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explorator 25.23 September 25 2022
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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, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay,
Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week
(as always hoping I have left no one out).

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EARLY HOMINIDS
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1.4 million years bp human facial bones from the Atapuerca site in Spain:

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/14m-year-old-bones-excavated-in-northern-spain-could-rewrite-human-prehistory/2693974

Study of an isolated Neanderthal site on the Iberian peninsula:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-20200-z

On using DNA in human evolution studies:

https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2022-09-21/how-prehistoric-dna-is-helping-to-unlock-the-secrets-of-human-evolution.html

Feature on some recent finds that have changed what we think about human origins:

https://theconversation.com/six-recent-discoveries-that-have-changed-how-we-think-about-human-origins-190274
https://phys.org/news/2022-09-discoveries-human.html

Feature pondering the 'mysterious demise' of the Neanderthals:

https://horizon.scienceblog.com/2162/new-archaeology-dives-into-the-mysterious-demise-of-the-neanderthals/

More on that 1.8 million years bp tooth find from Georgia:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/sep/09/1-point-8-million-year-old-tooth-of-early-human-found-on-dig-in-georgia
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/119247/Dmanisi-the-key-to-deciphering-Homo%E2%80%99s-origins

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AFRICA
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The Letaba site in Kruger national Park reveals evidence of trade with Asia and Arabia 1500 -1000 years bp:

https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/letaba-archaeological-site-contains-early-evidence-of-trade-with-asia-arabia/

Feature on freed Jamaican slaves who migrated to Sierra Leone:

https://face2faceafrica.com/article/freetown-board-houses-where-jamaicas-freed-slaves-sought-refuge-in-sierra-leone

More on European traders using already established trade routes in East Africa:

https://news.yale.edu/2022/09/15/beads-show-european-trade-african-interior-used-indigenous-routes
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/09/20/beads-show-european-trade-in-african-interior-used-indigenous-routes/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10838-220919-africa-trade-routes

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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
A Ramses II-era red granite sarcophagus of a high ranking official from Saqqara:

https://www.livescience.com/pink-granite-sarcophagus-ancient-egypt/ https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/476369/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/Sarcophagus-of-King-Ramses-II%E2%80%99s-head-of-treasury-u.aspx
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/119320/Discovery-of-sarcophagus-of-high-ranking-statesman-during-reign-of
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/09/egypt-unveils-ancient-rameses-ii-era-royal-secretary-sarcophagus
https://english.alarabiya.net/life-style/travel-and-tourism/2022/09/19/Egypt-unveils-ancient-Rameses-II-era-royal-secretary-sarcophagus
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-717955 https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/egypt-unveils-rameses-ii-era-sarcaphagus-of-royal-official
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220919-egypt-unveils-ancient-rameses-ii-era-royal-secretary-sarcophagus
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/egypt-sarcophagus-ptah-em-uya-royal-secretary-rameses-ii-era/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/09/archaeologists-uncover-sarcophagus-of-high-ranking-official-from-reign-of-rameses-ii/144692
https://english.news.cn/20220920/db62e6c4356e4938b2aa1927262df935/c.html https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/09/20/sarcophagus-of-high-ranking-official-from-reign-of-rameses-ii-found/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10841-220920-egypt-saqqara-tomb

Another feature on the Rosetta Stone:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/unlocking-ancient-texts-with-the-2-000-year-old-rosetta-stone

More on Zahi Hawass' impending announcement regarding Nefertiti:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-717631 https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1105/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1105/pub/1105/page/32/article/NaN
https://hypebeast.com/2022/9/egyptian-archaeologist-queen-nefertiti-mummy-discovery
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/nerftiti-lost-mummy-found-zahi-hawass-1234639784/

More on the find of a 4500 years bp 'sun temple' in Abusir:

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2133181/art-culture

More on the Islamic-era coin hoard found in southern Egypt:

https://www.livescience.com/gold-silver-coins-egypt-islamic-era https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/09/egyptian-archaeologists-discover-coins-different-reigns-islamic-rulers
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10844-220921-egypt-coin-hoard

Zahi Hawass on the attack on the Egyptian Museum back in 2011:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/50/1207/476493/AlAhram-Weekly/Heritage/The-looters-and-the-museum.aspx

Feature on Pasargadae:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/476886/Pasargadae-is-more-than-meets-the-eye-archaeologist

Feature on an Iranian cemetery with phallic grave makers from various eras:

https://www.jpost.com/omg/article-717629

Feature on Babylon:

https://www.livescience.com/ancient-babylon-mesopotamia-civilization

... and the difference between 'Mesopotamia' and Babylon:

https://www.livescience.com/mesopotamia-babylon-difference

A very large 8000 years bp or so structure from Catalhoyuk:

https://polskieradio.pl/395/7791/artykul/3040566,a-team-of-polish-archaeologists-in-turkey-has-discovered-an-unusual-and-unusually-large-building-over-8000-years-old
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/09/archaeologists-excavate-dwelling-in-ancient-proto-city/144769

4500 years bp evidence of 'painkillers' (maybe) from vessels excavated at Kulluoba Hoyuk:

https://arkeonews.net/in-turkey-the-active-ingredient-of-pain-reliever-was-detected-in-4500-year-old-vessels/

Plans to relocate the Gre Filla Mound (!):

https://arkeonews.net/9300-year-old-gre-filla-mound-in-southeastern-turkey-to-be-relocated/

Receding waters in Lake Van have revealed a Urartian port site:

https://arkeonews.net/receding-waters-in-lake-van-reveal-rock-cut-urartian-port/

3300 years bp evidence of opium use from ceramics in Canaanite tombs at Tel Yehud:

https://phys.org/news/2022-09-israeli-opium-residue-year-old-pottery.html https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/965316 https://www.livescience.com/opium-pottery-burial-israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-archaeologist-uncovers-earliest-known-use-of-opium-in-the-ancient-world/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-717612 https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-09-19/ty-article/.premium/bong-age-israeli-archaeologists-find-opium-in-bronze-age-ceramics/00000183-5036-d890-a593-dabefb7f0000
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/360096 https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/3884996/opium-dating-back-14th-century-bc-found-ancient-grave-site-israel
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/israeli-researchers-find-opium-residue-in-3-500-year-old-pottery-177101
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/20/traces-of-opium-found-in-israeli-pottery-from-3500-years-ago
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-62930429 https://www.thedailybeast.com/ancient-israel-and-opium-theory-may-have-just-been-proved
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/opium-dating-back-14th-century-bc-found-ancient-grave-site-israel-2022-09-20/
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220920-israeli-researchers-find-opium-residue-in-3-500-year-old-pottery
https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/09/20/israeli-researchers-find-evidence-of-earliest-use-of-opium-in-ceramic-vessels-excavated-at-ancient-burial-site/
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/opium-dating-back-to-14th-century-bc-found-in-ancient-grave-site-in-israel/47914696
https://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/generalnews/2022/09/21/opium-found-in-israel-at-canaanite-dig-dating-back-3.500-yrs_5ca11853-75a9-4607-b7a7-6a18f1a01016.html
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/opium-traces-found-in-3500-year-old-pottery-shows-that-ancient-canaanites-may-have-been-the-first-humans-to-use-psychoactive-drugs-2180186
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/09/study-reveals-early-evidence-of-opium-use-in-israel/144707
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/09/21/worlds-earliest-evidence-of-opium-use-found-in-israel/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archeologists-discover-evidence-of-earliest-known-opium-use-180980823/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10846-220921-israel-pottery-opium

cf: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/arcm.12806

Study suggests human activity some 3000 years bp in the Timna Valley destroyed vegetation and 'irreparably' damaged the environment:

https://phys.org/news/2022-09-years-human-vegetation-irreparably-timna.html https://www.timesofisrael.com/wood-cut-to-fuel-king-solomons-ancient-mines-caused-environmental-collapse-study/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-717834 https://www.haaretz.com/2022-09-21/ty-article/.premium/israeli-archaeologists-discover-why-king-solomons-mines-went-bust-3-000-years-ago/00000183-59ed-d1c8-ade3-ffed39f90000

An 8th century CE shipwreck find off the coast of Israel:

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/holy-land-shipwreck-reveals-tenacity-ancient-traders-empires-shifted-2022-09-22/
https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2022/09/23/ancient-shipwreck-discovered-israel-orig-aw.cnn

More on the Ramses II-era burial cave found near Tel Aviv:

https://phys.org/news/2022-09-extremely-rare-rameses-ii-era-burial.html https://www.livescience.com/ancient-cave-burial-ramesses-II-period https://www.timesofisrael.com/frozen-in-time-3300-year-old-burial-cave-accidentally-discovered-at-popular-beach/
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/476365/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/Israeli-archaeologists-unearth-burial-site-from-Ra.aspx
https://english.alarabiya.net/life-style/travel-and-tourism/2022/09/18/Israeli-archaeologists-announce-discovery-of-burial-cave-from-Rameses-II-era
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2165046/middle-east https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-09-18/ty-article/intact-burial-cave-from-time-of-ramesses-ii-discovered-on-israeli-coast/00000183-4f76-dfd0-a5f7-4ff79b830000
https://www.timesofisrael.com/frozen-in-time-3300-year-old-burial-cave-accidentally-discovered-at-popular-beach/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-717442 https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/360010 https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/extremely-rare-rameses-ii-era-burial-cave-found-in-israel-177045
https://www.dw.com/en/israel-uncovers-rare-ramses-ii-era-burial-cave/a-63165194 https://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-09-20/once-in-a-generation-discovery-of-3300-year-old-burial-cave-made-in-israel.html
https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/09/18/once-in-a-lifetime-discovery-israeli-archeologists-reveal-3300-year-old-burial-cave-off-mediterranean-coastline/
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-19/extremely-rare-rameses-ii-era-burial-cave-found-in-israel/101455184
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ancient-burial-cave-rameses-ii-found-beach-israel-once-in-a-lifetime-discovery/
https://www.zmescience.com/science/burial-cave-israel-untouched-824626242/ https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/09/mechanical-digger-accidently-reveals-time-capsule-in-cave/144687
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/09/20/ancient-finds-found-in-a-burial-cave-from-the-time-of-pharaoh-rameses-ii/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10843-220920-bronze-age-tomb

More on the Byzantine mosaic find in Gaza:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/sep/19/ornate-byzantine-floor-mosaic-discovered-by-palestinian-farmer
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-62950786 https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gaza-farmer-unearths-byzantine-era-mosaic-2022-09-18/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11230363/Ornate-Byzantine-floor-mosaic-dating-5th-7th-century-AD-discovered.html
https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2022/9/20/photos-byzantine-mosaics-discovered-under-gaza-farm
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2022/0920/A-farmer-s-shovel-uncovers-a-rare-ancient-mosaic-in-Gaza
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/09/19/experts-fear-for-spectacular-mosaic-unearthed-in-gaza-refugee-camp-as-conflict-in-region-worsens
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/09/farmer-finds-byzantine-era-mosaics/144680 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/Palestinian-farmer-unearths-colorful-byzantine-mosaic-in-gaza-180980806/

... and there are concerns for its preservation:

https://english.almayadeen.net/news/art-culture/gaza:-warning-ahead-of-palestinians-discovery-of-byzantine-e

Feature on Robert Cargill's work:

https://magazine.foriowa.org/story.php?ed=true&storyid=2242

Feature on Giorgio and Marilyn Buccelati's work:

https://newsroom.ucla.edu/magazine/giorgio-buccellati-marilyn-kelly-buccelatti-cotsen-institute-urkesh-syria

Feature on petroglyphs and why there aren't any in Israel:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-09-22/ty-article/did-prehistoric-art-actually-exist/00000183-65e7-d4b1-a197-efef24630000

Another report of Israeli soldiers 'entering' a Palestinian village site:

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2022-09-21/ty-article/.premium/dozens-of-soldiers-entered-palestinian-village-in-middle-of-the-night-for-selichot-tour/00000183-5d0f-d799-abb3-5d8f4bf80000

Strange feature on a large pot (?) recently found in the UAE:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-718147

Concerns for sites across the Middle East:

https://www.dw.com/en/middle-east-ancient-monuments-the-most-endangered-on-earth/a-63208653
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ============================================================
A statistical analysis study to figure out when the eruption of Santorini occurred:

https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2022/09/statistical-analysis-aims-solve-greek-volcano-mystery
https://phys.org/news/2022-09-statistical-analysis-aims-greek-volcano.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/09/220921113133.htm https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/09/archaeologist-narrows-down-the-time-range-for-the-theran-eruption/144717
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/09/22/statistical-analysis-aims-to-solve-greek-volcano-mystery/

cf: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0274835

Evidence of a Bronze Age settlement site beneath a Roman bath at Corinth (from last year, I think):

https://greekreporter.com/2022/09/22/bronze-age-settlement-roman-bath-corinth/

A 4th century BCE Greek silver coin from a site in Papuk (Croatia):

https://www.total-croatia-news.com/lifestyle/65529-greek-silver-coin-papuk http://www.archaeology.org/news/10851-220923-croatia-greek-coin

Overview of this year's finds at the Sanctuary of Artemis Amarysia in Amarynthos:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/09/21/new-finds-in-the-sanctuary-of-artemis-amarysia/

Six 'cappuccina' burials (1st-2nd century CE?) from Cosenza (all coverage in Italian):

https://www.quotidianodelsud.it/calabria/cosenza/societa-e-cultura/cultura-e-istruzione/2022/09/21/cosenza-scoperte-6-tombe-di-epoca-romana
http://www.cn24tv.it/news/240662/scavi-enel-nel-centro-di-cosenza-spuntano-sei-tombe-romane.html
https://mediterraneoantico.it/archivio-mag/sei-tombe-a-cappuccina-scoperte-a-cosenza/
http://www.deanotizie.it/news/2022/09/23/scoperta-archeologica-a-cosenza-una-necropoli-romana-in-via-popilia/

A Roman-era dike from Ostend:

https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2022/09/22/roman-dike-unearthed-at-ostend/

Evidence of a 1st century Roman jetty off the coast of Barbariga (Croatia):

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/09/underwater-archaeologists-find-roman-jetty-off-croatian-coast/144683

A Roman-era sundial from Aizanoi:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65152

A 2nd century CE statue of a young Hercules from Philippi:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/09/20/philippi-statue-of-hercules/ https://arkeonews.net/the-impressive-statue-of-young-hercules-unearthed-in-philippi-northern-greece/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65158 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/09/21/impressive-statue-of-hercules-came-to-light-at-philippi/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10845-220921-greece-hercules-statue

A Hadrianic-era cornu mouthpiece find from Vindolanda:

https://arkeonews.net/a-rare-roman-cornu-mouthpiece-found-at-vindolanda/ http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65167 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/09/roman-cornu-mouthpiece-uncovered-at-vindolanda/144736
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/09/23/instruments-of-war-roman-cornu-mouthpiece-uncovered/

A Roman road find is delaying modern road work in Swindon:

https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/22297566.extra-archaeologists-wont-help-roman-road-causing-delays-wanborough-route-work/

... and there are concerns for a Roman road in Derbyshire:

https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/derbyshire-residents-fear-housing-plans-7620811

A Roman mosaic at Folkestone reburied 65 years ago was 're-exposed':

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/09/roman-mosaic-re-exposed-by-archaeologists-in-folkestone/144724

... amid 'falling into the sea' concerns:

https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/roman-mosaic-discovered-folkestones-east-7618185
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/roman-villa-folkestone-england-mosaic-1234640215/

Study suggesting food insecurity contributed to the downfall of Palmyra:

https://phys.org/news/2022-09-scientists-evidence-food-insecurity-international.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/09/220921141529.htm https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/09/archaeologists-give-new-insights-into-final-blow-of-autonomous-ancient-palmyra/144774

Study suggests the 'year of the four emperors' economic difficulties is seen in 'doctored' gold coins:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-09-21/ty-article/emperors-stress-during-romes-civil-war-revealed-by-doctored-gold-coins/00000183-6010-d681-add3-68d99a6b0000

A study of 2nd/3rd century Roman bricks from Romula:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-19427-7

A farmer who erected a major flood defense near the Roman amphitheatre at Caerleon was fined:

https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/22572080.farmer-fined-offence-near-caerleon-roman-amphitheatre/
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/farmer-fined-building-flood-defence-25092530

That eight-nation study of the Skerki Bank is deemed a success (assorted finds hinted at):

https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/successful-archaeological-mission-unesco-and-8-member-states-mediterranean

In case you missed the find of 5th century CE writing tools in Istanbul:

https://www.trtworld.com/life/5th-century-ce-roman-writing-tools-unearthed-in-istanbul-60926

Review of Brigid Delaney, *Stoicism*:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/sep/19/inject-that-stoicism-into-my-veins-10-tools-of-ancient-philosophy-that-improved-my-life

Feature on Thomas Sienkewicz' (ed.), *Ovid in China*:

https://www.rcreader.com/news-releases/monmouth-college-emeritus-classics-professor-co-editor-new-book-roman-poet-ovid

Feature on a Roman ship recreation being used to study ancient sailing skills:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/09/17/seafarers-mediterranean-wind-david-gal/

Feature on a project at the University of Auckland to recreate a suit of Roman armour:

https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2022/09/02/exact-replica-of-early-roman-armour-created.html

Feature on Milman Parry:

https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2022/09/feature-vita-milman-parry

Feature on the split of the Roman Empire:

https://www.livescience.com/why-roman-empire-split-in-two

Feature on Rome's demonstrations of power in antiquity:

https://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-09-18/feed-them-to-the-lions-how-ancient-rome-demonstrated-its-brutality-and-power.html

Feature on moving money in ancient Rome:

https://historyofyesterday.com/moving-money-in-ancient-rome/

Feature on Jason and Medea:

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/worst-marriage-ever-the-story-of-jason-and-medea-1.6584324

Feature on the 'totalitarian nightmare' of Plato's Republic:

https://bigthink.com/the-future/platos-republic-dystopia/

Feature on snakes in healing contexts in ancient Greece:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/09/18/snakes-ancient-greece/

Feature on Mycenae:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/09/21/video-ancient-mycenae-palace/

Feature on the 'hidden history' of the Parthenon:

https://neoskosmos.com/en/2022/09/20/dialogue/opinion/the-hidden-history-of-the-parthenon/

Suggestion that Silphium might not be extinct:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/miracle-plant-eaten-extinction-2000-years-ago-silphion

Pondering Charles' position on the Parthenon Sculptures:

https://inews.co.uk/news/world/king-charles-would-feel-elgin-marbles-should-be-in-rightful-place-says-crown-prince-of-greece-1864322

Latest Pasts Imperfect newsletter:

https://pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-imperfect-92222?isFreemail=true -----
Roman Archaeology Blog:

http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

Rogueclassicism:

http://rogueclassicism.com/ ============================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ============================================================
Somewhat vague report on the find of a Paleolithic site in Romania:

https://www.romania-insider.com/unique-paleolithic-discovery-romania-vrancea

A 5200-4900 BCE mass grave from Vrable:

https://spectator.sme.sk/c/23010891/archaeologists-make-grisly-discovery-in-vrable.html
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65179 https://www.archaeology.org/news/10848-220922-slovakia-mass-grave

A 7000 years bp ring structure of some sort found near Prague:

https://www.livescience.com/neolithic-roundel-structure-prague/ https://english.radio.cz/archaeologists-prague-uncover-ancient-neolithic-structure-8760696
https://www.newsweek.com/roundel-prague-europe-7000-years-old-archaeology-1745333
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/archaeology-news-czech-roundel-older-stonehenge-giza-pyramids-1234640376/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/archaeologists-have-uncovered-a-mysterious-stone-roundel-in-prague-thats-older-than-stonehenge-and-the-pyramids-2180280
https://www.sciencealert.com/the-remains-of-this-recently-found-ancient-structure-are-even-older-than-the-pyramids

Digs at the Iron Age site at Swartgill suggest a possible trade tie to the Romans:

https://www.northern-times.co.uk/news/covers-back-on-at-swartigill-as-archaeology-team-assess-the-288101/

Saxon burials beneath a Croydon car park:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-62973802

Archaeologists have identified what they believe is the first purpose-built church in Anglo-Saxon England in Canterbury:

https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2022/23-september/news/uk/archaeologists-identify-first-purpose-built-place-of-christian-worship

Study suggests textiles demonstrate the power of Viking women:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/viking-textiles-show-women-had-tremendous-power/

A 200 years bp 'secret garden' find from a dig at Attingham Park:

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/shrewsbury/2022/09/24/200-year-old-secret-garden-unearthed-during-dig-at-attingham-park/

Victorian-era finds from restoration works at Sancreed Beacon:

https://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/22573645.cornwall-heritage-find-victorian-artefacts-sancreed-beacon/

Overviewish on the ongoing dig at Henry VIII's castle in Hull:

https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/gallery/take-look-dig-revealing-king-7599677

Restoration of the Mam Tor Bronze Age hillfort is underway:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-62973625

A Bronze Age burial mound in Cambridge is opening to the public:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-63000585

More on recent finds from the Gribshunden shipwreck:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/09/new-discoveries-at-famous-gribshunden-shipwreck/144710

More on the Jewish remains from a Norwich well:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/aug/30/jewish-remains-found-in-norwich-well-were-medieval-pogrom-victims-study

Honours for the Richard III team:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-62991520

Nikolay Ovcharov is seeking more funding for excavations in Bulgaria:

https://www.rferl.org/a/bulgarian-archaeologist-calls-for-more-money-to-discover-the-country-s-unexplored-treasures/32042952.html

Feature on the druids:

https://www.livescience.com/who-were-the-druids
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Archaeology in Europe News:

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

Medievalists.net:

https://www.medievalists.net/category/news/

Viking Archaeology Blog:

http://viking-archaeology-blog.blogspot.com/

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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC ============================================================
Overview piece on a number of recent sites investigated in China this year:

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-09-18/China-s-new-archaeological-discoveries-dating-back-thousands-of-years-1dnAi3XAZuo/index.html

I think we mentioned the finds from a Qing-era shipwreck in the Yangtze:

https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/article/3192696/hundreds-artefacts-excavated-qing-era-shipwreck-yangtze

More on that 3000 years bp gold 'funeral mask' from Zhengzhou:

https://www.livescience.com/ancient-gold-funeral-mask-china http://www.ecns.cn/news/culture/2022-09-19/detail-ihceauqk3927468.shtml https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202209/20/WS6329056fa310fd2b29e788b1_2.html http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2022-09/20/content_78429048.htm https://www.shine.cn/news/nation/2209190585/ https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-717831 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/rare-gold-mask-found-in-shangcheng-china-royal-tombs-1234639783/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/a-3000-year-old-gold-burial-mask-2178924 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65140 https://www.archaeology.org/news/10853-220923-china-gold-mask

More on evidence of 2500 years bp lead-based cosmetics use in China:

https://www.asiaone.com/china/new-evidence-suggests-oldest-known-skin-whitening-cosmetics-came-out-china
https://news.yahoo.com/ancient-china-used-face-whitening-083807675.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/10847-220921-china-white-lead

Feature on a (massive) private museum gallery in Viet Nam:

https://vietnamnet.vn/en/50-000-exceptional-antiques-on-display-in-home-gallery-open-to-public-2061871.html

The ASI found some 12 000 years bp artifacts at a site near Chennai:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/archaeological-survey-of-india-finds-12000-year-old-artefacts-near-chennai/articleshow/94384803.cms
https://www.indianarrative.com/culture-news/12000-year-old-stone-tools-discovered-near-chennai-by-archaeological-survey-of-india-53178.html

A cylindrical ivory bead from an Iron Age site in Keeladi:

https://www.dtnext.in/tamilnadu/2022/09/19/cylindrical-ivory-bead-discovered-at-keeladi

... and other finds:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/antiquities-unearthed-at-keeladi/article65920138.ece?homepage=true

Brief item on recent finds at Keezhadi:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2022/sep/22/notable-antiquities-unearthed-in-keezhadi-2500606.html

A terracotta Yakshini figurine head from Cheriyal (date?):

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2022/sep/19/rare-terracota-figurine-of-yakshini-found-in-cheriyal-2499645.html

Re-excavation of Pilanduk Cave (Philippines) is revealing information about Ice Age hunting and gathering:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/09/19/new-last-ice-age-findings-in-palawan-cave/

More on the 31 000 years bp evidence of amputation from Indonesia:

https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2022-09-10/a-foot-that-was-amputated-31000-years-ago-illuminates-the-origins-of-surgery.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/09/researchers-find-earliest-known-stone-age-surgery-from-31000-years-ago/144613

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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ============================================================
Plenty of 19th century finds from a major dig in central Christchurch:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/129952184/largest-archaeological-dig-in-new-zealand-unearths-thousands-of-19thcentury-treasures

A study of the petroglyphs at the Marra Wonga rock shelter:

https://phys.org/news/2022-09-massive-outback-art-site-reveals.html ============================================================
NORTH AMERICA
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Remains of an 11 000 years bp 'fish trap' underwater of the coast of Alaska:

http://www.sitnews.us/0922News/092022/092022_ancient_fish_weir.html

Another 3000 years bp dugout canoe (I think that's older than the one from last year) from Lake Mendota (Wisconsin):

https://news.wisc.edu/3000-year-old-canoe-recovered-from-lake-mendota/ https://madison.com/news/local/luck-strikes-twice-as-another-ancient-canoe-is-pulled-from-lake-mendotas-depths/article_da8bc074-0253-575f-9402-ea717c64d61b.html
https://fox47.com/news/local/second-ancient-canoe-pulled-from-lake-mendotadating-back-to-1000-bc
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/truly-incredible-3000-year-old-canoe-recovered-from-wisconsins-lake-mendota/
https://www.npr.org/2022/09/24/1124817721/3000-year-old-canoe-found-wisconsin https://arkeonews.net/in-lake-mendota-wisconsin-archaeologists-discover-the-oldest-canoe-ever-found-in-the-great-lakes-region/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/09/archaeologists-recover-second-ancient-canoe-in-wisconsin-lake/144731
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65186 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/09/23/second-historic-canoe-recovered-in-winsconsin-lake/

Feature on a dig at a Late Woodland site on the St Croix River:

https://www.stcroix360.com/2022/09/archaeologists-find-new-signs-of-the-st-croix-rivers-prehistoric-people/

A human jawbone found near the Iowa River is probably Native American in origin:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/prehistoric-human-jawbone-found-in-iowa-river/ https://www.radioiowa.com/2022/09/22/adult-male-jawbone-found-in-iowa-river-likely-from-prehistoric-era/
https://www.timesrepublican.com/news/todays-news/2022/09/human-remains-found-near-timmons-grove-likely-belonged-to-prehistoric-native-american/
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2022/09/22/jawbone-found-iowa-river-belonged-prehistoric-human/8080397001/
https://www.kcci.com/article/jawbone-found-in-iowa-river-belonged-to-prehistoric-human/41319743

A dig is underway at the Shirley-Eustis House in Boston, investigating its slavery-associated past:

https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2022/09/20/archaeologists-unearth-relics-of-slavery-in-roxbury/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10849-220922-boston-slavery-estate

Construction in downtown Halifax revealed a 19th century coal chute:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/archeologists-examining-discovery-cogswell-interchange-1.6587737
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10842-220920-halifax-coal-chute

More on that 18th century'Jesuit' ring find from Fort St Joseph:

https://arkeonews.net/unique-heart-shaped-jesuit-ring-from-1700s-at-fort-st-joseph-michigan/


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