Stone Pages Archaeo News: January 2007 Archives

January 2007 index:

6 January 2007: Anthropologists identify rider at Burnt City; A team of Iranian and British anthropologists working on human remains discovered at the 5200-year-old Burnt City (Iran) have identified a male rider who they believe was a messenger in...
: Iron Age relics unearthed in Gilan; Archeological excavations at the ancient Jamshid-Abad Tepe, northern Iran, resulted in the discovery of a number of graves and artifacts dated to the Iron Age. The discovered artifacts include bronze...
: Missouri man reels in ancient fish hook; A man hunting for American Indian artifacts with his sons along a gravel bar on the Missouri River (USA) has uncovered an ancient fishhook that is making collectors envious. The...
: Ancient footpath retraced using satellite technology; Satellite imagery meshed with video-game technology is allowing University of Colorado at Boulder and NASA researchers to virtually 'fly' along footpaths used by Central Americans 2,000 years ago on spiritual...
: Thousands of feet are destroying Maeve's Cairn; The prominent stone mound on Knocknarea mountain is a well-known archaeological monument and a popular visitor attraction, as well as a famous Sligo (Ireland) landmark. Unfortunately this popularity may be...
: Macedonian treasures looted; Deep in the south of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the looters move in broad daylight, trying to unearth historic treasures from a region that has become a paradise...
: Neolithic hand axe found in Hampshire; A stone hand axe dating back to 3500 BC has been found in a field near Martyr Worthy (Hampshire, England). The object was found by metal detectorist and archaeology enthusiast...
: Traces of 'humanity's first war' found in Syria; A German archaeologist says he has found relics of 'humanity's first war' in the northeast of Syria in the form of clay balls used as ammunition almost 6,000 years ago,...
: Derbyshire's ancient past; Anyone interested in Derbyshire's ancient past should go along to the county's annual Archaeology Day on Saturday, January 13. The series of talks will include Dr John Barnatt, senior survey...
: Earliest settlements in Taipei discovered; An Academia Sinica archaeologist said he has found the ruins of Taiwan's earliest settlement in Taipei. Liu Yi-chang dated the settlement around 2,500 years before Christ. Commissioned by the Taipei...
: Ancient artifacts featured at exhibit in Iowa; Beginning this month, visitors can view relics at the Muscatine Art Center (Iowa, USA). Artifacts left behind thousands of years ago are being displayed Jan. 14-April 1. The history treasures...
: East Anglian Prehistory conference; The Council for British Archaeology is organizing 'East Anglian Prehistory - Some Recent Research', a conference in memory of John Wymer. If you are interested in attending then please book...
: Ancient tomb unearthed in Vietnam; Vietnamese and Chinese archaeologists have recently unearthed an ancient tomb at an archaeological site in Vinh Tuong district, northern Vinh Phuc province (Vietnam). The 1.7 metre-sepulchre was said to belong...
15 January 2007: Ancient Irish site on a new documentary series; One of Europe's biggest neolithic dolmens is among the hidden treasures uncovered in a new documentary series. Hidden Heritage is one of two series about Ireland's environment, sponsored jointly by...
: Land protection near Tara still debated; Preparatory work for the new M3 motorway from Clonee to Kells in Co Meath (Ireland) was temporarily disrupted when Save Tara campaigners held a protest against the controversial road. A...
: Cambridge conference focuses on prehistoric Malta; Heritage Malta senior curator Reuben Grima and curator Katya Stroud recently presented papers on Malta’s neolithic temples at an international conference held at Magdalen College in Cambridge. Prehistoric Malta was...
: Excavations at the prehistoric site of Castanheiro do Vento; The site of Castanheiro do Vento (Northeastern Portugal) has a complex stone architecture and was built from the Chalcolithic to the Bronze Age. This kind of architecture is, in particular,...
: Ancient 'warrior' found in permafrost; Russian archaeologists have uncovered the 2000-year-old remains of a warrior preserved intact in permafrost in the Altai mountains region. The warrior was blond had tattoos on his body. He was...
: Prehistoric artefacts found in Orissa; Several artefacts belonging to the prehistoric ages have been discovered in Orissa during exploration by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). The ASI combed around 85 villages as part of...
: New signposts on the path of early human migration; An old South African skull and an ancient settlement along the Don River in Russia lend crucial support to the idea that modern humans spread from Africa across Eurasia only...
: Stonehenge didn't stand alone, excavations show; Recent excavations of Salisbury Plain in southern England have revealed at least two other large stone formations close by the world-famous prehistoric monument. One of the megalithic finds is a...
: Tools found in Minnesota may be 14,000 years old; Archaeologists have discovered stone tools atop a hill in Minnesota that may be 13,000 to 14,000 years old. From the rough stone tools, archaeologists are speculating that "we're looking at...
: Secret of ancient cave revealed in TV series; A Morayshire (Scotland) cave was a place where, in order to show their grief, parents built the most macabre of memorials. The heads of their offspring, perished before their time,...
: Seahenge ready to return to Norfolk; Norfolk's famous Bronze Age timber circle should finally be returning to the county in the next couple of months, ready to take pride of place in a flagship exhibition. A...
29 January 2007: Archaeologist digs up West Africa's past; A Swiss-led team of archaeologists has discovered pieces of the oldest African pottery in central Mali, dating back to at least 9,400 BCE. The sensational find by Geneva University's Eric...
: Prehistoric well found in Apulia; Italian archaeologists have unearthed temples attesting to the strength of fertility rites in prehistoric Italy. The discoveries were made at a major site in Puglia (ancient Apulia) during a dig...
: Experts explain significance of the Walker site; A team of archaeologists uncover what might be the oldest intact site of human activity on two continents, located near Walker (Minnesota, USA). Thor Olmanson is director of the Leech...
: Ancient Olmec-influenced city discovered; A 2,500-year-old city influenced by the Olmecs – often referred to as the 'mother culture' of Mesoamerica – has been discovered hundreds of miles away from the Olmecs' Gulf coast...
: Bronze Age dagger unearthed in England; A metal detecting enthusiast has unearthed a 3,600-year-old dagger from the depths of a South Lakeland field (England). The finder, who wishes to remain anonymous for fear others will descend...
: 'Hobbit' cave digs set to restart; Archaeologists who found the remains of human 'Hobbits' have gained permission to restart excavations at the cave where the specimens were found. Indonesian officials have blocked access to the cave...
: Metallurgy in ancient India was advanced; Metallurgical engineer and former rector of the Banaras Hindu University Prof TR Anatharaman said that ancient India contributed a lot in the field of metallurgy. He delivered a lecture on...
: Evidence of craniotomy in ancient China; The modern technology of craniotomy, a surgical operation which is performed on the brain through an incision in the skull, may have been in use in China nearly 3,000 years...
: Bronze to Iron Age transition studied in Iran; The Archeology Research Center of Iran’s Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization (ICHTO) has started talks with the Archeology Department of the British Oxford University to study the chronology of Iran’s...
: Action taken to save graffiti on Maltese megaliths; Heritage Malta has moved two unique megaliths at Tarxien Temples in a bid to save what could possibly be the oldest representations of sea-faring vessels ever found. The initiatives forms...