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explorator 26.22-24 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? October 1, 2023
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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,
Andrew Szegedy-Maszak, Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out).

A partial catch up; lots to wade through ... we should be fully caught up by next week ...

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EARLY HOMINIDS
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Early humans deliberately made stone 'spheres' some 1.4 million years bp:






A 476 000 wooden 'structure' apparently build by hominins in Zambia/Tanzania:

































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A 300 000 years bp 'chinless jawbone' from China may be from a new branch on the human family tree:



Study suggests the size of prey drove Paleolithic technology development:



Evidence of early humans wearing shoes some 146 000 years bp:




Neanderthal remains from Simanya Cave in Spain:



On the debate over our perception of Neanderthals over the years:



Pollen analysis suggests a major dispersal of humans into Eurasia occurred during a Pleistocene warming period:
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Feature on Altamura Man:



A box of bones donated to a Spanish museum back in the 1980s turns out to be Neanderthal:



Another feature on early human species interbreeding:




Feature on homo floresiensis:



Review/interview with Cat Bohannon about her book on the role of females in human evolution:



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AFRICA
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A study of pigment production in Ethiopia some 40 000 years bp:




A study of depictions of animal tracks and human footprints in Neolithic petroglyphs from Namibia:







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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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5000 years bp 'wine jars' from Sohag:



Czech archaeologists have (re)discovered a 25th/24th century BCE tomb of Ptahshepses;




Some new rooms were discovered within the pyramid of Sahura:











A Saite period (and later?) temples of Aphrodite, Amun, and more from Thonis-Heracleion:




















Latest on the search for Cleopatra's tomb:



Feature on Champollion:



Feature on the recreation of the 'scent of the afterlife':






Feature on diplomatic messengers in Late Bronze Age Egypt:



Archaeologists are demarcating a Sassanid-era tomb in Fars province (Iran):



1000+ Elamite-era clay seals (and more) from an emergency excavation in Kermanshah:



New evidence of the presence of Medes in western Iran:



Hyping a new excavation in Iran's Kordestan region:



A study of Neolithic bird hunting in Upper Mesopotamia:



Excavations at Kayalpinar have revealed a Hittite imperial archive:




An inscription from Hattusa reveals the presence of a hitherto unknown Indo European language:

















Feature on the material religion of Levantine seafarers:



8000 years bp cave paintings from Turkiye's Inkaya Cave:



Interesting statuary finds from Gobelkitepe and Karahantepe:



A 3500 years bp grape seed from the Asagiseyit Mound site in Denizli:




An 8th century BCE Urartian horse burial from the Van Cavustepe castle site:



A 2700 years bp burial of a possible earthquake victim from Ayanis (Turkiye):





Assorted 'cultural layers' from Asarcik Tepe:



An update (including a Greek inscription) from the ongoing dig at Savatra:





An intact bust of Alexander from Duzce:





Excavations of a shop site in Aizanoi revealed remains of plenty of 2000 years bp cosmetic items:








Remains of a 2000 years bp (Roman?) road from Phaselis:



This year's work at the underground remains of Hadrianopolis have revealed Roman and Byzantine finds:




An 1800 years bp statue/figure of a water nymph from Amasra:





Hundreds of oil lamps (1800 - 2500 years bp) from Aigai:



Not sure when this inscription on the Lycian customs laws was found:




A 1700 years bp Roman 'water tunnel' from Adiyaman:



A 5th century CE children's cemetery from Konya:






Gordion was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list:







... as were some hypostyle mosques of medieval Anatolia:



Hagia Sophia will be getting some damage repairs:



Concerns for the Adamkayalar reliefs:



Feature on exploring ancient irrigation tunnels in Jordan with a remote controlled car:



A 4000 years bp Canaanite arch and vaulted stairway from Tel Shimron:





Evidence that Iron Age people at Qumran were herders, not farmers:



A Second Temple-era stone workshop from the West Bank:




A Hellenistic burial with a box mirror in Israel is being dubbed a 'courtesan burial':













An early sixth century CE Greek inscription of a Psalm from a Christian site in Hyrcania:








A pair of 1200 years bp 'farmhouses' from the Beer Sheva site:



More Roman sarcophagi from that burial ground in Gaza, now including lead sarcophagi:















More on the four Roman swords found in a Dead Sea area cave:





Feature on Erex Ben-Yosef's theories on David's mobile monarchy:



Feature on socio-religious change in rural Roman Palestine:



Feature on all the finds from Huqoq:



Feature on the first marking of Yom Kippur:



Feature on Hamoudi Khalaily's long career:



Jericho was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list (with some backlash in Israel):








There was a fire at the Tel Gezer site:



Latest attempt at figuring out the Hezekiah inscription:



7000 years bp animal bones and human remains from mustatils in Saudi Arabia:






Coverage of a conference devoted to finds at AlUla:





Overview of the six Mena sites added to UNESCO's World Heritage list:



Items found in the 1990s ?from a 400 years bp site along the Darb al-Hajj route associated with magic rituals:











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This Week in the Ancient Near East Podcast:



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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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A 4th/3rd century BCE Thracian burial from Bulgaria:




A 2nd/3rd century Roman 'fridge' (the second one from the site) at Novae:








A 2000 years bp (maybe) 'battle elephant' bone from Spain:





A 2000 years bp Roman wall from a site in Switzerland (we may have mentioned this):




A possible 2000 years bp Roman circus site from Italica (Spain):




An intact 1800 years bp stone sarcophagus from the ancient site of Durocortorum in France:




A pair of 1800 years bp Roman swords from Cotswolds found by a metal detectorist:













Electoral graffiti/inscriptions *inside* a house in Pompeii:






A 3rd century CE burial ground with Gallic funerary practices near a Roman fort site in Germany:




A 4th century (maybe) statue/figure of Triton from a housing development site in Kent:








Remains of the forum of an unknown Roman city at the La Cabaneta site in Zaragoza (Spain):




Evidence of a tumor in a Roman-era skull from Spain:






The Domus Tiberiana reopened to the public:







More on the evidence for what actually killed people during the eruption of Vesuvius:



Reviews of Emily Wilson's translation of the *Iliad*:












Interviews with Emily Wilson on same:




Feature on Emily Wilson and Madeline Miller:



Reviews of Mary Beard, *Emperor of Rome* and related interviews:








Interview with Steven Ellis about excavations at Pompeii:



FSU is marking 50 years of excavating at Cetamura del Chianti:



Feature on DePauw's Trasimeno Field School dig:



A study of the optical properties of Roman 'wow glass':









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Feature on attitudes toward sex in ancient Rome:



Feature on what Greek tragedies teach us about grief:



Pondering Greek stories of humans being changed into plants:



Feature on past excavations on Delos:



In case you missed all the 'men thinking about Rome' things this week:


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Roman Archaeology Blog:



Rogueclassicism:


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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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A major 24 000 years bp cave art site from the Cueva Dones near Valencia:
















9500 years bp grass baskets (and more) from the Cueva de los Murcielagos in Spain:









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A 9000 years bp hunting camp site from near Bad Durrenberg:





A lakeside village found a couple years ago under the waters of Lake Lucerne is 5400 years bp:



A possible deliberately-laid 'cobbled surface the Neolithic Dartmoor site:




A Neolithic structure from the Isle of Arran:



From the Cueva de los Marmoles near Granada comes evidence (5000-2000 years BCE or so) of human remains being dug up and 'modified' for various purposes:









A study of the Bronze Age diet based on cauldron residues from the Caucasus:



A clay beaker found near Exeter has been dated to 2300 BCE:



A new examination of an arrow found in a melting glacier in Norway suggests it might be 4000 years bp:








... while a 3000 years bp arrow from another glacier site has a quartzite tip:




A large 4000 years bp necropolis with monuments and cremation pits from Canaveral de Leon:



The Altar Stone at Stonehenge might now come from Wales:



A water worker in Spain came across some 500 BCE (or so) gold torcs:









A 2nd ?century BCE Celtic gold rainbow cup coin from Bavaria:






Evidence of Iron Age iron production from Nesscliffe Hill:



Iron Age cremation burials with grave goods from a site in northwest Germany:






A 2200 years bp child's shoe from an Austrian mine:







3rd/2nd century 'Celtic dice' (just one) from a site in Poland:



A study of remains of a turtle found in a Roman Iron Age burial in Poland:




Migration period gold items found by a metal detectorist in Norway:






A coin of Serbian king Stefan Uros II Milutin from a dig in Bulgaria:



Excavations at a pagan temple outside Lillehammer revealed plenty of 1500 years bp votive gold images:








The person who carved the runes on the Jelling Stone has been identified:




A family looking for a lost earring found a Viking-era burial in Norway:




Burials and remains of a Viking-era settlement from Viru-Nigula:



A stroll on a beach in Gotland by an eight year-old reveled a Viking belt buckle:



A Viking-era horse's bridle from melting ice in Norway:




A study of Viking-era combs is revealing much about the extent of their trade connections:






Excavations at the Govan Old Church have revealed a medieval relief sort of thing being dubbed the 'Govan Warrior':







The possible birthplace of Henry VII was excavated at Pembroke Castle:





Medieval finds from the Northampton Market Square redevelopment site:



A 'battered' 14th century shoe from a construction site in Freiberg:



A 14th century bronze cannon from off the coast of Marstrand (Sweden):










Study suggests some whale species may have been wiped out by medieval Europeans:



A 500 years bp game board slab from a Polish castle:



Overview of excavations at the mand of Court de Wyck:



Study sugests students made Oxford the murder capital of late medieval England:






A metal detectorist found an impressive Tudor hooked tag:



Some playing cards used by Charles II turned up in an attic:



A 17th century 'child vampire burial' from Poland:



A study of the wreck of the Santa Maria Magdalena (sank in 1810):



Feature on concerns for 'treasure hunters' working underwater sites:



More reaction to the Stonehenge tunnel plan:




Restoration of Salisbury Cathedral is now complete:


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Archaeology in Europe News:



Medievalists.net:



Viking Archaeology Blog:



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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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A study of the diet of Middle-Late Neolithic Shangzhai people:



Evidence of a 3600 years bp water system from Henan:





The tomb of the first emperor of the Northern Zhou dynasty was found in Xianyang:










... as was the tomb of Qin Er Shi, the second emperor of the Qin Dynasty:



Tombs with a wide range of dates in Shaanxi are shedding light on the location of ?'Pingyang':



A late 6th century elite burial from a parking lot in Nara:



A 2500-1800 BCE burial of a woman in Kazakhstan:



A Bronze Age hexagonal based pyramid from Kazakhstan:



A Bronze Age burial of a girl surrounded by assorted grave goods (including plenty of astragaloi) from Kazakhstan:



Thailand's Si Thep site has been added to UNESCO's Heritage list:




... as has Cambodia's Koh Ker site:




Terracotta figurines from a megalithic dolmen site need Moodbidri:



700 BCE terracotta figures from a site in Karnataka:






A pair of 2000 years bp (maybe) urns from the Vembakottai site:



A 2000 years bp (maybe) burial urn found during roadwork in Tiruppur:



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NORTH AMERICA
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Evidence of when the Vikings reached North America (this might be old news by now):



The search for burials relating to the Tulsa Race Massacre revealed seven sets of human remains of interest this season (more to come?):






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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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Feature on different ideas about beauty in the ancient world:



An identification of a 'lost' Artemisia Gentileschi painting:



Recreating Celtic beer using analysis of pollen from a burial site:


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CURRENT EVENTS:
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The floods in Libya were raising concerns for ancient Cyrene:






... but the floods also revealed some 'new' ancient structures near Derna:



The earthquakes in Morocco damaged some cultural sites:



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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Rubens and Women:



The British Museum is accused of buying a shabti back in 2017 from a convicted smuggler without the proper checks:



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ON THE DNA FRONT
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6000 years bp DNA extracted from remains in China:




DNA suggests an African origin for cattle in the Americas:




A study of the DNA of folks in the Angolan Namib:




On the Neanderthal DNA we're still carrying around:



DNA suggests the first cowboys may have been enslaved Africans:



On how DNA has transformed archaeology:



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CRIME BEAT
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A 62 year-old man in Drama (Greece) was arrested in possession of assorted antiquities:



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conflict antiquities:



anonymous swiss collector:



Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues:



Looting Matters:



Illicit Cultural Property:



SAFE:



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OBITUARIES
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Damian Evans:




Kurt Raaflaub:



Karen D. Vitelli:



Elizabeth Jeffreys:



Paul Woodruff:



E. Mary Smallwood:



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GENERAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS BLOGS
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Archaeology Magazine News Page:



About.com Archaeology:



Archaeology Briefs:



Atlas Obscura:



Heritage Daily:



Sapiens Archaeology:



Taygete Atlantis excavations blogs aggregator:


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PODCASTS/VODCASTS
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Archaeosoup:



Archaeology Podcast Network:


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