Stone Pages Archaeo News: April 2007 Archives

April 2007 index:

8 April 2007: Possible missing stone and bank at Long Meg; A student is leading the way in unlocking the mysteries of an ancient stone circle, Long Meg and her Daughters, near Little Salkeld (England). Sarah Potter, of Yanwath, who is...
: The home-hunting habits of prehistoric Britons; Pre-historic cave-dwellers may have placed the same emphasis on finding the right location for their homes as modern house-hunters, a new study has revealed. Four hundred caves in the Peak...
: An Taisce takes action to save Tara; The Campaign to Save Tara warmly welcomed the High Court action taken by An Taisce against the Irish Minister for Transport and the National Roads Authority. The Campaign claims that...
: 5000-year-old platform unearthed in Iran; A 5000-year-old brick platform has been discovered at the Qoli Darvish Tepe near Qom, central Iran. "The platform was discovered during the fourth phase of excavations at Qoli Darvish and...
: Ancient graves and ovens unearthed in Thailand; The Mineral Resources Department (MRD) of Thailand have unearthed two more ancient ovens in Phitsanuloke's Muang district, while local archaeologists in Nakhon Ratchasima Thursday found ten ancient graves with human...
: China's earliest modern human; The remains of one of the earliest modern humans to inhabit eastern Asia have been unearthed in a cave in China. Researchers found 34 bone fragments belonging to a single...
: Excavations at 3000-year-old Jinsha; The archeological site of Jinsha located in Chengdu, the capital city of Sichuan Province (China), have been the capital of the Shu Kingdom close to 3,000 years ago. After some...
: Carpow long-boat exhibition opens; A colourful and interesting exhibition of photographs about the now famous Carpow log-boat has opened at the Laing Museum in Newburgh (Fife, Scotland). At around 3000 years old, the log-boat...
: Stonehenge amulets worn by elite; A recent find indicates clothing ornaments thought to confer supernatural power might have originally been designed by Stonehenge leaders 4,000 years ago. While working two months ago in South Lowestoft,...
: Aerial images to discover ancient sites of Exmoor; Archaeologists are hoping to unlock the secrets of Exmoor's ancestors by using a bird's eye view of ancient sites and monuments. British prehistory experts Cain Hegarty and Katherine Toms are...
16 April 2007: 3000-year-old Iranian cemetery to be excavated; By improving of climatic conditions in mountainous regions of Iranian Lorestan province, archeologists are determined to resume their excavations in Babajilan 3000-year-old cemetery, located in this province. Illegal excavation has...
: Maize farming in Mexico dated back to 5,300 BCE; A Florida State University anthropologist has discovered new evidence that suggests that ancient farmers in Mexico cultivated an early form of maize, the forerunner of modern corn, about 7,300 years...
: Statue found in ancient Iranian grave; Archeologists have unearthed an ancient statue which was buried as if to represent a corpse, shedding new light on Iran's Iron Age (between 1400 and 550 BCE). The archeologists uncovered...
: Early humans in Japan produced stone tools; Humans may have trekked up a mountain 35,000 years ago in what is now Tochigi Prefecture (Japan) to dig up raw obsidian ore to process into stone tools, archaeologists say....
: Scan for 4600-year-old skulls; A pair of 46-hundred-year-old skulls from Iraq will be given a C-T scan in Philadelphia (USA). It promises to reveal the faces of two of the dozens of sacrificial victims...
: Bronze Age gold ring declared treasure in Britain; A 3,000-year-old gold ring found in Buntingford (Hertfordshire, England) has been declared as treasure. The penannular ring from the Bronze Age has been dated by an expert as being from...
: Archaeologists find 3 prehistoric bodies in Mexico; Mexican archaeologists found remains of two women and a man that can be traced to more than 10,000 years ago in the Mayan area of Tulum, Mexico's National Anthropology and...
: Tents for Maltese megalithic sites: a temporary solution; The protective structures that will be erected over two of Malta's megalithic temples, Mnajdra and Hagar Qim, are good for 25 to 30 years and will be a "means of...
: Non-conventional hunt for Cumbrian stone circles; A cambridge historian is to use divining rods to locate forgotten stone circles. Paul Daw is visiting Cumbria (England) this month to use the controversial rods - believed by some...
: Ancient copper artefacts unearthed in UAE; Copper artefacts more than 4,000 years old were discovered at a new site in Sharjah, (UAE) the department of culture and information announced. A large semi-spherical copper ingot weighing almost...
22 April 2007: Neolithic settlement near Prague under threat; Czech Republic's spotty record preserving archaeological sites could mean archaeologist Petr Brestanovsky's vision of an open-air museum, exhibiting Liberec region's (North Bohemia) newly discovered prehistoric settlement, may not come to...
: Iran dam opens amid heritage fear; A new dam is due to open in southern Iran amid criticism it will flood an ancient site holding archaeological relics dating back 7,000 years. The government says the Sivand...
: The wave that may have destroyed Crete; The legend of Atlantis may be more than just a myth. Research on the Greek island of Crete suggests Europe's earliest civilisation was destroyed by a giant tsunami. Until about...
: Ancient Thracian chariot unearthed in Bulgaria; A completely intact Thracian chariot was unearthed by the Bulgarian archaeologist Vesselin Ignatov. The chariot was found near a burial barrow close to the central Bulgarian town of Nova Zagora....
: Wollemi find an Aboriginal seat of the gods; A rock platform in the heart of the Wollemi wilderness may be the closest thing Australia has to Mount Olympus, the seat of the gods in Greek mythology. Last spring...
: Archaeologists discover remains of ancient Floridians; Archaeologists have found ancient human remains at another Brickell Avenue development site, additional evidence that downtown Miami and much of South Florida (USA) was inhabited thousands of years ago. Fragmented...
: 3,000 years ago Malaysia was a pottery-making hub; From about 3,000 until 2,000 years ago the Semporna peninsula (Malaysia) was a late Stone Age population hub and craft centre. Experts from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), the Sabah Museum...
29 April 2007: Megalithic Conference in Glastonbury; The second annual 'Megalithomania conference' is taking place at the Assembly Rooms, Glastonbury (England) on 19th and 20th May. John Michell, is the maim inspiration for Megalithomania - named after...
: Rock Art workshop and survey; New Mexico State University and Lawrence Loendorf will conduct a rock art workshop and survey project for the United States Army Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site of southeastern Colorado (USA). The...
: Hungarian burial site yields unique archaeological find; Archaeologists exploring a Neolithic burial site in Tolna County (Hungary), have discovered what may easily be the most exciting tomb ever unearthed in Europe, Professor Istvan Zalai-Gaal, who has been...
: Prehistoric landscape found below the North Sea waves; A lost landscape where early humans roamed more than 8,000 years ago has been discovered beneath the British North Sea. A map of the underwater world reveals criss-crossing rivers, giant...
: Bronze Age find in England; A British metal-detecting novice who unearthed an 'extremely important' hoard of Bronze Age artefacts has said his discovery was due to 'sheer luck'. John Minns, from Arbroath, Angus, made the...
: Petroglyphs vandalized, tagged with gang graffiti; Petroglyph National Monument is the latest target of an ongoing battle between Albuquerque (New Mexico, USA) gangs bent on proving dominance, this time by vandalizing the hallowed and historic park...
: Studying early China, to learn why civilizations rise and fall; Over the past 10 years, Zhichun Jing has been excavating the cities of the late Shang Dynasty. Flourishing between 1,200 and 1,050 BCE, the Shang was one of the first...
: Bronze Age life by airport runway; Archaeologists have published findings of an important Bronze Age settlement at Manchester Airport (England). The dig uncovered Early Bronze Age artefacts at Oversley Farm in Styal. The finds - which...
: Stone Age remains unearthed in Sweden; Archaeologists in Gothenburg (Sweden) have found the remains of an early Stone Age house. The discovery was made on a building site in the Kallebäck area of the city. Residents...
: Evidence of ancient human activity on Ram Sethu; Scientific evidences point to human activity in ancient times on both sides of Ram Sethu (the narrow sea between India and Sri Lanka) as found by Dept. of Earth Sciences...