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explorator 23.27 October 25, 2020
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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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Suggestion that homo erectus may have 'invented' the barbed bone point some 800 000 years bp:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/homo-erectus-not-humans-invented-barbed-bone-point-tool
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9159-201023-barbed-bone-point

What a 450 foot long sediment core from Kena is revealing about human development:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/environmental-changes-stone-age-humans-adaptable
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9158-201022-kenya-sediment-core

Evidence that Neanderthals may have lived on a Danish island some 120 000 years bp:

https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/neanderthals-denmark-185047140.html https://www.archaeology.org/news/9157-201022-denmark-neanderthal-tools

Climate change (and other factors) led to a 'leap' in human behaviour some 320 000 years bp:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-10/s-tes101420.php https://phys.org/news/2020-10-turbulent-era-human-behavior-years.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/10/201021140919.htm https://www.livescience.com/turbulent-environment-human-evolution.html https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/10/how-climate-disruptions-revolutionized-ancient-human-toolmaking
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/10/turbulent-era-sparked-leap-in-human.html

The Umhlatuzana rock shelter in South Africa is shedding light on middle and late "stone age" human behaviour:

https://phys.org/news/2020-10-south-african-middle-modern-human.html https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/10/new-investigation-of-south-african-rock.html

A study of Upper Paleolithic hearths in France are also shedding light on early human behaviour:

https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2020/10/unravelling-prehistoric-fire-use-variation-in-fire-conditions-equals-variation-in-human-behaviour
https://phys.org/news/2020-10-unravelling-prehistoric-variation-conditions-equals.html

Haven't had a piece on ancient 'hobbits' for a while:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/did-real-hobbits-ever-exist-the-question-isnt-as-crazy-as-it-sounds

More on climate change being implicated in the demise of various early human species:

http://www.sci-news.com/othersciences/anthropology/climate-change-early-human-species-08961.html

More on new dates for a pair paleolithic sites in France:

https://www.cenieh.es/en/press/news/new-dating-results-two-lower-palaeolithic-sites-france
https://phys.org/news/2020-10-dating-results-palaeolithic-sites-france.html https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/10/19/new-dating-results-for-two-lower-palaeolithic-sites-in-france/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9150-201020-france-lower-paleolithic

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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
It's getting difficult to keep up with which finds from Saqqara are new ... I *think* this is a new 'trove' of burials:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/388692/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Egypt-to-announce-new-discovery-in-Saqqara-Necropo.aspx
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/93267/Egypt%E2%80%99s-Prime-Minister-inspects-Saqqara-archaeological-site
https://dailynewsegypt.com/2020/10/19/egypt-unearths-huge-number-of-sarcophagi-over-2500-years-old-in-saqqara/
https://www.scmp.com/video/asia/3106525/egypt-discovers-over-80-coffins-ancient-burial-ground
https://phys.org/news/2020-10-egypt-trove-ancient-coffins-saqqara.html https://www.cnn.com/style/article/saqqara-sarcophagi-egypt/index.html https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/10/egypt-says-another-trove-of-ancient.html

... and in case you missed the upcoming Netflix item on recent finds from Saqqara:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/5/159/388684/Arts--Culture/Entertainment/Secrets-of-the-Saqqara-Tomb-to-premiere-on-Netflix.aspx

Another pharaonic-era burial from Minya, this time of a treasury official:

http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2020-10/25/content_76840330.htm

... there seems to be a number of ushabtis and other items from the same general area as well:

https://alkhaleejtoday.co/egypt/5187494/1400-Ushabti-statue-and-4-coffins-%E2%80%A6-the-antiquities-announce-details.html

Feature on the Chinese mission in Egypt:

https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1204139.shtml

A recent study takes a new look at the 'First Book of Breathing':

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-10/uocp-tfb102020.php https://phys.org/news/2020-10-based-papyrus-fmnh.html https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/10/the-first-book-of-breathing-new.html

Interesting study of some cranky letters from Deir el-Medina:

https://daily.jstor.org/how-to-fight-with-friends-in-ancient-egypt/

Another feature on the Rosetta Stone:

https://mymodernmet.com/rosetta-stone/

Reviews of Toby Wilkinson's book on the golden age of Egyptology:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/22/books/review/a-world-beneath-the-sands-toby-wilkinson.html
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-scholars-who-solved-the-riddles-in-the-sands

Folks 'flocked' to Abu Simbel for the solar alignment:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/93387/Visitors-flock-to-Abu-Simbel-Temple-to-watch-solar-alignment
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/6/93243/NRIAG-organizes-Ramses-II-Solar-Alignment-Celebration-on-Oct-22

Interesting archaeobotanical analysis of 3500 years bp plant remains from Hattusas:

http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/hattusha-silo-08966.html

Finds from various periods from a survey of Iran's Pars region:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/453736/260-ancient-relics-sites-identified-in-southern-Marvdasht-plain

Islamic-era burials from a Parthian-era site in Piranshahr:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/453717/Islamic-era-graves-skeletons-unearthed-in-northwestern-Iran

I think we mentioned the find of the main gate of the 900 years bp Harran Palace in Sanliurfa:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/nine-century-old-harran-palaces-gate-unearthed-159305
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/archaeologists-bring-historical-harran-palaces-gate-to-light/news
https://www.yenisafak.com/en/local-news/archaeologists-unearth-9-century-old-harran-palaces-gate-in-se-3552173
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/turkey-9-century-old-harran-palaces-gate-unearthed/2011879
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9154-201021-turkey-medieval-palace

A submerged church (date?) below the surface of Lake Gaga (Turkey):

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ruins-of-church-discovered-on-bottom-of-lake-159303

Concerns for the mud-brick Sieyun Palace in Yemen:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-54599906

'Dozens' of Second Temple era jars and 'complete clay objects' from Beit El:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/second-temple-period-jars-and-complete-clay-objects-unearthed-in-beit-el-646374

On the tradition of 'petrified birds' on the Dome of the Rock:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-10/uocp-top102020.php https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/10/21/tradition-of-petrified-birds-in-the-dome-of-the-rock/

On the Mesopotamian origins of the Biblical flood story:

https://www.thetorah.com/article/the-mesopotamian-origin-of-the-biblical-flood-story

More on Byzantine/early Islamic trash heaps from the Negev:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/negev-trash-mounds-reveal-secrets-of-ancient-agriculture-646238

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Nice overview of the latest finds from Zominthos:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/258159/gallery/ekathimerini/life/archaeologists-strike-gold-on-crete

A storm has revealed an Etruscan tomb in Populonia (Italian):

https://www.greenme.it/vivere/arte-e-cultura/populonia-tomba-etrusca/

A very large Roman structure from Switzerland:

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/-exceptionally-large--roman-building-discovered-in-switzerland/46109278

Remains of a huge apodyterium from the baths at Diocletianopolis:

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2020/10/19/vast-changing-room-found-in-roman-thermae-public-baths-of-ancient-spa-resort-diocletianopolis-in-bulgarias-hisarya/

A 2000 years bp snake altar from Patara:

https://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/archaeologists-discover-2000-year-old-snake-altar-in-ancient-city-in-turkey-3552158
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/10/2000-year-old-snake-altar-unearthed-in.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9153-201021-turkey-snake-altar

Plenty of impressive finds from the ongoing rescue dig at Larnaca:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2020/10/20/trove-of-antiquities-uncovered-in-larnaca/

A new technique to differentiate Ibero-Roman from Punic ceramic fragments:

https://phys.org/news/2020-10-methodology-chemical-physical-analyses-differentiates.html
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/10/new-methodology-differentiates-iberian.html

An update (paywalled) on efforts to prevent a Dorset mosaic from being sold abroad:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/museum-in-push-to-save-mosaic-from-sale-abroad-qh6k9fgsw

More on that Greek inscription find from Duhok:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/10/19/kurdistan-researchers-in-kurdistans-duhok-find-hellenistic-artifact-over-2000-years-old/
https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1349725/archaeology-news-researchers-ancient-tablet-kurdistans-duhok-find-hellenistic-evg

Some Roman and Byzantine mosaics unearthed in Istanbul have gone on display:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/roman-and-byzantine-era-mosaics-in-kazlicesme-159402

Feature on the Greek and myth course at Yale:

https://news.yale.edu/2020/10/22/who-you-calling-zeus-its-atlas-yalies-booming-classics-course-know
https://news.yale.edu/2020/10/22/it-zeus-or-atlas-ancient-vase-students-learn-popular-class

Elsewhere, students are exploring Roman cities with Minecraft:

https://gamerant.com/minecraft-roman-cities/

What Mary Beard is working on:

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/is-one-roman-emperor-much-like-another-blog-post-mary-beard/

Feature on the Roman balneum in Rafina:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/10/23/the-roman-balneum-in-rafina-a-monument-reveals-itself/

Feature on the discovery of Troy:

https://interestingengineering.com/finding-troy-how-a-city-lost-for-3000-years-was-rediscovered

Feature on Alexander's role in the death of his father:

https://www.history.com/news/alexander-the-great-father-philip-murder

Feature on sports in ancient times:

https://theconversation.com/the-power-of-the-grand-final-crowd-recalls-ancient-times-145619

Feature on Athens' Acropolis:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/10/24/acropolis-facts/

Feature on some of the silliness of ancient Roman law:

https://www.historytoday.com/history-matters/how-get-away-murder

Feature on the 'lost' Legio IX Hispana:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/10/legio-ix-hispana-the-lost-roman-legion/135890

Feature on the sound of ancient Greek music:

https://menafn.com/1100988504/Ancient-Greek-music-now-we-finally-know-what-it-sounded-like

Feature on depictions of Jesus as a 'magician':

https://www.livescience.com/was-jesus-a-magician-wand.html

... and a study of sorts suggesting early Christians (and others) were consuming hallucinogenics:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/jgqej4/early-christian-communion-wine-hallucinogenic

Feature on the Hellenistic origins of Christianity:

https://neoskosmos.com/en/178006/in-the-beginning-was-the-greek-word-the-hellenistic-origins-of-christianity/

Feature on Hippos:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/10/the-greco-roman-city-of-hippos/135856

Feature on Camulodunum:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/10/camulodunum-the-first-capital-of-britannia/135925

Feature on the Roman empire:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/roman-empire-history-facts-map-timeline-peak-when-start-when-split-how-long-tetrarchy/

A pair of features on disability in Ancient Greece:

https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/disability-in-greece-the-real-picture-in-antiquity/
https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/how-was-a-disabled-greek-person-treated-in-society/

... and one on Hippocratic medicine:

https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/hippocratic-remedy-how-it-worked-in-ancient-greece/

Feature on that sealstone/rock from the Warrior Tomb at Pylos:

https://medium.com/history-of-yesterday/the-rock-that-could-change-history-87f2fe6cc2d5

Feature on a 'romano-Egyptian' obelisk at the Getty which has 'gone home':

http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/photos-an-ancient-obelisk-goes-home/

Feature on the Amazons:

https://www.themarysue.com/were-there-ever-real-amazons/

Not sure why this is a 'rebellion' of the muses:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2020/10/09/babelia/1602258802_907378.html

Feature on Caesarion:

https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2020/10/egypts-last-pharaoh-was-the-love-child-of-caesar-and-cleopatra

... and one on Cleopatra:

https://neoskosmos.com/en/177937/cleopatras-golden-rule-or-she-who-has-the-gold-makes-the-rules/

... and, of course, more muttering about the choice of Gal Gadot to portray Cleopatra:

https://www.thenationalherald.com/archive_arts_literature_usa/arthro/controversy_over_casting_of_gal_gadot_as_cleopatra-1050092/
https://english.alaraby.co.uk/english/society/1abbfa6c-9a32-4c79-8f04-80d438ddc896
https://egyptianstreets.com/2020/10/21/the-case-for-an-egyptian-cleopatra/ https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/clip-shows-gal-gadot-replacing-elizabeth-taylor-as-cleopatra-646412
https://eu.greekreporter.com/2020/10/18/ancient-greek-and-roman-statues-re-emerge-after-decades-in-storage/

... and there's a controversy ongoing at Brown University over some statues of Roman emperors:

https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/education/2020/10/23/some-brown-students-want-white-supremacist-roman-statues-removed/6007113002/

... with OpEds, of course:

https://www.browndailyherald.com/2020/10/18/bhaskar-21-brown-should-not-remove-statues-of-roman-emperors-from-campus-heres-why/

More on vitrified brain material from Herculaneum:

http://www.asor.org/anetoday/2020/10/discovery-at-pompeii
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Roman Archaeology Blog:

http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

Rogueclassicism:

http://rogueclassicism.com/ ================================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================
Four 8000 years bp burials from Sofia:

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2020/10/20/odd-8000-year-old-neolithic-burials-oldest-in-sofia-valley-discovered-in-bulgarias-capital/

A 5000 years bp skull from the Crimea with signs of trepanation:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8868821/Russian-archaeologists-unearth-skull-5-000-year-old-man-underwent-ancient-brain-surgery.html

4000 years bp petroglyphs found by a Sligo community archaeology project:

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/rock-art-over-4-000-years-old-found-by-sligo-community-project-1.4385357
https://thestreetjournal.org/2020/10/rock-art-over-4000-years-old-found-by-sligo-community-project/

Not sure where to put this study of Bronze Age pastoralists in Russian not being as mobile as previously thought:

https://phys.org/news/2020-10-bronze-age-herders-mobile-previously.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-10/uob-bah102120.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/10/201021111553.htm https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/10/22/bronze-age-herders-were-less-mobile-than-previously-thought/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/10/bronze-age-herders-were-less-mobile.html

We may have mentioned this 'anglo-Saxon warlord', now dubbed the Marlow Warlord, found by metal detectorists:

https://www.livescience.com/anglo-saxon-warlord-discovered-metal-detectorists.html
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/amateur-metal-detectorists-stumble-upon-22872234

... and there are hopes there are more such finds in the area:

https://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/gallery/maidenhead/162979/more-anglo-saxon-warlords-may-be-buried-around-maidenhead-and-marlow.html

Some medieval graffiti found on a church in Stoke Mandeville is being identified as possible 'witches' marks':

https://www.livescience.com/witch-marks-medieval-church.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/hs2-dig-at-abandoned-church-finds-graffiti-linked-to-warding-off-evil-spirits-39646921.html
https://alkhaleejtoday.co/international/5167734/%E2%80%98Witches%E2%80%99-markings%E2%80%99-are-carved-into-an-old-English-church.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/witch-markings-thought-ward-evil-spirits-are-discovered-england-180976112/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9155-201021-england-medieval-graffiti

Pictish (and earlier?) finds revealed during shed construction in Shetland are causing some excitement:

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18812640.burial-site-ancient-capital-shetland/

Some teen metal detectorists found a pair of silver coins dating to Harold II and Henry I:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/witch-markings-thought-ward-evil-spirits-are-discovered-england-180976112/

A cache of medieval silver pennies from Slovakia:

https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22511965/tourist-finds-ancient-silver-coins-under-an-uprooted-tree.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9160-201023-slovakia-medieval-coins

I think we mentioned the remains of the medieval Whitefriars monastery in Gloucester being found beneath a parking garage:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-54568796 https://aleteia.org/2020/10/22/medieval-monastery-found-under-english-garage/ https://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/13491/medieval-monastery-revealed-under-gloucester-car-park
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/long-lost-friary-found-under-parking-garage-180976090/

On some medieval burials beneath a wall in Spain (coverage in English this time):

https://english.elpais.com/arts/2020-10-19/medieval-spain-the-tale-of-a-missing-stone-and-11-bodies-under-a-wall.html

Remains of an 18th century pottery factory beneath a Stoke-on-Trent carpark:

https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/what-find-pottery-factory-discovered-4613536

I think we mentioned this 19th century Polish sword from near Veliko Tarnovo (Bulgaria):

https://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C84282%2Cpatriotic-january-uprising-polish-sword-found-bulgaria.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9161-201023-bulgaria-poland-sword

Controversial plans for a house associated with James Joyce:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/oct/19/controversial-plans-to-develop-james-joyce-house-into-hostel-approved

A study of the speed of spread of medieval plagues:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-10/mu-sfm101420.php https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/10/20/scientists-find-medieval-plague-outbreaks-picked-up-speed-over-300-years/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/10/scientists-find-medieval-plague.html

Evidence of a Visigothic tent from Toledo:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2020-10-22/el-pabellon-de-la-gran-juerga-visigoda.html#?sma=newsletter_diaria_noche20201023m

The19th century wreck of the Criterion was located off the coast of France last week, it seems:

https://www.thefloridastar.com/articles/19th-century-british-shipwreck-found-off-french-coast/

A project to study Vikings in Scotland:

https://www.thenational.scot/news/18820327.scots-academic-leads-major-project-may-shed-light-scotlands-vikings/

Interesting archive find shows how much planning Henry VIII did regarding the beheading of Anne Boleyn:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/oct/25/chilling-find-shows-how-henry-viii-planned-every-detail-of-boleyn-beheading

Feature on bridge building in 14th century Prague:

https://mymodernmet.com/animation-charles-bridge-prague/

More on that Iron Age bronze (ouch) horse harness find from Poland:

https://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C84263%2Ciron-age-horse-harness-found-accident-oldest-cee-say-archaeologists.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/10/21/iron-age-horse-harness-found-is-oldest-in-central-eastern-europe/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9152-201020-poland-bronze-bridle
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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 ================================================================
I think we mentioned these 3000 years bp leather ball found in a burial in Northwestern China:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/leather-balls-point-ancient-chinese-sport-180976102/

800+ Ming and Qing Dynasty burials from Tianjin:

https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1204368.shtml http://www.uniindia.com/~/archaeologists-find-over-800-ancient-tombs-in-north-china/World/news/2208847.html

Evidence of dairy production in India as far back as 2500 BCE:

https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/main-news/utm-researcher-uncovers-evidence-earliest-known-dairy-production-india
https://phys.org/news/2020-10-uncovers-evidence-earliest-dairy-production.html https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/10/21/%CE%B5vidence-of-earliest-known-dairy-production-in-india/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/10/evidence-of-earliest-known-dairy.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9151-201020-indus-valley-dairy

A pre-11th century sculptural panel of a 'Swayamvaram scene' from a temple in Mahabubabad:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/temple-wall-narrates-tale-of-a-millenia-old-swayamvaram/article32902198.ece

A farmer found a number of (undated) utensils and five idols in Tamil Nadu:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/ancient-idols-utensils-unearthed-from-agriculture-land-in-tamil-nadu/articleshow/78811921.cms

Interesting feature on some of the politics behind Angkor Wat and other Cambodian sites:

https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50775715/etched-on-stone-the-heritage-of-cambodia/

Plans to excavate a number of burials associated with New Zealand's gold rush:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/otago/300135978/unmarked-graves-near-gold-rush-settlement-to-be-explored
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NORTH AMERICA
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A study suggests that Clovis tools were made only during a brief period from 13 050 - 12 750 years bp:

https://phys.org/news/2020-10-tools-north-america-earliest-inhabitants.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-10/tau-tae102320.php https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/43/eaaz0455.full http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/clovis-culture-age-08982.html https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/10/tools-made-by-some-of-north-americas.html

A 10 000 years bp (maybe) stone tool find from an Alberta farm:

https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/ancient-tool-at-least-10-000-years-old-found-on-alberta-farm-1.5158479

We may have mentioned this 10 000 years bp find from the Straits of Mackinac:

https://www.9and10news.com/2020/10/23/group-discovers-10000-year-old-archaeological-find-in-straits-of-mackinac/

A study of social interaction among Ohio's Hopewell folks via flint:

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/columns/2020/10/18/archaeology-column-flint-hints-social-interaction-hopewell-culture/3670358001/

They returned to digging for burials associated with the Tulsa Race Masacre ...

https://www.wfmj.com/story/42780671/tulsa-digs-again-for-victims-of-1921-race-massacre
https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/10/19/925351263/tulsa-searches-for-victims-of-1921-race-massacre-at-new-site
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/10/19/tulsa-orignal-18-race-massacre/

... and over the course of the week found a number of them:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/20/us/tulsa-massacre-remains-found/index.html https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/racemassacre/mass-grave-found-in-search-for-1921-tulsa-race-massacre-victims-10-coffins-found-in/article_78e3008a-13dc-11eb-a10a-e7bbbfbf616f.html
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/human-remains-found-in-search-for-tulsa-massacre-victims/ar-BB1adBdf
https://kfor.com/news/state-archaeologist-remains-of-at-least-10-people-found-in-unmarked-grave-during-search-for-1921-tulsa-race-massacre-victims/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/21/tulsa-race-massacre-mass-grave https://abcnews.go.com/US/mass-grave-discovered-search-1921-tulsa-race-massacre/story?id=73771538
https://www.yahoo.com/news/human-remains-found-search-tulsa-210520227.html https://www.thedailybeast.com/oklahoma-archaeologists-find-human-remains-in-search-for-1921-tulsa-massacre-mass-grave
https://wqow.com/2020/10/22/another-body-found-in-search-for-tulsa-race-massacre-victims/
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/post/researchers-find-another-burial-latest-dig-tulsa-race-massacre-victims-concludes
https://oklahoman.com/article/5674560/archaeologists-uncover-11th-coffin https://wamu.org/story/20/10/23/scientists-discover-unmarked-coffins-during-search-for-1921-tulsa-massacre-victims/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9156-201022-oklahoma-race-massacre http://www.archaeology.org/news/9163-201023-race-massacre-update

Feature on the Diving With a Purpose folks' work:

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2020/10/23/diving-with-purpose/

Feature on Vikings in North America:

https://aeon.co/essays/did-indigenous-americans-and-vikings-trade-in-the-year-1000

Feature on abolitionist John Brown's connections to New England:

https://www.wamc.org/post/exploring-john-brown-s-new-england-roots

Feature on the debate over mail in voting during the Civil War:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/debate-over-mail-voting-dates-back-civil-war-180976091/

On the third amendment and COVID-19:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/10/could-third-amendment-protect-against-infection/616791/

More on that Late Woodland Iroquois site near Kitchener:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/remnants-iroquois-woodland-village-discovered-ontario-180976099/

More on those 13 000 years bp or so footprints from New Mexico:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/10/ancient-footprints-at-white-sands-record-a-daring-trek/

More on the 'wooly dogs' of the Pacific Northwest:

https://www.vicnews.com/news/ancient-woolly-dog-ate-mostly-fish-new-university-of-victoria-study-finds/
https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/news/ancient-woolly-dog-ate-mostly-fish-new-university-of-victoria-study-finds/

Another opEddish thing on the Mayflower legacy:

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/400-years-on-Mayflower-s-legacy-includes-pride-15669217.php
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Sacrificed llama burials at least 500 years bp from Tambo Viejo (Peru):

https://phys.org/news/2020-10-evidence-inca-llama-alive-ritualistic.html https://www.livescience.com/inca-llama-sacrifices-naturally-mummified.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/incas-llama-sacrifice-buried-alive-peru-tambo-viejo-b1234935.html
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/oct/22/sacrificial-llamas-found-buried-in-peru-shed-light-on-incan-rituals
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/mummified-llamas-sacrificed-to-the-gods-by-incas-uncovered-by-archaeologists-in-peru
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sacrificed-llamas-were-likely-gift-inca-180976110/

Evidence of Mayan sophisticated water filtration at Tikal:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-10/uoc-amb102220.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/10/201022151741.htm https://phys.org/news/2020-10-ancient-maya-built-sophisticated-filters.amp https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/10/ancient-maya-built-sophisticated-water.html
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/zeolite-quartz-filtration-system-tikal-08980.html
https://www.sciencealert.com/an-ancient-maya-civilisation-had-surprisingly-effective-water-filtration-system
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/10/ancient-maya-built-sophisticated-water-filters/135912

Study suggests there was a ritual aspect to Classic Maya sweatbaths in Guatemala:

https://phys.org/news/2020-10-evidence-ritual-significance-classic-maya.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-10/stri-nef101920.php https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1350491/archaeology-news-maya-sweat-bath-ritual-toad-goddess-guatemala-evg
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/10/new-evidence-found-of-the-ritual-significance-of-a-classic-maya-sweat-bath-in-guatemala/135871
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/10/21/new-evidence-found-of-the-ritual-significance-of-a-classic-maya-sweat-bath/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/10/new-evidence-found-of-ritual.html

Using linguistic and genetic evidence to confirm the north-south divide of cultures in the central Andes:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/10/languages-and-genes-shed-light-on-pre.html

Research suggest that Cao Viejo was the Moche culture's most important temple:

https://andina.pe/Ingles/noticia-peru-cao-viejo-was-moche-cultures-most-important-temple-research-suggests-818831.aspx

Interesting feature on the pre-Columbian Codex Cospi:

https://phys.org/news/2020-10-unique-pre-columbian-manuscript-mystery.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-10/udb-aup102220.php

Feature on El Nino del Plomo:

https://www.latercera.com/que-pasa/noticia/chicha-de-maiz-a-5400-m-de-altura-y-con-un-estremecedor-frio-documental-recrea-los-ultimos-y-dramaticos-minutos-del-nino-del-cerro-el-plomo/IAKW6C54WRCCXDYSF6OSWPQEMM/

Feature on the slow restoration of Mexico City's quake-damaged churches:

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Mexico-halfway-through-quake-restoration-of-old-15661082.php

More on that cat geoglyph from Nazca (that still doesn't look right to me):

https://phys.org/news/2020-10-peru-unveils-giant-cat-etching.html https://www.livescience.com/nazca-line-cat-in-peru.html https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-54593295 https://www.cnn.com/style/article/nazca-lines-peru-cat/index.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/19/world/americas/peru-cat-nazca-lines-nasca.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/18/huge-cat-found-etched-desert-nazca-lines-peru
https://www.yahoo.com/news/drone-footage-reveals-ancient-cat-185132465.html https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/vast-cat-geoglyph-etched-2-000-years-ago-discovered-in-perus-nazca-lines-zngphqrvt
https://www.cnet.com/news/archaeologists-discover-massive-2000-year-old-cat-doodle-carving-in-peru/
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/massive-ancient-cat-image-discovered-among-peru-s-nazca-lines
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9148-201019-peru-cat-geoglyph

More on Caribbean island settlement:

https://www.thestkittsnevisobserver.com/which-islands-in-the-caribbean-were-settled-first-by-humans-archeologists-have-it-figured-out/

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