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Friday, August 16, 2019
'Magnet' fishing hobby hooks WW2 bomb on canal
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-41805764
Ed: Archaeology of a sort I suppose - but is the risk somehow aligned to the treasure hunting ethos?
Somewhere beyond the sea: Human cranial remains from the Lesser Sunda Islands (Alor Island, Indonesia) provide insights on Late Pleistocene peopling of Island Southeast Asia
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248418303749?via%3Dihub&fbclid=IwAR3CirhoOfWjR3YmC2hfH9_K9wHPOdsh8UUJr7azwxoo9pmR-4Rd4WZjvhQ
What the Victorians Threw Away
shttp://www.whatthevictoriansthrewaway.com/the-database/
British data base and book.
East Carolina University and Task Force Dagger Foundation's Joint Recovery Team Return to .
... the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) in the western Pacific. ... veteran volunteers from TFDF, and staff of the Florida Public Archaeology Network. .... to survey and excavate WWII aircraft crash sites in Saipan,
Rock Art Enhancer app - for field use
https://www.binaryearth.net/RockArtEnhancer/
New Zealand heritage sites in danger of disappearing
Stuff.co.nz
New Zealand mightn't be world-renowned for its historic buildings, but our oldest constructions offer - often literal - windows to the nation's past.
Dig in! Archaeologists serve up ancient menus for modern tables
The Guardian
In May a group of scientists in Israel brewed beer using yeast from wine and beer jugs found in archaeological digs.
I'm one of hundreds of archaeologists exiled from Syria who's mourning what the war is costing us
The Conversation US
I used to be a Near Eastern archaeologist working in Syria.
The category one heritage building was closed in 2016 following a seismic ... Ardern said "This iconic New Zealand landmark in the Government ...
Govt investment to help reopen Rotorua Museum - SunLive
Govt funding recognises Rotorua Museum's national significance - Mayor - Voxy
Ancient Indigenous stone-walled fish traps in Gulf of Carpentaria in race against time and weather
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-12/fight-to-save-ancient-indigenous-fish-traps/11396302?pfmredir=sm&fbclid=IwAR14zdmIXhX29tEMbmFRRMgFBciJCVI2PknQT-isJBLJkjZiYBbqhp1DlDU
Scientists to create 3D map of submerged Mesolithic landscape of Doggerland
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/may/08/mapping-begins-of-lands-lost-to-north-sea-during-the-stone-age
Antarctic team 'upbeat' about hope of finding Shackleton's ship
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/27/antarctic-expedition-upbeat-about-hope-of-finding-shackletons-ship-endurance-weddell-sea
The RAJA AMPAT
ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT
https://www.raja-ampat-arch.com/?fbclid=IwAR2N2ykI_FKsFRX4C3237fBMLV39gO70w4ETrDz_VQfCSNT0Xx3YuBR27eg
Ban tourists to protect Australia's sacred sites
https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/life-culture/ban-tourists-to-protect-australias-sacred-sites?platform=hootsuite
In public or in private? Historians concerned institutions missing out on national treasures
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/396362/in-public-or-in-private-historians-concerned-institutions-missing-out-on-national-treasures?fbclid=IwAR27wqBXFY_HNvlVLT1h7ppR3gZ_hfdzzD_yEXliDI1ZfvQ_oYhiueUWaDQ
26,000-Year-Old Child Footprints Found Alongside Paw Prints Reveal Oldest Evidence of Human-Canine Relationship
https://www.ancient-origins.net/history/26000-year-old-child-footprints-found-alongside-paw-prints-reveal-oldest-evidence-human-021235?utm_source=allthatsinteresting.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=pubexchange_facebook&utm_term=pubexchange_facebook-ancient_origins-all_that_is_interesting
On the 250th anniversary of Captain James Cook landing in Aotearoa, Ian Taylor is vowing to tell the story of those who came before Cook: the Polynesian celestial navigators.
https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/11-08-2019/the-man-hijacking-the-cook-commemorations-to-tell-the-story-of-polynesian-exploration/
'Perhaps the most important isotope': how carbon-14 revolutionised science
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/aug/10/most-important-isotope-how-carbon-14-revolutionised-science?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Real V. the other archaeology in Southland
https://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/features/114807066/a-chinese-whopper--the-catlins-city-that-wasnt
Heritage Week launches its new programme – over 30 events
Scoop.co.nz
The festival program for Wellington Heritage Week 2019 launches today, ... Blockhouse in Upper Hutt is being opened by Heritage New Zealand.
World Famous in New Zealand: The R. Tucker Thompson Sailing Ship
Stuff.co.nz
World Famous in New Zealand: The R. Tucker Thompson Sailing Ship ...
Christchurch Uncovered
The Dirtiest Word in Archaeology: Fossicking
https://blog.underoverarch.co.nz/2019/08/the-dirtiest-word-in-archaeology-fossicking/?fbclid=IwAR091UrIjpA4F_fQGK00b8VIV94W4lurAWYfRnm3WGguErHad6GUrvR7skQ
From Explorator:
Possible 'oldest artistic carving' found at the Linjing site:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/07/oldest-carving-east-asia-maker-mystery/
A project to see if an Egyptian reed boat could travel to the Black Sea:
https://phys.org/news/2019-07-ancient-egypt-to-black-sea-route-adventurers.html
Feature on Neolithic Egypt:
https://phys.org/news/2019-08-mysterious-neolithic-people-enabled-ancient.html
9300-12000 years bp tools from a pair of rock shelters in Belize:
https://www.breakingbelizenews.com/2019/07/29/ancient-tools-found-in-belize-reveal-clues-about-ancient-times-archaeologists-say/ https://www.breakingbelizenews.com/2019/07/29/ancient-tools-found-in-belize-reveal-clues-about-ancient-times-archaeologists-say/
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