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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis,
John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri,
Hernan Astudillo, Bob Heuman, Katherine Schwab, Richard Campbell,
Richard C. Griffiths,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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Floresiensis disappeared earlier than previously thought:

http://phys.org/news/2016-03-indonesian-hobbits-died-sooner-thought.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/03/160330135304.htm http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-03/gu-im032916.php http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-35930979 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/homo-florensiensis-hobbits-living-on-indonesian-island-were-wiped-out-far-earlier-than-previously-a6961196.html

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-science-hobbit-idUSKCN0WW2EH?feedType=RSS&feedName=scienceNews

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0330/Did-hobbit-people-go-extinct-earlier-than-we-thought

http://artdaily.com/news/86221/New-evidence-pushes-back-the-time-of-disappearance-of-the-Indonesian--Hobbits-

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3515863/What-wiped-Hobbit-Mysterious-species-human-vanished-Indonesia-38-000-years-earlier-thought.html
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/hobbits-disappeared-much-earlier-previously-thought-180958600/


� and, of course, modern humans may have had a part in floresiensis�
demise:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/did-humans-drive-hobbit-species-to-extinction/

http://www.nature.com/news/did-humans-drive-hobbit-species-to-extinction-1.19651
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/03/30/hobbits-died-off-earlier-than-wed-thought-and-we-may-have-killed-them/
http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/03/30/ciencia/1459357261_263356.html

Excavation of a �hobbit cave�:

http://news.discovery.com/human/evolution/excavation-of-a-hobbit-cave-photos-160330.htm


Studying how diet shaped human evolution:

http://phys.org/news/2016-03-reveals-diet-human-evolution.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/03/160329132245.htm http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-03/afot-tau032916.php

Still sorting out Denisovan DNA and the like:

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0328/Mysterious-archaic-humans-left-clues-in-a-surprising-place

http://phys.org/news/2016-03-world-neanderthal-denisovan-ancestry-modern.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/27/opinion/international/the-neanderthals-the-denisovans-and-us.html
http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/28/health/cave-man-neanderthal-dna/index.html

� which is, of course, the outgrowth of the obsessing with
�interbreeding�:

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/03/our-ancestors-may-have-mated-more-once-mysterious-ancient-humans?rss=1


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AFRICA
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Somewhat vague item on diamond miners damaging site(s) in South Africa:

http://www.bdlive.co.za/business/mining/2016/03/30/diamond-miner-halted-after-digging-on-ancient-archaeological-site


Concerns for sites in Ghana:

http://www.dw.com/en/ghana-government-called-upon-to-save-historical-sites/a-19135526


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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
Doubts continue to be voiced about possible hidden chambers in Tut�s tomb:

http://www.livescience.com/54218-experts-doubt-hidden-chambers-king-tut-tomb.html

http://www.livescience.com/54263-hidden-king-tut-chambers-may-not-exist.html

http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/secret-rooms-in-king-tuts-tomb-radar-uncertain-160401.htm

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/experts-doubt-claims-of-hidden-chambers-in-king-tut-s-tomb/
http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/archaeology/king-tuts-tomb-doubts-raised-over-what-radar-scans-reveal-as-second-scan-scheduled/news-story/932cfc61d0be15f5e621d060f2f3e225
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3514551/Does-King-Tutankhamun-s-tomb-hold-Queen-Nefertiti-s-remains-Radar-experts-cast-new-doubts-discovery-hidden-chambers.html

� and there were to be more scans this past week:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/198310/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Second-radar-survey-of-Tutankhamuns-tomb-to-be-con.aspx

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/198386/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Tutankhamun-reexploration-project-needs-further-st.aspx
http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/mar/31/tutankhamun-tomb-further-analysis-needed-hidden-chambers

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-3519299/Egypt-minister-says-scans-needed-King-Tuts-hidden-chamber.html
http://phys.org/news/2016-04-egyptians-scans-secret-rooms-tut.html http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/Templates/Articles/tmpArticleNews.aspx?ArtID=103285

� which were being analyzed:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/africa/78496849/Egyptologists-pore-over-new-data-on-secret-King-Tut-chamber

http://www.reuters.com/video/2016/04/01/hidden-room-behind-king-tuts-tomb?videoId=367963595&feedType=VideoRSS&feedName=MostPopular&videoChannel=2602
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/04/01/world/middleeast/ap-ml-egypt-antiquities.html

� and some recalling of other �mysteries� of Tut�s tomb:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/5-unsolved-mysteries-of-king-tut-s-tomb/


� and Nefertiti�s:

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2016/04/01/nefertiti-tomb-egyptology-king-tut/



Meanwhile, others were pondering some �mysterious� 3400 years bp tombs
from
Aswan:

http://www.livescience.com/54252-egypt-silsila-newly-discovered-tombs.html http://www.livescience.com/54246-photos-upper-egypt-tombs.html http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/3400-year-old-necropolis-found-in-egypt-160330.htm

http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/ancient-pharaonic-cemetery-unearthed-aswan

http://egyptianstreets.com/2016/03/31/archaeologists-discover-3400-year-old-ancient-cemetery-in-egypts-aswan/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3517169/The-mystery-elaborate-Aswan-tombs-3-400-year-old-necropolis-shrine-belonged-unknown-group-wealthy-Egyptians.html
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/3400-year-old-necropolis-hints-ancient-egyptian-life-180958625/
http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/.premium-1.712024

Elsewhere at Aswan, there�s a kerfuffle over a couple of Star of David inscriptions which have appeared (?) on a Roman temple:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/197939/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Brouhaha-over-block-engraving-on-Egypts-Elephantin.asp

http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Star-of-David-found-engraved-into-an-ancient-Temple-arouses-bustle-in-Egypt-450074




More on the murder of Rameses III:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ct-scan-shows-pharoah-Ramesses-iii-was-murdered-multiple-assassins-180958559/?no-ist


Egypt�s new antiquities minister was making the rounds:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/44/198222/Heritage/Museums/Egypts-antiquities-minister-inspects-major-Cairo-m.aspx


More on those Assyrian burials with tortoise shells:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-assyrians-buried-their-dead-turtles


Some rethinking of the 2700 years bp fortress at Tel Qudadi:

http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/.premium-1.711266

Latest from Gath continues to cause a rethink of the Philistines:

http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/.premium-1.711506

An analysis of the impact of the Kaizer hilltop quarry:

http://phys.org/news/2016-03-ancient-quarry-human-impact-landscape.html http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-03/thuo-aqp032916.php

Nice Byzantine mosaic in a church at Gush Etzion:

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/colorful-mosaic-uncovered-in-unique-byzantine-church-in-gush-etzion/2016/03/25/


An interview with Jodi Magness:

http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2016/03/qa-with-galilee-archeology-expert-jodi-magness


Plenty of looting going on in Iraq, apparently:

http://www.iraqoilreport.com/daily-brief/unemployed-iraqis-join-looting-antiquities-18450/


The Al Aqsa Mosque saga continues:

http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Propaganda-film-claiming-Israel-digging-tunnels-under-al-Aksa-threatens-to-further-inflame-tensions-449716


� as does the kinnor on the half-shekel coin saga:

http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/.premium-1.709481

The retaking of Palmyra generated massive press coverage, with some
assessment of damage being positive:

http://tass.ru/en/world/865764 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/28/palmyra-ruins-syria-recapture-isis-antiquities

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/extent-of-damage-to-palmyra-becomes-clear-a6957021.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/palmyra-pictures-after-recapture-from-isis-show-city-in-good-shape-antiquities-expert-says-a6956051.html

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/syrian-troops-find-palmyras-ancient-ruins-in-better-shape-than-expected-180958588/?no-ist

http://www.newsweek.com/new-images-show-isiss-destruction-palmyra-also-city-preserved-441630
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/first-look-at-ancient-ruins-after-syrian-forces-retake-palmyra/
http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-syria-palmyra-20160328-story.html http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/03/28/the-islamic-state-didnt-do-as-much-damage-to-palmyra-as-we-feared/
http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/28/middleeast/isis-palmyra-treasures-destroyed/index.html
http://www.timesofisrael.com/palmyra-ruins-mostly-intact-syria-antiquities-chief-reports/

� others, not so much:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/01/isis-destruction-of-palmyra-antiquities-revealed-in-new-pictures

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-35937240 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-35909456 http://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/1.712248 http://wnpr.org/post/long-road-rebuild-damage-palmyra-says-yale-cultural-heritage-expert
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/29/world/middleeast/scenes-from-palmyra-indicate-isis-slowed-assault-on-treasures.html
http://www.scotsman.com/news/world/syrian-experts-begin-poring-through-palmyra-rubble-1-4084578
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/03/28/472143732/isis-pulls-out-of-palmyra-leaves-destruction-in-its-wake
http://www.npr.org/2016/03/28/472176301/in-the-ruins-of-palmyra-how-many-of-the-syrian-citys-antiquities-remain
http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/03/28/album/1459140306_112874.html#1459140306_112874_1459141781

� and many of the sites seem to have mines:

http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/syria-150-mines-removed-so-far-in-palmyras-ancient-site/

http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/syrian-army-removing-mines-after-taking-palmyra-from-isis-1.2834379
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-left-150-mines-dotted-around-the-ancient-site-of-palymra-a6957771.html


� but there are ongoing beliefs that all can be rebuilt within a few
years:

http://www.dw.com/en/syrias-palmyra-can-be-restored-in-five-years-says-antiquities-chief/a-19146716
http://www.wsj.com/articles/syrias-palmyra-can-be-repaired-in-five-years-1459176051

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-palmyra-idUSKCN0WX1Z3?feedType=RSS&feedName=lifestyleMolt

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/mar/29/palmyra-message-isis-islamic-state-jihadis-orgy-destruction-heritage-restored

� using robots and 3d tech if need be:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/29/world/middleeast/3d-models-robots-rebuild-syrian-sites.html

http://phys.org/news/2016-03-3d-palmyra.html

� [not sure about this Temple of Baa in Times Square]:

http://www.breakingisraelnews.com/64582/temple-baal-ancient-idol-worshiped-biblical-times-will-stand-times-square-biblical-zionism/


� while Assad was appealing for international help in the effort:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-03/30/c_135237505.htm

� and Boris Johnson suggesting British archaeologists should be sent in:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/27/british-archaeologists-should-help-rebuild-palmyra-says-boris-johnson

http://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/political_news/14387662.Boris_Johnson__Britain_should_send_top_archaeologists_to_help_restore_ancient_city_of_Palmyra/

� but the most shocking damage was at the museum:

http://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/syrian-experts-shocked-by-damage-inside-palmyras-museum/
http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_29696229/after-taking-palmyra-syria-finds-more-shattered-antiquities
http://www.independent.ie/world-news/middle-east/experts-left-in-shock-as-isil-destroys-palmyras-museum-34579856.html
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/mar/28/syrian-experts-shocked-by-damage-inside-palmyras-m/
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765685239/Retaking-Syrias-Palmyra-reveals-more-shattered-antiquities.html?pg=all


� although much had been removed before:

http://www.npr.org/2016/03/31/472577684/syrians-take-drastic-measures-to-hide-antiquities-amid-isis-takeover

http://chronicle.northcoastnow.com/2016/03/31/293528/

There were also items speculating why things were not as bad as feared:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/06/29/world/middleeast/isis-historic-sites-control.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3513495/Majority-Palmyra-s-ancient-treasures-held-ISIS-preserved-secret-deal-Syrian-government-terror-group-minister-reveals.html
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/syria-secretly-worked-to-convince-isil-against-destroying-all-of-palmyras-ancient-ruins

� and memories of Al-Assaad:

http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=76084

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================
A very interesting Etruscan stele find:

http://www.poggiocolla.org/15_PC_48_Turley.html http://phys.org/news/2016-03-text-lost-language-reveal-god.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/03/160329112847.htm http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-03/smu-til032916.php http://www.livescience.com/54262-religious-text-in-lost-etruscan-language.html

http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/etruscan-inscription-offers-rare-clue-to-mysterious-people-160331.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2016/03/31/2500-year-old-slab-unearthed-offers-glimpse-into-ancient-etruscan-world.html

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/monument-could-help-crack-mysterious-etruscan-language-180958610/

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0330/2-500-year-old-slab-offers-window-into-ancient-Etruscan-faith
http://blog.smu.edu/research/2016/03/28/text-in-lost-language-may-reveal-god-or-goddess-worshipped-by-etruscans-at-ancient-temple/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3514204/Sacred-text-Italy-unlock-secrets-Etruscan-religion-Rare-6th-century-slab-inscribed-lost-language-contain-names-ancient-gods.html


A piece of (non-stick) Cumanae ware from a dump near Naples:

http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/ancient-non-stick-frying-pan-factory-found-in-italy-160328.htm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3515952/Sorry-Tefal-Romans-used-non-stick-cookware-2-000-years-ago-Cumanae-testae-slippery-coating-stop-stews-sticking.html


Latest in the search for evidence of Hannibal in the Alps:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/apr/03/where-muck-hannibals-elephants-alps-italy-bill-mahaney-york-university-toronto


Academics call for the excavation of the Villa of the Papyri:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3515386/Like-digging-20-new-Shakespeare-plays-Academics-urge-Italian-authorities-excavate-library-buried-Vesuvius-believe-packed-priceless-historic-texts.html


Roman burials from a housing site in Winchester:

http://www.andoveradvertiser.co.uk/news/regional/winchester/14390200.Graves_from_Roman_period_discovered_at_new_housing_site_in_Winchester/


A piece of Roman pottery with hints of an early Christianity connection
from London:

http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art549792-christian-symbol-roman-britain-greek-christ

http://www.christiantoday.com/article/ancient.roman.pottery.discovery.reveals.rare.insight.into.christian.history.of.london/82910.htm


The nachleben of Pontius Pilate:

https://www.historytoday.com/kevin-butcher/strange-afterlife-pontius-pilate

Trump as Tiberius Gracchus?:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-chase/the-ancient-roman-donald_b_9595948.html


Roman food recreation in Philadelphia:

https://www.brynmawr.edu/news/food-truck-owners-who-studied-bryn-mawr-bring-ancient-roman-cooking-back-life


Rick LaFleur on canines, cats, and Cleopatra:

http://www.apalachtimes.com/news/20160330/toasting-canines-cats-and-cleopatra


A nice Roman coin find by a Wiltshire metal detectorist:

http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/14394877.Detectorist_uncovers_rare_Roman_silver_coin/


Pondering sortition in Greek democracy:

http://blog.oup.com/2016/03/sortition-ancient-greece-democracy/

In Our Time was looking at Agrippina the Younger:

http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download/proto/http/vpid/p03pl833.mp3


Feature on the Ancient Graffiti Project:

http://ancientgraffiti.wlu.edu/2016/03/29/the-ancient-graffiti-project-in-the-atlantic/


Feature on �animal traffickers� of ancient Rome:

http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/03/exotic-animals-ancient-rome/475704/


What Brent Seales is up to:

http://baylorlariat.com/2016/03/31/professor-speaks-on-preserving-past-using-technology/


What Rita Copeland is up to:

http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/2016-03-31/latest-news/penn-professor-edits-new-book-classical-reception-english-literature


What Christ Pelling is up to:

http://www.lycoming.edu/news/stories/2016/03/Chris-Pelling-Oxford-Professor.aspx


Next Homerathon is at UGA:

http://www.franklin.uga.edu/events/homerathon

� and on the relevance of Homer:

http://flagpole.com/news/pub-notes/2016/03/30/fighting-monsters-homer-s-themes-are-still-relevant-wherever-you-look

Learning from Wonder Woman:

http://www.iowastatedaily.com/opinion/article_3b8b7af4-f5e7-11e5-b84e-6f2e85ea3483.html


An NEH fellowship for Gary Reger:

http://www.trincoll.edu/NewsEvents/NewsArticles/pages/GaryRegerNEHFellowshipSpring2016.aspx


An ASCSA fellowship for Maria Papaioannou:

https://classics.ufl.edu/2016/03/30/congratulations/

Funding for the Roman Legion Museum in Caerleon:

http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/14390504.Roman_Legion_Museum_handed___10_000_for_improvements/


Reviewish of Tim Whitmarsh, *Battling the Gods*:

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Think-atheism-modern-phenomenon-Think-says/story-29021960-detail/story.html


Reviewish of Heaney�s Aeneid VI:

http://www.cherwell.org/culture/art-and-books/2016/03/27/heaneys-aeneid-when-is-a-translation-not-a-translation


Review of Rahe, *The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta*:

http://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2016/03/an-ancient-clash-of-civilizations


More on that �posh� apartment at the Hadrian�s Villa site:

http://www.livescience.com/54173-emperor-hadrian-villa-yields-posh-apartment.html


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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================
Next on the find-the-king�s-burial-place list: Henry I:

http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/reading-abbey-search-king-henry-11126936


Analysis suggests a �whip� found at Rufford Abbey a few years ago was used
by self-flagellating monks:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-35929731 http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/pressreleases/show/black-death-and-self-punishment-remains-of-medieval-whip-found-at-rufford-abbey

http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/national/14399377.Whip_used_by_self_flagellating_monks_in_bid_to_ward_off_Black_Death/

http://www.andoveradvertiser.co.uk/uk_national_news/14399377.Whip_used_by_self_flagellating_monks_in_bid_to_ward_off_Black_Death/


A medieval �seat� from Fife:

http://www.scotsman.com/news/medieval-seat-found-during-archaeological-dig-in-fife-1-4085069


Reevaluating King John:

http://www.historytoday.com/samuel-kickin/what's-score-magna-cartas-musical-interlude


Relics of Saint Erik might be genuine:

http://www.livescience.com/54237-saint-erik-relic-bones-may-be-authentic.html


Funding for a Bronze Age Circles project:

http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Project-studying-Early-Bronze-Age-stone-circles/story-29026877-detail/story.html


Plans to restore Scotland�s oldest windmill:

http://www.scotsman.com/news/scotland-s-oldest-windmill-to-be-restored-1-4087189


A medieval pavement in Somerset has gone on display:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-35916759

Feature on Paris:

http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/mar/31/story-cities-12-paris-baron-haussmann-france-urban-planner-napoleon


Arguing about colonial street names in Berlin:

http://www.dw.com/en/battle-over-colonial-era-street-names-in-berlin/a-19136108


Fire damaged Wythenshawe Hall:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-35900538

I think we mentioned this Hungarian mummy with colon cancer:

http://news.discovery.com/history/colon-cancer-found-in-18th-century-hungarian-mummy-160329.htm


More on that Bronze Age battle site in Germany:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/dig-reveals-an-event-so-violent-that-its-participants-must-have-been-civilized/2016/03/31/64cc6968-f6ba-11e5-9804-537defcc3cf6_story.html


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Archaeology in Europe Blog:

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

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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC ================================================================
Sites found during Sydney light rail transit construction:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3514950/Massive-indigenous-artefacts-prompts-calls-government-halt-construction-Sydney-light-rail-line.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/call-to-halt-sydney-light-rail-after-massive-indigenous-artefact-find-20160329-gnsxr4.html#ixzz44QAZggq1


� and a pre-European skull find during construction in Waikato:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/78376523/historic-skull-found-at-major-waikato-expressway-project.html


Pollution concerns for India�s Golden Temple:

http://phys.org/news/2016-03-india-once-gleaming-golden-temple-dulled.html

A flaw in the Taj Mahal?:

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1160328/jsp/frontpage/story_76860.jsp

Did Cook discover Australia?:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-35927405 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-35922858 http://theconversation.com/of-course-australia-was-invaded-massacres-happened-here-less-than-90-years-ago-55377

More on peaceful Japanese hunter/gatherers:

http://phys.org/news/2016-03-ancient-japanese-hunter-gatherers-warfare-inherent.html

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2016/03/30/jomon-origins-of-violence-warfare/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3517026/Humans-haven-t-violent-warmongers-Japanese-hunter-gatherers-lived-peacefully-5-000-years.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490


More on Nepali textiles revealing another branch of the Silk Road:

http://phys.org/news/2016-04-nepali-textile-silk-road-south.html http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-04/uoc-ntf040116.php

More on Siberian puppy remains:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/mar/28/bark-future-ice-age-puppies-may-reveal-canine-evolution-yakutia-russia

http://phys.org/news/2016-03-caveman-friends-ice-age-puppies.html http://news.yahoo.com/cavemans-best-friends-preserved-ice-age-puppies-awe-052035084.html


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Southeast Asian Archaeology Newsblog:

http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/

New Zealand Archaeology eNews:

http://nzarchaeology.blogspot.co.nz/index.html ================================================================
NORTH AMERICA
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Big news this week is that Sarah Parcak and crew may have located another Viking settlement site in Newfoundland:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160401222056.htm http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35935725 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/01/science/vikings-archaeology-north-america-newfoundland.html?_r=0

http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/viking-site-in-canada-hinted-by-satellite-data-160402.htm

http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2016/04/did_alabama_space_archaeologis.html

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0401/Did-space-archaeologists-find-a-second-Viking-settlement-in-America

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/satellite-images-lead-to-possible-discovery-of-unknown-viking-settlement-in-n-l

http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/01/world/vikings-site-space-irpt/index.html http://www.canada.com/news/national/satellite+images+lead+possible+discovery+unknown+viking/11824712/story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/health-science/this-archaeologist-may-have-discovered-a-viking-site-in-north-america--from-space/2016/04/01/7987ec72-f838-11e5-958d-d038dac6e718_video.html

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-spy-new-viking-settlement-from-space-180958641/

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/03/160331-viking-discovery-north-america-canada-archaeology/
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2016/04/02/iron-newfoundland-puts-another-nail-coffin-columbus-myth-164003

� related:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/03/31/how-vikings-made-the-new-world-their-own/


� semirelated:

http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2016/03/31/putting-ted2016s-biggest-ideas-to-work-for-archaeology/


Thousands of petroglyphs and a solar calendar from Arizona:

http://westerndigs.org/thousands-of-ancient-petroglyphs-including-dramatic-solar-calendar-found-in-northern-arizona/


Latest from the Old Vero Man site:

http://www.tcpalm.com/news/indian-river-county/archaeologist-to-detail-new-finds-from-old-vero-man-site--2f338b6d-3bdc-2f14-e053-0100007fbf64-374054191.html


� and the Calico (California) site:

http://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/columns-blogs/trip-the-week/diggers-search-signs-early-man-calico-site


Plans to check out the sea floor off San Diego for Native American sites:

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/apr/01/SDSU-firstamericans-archaeology/


Checking out an Afton Park (MN) area for burial sites prior to a
wastewater
treatment plant construction project:

http://www.mprnews.org/story/2016/03/29/archaeologists-scan-for-ancient-burial-grounds-at-afton-park

http://www.hastingstribune.com/archeologists-scan-for-ancient-burial-grounds-at-afton-park/article_01b6c3fc-e2d5-515b-a55d-21e61d0cd4fa.html


A new Colorado state historian:

http://yale.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72ffedfd50af961efc4493394&id=3204d42654&e=120107fa25


Nunavut�s fomer MP may have found remains of the HMS Terror:

http://theturtleislandnews.com/index.php/2016/04/01/former-nunavut-mp-leona-aglukkaq-may-found-second-franklin-shipwreck/


A DNA study confirms the (devastating) impact of European arrival in the Americas:

http://phys.org/news/2016-04-ancient-dna-european-wipe-out-early.html http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-04/uoa-ads032916.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160401144502.htm http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3519372/Were-early-Americans-wiped-diseased-European-migrants-DNA-mummies-shows-native-genes-vanished-Spanish-arrived-15th-century.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0402/DNA-research-suggests-large-scale-collapse-of-Native-American-ancestors

I think we had this Southwest boom-and-bust story a few months ago?:

http://phys.org/news/2016-04-ancient-southwest-periods-boom.html http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-04/wsu-asm032916.php

Feature on the ancestors of the Inupiat:


http://www.adn.com/article/20160402/ancestors-inupiat-were-technological-pioneers


Some documents signed by Andrew Jackson have turned up:

http://radio.foxnews.com/2016/03/31/electrician-in-north-carolina-discovers-historic-documents-signed-by-andrew-jackson-and-martin-van-buren/


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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ================================================================
On Maya influence on colonial architecture:

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-03/uog-cra033116.php

Nice feature on preColumbian sites found during road construction in
Chile:

http://www.vidalatinasd.com/news/2016/mar/28/archaeological-finds-enrich-understanding-of-pre/


In case you�ve been wondering about that �lost city� in Honduras:

https://news.vice.com/article/honduras-rainforest-controversy-white-city-lost-civilization


What David Stuart is up to:

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160328005755/en/World%E2%80%99s-Leading-Authority-Mayan-Hieroglyphs-Public-Appearance


Reviewish of Smith, *At Home with the Aztecs*:

https://asunow.asu.edu/20160329-global-engagement-archaeologist-new-book-life-among-aztecs


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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/ ================================================================
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST ================================================================
On the mysteries of pendulum synchronization:

http://www.livescience.com/54265-pendulum-clocks-sync-up-vibrations.html

In the spirit of April Fool�s day, some historical hoaxes:

http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/7-historical-hoaxes

� and some newspaper attempts (I think):

http://egyptianstreets.com/2016/04/01/signs-of-extraterrestrial-activity-discovered-in-king-tutankhamuns-tomb/

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2016/04/01/april-fools-declared-public-holiday-in-greece/


� and on the origins of the day:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/03/31/a-brief-totally-sincere-history-of-april-fools-day/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/03/31/april-fools-day-where-did-the-tradition-and-pranks-come-from/


On the origins of Baked Alaska:

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/03/29/469957638/baked-alaska-a-creation-story-shrouded-in-mystery


Feature on Victorian Easter Cards:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35361381

Feature on grave goods of various cultures:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/03/160331-afterlife-religion-beliefs-treasures-archaeology0/


Rethinking the last Ice Age:

http://phys.org/news/2016-03-picture-ice-age.html

Some �fake� Shakespeare plays in the BL:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/12205349/Fake-Shakespeare-plays-revealed-at-British-Library.html


They�ve (re)found the patent for the Wright Brothers� plane:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/lost-plans-for-wright-brothers-flying-machine-found-after-36-years/2016/04/02/e526fd56-f6b2-11e5-9804-537defcc3cf6_story.html


More on Shakespeare�s (possibly missing) skull:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/shakespeare-s-skull-may-have-been-stolen-by-grave-robbers/

http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/why-would-someone-steal-shakespeares-head-160329.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0327/Did-thieves-steal-Shakespeare-s-skull



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