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October 2016 Archeology – Europe
« on: October 02, 2016, 02:07:04 pm »
Data mining courtesy of: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Explorator/messages

On Vikings and cats:
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0925/Did-the-Vikings-help-distribute-cats-around-the-world

Denmark
Plenty of interesting Viking artifacts from a site in Bornholm:
http://cphpost.dk/news/viking-treasure-unearthed-in-bornholm.html

Iceland
Followup to that Viking sword found in Iceland story:
http://icelandreview.com/news/2016/10/02/viking-sword-owner-found

Norway
Viking arrowheads in a Norwegian glacier:
http://sciencenordic.com/viking-arrowheads-emerge-melting-norwegian-glaciers

Spain
The Cadiz library has some interesting old books:
http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2016/09/29/actualidad/1475176376_620101.html

Switzerland
Studying a 17th century face-down burial in Switzerland:
http://phys.org/news/2016-09-17th-century.html

United Kingdom
A gold-hilted Bronze Age (Maybe) sword from Angus:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/709123/Archeologists-uncover-4000-year-old-gold-hilted-Bronze-Age-sword?_ga=1.151843065.1330970985.1471537344

A 250 years bp ‘underground street’ from Stockton-on-Tees:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/714183/Mysterious-underground-street-homes-tunnels-discovered-British-town-Stockton-Tees

Remains of a 19th century pub in Manchester:
http://theweek.com/speedreads/651495/archaeologists-discover-18th-century-pub-full-untouched-bottles-brandy

Scattered medieval burials beneath a church floor in Wales:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-37495584

They’ve found Thomas Becket’s personal book of Psalms:
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/oct/01/thomas-beckets-personal-book-of-psalms-found-in-cambridge-library?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Recreating King Harold’s Hastings march:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-37472193

More on that possible Iron Age Broch in a loch:
http://www.thenational.scot/news/broch-in-a-loch-could-be-missing-link-in-story-of-iron-age-building.22927

More on the reburial of that Cochno Stone:
http://www.livescience.com/56287-ancient-cochno-stone-reburied.html

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Re: October 2016 Archeology – Europe
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2016, 01:05:56 pm »
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Overviewish thing on a project mapping shipwrecks in the Black Sea:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161007123411.htm

Medieval cities were not so different from modern ones, apparently:
http://phys.org/news/2016-10-medieval-cities-modern-european.html

Armenia
A menhir from Trinkatar:
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/862911/archaeologists-discover-ancient-%E2%80%9Cvishapakar%E2%80%9D-menhir-in-tirinkatar.html

France
Recreating the sound of 18th century Paris:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-18th-century-paris-sounded-180960724/

Germany
Luther’s church is reopening after renovations:
http://www.dw.com/en/german-church-of-luther-fame-reopens-ahead-of-milestone-anniversary/a-35943374

Iceland

Followup to that Viking burial in Iceland that’s been in and out of the news for the past few weeks:
http://icelandreview.com/news/2016/10/03/viking-left-home-without-id

Apparently large Viking clans picked on smaller ones:
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/big-viking-families-nurtured-murder

Lithuania
Lithuanian archaeologists believe they found the site of Klaipeda Castle:
http://en.delfi.lt/lithuania/culture/archaeologists-reveal-mystery-of-klaipeda-castle.d?id=72494628

Spain

A 2500 years bp structure from Spain:
http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2016/10/07/actualidad/1475849094_781764.html

Sweden
A long-lost Viking rune stone turns up near a church in Sweden:
https://www.thelocal.se/20161005/missing-viking-rune-stone-turns-up-near-uppsala

United Kingdom
Plenty of interest in a 7500 years bp dog tooth from near Stonehenge:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-37574881

Meanwhile, human teeth from Britain suggest plenty of human mobility some 4000 years bp:
http://phys.org/news/2016-10-ancient-britons-teeth-reveal-people.html

The mound at Skipsea Castle is 2500 years bp:
http://phys.org/news/2016-10-year-old-yorkshire-mound.html

Remains of an Iron Age fort in Fingle Woods:
http://www.tavistock-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=416547&headline=Work%20at%20Fingle%20Woods%20to%20reveal%20Iron%20Age%20hill%20fort%20hidden%20for%202,000%20years§ionIs=news&searchyear=2016

They’re digging at the Hellfire Club:
http://www.thejournal.ie/archaeological-gig-hellfire-club-3010161-Oct2016/

A possible medieval chapel floor from Sonning Common:
http://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/news.php?id=263205

An ‘ancient’ church in Freeby is reopening:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-37525011

Finds from various periods at a housing development in Godmanchester:
http://www.huntspost.co.uk/news/archaeology_team_uncovers_wealth_of_finds_in_godmanchester_dig_1_4721958

Digging a 19th century ‘utopia’ at Manea Fen:
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/cambridge-university-archaeologists-are-uncovering-a-lost-utopia-in-the-cambridgeshire-fens/story-29778239-detail/story.html

A database of folks who fought in the 100 Years War:
http://phys.org/news/2016-10-database-reveals-ancestor-veterans-years.html

Recreating an Iron Age Roundhouse:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-37584360

Latest in the search for the remains of Lorca:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/07/archaeologists-hopeful-of-finding-lorca-remains-after-unearthing/

More on those Scottish petroglyphs:
http://www.livescience.com/56287-ancient-cochno-stone-reburied.html

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Re: October 2016 Archeology – Europe
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2016, 04:42:50 pm »
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Study suggests medieval cities were not so different from their modern counterparts:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161011131243.htm

Feature on bog bodies:
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20161014-a-2000-year-old-unsolved-mystery

Feature on how the Church shaped Europe:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-10/uoe-itn102016.php

Shipwrecks from various periods found in the Black Sea:
http://phys.org/news/2016-10-maritime-archaeology-black-sea.html

Denmark

A 5000 years bp etched stone from Denmark might be some sort of map:
http://cphpost.dk/news/spectacular-archaeological-find-in-denmark.html

Pondering what colours the Viking painted their houses:
http://sciencenordic.com/what-colour-did-vikings-paint-their-houses

Germany
Feature on a 300 years bp German murder mystery that might be solved now:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161014101802.htm

Hungary
Feature on the tomb of Suleiman the Magnificent:
http://www.die-erde.org/index.php/die-erde/article/view/233

Isle of Man
Using lasers to study Isle of Man graves:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-37703921

Italy

Feature on Italy’s art police:
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/10/22/498293234/when-cultural-heritage-is-at-risk-italys-art-police-come-to-the-rescue

Poland
Medieval burials from Poland with a Neolithic look:
http://www.archaeology.org/news/4951-161018-poland-boulder-graves

Plenty of medieval finds from the first season at Dzwonowo:
http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news,411517,thousands-of-artefacts-discovered-during-excavations-in-the-lost-city.html

A warrior burial from Poland’s Roman period:
http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news,411676,west-pomerania-discovery-of-a-warrior-tomb-from-the-roman-period.html

… and a medieval Polish ‘giantess’ burial:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2016/10/19/skeleton-of-medieval-giantess-unearthed-from-polish-cemetery/#18349e80413b

Spain
14 000 years bp petroglyphs from a Spanish resort town:
http://phys.org/news/2016-10-year-old-spanish-resort-town.html

… while DNA studies may have figured out the so-called ‘Higgs Bison’ mystery:
http://phys.org/news/2016-10-higgs-bisonmystery-species-hidden-cave.html

Sweden
A missing Viking rune stone is found near Uppsala:
https://www.thelocal.se/20161005/missing-viking-rune-stone-turns-up-near-uppsala

United Kingdom
A medieval ‘love ring’ found by a metal detectorist is expected to fetch a good price:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-37655676

Medieval remains beneath a Lincoln bus station:
http://thelincolnite.co.uk/2016/10/pictures-medieval-artefacts-discovered-lincoln-bus-station/

Medieval finds from Newtown Abbot:
http://www.archaeology.org/4949-161018-newtown-abbot-millstone

An Iron Age hoard from Ightham:
http://www.kentlive.news/a-hoard-of-gold-coins-more-than-2-000-years-old-was-found-in-ightham/story-29823491-detail/story.html

Possible cannibalism in Ice Age Britain:
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20161011-the-people-who-ate-each-other

Rodents were apparently on the menu at Skara Brae some 5000 years bp:
http://phys.org/news/2016-10-years-rodents-apparently-food-europe.html

Iron Age remains found during an electricity project in Suffolk/Essex:
http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/iron_age_remains_found_during_electricity_project_in_south_suffolk_and_north_essex_1_4729609

Feature on Edgar the Aetheling:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-36701131

Feature on some Battle of Hastings commemorations:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/10/15/britons-mark-950th-anniversary-of-battle-of-hastings/92151794/

On King John’s dysentery:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-37641202

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