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Site: EurekAlert! - Archaeology
Research pushes back history of crop development 10,000 years
Roman York skeleton could be early TB victim
Revising and re-sizing history: New work shows Ohio site to be an ancient water works, not a fort
DNA shows that last woolly mammoths had North American roots
Ancient DNA evidence points to woolly mammoths' dynamic past
Connolly tells Manchester conference: Tutankhamen fathered twins
Prehistoric funerary precinct excavated in northern Israel
'Pristine' Amazonian region hosted large, urban civilization, study finds
Bone parts don't add up to conclusion of Palauan dwarfs
UC project puts Midwest mounds back on the map
New evidence debunks 'stupid' Neanderthal myth
New book further supports controversial theory of 'Man the Hunted'
Oetzi the Iceman dressed like a herdsman
'Virtual archaeologist' reconnects fragments of an ancient civilization
Hebrew U. archaeological excavations uncover Roman temple in Zippori (Sepphoris)
New evidence implicates humans in prehistoric animal extinctions
UCSB receives collection of aerial photography valued at $14.3 million
Complete Neandertal mitochondrial genome sequenced from 38,000-year-old bone
Antarctic fossils paint a picture of a much warmer continent
Chemical Society Presidential Symposia in Philadelphia focus on energy crisis, health, education
Rock art marks transformations in traditional Peruvian societies
ACS National Meeting Aug. 17-21 offers bounty of news and features
UCLA 'world summit' to explore ancient life on Earth, and beyond
Glazed America: IUPUI anthropologist examines doughnut as symbol of consumer culture
The genetics of the white horse unraveled
Site: Discovery News - History
Viking Age Triggered by Shortage of Wives?
Chianti: Secret to Long Life, Says Ancient Recipe
Melting Swiss Glacier Yields Neolithic Trove
Looted Obelisk Returned to Ethiopia
'Iceman' Oetzi's Clothes Suggest Shepherd Life
Fetus Mummies Were Likely King Tut's
Site: Archaeology News
The Movie Masochist: Bangkok dolorous
Archaeological finds at Bosnian Pyramid site
Archaeologists hold out hope of finding lost French fleet
Scholar claims to find medieval Jewish capital
Bulgaria Pays Last Respects to Famous Archaeologist Kitov
Emergence Of Agriculture In Prehistory Took Much Longer, Genetic Evidence Suggests
Discovery of artifacts halts construction at Port of Centralia
Ike helps uncover mystery vessel on Ala. coast
The rock art that redraws our history
Malaysian archaeologists find complete Neolithic skeletons: report
Artifacts go back to Mexico
Remains Of Fourth Century TB Victim Found
Iberian Peninsula's Earliest Agricultural Systems Were Unsustainable
Rich history in railyard dig
New archaeological work on Gozo in prehistory
How in the world did coin land in Latham?[NY]
- Unfolding story' adds another chapter
Underwater Museum Planned for Egypt's Alexandria
Tribe reburying remains of more than 300 people
Plantation Battles Rumors
Site: Archaeology in Europe
CAMP AMACHE
Animated Bayeux Tapestry
One thousand year old Danish shield discovered
Roman refugees built Venice, reveals ancestor city
Medieval Towns of Monmouthshire - conference on October 11th
Docu-Drama Movie on Icelandic Sagas Premieres
2,000-year-old lovers
Off-road biking for ancient site
Research pushes back crop development 10,000 years
ISU researchers developing 3-D virtual archeological Web site
Tracing urban development in ancient Pompeii
Viking Age Triggered by Shortage of Wives?
Discovery of Bronze-Age `Refrigerators' Expands Homer's Troy
Archaeologists find medieval artefacts on Mt. Visocica, disparage pyramid seeker
Europ�isches Romanik Zentrum er�ffnet Sitz in Merseburg
Georgi Kitov, 65: Archaeologist brought Thrace to life
Mathematical model pushes back crop development by 10,000 years
Ruins Of Temple Of Athena Found In Bodrum
The New Antiquarians: 50 years of archaeological innovation in Wessex
Hi-tech future for ancient Roman town
Saxon graves found in Lakenheath
Greek dig unearths secrets of Alexander the Great's golden era
Newfoundland Viking site remarkable
Fishbones reveal our ancient transport secrets
Archaeologists unearth 12th century abbey
Site: About Archaeology
Stonehenge at Solstice
Dangerous Archaeology
The Archaeological Life
Four Stone Hearth #49
A Walking Tour of Sannai Marayuma
DNA Folding: Paul Rothemund on TED
TAC: Archaeology in High Def
Ometepe Archaeological Project: Field Work in Focus
FAQ: I want to study Vikings!
Four Stone Hearth #45
Site: About Medieval History
Horse Graveyard
Vikings, Vikings and more Vikings
Archaeologists unearth an abbey in . . . Abbeytown
London's Royal Academy of Arts to host Byzantium exhibit
Stolen medieval stocks to be returned
British Library acquires historic heraldic roll
September
Medieval Treasures Uncovered
Summer Reading: The Real History Behind the Templars
2000 bodies found in medieval cemetery
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: News
England: Portable Antiquities Scheme Site: Finds of note
MEDIEVAL Coin : SUR-2567C3
EARLY MEDIEVAL Tweezers : SUR-24FE64
ROMAN Coin : ESS-101EA7
MODERN COSMETIC SET : GLO-0CC593
ROMAN Brooch : SOM-ACAB10
BRONZE AGE spear : DENO-54B5A6
MEDIEVAL seal matrix : DENO-5430E0
MEDIEVAL Ampulla : SOM-5255B7
MEDIEVAL Dagger : SOM-51DE86
EARLY MEDIEVAL Buckle : SOM-5197F6
POST MEDIEVAL Token : SUSS-120BC2
ROMAN Coin : NLM-0DDFC4
EARLY MEDIEVAL MOUNT : YORYM-024D31
EARLY MEDIEVAL strap end : DENO-6BEFD3
EARLY MEDIEVAL STRAP END : SUSS-51A3F5
ROMAN Brooch : LVPL-E9AD51
ROMAN Mount : WAW-A94522
POST MEDIEVAL Powder flask : WAW-9752E6
EARLY MEDIEVAL Coin : SUR-3017D5
ROMAN Coin : LVPL-2FB772
EARLY MEDIEVAL coin : LEIC-2E5E22
EARLY MEDIEVAL strap end : DENO-00F018
ROMAN Coin : WMID-CBFFB7
EARLY MEDIEVAL pin head : LEIC-C2E6D7
MEDIEVAL Strap End : SOM-AAC236
MEDIEVAL mount : DENO-9D4F70
ROMAN Coin : LVPL-99A704
BRONZE AGE Knife : SUR-998F82
MEDIEVAL Harness fitting : NLM-862C25
MEDIEVAL Strap Fitting : LVPL-861A37
MEDIEVAL harness Fitting : NLM-862383
MEDIEVAL Mirror case : NLM-84BF84
MEDIEVAL Strap End : ESS-6BF5F4
EARLY MEDIEVAL Strap end : YORYM-2F3636
ROMAN Brooch : YORYM-2DFB92
ROMAN VESSEL : YORYM-1A3060
ROMAN VESSEL : YORYM-1A2AC7
ROMAN BROOCH : YORYM-195451
ROMAN COIN : YORYM-194CB3
ROMAN COIN : YORYM-18FC45
POST MEDIEVAL FINGER RING : YORYM-189FE6
IRON AGE STRAP FITTING : YORYM-1889A6
BRONZE AGE Fire cracked stone : WAW-1852A7
ROMAN KEY (LOCKING) : YORYM-08E1B6
ROMAN FIGURINE : YORYM-08CBC4
BRONZE AGE Socketed Axehead : HESH-05A063
ROMAN Coin : LEIC-DD4E42
ROMAN Coin : LEIC-DC4D18
ROMAN Coin : LEIC-DC41A6
ROMAN Coin : LEIC-DC3603
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Site: Latest Internet resources added to Intute: Arts and Humanities Archaeology gateway
Gatehouse, the
Heritage gateway
E-curator research project
British Medieval architecture
Global careers, Global museum
Douglas Mazonowicz collection
Felix Oswald samian project
Arts and Humanities Research Council : Nottingham Samian Research Workshops
Afghanistan : hidden treasures from the National Museum, Kabul
Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
AHRC material culture of polar exploration workshops
Long way from home : diaspora communities in Roman Britain
British Institute in Eastern Africa
Researcher's guide to the Lachish collection in the British Museum
Living in Victorian London : material histories of everyday domestic life in the nineteenth-century metropolis
Site: European Journal of Archaeology current issue
Editorial
Bloody Slaughter: Ritual Decapitation and Display At the Viking Settlement of Hofstathir, Iceland
Use of Oral Tradition in Archaeology: Uthe Case of Ajdovscina Above Rodik, Slovenia
The Work of Making Malta: the Council of Europe's Archaeology and Planning Committee 1988--1996
Special Reviews Section: Archaeological engagements: new media and beyond
Special Reviews Section: Playing with the past: a review of three `archaeological' pc games: Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War. (Chicago, IL: Midway Games Ltd, 2006, RRP {pound}34.99, PC CD-ROM/Windows XP) Rome: Total War. (Santa Monica: Activision Inc, 2004, RRP {pound}19.99, PC CD-ROM/Windows XP) Rome: Total War. Barbarian Invasion expansion pack. (Tokyo: Sega, 2005, RRP {pound}19.99, PC CD-ROM/Windows Me/XP)
Special Reviews Section: Second lives: online worlds for archaeological teaching and research: Linden Labs, Second Life, www.secondlife.com
Special Reviews Section: 300 six packs: pop culture takes on Thermopylae: 300 (USA, 2006, Warner Bros.), directed by Zach Snyder, screenplay by Zach Snyder, Kurt Johnstad and Michael B. Gordon, based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley
Special Reviews Section: Archaeology on the web -- a German perspective: Stefanie Samida, Wissenschaftskommunikation im Internet. Neue Medien in der Archaologie. (Munich: Verlag Reinhard Fischer, Internet Research Band 26, 2006, 262 pp., pbk, ISBN 3 88927 404 8; ISSN 1617 6839)
Special Reviews Section: Electric strata: Assemblage and changes in postgraduate publication on the internet: Assemblage -- Postgraduate Journal of the Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield, UK. 1996--2006: www.assemblage. group.shef.ac.uk
Special Reviews Section: Archaeology on the ground: the memory practices of David Webb: Diggers Alternative Archive, website and photography by David Webb: www.archdiggers. co.uk/diggers/frameset.html
Special Reviews Section: Urban exploration as archaeological engagement: a review of http://infiltration. org/ -- `the zine about places you're not supposed to go': `Take only photos, leave only footprints' (Motto of infiltration.org)
Book Review Essay: Navigating the `Mentions and Silences' of Global Historical Archaeology: a European Perspective: Martin Hall and Stephen W. Silliman, eds, Historical Archaeology. (Blackwell Studies in Global Archaeology 9, Oxford: Blackwell, 2006, xviii + 341 pp., 36 figs, hbk ISBN 1 4051 0750 2, pbk 1 4051 0751 0) Andrew M. Reid and Paul J. Lane, eds, African Historical Archaeologies. (Contributions to Global Historical Archaeology, New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum, 2004, 408 pp., 82 figs, 23 tables, hbk ISBN 0 306 47995 8, pbk 0 306 47996 6)
Book Review: Robert W. Preucel, Archaeological Semiotics. (Social Archaeology series, general editor: Ian Hodder, Malden, MA, Oxford, UK and Carlton, Victoria AUS: Blackwell, 2006, 332 pp., 45 figs, 11 tables, hbk ISBN 13: 978 1 55786 657 8, pbk ISBN 10: 1 55786 657 0)
Book Review: Lynn Meskell and Robert W. Preucel, eds, A Companion to Social Archaeology. (Oxford: Blackwell, 2004, 430 pp., hbk ISBN 0 631 22578 1)
Book Review: Fokke Gerritsen, Local Identities. Landscape and Community in the Late Prehistoric Meuse-- Demer-Scheldt Region (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2003, (Amsterdam Archaeological Studies 9), 306 pp., hbk ISBN 90 5356 482 9)
Book Review: Maureen Carroll, Spirits of the Dead: Roman Funerary Commemoration in Western Europe (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006, 352 pp., hbk ISBN 0 199 29107 1)
Book Review: Melanie Pomeroy-Kellinger and Ian Scott, eds, Recent Developments in Research and Management at World Heritage Sites. (Oxford: Oxford Archaeology, Occasional Paper Number 16, 2007, 75 pp., ISBN 978 0 904220 47 6)
Book Review: David A. Barrowclough and Caroline Malone, eds, Cult in Context -- Reconsidering Ritual in Archaeology (Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2007, 368pp. hbk, ISBN 978 1 84217 303 9)
Book Review: Mario Buhagiar, The Christianisation of Malta: Catacombs, Cult Centres and Churches in Malta to 1530. (BAR International Series 1674, Oxford: Archaeopress, 2007, xiv + 321 pp., pbk, ISBN 978 1 4073 0109 9)
