The Cauldron: A Pagan Forum

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On massive genetic changes during the Ice Age in Europe:
http://phys.org/news/2016-05-genetic-analysis-ice-age-europeans.html

Evidence that children were skilled ceramicists during the Bronze Age:
http://phys.org/news/2016-05-archaeological-method-children-skilled-ceramists.html

Plans to use ‘space radar’ to assess Europe’s historic sites:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-36214261

Bosnia
Bosnia’s Ferhad Pasha Mosque has reopened:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36237014

France
Using robots to explore shipwrecks:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/apr/30/diving-robot-ocean-one-wreck-sunken-treasure-louis-xiv

Italy
Heritage funding in Italy:
http://www.thelocal.it/20160502/italys-neglected-wonders-to-get-1bn-boost

Netherlands
I think we’ve had something on this medieval women’s fashion thing (maybe not):
http://phys.org/news/2016-05-medieval-women-men.html

… not sure if this is the same thing:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/05/160505-shipwreck-gown-dress-royal-discovery-texel-holland-clothing/

Spain
Studying the effect of humans on plants after their arrival on Gran Canaria:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160504121930.htm

A 13th century portrait of a Jew from Spain:
http://www.jewishjournal.com/culture/article/spanish_archaeologists_unearth_rare_13th_century_portrait_of_a_jew

Sweden
Some 3600 years bp axes were made of Cypriot copper:
http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/1.719125

A new interpretation of the Rok runestone:
http://phys.org/news/2016-05-rok-runestone-inscription-view-viking.html

A fieldwork report from Landsjo Castle:
http://scienceblogs.com/aardvarchaeology/2016/05/04/landsjo-castle-2015-fieldwork-report/

United Kingdom
A Bronze Age beaker from Evesham:
http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/14491956.Bronze_Age_beaker_unearthed_on_building_site/

Pondering Bronze Age hoards:
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160503-why-ancient-brits-threw-out-their-most-valuable-possessions

An Anglo Saxon cemetery in Tidworth:
http://www.andoveradvertiser.co.uk/news/14479811.Archaeologists_unearth_Anglo_Saxon_cemetery_in_Tidworth/

Plenty of 7th-11th century burials (?) found on a Welsh beach:
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/excavations-carried-out-after-50-11259593

A ‘Viking parliament’ site at Cnoc An Rath:
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/14478238.Viking__parliament__site_uncovered_on_Scottish_island/

Medieval finds from a Suffolk schoolyard:
http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art553920-suffolk-school-archaeology-kitchen-spindle-bones

Lead in the bones of some 18th century soldiers:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3587304/That-s-hangover-Lead-bones-18th-century-soldiers-come-contaminated-bottles-RUM.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

They’re looking for Henry VII’s birthplace:
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/archaeologists-could-close-finding-exact-11278144

A prehistoric chamber full of Victorian rubbish:
http://www.orcadian.co.uk/2016/05/two-finds-one-harray-chamber/

Concerns arising from a sinkhole in Plumstead:
http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/14480891.Archaeologists_call_for__thorough_investigation__after_Plumstead_sinkhole_emerges/

Concerns for the HMS Victory:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-36254359

Plenty of shipwrecks off Scotland, apparently:
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/14465198.Lost_ships_and_aircraft_recorded_off_Scotland_s_West_Coat/

Latest on the Stonehenge tunnel plan:
http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/14467467.Stonehenge_tunnel_report_recognises_benefits_if_plans_designed_and_delivered_well/

On protecting shipwrecks in the English Channel:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-36204672

On the lost literature of medieval England:
http://www.historytoday.com/eleanor-parker/lost-literature-medieval-england

In case you’re in the market for an English castle:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-36256391

Some criticism from the finder of the Galloway Hoard:
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/14490164.Metal_detectorist_who_found_biggest_treasure_find___39_sidelined__39_/

Latest on the Lacock Cup:
http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/14485410.Lacock_Cup_sold_for___1_3m_comes_home_to_Wiltshire/

Recreating the trial of Patrick Hamilton:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-36037253

More on that braided hair find … possibly from a saint:
http://www.livescience.com/54644-mysterious-braided-hair-medieval-saint.html

More on that William Wallace kirk:
http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art553407-selkirk-auld-kirk-scottish-borders-history

Big bucks for a 1933 penny:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3576104/1933-penny-sells-72-000-Rarest-British-coin-20th-century-one-just-11-minted-sets-world-record-price.html

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France
High altitude cave art (and other finds from various periods) from the Abri Faravel site in France:
http://phys.org/news/2016-05-high-altitude-archaeology-prehistoric-revealed.html

Marking the centennial of Verdun:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36407564

Germany
On the mobility of German Corded Ware women (I think we first heard of this a few months back):
http://phys.org/news/2016-05-women-southern-germany-corded-ware.html

Hungary
The role of climate in the Mongols’ withdrawal from Hungary in 1242:
http://phys.org/news/2016-05-bad-weather-mongols-sudden-retreat.html

Italy
Project to digitize Uffizi sculptures:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/27/arts/design/uffizi-with-indiana-university-will-digitize-ancient-sculptures.html

Latest suggestion/effort to ‘save Venice’:
http://www.dw.com/en/saving-venice/av-19277948

Spain
Nice paleolithic cave art from Axturra Cave in Spain:
http://phys.org/news/2016-05-spain-cave-art-trove-feet.html

United Kingdom
Latest finds from the Pontrefact Castle dig:
http://www.hemsworthandsouthelmsallexpress.co.uk/news/local-news/350-year-old-relics-unearthed-in-castle-dig-1-7933004

They’re digging at the Arthur-associated Beckery Chapel:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/excavations-of-medieval-chapel-at-site-linked-to-king-arthur-a7042811.html

Mapping the impact of the Black Death on England:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160523131941.htm

… and the history of the British Isles in maps:
https://www.llgc.org.uk/blog/?p=11447

… and a map of sites in London:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2089210-explore-a-map-of-londons-extraordinary-archaeological-finds/

Damage to a statue of Merlin at Tintagel:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-36395640

Martha Brown’s remains have been saved from development threats:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3612610/Remains-hanged-woman-inspired-Thomas-Hardy-write-Tess-D-Urbervilles-saved-property-developer-s-diggers.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

Plans to exhume human remains at Dorchester Prison:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-36377236

Moles are the latest threat to Stonehenge:
http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/14520684.More_moles_threaten_Stonehenge__say_climate_change_experts/

… and Stonehenge apparently wasn’t so difficult to build after all:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/05/23/stonehenge-wasnt-so-hard-to-build-after-all-archaeologists-disco/

Efforts being made to save the Armada Portrait of Elizabeth I:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/24/arts/design/campaign-underway-to-save-a-queen-elizabeth-portrait.html

They’re digging at Lancaster Castle Hill:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-36360176

In case you’re in the market for a Tudor Manor house:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/23/tudor-manor-house-once-home-to-man-who-helped-henry-viii-become/

Interesting feature on London’s ‘urban archaeology warehouse’:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2088968-behind-the-scenes-at-londons-urban-archaeology-warehouse/

The Bristol Old Vic is celebrating 250 years:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36401571

More on the excavation of the Curtain Theatre:
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/may/17/curtain-excavation-early-shakespeare-theatre-rectangular-shoreditch

More on remains of prisoners from the Battle of Dunbar:
http://www.livescience.com/54828-mass-graves-battle-of-dunbar-prisoners.html

An Offa penny find:
http://www.andoveradvertiser.co.uk/news/14511049.Lucky_builder_set_for___5_000_pay_out_after_discovering_rare_coin_in_a_field_near_Stockbridge/

Climate concerns for sites in Scotland:
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14518999.Climate_threat_to_world_heritage_sites/

A pair of underwater shipwreck sites off Sutherland are being recreated using 3d technology:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-36357542