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Text Pages: Pan de Guajaibón
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Submitted by bat400 on Tuesday, 09 February 2010 (88 reads)
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Rock Art in Cuba. Pictograms and two tool sites have been found on the mountain. Among the discoveries are majadores for food preparation, as well as many food remains. |
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| Speleologists find Pre-Contact Rock Art in Cuba.
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Photo Pages: Oxford Stone Mound
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Submitted by bat400 on Tuesday, 09 February 2010 (7568 reads)
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 Artificial Stone Mound in Calhoun County, Alabama.A Stone Mound in Calhoun County, AL. The mound is located on the top of a hill and has been tentatively assigned an age of 1500 years. Survey examination has revealed a few artifacts in addition to the "stacked" stone itself. As of yet, no human remains have been found, but the site is recognized by local Native Americans as a sacred site. |
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| Stone Mound Natural? 'About Face' from University of Alabama Archaeologist. Earthen Step Pyramid in Area Mysteriously Disappears. See attached comments and links to articles.
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Text Pages: Tonina
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Submitted by davidmorgan on Tuesday, 09 February 2010 (151 reads)
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Ancient Settlement in Chiapas, Mexico. A Mayan city dating mainly from the Late Classic Period. One of the latest Mayan date stelae was found here dated to 909 CE. |
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| Sarcophagus could provide clues to Mayan decline, see comment.
Painted glyphs may include portrait of ruler.
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13,000 Native American artifacts stolen from Southern Illinois refuge
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Submitted by coldrum on Monday, 08 February 2010 (98 reads)
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Thousands of Native American artifacts were stolen then sold for profit. An Illinois man has been convicted of not only stealing those artifacts, but causing devastating damage to the Cypress Creek Wildlife Refuge where he found them. The Southern Illinois refuge, two hours from St. Louis, is protected or it was supposed to be. But authorities say one man created his own archeological dig, taking 13,000 artifacts from the ground. |
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| Archaic Period Artifacts Stolen from Vast Wetlands Preserve. Looter gets 30 days and half of maximum fine.
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Text Pages: Chilonche
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Submitted by coldrum on Sunday, 07 February 2010 (125 reads)
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Ancient Settlement in Peten, Guatemala. Archaeologists have discovered a huge Mayan sculptured head in Guatemala that suggests a little-known site in the jungle-covered Peten region may once have been a significant city.
The stucco sculpture, which is more than three metres wide by four metres high, was buried for centuries at the Chilonche ruins, close to the border with Belize. |
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| 'Huge head' discovered in ancient Mayan city
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News: US Military Veterans Working on Archaeological Project
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Submitted by coldrum on Sunday, 07 February 2010 (65 reads)
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U.S. military veterans are sorting through a massive government archaeological collection that has been neglected for decades, with the hope of archiving the stone tools, arrows and American Indian beads that were found beneath major public works projects.
The collection dates to the 1930s, when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers started building dozens of locks, dams and reservoirs, and the ground beneath them was excavated for archaeological treasures. |
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| "This is the best thing that has happened to me since I got out of the military"
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Photo Pages: Stanton Drew - The Cove
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Submitted by ShropshireTraveller on Sunday, 07 February 2010 (5385 reads)
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 Standing Stones in Somerset. Situated in the garden of 'The Druid's Arms' pub. The name is derived from the landowners, the Drew family, as is the name of the village. |
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| Stanton Drew 'older' than thought, new light on the origins of the Cove, see latest comment
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Text Pages: Zhang's tomb, Weiqu
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Submitted by Andy B on Sunday, 07 February 2010 (107 reads)
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The family tomb of a high-ranking general of the Han Dynasty (202 B.C.-220 A.D.) has been unearthed in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, providing evidence of China's military history. |
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Photo Pages: Cnoc an Temple
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Submitted by arattagar on Sunday, 07 February 2010 (159 reads)
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 Possible burial chamber on the Isle of Skye. An apparent megalithic assemblage in the arrangement of a collapsed dolmen or quoit, lying in an isolated cluster on private moorland. The sidewall stones are still in situ and indicate a winter solstice sunset alignment with the adjacent Isle of Rhum. The capstone, lying to one side, is a regular lozenge shape. |
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Photo Pages: Gucheng ancient tombs
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Submitted by Andy B on Sunday, 07 February 2010 (139 reads)
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 Han-Dynasty tomb in Gucheng town, Gaochun county, Nanjing, China. Unidentified tomb raiders hit more than 10 ancient tomb sites Monday in east Jiangsu Province, using bulldozers, and stealing most of the articles they unearthed, in an unprecedented sacking of the country's cultural relics, local archaeologists said. |
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| Tomb raiders demolish Jiangsu tombs with bulldozers
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Text Pages: Helman Tor
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Submitted by vicky on Sunday, 07 February 2010 (3286 reads)
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Causewayed Enclosure in Cornwall |
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| Bronze Age hut circle revealed by conservationists, see latest comment
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Photo Pages: British Museum
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Submitted by Andy B on Sunday, 07 February 2010 (10499 reads)
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 Museum in Greater London.
The original and the best - the British Museum contains archaeology from around the world. Of particular interest are the Mold Cape, the Battersea horned helmet and shield, Lindow Man, Sutton Hoo, Mildenhall treasures and much, much more. |
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| The Megaliths of Northern Europe, 18th Feb 2010, British Museum, encounter between author Dr. Magdalena Midgley and reviewer Prof. Chris Scarre, see latest comment.
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Text Pages: Inanke Cave
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Submitted by Andy B on Saturday, 06 February 2010 (149 reads)
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Rock Shelter in Zimbabwe. San (Bushmen) lived in the Matobo Hills about 2,000 years ago, leaving a rich heritage in hundreds of rock paintings. There are over 3,000 registered rock art sites, with the main periods of painting being between 320 and 500 C.E.. In the many crevices and caves, clay ovens and other historic artefacts have been found, and various archaeological finds date back as far as the Pre-Middle Stone Age, around 300,000 B.P. |
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| "For visitors able to reach Inanke, the reward is unsurpassed." - prehistoric paintings are a celebration of life, see comment
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Text Pages: Calçoene Stone Circle
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Submitted by Andy B on Wednesday, 03 February 2010 (373 reads)
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 Stone Circle in Amapá, Brazil. A grouping of granite blocks along a grassy Amazon hilltop may be the vestiges of a centuries-old astronomical observatory - a find that archaeologists say shows early rainforest inhabitants were more sophisticated than previously believed. The 127 blocks, some as high as 9 feet (2.75 meters) tall, are spaced at regular intervals around the hill, like a crown 100 feet (30 meters) in diameter. |
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| A four year old story but one we missed at the time, an intriguing site
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Photo Pages: Bryn Cader Faner
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Submitted by Tom_Bullock on Wednesday, 03 February 2010 (9704 reads)
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 This cairn-circle has to be one of the most visually-appealing circles in the entire British Isles, despite extensive damage to the stones both by treasure-hunters of the last century and soldiers during World War II. Fifteen stones remain of the original thirty, each standing about 6 feet, and lean outward in such a way that from a distance, it looks like a crown of thorns. |
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| Great new set from Thingy, if this doesn't inspire you to get out and see some stones I don't know what will!
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Photo Pages: Pillar of Eliseg
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Submitted by Andy B on Wednesday, 03 February 2010 (3716 reads)
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 Early Christian Sculptured Stone in Powys. The Pillar of Eliseg near Valle Crucis Abbey (SJ 203445). The last king of Powys had this stone erected before he died in 854. The long and now very faint inscription gives his descent from Vortigern |
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| Could it be that the famous cross that gives the valley its name may not have been a cross at all? A new archaeological study is set to take place later this year.
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Events: The Fifth Megalithomania Conference, May 8th - 9th, Glastonbury
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Submitted by megalithomania on Wednesday, 03 February 2010 (533 reads)
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 Hugh Newman writes: A lot has been happening since the sad passing of John Michell and last year's conference. From discoveries of megaliths and unusual earthworks in Ukraine and the news that the ‘Garden of Eden’ has been unearthed in the middle-east, the last conference helped unlock some remarkable secrets of the ancient world. |
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Text Pages: Sears Point
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Submitted by bat400 on Wednesday, 03 February 2010 (285 reads)
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Rock Art in Yuma County, Arizona.Petroglyphs on a basalt promontory on the Gila River. The site is considered important because finds there are indicative of two separate culture groups, the Patayan and Hohokam. |
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| Reward offered to ID Arizona Petroglyph Vandals.
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News: Forthcoming archaeology programmes on BBC Radio 4
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Submitted by Andy B on Tuesday, 02 February 2010 (122 reads)
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Mike Pitts let me know of the following three programmes he made, coming up on BBC Radio 4, the first being: In Pursuit of Treasure
Sunday 7 Feb, 13:30 on BBC Radio 4
Archaeologist and broadcaster Mike Pitts delves into the sometimes murky
world of the metal detector, from harmless amateur history buffs to criminal
nighthawkers, and discovers how metal detecting is changing our national
heritage. |
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Books/Products: Megaliths; visiting ancient Britain and Ireland, a book for Japanese readers
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Submitted by Andy B on Tuesday, 02 February 2010 (104 reads)
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 Aska has let us know about the first comprehensive book about megaliths of Britiain and Ireland to be published in Japan. I got on to the author Hideharu, who was keen to tell us about his book: "My first trip to the British Isles was in 1993 to Ireland. Next, to Scotland in 1998 and I was very much impressed by the stone circles of Callanish, and the Ring of Brodgar. |
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