Stone Pages Archaeo News: September 2018 Archives

September 2018 index:

10 September 2018: Greek farmer in Crete stumbles onto 3,400-year-old tomb; Sometime between 1400 and 1200 BCE, two Minoan men were laid to rest in an underground enclosure carved out of the soft limestone native to southeast Crete. Both were entombed...
: Neanderthal mother, Denisovan father; Together with their sister group the Neanderthals, Denisovans are the closest extinct relatives of currently living humans. "We knew from previous studies that Neanderthals and Denisovans must have occasionally had...
: Turkish archeologists unearth 3,000-year tomb; An ancient urn tomb believed to date back around 3,000 years has been discovered in the southern Turkish province of Kahramanmaras. A team of archeologists unearthed the tomb - where...
: In a quarry in England an extraordinary insight into evolution of human intelligence; Archaeologists have demonstrated for the first time that a particular type of stone tool used some half a million years ago could not have been made without modern human-like hands....
: 4,300-year-old massive pyramid, lost city and human sacrifices unearthed in China; A 4,300-year-old city, which has a massive step pyramid that is at least 230 feet (70 meters) high and spans 59 acres (24 hectares) at its base, has been excavated...
: Blue-eyed immigrants transformed ancient Israel 6,500 Years Ago; Thousands of years ago in what is now northern Israel, waves of migrating people from the north and east - present-day Iran and Turkey - arrived in the region. And...
: Sicilian amber diffusion pre-dates Baltic kind by 2,000 years; Amber and other unusual materials such as jade, obsidian and rock crystal have attracted interest as raw materials for the manufacture of decorative items since Late Prehistory and, indeed, amber...
: Ancient Italian skeletons had hemp in their teeth; In a new analysis of thousands of teeth from ancient skeletons buried at a site near Naples (Italy), archaeologists have discovered that people were using their mouths to help with...
: Did the people buried at Stonehenge come from Wales?; Recent analysis of cremated human remains excavated from Stonehenge has shown that some of the individuals buried at the Neolithic monument may have spent some of their lives in western...
: 7,200-year-old cheese making found in Croatia; Analysis of fatty residue in pottery from the Dalmatian Coast of Croatia revealed evidence of fermented dairy products - soft cheeses and yogurts - from about 7,200 years ago, according...
: Mammoth 'kill site' and ancient graves discovered in Austria; During roadworks on a new bypass near Drasenhofen (Austria), archaeologists have discovered a prehistoric 'kill site' full of mammoth remains, where ancient people used to herd the large mammals so...
23 September 2018: Megalithic passage tomb discovered in Co Meath; A Megalithic passage tomb dating back some 5,500 years has been discovered at the 18th century Dowth Hall in Co Meath (Ireland). The discovery is within the Brú na Bóinne...
: Neolithic people adapted to climate change; New study reveals evidence of how Neolithic people adapted to climate change. The study centred on the Neolithic and Chalcolithic city settlement of Çatalhöyük in southern Anatolia, Turkey which existed...
: Early Neolithic miniature masks; All Neolithic cultures in the Near East made masks. Why? What were the rituals and ideas behind the masks? Oliver Dietrich, Jens Notroff, and Laura Dietrich wrote about these mysterious...
24 September 2018: Ancient Scottish hillfort recreated in Lego; A 2,500-year-old Scottish hillfort has been recreated in Lego. The real Dun Deardail was constructed of timber and stone on a prominent knoll on Sgorr Chalum, a hill overlooking the...
: Excavations to be resumed at Belgian megalithic site; Archaeological digs will resume on the megalithic site of Wéris (in the municipality of Durbuy, Belgium), listed in 1974 and placed on the List of Exceptional Heritage Sites in Wallonia...
25 September 2018: The mysterious bronze hand found in Switzerland; In October 2017, a pair of metal detectorists made an extraordinary discovery near a Swiss lake: a sculpted bronze hand with a gold cuff dating back some 3,500 years. Archaeologists...
26 September 2018: Scotland's largest find of prehistoric pottery; Remains of more than 200 prehistoric eating bowls and cooking vessels were found on land at Meadowend Farm near Clackmannan, about 40 kilometres northwest of Edinburgh. The collection spans more...