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Heavy equipment invades ?stanbul excavation site, harming Neolithic ruins
An archeologist examines a human skeleton found during construction in ?stanbul's Pendik district. (Photo: AA, ?ebnem Co?kun) Heavy equipment belonging to a construction firm that is working on the long-expected Marmaray project -- an...Show More Summary
North Dakota Man Camps in a Comparative Context
Over the last month I’ve made my way through Bobby Weaver’s newest book on the Texas Oil Boom of the first half of the 20th century. It is an engaging read. More interesting for my research though is his brief discussion of the arrival of corporate man-camps in the East Texas book of 1930-1935. He […]
Unique workshop of Palaeolithic hunters discovered in Silesia
The digital model of a biface discovered in the area of the site. Below, a schematic tool cross section showing the method of making of plano-convex form. Scanning by M. Mackiewicz More than a thousand flint tools and waste generated...Show More Summary
3D reconstruction of medieval Nieszawa
Animation by Jakub Zakrzewski and Stanis?aw Rze?nik. In 2012, precise location of medieval town Nieszawa was determined. And that's without sinking a shovel into the ground, with the use of non-invasive methods. Now, a professional, 3D reconstruction of the settlement has been prepared for everyone to see on YouTube. Show More Summary
Archaeologists located a city dating back more than 500 years
Geophysical map of medieval Nieszawa - regular buildings visible A group of archaeologists from Warsaw located the place of second location of the city Nieszawa near Dybowski Castle in Toru?. The researchers used non-invasive research methods: air prospection and geophysical surveys. Show More Summary
Plague Helped Bring Down Roman Empire
New evidence suggests the Black Death bacterium caused the Justinianic Plague of the sixth to eighth centuries. The pandemic, named after the Byzantine emperor Justinian I (shown here), killed more than 100 million people. Plague may have helped finish off the Roman Empire, researchers now reveal. Show More Summary
Ancient wooden boat found in the Boyne river
Find made as shopping trolleys removed from river Sean Cahill of the Boyne Fishermen’s Rescue and Recovery Service beside the log boat. Photograph: BFRRS An ancient log-boat, possibly thousands of years old, has been discovered partly embedded in the banks of the River Boyne in Drogheda, possibly where it originally sank. Show More Summary
High-tech dig finds Roman farmstead
A high-tech research park is going to be built on land that once housed a Roman farmstead. An archaeological dig on the site of what will become the Haverhill Research Park has revealed traces of activity from the Iron Age through to the 1840s. Show More Summary
Bournemouth "Finders" Make off with Military Souvenirs...
Two "finders" were spotted strolling through the crowds at a Dorset beauty spot while each was shouldering a potentially lethal 120 millimetre tank shell which they'd apparently picked up somewhere between Worbarrow Bay and Tyneham in Dorset. Show More Summary
Four years Ago: "all that is needed is a piece of paper."
This was exactly four years ago:Let us note, in order that those 23 coins pass legally and legitimately through US customs, all that is needed is a piece of paper. Tuesday, 12 May 2009 'ACCG Coin Import Stunt', PACHI Blog. The stubborn...Show More Summary
Kinda sorta virtual archaeology?
Civilization 5: Brave New World trailer highlights culture, tourism The Civilization 5: Brave New World expansion puts new focus on tourism and culture, including a new Cultural victory that lets you besiege other civs with just how cool you are with all the works of your new artists and composers. A new trailer goes into a [...]
Or at least desk chair
Google Earth fuelling ‘armchair archaeology’ TRADITIONALLY, ARCHAEOLOGY HAS involved a lot of digging through both archives and dirt, as well as being in the right place at the right time. But the last decade has seen the development of a completely new tool, says Dr David Thomas, a pioneer of the field of satellite archaeology. [...]
Some New Views of Mediterranean Landscapes
This month’s Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology has two interesting articles on Mediterranean Landscapes. The first is by Michael Given. It continues a trend urging survey archaeologists to look beyond the dots on the map. Weaving recent work on agency with perspectives drawn from phenomenology, Given urges survey archaeologists to look up from their carefully measured […]
Secrets of the Dead: Caveman Cold Case
This week, PBS airs "Caveman Cold Case", the latest episode of the long-running series Secrets of the Dead, featuring archaeological evidence of survival cannibalism by Neanderthals some 49,000 years ago.... Read Full Post
"Over 120 years of experience" of Artefact Hunting
Further to my comments on the upcoming televised artefact grabfest "Dig Wars" by Travel Channel, over on a metal detecting blog near you, "Chicagoron" explains (May 12, 2013 at 7:21 pm) This show is something different than anything that has been on. Show More Summary
On the Move
Ian taking delivery of the new fleet Wessex Archaeology has just received the latest additions to its fleet of cars and vans, featuring our new branding. With fleet vehicles now based in Sheffield and Rochester, as well as Salisbury,...Show More Summary
Deaccessioning of Material from Public Collections
Damien Huffer on the complicated issues of deaccessioning: "Museums and the Market: When Cultural Institutions Must Sell" (It Surfaced Down Under, May 12th 2013) and the differing issues connected with archaeological research archives and shelved cultural property of other types. Show More Summary
The Many Faces of a Hobby
This video (UK Beach Hunting with AT Pro International) raises two issues. The first is why somebody whose hobby consists of searching sandy beaches for dropped change, lost property and buried cutlery, such as Bournemouth retiree John...Show More Summary
Renewed Focus on UK metal Detecting: The Importance of a Name...
UK tekkies are easily impressed it seems, they prefer to treat as 'authoritative' a handful of comfortable statements made by somebody else, this presumably saves them having to think things out for themselves. So, we currently have a very good example of this in the treatment several days ago of the two opposing propositions. Show More Summary
Syrian Conflict: Samarkeolog Examines the Trade in Looted Antquities
Samarkeolog (Conflict Antiquities) has an interesting text on: 'Syria/Lebanon: Syrian-Lebanese antiquities-for-arms trade' (May 12th 2013). In the past week, two investigations have explored the Syrian antiquities market in Lebanon.Show More Summary
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