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    From rogueclassicist@21:1/5 to All on Mon Sep 21 12:52:25 2015
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    explorator 18.22 September 20, 2015 ===============================================================
    If you're having problems getting 'the whole issue', read Explorator online at:

    https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/


    Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis, John McMahon,
    Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Trevor Watkins, Hernan Astudillo, Bob
    Heuman, Allan Brockway, Richard Campbell, Richard C. Griffiths, and Ross W. Sargent
    for headses upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out). ================================================================
    EARLY HOMINIDS
    ================================================================
    Earliest evidence of 'ambush hunting' from the Kenyan Rift:

    http://phys.org/news/2015-09-earliest-evidence-ambush-early-humans.html http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/09/150915090705.htm https://www1.bournemouth.ac.uk/news/2015-09-15/earliest-evidence-ambush-hunting-ear
    ly-humans-kenyan-rift http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/09/2015/earliest-evidence-for-ambus
    h-hunting-in-the-kenyan-rift

    Human diets changed earlier than previously thought, apparently:

    http://phys.org/news/2015-09-early-human-ancestor-diet-earlier.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3234067/Ancient-ancestors-expanded-choi
    ce-food-3-76m-years-ago-helped-species-thrive.html

    DNA suggests those Denisovan folk were living in that Siberian cave some 170 000
    years b.p.:

    http://siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/news/n0407-new-dna-tests-on-ancient-denis
    ovan-people-shows-them-occupying-altai-cave-170000-years-ago/ http://news.sciencemag.org/archaeology/2015/09/siberian-cave-was-home-generations-
    mysterious-ancient-humans http://siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/news/n0356-fresh-discoveries-of-ancient-ma
    ns-bone-in-altai-mountains-cave/#.VfXjIq6In4Q.facebook

    ... while DNA also suggests Neanderthals emerged some 700 000 years b.p.;

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3233727/Neanderthals-TWICE-old-thought-
    DNA-suggests-extinct-human-species-emerged-700-000-years-ago.html

    On the role of the Arabian Peninsula in the out-of-Africa theory:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-34170798

    More about homo naledi (with some commentary):

    http://phys.org/news/2015-09-fossilized-bones-homo-naledi.html http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/11/homo-naledi-humans-not-alone-
    evolution http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/sep/10/new-species-of-ancient-human-discove
    red-claim-scientists http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/09/150915-humans-death-burial-anthropology-
    Homo-naledi/ http://www.dw.com/en/homo-naledi-scientific-sensation-or-just-a-big-show/a-18712217

    ... in the wake of which find, we get interesting pieces on how they decide some fossil is
    human:

    http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-makes-fossil-member-human-famil
    y-tree-180956572/?no-ist http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/09/150911-how-we-became-human-theories-ev
    olution-science/

    ... and somewhat related:

    http://phys.org/news/2015-08-genus-homo.html

    ... and we're getting accusations of racism (!):

    http://phys.org/news/2015-09-south-africa-human-ancestor-racial.html

    ... and some folks are still doubtful:

    http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/16/us-safrica-fossil-idUSKCN0RG0Z120150916
    http://phys.org/news/2015-09-opinion-homo-naledi-geologic-age.html http://newsdaily.com/2015/09/critics-question-fossil-find-but-south-africa-basks-in-scientif
    ic-glory/

    ================================================================
    AFRICA
    ================================================================
    16 pyramids were revealed in the Sudan:

    http://www.livescience.com/52186-16-pyramids-discovered-ancient-cemetery.html http://www.livescience.com/26900-ancient-pyramids-sudan.html http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2015/0918/Ancient-pyramids-and-tombs-hold-clues-to-
    former-Sudanese-kingdom

    ================================================================
    ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
    A forgotten 4000 years b.p. leather document was 'rediscovered' in the Egyptian Museum:

    http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/oldest-and-longest-ancient-egyptian-leath
    er-manuscript-found-150914.htm http://www.thecairopost.com/news/168031/topnews/oldest-egyptian-leather-manuscript-di
    scovered-in-egyptian-museum http://egyptianstreets.com/2015/09/19/oldest-ancient-egyptian-leather-manuscript-discov
    ered-on-the-shelves-of-the-egyptian-museum/

    On looting antiquities in Egypt:

    http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/digging-antiquities-dream-get-rich-fast-upper-egy
    pt

    A 5000 years b.p. throne from Turkey:

    http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/5000-year-old-throne-found-in-turkey-150
    918.htm

    Recreating a 4000 years b.p. Hittite feast:

    http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-recreate-4000-year-old-hittit
    e-feast-better-understand-their-history-180956661/?no-ist

    Feature on the 2015 season at Jezreel:

    http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/2015/09/fra398015.shtml

    Feature on Persepolis:

    http://www.historytoday.com/richard-stoneman/persepolis-monument-xerxes

    ... and one on Kalehoyuk:

    http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/kalehoyuk-home-to-traces-of-five-civilizations-.aspx?p
    ageID=238&nid=88521

    Overviewish thing on Temple Mount:

    http://www.jpost.com/Blogs/Window-on-Israel/Temple-Mount-416662

    ... and the saga continues:

    http://www.timesofisrael.com/on-the-temple-mount-a-morass-a-month-in-the-making/

    In case you were wondering what is going on in Yemen:

    http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/arcablog/~3/-RBRu48zBzQ/lest-we-forget-yemen-update-o
    n.html

    On the ISIL side, not much ... just the ongoing concerns about 'industrial scale'
    antiquities trafficking:

    http://europe.newsweek.com/syrias-archaeological-sites-looted-industrial-scale-unesco-c
    hief-333093 http://www.timesofisrael.com/syria-archaeological-sites-looted-on-industrial-scale-un-say
    s/ http://www.albawaba.com/business/unesco-says-daesh-looting-syrian-artifacts-industrial
    -scale-744596 http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/inner-west/terrorist-group-isis-bomb-heritag
    e-sites-and-target-antiquities-to-trade-into-europe-says-university-of-sydney-archeologist
    -kate-da-costa/story-fngr8h4f-1227531397354

    ... and a handful of articles on what should be done to protect antiquities:

    http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/protecting-syrias-antiquities-isis-33823029
    http://abcnews.go.com/International/fight-save-syrias-antiquities-hands-isis/ story?id=33776060

    ... while archaeologists were remembering Khaled al Asaad:

    http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2015/s4315821.htm

    ... and there was a feature on Palmyrene antiquities in various world museums:

    http://www.apollo-magazine.com/treasures-palmyra-preserved-worlds-museums/ ?utm_source=Adestra&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20150917_Weekly_Round_
    Up_38


    ================================================================
    ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================
    Plenty of coverage of a Roman village find in Gernsheim:

    http://phys.org/news/2015-09-archaeologists-roman-village-gernsheim.html http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/09/150917091252.htm http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-09/guf-fad091715.php http://www.livescience.com/52233-roman-settlement-found-in-germany.html http://www.livescience.com/52227-photos-roman-settlement-germany.html http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/09/2015/german-archaeologists-disc
    over-remnants-of-a-roman-village-at-gernsheim

    Nice volunteer-written feature on the Gabii Project:

    http://phys.org/news/2015-09-roman-history-trowel.html

    What they're finding on Giresun Island:

    http://www.dailysabah.com/history/2015/09/17/byzantine-era-ruins-unearthed-on-black-s
    ea-island

    ... and on Paphos:

    http://cyprus-mail.com/2015/09/15/shedding-new-light-on-old-dynasty/

    Continuing hype for Seamus Heaney's postuhumus forthcoming Aeneid VI translation:

    http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/book-news/books-heaneys-gift-from-beyo
    nd-the-grave-31535744.html

    Iran's Penelope statue is returning home:

    http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=249389

    On Julius Caesar's present-day popularity:

    https://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/et-tu-brute-why-julius-caesar-is-wildly-popular-2059-y
    ears-after-his-assassination/

    Union strife closed the Colosseum this week:

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-3240507/Renzi-acts-against-anti-Italy-uni
    ons-Colosseum-closure.html

    What Kevin Butterfield is up to:

    http://www.oudaily.com/news/ou-professor-finishes-second-on-jeopardy/article_451896a
    6-5cc2-11e5-bd31-2f2fb9503d8d.html

    The almost annual feature on Thucydides' plague:

    http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/09/disease-plague-of-athens-ebola/
    403561/

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    http://rogueclassicism.com/ ================================================================
    EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================
    The big archaeology news this week appears to be the find (in an uprooted tree) of a
    1000 years b.p. murder victim:

    http://www.livescience.com/52174-medieval-skeleton-uprooted-ireland.html http://www.livescience.com/52173-photos-medieval-skeleton-in-tree-roots.html http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/medieval-bones-burst-from-ground-when-
    tree-topples-150914.htm http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/archaeologists-find-bones-of-man-kill
    ed-about-1-000-years-ago-1.2350323 https://www.yahoo.com/tech/s/medieval-skeleton-tangled-tree-roots-234043916.html

    More on folks grinding grain in Italy some 32 000 years b.p.:

    http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/09/14/440292003/paleo-people-were-making-flo
    ur-32-000-years-ago http://www.foxnews.com/science/2015/09/15/paleolithic-hunter-gatherers-loved-oatmeal-t
    oo/

    Mesolithic finds from Zealand:

    http://cphpost.dk/news/rare-prehistoric-artefacts-found-south-of-zealand.html

    Monumental 2000 years b.p. or so structures from the Carpathians:

    http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news,406407,archaeologists-unearthed-monumen
    tal-stone-structures-in-the-carpathians.html

    A Bronze Age necropolis from Poland:

    http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news,406506,lower-silesia-archaeologists-have-di
    scovered-a-large-burial-ground-from-the-bronze-age.html

    What they're finding in Hanged Man Cave in Poland:

    http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news,406455,archaeologists-in-the-hanged-man-c
    ave.html

    ... and Pictish child decapitation remains from a cave in Scotland:

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3235869/Caverns-littered-children-s-decapitated-
    heads-grounds-Prince-Charles-s-old-school-remote-Scotland.html

    8th century burials in Agrigento's Valley of the Temples:

    http://www.thelocal.it/20150914/skeletons-unearthed-at-valley-of-temples

    Medieval pilgrim burials in Lichfield:

    http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/sep/14/skeletons-medieval-pilgrims-lichfield
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-34246091

    They've figured out a couple of child burials from beneath the Frankfurt Cathedral found
    20+ years ago:

    http://www.dw.com/en/researchers-crack-medieval-mystery-in-frankfurt-child-grave/
    g-18717885 http://www.thelocal.de/20150915/mystery-of-children-buried-in-ancient-frankfurt

    On misinformation about Stonehenge:

    http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/stonehenge-myths-and-conspiracies-150
    911.htm

    A pile of Napoleonic soldier burials found during construction in Germany:

    http://phys.org/news/2015-09-skeletons-napoleonic-troops-germany.html

    More on cod fishing in the Tudor era:

    https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/wild-things/shipwreck-provides-window-tudor-era-cod-f
    ishing

    Review of *Medieval Leicestershire*:

    http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Cat-skinning-lost-castles-gargoyles-New-book/ story-27499489-detail/story.html

    -----
    Archaeology in Europe Blog:

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

    ================================================================
    ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC ================================================================
    Interesting study of the extent of Aboriginal memory of the coastline of Australia:

    http://phys.org/news/2015-09-landmark-paper-aboriginal-memories-years.html http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/09/2015/research-shows-aboriginal-
    memories-stretch-back-more-than-7000-years http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/sep/16/indigenous-australian-storytelli
    ng-records-sea-level-rises-over-millenia

    Using campfires to estimate populations in Australia:

    http://phys.org/news/2015-09-ancient-campfires-early-population.html

    Interesting script from Georgia (if it is a script of some sort):

    http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/09/150916-caucasus-writing-republic-of-georgi
    a-grakliani-iron-age/

    On smuggling of antiquities in India:

    http://thediplomat.com/2015/09/smuggling-indian-antiquities/

    More on pots from New Guinea:

    http://phys.org/news/2015-09-ancient-guinea-pot-makers.html

    More on Guam's ancient residents:

    http://news.yahoo.com/dig-offers-clues-guams-ancient-residents-114547202.html http://phys.org/news/2015-09-clues-guam-ancient-residents.html http://www.guampdn.com/story/news/2015/09/13/findings-reveal-ancient-chamorro-life/
    72044570/

    -----
    East Asian Archaeology:

    http://eastasiablog.wordpress.com/

    Southeast Asian Archaeology Newsblog:

    http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/

    New Zealand Archaeology eNews:

    http://nzarchaeology.blogspot.co.nz/index.html ================================================================
    NORTH AMERICA
    ================================================================
    Recent finds in Alaska:

    http://www.alaskapublic.org/2015/09/18/aleutian-islands-ancient-villages-volcanoes-slow
    ly-reveal-their-secrets/ http://www.alaskapublic.org/2014/07/29/research-team-sets-out-for-islands-of-four-mount
    ains/

    Cahokia's Monk's Mound may have taken 20 years to build:

    http://westerndigs.org/americas-largest-earthwork-cahokias-monks-mound-may-have-bee
    n-built-in-only-20-years-study-says/

    Pondering 'America's Stonehenge':

    http://www.telegram.com/article/ZZ/20150920/NEWS/309209967/101009/SPORTS

    ... and some of the less-than-mainstream theories about pre-Columbian contact with the
    Americas:

    http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/science/2015/09/20/01-book-about-americas-dis
    covery-gets-it-all-wrong.html

    Revealing the hull of the Hunley:

    http://www.foxnews.com/science/2015/09/17/hull-confederate-sub-first-in-history-to-sink-e
    nemy-warship-revealed/ http://news.yahoo.com/hull-first-sub-history-sink-enemy-warship-revealed-171949305.ht
    ml

    Concerns for Jefferson Davis' last home:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/termites-water-damage-attacking-jefferson-davi
    s-last-home/2015/09/19/b1a4a9c0-5efe-11e5-8475-781cc9851652_story.html

    Running out of room for Massachusetts' archives:

    http://www.sfgate.com/news/us/article/Too-many-records-too-little-room-at-6501851.php#
    photo-8624020

    Feature on the excavation of Colonial Williamsburg's Governor's Palace:

    http://www.dailypress.com/features/history/our-story/dp-pictures-secrets-of-the-governor
    s-palace-unearthed-in-milestone-1930-dig-20150916-photogallery.html

    On human expansion in North America:

    http://phys.org/news/2015-09-analysis-yields-human-expansion-north.html

    Mark Twain's plaque has returned:

    http://www.ithacajournal.com/story/news/2015/09/14/mark-twain-plaque-woodlawn-elmira
    -restored/72261012/

    On the effect of colonial ddams in Connecticut:

    http://news.yale.edu/2015/09/14/colonial-dams-changed-predator-and-prey-connecticut-la
    kes

    On Calhoun College's name:

    http://news.yale.edu/2015/09/10/conversations-about-calhoun-college-open-look-history-
    behind-name

    Concerns for Chaco Canyon:

    http://watchdog.org/237237/chaco-canyon-fight/

    More on the Mountain Meadows Massacre burials:

    http://www.sltrib.com/home/2961537-155/archaeologist-says-hes-found-true-burial

    More on caffeine use in the Southwest:

    http://phys.org/news/2015-09-people-southwest-valued-caffeine-ad.html

    More on the non-preservation of that Tannery Village in Quebec:

    http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/progress-vs-the-past-in-st-henri http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/tannery-village-st-henri-turcot-interchange-destr
    oyed-1.3226875?cmp=rss

    More on Spanish armour in the Texas desert:

    http://westerndigs.org/origin-of-spanish-armor-found-in-texas-desert-stumps-scientists/

    More on stone tools near Seattle:

    http://phys.org/news/2015-09-uncovers-year-old-stone-tools.html http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2015/0913/What-does-a-future-bridge-near-Seattle-say
    -about-humanity-s-past

    ================================================================
    CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ================================================================
    A 2700 years b.p. burial from northern Peru:

    http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2396613&CategoryId=13936

    Feature on a dig in Lima:

    http://elpais.com/cultura/2015/09/15/actualidad/1442271933_796632.html

    More on the environmental impact of the Maya:

    http://phys.org/news/2015-09-clues-ancient-maya-reveal-impact.html

    -----
    Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas Breaking News:

    http://goo.gl/1VdeA

    Ancient MesoAmerica News:

    http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/ ================================================================
    OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST ================================================================
    Interesting annual light effect at Strasbourg Cathedral:

    http://www.dw.com/en/uncanny-column-of-light-at-strasbourg-cathedral/a-18719555

    A major art collection is coming to auction:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34151471

    On the letters of Ada Lovelace:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-34243042

    On assorted walls built to keep barbarians out:

    http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2015/09/14/donald-trump-border-
    wall/72026830/

    On the oldest attested use of the f-word:

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/oldest-f-word_55f65a3fe4b063ecbfa4b9d6?ncid=txtl
    nkusaolp00000592


    Archaeology Podcast Network:

    http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/archyfantasies/ ================================================================
    MUSEUM MATTERS
    ================================================================
    Mummies:

    http://phys.org/news/2015-09-ct-scanned-mummies-world.html

    Middle Kingdom Egypt:

    http://observer.com/2015/09/mets-egypt-exhibit-goes-way-beyond-king-tut/

    Immortales:

    http://newsok.com/article/5448226

    Roman Military Might:

    http://www.charlotteobserver.com/living/travel/article35558310.html

    Palmyra:

    http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/47503/palmyra-at-arthur-m-sackler-gallery-a
    s-isis-destroys-history/

    Pompeii:

    http://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/museums-journal-blog/16092015-
    emerging-from-the-ashes

    Underwater Egypt:

    http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/sunken-treasures-ancient-egypt-are-now-display-f
    rance-1-180956552/

    Not sure what the hubbub is all about in regards to 'hidden art':

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34150322

    Bosnia's National Museum has reopened:

    http://newsdaily.com/2015/09/bosnia-revives-landmark-museum-of-ethnic-treasures/

    ================================================================
    THE TECHY SIDE
    ================================================================
    On the reconstruction of h. naledi's face:

    http://www.ithacajournal.com/story/news/local/2015/09/18/john-gurche-homo-naledi/
    72405988/ http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/09/150914-homo-naledi-ancient-human-face/

    3d imaging and Lake Huron shipwrecks:

    http://www.imveurope.com/news/news_story.php?news_id=1696

    On using robots to explore shipwrecks:

    http://www.euronews.com/2015/09/14/robot-archaeologists-taking-the-risks-out-of-underw
    ater-fieldwork/


    ================================================================
    ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
    Nice feature/timeline on matters relating to DNA:

    http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/43250/title/ TS-Live--Genetic-Time-Machine/


    Dienekes' Anthropology Blog:

    http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/ ================================================================
    TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
    Pompeii:

    http://www.thevisitor.co.uk/news/columnists/pompeii-a-fascinating-town-suspended-in-ti
    me-1-7466733

    ================================================================
    CRIME BEAT
    ================================================================
    Latest Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:

    http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2015/09/culture-crime-news-7-13-september-2
    015.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/

    ================================================================
    NUMISMATICA
    ================================================================
    40 16th century gold coins from Telangana:

    http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Archaeology-dept-in-Telangana-gets-h
    old-of-Krishnadevaraya-era-gold-coins/articleshow/48992477.cms

    St Alban's Roman gold hoard is on display:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-34199524

    Latest e-Sylum:

    http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v18n37.html

    ... and the one which should appear later today:

    http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v18n38.html

    ------------------------
    Ancient Coin Collecting:

    http://ancientcoincollecting.blogspot.com/

    Ancient Coins:

    http://classicalcoins.blogspot.com/

    Coin Week:

    http://www.coinweek.com/ ================================================================
    PERFORMANCES AND THEATRE-RELATED ================================================================

    Macbeth ... Democratic Republic of the Congo-style:

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    The Horrible Histories spin on Shakespeare:

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