Stone Pages Archaeo News: November 2019 Archives

November 2019 index:

25 November 2019: World's oldest glue used from prehistoric times; Birch bark tar, the oldest glue in the world, was in use for at least 50,000 years, from the Palaeolithic Period up until the time of the Gauls. Made by...
: Early Bronze Age sword discovered in Bohemia; A sword dating back to the early Bronze Age has been unearthed in the region of Rychnov nad Kneznou in north-east Bohemia (Czech Republic). According to the archaeologist Martina Bekova...
: Latvian museum's tiny boat are far older than expected; Recently, Latvian archaeologists sent a fragment of a small sacred wooden boat found in the preserving peat of Brendiku swamp. Dug up in the late 19th Century, until now it...
: 8,000-year old monument unearthed in Turkey; A monument believed to be around 8,000-year old was unearthed in northwestern Turkey, according to the head of an excavation team. "During this years' excavation work, we have found a...
28 November 2019: Cave lion figurine found at Denisova Cave; A 42 millimetre long, 8 millimetre thick and 11 millimetre high figurine of a cave lion carved from mammoth ivory between 40,000 and 45,000 years ago has been discovered in...
29 November 2019: Ancient humanoid-shaped Nazca line discovered in Peru; Ancient humanoid-shaped Nazca line discovered in Peru Scientists have discovered over 140 new geoglyphs known as Nazca lines: a mysterious, ancient cluster of giant figures etched long ago into southern...
: Ancient sewer system discovered in Turkey; An ancient site dating back 11,800 years was unearthed in southeastern Turkey. Archeologist Ergül Kodaş said his team was excavating a site as part of a project focusing on documenting...
: Death in childbirth in Neolithic China; Death in childbirth in the past was likely common because of the lack of modern medicine and because women tended to have far more children than they do today. But...
30 November 2019: Damage to Iron Age site in the Outer Hebrides; Police are investigating a reported unauthorised excavation at an Iron Age site in the Western Isles (Scotland). Dun Torcuill, a small uninhabited island in North Uist, has the archaeological remains...
: Rollright Stones road widening proposal criticised; A proposal to widen a road near the Rollright Stones (Oxfordshire, England) has been criticised by a conservation charity. The suggestion was raised at an Oxfordshire County Council meeting discussing...
: Conservation plan needed for Queen Maeve cairn; A meeting of Sligo County Council has heard there is an incredible amount of damage being done to one of the most significant Irish monuments, the stone cairn over Queen...
: Analysis of Bush Barrow dagger's studs; Located close to Stonehenge, Bush Barrow is Britain's richest Bronze Age burial. The most remarkable discovery was a gold-studded dagger pommel, set with thousands of microscopic gold studs thinner than...
: Did Neanderthals make eagle talon necklaces?; For tens of thousands of years, Neanderthals lived in small groups scattered across almost the whole of Eurasia. Studies have shown that Neanderthals in different areas ate distinct foods, and...