Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis,

John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo,

Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley,

Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Don Buck, Richard C. Griffiths, and Ross W. Sargent

for headses upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out).

Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian readers!

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EARLY HOMINIDS

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On Neanderthal ‘health care practices’:

https://phys.org/news/2018-10-neanderthal-healthcare-crucial-survival.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-10/uoy-nhp100418.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181004110042.htm

Neanderthal-like features in 450 000 years bp teeth from Italy:

https://phys.org/news/2018-10-neanderthal-like-features-year-old-fossil-teeth.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-10/p-nfi092618.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181003142903.htm

Looking at the teeth of homo antecessor (I don’t think this is the same as the previous):

https://phys.org/news/2018-10-teeth-homo-antecessor-trends-pleistocene.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-10/p-toh092618.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181003142934.htm

Studying the role of viruses in human evolution:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181004112547.htm

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-10/suo-mhi092818.php

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/10/04/neanderthals-stopped-humans-wiped-flu/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/neanderthals-breeding-early-humans-diseases-flu-hepatitis-dna-genetics-a8568446.html

More on Neanderthal fine motor skills:

https://cosmosmagazine.com/palaeontology/making-do-at-a-pinch-neanderthal-used-precision-grips-not-power

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AFRICA

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Looking at some 90 000 years bp bone knives from the Dar es-Soltan 1 cave in Morocco:

https://phys.org/news/2018-10-bone-knife-morocco-oldest-specialized.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-10/p-bkf092618.php

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-bone-knife-hints-special-tools-appeared-early-africa

http://www.archaeology.org/news/7014-181004-morocco-bone-knife

Humans apparently delayed the onset of the Sahara Desert by 500 years:

https://phys.org/news/2018-10-humans-onset-sahara-years.html

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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT

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The Czech mission in Egypt unearthed the tomb of a 5th Dynasty architect in Giza:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/huge-tomb-from-fifth-dynasty-discovered-in-giza/

https://www.radio.cz/en/section/news/czech-archaeologists-unearth-egyptian-custodian-of-royal-affairs

https://www.radio.cz/en/section/curraffrs/czech-archaeologists-discover-tomb-of-important-egyptian-dignitary

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-10/02/c_129964873.htm

https://www.albawaba.com/editorchoice/more-dig-finds-giza-bring-light-ancient-times-egypt-1194258

I think we mentioned this pair of sandstone stelae of Seti I and Ptolemy V from Aswan:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/archeologists-unearth-engraved-tablets-for-king-seti-i-and-king-ptolemy-iv-in-aswan/

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/58372/Two-ancient-paintings-discovered-at-Temple-of-Kom-Ombo

https://egyptianstreets.com/2018/10/02/two-sandstone-stelae-discovered-in-temple-of-kom-ombo/

https://www.livescience.com/63738-temple-engravings-of-warrior-pharaoh.html

http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2018-10/01/content_64462093.htm

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-10/01/c_137504563.htm

https://www.newsweek.com/two-ancient-egyptian-artworks-depicting-gods-and-pharaohs-found-unique-temple-1149515

http://www.archaeology.org/news/7003-181001-egypt-komombo-temple

Two brothers were killed during an illegal excavation in Sohag:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/two-brothers-killed-during-illegal-excavation-for-antiquities-in-sohag/

Zahi Hawass announced he was going to announce something:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/zahi-hawass-says-to-announce-great-archaeological-discovery/

They’re finding all sorts of things every day in Egypt:

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/58534/Archeological-discovery-revealed-%E2%80%9Cevery-week-every-day-in-some-cases%E2%80%9D

Analyzing proteins in pottery from Catal Hoyuk:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-10/mpif-coe100118.php

https://phys.org/news/2018-10-cuisine-early-farmers-revealed-analysis.html

Not sure where to put this one on a 3000 years bp ‘juglet’ from Cyprus with traces of opium poppy in it:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-10/uoy-too100218.php

https://www.livescience.com/63733-mediterranean-juglet-contained-opium.html

https://cyprus-mail.com/2018/10/04/research-shows-cyprus-artefacts-used-for-opiates-not-perfume/

https://neoskosmos.com/en/122171/opium-found-in-bronze-age-cyprus-vessel/

http://www.ekathimerini.com/233289/article/ekathimerini/community/opium-found-in-ancient-cyprus-vessel

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-45732811

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/bronze-age-jug-opium-trade-british-museum-ancient-vase-eastern-europe-a8566741.html

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/an-ancient-fix-traces-of-opium-found-in-bronze-age-jug-8m8jll7wj

https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/brandnew-analysis-finally-proves-how-our-bronze-age-ancestors-traded-opium/

https://www.thedailybeast.com/did-archaeologists-just-discover-evidence-of-ancient-drug-trade

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/residue-opium-poppy-found-bronze-age-juglet-180970469/

http://www.archaeology.org/news/7009-181003-base-ring-opiate

Syria has put a pile of recovered antiquities on display:

https://middle-east-online.com/en/syrias-recovered-antiquities-exhibited-damascus

https://www.timesofisrael.com/syrias-recovered-artifacts-go-on-display-in-damascus/

https://www.yahoo.com/news/syrias-recovered-antiquities-display-damascus-opera-200532187.html

https://www.france24.com/en/20181003-syrias-recovered-antiquities-go-display-damascus-opera

https://middle-east-online.com/en/syrias-recovered-antiquities-exhibited-damascus

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Arts-and-Ent/Culture/2018/Oct-05/465395-palmyra-priest-statue-among-recovered-syrian-relics.ashx

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/syrias-recovered-antiquities-go-on-display-at-damascus-opera-137529

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-10/04/c_137510442.htm

Hyping all the finds in Saudi Arabia this year:

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1380196/saudi-arabia

Concertns for Fujairah petroglyphs:

https://www.thenational.ae/uae/heritage/threatened-fujairah-rock-art-offers-insight-into-country-s-history-1.777440

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Bronze swords and other finds from a plundered Greek cemetery near Nemea:

https://phys.org/news/2018-10-bronze-swords-items-plundered-greek.html

… but they also announced the find of an intact Mycenean tomb there:

http://www.ekathimerini.com/233296/article/ekathimerini/news/intact-tomb-unearthed-in-nemea

https://greekcitytimes.com/2018/10/05/3500-year-old-early-mycenean-tomb-discovered-in-nemea/

http://www.archaeology.org/news/7013-181004-nemea-mycenaean-tomb

Latest ‘enchanted garden’ fully revealed at Pompeii (we had hints of this a while ago):

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2018/10/05/enchanted-garden-discovered-in-pompeii_c7c7a4f3-6555-4221-9b9d-0d509c94d91f.html

https://www.thelocal.it/20181005/in-photos-enchanted-garden-discovered-pompeii

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/pompeii-revealing-fresh-secrets-after-almost-2-000-years-qm8bx7877

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/05/enchanting-roman-villa-adorned-writhing-snakes-peacocks-discovered/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_em

https://www.wthr.com/article/ancient-artwork-uncovered-ruins-pompeii

A pile of Roman statuary from Jerash:

http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/several-%E2%80%98priceless%E2%80%99-sculptures-unearthed-jerash-including-ones-zeus-and-aphrodite

http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/nations/jordan/2018/10/04/archaeology-rare-roman-sculptures-discovered-in-jerash_1b2e14b1-5af7-43ce-afbe-3c18e470e034.html

https://www.albawaba.com/editorchoice/greek-gem-goddess-love-aphrodite-discovered-jerash-1195268

https://www.archaeology.org/news/7012-181004-jerash-roman-sculptures

A Roman era burial from Cumbria:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-45718612

http://www.archaeology.org/news/7008-181002-england-roman-grave

Possible Roman military burials fro Northern Bulgaria:

http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C31093%2Cbulgaria-polish-archaeologists-discover-rich-graves-roman-period.html

https://www.novinite.com/articles/192451/Possible+Roman+Soldiers%E2%80%99+Burials+Unearthed+in+Bulgaria

http://www.archaeology.org/news/7011-181003-bulgaria-roman-burials

The annual feature on things found during Thessaloniki’s metro construction:

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/10/05/thessaloniki-metro-work-ancient-ruins-archaeology/

Feature on Roman Falkirk:

https://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/news/opinion/hidden-history-of-roman-falkirk-revealed-at-last-1-4809370

Concerns for the site of Sabratha:

http://www.jordantimes.com/news/region/%E2%80%98jewel-roman-empire%E2%80%99-faces-libya-dangers

https://www.euronews.com/2018/10/04/ancient-roman-site-sabratha-classed-endangered-by-unesco

https://www.yahoo.com/news/jewel-roman-empire-faces-libya-dangers-031921439.html

https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/1415141/jewel-roman-empire-faces-libya-dangers

https://middle-east-online.com/en/roman-jewel-libya-pockmarked-gunfire

https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/03/sabratha-amphitheater-immigrants-smugglers/

Publication of Jewish inscriptions found in Greece:

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/10/05/athens-museum-publishes-jewish-inscriptions-found-in-greece/

Feature on warrior women in the ancient world (response to whining gamers):

http://theconversation.com/warrior-women-despite-what-gamers-might-believe-the-ancient-world-was-full-of-female-fighters-104343

Review of Mary Beard, *How do we look*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/05/books/mary-beard-how-do-we-look-rihanna-kylie-jenner.html

Review of the adaptation of Alice Oswald’s *Memorial*:

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/sep/30/memorial-review-alice-oswald-homer-iliad-barbican

Assorted reviews of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey:

http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2018/10/01/assassins-creed-odyssey-ps4-review/

http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2018/10/round_up_assassins_creed_odyssey_ps4_reviews_paint_an_epic_picture

http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2018/10/01/assassins-creed-odyssey-ps4-review/

https://www.news.com.au/technology/home-entertainment/gaming/game-reviews/unexpected-surprises-throughout-assassins-creed-odyssey/news-story/dfde2fa81dfa429ed4dbf3a0c654519d

https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/01/assassins-creed-odyssey-falls-far-short-of-its-own-wondrous-sandbox/

https://mashable.com/article/assassins-creed-odyssey-review/

https://www.polygon.com/2018/10/3/17933806/assassins-creed-odyssey-review-podcast

https://www.pcgamesn.com/assassins-creed-odyssey/assassins-creed-odyssey-pc-review

… and if you’re just wondering how ‘historically accurate’ it is:

https://www.pcgamesn.com/assassins-creed-odyssey/assassins-creed-odyssey-historically-accurate

A ‘top ten’ list of ancient Greek masterpieces:

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/10/04/top-ten-ancient-greek-masterpieces/

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/tourism-businesses/thematic-tourism/32821-cultural-tourism-report-top-10-ancient-greek-masterpieces.html

Pondering the Roman Empire/Western Civilization connection:

https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/10/western-civilization-athens-jerusalem-london/

There seems to be ClassCon in this ‘Undersong’ exhibition/show:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-erasure-redacted-art-1003-story.html

Studying graffiti at the Temple of Zeus at Aizanoi:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/figures-of-cavdar-turks-found-in-zeus-temple-137460

https://www.archaeology.org/news/7005-181002-turkey-temple-drawings

Something about Asterix:

http://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2018/10/01/maria-antonia-rahartati-adding-color-to-lives-of-children-with-astrix.html

Feature on Greek Revival architecture:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/reginacole/2018/10/02/house-styles-101-the-greek-revival-americas-first-architectural-style/

Funding for a couple Roman walls in the UK:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-45732393

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/newcastle-university-experts-help-preserve-15235040

http://home.bt.com/news/uk-news/2-million-lottery-funding-to-celebrate-heritage-of-roman-walls-11364299828238

Some bad Latin in a political cartoon:

https://www.creators.com/read/ken-catalino/10/18/238578

More on the renewed digging on Samothrace:

http://www.archaeology.org/news/7004-181001-greece-samothrace-theater

More on that ‘naked servant’ tomb from Cumae:

https://www.livescience.com/63722-naked-servant-mural.html

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/32762-2-000-year-old-greek-tomb-painting-discovered-in-cumae-of-italy.html

More on that ‘comic book’ tomb in Beit Ras:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-near-eastern-world/aramaic-comics-roman-tomb-beit-ras-jordan/

https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/archaeologists-surprised-to-find-comic-book-style-murals-in-ancient-grecoroman-tomb/

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http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/recent.html

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)

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A 3000 years bp gold item from Cumbria:

http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/3000-year-old-piece-of-Bronze-Age-gold-found-in-Cumbria-c3268541-a2fb-44ba-8c75-fcfc0028a987-ds

Bronze Age pottery from Cambridge:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-45735659

Remains of an Iron Age chariot and plenty of burials from a construction site in Pocklington:

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/iron-age-horse-and-chariot-discovered-in-east-yorkshire-town-1-9376726

https://www.archaeology.org/news/7006-181002-yorkshire-chariot-burial

The big news of the week has to be this eight-year-old girl (with a suitably epic name) pulling a 1500 years bp sword from a lake in Sweden (and being declared queen by the internet, of course):

https://www.livescience.com/63761-sweden-girl-pulls-sword-from-lake.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/05/sweden-true-queen-pulls-ancient-sword-from-lake

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45753455

https://www.newsweek.com/swedish-girl-called-saga-finds-1000-year-old-sword-lake-1153336

https://www.npr.org/654524234

https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/archaeology/saga-vanecek-eight-finds-1500yearold-viking-sword-in-sweden/news-story/41e1b75834b553ac86395e2267395d55

https://www.sciencealert.com/eight-year-old-girl-saga-vanacek-pre-viking-sword-vidoestern-lake-sweden

https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/an-8yearold-girl-pulled-an-ancient-sword-from-a-lake-and-the-internet-has-declared-her-their-queen/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/eight-year-old-girl-finds-iron-age-sword-swedish-lake-180970482/

An 8th century burial from Torcello:

https://phys.org/news/2018-10-eighth-century-skeleton-torcello.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-10/ucfv-esf100118.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181001114305.htm

https://pickle.nine.com.au/2018/10/03/11/37/headless-skeleton-venice-impaled-pole

Searching for an ‘uphill watercourse’ engineered by Saint Eanswith:

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/folkestone/news/dig-to-unearth-towns-ancient-secret-190940/

Archaeologists have located the ‘real Wolf Hall’ in Wiltshire:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/02/real-wolf-hall-unearthed-wiltshire-archaeologists/

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/oct/03/remains-of-real-wolf-hall-discovered-by-archaeologists-hilary-mantel-novel

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-foundations-wolf-hall-tudor-estate-where-henry-viii-fell-jane-seymour-180970464/

Studying the 80 years war:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/09/30/actualidad/1538326311_241582.html

The site of the Battle of Culloden is the latest site threatened by housing development:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/sep/30/culloden-moor-battle-luxury-homes

… and Bosworth field appears to be lost:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/battle-bosworth-field-planning-historical-towton-sites-historians-george-goodwin-horiba-mira-car-track-archaeology/

I think we’ve had a version of this ‘medieval Germans with tapeworms’ story:

https://www.livescience.com/63758-medieval-tapeworms-human-diet.html

Funding for the Pilgrim Roots Project:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-45680380

On some WWI graffiti in a French cave:

https://www.gladstoneobserver.com.au/news/historic-signature-of-gladstone-soldier-found-in-f/3537596/

More on the many sites (from various periods) found during pipeline construction in Albania:

https://www.euronews.com/2018/10/01/watch-pipeline-construction-workers-find-dozens-of-ancient-sites-in-albania

https://www.tol.org/client/article/27985-albania-archeology-finds-tap-pipeline-gas.html

http://www.archaeology.org/news/7001-181001-albania-ancient-cemetery

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http://archaeology-in-europe.blogspot.com/

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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC

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12 000 years bp petroglyphs from near Mahrashtra (India):

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-45559300

https://nypost.com/2018/10/04/mystery-rock-carvings-could-reveal-lost-ancient-civilization/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/unknown-ancient-civilization-india-carved-strange-hilltop-rock-art-180970441/

https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/mysterious-ancient-rock-carvings-discovered-in-india-depict-some-very-unexpected-creatures/

https://www.archaeology.org/news/7007-181002-india-rock-art

… and some other petroglyphs from Dindigul (I think these are different) dating to ca 3500 BCE:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/new-panel-of-rock-paintings-found-in-dindigul-district/article25093218.ece

A 7300 years bp female-head-shaped piece of pottery from China’s Anhui province:

http://www.ecns.cn/news/sci-tech/2018-10-02/detail-ifyyknzp7233837.shtml

Earliest evidence of the use of nutmeg as food:

http://www.washington.edu/news/2018/10/03/3500-year-old-pumpkin-spice-archaeologists-find-earliest-use-of-nutmeg-as-a-food/

https://phys.org/news/2018-10-year-old-pumpkin-spice-archaeologists-earliest.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-10/uow-3ps100318.php

https://www.zmescience.com/science/nutmeg-archaeology-05102018/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/prehistoric-pumpkin-spice-archaeologists-uncover-earliest-use-nutmeg-180970478/

200 late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age burials from Yunnan:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-10/06/c_137514751.htm

A 17th century Durga sculpture from Marcel:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/16-17th-century-durga-sculpture-discovered-at-marcel/articleshow/66060603.cms

Looking into a 150 years bp shipwreck near Melbourne:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-07/archaeologists-to-uncover-secrets-of-inverloch-shipwreck/10346750

Ongoing concerns for Mohenjo Daro:

https://dailytimes.com.pk/305626/desperate-archaeology-dg-awaits-funds-to-save-the-lost-city-of-mohenjo-daro/

I think we had this ‘oldest fishing nets’ from Korea story a while ago:

https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/possible-evidence-of-worlds-oldest-fishing-nets-unearthed-in-korea/

On the legalities of collecting artifacts (Indian perspective):

https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/possession-of-antiques-artefacts-the-legal-position/article25127232.ece

Pondering ‘robbing indigenous remains’ (Australia):

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-05/film-sheds-light-on-theft-of-indigenous-human-remains/10329764

A major fire at a historic wooden village in China:

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2166445/fire-sweeps-through-historic-wooden-village-southern-chinas

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http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/

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The Adena pipe is shedding light on possible thyroid disease in early Ohio:

https://phys.org/news/2018-10-reveal-ancient-thyroid-disease-science.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-10/uoc-uar100318.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181004100016.htm

Arrowheads from near Forked Creek (Illinois):

http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-arrowheads-found-in-forest-st-1004-story.html

Still seeking the origins of Fort Salem:

https://www.timesgazette.com/news/31378/origins-of-fort-salem-in-highland-co-remain-unknown

… and Camp Security:

https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/2018/10/03/friends-camp-security-still-looking-revolutionary-war-camp-site/1508794002/

Feature on Poverty Point:

https://www.news-journal.com/opinion/pool-the-riches-of-poverty-point/article_11f5624c-c5a4-11e8-9304-83f9a39355f2.html

Berkeley ponders how to handle Native American human remains:

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/UC-Berkeley-struggles-with-how-to-return-Native-13270422.php

Studying newspaper attacks on Aaron Burr:

https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Grondahl-When-they-went-negative-on-Aaron-Burr-13275609.php

More on that ‘woman in the iron coffin’ from Queens:

https://www.livescience.com/63739-woman-in-iron-coffin.html

https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/identity-of-new-yorks-150yearold-mummy-the-woman-in-the-iron-coffin-finally-revealed/

More on the dig at Fort/Camp Douglas (Utah):

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Archaeologists-search-for-military-artifacts-at-13270149.php

https://fox13now.com/2018/09/30/uniquely-utah-artifacts-dug-up-from-fort-douglas/

More on lead poisoning and the Franklin Expedition:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/09/did-lead-poisoning-finish-off-a-doomed-arctic-expedition/

… and the recent finds:

https://www.livescience.com/63704-franklin-expedition-artifacts-recovered.html

https://www.archaeology.org/news/7002-181001-erebus-artificial-horizon

More on the identification of the Lake Serpent shipwreck:

https://apnews.com/ceecc0f9727248459aa77e5025c7d539

https://www.wsbradio.com/news/national/mystery-solved-shipwreck-may-oldest-found-lake-erie/FtHPTdZXQhT1ce1KcOYSEN/

https://www.archaeology.org/news/7018-181005-ohio-shipwreck-examined

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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA

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On the revival of interest in the pre-Hispanic ball game:

https://elpais.com/internacional/2018/09/28/la_serpiente_emplumada/1538171470_920748.html

More on LiDAR and Maya remains in Guatemala:

https://www.osa-opn.org/home/newsroom/2018/october/lidar_reveals_more_maya_ruins_in_the_rainforest/

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Mike Ruggeri’s Ancient Americas Breaking News:

http://goo.gl/1VdeA

Ancient MesoAmerica News:

http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/

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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST

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An interesting 500 years bp document reveals Henry VII’s support for travellers to the New World:

https://www.livescience.com/63757-first-english-led-voyage-to-america.html

https://phys.org/news/2018-10-evidence-english-voyage-america.html

http://www.archaeology.org/news/7016-181005-parchment-tax-roll

They’ve apparently authenticated the relics of St Ambrose:

http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2018/10/authenticity-of-st-ambroses-relics.html

Studying early ‘Hispano-American’ maps:

https://phys.org/news/2018-10-hand-drawn-imitated-days-hispano-american-cartography.html

Pondering dog domestication vs being pals with wild varieties:

https://phys.org/news/2018-10-domesticated-dogs-werent-friend.html

Reflecting on human zoos:

https://www.npr.org/2018/09/26/649600217/where-human-zoos-once-stood-a-belgian-museum-now-faces-its-colonial-past

On Samuel Morton’s skull collection:

https://phys.org/news/2018-10-19th-century-skull-samuel-morton.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-10/uop-ant092718.php

Latest on the Shroud of Turin and its chapel:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/chapel-holy-shroud-reopens-1358287

The 2018 MacArthur fellows:

https://www.macfound.org/programs/fellows/

Cambridge has digitized one of Virginia Woolf’s books:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-45657689

Apparently we ignored James Cook’s advice:

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/postcolonial-blog/2018/jul/23/when-celebrating-captain-cook-lets-remember-the-advice-he-ignored

On the history of artifact collecting:

https://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20181001/artifact-collecting-dates-to-the-beginning-of-time

Feature on ‘Chinook Jargon’:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20181002-north-americas-nearly-forgotten-language

On early humans’ belief in the afterlife:

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2018/10/05/human-ancestors-believed-in-the-afterlife/

More on the model for Courbet’s ‘Origin of the World’:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/01/arts/design/courbet-origin-of-the-world.html

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MUSEUM MATTERS

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Bruegel:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/oct/01/pieter-bruegel-the-elder-review-kunsthistorisches-museum-vienna

https://www.dw.com/en/the-pioneer-of-seek-and-find-pictures-pieter-bruegel-on-show-in-vienna/a-45709072

https://www.dw.com/en/pieter-bruegel-once-in-a-lifetime/g-45710032

http://www.insidebruegel.net/

Corot:

https://www.npr.org/2018/10/03/653704714/at-the-end-of-his-career-this-19th-century-artist-painted-as-he-pleased?sc=ipad&f=1008

https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2018/corot-women.html

Germ City:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/over-the-years-new-york-city-has-had-an-epidemic-of-plagues/2018/09/28/29f03aca-c103-11e8-9005-5104e9616c21_story.html

https://www.mcny.org/exhibition/germ-city

London 1938:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/05/berlin-recreates-nazi-baiting-art-exhibition-from-1938

Stiles and Clap documents:

https://news.yale.edu/2018/10/02/beinecke-displays-documents-early-yale-history-founders-day

Berthouville Hoard:

http://www.nyu.edu/content/nyu/en/about/news-publications/news/2018/october/nyu-isaw-presents-largest-and-best-preserved-hoard-of-ancient-si.html

Ribera:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20181003-ribera-was-this-the-vision-of-a-sadist

https://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/2018/september/ribera-art-of-violence/

200 years of Silent Night:

https://www.dw.com/en/celebrating-200-years-of-silent-night/a-45715825

From Madras to Bangalore:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-45506092

https://www.soas.ac.uk/gallery/from-madras-to-bangalore/

Rome: City and Empire:

http://theconversation.com/rome-city-empire-contains-wonderful-objects-but-elides-the-bloody-cost-of-imperialism-104138

https://menafn.com/1097519378/Rome-CityEmpire-contains-wonderful-objects-but-elides-the-bloody-cost-of-imperialism

http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/rome-city-and-empire

Pompeii:

https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/communities/simi-valley/2018/10/02/reagan-library-pompeii-exhibit-opens-saturday-simi-valley/1449181002/

https://www.vcstar.com/picture-gallery/news/local/2018/10/03/look-inside-pompeii-exhibit/1502234002/

Funding for the Mystic Seaport Museum:

http://www.wnpr.org/post/mystic-seaport-museum-will-use-federal-grant-rehabilitate-historic-fishing-schooner

More on the Troy Museum:

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2018/10/01/dream-museum-to-be-opened-in-ancient-city-of-troy

More reflections on the Brazil fire:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/comment/kindling-for-the-fire-why-brazil-s-lost-research-archives-are-irreplaceable

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AT THE AUCTIONS

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An Einstein letter is coming to auction:

https://www.livescience.com/63741-einstein-god-letter-auctioned-christies.html

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THE TECHY SIDE

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Latest virtual unravelling (but no revelation of content) of a burnt scroll comes from the 16th century:

https://phys.org/news/2018-10-scientists-virtually-unravel-burnt-16th.html

Very interesting imaging techniques applied to an ancient Egyptian sock:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/oct/04/imaging-tool-unravels-secrets-of-childs-sock-from-ancient-egypt

https://www.archaeology.org/news/7017-181005-antinoupolis-child-sock

Using ZooMS to analyze bone material:

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/10/ancient-humans-neanderthals-denisovans/571966/

They’ve generated som 3d models of the Sutton Hoo ship:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-45749285

Feature on LiDAR:

https://www.csmonitor.com/Technology/2018/1005/A-laser-revolution-How-lidar-is-changing-the-way-we-see-the-world

More on examining mummies at the cellular level:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-ct-technology-helps-scientists-unravel-mummies-secrets-180970443/

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CLIMATE MATTERS

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Studying the cooling effect of preindustrial fires:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181003110429.htm

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ON THE DNA FRONT

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Studying Scythian genetic variation:

https://phys.org/news/2018-10-broad-genetic-variation-pontic-caspian-steppe.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-10/su-bgv100318.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181004112558.htm

Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/

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TOURISTY THINGS

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Xlendi:

https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20181001/local/deep-dive-into-ancient-history-off-xlendi.690337

Machu Picchu:

https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/turismo/2018/09/quando-ir-e-o-que-trazer-de-lembranca-de-machu-picchu-no-peru.shtml

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CRIME BEAT

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All sorts of apparently purloined antiquities found buried in an sugar company executive’s garden:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/21-more-sculptures-unearthed/article25146068.ece

Graffiti at a cave site in Sedona:

https://www.verdenews.com/news/2018/sep/30/taggers-vandalize-historic-site-video/

Another bust in Syria:

https://www.urdupoint.com/en/world/smuggling-of-roman-antiquities-prevented-in-s-445563.html

Someone in Cyprus was selling fake antiquities:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2018/10/06/man-arrested-for-selling-fake-antiquities/

Latest Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2018/10/culture-crime-news-1-7-october-2018.html

conflict antiquities:

http://conflictantiquities.wordpress.com/

anonymous swiss collector:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues:

http://paul-barford.blogspot.ca/

Looting Matters:

http://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/

Illicit Cultural Property:

http://illicit-cultural-property.blogspot.com/

SAFE:

http://www.savingantiquities.org/blog/

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REPATRIATION AND RECOVERY

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Turkey is looking to retrieve some mosaics from the US:

http://www.yenisafak.com/en/arts-culture/turkey-to-retrieve-roman-mosaics-from-us-in-a-month-3462508

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NUMISMATICA

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Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/club_nbs_esylum_v21n39.html

… and the one which should appear later today:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/club_nbs_esylum_v21n40.html

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Ancient Coin Collecting:

http://ancientcoincollecting.blogspot.com/

Ancient Coins:

http://classicalcoins.blogspot.com/

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS

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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-main-menu-cat/audio-news-list/2781-audio-news-from-archaeologica-23-september-29-september-2018

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CONFERENCES

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CBA Wessex 60th Anniversary Conference (November 2018):

http://cba-wessex.org.uk/cba-events/annual-conference-2018/

Jews and the Americas (February 2019):

https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/1932330/jews-and-americas-68th-annual-conference-center-latin-american

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GENERAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS BLOGS

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Archaeology Magazine News Page:

http://www.archaeology.org/news/

About.com Archaeology:

http://archaeology.about.com/

Ancient Digger:

http://www.ancientdigger.com/

Archaeology Briefs:

http://archaeologybriefs.blogspot.com/

Past Horizons:

http://www.pasthorizons.com/

Stonepages:

http://www.stonepages.com/news/

Taygete Atlantis excavations blogs aggregator:

http://planet.atlantides.org/taygete/

Time Machine:

http://heatherpringle.wordpress.com/

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PODCASTS/VODCASTS

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Archaeosoup:

http://www.youtube.com/user/Archaeos0up?feature=watch

Archaeology Podcast Network:

http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/

The Book and the Spade:

http://www.radioscribe.com/bknspade.htm

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