NEARA  Breaking News! Archive

                      Abstracts by Ros Strong, assistant webmaster: Terry J. Deveau
                                                     
                             Updated 15 March 2006

 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 


 

Breaking News! is predominantly advance "gleanings" from the NEARA Transit, abstracted by Ros Strong, with additional items from Susie Thompson and Terry J. Deveau.  The NEARA Transit is a twice yearly NEARA publication of archaeological news and abstracts. Suggestions and comments welcome: Email Terry J. Deveau. 

 

 Archive:

 

 New Information on Glozel

   December 16,  2005

 

 Ancient Humans Brought Bottle Gourds To The Americas From Asia

   December 11,  2005

 

 Stone tools found in southern England have been dated to 700,000 years ago (also here)

   December 14,  2005

 

 Did two distinct populations settle the Americas more than 12,000 years ago? (also here)

   December 13,  2005

 

 Australian Petroglyph Site Under Threat by Industrial Development

   December 5,  2005

 

 Flints give Cyprus oldest seafaring link in Med

   November 22,  2005

 

 Map of Southern Tip of Italy, 500 BC

   November 18,  2005

 

 Ancient Ohio Earthworks Used for Astronomical Observations of the Moon (also here)

   October 29,  2005

 

 Tiny chinless wonders threaten anthropology rift  

   October 11,  2005

 

 Aboriginal petroforms under threat by land developers

   September 26,  2005

 

 Enthusiast uses Google to reveal Roman ruins

   September 14,  2005

 

 Ancient phallus unearthed in cave  

   July 25,  2005

 

 Seafloor survey buoys Atlantis claim

   July 22,  2005

 

 Peruvian ‘writing’ system goes back 5,000 years

   July 20,  2005

 

 8,000-year-old relics found in Miss.

   July 18,  2005

 

 Claimed find of second Viking site in Newfoundland

   July 11,  2005

 

 After 9,300 years, Kennewick Man's exam begins

   July 6,  2005

 

 Footprints of 'First Americans'

   July 7,  2005

 

 Unexplained Underwater Stone Structure found in Ontario

   July 2,  2005

 

 Oak Island in the News (two items)

   July 2,  2005

 

 Did ancient Polynesians visit California?

   June 20,  2005

 

 Ruins found in Cape Breton claimed to be Chinese

   June 7,  2005

 

 Europe's Oldest Script Found in Bulgaria

   May 18,  2005

 

 'Original men' of Malaysia tell story of migration

   May 13,  2005

 

 Ancient Metalworking Sites Recreation

   April 26,  2005

 

 Genetic testing reveals awkward truth about Xingiang's famous mummies

   April 19,  2005

 

 Evidence of early urbanization in Turkey

   April 18,  2005

 

 Ancient Maya Entrepreneurs Made Salt

   April 5,  2005

 

 Owner of Upton Chamber property willing to sell to the town

   April 3,  2005

 

 Minas Basin "footprints" made by ancient fish?

   March 29,  2005

 

 Itinerant Irish may be remnants of pre-Celtic culture? (also here and here)

   March 27,  2005

 

 Bayers Lake mystery wall baffles archeology buffs

   March 21,  2005

 

 Ancient tombs found in Loubu desert, China

   March 18,  2005

 

 Archaeologist discovers ancient ships in a cave in Egypt

   March 18,  2005

 

 2100 year old skeleton found under Geneva cathedral

   March 14,  2005

 

 Chess piece of walrus ivory, late 11th or early 12th century, similar to 1841 find on Isle of Lewis

   March 14,  2005

 

 Novel Babylonian inscription discovered in Iran

   March 14,  2005

 

 A 2,400-year-old British warrior leader found buried in his chariot

(also here)

   March 10,  2005

 

 Viking sagas read through the lens of climate change

   March 9,  2005

 

 Divers find Bronze Age artifacts off Devon coast

   March 8,  2005

 

 King Tut 'died from a broken leg'  

   March 8,  2005

 

 700-year-old tunnels dug out on farm in Scotland

   March 7,  2005

 

 How prehistoric farmers saved us from new Ice Age  

   March 6,  2005

 

 New Hominid Fossils Found in Ethiopia Predate "Lucy."

   March 5,  2005

 

 Ruins of 1,000-year-old palace discovered in Nepal

   March 4,  2005

 

 Egyptologists Uncover one of the Best-Preserved Mummies.

   March 3,  2005

 

 FSU anthropologist leads incredible journey through 'hobbit' brain

   March 3,  2005

 

 The High-Tech of Prehistory

   March 3,  2005

 

 Ancient Mesopotamian city built in desert for metallurgical industry

   March 2,  2005

 

 Found: first-ever complete example of an Iron Age kiln

   March 2,  2005

 

 Prehistoric artifact found in Scallop Drag (video)

   March 1,  2005

 

  Toys 7000 years old unearthed in Florida

   February 18, 2005

 

 Underwater arrowheads, tools dazzle Maritime historians

(also here, and video)

   February 17, 2005

 

 The Origin of Prehistoric Polynesians

   February 2005

 

 American Geological Institute Article on Kensington Rune Stone

   January 2005

  

 Rock Art Hints at Whaling Origins

   April 21, 2004

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 Scientists Win New Battle Over Skeleton

   April 20, 2004

 

 UW Student Considers Mound a Key Archaic Site

   April 18, 2004

 

 Old Stones Reveal their Age

   April 14, 2004

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 Review of "The Island at the Center of the World"

   April 5, 2004

 

 Astronomy Study Reveals Ancient Places of Healing

   April 4, 2004

 

 Teeth Unravel Anglo-Saxon Legacy

   March 17, 2004

 

 A Biological Dig for the Roots of Language

   March 16, 2004

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 Scientists Discover Lost World

   February 15, 2004

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 Kennewick Man Ruling - Politics or Science?

   February 14, 2004

 

 City Preserves Historic Tribal Observatory

   January 26, 2004

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 7,500 Year Old Settlement Found in Norwell Mass

   January 22, 2004

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 Big Chill Killed Off the Neanderthals

   January 21, 2004

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 Canadian Finds Signs of Ancient Greek Battle

   January 21, 2004

.

 Archeologists Mistake 1940's Patio for Viking Village

   January 8, 2004

.

 Prehistoric Cave For Sale

   January 5, 2004

.

 New World Link to Arctic Find 

   January 2, 2004

 

 SALU Moot Sheds New Light on Harappa Civilization 

   December 31, 2003

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 Treasure Hunter Solves Oak Island Puzzle

   December 29, 2003

.

 Calusa Built Round Homes 

   December 23, 2003

.

 Site Turns Up 1000's of Ancient Artifacts 

   December 21, 2003

.

 Archeologist Finds Treasure of a Lifetime 

   December 14, 2003

 

 10,000 Stolen Relics From American West Recovered 

   December 12, 2003

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 German "Stonehenge" Marks Oldest Observatory 

   December 8, 2003

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 Firefighters Find Unearth Ancient Indian Camp

   December 6, 2003

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 Stone Age Research Center Opens in Indiana 

   December 5, 2003

.

 What (and why) is Serpent Mound? 

   December 2, 2003

.

 New Study Deems Vinland Map Authentic

   November 24, 2003

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 Ancient Hearth Tests Carbon Dating 

   November 17, 2003

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 Etruscan Demons, Monsters Unearthed

   November 5, 2003

.

 Seed Study Breaths Life In Old Remains

   November 3, 2003

.

 Company Expansion Threatens Culture Site

   November 2, 2003

.

 Is This Where Jesus Bathed?

   October 22, 2003

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 Amazonian Find Stuns Researchers

   September 20, 2003

.

 Mohicans Oversee Dig Into Their Past 

   September 15, 2003

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 Tribes vs. Scientists in Court over Ancient Remains

   September 11, 2003

.

 Find Gives Insight Into Northeast 9,000 Years Ago 

   September 10, 2003

.

 Baja Skulls Shake up American Ancestry 

   September 6, 2003

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 2,100 Year Old Fish Trap Found in Alaskan River 

   September 6, 2003

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 Lion Man takes Pride of Place as Oldest Statue 

   September 4, 2003

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 Past Centuries Emerge from Miami Parking lot 

   September 3, 2003

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 DNA Study to Settle Inuit/Viking Mingling Mystery

   September 1, 2003

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 Stone Circle Found On Remote Scottish Island

   August 28, 2003

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 Haffenreffer Seeks NEARA help w/Viking Weekend

   August 25, 2003

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 Date of Early Human Site Debated

   August 22, 2003

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 String, and Knot, Theory of Inca Writing 

   August 12, 2003

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 Archeologist Unearth German Stonehenge 

   August 8, 2003

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 New World Ancestors Lose 12,000 Years 

   July 25, 2003

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 Make Way for Duckies 

   July 18, 2003

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 Petroform Destroyed in the Name of Progress 

   July 10, 2003

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 Extinct Language Reveals Celtic Origins 

   July 2, 2003

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 A&M Method Challenges Cave Painting Claims 

   July 2, 2003

 

A Wellspring of Ancient Manuscripts 

   June 25, 2003

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Early Heartland of Agriculture found in New Guinea 

   June 24, 2003

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Orkney Discovery May be First Farm in Britain 

   June 20, 2003

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Y Chromosomes Rewrite British History 

   June 19, 2003

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NEARA Seeks Assistant Webmaster 

   June 17, 2003

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An Archeological Tour in the Upper Midwest 

   June 16, 2003

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Archaeologists Unearth Britain's First Cave Pictures 

   June 15, 2003

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In Ancient Skulls From Ethiopia, Familiar Faces 

   June 12, 2003

 

Stone Faces Found in Southbridge 

  May 11, 2003

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Kaskaskia Illinois -to-French Dictionary 

  May 6, 2003

 

Doubt Cast on Age of Oldest Human Art

   April 18, 2003

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Ancient Drawing May Shed Light on Andean Religion 

   April 15, 2003

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For Kon-Tiki Theory, Ray of Hope is Dashed 

   April 1, 2003

 

"King of Stonehenge" was a settler from the Alps 

   February 11, 2003

 

The Pinta, Santa Maria, and a Chinese Junk? 

   January 29, 2003

 

Black Sea Yields Ship from Greece in Glory Days

   January 16, 2003

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In the Wake of Zheng He 

    January 15, 2003

 

Making Waves Over Noah's Flood 

   January 14, 2003

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Shroud Lifts on Unearthed Ancient Relics in Acton 

  January 5, 2003

 

An Ancient Link to Africa Lives on in Bay of Bengal 

   December 10, 2002

 

New Evidence of Early Form of Writing in Mexico

   December 6, 2002

 

Skull Proves First Americans Came from Europe?

   December 3, 2002

 

NEARA Fall Conference A Success!

   November 16, 2002

 

Kennewick Man Court Decision

   August 30, 2002

 

Standing Stones on Wild Hill Remain a Puzzle

   February 2, 2002

 


 

 


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