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Site: EurekAlert! - Archaeology
Red hair and freckles...
Decisions on the second round of the Excellence Initiative announced
Researchers underscore limitations of genetic ancestry tests
Fossilized cashew nuts reveal Europe was important route between Africa and South America
Patients should ask surgeons about using honey to heal wounds
Researchers find earliest evidence for modern human behavior in South Africa
Aswan Obelisk Quarry more than meets the eye
Environmental setting of human migrations in the circum-Pacific Region
Newfound ancient African megadroughts may have driven the evolution of humans and fishes
Earthquake experts at Tel Aviv University turn to history for guidance
Jamestown awarded National Historic Chemical Landmark designation
Even without math, ancients engineered sophisticated machines
Scientists uncover Inca children's countdown to sacrifice
Research team says extraterrestrial impact to blame for Ice Age extinctions
Human ancestors more primitive that once thought
Climate -- no smoking gun for Neanderthals
New evidence on the role of climate in Neanderthal extinction
Widely held beliefs about early Cherokee settlement patterns likely incorrect
Upgraded IMG 2.3 Data Management System released by DOE JGI to eager user community
Excavations reveal first beehives in ancient Near East
Pig study sheds new light on the colonization of Europe by early farmers
Oregon researcher to explore boyhood home of John Paul Jones
New research challenges previous knowledge about the origins of urbanization
Not all risk is created equal
Ancient sandal print uncovered near Sea of Galilee
Site: Discovery News - History
First Farmers Wanted Clothes, Not Food
Earliest Scots Braved Ice Age Conditions
Sputnik, 50 Years Later: Life Beyond Earth
Wet Weather Helped Human Africa Exodus
Sputnik, 50 Years Later: Race to the Moon
Ancient Fishermen Lured Fish With Fire
Site: Archaeology News
11,000-year-old artefacts found in Syria
Maev Kennedy reports on the conservation of Silbury Hill
Archaeologists join opposition of new Yuma Indian casino
Medieval Ruins Found Near Stockholm Castle
Experts Find Shipwreck Evidence in River
Privies can reveal key details
Site: Archaeology in Europe
Roman villa discovered in western Austria
Badgers moved to protect cemetery
Medieval Ruins Found Near Stockholm Castle
Some Neanderthals Were Redheads
The souls of Silbury Hill are bared in burial mound dig
Archaeologists dig royal grounds
ARCHAEOLOGISTS REVEAL BRUNEL FACTORY SITE AT SS GREAT BRITAIN
Archaeologist uncovers 11,000-year-old artefacts in Syria
Archeologists discover Serbia's oldest tomb
Remains unearthed on a Welsh burial mound
Cave Speak: Did Neandertals Talk?
Turkish Dam May Leave Mosques, Mosaics to Tigris Scuba Divers
Archaeologists in Moravia discover 7000 year-old sculpture
The Cave of Archaeology in Villa Doria (Genoa - Italy)
Neanderthals had key speech gene, researchers say
Medieval pond restored
Chance to dig up county's history
Saxon graves found at school
Cave clue to 'first beachcombers'
Czech Archaeologists Find 7,000 Year-Old Unique Statue
Mysterious carved stone found at Whitby Abbey
Vandals target Long barrow in Lancashire
EC to begin action against Ireland over Tara motorway
EU to sue Govt over Tara road build
Ancient Russian Birchbark Manuscripts Now on the Web!
Site: About Archaeology
Material of Interest: Bitumen
Amalgamated Friday #33
Archaeology Dig 2008: Jones Mill, Arkansas
Emperor Qin's Terracotta Army
Quote of the Week: Flannery on the Most Fun You Can Have...
Niah Cave (Borneo) - Site of the Day
Maya Blue: Material of Interest
Amalgamated Friday #32
Site of the Day: Stallings Island
Photo Essay: Death and Commemoration
Site: About Medieval History
Medieval Koran Fetches Record Price
From the Bookshelf: Castles & Fortresses
Trota or Trotula
The Quest for Conquest Quiz
Conquest - Part IV
Conquest - Part III
Conquest - Part II
Conquest - Part I
Avignon Papacy
News Roundup
Site: UK archaeology
Treasures of a Saxon King of Essex
York Viking festival launched
Archaeological informatics
Historic Scotland to remain Executive agency
Resource becomes MLA
Traffic in artefacts from Iraq, Afghanistan and beyond
Access to archaeological archives
Neanderthals not human ancestors?
Killhope is Guardian's family friendly museum of the year
Consultation over future of Lincoln's Roman past
National Trust plans for 2004 unveiled
Views on the Stonehenge roads proposals
Rare medieval silver ring declared Treasure
The Amesbury Archer was a settler from the Alps
Roman water mains still flowing
Site: Wessex Archaeology News
England: Portable Antiquities Scheme Site: Finds of note
ROMAN Coin:SOM-DF0782
EARLY MEDIEVAL COIN:YORYM-731473
MODERN Seal matrix:HAMP-609305
ROMAN Coin:DOR-36A836
EARLY MEDIEVAL Bridle fitting:WILT-34C3A7
ROMAN Coin:SUR-F8C763
MEDIEVAL Mount:BH-DE1292
MEDIEVAL Coin:ESS-B66F64
ROMAN Coin:IOW-B55813
BRONZE AGE Dagger:CPAT-3A15F5
ROMAN Weapon:SUR-381972
ROMAN Coin:SUR-372B61
ROMAN Mount:BH-22D0A3
ROMAN Brooch:CPAT-22E597
ROMAN Figurine:BH-2259B6
BRONZE AGE Palstave:CPAT-D25B04
EARLY MEDIEVAL coin:DENO-CB8291
ROMAN Harness fitting:SUR-B97AB4
POST MEDIEVAL Dress hook:CPAT-922557
ROMAN Coin:BH-8DF024
MEDIEVAL Harness Pendant:SOM-7C89C0
ROMAN Coin:SUR-29A7C7
ROMAN Coin:SUR-298CF7
ROMAN Coin:SUR-295ED7
ROMAN Sling shot:BH-292632
ROMAN Coin:SUR-28D7F1
ROMAN Coin:SUR-28BC12
ROMAN Coin:SUR-289696
ROMAN Coin:SUR-286CE0
ROMAN SLING SHOT:BH-27A5B4
ROMAN Coin:SUR-14B478
ROMAN Coin:SUR-148434
ROMAN Coin:SUR-146DB3
ROMAN Coin:SUR-145B55
ROMAN Coin:SUR-144AD6
ROMAN Coin:SUR-1431D6
POST MEDIEVAL Mount:SUR-13BCB5
POST MEDIEVAL Seal:SUR-13A4E2
MEDIEVAL Token:SUR-139103
ROMAN Weight:SUR-138125
MEDIEVAL Brass:SUR-135314
ROMAN Figurine:NARC-81AAB5
POST MEDIEVAL sundial:NARC-7F65E0
MODERN Shoe:SUR-FFE5A2
EARLY MEDIEVAL brooch:SWYOR-D59436
POST MEDIEVAL Hoard:SOM-D3C4E4
MEDIEVAL Coin:NLM-7CFBC4
POST MEDIEVAL Dish:LON-43B953
IRON AGE coin:LIN-C168A7
ROMAN Figurine:BH-B0F961
Site: History News Network
The Beginning of the End of the Facade of Russian Democracy
First Israel and Colombia, Now Sri Lanka and Pakistan
Vietnam and Iraq: The Benefits of Getting Out
Don't Believe "Peace Is at Hand"
Sick: The Untold Story of America's Health Care Crisis
How Historians Can Help Frame the Next Social Security Debate
HNN's Top Young Historian: This Week ... Jeffrey H. Jackson
The Willed Amnesia of the Residents of Eastern Galicia
Genocide Deniers
Why Al Gore Shouldn't Think of Running for President Even Now
Why GM's New Healthcare Deal Just Might Work
Why It's Facile to Say the Way to Stop Discrimination Is to Stop Discriminating
Weimar America?
Why Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations Now?
Zionism's Bleak Present
Who Lost Turkey?
In Memory of Roy Rosenzweig (1950-2007)
The Armenian Resolution: Pure Grandstanding
The Most Important Moment in American History
Burns's War ... What Is It Good For?
Does the Presidential Candidate with the Most Money Usually Become the Party Nominee?
Site: Latest Internet resources added to Intute: Arts and Humanities Archaeology gateway
Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific prehistory association
Indo-Pacific prehistory association (IPPA)
Demetrius at the Australian national university
[University of Bradford Library Special Collections]
Accordia research institute
University of Bath Library and Learning Centre collections
National Geographic's Black Sea expedition
Virtual research environment for archaeology (VERA)
C�ramique en pays sereer et tumulus s�n�gambiens
From order to chaos : publication synthesis and the dissemination of data in a digital age
From real space to cyberspace : contemporary conversations about the archaeology of slavery and tenancy
The electronic dissertation : a less radical approach
Inhabitation and access : landscape and the internet at Gardom's Edge
Data, digital ephemera, and dead media : digital publishing and archaeological practice
Per lineam valli : online atlas of Hadrian's Wall
Site: European Journal of Archaeology current issue
Editorial
The Neolithic Quarries of Mont Viso, Piedmont, Italy: Initial Radiocarbon Dates
Phenomenology in Practice: Towards a p Methodology for a `Subjective' Approach
Death , Exchange and Reproduction in the British Bronze Age
The Concept of Prehistory and the Invention of the Terms `Prehistoric' and `Prehistorian': the Scandinavian Origin, 1833--1850
Reviews: Book Review Essay: War, Politics and Archaeology
Reviews: Andrea Vianello, Late Bronze Age Mycenaean and Italic Products in the West Mediterranean. A Social and Economic Analysis. (Oxford: British Archaeological Reports, International Series 1439, 2005, 256 pp., pbk, ISBN 1 84171 875 0)
Reviews: Demetra Papaconstantinou (ed.), Deconstructing Context: A Critical Approach to Archaeological Practice (Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2006, x + 214 pp., pbk, ISBN 184217 204 2)
Reviews: Peter Stadler, Quantitative Studien zur Archaologie der Awaren I. (Verlag der Osterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mitteilungen der prahistorischen Kommission, No. 60, 2005, 238 pp., 209 plates, 2 CD-ROMs, ISBN 3 7001 3508 4)
Reviews: Bruce G. Trigger, A History of Archaeological Thought. Second edition (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006, 730 pp., hbk, ISBN 0 521 84076 7, pbk, 0 521 60049 9)
Reviews: Barbel Auffermann and Jorg Orschiedt, Die Neandertaler. Auf dem Weg zum modernen Menschen. (Konrad Theiss-Verlag, Stuttgart, 2006, 160 pp., ISBN 3806220166); Erella Hovers and Steven L. Kuhn (eds), Transitions before the Transition: Evolution and stability in the Middle Palaeolithic and Middle Stone Age (Springer Science and Business Media, New York, 2006, 332 pp. ISBN 0387 246 58 4)
