[SunkenCiv]

These are the last month plus of links on Archaeologica, posting 'em here to make it simpler for posting later. I've been swamped.

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  April 3rd & 4th, 2012 Edition
  • Ancient Egyptian Cotton Unveils Secrets of Domesticated Crop Evolution [Science Daily]
  • 'Ancient' Greek statue found in sheep pen is fake [BBC News]
  • More on Gardom's Edge monolith may be astronomically aligned [Past Horizons]
  • More from Tenochtitlan [UNESCO]
  • DNA analysis shakes up Neandertal theories [Binghamton University]
  • Skeletons uncovered in Oxford city centre could have been the remains of Viking pillagers rather than settlers killed in a famous massacre [Oxford Mail]
  • Australian hunters wiped out megafauna 40,000 years ago [Past Horizons]

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  April 1st & 2nd, 2012 Edition
  • Archeologists Find Gold Ornaments in Bulgaria's Sozopol [Novinite]
  • Scientists find evidence that human ancestors used fire one million years ago-300,000 years earlier than believed [EurekAlert]
  • Once again, science and anthropology have teamed up to solve questions concerning the fascinating, brilliantly hued pigment known as Maya Blue [EurekAlert]
  • Berlin's Forgotten Half: Excavations Shed Light on History of Cölln [Spiegel Online]
  • How fishermen are bringing lost secrets of UK waters to land [Guardian UK]
  • The Titanic: What Made It Sink [Discovery]
  • Must Farm Bronze Age site: The finds [Past Horizons]

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  March 31st, 2012 Edition
  • Groups identify trees bent by American Indians [Austin Statesman]
  • Calendar Puzzles Deciphered in Ancient Statue: Photos [Discovery]
  • Kill to be killed in 18th century Denmark [Past Horizons]
  • Roman statues rescued in Spain [The Olive Press]

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  March 30th, 2012 Edition
  • Empúries: The Ancient Greek Town of Spain [Greek Reporter]
  • More on Operation Nightingale: Soldiers dig in for historic victory [South Wales Argus]
  • More on Skye: The music of the Islands: 2300 year old lyre comes to life [Past Horizons]
  • Simple Yet Complex Primate Brain Structure Aided Human Evolution, Suggests Study [Popular Archaeology]

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  March 29th, 2012 Edition
  • Three skeletons were found during construction of a new road, along with pottery and pieces of agate at the site which dates back 1,800 years [Taipei Times]
  • Bedouin Animal Sacrifice Rituals Provide Clues to Archaeological Remains [SBWire]
  • Celeb Martial Artist Recruited for Ancient Roman Army [Live Science]
  • 'Lucy' Lived Among Close Cousins: Discovery of Foot Fossil Confirms Two Human Ancestor Species Co-Existed [Science Daily]
  • Rare Animal-Shaped Mounds Discovered in Peru by MU Anthropologist [University of Missouri]
  • Archaeological Research Program Receives Special Recognition from Archaeological Institute of America [Popular Archaeology]
  • Archaeologist investigates legend of mythical ruler of ancient Peru [UCLA]

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  March 28th, 2012 Edition
  • Skye cave find western Europe's 'earliest string instrument' [BBC News]
  • Greek police recovers ancient statue from goat pen [The State]
  • More on Evidence Stacks Up That Monolith at Gardom's Edge Is Astronomically Aligned [Science Daily]
  • Ancient Hawaiians Caught More By Fishing Less [New York Times]
  • Searching for the Venice of the Nile [New Scientist]

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  March 27th, 2012 Edition
  • DNA traces cattle back to a small herd domesticated around 10,500 years ago [EurekAlert]
  • Greeks find remains of healing sanctuary [The Asian Age]
  • Stone monolith likely marked seasons -- 4,000 years ago [MSNBC]
  • Geologists Correct a 'Rift' in Africa [Science Daily]
  • Searching for the archers of the Mary Rose [Past Horizons]
  • Study Shows Mixing Between Prehistoric Populations of Europe and Africa [Popular Archaeology]

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  March 26th, 2012 Edition
  • 18th-Century Bone Telescopes Discovered in Amsterdam [ Live Science]
  • From foraging to farming: the 10,000-year revolution [ PhysOrg]
  • In search of pirate Black Jack [ West Australian]
  • Brazil's leap forward unearths a painful history [ The Bellingham Herald]
  • Nalanda buzz around Bengal Buddha statues [ The Telegraph India]
  • Past Imperfect: The Ottoman Empire's Life-or-Death Race [ Smithsonian]

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  March 25th, 2012 Edition
  • More on Possible New Lead in Peking Man Fossils Mystery [ New York Times]
  • First of Our Kind: Could Australopithecus sediba Be Our Long Lost Ancestor? [ Scientific American]
  • Six Old Kingdom tombs to be opened at Giza Plateau [ Ahram Online]
  • Archeologists unearth artifacts at Luke AFB [ DC Military]
  • Mystery solved? Turin Shroud linked to Resurrection of Christ? [ Telegraph UK]

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  March 24th, 2012 Edition
  • Mozart piano composition uncovered in Austria [ BBC News]
  • One step forward for early hominins [ Past Horizons]
  • Leaked Government Memo Warns of Organized Looting in Syria-Archaeological sites made vulnerable by the armed conflict and civil unrest in Syria are targeted for big-time looting and smuggling by international crime rings [ Popular Archaeology]
  • Mass grave from Thirty Years' War opened [ The Local]

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  March 23rd, 2012 Edition
  • Hoard of 30,000 silver Roman coins discovered in Bath [ Telegraph UK]
  • Ancient civilizations reveal ways to manage fisheries for sustainability [ EurekAlert]
  • Archaeologists reconstruct diet of Nelson's Navy with new chemical analysis of excavated bones [ EurekAlert]
  • Did Belief in Gods Lead to Mayan Demise? [ Live Science\Yahoo News]
  • Troops Leave, Archaeologists Return, as Hope for Iraq's Cultural Relics and Tourism Industry Grow [ Popular Archaeology]
  • Report from Former U.S. Marine Hints at Whereabouts of Long-Lost Peking Man Fossils [ Scientific American]

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  March 21st & 22nd, 2012 Edition
  • Butchered sloth bone lends more evidence to early North American settlement [ Montreal Gazette]
  • Neolithic horned cairns near Caithness wind farm scanned [ BBC News]
  • More on archaeologists have developed a large-scale method and mapped some 14,000 settlement sites in northeastern Syria [ Scientific American]
  • Madagascar Founded By Women-The discovery negates a prior theory about how the island was first found [ Discovery]
  • Remarkable Russian Petroglyphs [ Past Horizons]
  • Photos: Bejeweled Anglo-Saxon Found in Christian Burial Bed [ National Geographic]
  • 'Prehistoric' antler hammerhead and human skeleton unearthed in Burren [ Irish Times]
  • 'Franciscan monk' remains unearthed at roadworks site-Resurfacing work halted at St Andrews after suspected 15th century remains discovered [ STV]
  • Skulls on stakes in Sweden date to the Mesolithic [ Past Horizons]
  • Prehistoric Human Hunters the Cause of Giant Herbivore Extinction in Australia, Says Study [ Popular Archaeology]

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  March 19th & 20th, 2012 Edition
  • Bulgarian Archaeologists Claim Oldest Monastery in Europe [ Novinite]
  • Vikings 'carried mice to colonies'? [ Independent UK]
  • Skeletons recovered from the wreck of a King Henry VIII's warship the Mary Rose are being studied to discover more about life in the 1500s [ BBC News]
  • Remarkable Russian Petroglyphs [ Past Horizons]
  • Googling the past: How I uncovered prehistoric remains from my office [ Past Horizons]
  • Spotting ancient sites, from space [ EurekAlert]
  • Yale Researchers Develop New Form Of MRI For Inside Look At Bones, Rocks [ Hartford Courant]
  • Beer and Bling in Iron Age Europe [ Science Daily]
  • 'Lost' Great Wall of China Segment Found? [ National Geographic]
  • Extensive Medieval Town in Azerbaijan Uncovered by Archaeologists [ Popular Archaeology]
  • Archaeologists discover earliest known metal bit [ Horse Talk]

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  March 17th & 18th, 2012 Edition
  • Civilizations Lost and Found: Fabricating History -- Part Two: False Messages in Stone [ CSIOP.org]
  • Rome's Lost Aqueduct-Searching for the source of one of the city's greatest engineering achievements [ Archaeology Magazine]
  • More on Anglo-Saxon Christian grave find near Cambridge 'extremely rare' [ BBC News]
  • Neolithic pottery at Culduthel section of Inverness flood scheme [ BBC News]
  • Polish researcher changes the dating of the famous Egyptian necropolis [ Serwis Nauka w Polsce]
  • More on World Reacts to Jerusalem Antiquities Forgery Trial Verdict [ Popular Archaeology]
  • Seeking to Preserve the Past, but Stumbling on the Present [ New York Times]

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  March 16th, 2012 Edition
  • British archaeologists discover 7th-century teenager buried in her bed [ Washington Post
    and this Cross and bed found in Anglo-Saxon grave shed new light on 'dark ages' Guardian UK]
  • Was Human Evolution Caused by Climate Change? [ Science Daily]
  • 'World's Oldest Temple' May Have Been Cosmopolitan Center [ Live Science]
  • Greece: Ancient theatre of Delos to be restored [ ANSA]
  • More on Cross-dressing pharaoh found in her feminine form [ New Scientist]
  • Excavation Starts At 800 Year Old Mound Of Down-One of Northern Ireland's most impressive, but mysterious, ancient monuments will shortly reveal its secrets [ 4NI News]
  • More on Flag Fen: Archaeologists Return to Excavate Major 3,300-Year-Old Bronze Age Site in England [ Popular Archaeology]

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  March 14th & 15th, 2012 Edition
  • The remains of what may be a previously unknown human species have been identified in southern China [ BBC News
    and this Mystery human fossils put spotlight on China EurekAlert]
  • Oded Golan has been found not guilty of forging an artifact by a Jerusalem court-Scholars have not been able to agree on the authenticity of the so-called 'James Ossuary' [ Reuters]
  • Canadian archeologists unearth rare wooden statue of pharaoh [ Vancouver Sun]
  • CT scanners are being used to help unlock the secrets of five Roman burial urns that were discovered at a housing development in Hertfordshire [ BBC News]
  • Ancient footprints found in peat at Borth beach [ BBC News]
  • New viking village discovered [ The Norway Post]

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  March 13th, 2012 Edition
  • New Norway Viking settlement discovered [ The Foreigner]
  • Artifacts Show Sophistication of Ancient Nomads [ New York Times]
  • Massive looting at El Hibeh, Egypt [ Past Horizons]
  • Remains found in Mexico came from ancient cemetery [ Boston Globe]

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  March 12th, 2012 Edition
  • Megalithic burial site, also a place of worship, unearthed [ Times of India]
  • Statue, chapels and animal mummies found in Egypt by U of T team [ University of Toronto]
  • Oldest human-shaped 'haniwa' in Japan found in Shimane Prefecture [ Mainichi News]
  • Greek archaeologists plead for help to protect heritage [ eKathimerini]
  • Insect-sized robot to explore shafts of Great Pyramid [ Reuters]
  • Using burial sites to gauge the effect of Roman conquest on Iron Age Britons [ Past Horizons]
  • The writing on the wall: Symbols from the Palaeolithic [ Past Horizons]
  • Genetic Studies of Modern Populations Show Varying Neandertal Ancestry [ Popular Archaeology]
  • Lost Da Vinci Found? Mona Lisa Paint Lends Clue [ Discovery]

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  March 10th & 11th, 2012 Edition
  • Indiana Jones goes geek: Laser-mapping LiDAR revolutionizes archaeology [ Ars Technica]
  • U.S. archaeologists unearth Iraq's ruins [ USA Today]
  • Iron Age murder mystery as CT scan shows British man from 100AD was beaten, strangled, then beheaded in 'pagan ritual' [ Mail Online]
  • A series of Roman artefacts has been found during works to install a water main through a former fort site [ BBC News]

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  March 9th, 2012 Edition
  • Worsley Man: Hospital scanner probes Iron Age bog death [ BBC NEws]
  • Titanic Wreck Site Mapped [ Discovery]
  • Ancient calculator on display at Archaeological museum [ Athens News]
  • More on Slave burial ground excavated on St Helena [ Past Horizons]
  • The Gauls of Acy-Romance: Discovering the Remi [ Past Horizons]
  • Palestine to Submit 20 Sites for UNESCO World Heritage Site Nomination [ Popular Archaeology]

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  March 8th, 2012 Edition
  • Bristol archaeologists unearth slave burial ground on St Helena [ University of Bristol]
  • More on new king added to the long list of ancient pharaohs [ Discovery]
  • Darwin cleared of deceit [ Past Horizons]
  • Genome Research on Gorillas Sheds New Light on Human Evolution [ Popular Archaeology]
  • Human remains believed to be more than 800 years old have been discovered at York Minster [ BBC News]

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  March 7th, 2012 Edition
  • Archaeology: Roman slabstone, early-Ottoman column discovered after Bisser disaster [ Sofia Echo]
  • New research shows ancient Maya women were powerful leaders [ Northwestern University]
  • Ancient artwork offers a puzzling picture of past [ My San Antonio]
  • Syrian Army Attacks Palmyra's Roman Ruins [ Popular Archaeology]
  • Why It Took So Long to Invent the Wheel [ Scientific American]

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  March 6th, 2012 Edition
  • Ancient 'Graffiti' Unlock the Life of the Common Man [ American Friends of Tel Aviv University]
  • Turkey wants Bowling Green State University's ancient Roman mosaics returned [ Cleveland Live]
  • Jamestown Archaeologist to Receive British Top Honor [ Williamsburg Yorktown Daily]

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  March 5th, 2012 Edition
  • More on Oetzi's DNA reveals health risks and relations [ The Stone Pages]
  • Insights into Hopewell population movements through strontium isotope analysis [ Ohio Archaeology]
  • Over 2,000 ancient Buddha statues discovered in China [ First Post]
  • Ancient Byzantine road unearthed in Greece [ IOL.com]
  • A New 17th Dynasty Pharaoh discovered [ Luxor Times]
  • Numerous archaeological discoveries in Ljubljana [ Past Horizons]
  • Ancient Builders Created Monumental Structures that Altered Sound and Mind, Say Researchers [ Popular Archaeology]
  • Prehistoric Humans and Changing Climate Worked Together to Kill Off Great Ice Age Mammals [ Popaular Archaeology]

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  March 4th, 2012 Edition
  • Study: Pilgrimage a 'costly signal' [ Columbus Dispatch
    and this Ancient American Pilgrimage: Communitas or Costly Signaling? Ohio Historical Society]
  • Faces of 2 USS Monitor crewmembers reconstructed [ St. Louis Today]
  • A colossal statue of Amenhotep III in quartzite newly raised in the funerary temple of the King on west bank, Luxor [ Luxor Times]
  • Alexander and his Macedonian heirs [ Al-Ahram Weekly]
  • Alexandria and Egypt [ Al-Ahram Weekly]
  • Lux in Arcana: The Vatican secret archive revealed [ Past Horizons]

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  March 3rd, 2012 Edition
  • Two New Extinct Camel Species Discovered at Panama Canal Excavation [ Science Daily]
  • Garbage dumping and archaeological looting in Abu Sir alarm residents [ Egypt Independent]
  • Tales from the Jarash hinterland [ Past Horizons]
  • The Science and Art of Neandertal Teeth [ Scientific American]
  • Blue versus Green: Rocking the Byzantine Empire [ Smithsonian]

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  March 1st & 2nd, 2012 Edition
  • Archaeologists Protest 'Glamorization' of Looting on TV [ Science Magazine]
  • More on Radical theory of first Americans places Stone Age Europeans in Delmarva 20,000 years ago [ Washington Post]
  • Digging up the past: Archaeologists reveal grim secrets of Angel Meadow, Manchester's filthiest slum [ Manchester Evening News]
  • Spanish ship with artifacts found in the Philippines [ Tempo]
  • Research Reveals First Evidence of Hunting by Prehistoric Ohioans [ Cleveland Museum of Natural History]
  • Tools May Have Been First Money [ Live Science]
  • Greek antiquities reburied for lack of funds: report [ Vancouver Sun]
  • Archaeology at Flag Fen enters exciting new phase [ Past Horizons]
  • Solving the Mystery of the English China Wreck [ Popular Archaeology]
  • Unearthing Sussita-Archaeologists are unveiling a magnificent monumental city, with a view to match [ Popular Archaeology]

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