NEARA  Breaking News!

                       Abstracts by Ros Strong, assistant webmaster: Terry J. Deveau
                                                     
                             Updated January 31, 2009

 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 


 

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.

 

 Ohio and Kentucky both lay claim to Indian Head Rock

   January 26,  2009

 

 Thousand-year-old Burial Mounds Near Longview, Texas, under investigation

   January 25,  2009

 

 Backgrounder Web Article on the Carnac, France, Megalithic Stone Circle

   January 23,  2009

 

 Prehistoric Ceremonial Sites Many Thousands of Years Old Found in Finland

   January 22,  2009

 

 Prehistoric Rock Art (400-1000 years old) found in Tennessee Rock Shelter

   January 22,  2009

 

 New development in 9,500 year ago Black Sea flood study

   January 22,  2009

 

 New research into language evolution suggests most Pacific populations originated in Taiwan around 5,200 years ago

   January 22,  2009

 

 An analysis of bacteria in the guts of modern humans shows that two major migrations from Southeast Asia populated the islands of the Pacific

   January 22,  2009

 

 Updated: New Book Coming on Canada’s Stonehenge

   January 17,  2009

 

 Prehistoric Orkney Stone Circle to be featured on Scottish currency

   January 16,  2009

 

 Pre-Clovis evidence (13,500 years old) found at Gault site in Texas.

   January 16,  2009

 

 If you haven’t already seen them, check out these YouTube videos on Native American lithic sites here and here.

   January 16,  2009

 

 Rock art (5000 years old) found in Northumberland, England.

   January 15,  2009

 

 Remote Sensing Technology used to uncover undisturbed remains of a 1300 year old Ancestral Puebloan community near Las Vegas

   January 9,  2009

 

 Native American Sacred Stonework protected from airport development project at Turner Falls, MA. See also here, here, and here.

   January 6,  2009

 

 Acoustic properties of ancient sites being investigated (see another article here)

   January 6,  2009

 

 Analog in New Guinea may suggest some Ohio mounds were defensive works.

   January 4,  2009

 

 4,300-year-old tombs found in Egypt

   December 22,  2008

 

 Prehistoric grave mounds in Denmark exhibit astronomical alignments

   December 19,  2008

 

 New article on the ancient stone circle of Oshoro, Japan

   December 14,  2008

 

 Newport Tower Featured as U-Haul Truck Graphics

   June 20,  2008

 

 Ancient cave linked to early Christians in Jordan

   June 11,  2008

 

 Ancient laborer burial ground excavated near Rome

   June 10,  2008

 

 A Time Before New Hampshire & Vermont -- Workshop Offered This Summer

   June 10,  2008

 

 Ancient Greek grave found during subway work

   June 9,  2008

 

 Gathering of World Experts on the Possibility of Early Trans-Atlantic Contact

   June 5,  2008

 

 Egypt uncovers 'missing' pyramid of a pharaoh

   June 5,  2008

 

 Beringia: humans were here

   May 17,  2008

 

 Egyptians farming New World corn thousands of years before Columbus?

   May 17,  2008

 

 Remote Ontario Lake Reveals Mysterious Ancient Structure

   March 5,  2008

 

 Explore Oak Island Days 2008 will be held June 20 - 22

   March 1,  2008

 

 Ancient pyramid found in central Mexico City

   December 28,  2007

 

 First map to mention America goes on permanent display in US

   December 13,  2007

 

 Tamil Brahmi script in Egypt

   December 3,  2007

 

 Strange medallion found in Antigua, West Indies

   November 13,  2007

 

 Ancient temple and mural unearthed in Peru

   November 11,  2007

 

 Norwegian rune stone deciphered

   October 5,  2007

 

 Stone cairns in Nipsachuck Woods, RI, a complex issue for developers

   August 15,  2007

 

 Enigmatic Stone Holes of South Dakota

   July 27,  2007

 

 Incan bones found in Østfold, Norway

   June 26,  2007

 

 First Chickens in Americas Were Brought From Polynesia

   June 5,  2007

 

 Ancient Rhode Island Burial and Memorial Site Threatened

   May 18,  2007

 

 Stone cairns under investigation in Nipsachuck Woods, RI

   April 15,  2007

 

 Paper challenges 1491 Amazonian population theories

   March 6,  2007

 

 Gilbert Stuart birthplace displays “Leaching Stone”

   March 3,  2007

 

 Peruvian citadel from 400 BC is site of ancient solar observatory (Connecticut researchers claim it is the oldest in the Americas. We need to invite them to a NEARA meeting and a tour of Mystery Hill.)

   March 1,  2007

 

 More Norse sites claimed to have been found in Newfoundland

   February 28,  2007

 

 New C14 dates restrict Clovis culture time window

   February 22,  2007

 

 Minnesota artifacts could date up to 15,000 BP.

   February 14,  2007

 

 5000-year-old skeletons discovered in an embrace

   February 12,  2007

 

 5,000 year old mounds under study in Louisiana

   February 7,  2007

 

 New research on navigation using birefringent crystals

   February 7,  2007

 

 Neolithic site found near England's Stonehenge

   January 30,  2007

 

 Deciphering of earliest Semitic text

   January 23,  2007

 

 Lecture explores Newport Tower's origins

   January 23,  2007

 

 A new study proposed for the Upton Chamber

   January 21,  2007

 

 Ancient Weapons Discovered in Syrian Ruins

   January 16,  2007

 

 Send the Westford "boat stone" to a lab for forensic investigation? (including video)

   January 15,  2007

 

 Stone Tools found in Minn. may be 14,000 years old

   January 13,  2007

 

 Maine Petroglyphs Under Study

   January 7,  2007

 

 13th century text hides words of Archimedes

   December 26,  2006

 

 Incised slabs from mounds in Tennessee making news

   December 24,  2006

 

 Religious Snake Carving in Botswana 70,000 Years Old

   November 30,  2006

 

 Antikythera Mechanism from c.100 BC was an Astronomical Computer

   November 29,  2006

 

 Ancient Roman Shipwreck Dazzles Archeologists

   November 14,  2006

 

 New edition of Ptolemy's second century AD "Geography"

   September 30,  2006

 

 Archaeological dig planned for Newport Tower vicinity starting October 15.

   September 30,  2006

 

 3000 year old inscription found in Mexico

   September 14,  2006

 

 In Memoriam: James W. Mavor, Jr.

   August 30,  2006

 

 Neolithic men in Greece had their own sheds

   August 27,  2006

 

 Vandalism damages 1500 year old Arctic petroglyphs.

   August 26,  2006

 

 Remains of Jacques Cartier settlement of 1541 unearthed.

   August 22,  2006

 

 No Chinese settlement on Cape Breton Island say archaeologists after visiting the claimed site

   July 27,  2006

 

 Town of Upton to vote on purchase of chamber site

   July 14,  2006

 

 New Astronomical Alignments Found

   July 4,  2006

 

 Archaeologists to investigate near Newport Tower

   June 22,  2006

 

 Origins of agriculture pushed back to 11,000 BP, and more widespread.

   June 18,  2006

 

 Solstice alignment found at Welsh Bryn Celli Dhu chamber

   June 18,  2006

 

 New Rock Art News BLOG — and an International Cupule Conference  

   June 17,  2006

 

 Opportunity to visit Oak Island  

   June 14,  2006

 

 Web site and book launch for claimed Chinese settlement in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

   May 2,  2006

 

 Stone celt found in southern India with Indus script on it.

   May 1,  2006

 

 Were North American mammoths and other mammals killed off by humans 12,000 years ago?

   May 1,  2006

 

 The eruption of Santorini now dated about a century earlier than previously thought.

   April 28,  2006

 

 Article scorns report of Bosnian pyramids. (also here)

   April 27,  2006

 

 Kennewick Man Skeletal Find May Revolutionize Continent's History

   April 26,  2006

 

 New treasure hunt may begin on Oak Island in a few months.

   April 25,  2006

 

 Personified disk unearthed at 4,000 year old temple in Peru

   April 25,  2006

 

 Archaeologist: people were at South Carolina's Topper site 50,000 BP. (also here and here)

   April 24,  2006

 

 Japanese researchers find new giant picture on Peru's Nazca Plateau (scroll down to the bottom)

   April 20,  2006

 

 Gloria Farley honored by Oklahoma State Senate

   April 18,  2006

 

 Three ancient pyramids discovered in Bosnia. (also here, here, here, here, and here)

   April 14,  2006

 

 Were Polynesians in California before Columbus?

   April 6,  2006

 

 Chinese exposition to celebrate the 600th Anniversary of Zheng He's voyages (1405-1433 AD)

   April 5,  2006

 

 Trove of Sumerian tablets found dating to 2700-2100 BC

   March 28,  2006

 

 Public presentation on research of ancient Chinese explorations

   March 23,  2006

 

 Who Were The First Americans?

   March 13,  2006

 

 Century-old Columbus mystery nearly solved

   March 10,  2006

 

 World's oldest ship timbers found in Egyptian desert

   March 6,  2006

 

 Norumbega Reconsidered: Mawooshen and the Wawenoc Diaspora  

   March 2,  2006

 

 "Kelp Highway" finding lends strength to the coastal  migration theory

   February 19,  2006

 

 Did first Americans come from Europe?

   February 19,  2006

 

 NASA, University Scientists Uncover Lost Maya Ruins -- From Space

   February 15,  2006

 

 Newly discovered French prehistoric cave art may be 27,000 years old

   February 6,  2006

 

 Vikings Filed Their Teeth, Skeleton Study Shows

   February 3,  2006

 

 Evidence of earliest African slaves brought to new world

   January 31,  2006

 

 Sunken Warship from 1694 sets off a new Mediterranean battle

   January 28,  2006

 

 Newfound Ancient Chinese map of America: a fake?
(also here — scroll down for English)

   January 26,  2006

 

 Neandertals were good hunters

   January 25,  2006

 

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