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Photo Pages: Stonehenge
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Submitted by Andy B on Wednesday, 17 March 2010 (309410 reads)
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 Stonehenge needs no introduction of course, and many other sites on the web cover it in detail, so I won't say much more. |
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| Walks in the Stonehenge landscape, 20th March and 10th April 2010.See comment for details.
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Text Pages: Urn Burials in Marungur
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Submitted by coldrum on Wednesday, 17 March 2010 (22 reads)
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Urn Burials in Tamil Nadu, India. The broken pots with the inscriptions were placed in urns that could have contained the bodies of the dead or their bones. “This is the first time that such inscribed pots, with Tamil Brahmi letters, placed as grave goods in urn burials, have been recovered from any archaeological site in Tamil Nadu. This opens a new chapter in archaeological research in the State,” say three specialists in Tamil Brahmi inscriptions. |
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| First century BC pots inscribed with owner's names found in India
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News: 9,000-Year-Old Beer Tastes Great
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Submitted by coldrum on Monday, 15 March 2010 (608 reads)
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A Delaware brewery known for its specialty beers has created a new one based on a 9,000-year-old recipe. VOA's Liu Enming recently traveled to Dogfish Head Craft Brewery to taste Chateau Jiahu beer. Jim Bertel narrates.
Of the more than 1300 breweries in the U.S., Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in Delaware stands out for its uniqueness.
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| Bimolecular archaeologist works with Dogfish Head Craft Brewery to create their Ancient Ales, see main story and comment for update
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News: Indonesian 'hobbit' challenges evolutionary theory
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Submitted by coldrum on Monday, 15 March 2010 (125 reads)
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Hunched over a picnic table in a limestone cave, the Indonesian researcher gingerly fingers the bones of a giant rat for clues to the origins of a tiny human.
This world turned upside down may once have existed here, on the remote island of Flores, where an international team is trying to shed light on the fossilized 18,000-year-old skeleton of a dwarf cavewoman whose discovery in 2003 was an international sensation. |
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| "It would be nice to have a whole complete male", (erm, that doesn't sound quite right out of context - MegP Ed)
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News: Human Culture, an Evolutionary Force
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Submitted by coldrum on Monday, 15 March 2010 (72 reads)
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As with any other species, human populations are shaped by the usual forces of natural selection, like famine, disease or climate. A new force is now coming into focus. It is one with a surprising implication — that for the last 20,000 years or so, people have inadvertently been shaping their own evolution. |
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| "some practitioners argue that gene-culture co-evolution could be the dominant mode of human evolution"
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Photo Pages: Culverwell Mesolithic Site
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Submitted by Andy B on Monday, 15 March 2010 (7277 reads)
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 Mesolithic Settlement in Dorset. The main feature on this site is a large floor of limestone slabs on top of a shell midden (rubbish dump). This floor is the earliest known structural evidence in England for the extensive use of Portland Jurassic limestone on a living site. |
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| Weymouth Relief Road artefacts to go on show, Weymouth Pavilion, 21-23 March
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Text Pages: Coomasaharn Lake
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Submitted by Anthony_Weir on Monday, 15 March 2010 (149 reads)
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Cup and Ring marks / Rock Art in Co. Kerry. At Coomasaharn, near the N end of Coomasaharn Lake are several horizontal rock surfaces decorated with circles, lines, cups and rings. |
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| Mast disagreements in Co. Kerry, see comment
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Text Pages: Arbil, Iraq
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Submitted by coldrum on Monday, 15 March 2010 (121 reads)
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Ancient Settlement in Iraq. Archaeologists claim to have found the oldest continually habited village in the history of humanity. Czech diggers have found remains of an about 150,000-year-old prehistoric settlement in Arbil, north Iraq. The archaeologists revealed a high number of items, mainly prehistoric stone tools, about nine metres under the ground in Arbil, capital of the Kurdish autonomous region. |
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| 150,000 year old settlement identified, also Homo sapiens may have reached India 74,000 yrs ago, see comment
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Text Pages: Links of Noltland
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Submitted by Andy B on Monday, 15 March 2010 (3271 reads)
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Ancient Village in Orkney. The Links o' Noltland is an area of sand dunes behind Grobust Bay on the north-west coast of Westray. First recorded by the 19th century antiquarian George Petrie, the presence of important archaeological remains has been known about for years. |
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| Apparently we now have to call the tiny Noltland figurine the 'Westray Wife', see latest comment. Plus links to Scotland tour and videos
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Did the discovery of cooking make us human?
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Submitted by coldrum on Monday, 15 March 2010 (94 reads)
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Cooking is something we all take for granted but a new theory suggests that if we had not learned to cook food, not only would we still look like chimps but, like them, we would also be compelled to spend most of the day chewing. |
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| Measure, Mix, Cook - And Evolve!
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Text Pages: Cavanaugh
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Submitted by bat400 on Sunday, 14 March 2010 (140 reads)
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Artificial Mound in Sebastian County, Arkansas.A flat topped artificial mound in Sebastian County, Arkansas. 200 feet long and 40 feet high, the mound now has earth removed on one side. Attributed to direct ancestors of the Caddo people, the mound was likely built sometime between 1100AD and 1300AD. A historic cemetery plot was made on the top level of the mound. |
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| Archaeological Conservancy purchases most intact Prehistoric Mound in northwest Arkansas.
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Text Pages: El Porvenir (Venezuela)
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Submitted by bat400 on Sunday, 14 March 2010 (157 reads)
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Not Known (by us) in Tachira State, Venezuela.Stone pavement on a 30 degree angle.
Reina Duran (Venezuela's Tachira Museum) believes the structure may have been a religious site. The site is under threat from a hydroelectric project that threatens to flood the area. |
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| Archeologists may never solve the mysteries of a pre-Columbian indigenous site if Venezuela goes ahead with a plan to create a hydroelectric dam.
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Photo Pages: Breeney More
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Submitted by frogcottage42 on Sunday, 14 March 2010 ( reads)
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 Stone Circle in Co. Cork. The remains of a large multiple-stone circle enclosing 4 boulder-burials set in the form of a rectangle. The circle must originally have been impressive, but the only stones now standing are the entrance stones, the axial stone (overthrown) and 3 others. |
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| Lots of lovely sites in Ireland added
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Photo Pages: Coyote Hills Shellmound ALA 329
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Submitted by symbionspacesuit on Sunday, 14 March 2010 (162 reads)
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 Shellmound ALA 329 in an artificial mound in Alameda County. Ryan Mound is a shell mound in what is now Coyote Hills Regional Park, a large park in the southeast bay on the alluvial plain south of Alameda Creek with the Coyote Hills along the western edge of the park bordering the waterfront, crisscrossed with hiking and biking trails all along the marshland and hills. |
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| Several fascinating sites in California added
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Events: Competition: Find a megalith* on Google Street View
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Submitted by Andy B on Friday, 12 March 2010 (795 reads)
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A competition to find megaliths*, earthworks and other ancient sites on Google Street View via the Megalithic Portal, with lots of prizes on offer.
On Thursday 11th March 2010 Google rolled out its Street View service to include 95% of the roads in the UK. Many prehistoric sites are in mundane roadside locations, and I'm not talking about Stonehenge here. There are thousands of obscure and unloved standing stones, earthworks etc in roadside locations all over the world. |
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Text Pages: Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi
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Submitted by Andy B on Wednesday, 10 March 2010 (284 reads)
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Possible stone circles, stone alignments and burial chambers in Syria. Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi (the monastery of Saint Moses the Abyssinian has stood at the eastern fringes of the Anti-Lebanon mountains since at least the sixth century. Thought to have been built on the remnants of a Roman watchtower, today it resembles a storybook castle perched on the edge of a steep precipice overlooking the Syrian desert. |
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| Look, it's "Syria's Stonehenge" (give me strength) Report of "early example of the stone landscapes seen at places like Stonehenge" (or probably not)
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Photo Pages: London Stone
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Submitted by Andy B on Tuesday, 09 March 2010 (6124 reads)
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 Standing Stone in Greater London
Once considered to be the guardian of the City and the place where all distances from London were measured, the London Stone now sits almost forgotten in a little glass box set into the wall of 111, Cannon Street opposite Cannon Street Station at TQ326809. |
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| London Stone talk "Making a Myth" at the Museum of London, April 13, 2010
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Books/Products: Northern Earth 121
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Submitted by Andy B on Sunday, 07 March 2010 (133 reads)
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Northern Earth 121 is out now. In this issue:
The Ness Gardens Contemporary Henge.
John Hill’s ongoing experimental project on Stonehenge goes public on the Wirral... |
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Text Pages: Diepkloof
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Submitted by bat400 on Friday, 05 March 2010 (393 reads)
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Rock Outcrop in South Africa.Two large rock shelters on the west bank of the Verlorenvlei River. Excavations have found hearths, tool fragments, decorated eggshell, and plant and animal remains dating to 55,000 to 65,000 years ago. |
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| Engraved Ostrich Eggs Suggest Early Early Man's Symbolic Thought. See comment.
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Photo Pages: Palace of Amenhotep III
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Submitted by AlexHunger on Tuesday, 02 March 2010 (1647 reads)
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 Ancient Palace in Upper Egypt. The 18th Dynasty palace of Amenhotep III was built by simply placing stone blocks and columns on the ground without building foundations. It was therefore completely annilliated by an earthquake and all remaining blocks were used by succesive dynasties for their temples. |
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| Head of statue of Amenhotep III found intact, see comment
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