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News for January 29th to February 4th, 2012

Author: Archaeological Legacy Institute
Mon, Feb 6, 2012

News items read by Laura Pettigrew include:

• Axe may mark the spot of Viking invasion(details)
• Aztec excavation finds school for children of nobles and priests details)
• Technology and history help trace origins of jade tool from New Guinea(details)
• Connecticut spear point marks student pathway to archaeology(details)

• Stone Age fishing equipment found in Russia(details)
• Vanished temple rediscovered in Sudan details)
• Unique “Wingedâ€� building dates to Roman Britain(details)
• Prehispanic kiln discovered in Oaxaca, Mexico(details)

• New research starts in ancient Ostia(details)
• Peruvian popcorn helps trace early evolution of varieties details)
• Croatian cave reveals earliest example of astrology tool(details)
• Valley of the Kings produces the tomb of a woman singer(details)

• Medieval cave city falling into ruin(details)
• Ancient Mayans got a kick out of nicotine details)
• Rare Terracotta Head Sculpture found in Nigeria(details)
• 3000 cave paintings found in central Mexico(details)

• More evidence of Ice Age hunting site at bottom of Lake Huron(details)
• Bust of Hellenistic king is found in ancient Turkish town details)
• Roman token tells a tale of London brothel business(details)
• India digs will document famous temple to three faiths(details)

• Basque region pendant may be oldest on Iberian Peninsula(details)
• Rare seal uncovered beneath the Western Wall provides link to ancient rituals details)
• Privys, teapots, dolls and newspapers revealed in gold-rush site in San Francisco(details)
• 300-year-old French fur-trade vessel may lie at bottom of Lake Michigan(details)

• 3300-year-old cuneiform inscription found on Malta(details)
• Clues to unnamed civilization discovered in Central America details)
• Stonehenge stones definitely come from Wales(details)
• New discoveries offer hints about the rise of Pueblo societies(details)

• Hoard of silver reveals previously unknown Viking king(details)
• Original ceremonial offering exposed at core of Mexico’s tallest pyramid details)
• Well-preserved Roman forum offers insight to Albanian history(details)
• Urban dig in Iowa produces both 19th Century and prehistoric artifacts(details)

• Rare Neolithic “earth motherâ€� found in Northern France(details)
• Early humans disliked bed bugs as much as we do details)
• Mysterious carvings baffle archaeologists in Israel(details)
• British site reveals Bronze age boats and bowls(details)

• South American animals brought to Caribbean island in prehistoric period(details)
• Stonehenge may have been sun worship(details)
• Polynesian ancestors also settled in Papua New Guinea(details)
• Modern humans migrating out of Africa left trail of stone breadcrumbs(details)

• Fiber analysis confirms long-haired dog fur use in traditional Salish weavings(details)
• Skull fragment shows Stone Age had both violence and TLC(details)
• New finds show Jerusalem’s western wall was not finished under King Herod(details)
• Southeast Asian island cave shows deep-sea fishing began by 42,000 years ago(details)

• Royal kitchen found at Mayan city of Kabah(details)
• Greek colony town in Sicily shows careful planning for early commerce and industry(details)
• Bronze object in early Eskimo house points to Asian origins(details)
• Crusader inscription finally deciphered in Israel(details)

• New signs of older civilizations flower in Libya(details)
• New cave art from Germany shows central Europe was different, even in the Stone Age(details)
• Legendary birthplace of Augustus reveals his roots in Rome’s traditional past(details)
• Historic bridge in Missouri produces new links to prehistoric past(details)

• New digs near ancient Jericho trace the rise of early Islamic civilization(details)
• Chinese coin in the Yukon shows early Asian-American links (details)
• In tiny bone box, roots of Christian icon painting are seen(details)
• Early church in Cyprus reveals richness of Byzantine shrines(details)

• Beer and a goat to go, at ancient Anatolian takeout windows(details)
• Japanese shipwreck attests to 13th century defeat of Mongol invaders (details)
• Baja site shows occupation up to 11,000 years ago(details)
• Roman army camp was key position on Germanic border(details)

• Viking warrior in boat burial found in Scotland(details)
• 2700 year old Etruscan pottery depicts moment of childbirth (details)
• Early humans made “modernâ€� blades as much as 400,000 years ago(details)
• Bone fragment in mastodon rib confirmed as early weapon(details)

• Roman fort in Scotland turns up 60 pairs of ancient shoes(details)
• Serpent-carved stone may be legendary platform for funerals of Aztec emperors(details)
• Gigantic Celtic burial mound from Germany is early lunar calendar(details)
• Stone Age paint production workshop found in South Africa(details)

• Turkish “templesâ€� may have been communal houses(details)
• Early California natives possible victims of toxic tar(details)
• Long-lost coat found under melting glacier(details)
• Maya road provided escape route from ancient volcano(details)

• Stone Age children’s art lessons identified on cave walls(details)
• Medieval Italian burial may be a suspected witch(details)
• Ritual cannibalism confirmed among prehistoric tribe in northern Mexico (details)
• Texas drought exposes reservoir area sites to looting (details)

• Maya queen's skeleton found with mysterious bowls(details)
• Ancient Roman shipyard excavated outside Rome(details)
• Excavators plumb depths of Idaho treasure trove (details)
• Stone Age community discovered in Jordan (details)

• Western Colorado site may hold clues to early Fremont culture(details)
• Middle Eastern geoglyphs pose mystery bigger than the Nazca lines(details)
• Iranian artifacts include early clarinet, and 300 pairs of dice (details)
• Roman mosaics help track impact of over-fishing (details)

• Subsurface radar maps an ancient gladiator school in Germany(details)
• East St. Louis dig may be big enough to answer big questions about the Mississippians(details)
• New obsidian research technique shows Aegean trade began in late ice ages (details)
• Rare Alaskan rock art site produces unique carved clay disksdetails)

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