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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis,
John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Bob Heuman,
Hernan Astudillo, Virginia Knight, Adrienne Mayor, Kris Curry,
Frank MacKay, Richard Campbell, Richard C. Griffiths, 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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Had this a while ago in the DNA section … suggestion that some homo
sapiens
returned to Africa after leaving:

https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-ticker/some-stone-age-humans-returned-africa


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AFRICA
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Burials in the Sudan suggest Nubians and Egyptians created “integrated communities”:

http://phys.org/news/2016-05-burial-sites-nubians-egyptians-thousands.html http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-05/pu-bss051816.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160518165301.htm

On restoring a library in Morocco:

http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/05/21/476045944/the-delicate-task-of-restoring-one-of-the-worlds-oldest-libraries


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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
A Nilometer from Thmuis:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/05/160517-nilometer-discovered-ancient-egypt-nile-river-archaeology/


No hidden chambers in Tut’s tomb (not sure when this was written or
derived):

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3585251/New-scans-King-Tut-s-tomb-NO-hidden-chambers-Experts-dash-hopes-Queen-Nefertiti-s-grave-lies-walls.html

Feature on Oxford’s involvement at Heracleion and Canopus:

http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/14498438.Oxford_researchers_help_uncover_remains_of_Egypt_s_lost_cities/


Egypt was celebrating Conservator Day:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/44/216970/Heritage/Museums/Celebrating-conservators%E2%80%99-day.aspx

http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/egyptian-conservator-day-celebrates-unknown-soldiers-antiquities-sector


More on that mummified foetus:

http://phys.org/news/2016-05-youngest-ancient-egyptian-human-foetus.html http://news.discovery.com/history/ancient-egypt/youngest-mummy-from-ancient-egypt-found-160512.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3585380/The-world-s-youngest-mummy-Incredibly-preserved-foetus-discovered-tiny-Egyptian-coffin-stored-British-museum.html

A 5000 years bp kurgan style tumulus from Istanbul:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/tomb-in-istanbuls-silivri-years-biggest-archaeological-discovery-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=99235&NewsCatID=375
http://www.dailysabah.com/istanbul/2016/05/16/rare-5000-year-old-kurgan-type-tumulus-from-the-bronze-age-unearthed-in-istanbul


Tel el-Ajjul appears to have been a major trading hub for quite a while:

http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/.premium-1.720387

Israel is cracking down on antiquities thieves (and dealers):

http://www.timesofisrael.com/in-new-crackdown-antiquities-authorities-tighten-noose-around-dealers-thieves/


Nice feature on the Oriental Institute’s work regarding Persia:

http://www.uchicago.edu/features/preserving_persias_glorious_past/

They’re working at restoring Jesus’ Tomb in the Church of the Holy
Sepulchre:

http://phys.org/news/2016-05-jesus-tomb-jerusalem.html http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/works-launched-restore-jesus-tomb-jerusalem-39253306

Another feature on Gertrude Bell:

http://www.dailysabah.com/cinema/2016/05/18/gertrude-bell-archaeologist-secret-agent-anti-suffragette-femme-fatale


Another one on ‘World War Zero’ claims:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2087924-world-war-zero-brought-down-mystery-civilisation-of-sea-people/


More on Sykes-Picot:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36300224

ISIL is claiming destruction of the Mashki Gate in Mosul:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-15/islamic-state-says-it-destroyed-ancient-gate-in-iraq-s-mosul


The Church of St Simeon Stylites was damaged:

http://www.apollo-magazine.com/while-the-world-watches-palmyra-another-of-syrias-heritage-sites-risks-destruction-st-simeon/

Haven’t heard of the Lost Tribe from Togo in decades:

http://forward.com/news/340915/lost-tribe-king-from-togo-embraced-by-orthodox-rabbis-in-israel/


Russia now has a military presence in Palmyra:

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2016/0517/Russians-step-in-to-protect-UNESCO-site-Palmyra-from-ISIS

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/19/world/middleeast/palmyra-russia-ancient-ruins.html?_r=0


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Some pretty major finds this week … first, some sort of 2000 years bp
military camp type thing (maybe) at the site of a new Metro C station in
Rome:

http://phys.org/news/2016-05-rome-metro-line-roman-barracks.html http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36311156 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36317135#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/17/human-skeletons-and-2000-year-old-barracks-found-during-construc/

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/may/20/next-stop-on-romes-new-underground-hadrians-barracks

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ancient-roman-barracks-discovered-during-rome-metro-excavation-a7034236.html

http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/22535/20160519/creepy-construction-workers-unearth-2-000-year-old-army-barracks-with-burial-ground.htm

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2016/0518/Roman-subway-project-unearths-2-000-year-old-army-barracks

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/praetorian-guards-stand-in-the-way-of-romes-new-subway-line/news-story/c0a1cb620e65f548647af3909650e920

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3597632/The-station-Ancient-Rome-Archaeological-site-incorporated-subway-station-2-000-year-old-barracks-discovered-30ft-underground-building-metro-line.html

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2016/05/16/this-mass-grave-may-hold-clues-to-ancient-romes-praetorian-guard/#504a45c4210c


Then there was a major 1600 years bp or so Roman shipwreck full of bronze
off Caesarea:

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-antique-idUSKCN0Y71N1 http://www.antiquities.org.il/Article_eng.aspx?sec_id=25&subj_id=240&id=4197

http://phys.org/news/2016-05-israeli-divers-uncover-trove-shipwrecked.html http://www.livescience.com/54757-divers-discover-roman-era-shipwreck.html http://www.livescience.com/54758-photos-treasures-of-roman-era-shipwreck.html

http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/hoard-of-coins-and-bronze-statues-found-off-israel-160516.htm

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/spectacular-discovery-of-ancient-shipwreck-in-caesarea-a7033881.html

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/16/underwater-treasure-amateur-divers-israel-caesarea

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2016/may/17/roman-treasures-discovered-caesarea-israel-video

http://www.independent.ie/world-news/middle-east/divers-chance-discovery-uncovers-massive-find-of-underwater-romanera-artefacts-around-1600-years-old-in-israel-34720376.html
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/amateur-divers-find-huge-cache-bronze-artifacts-israel-national-park-180959143/
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/divers-find-ancient-roman-shipwreck-and-its-treasure-off-israels-coast/
http://www.jta.org/2016/05/16/news-opinion/israel-middle-east/divers-discover-israels-largest-underwater-ancient-artifact-trove-found-in-decades

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Ancient-Roman-treasure-trove-found-off-coast-of-Caesarea-454096

http://www.timesofisrael.com/divers-find-huge-trove-of-statues-coins-in-1600-year-old-shipwreck/

http://www.jns.org/news-briefs/2016/5/16/roman-treasure-found-in-cargo-of-sunk-ancient-ship-near-caesarea

http://forward.com/news/breaking-news/340726/1-600-year-old-statues-of-gods-found-in-rare-shipwreck-find-off-israel-coas/

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/roman-shipwreck-1.3585867?cmp=rss https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/05/17/two-divers-discover-1700-year-old-roman-shipwreck-and-priceless-treasures-off-of-israels-coast/
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/divers-israel-find-roman-era-shipwreck-with-treasure-trove-of-artifacts/
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/the-times/ancient-shipwreck-off-israel-yields-cargo-of-roman-treasures/news-story/17acbab9c8c45babaee072f78667059b
http://www.nbcnews.com/video/1-600-year-old-shipwreck-reveals-roman-secrets-687041603832
http://theartnewspaper.com/news/archeology/divers-discover-1-600-year-old-shipwreck-in-israel-/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2016/05/16/roman-treasure-discovered-in-cargo-of-sunken-ancient-ship-off-israels-coast-video/
http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/middle-east/80069406/Ancient-Roman-artifacts-found-off-coast-of-Israel
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3592759/Israel-divers-ancient-marine-cargo-Mediterranean.html

http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2016/05/16/actualidad/1463416901_137909.html

Examination of lead istopes is revealing things about Naples’ water supply
post Vesuvian eruption:

http://phys.org/news/2016-05-sediments-gulf-naples-reveal-impact.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160516181334.htm http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/05/roman-plumbing-wrote-record-mount-vesuvius-s-eruption

http://www.rdmag.com/articles/2016/05/mount-vesuvius-eruption-traceable-ancient-water-system

Remains of a major Roman fort in London:

http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art554626-fenchurch-street-fort-museum-london-archaeology

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/how-london-became-britains-capital-has-been-revealed-for-the-first-time-a7028191.html

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/05/2016/discovery-of-roman-fort-built-after-boudican-revolt

Traces of red paint on the walls at Bath:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-36315524 http://www.bathchronicle.co.uk/Roman-Baths-dig-uncovers-paint-wall-Great-Bath/story-29289715-detail/story.html


Searching for a Roman temple on the outskirts of Henley:

http://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/news.php?id=207108

Roman items found during A1 construction in North Yorkshire have gone on display:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-36300986

I think we mentioned this Aphrodite statue from Jerash:

http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/culture/2016/05/13/archaeology-jordan-aphrodite-statue-discovered-in-jerash_f063d589-114d-4f7a-9f3a-efc01c8168fc.html


Nice feature on some magical papyri:

http://www.livescience.com/54819-ancient-egyptian-magic-spells-deciphered.html


Reviving a restored ancient kiln from Kornos:

http://cyprus-mail.com/2016/05/15/ancient-kiln-brought-back-life/

Big bucks for a Roman hoard find:

http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Detectorist-shocked-Roman-treasure-hoard/story-29299307-detail/story.html


On the rights of Roman women:

http://phys.org/news/2016-05-roman-women-independent-previously-thought.html


In Our Time this week was looking at the Muses:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07bft7v

Feature on the Antikythera Mechanism:

http://www.livescience.com/54782-antikythera-mechanism.html

What Stephen Dyson is up to:

http://www.buffalo.edu/ubreporter/stories/2016/05/suny-distinguished-profs.html


What we can learn from the Greeks on immortality and replicating life:

https://aeon.co/essays/replicants-and-robots-what-can-the-ancient-greeks-teach-us


On Donald Trump’s use of epithets:

http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/05/16/donald-trumps-epithets/

What we can learn from the Spartans:

http://www.weeklystandard.com/the-spartan-example/article/2002464

Review of Riley, *The Edge of Empire*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/22/books/review/the-edge-of-the-empire-by-bronwen-riley.html?_r=0


Review of Bissell, *Apostle*:

http://www.kansas.com/entertainment/books/article78711922.html

Review of a few books on Augustine:

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/may/19/augustine-rowan-williams-robert-lane-fox-review


More on dating Sappho’s ‘Midnight Poem’:

http://phys.org/news/2016-05-scientists-planetarium-advanced-astronomical-software.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/sappho-midnight-poem-dated-stars-sky-astronomy-ancient-greece-a7032256.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/scientists-solved-the-mystery-of-an-ancient-greek-poem-using-nothing-but-software_uk_5739f6d8e4b0b11a329f4e40


… but cf (especially the comments from astronomers):

https://rogueclassicism.com/2016/05/16/problems-with-the-scientific-dating-of-sapphos-midnight-poem/



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I”m sure we’ve had this 7000 years bp footprints (etc.) from Doggerland
before:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3593219/North-sea-reveals-7-000-year-old-human-footprints-ancient-forest-Woodland-stretched-Denmark-covered-ocean.html

1500 years bp burials on Anglesey:

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/nationally-important-medieval-graveyard-been-11352104

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3600664/Medieval-time-capsule-unearthed-Wales-1-500-year-old-graves-clues-Britain-s-days-Roman-occupation.html
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/first-images-bodies-found-anglesey-11352348
http://www.northwaleschronicle.co.uk/news/162180/more-bodies-found-on-nationally-important-llangefni-link-road-archaeological-site.aspx


Assorted medieval finds from a dig in Ipswich:

http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/medieval_soils_oyster_shells_and_tools_found_by_archaeologists_digging_close_to_wolsey_s_gate_in_ipswich_1_4542450


Medieval burials at a Cambridge college site (I think we mentioned this before):

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Medieval-cemetery-discovered-Cambridge-college/story-29284883-detail/story.html


Remains of a medieval kitchen from Suffolk:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3589370/Stirring-past-Remains-medieval-kitchen-served-pilgrims-complete-storage-jars-discovered-Suffolk.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490


A Medieval castle find in Gwynned:

http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/archaeologists-gwynedd-discover-medieval-castle-11343627


A mysterious hut (and other items) on Greenland:

http://cphpost.dk/news/archaeological-find-in-greenland-shrouded-in-mystery.html


Plenty of coverage of finds from the Curtain Theatre dig:

http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/may/17/curtain-excavation-early-shakespeare-theatre-rectangular-shoreditch

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/experts-stunned-to-discover-early-shakespearian-theatre-was-rectangular-a7033701.html

http://phys.org/news/2016-05-theater-shakespeare-uncovers.html http://artdaily.com/news/87390/Secrets-of-early-Shakespeare-theatre-dug-up-in-London

http://www.lowellsun.com/entertainment/ci_29912659/one-shakespeare-theater-was-rectangle?source=rss
http://www.berkshireeagle.com/theaterreviews/ci_29903167/unexpected-find-at-shakespeare-dig-london?source=rss
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3594788/Dig-theater-Shakespeare-worked-uncovers-surprise.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490
http://www.npr.org/2016/05/21/478962867/archaeologists-find-early-shakespeare-theater-was-rectangular


… and just in case you miss mention of the bird whistle found there:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-36304627 http://londonist.com/2016/05/archaeologists-find-ancient-sound-effects-at-shakespeare-s-curtain-theatre


The palace of Prince Volodymyr the Great has been found in Kiev:

http://uatoday.tv/society/palace-of-prince-volodymyr-the-great-found-in-central-kyiv-650504.html


More 400 years bp burials have been found in that Edinburgh schoolyard:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-36332254 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/news/400-year-old-graves-discovered-in-scottish-school-playground-dig-a7037586.html

http://www.scotsman.com/news/coffins-from-17th-century-uncovered-under-edinburgh-school-1-4131822

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14503937.Graves_found_in_Edinburgh_school_playground_dig/

http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/coffins-from-17th-century-uncovered-under-edinburgh-school-1-4131822

http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art554924-edinburgh-school-playground-coffins-medieval-archaeology


An altar cloth in Herefordshire may be the remnants of one of Elizabeth
I’s
dresses:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-36301188

Mass graves dating the the 17th century on Durham University campus:

http://www.livescience.com/54828-mass-graves-battle-of-dunbar-prisoners.html


Latest claims in regards to where Arthur is buried:

http://www.bordercountiesadvertizer.co.uk/news/162141/is-king-arthur-buried-under-road-in-baschurch-.aspx

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3594601/Is-King-Arthur-buried-field-Shropshire-Historian-claims-tomb-legendary-British-ruler-lies-near-sixth-century-village.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490


Feature on Celtic hillforts in Wales:

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160518-why-prehistoric-welsh-people-built-so-many-forts-on-hills


Italy isn’t making good use of its EU restoration grants:

http://theartnewspaper.com/news/conservation/italy-squanders-hundreds-of-millions-in-eu-grants/


More on the Rok Runestone:

http://sciencenordic.com/what-secrets-are-hiding-these-runes

More on Swedish axes being made from Cypriot copper:

http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/1.719125

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Discovery of a 40 000 years bp site in Western Australia is putting mine development on hold:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-19/pilbara-archeological-artefacts-heralded-as-very-significant/7428800


Damage to a jade-working site in Taipei:

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/05/21/2003646778

Concerns for Buddhist grottoes in China:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/chinas-ancient-buddhist-grottoes-face-a-new-threat--tourists/2016/05/16/4f31b68e-184e-11e6-8329-f3767b06317f_story.html


Cf: http://www.getty.edu/research/exhibitions_events/exhibitions/cave_temples_dunhuang/index.html


Frozen Scythian stallions are providing info about horse domestication:

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/05/frozen-scythian-stallions-unravel-mysteries-horse-domestication


Feature on the Tarim Basin:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tarim-basin-life-before-the-silk-road-gone-but-not-forgotten-video/


China has come out with a top ten list of finds for 2015:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-05/17/c_135366443.htm http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2016-05/18/content_25333564.htm http://www.thestar.com.my/news/regional/2016/05/19/top-10-archaeological-discoveries-named/


Followup to that axe story … now they’re questioning whether it was hafted
a all:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3586662/World-s-oldest-hafted-axe-not-handle-Archaeologists-admit-no-evidence-claim-believe-likelihood-high.html
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0510/Did-archaeologists-find-the-world-s-oldest-hatchet-in-the-wilds-of-Australia

… in case you missed the original:

http://www.livescience.com/54722-ax-blade-may-be-worlds-oldest.html http://www.livescience.com/54714-worlds-oldest-ax-photos.html

A dig in Port Arthur is revealing what convicts did to pass the time:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-18/convict-pastimes-uncovered-in-port-arthur-archaeological-dig/7424230


Big bucks for some Chinese calligraphy:

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-36303036

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A ceremonial site of some sort from Ohio:

http://www.livescience.com/54750-prehistoric-native-american-ceremonial-site.html

http://www.livescience.com/54738-photos-ancient-ceremonial-site-in-ohio.html

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2016/05/13/unusual-native-american-ceremonial-site-unearthed-in-ohio.html

http://www.archaeology.org/news/4459-160513-early-woodland-site-ohio

Plans to look for an early homestead site on Cape Cod:

http://www.capenews.net/sandwich/news/archaeologists-to-search-for-settler-s-homestead/article_37e7b14a-da98-5503-b0c7-372f6671a05f.html


Archaeologists revealed a pair of predecessor sites to the Alamo:

http://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/archaeologists-reveal-probable-sites-of-two-missions-that-predate-the-alamo


Plans to expand the Greenfield Plantation dig:

http://www.martinsvillebulletin.com/news/dig-to-recover-artifacts-from-greenfield-site-to-expand/article_61010e01-8863-5e37-94f5-fe2d38126691.html


A reward offered to catch looters in SE Utah:

http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20160517/NEWS01/160519883/Reward-offered-to-catch-looters-in-SE-Utah


… while elsewhere in Utah, volunteers are ‘patrolling’ petroglyphs:

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865654415/Volunteers-to-go-on-patrol-for-Utah-petroglyphs.html


Looking at some mass graves in NYC:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/05/15/nyregion/new-york-mass-graves-hart-island.html


Searching for the graves of the ‘Bear Flag’ rebels:

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/5604205-181/grave-search-underway-in-santa?artslide=0


Digging is about to resume at the site of Malcolm X’s home in Boston:

http://phys.org/news/2016-05-archaeological-resume-malcolm-home-boston.html http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/archaeological-dig-set-resume-malcolm-home-boston-39125321
http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/archaeological-dig-set-to-resume-at-malcolm-x-home-in-boston/

A possible Native American site might delay pipeline construction in Iowa:

http://www.startribune.com/construction-underway-in-3-states-on-3-8b-oil-pipeline/380244141/


A mystery ship (maybe) in Halifax harbour:

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/mystery-ship-halifax-harbour-070000819.html

Feature on Curtis’ Native American photos:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archive-native-americans-portraits-taken-century-ago-spurs-further-exploration-180959167/?no-ist


We’re getting more pieces on the Kennewick reburial, along with
reflections
on the whole saga:

http://phys.org/news/2016-05-kennewick-reburied-quandaries-human-wont.html http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/burying-bones-of-contention-native-americans-close-to-getting-ancestral-skeleton-back/

http://time.com/4342990/the-long-history-behind-the-reburial-of-kennewick-man/

https://theconversation.com/kennewick-man-will-be-reburied-but-quandaries-around-human-remains-wont-59219


Concerns for the preservation of a lot of bones found at an Unalaska site
in 2003:

http://www.thebristolbaytimes.com/article/1620aleutian_animal_bones_may_end_up_in_canadian


Interesting animated map showing a couple of centuries of American
immigration:

http://boingboing.net/2016/05/17/animated-map-shows-two-centuri.html

More on Georgetown’s slavery connections:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/05/20/us/-descendants-of-slaves-sold-to-aid-georgetown.html


Review of Resendez, *The Other Slavery*:

http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-ca-jc-native-american-slavery-20160505-snap-story.html


More on the Page-Ladson site:

http://phys.org/news/2016-05-evidence-humans-southeastern-earlier-previously.html

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/deadthings/2016/05/13/first-americans-underwater-butchering-site-dices-timeline/

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/fl-oldest-site-in-florida-20160519-story.html

http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2016-05-20/story/sinkhole-near-tallahassee-ancient-evidence-first-americans

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/underwater-archaeologists-find-ancient-butchering-site-in-florida/

http://artdaily.com/news/87303/Stone-knife--tusk-reveals-early-evidence-of-people-in-America

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0516/Florida-sinkhole-turns-back-the-clock-for-first-Americans

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/florida-sinkhole-discovery-suggests-humans-lived-in-americas-1500-years-earlier-than-previously-a7031736.html

http://www.nature.com/news/underwater-archaeologists-unearth-ancient-butchering-site-1.19913

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/05/2016/florida-pre-clovis-site-is-now-oldest-known-in-southeastern-united-states

http://news.fsu.edu/Top-Stories/FSU-researcher-finds-clues-to-early-civilization-in-southeastern-U.S



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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ================================================================
An Olmec style feline bas relief from Chalcatzingo:

http://www.inah.gob.mx/es/boletines/5261-descubren-en-chalcatzingo-morelos-un-bajorrelieve-con-la-representacion-de-un-felino


Feature on the use of human mandibles as jewellery at a Oaxaca Valley
site:

http://www.livescience.com/54783-painted-human-jawbones-used-as-ancient-jewelry.html


The ‘secret tunnel’ under Teotihuacan is back in the news, but I’m not
sure
why:

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/secret-tunnel-discovered-in-mexico-may-finally-reveal-the-mysteries-of-teotihuacan
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/world/secret+tunnel+discovered+mexico+finally+reveal+mysteries/11933419/story.html

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/discovery-secret-tunnel-mexico-solve-mysteries-teotihuacan-180959070/

More reflections on the (non) discovery of a Maya city by a Canadian teen:

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-mulder-maya-lost-city-20160519-snap-story.html
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0511/How-Canadian-teen-used-space-archaeology-in-hunt-for-lost-Mayan-city

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Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas Breaking News:

http://goo.gl/1VdeA

Ancient MesoAmerica News:

http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/ ================================================================
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST ================================================================
Turns out fire hardened spear aren’t that great:

http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/05/turns-out-fire-hardened-spears-arent-as-badass-as-we-thought/


Compendium piece on assorted vampire/zombie type burials:

http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/05/zombie-archaeology/483195/


The remains of a Canadian soldier killed in WWI in Belgium have been identified:

http://www.chilliwacktimes.com/national/379692881.html

Pondering Nathan Drake and other video game archaeologists:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/16/uncharted-4-looter-adventurer-character-cultural-appropriation


Pondering whether farmers or nomads had their language spread more:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/farmers-vs-nomads-whose-lingo-spread-the-farthest/


Implications of an archaeologist shortage in the UK:

https://inews.co.uk/essentials/news/uk/lack-archaeologists-will-bring-uk-halt/


The nature v nurture debate renewed:

http://phys.org/news/2016-05-nature-nurture-important-anthropologist.html

On the evolution of the human nose:

http://www.livescience.com/54801-genes-for-nose-shape-identified.html

Assorted ‘ruins’ photos:

http://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-36316942

Seeking stories from the Battle of Jutland:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-36350334

Feature on a 10 year restoration of a Renaissance piece at the
Fitzwilliam:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-36310280

When Dickens met Dostoevsky:

http://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/when-dickens-met-dostoevsky/

Review of Montefiore, *The Romanovs*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/22/books/review/the-romanovs-1613-1918-by-simon-sebag-montefiore.html



Archaeology Podcast Network:

http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/archyfantasies/ ================================================================
MUSEUM MATTERS
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Sunken Cities:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/217074/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/The-Sunken-Cities-Egypts-Lost-Worlds-exhibition-in.aspx

http://www.historyextra.com/article/ancient-egypt/sunken-cities-gallery http://londonist.com/2016/05/treasures-from-sunken-cities-at-the-british-museum-reviewed
http://artdaily.com/news/87402/British-Museum-launches-first-major-exhibition-of-underwater-archaeology
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3595708/Treasures-Egypt-s-Atlantis-Raised-deep-1-300-years-dazzling-British-Museum.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3594759/Cities-deep-Wonders-ancient-Egypt-time-spending-thousands-years-submerged-beneath-Mediterranean.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-silent-world-of-sunken-cities-1463505046 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/what-to-see/british-museum-explores-extraordinary-lost-cities/
http://theartnewspaper.com/news/conservation/british-museum-dips-its-toes-into-world-of-underwater-archaeology-/
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/may/17/british-museum-sunken-cities-review-archaeology-indiana-jones-hyperbole
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/may/15/drowned-worlds-egypts-sunken-cities


Nero:

http://www.euronews.com/2016/05/16/finding-nero-rhineland-state-museum-looks-to-rehabilitate-emperor/


Gods and Men:

http://www.oxfordeagle.com/2016/05/22/new-university-museum-exhibit-highlights-antiquities-collection/


The Other Dickens:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160519-the-forgotten-wife-of-charles-dickens

http://dickensmuseum.com/blogs/exhibitions/100668038-the-other-dickens-discovering-catherine-dickens


Fayum Mummy Mask:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/theater-art/2016/05/19/rare-ancient-egyptian-mummy-portrait-view/tinsGcgMfmcDPCRUtrDzaI/story.html


Crustumerium:

http://artdaily.com/news/87377/-Crustumerium--Death-and-Afterlife-at-the-Gates-of-Rome--opens-at-the-Ny-Carlsberg-Glyptotek


The Palestinian Museum opened … but it doesn’t have anything in it:

http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/palestinian-museum-to-open-without-established-director-or-collection/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-3595120/Palestinian-museum-set-open--without-exhibition.html

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/may/17/palestine-museum-review-ramallah-west-bank-israel

http://gulfnews.com/news/mena/palestine/palestinian-museum-prepares-to-open-minus-exhibits-1.1829463


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ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
Studying how Britain has changed since the Romans were there:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3596536/Humans-evolving-Huge-DNA-study-tracks-British-changed-Romans-charge.html


What Eske Willerslev is up to:


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