Stone Pages Archaeo News: September 2006 Archives

September 2006 index:

2 September 2006: Low water level reveals prehistoric skeleton in Texas; Austin Archeologists say a prehistoric skeleton and campsite discovered on the muddy shore of Lake Travis (Texas, USA) could be between 700 and two-thousand years old. A crew excavated the...
: Jurab Tepe dated to 5000 BCE; The first season of stratigraphy works in Jurab Tepe in Hamadan province (Iran) led to discovery of some earthenware belonging to 5000 BCE which shows that the age of Jurab...
: Enigmatic structure unearthed at Brodgar; As another season's work draws to a close, the Stenness side of the Ness of Brodgar (Orkney, Scotland) continues to throw up archaeological surprises – including two pieces of iconic...
: Ancient gold coins found in Kyrgyzstan; Possibly the world's most ancient gold coin has been discovered in a high mountain lake in Kyrgyzstan, the chief of an archeological expedition said. Academic Vladimir Ploskikh said an expedition...
: Archaeologist talks about ancient Algarve landscape; The next Algarve Archaeological Association (AAA) talk will be held on Tuesday, September 5, and will be given by Rui Parreira. Rui has held a number of posts in the...
: Seeking the secrets of Stonehenge; Archaeologists have been digging ancient sites around Stonehenge to find clues about when they were first built. The dig, being conducted by archaeologists from several universities, is part of the...
: Iron Age chamber found on North Uist; An underground chamber undisturbed since the Iron Age was revealed on North Uist (Western Isles, Scotland) when a 10ft hole opened beneath the wheel of a tractor. Archaeologists assessed the...
: Apulian menhir damaged; One of the four standing stones of the so-called "Sovereto-Bitonto" alignment has been pulled down by vandals. The menhir is located in Bosco della Ginestra, near Terlizzi (Bari), in Apulia,...
16 September 2006: Gristhorpe Man: a Bronze Age warrior chieftain?; Gristhorpe Man, who was found buried in a tree trunk in England in the 19th century, has been identified as a Bronze Age warrior chieftain by archaeologists. Although a few...
: British stone circle revealed by drought; Enthusiastic stone circle hunters witnessed a rare spectacle this summer as resevoir water levels fell in the drought. A rarely seen stone circle emerged from the depths of Walshaw Dean...
: Dig suggests ancient nomads in Connecticut built pit houses; A long-held theory about the migrations of ancient inhabitants of eastern Connecticut (USA) might change in light of an archaeological dig that has unearthed homes built into a hillside. Researchers...
: 3000-year-old warrior holding a sword discovered in Iran; Archeologists in Kouramar village in the northern Iranian province of Gilan discovered the remains of a skeleton with a sword in his hand, belonging to some 3000 years ago. According...
: Neolithic figurine unearthed in Italy; Archaeologists have unearthed the largest Neolithic female figurine ever found in Italy. The 7,000-year-old stone statuette, discovered during excavations of a burial site near the northern Italian city of Parma,...
: Dig set to uncover Teesside's Iron Age past; Archaeologists are hoping to uncover more Iron Age artefacts during a dig at a Teesside farm (England). The dig will be the fifth at Foxrush Farm in Redcar and previous...
: Canadian quarry full of ancient artifacts; Oilsands activity in Edmonton (Canada) has uncovered vast wealth of a different kind - a 10,000-year-old quarry rich with tools and weapons from some of the first Albertans, including a...
: Ancient rock art found in Eagle Mountain; Development in Eagle Mountain, a booming Utah County city (USA), is nearly impossible to slow down. Unless, of course, you run into 6,000-year-old petroglyphs. That's the predicament developers faced when...
: Oldest writing in the New World discovered in Mexico; New research published this week in Science details the discovery of a stone (serpentine) block in Veracruz, Mexico, containing a previously unknown system of writing, thought to be the earliest...
26 September 2006: Bronze Age round barrow found in Norwich; An excavation in Ber Street unearthed findings of the one of the most significant discoveries in Norwich (England) for more than 60 years. They are believed to come from a...
: Druid campaign for sacred sites; A retired engineer from Swansea (Wales) is campaigning for ancient burial sites to be considered sacred ground, claiming that academics from Oxford are 'grave robbers'. Chris Warwick, who is now...
: Scientist looks to Wales for Neanderthal blood; Bryan Sykes, a professor of human genetics at Oxford University, says the last of the real Neanderthal bloodline could have been carried by a pair of Mid Wales twins who...
: Neolithic settlement unearthed in Turkey; A team of archaeologists working at the Ulucak tumulus, located in İzmir's Kemalpaşa district, have unearthed a Neolithic settlement area dating back some 8,400 years. Archaeologist Fulya Dedeoğlu of Ege...
: 9,500-year-old decorated skulls uncovered in Syria; Archaeologists said they had uncovered decorated human skulls dating back as long as 9,500 years ago from a burial site near the Syrian capital Damascus. "The human skulls date back...