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Re: September 2016 Archeology - Asia and the South Pacific
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2016, 01:01:05 pm »
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Afghanistan
They’re mapping sites in Afghanistan:
http://phys.org/news/2016-09-archaeologists-afghanistan-cultural-heritage.html

Armenia
Artsakh was apparently part of the Kingdom of Van in the eighth century BCE:
http://asbarez.com/154990/archaeologists-trace-artsakhs-origins-to-7th-century-bc/

Australia
Ice Age petroglyphs from Australia’s Kimberley region:
http://www.smh.com.au/wa-news/scientists-find-ice-age-art-in-the-kimberley-20160905-gr8u2z.html

India
Feature on the Ganesh festival:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/16/world/asia/mumbai-india-ganesh-festival.html

Tonga
LiDAR is helping to reveal Tongan history:
http://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stories/2016/using-lidar-imaging-sfu-archaeologist-sheds-more-light-on-tonga.html

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Re: September 2016 Archeology - Asia and the South Pacific
« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2016, 03:23:45 pm »
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Australia
An 800 years bp head wound suggests death by boomerang:
http://phys.org/news/2016-09-wound-ancient-aborigine-boomerang.html

Cambodia
Again we’re hearing about LiDAR use in Cambodia:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/20/science/angkor-wat-cambodia-archeaology.html

China
A section of the Great Wall has been covered with cement:
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/21/asia/great-wall-china-cement-repair/index.html

Feature on a Chinese Jewish community in Kaifeng:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/25/world/asia/china-kaifeng-jews.html

India
Kerala’s former rulers are in court over some temple treasures:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/24/former-maharajahs-accused-over-temple-treasures?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Iran
Remains of an 8000 years bp settlement in central Iran:
http://www.payvand.com/news/16/sep/1126.html

Japan
23 000 years bp fish hooks from a cave near Okinawa:
http://phys.org/news/2016-09-ancient-fish-okinawa-earlier-maritime.html

Studying Jomon dog burials:
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/09/prehistoric-japanese-graves-provide-best-evidence-yet-dogs-were-our-ancient-hunting

Mongolia
Latest hunt begins for Genghis Khan’s tomb:
http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/2020903/why-everyones-looking-wrong-place-genghis-khans-tomb

Siberia
Latest on that 4200 years bp figurine ‘caught’ by a Siberian fisherman:
http://siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/features/f0256-pagan-god-caught-in-river-by-fisherman-confirmed-as-being-up-to-4200-years-old-and-unique/

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