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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/pf/40939571.html

[heading] Archaeology: Undersea Adventures and Pre-Columbian Mingling

Eric Powell, a senior editor at Archaeology magazine, says some of 2009’s most exciting digs will be undersea.

“There is a lot of good work on everything from Bronze Age shipwrecks in the Aegean to Paleolithic archaeology,” he said.

“People are starting to think of underwater archaeology as focused not just on nautical history, but on the prehistoric landscape that existed when glaciers had water tied up and sea levels were much lower,” he said.

Powell expects new evidence of pre-Columbian mingling to shake-up the field as well.

“I think in the coming year you’re going to see some discoveries announced that shed light on the New World/Old World contacts before Columbus came,” Powell said.

“We may realize that there was much more contact than we previously thought.”


37 posted on 01/08/2009 7:56:12 PM PST by SunkenCiv (First 2009 Profile update Tuesday, January 6, 2009___________https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Coyoteman
*PING* to post 37 this thread.

Cheers!

40 posted on 01/08/2009 8:43:34 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: SunkenCiv

“I think in the coming year you’re going to see some discoveries announced that shed light on the New World/Old World contacts before Columbus came,” Powell said.

“We may realize that there was much more contact than we previously thought.”


That would be cool!


42 posted on 01/09/2009 4:56:37 AM PST by fanfan (Update on Constitutional Crisis in Canada.....Click user name)
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