectorists in Wales came across a hoard of gold staters modelled on Macedonian coinage of Philip II:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/2000-year-old-gold-treasure-from-iron-age-tribe-unearthed-by-metal-detectorists-in-wales
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/08/15/metal-detectorists-make-first-discovery-of-ancient-greek-gold-coins-in-wales/
https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/iron-age-gold-coins-wales-intl-scli-scn-gbr/index.html
https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/14/ancient-greek-gold-coins-iron-age-wales/ http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68038 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/08/iron-age-treasure-hoard-found-in-anglesely/148265
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-welsh-gold-coins-a-first-from-the-iron-age-declared-treasure-180982730/

Finds from the Civita Giuliana near Pompeii are shedding light on the lives of enslaved persons:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/aug/20/bedroom-used-by-slaves-found-by-archaeologists-near-pompeii
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/new-find-throws-light-life-slaves-romes-pompeii-2023-08-20/
https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2023/08/20/slaves-lives-uncovered-at-pompeii-villa_5a063637-230b-4706-90b2-5c4cc635cd45.html

A Roman-era nymphaeum find at Perperikon:

https://bnt.bg/news/latest-archaeological-discovery-at-the-ancient-thracian-city-of-perperikon-320519news.html
https://arkeonews.net/a-nymphaeum-was-discovered-in-the-ancient-thracian-city-of-perperikon/

A 2000 years bp amphora find from a beach south of Rome:

https://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2023/08/14/lifeguard-turns-accidental-archaeologist-with-amphora-find_722059dc-5707-4785-bf50-36a846002f3c.html
https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article278239928.html https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/archaeology-amphora-discovery-italy-lifeguard-latina-1234677094/

Two new fragments of the Fasti Ostienses dating to Hadrian's principate:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/15/roman-fragments-emperor-hadrian-daily-events-calendar-ostia-antica-italy
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ancient-roman-tablets-document-how-hadrian-marked-becoming-emperor-8jrlmdjj2
https://www.stilearte.it/ostia-portati-alla-luce-ora-due-frammenti-dei-fasti-ostienses-tradotto-il-passo-il-significato-la-storia/
https://roma.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/23_agosto_14/ostia-ritrovati-due-nuovi-frammenti-dei-fasti-ostienses-2f5288e8-99d5-4955-b3c3-eb92eef9fxlk.shtml
https://arkeonews.net/two-new-fragments-of-the-fasti-ostienses-a-kind-of-chronicle-engraved-on-marble-slabs-have-been-found-in-the-ostia-antica-archaeological-park/

A schoolboy in Bremen came across a coin of Marcus Aurelius in his sandbox:

https://www.newsweek.com/boy-finds-coin-ancient-rome-after-school-club-1819418 https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article278233713.html https://arkeonews.net/rare-gold-gifts-2300-years-old-discovered-in-the-famous-phoenician-city-of-carthage/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68074

Remains of a 1st century (maybe older) synagogue at the Phanagoria site on the Taman peninsula:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-08-16/ty-article-magazine/synagogue-from-late-second-temple-period-found-by-black-sea-in-russia/00000189-fae4-d0b9-a5a9-ffef91b90000
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-754915 https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/rkihhd9hh https://www.newsweek.com/one-world-oldest-synagogue-just-discovered-1819629 https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/08/16/archaeological-expedition-uncovers-ancient-synagogue-in-the-black-sea-region/
https://neoskosmos.com/en/2023/08/15/news/world/synagogue-unearthed-in-ancient-greek-city-of-phanagoria/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68050 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/08/archaeologists-discover-ancient-synagogue-in-the-black-sea-region/148253
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11688-230817-russia-black-sea-synagogue

A mosaic inscription of Justinian from Ulpiana:

https://prishtinainsight.com/monumental-inscription-sheds-light-on-emperor-justinians-dardanian-origin-at-ulpiana/
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-made-a-remarkable-discovery-in-kosovo-evidence-that-the-great-byzantine-emperor-was-of-dardanian-origin/

Overview of the ongoing 'community dig' at Caistor:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-66548545

Overview piece on the Dromolaxia-Vyzakia excavations on Cyprus suggesting in was a major trading hub in antiquity:

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-cyprus-reveals-key-hub-antiquity.html https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230816-cyprus-dig-reveals-key-trading-hub-in-antiquity
https://www.rfi.fr/en/science-environment/20230816-cyprus-dig-reveals-key-trading-hub-in-antiquity
https://neoskosmos.com/en/2023/08/18/news/cyprus/cyprus-dig-reveals-key-trading-hub-in-antiquity/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/08/18/swedish-expedition-strikes-gold-within-royal-tombs-in-cyprus/

... and the find of a water drainage system there:

https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/news/local/water-drainage-system-discovered-in-dromolaxia-vyzakia-archaeological-site/

Overview of some recent finds from Helike:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/18/new-artifacts-ancient-greek-sanctuary-helike/

Greece's archaeologists and the Culture Ministry are arguing:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1218095/archaeologists-culture-ministry-lock-horns/

More on the iron grate found at the bathing complex being excavated at Merida:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/iron-bars-found-ancient-roman-bath-complex-merida-spain-1234677034/
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article278246008.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/iron-window-bars-discovered-at-roman-public-bath-in-spain-180982737/

More on the find of Nero's theatre near the Vatican:

https://aleteia.org/2023/08/17/tools-used-to-make-rosary-beads-found-in-neros-theatre/

More on the Largo Argentina opening to the public:

https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/08/14/rome-tourism-increase-julius-caesar-assassination-site-wedeman-pkg-nc-vpx.cnn

More on the Roman shipwreck found by coal miners in Serbia:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/ancient-roman-boat-from-empires-frontier-unearthed-in-serbian-coal-mine

Tom Holland on Trajan:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/was-trajan-romes-greatest-emperor/

Review of John Dominic Crossan, *Render Unto Caesar*:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/reviews/review-render-unto-caesar/

An NEH grant for James Romm:

https://www.bard.edu/news/james-romm-50000-neh-public-scholar-grant-plato-and-the-tyrant-2023-08-18

A Harvard fellowship for a pair of Greek archaeologists to study early iron age pottery:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1217850/greek-archaeologists-awarded-harvard-fellowship-to-study-early-iron-age-pottery/

Feature on when Pompeii was first excavated:

https://www.historytoday.com/archive/months-past/pompeii-found

Feature on ancient Roman knowledge of India:

https://scroll.in/article/1054294/for-ancient-romans-india-existed-in-a-liminal-zone-between-the-marketplace-and-the-imagination

Feature on community interactions at the Dougga site:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/08/local-communities-dougga-tunisia

Feature on Julius Caesar's pirate episode:

https://bigthink.com/the-past/julius-caesar-pirates/

Feature on the rock-cut tombs at Blaundus:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/17/hundreds-ornate-rock-cut-tombs-turkey/

Feature on ancient amphorae:

https://www.dw.com/en/surprising-facts-about-amphorae-antiquitys-packaging/a-66546331

Feature on the ancient Greek diet:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/08/14/what-did-the-ancient-greeks-eat-2-2/

Feature on the lost library at Herculaneum:

https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/herculaneum-library-scrolls-epicurus

Feature on the weapons of a Roman Legionary:

https://www.thecollector.com/weapons-roman-legionary/

Feature on Mycenae:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/19/video-ancient-mycenae-palace/

Feature on wages in ancient Greece:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/16/work-and-wages-ancient-greece/

Feature on Greek griffin origins:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/15/griffin-greek-mythology-gobi-desert-dinosaur/

Feature on the end of Roman Britain:

https://www.thecollector.com/when-did-roman-britain-end/

Feature on ancient Greek cities:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/15/ancient-greek-design-cities/

I think this item on the 'rediscovery' of silphium is a repeat from a year or so ago:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/13/plant-ancient-greece-rediscovered/
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http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

Rogueclassicism:

http://rogueclassicism.com/ ============================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ============================================================
A study of Neolithic human remains from the Galeria del Silex (Spain):

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-year-old-girl-iberian-cave-early.html

A study of Maykop-era cauldrons from the Caucasus is shedding light on the Bronze Age diet there:

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-ancient-metal-cauldrons-clues-people.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/08/230818135141.htm https://www.newsweek.com/what-people-ate-5000-years-ago-ancient-cauldron-1820814
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/08/ancient-metal-cauldrons-give-us-clues-about-what-people-ate-in-the-bronze-age.html

Overview of the ongoing dig at Navan Fort/Emain Macha:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-66514152

A 4th century CE Gothic burial ground is being excavated in the Wda Landscape Park in northern Poland:

https://news.yahoo.com/2-000-old-cemetery-full-184244156.html https://arkeonews.net/excavations-in-poland-uncover-goth-graves-filled-with-ornate-jewellery/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68060 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/08/excavations-uncover-gothic-cemetery-filled-with-ornate-jewellery/148284

A 9th century (maybe) 'face-down' burial of an Anglo Saxon teen near Conington:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/medieval-girl-buried-face-down-with-bound-ankles-likely-so-she-couldnt-return-from-the-grave
https://www.huntspost.co.uk/news/23733708.ancient-burial-cambridgeshire-village-teenage-girl/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/08/13/anglo-saxon-teenager-buried-upside-down-ward-evil-spirits/
https://www.businessinsider.in/science/news/a-15-year-old-medieval-girl-was-buried-face-down-with-her-ankles-possibly-tied-together-to-stop-her-from-returning-from-the-dead-researchers-say/articleshow/102843072.cms
https://www.medievalists.net/2023/08/strange-burial-of-9th-century-teenager-reveals-tragic-story/

An Anglo-Saxon burial ground (16 adults, four teenagers, and two children) from Bicker Fen:

https://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/news/anglo-saxon-burial-site-uncovered-by-archaeologists-9325527/

800 years bp (that can't be right) Knights Templar burials from Enville:

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1429/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1429/pub/1429/page/14/article/NaN
https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/staffordshire/south-staffordshire/2023/08/16/more-graves-of-ancient-order-found-at-site-of-staffordshire-church/
https://catholicherald.co.uk/lost-graves-of-knights-templar-discovered-in-staffordshire-village/

Evidence of a 'Viking demolition' of a Pictish settlement on Orkney:

https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/viking-demolition-of-pictish-era-settlement-in-orkney-uncovered-4260535

Possible remains of a 14th century synagoge in Wroclaw:

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rjsw6rd2h https://arkeonews.net/remains-of-14th-century-synagogue-thought-to-be-one-of-largest-in-region-discovered-in-poland/

Conservation at the National Museum of Archaeology's Gran Salon (Malta) as revealed a Knights-era painting of Neptune:

https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/painting-confirmed-depict-roman-sea-god-neptune-bov.1049854

Overview of an ongoing archaeological investigation of Landsberg Castle:

https://www.medievalists.net/2023/08/archaeologists-explore-german-castle/

Restoration of the roof at Oxburgh Hall has revealed plenty of historic artifacts beneath the floorboards of the attic:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/thousands-rare-artifacts-discovered-underneath-attic-floorboards-tudor-manor-180975578/

Magnet fishermen pulled a cannon of uncertain date from Sheffield's River Don:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-66516854

A 17th century 'face-down' and padlock burial of a 'vampire' child from northern Poland:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/in-a-grave-for-the-damned-the-bones-of-a-vampire-child
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/vampire-child-poland-necropolis-corpse-b2395166.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11681-230814-poland-burial-padlock

A metal detectorist found a 300 years bp gold ring near Lancaster:

https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/morecambe-metal-detecting-enthusiasts-find-of-a-lifetime-could-get-pride-of-place-near-home-4256362

A Victorian clay pipe from beneath a car park in Winchester:

https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/23728029.victorian-clay-tobacco-pipe-unearthed-winchester/

More on the 8000 years bp 'stilt village' found in Albania's Lake Ohrid:

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-archaeologists-uncover-europe-oldest-stilt.html https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/08/archaeologists-uncover-europes-oldest-stilt-village.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11680-230814-albania-neolithic-village

The Mayo Abbey monastic site has been surveyed:

https://www.con-telegraph.ie/2023/08/14/results-of-mayo-abbey-monastic-site-survey-to-be-unveiled/

Pondering the future of Ashton Court Mansion:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-66498512

Funding for restoration of historic buildings in Leominster:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-66549930

Traveller's Rest stones have been given listed status:

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/aug/18/stones-made-for-victorian-project-to-help-irish-workers-given-listed-status

Feature on England's 'sunken roads':

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230813-holloways-englands-mysterious-sunken-roads

Feature on Icelandic sagas and Norse morality:

https://aeon.co/videos/myths-from-earths-edge-what-the-icelandic-sagas-reveal-about-norse-morality

Plans for a Lego version of the Worlebury Camp hill fort:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-66510009
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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 Neolithic 'communal' ceramic water pipes from Pingliangtai:

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-china-ancient-pipe-networks-communal.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/08/230814122307.htm https://www.sci.news/archaeology/pingliangtai-ceramic-drainage-system-china-12186.html
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/ancient-impressive-water-pipe-system-in-china-was-made-by-egalitarian-society/
https://arkeonews.net/chinas-ancient-water-pipes-show-people-mastered-complex-engineering-4000-years-ago-without-the-need-for-a-centralized-state-authority/
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/08/chinas-oldest-water-pipes-were-a-communal-effort.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/08/neolithic-people-were-capable-of-complex-engineering/148243

More on Bronze Age coal use in China:

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-systematic-coal-fuel-source-bronze.html

More on the Giant Panda skeleton in a Han Dynasty emperor's tomb:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/2200-year-old-remains-of-sacrificed-giant-panda-and-tapir-discovered-near-chinese-emperors-tomb
https://www.scmp.com/posties/kids/steam-studio/article/3231245/panda-buried-han-tomb
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/fully-intact-giant-panda-skeleton-discovered-in-chinese-emperors-2000-year-old-tomb-180982736/

A study of the Hirohita people's cranial modification practices 3rd-7th centuries CE:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/hirota-people-of-japan-intentionally-deformed-infant-skulls-1800-years-ago
https://phys.org/news/2023-08-unveiling-japan-ancient-cranial-modification.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/08/230816160024.htm https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/18/world/skull-reshaping-ancient-japan-scn/index.html
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/08/unveiling-japans-ancient-practice-of-cranial-modification-the-case-of-the-hirota-people-in-tanegashima.html

cf: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0289219

A study of 12 000 years bp Nautilus shell beads from Makpan Cave (Indonesia):

https://news.griffith.edu.au/2023/08/16/sea-sequin-bling-links-indonesian-islands-ancient-communities/
https://phys.org/news/2023-08-sea-sequin-bling-links-indonesian.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/11686-230816-indonesia-shell-beads

More on the pyramid structure from Kazakhstan:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article278062057.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/11678-230811-kazakhstan-stone-structure ============================================================
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ============================================================
Overview of the ongoing research into the wreck of the South Australian:

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-exploring-south-australia-oldest-shipwreck.html

Pondering the connection between boomerangs and the invention of human flight:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230818-did-australias-boomerangs-pave-the-way-for-flight
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NORTH AMERICA
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A study suggests both humans and climate change contributed to large mammal extinctions near the La Brea tar pits ome 11 700 years bp:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/13000-years-humans-fire-ecosystem-la-brea

Bones found near Colonial Williamsburg belong to Confederate soldiers:

https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/virginia/williamsburg/scientists-identify-bones-found-near-powder-magazine-confederate-soldiers/291-0e6245c8-b1e3-470e-b6e8-a7eccddcd3ff
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/08/20/confederate-soldier-grave-williamsburg/

A 142 years bp observatory find on the MSU campus:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/16/us/michigan-state-observatory.html https://www.npr.org/2023/08/14/1193711244/michigan-state-students-discover-traces-of-schools-first-observatory-built-in-18
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/14/michigan-state-campus-observatory
https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2023/msu-unearths-observatory-foundation-more-than-a-century-old
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/08/14/michigan-state-discover-observatory/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/michigan-state-students-unearth-forgotten-142-year-old-observatory-180982733/

A shipwreck of uncertain date off the coast of PEI:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-scuba-diver-possible-shipwreck-skinner-s-pond-1.6936227

More on the study refuting idea that a 4th century CE cosmic event led to the decline of Hopewell culture:

https://scitechdaily.com/comet-catastrophe-debunked-archaeologists-refute-claims-that-a-comet-destroyed-hopewell-culture/
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/08/archaeologists-refute-claims-that-a-comet-destroyed-hopewell-culture.html

More on the earliest evidence of humans in the Americas:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/whats-the-earliest-evidence-of-humans-in-the-americas

Feature on the Mother A.M.E.Zion church in Harlem:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/18/realestate/mother-ame-zion-church-harlem-nyc.html

Honouring a participant in the Boston Tea Party:

https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2023/08/15/warren-mans-grave-decorated-for-his-role-in-boston-tea-party/70590631007/
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
A second 4500 years bp polychrome wall from the Huaca Tomabal site (Peru):

https://andina.pe/ingles/noticia-peru-second-4500yearold-polychrome-wall-unearthed-at-huaca-tomabal-951997.aspx

A Late Classic Maya burial from Campeche of a human sacrifice victim wearing a jade ring:

https://www.inah.gob.mx/boletines/el-inah-descubre-una-osamenta-humana-ataviada-con-un-anillo-de-jade-en-la-zona-arqueologica-el-tigre
https://www.newsweek.com/ancient-skeleton-found-jade-ring-preserved-mexico-1820759
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/culture/archaeologists-find-1200-year-old-burial-in-campeche/
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article278376824.html https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/16/maya-sacrificial-victim-jade-ring-mexico/ https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/08/maya-sacrificial-victim-uncovered-wearing-jade-ring/148271
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11691-230818-mexico-maya-jade

An Olmec ceremonial centre with a possible pyramid from Puebla:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/14/ancient-olmec-ceremonial-center/ https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/08/archaeologists-uncover-olmec-ceremonial-centre/148238


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