Stone Pages Archaeo News: July 2005 Archives

July 2005 index:

2 July 2005: 6,000-year-old city discovered in China; This recently discovered ancient Chinese city covers approximately 80,000 square meters. Surrounded on it's Eastern, Western and Southern sides by Lakes, the city has a trench at it's Northern side...
: Alaskan dig mystifies archaeologists; Last summer instructor Brian Wygal, from the University of Nevada, made two intriguing finds in the Trapper Creek area (Alaska, USA) while working with a Matanuska-Susitna Borough crew. The team...
3 July 2005: Ancient pit house unearthed in Arizona; Archaeologist Homer Thiel is working on the excavation of the remains of a pit house built 2,000 years ago in Arizona (USA), well before the time of the Hohokam, and...
: 9,000-year-old spear head found by Canadian hikers; The spot that a pair of Jasper residents (Alberta, Canada) chose for a hike recently could have been a hunting area for a pre-contact civilization more than 5,000 years ago....
: Prehistoric Aboriginal site found in Queensland; Aborigines and archaeologists have excavated an ancient artefact site in north-western Queensland (Australia), which they believe may be one of the oldest ever discovered in this country. The site was...
: Public meetings about Flag Fen's future; Peterborough City Council is to hold two public meetings aboutplans to build a renewable energy plant near the famous Flag Fen Bronze Age site located in England. Local residents and...
: Ancient bronze drum found in Vietnam; An ancient bronze drum believed to date back to the Dong Son culture, which existed 2,000-2,500 years ago, has been discovered in the central province of Quang Tri, in Vietnam....
: 6000-year-old clay coupons discovered in southern Iran; A team of archaeologists recently discovered 6000-year-old clay coupons during excavations at Rahmatabad Tepe in the Marvdasht region of Fars Province, said on Saturday. "The archaeologists have unearthed 12 square-shaped...
8 July 2005: After 9,300 years, is Kennewick Man ready to 'talk'?; Nine years after his skeletal remains were found along the Colombia River (Washington State, USA), scientists who successfully sued for the rights to study his bones will begin analyses on...
9 July 2005: Prehistoric river samples dated; Weeks of excavation work in Pan, on the Isle Of Wight, came to an end and now tests to date samples are being carried out in America and Australia. The...
: Iron Age tourist camp set to open; A new attraction which offers visitors the chance to experience life as an Iron Age villager opens this weekend. The Cinderbury settlement near Coleford in the Forest of Dean (Gloucestershire,...
: Permission to challenge Tara Hill motorway plans; An environmental activist was granted permission in the Irish High Court to bring proceedings aimed at ensuring the re-routing of a proposed motorway away from the Hill of Tara (co....
: Neolithic finds in Cabridgeshire; Evidence of Stone Age life from more than 4,000 years ago has been uncovered in a dig in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire (England). Prehistoric finds near Walden House on George Street include...
: Excavation in Michigan yields prehistoric axe; A man thought he was simply digging a basement for the house he would eventually build in Bridgeport Township (Michigan, USA). But the hole Arthur A. Shaft opened up in...
: Bulgaria excavates more Thracian mounds; Bulgaria's archaeological expedition TEMP is about to start new excavations in the Valley of Thracian Kings. The campaign is expected to start at 14 mounds, and the team is hoping...
: Discovery may rewrite American prehistory; Researchers think they may have found footprints in southern Mexico that mark the oldest evidence for the presence of humans in the Americas. The impressions, preserved in volcanic ash along...
: Replica TV Stonehenge in need of a new home; If you have a large garden and would like a full-size replica of Stonehenge to impress your neighbours and visitors then you need to speak to Marlborough archaeologist Mike Pitts....
: Protesters claim quarry victory; Countryside campaigners are celebrating after British Government chiefs turned down proposals to increase quarrying near a historic site. Plans to extend Tearsall Quarry at Bonsall Moor (Derbyshire, England) – and...
15 July 2005: Timber circle discovered in Russia; In 2003, Russian Archaeologist Ilya Akhmedov made an amazing discovery: near the ancient village site of Spasskaya Luka, in the settlement of Staraya Ryazan he found an ancient wooden structure....
: Oetzi's shoes were made for walking!; They are lined with hay, held together by a net of rough string, bulky, itchy and downright uncomfortable looking. But our "old" friend Oetzi the Iceman wore them, and when...
16 July 2005: The mysterious capital of Sanxingdui; As archaeologists work their way through parched, yellow earth, traditional views of Chinese history are being dealt shattering blows. Three thousand years ago a city in southwest China flourished. Jinsha...
: Search is on for Knowes o' Trotty remains; The search is on for a quantity of cremated human remains, first uncovered in a Bronze Age burial cist in Harray (Orkney ISlands, Scotland) almost 150 years ago. In 1858,...
: 20 ancient Hohokam canals discovered; Archaeologists working at a proposed development site in Mesa say they have unearthed one of the largest integrated canal systems the Hohokam Indians ever built in the Phoenix area (Arizona,...
: 6,500-year-old walkway unearthed in England; UK's oldest-ever wooden structures have been unearthed deep in the West. The 6,500-year-old staves and poles were found by workmen digging holes on land at Walpole, near Bridgwater (Somerset, England),...
: New finding disputes myth of early settlers in the Pacific; Archaeologists think they have unearthed the first human settlement on the South Pacific island of Fiji, a find believed to be about 3 000 years old. The archaeologists found 16...
21 July 2005: Ancient Irrigation System Discovered In UAE; Discovered entirely by accident, an ancient underground water channel system known as a "Falaj" has been unearthed beneath the courtyard of a house in Al Ain, near the Hili...
23 July 2005: Bronze Age treasure to return home in Wales; A priceless 4,000-year-old gold cape is to return to north-east Wales for the first time since it was discovered there in 1833. The Bronze Age Mold Cape, the largest gold...
: 8,000-year-old relics found in Mississippi; Archeologists have uncovered relics dating back thousands of years near the Mississippi 63 bypass construction project (USA). A total of three sites were excavated to reveal a wide variety of...
: Ancient stone-coffin tombs discovered in Sichuan; Archaeologists discovered more than 20 ancient tombs with stone coffins dating back nearly 2,800 years ago in southwestern China's Sichuan province. The discovery of stone coffins, first of its kind...
: Unusual Iron Age steles discovered in Iran; Over 500 stone steles bearing images of faces of men and women with no mouths were recently discovered at Shahr Yeri in Ardebil Province (Iran). Alireza Hojabri Nuri, the director...
: Ancient brew based on 9,000-year-old Chinese recipe; Dogfish Head Brewery in Delaware (USA) has brewed another ancient beer, this time replicating one made in China about 9,000 years ago. The recent brew is to be sold as...
: Archaeology survey of Goss Moor; The British Highways Agency has highlighted a new road in Cornwall Ginny Clarke, Highways Agency Director for Safety, Strategy and Research, said: "The quality and rarity of these finds illustrate...
: Meeting to decide quarrying by henges; Controversial plans to extend a quarry near the neolithic Thoprnborough henges (North Yorkshire, England) have been discussed by county councillors for the first time. Tarmac Limited wants to extend Nosterfield...
: Pre-Incas kept detailed records; A sophisticated arrangement of knots and strings, found on the site of the oldest city in the Americas, indicates ancient Peruvians were skilled at conveying detailed information much earlier than...
: Prehistoric artefacts unhearthed at Culzean Castle; Archaeologists working at Culzean Castle (South Ayrshire, Scotland) for The National Trust for Scotland have found traces of a 2000 year old wall and possible prehistoric artefacts including burnt bone...
: 3d laser scanning at Callanish complex; The Callanish Stones (Outer Hebrides, Scotland) have been recently measured using high resolution 3D laser scanning. The laser scanning was commissioned by Stewart and Emma Mitchell of the Callanish Blackhouse...
: Plans for Stonehenge put on hold; The British Government has announced that the plans to rebuild the traffic and environment around Stonehenge - which included an ambitious and controversial tunnel under the site - are to...
: Iron Age hill fort restored; Work has been completed to restore the area around the Uley Bury Iron Age hill fort. The DEFRA-backed project covers 38 acres on land above the village of Uley (Cotswolds,...
30 July 2005: Ancient stone-coffin tombs discovered in Tibet; Archaeologists discovered more than 20 ancient tombs with stone coffins dating back nearly 2,800 years ago in southwestern China's Sichuan province. The discovery of stone coffins, first of its kind...
: Research programme at Stonehenge is needed; Scientists are demanding a full-scale research programme be launched to update our knowledge of Stonehenge and discover precisely who built it and its burial barrow graves. This is the key...
: Ancient stone phallus unearthed in cave; A sculpted and polished phallus found in a German cave is among the earliest representations of male sexuality ever uncovered, researchers say. The 20cm-long, 3cm-wide stone object, which is dated...
: Thracian treasure discovered in Bulgaria; Archaeologists have unearthed 2,400-year-old treasure in a Thracian tomb in eastern Bulgaria. Professor Daniela Agre, who led the team of 15 from the Bulgarian Archaeological Institute, said the finds provided...
: 2,200-year-old tombs unearthed in north China; Chinese archaeologists have discovered seven tombs, dating back up to 2,200 years, in north China's Shanxi Province. Located in the Xiguan village in Yuxian County, the tombs include five from...
: Stonehenge plan stopped dead by council decision; English Heritage plans for a £57m visitor centre at Stonehenge, to replace the facilities damned as 'a national disgrace' 15 years ago, have been thrown into chaos after Salisbury district...
: Beaker people’s bones analysed in Britain; They died 4000 years ago and, for as long as a century, some have been in the care of Aberdeen University. Now, the skeletons of 23 men and women have...
: Update on the future of Silbury Hill; English Heritage has announced the latest stage in the process to repair and preserve Silbury Hill (Wiltshire, England), the largest Neolithic construction of its type in Europe, and part of...
: Cairns to get protective covering; Bronze Age cairns on Exmoor (England) are to be wrapped in fabric to protect them from souvenir hunters. The ancient monuments on Dunkery Beacon in Somerset are thought to be...
: Quarry plans threaten Nine Ladies stone circle; A mile-long human chain will be formed to protest at new plans for a Stanton Moor quarry (Derbyshire, England). Residents of Stanton-in-Peak were devastated to learn Matlock quarrying firm Stancliffe...
: Tarmac offers land next to henges gift; Quarry firm Tarmac is offering to give 60 acres of land adjacent the ancient Thornborough Henges (North Yorkshire, England) to the nation. The company, currently in dispute with conservationists over...
: Ancient earthworks in Jersey may stop shooting plan; A Jersey (Channel Islands) resident is objecting to a proposed extension to the Crabbé shooting range because he believes the suggested area is an important archaeological site. Peter Judge says...