Stone Pages Archaeo News: July 2004 Archives

July 2004 index:

1 July 2004: Remains of oldest inhabitant of Abu Dhabi found; Remains of the earliest-known inhabitant of Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) have been found on the western island of Marawah by the Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey, ADIAS, as part...
3 July 2004: Computer recreates ancient Kilmartin; Researchers are hoping that a computer program will map all of Scotland and give a virtual impression of the landscape as far back as 15,000 years ago. The team, from...
: The Bronze Age Forum; The Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton (Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BF, England) announced that "The Bronze Age Forum" will be held on 13th and 14th November 2004. The confirmed speakers...
: Twinning moves for two ancient villages; Villagers in Avebury (England) have taken the first steps towards a possible formal twinning arrangement with a town in Malta. At a meeting attended by the High Commissioner for Malta,...
: Iron Age site has survived; The routine two-week investigation by students from the University of Sheffield of an Iron Age site at Cannings Cross (Wiltshire, England), last excavated by celebrated archaeologist Maud Cunnington in 1911,...
: Prehistoric blades as cutting-edge find; On a hillside by the Savannah River (South Carolina, USA) an archaeologist and a graduate student had reason to think they were in the presence of a breathtaking discovery. Or...
8 July 2004: Late Bronze Age items found in Cyprus; 26 bronze items were found buried in an earthenware jar in a rocky hill near the Galinoporni village, in the Karpass Peninsula (Cyprus). The items are 3200 years old, and...
9 July 2004: Bronze Age neck rings reunited; A Bronze Age necklace - said to be one of only five in the UK - is to be reunited with gold jewellery found nearby more than 40 years before....
: Fossil findings blur picture of art's birth; For years archaeologists have clung to the idea that only truly modern humans were artists, and that our Neanderthal cousins spent their entire evolutionary lifetime as boorish philistines. But fresh...
: New twist in henges row; A quarry firm at the centre of a bitter row with conservationists is staging a public exhibition to explain its controversial plans to extend operations next to an ancient site...
17 July 2004: Vandals deface Ilkley Moor stones; Mindless vandals have scrawled graffiti over one of Yorkshire's best loved beauty spots. Shocked walkers on Ilkley Moor (England) have discovered that ancient rocks have been defaced by louts. The...
: Ancient skeleton collection yields cancer clues; Cancer incidence rates in the developed world are increasing each year and developing countries are also now showing an increased incidence of the disease. But how much were our ancestors...
: Iron Age Arab castle to be renovated; UAE Department of Archaeology and Heritage will soon renovate Al Hail castle and palace, one of the oldest and most impressive historic monuments in the emirate, dating back to the...
: Volunteers wanted for Cairn project; People are being invited to be among the first in 6,000 years to try their hand at building sections of what were the north Highland version of the Pyramids. Caithness...
: More cave art discovered at Creswell Crags; A team of researchers led by the University of Sheffield and supported by English Heritage have found eighty 13,000-year-old carvings in limestone rock of Church Hole Cave, at Creswell Crags...
: Neolithic axe identified after 20 years; A Stone Age axe has been uncovered - in a wardrobe. Dating from the Neolithic period, the 6,000-year-old axe is intact and in pristine condition. John O'Conner kept the tool...
: The Thornborough saga continues; Yorkshire campaigners opposing the proposed planning application by Tarmac Northern to quarry close to Thornborough Henges in North Yorkshire (England), say the application contravenes the local council’s policy on quarrying...
: Artifacts unearthed in Minnesota Lake; Pottery, arrowheads and other fragments of an ancient culture are being unearthed on the west shore of Mille Lacs Lake (Minnesota, USA), and they're painting a picture of what life...
: Archaeologists test Bronze Age boat replica; Archaeologists retraced the footsteps of Bronze Age men in a unique experiment to test whether Hengistbury Head (Dorset, England) played a part in the creation of Stonehenge. They were investigating...
: The start of Irish megalithic tradition; Archaeologists are finally in agreement that the Megalithic period in Ireland 'boomed' between the years 4200 BCE and 3500 BCE. The date controversy over the Irish Megalithic period - most...
22 July 2004: Panorama Stone markings may be forged; Ilkley's Panorama Stone (Yorkshire, England) is known around the world for its distinctive "ladder" motif, thought to be a of prehistoric origin. But the designs are more likely to have...
: 17,000-year old Prehistoric art found in Russia; Archaeologists working in the Kursk region, 500 km south off Moscow (Russia), have found a relic of prehistoric art carved from mammoth’s tusk about 17,000 years ago. Natalya Ahmetgaleyeva, the...
: New wrangle over Kennewick bones; The legal battle over the ancient bones of Kennewick Man has been won by the scientists, but they now face a new wrangle over access to the remains. The 9,300-year-old...
: Customs seize ancient artifacts from Dominican Republic; A cache of pre-Columbian artifacts from the Dominican Republic has turned up at Miami International Airport (USA), launching an investigation into how the priceless --and illegal - pieces arrived. The...
: Bronze age traces found in forest; Archaeologists have found what they believe is evidence of Bronze Age farming in the Forest of Dean (Gloucestershire, England). They have identified a series of earthworks which could be the...
: Early agriculture and dispersals into Europe; A set of four papers due to be published in August will demonstrate the progress made in the study of European agricultural origins through the use of detailed regional analyses...
: Minoan graves in Hania suburb; 50 Late Minoan graves have been discovered in Aghios Ioannis, a suburb of Hania (Crete), bringing the total of known Minoan graves in the Hania area to over 150. The...
: Bronze Age mine as tourist attraction?; The ancient copper workings at Mynydd Parys and the old port of Amlwch on Anglesey (Wales) are to be the subject of a two pronged funding bid to develop the...
24 July 2004: Prehistoric village rebuilt in Inner Mongolia; A prehistoric village from the Hongshan culture has been rebuilt at Chifeng City in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, to commemorate the naming of that Neolithic culture.. The village...
: Motorway threatens Hill of Tara; The historic Hill of Tara, described as the "heart and soul" of Ireland, is about to take on a new aspect. Plans for a motorway which will pass within half...
: Ancient sanctuary found in Bulgaria; An ancient sanctuary dated back to the Neolithic was discovered near the southern Bulgarian village of Kapitan Dimitrievo. A team of archeologists headed by professor Vassil Nikolov found the site...
: Archaeologist traces wine origin to Neolithic; The first wine-tasting may have occurred when prehistoric humans slurped the juice of naturally fermented wild grapes from animal-skin pouches or crude wooden bowls. The idea of winemaking may have...
: Human sacrifice rarer than thought; Bronze Age ritual human sacrifice may have been rarer than believed, according to a study of ancient DNA from bones in central Europe. German anthropologist Dr Susanne Hummel from the...
: Dig set to begin at Traprain Law; Excavations are set to begin on Traprain Law, a hill near East Linton in East Lothian, which experts have described as one of the most important archaeological sites in Scotland....
: Court backs natural gas probe of Utah's Nine Mile Canyon; A federal judge gave the go-ahead Wednesday for a company to search for natural gas near Utah's Nine Mile Canyon, renowned for its ancient rock art, ruling that the work...
: Skeletons traced back to the Iron Age; Last summer six skeletons were unearthed on a disused garage site in Gargrave (Yorkshire, England). The site was being excavated by archaeologists who discovered two skeletons in July and four...
: 9,500-year-old bricks found in Gulf of Cambay; In an underwater exploration in the Gulf of Cambay (India), National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) scientists discovered almost 9,500-year-old bricks made of clay and straw. Archaeological experts of the...
26 July 2004: Experts try to discover diet of 7,000 years ago in Iran; Iranian archeologists plan to identify the food basket and diet of the people who lived in the historical site of Sialk over 7,000 years ago. Located at the edge of...
: Ancient Irish lake settlement found; The remains of a crannóg-like settlement which has been dated to 7,200 years ago were found by Swedish archaeologist Dr Christina Fredengren, who is currently working close to Lough Kinale...
27 July 2004: Bronze age knife found in Wales; A North Wales housewife found a bronze age knife crafted 4,500 years ago while digging in her vegetable patch. Marylyn Sheldon knew she had discovered something special after unearthing the...
: Discovery rewrites Chinese vehicle history; The discovery of 3,700-year-old chariot tracks has pushed back the appearance of vehicles in China by 200 years, the country's media has reported. "It advances the history of China's vehicle...
: Dig team baffled over tribe who abandoned Iron Age fort; Archaeologists are investigating a 2200-year-old mystery surrounding one of Scotland's rare Iron Age clifftop forts. Excavations have revealed that the unusual fortification, 100ft up a cliff on the Galloway coast,...
: Ancient migration route of Iranian nomads discovered; Following thorough anthropological and archeological studies in the northern Semnan Province, Iranian archeologists have concluded that over 3,000 years ago, an ethnic clan named Kharands had a migratory and nomadic...
: World's oldest earrings found in China; Chinese archaeologists have discovered earrings they believe are the oldest found in the world. The jade earrings, which date to between 7500 and 8200 years ago, were unearthed at the...
: Inner Mongolia yields new discoveries; More than 80 archeological experts are participating in an international conference in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, to exchange the latest information on Hongshan, a prehistoric site. Relics excavated at...
: Archaeologists begin dig in East Dorset; An ambitious project to uncover ancient archaeological remains dating back to the Bronze Age is due to start in east Dorset (England) next month. A team led by archaeologists from...
29 July 2004: Nine Maidens stone circle restored; One of West Cornwall's most famous stone circles might have to be re-named, following the re-positioning of fallen and leaning stones. The Nine Maidens stone circle at Ding Dong (Cornwall,...
31 July 2004: Museum of prehistory opened in Dordogne; France's Museum of Prehistory opened this month in Les Eyzies-de-Tayac, in the Dordogne. The museum, 20 years in the planning, arguing and making, is a triumph. It is attracting more...