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Author Topic: October 2016 Archeology - Miscellaneous  (Read 2996 times)

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October 2016 Archeology - Miscellaneous
« on: October 02, 2016, 02:13:20 pm »
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On trigger warnings in archaeology:
https://theconversation.com/trigger-warnings-about-war-graves-do-not-molly-coddle-archaeology-students-they-are-essential-66292

Feature on the Scopes Monkey trial:
http://www.livescience.com/56343-scopes-monkey-trial.html

On serendipity and Nobel prizes:
http://phys.org/news/2016-09-america-viagra-youre.html

A student-developed archaeology app might be of interest:
https://news.brown.edu/articles/2016/09/tablet

Interesting feature on how 15th century book owners ‘added value’ to manuscripts:
http://phys.org/news/2016-09-15th-century-owners-early-upcyclers.html

A lost Alma Tadema has turned up:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/23/lost-painting-described-as-one-of-the-best-pictures-ever-seen-on/

… while a rediscovered ‘doorstop bust’ will be displayed at the Louvre:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-37471349

… and a Flemish master painting showed up in a Swansea Museum storeroom:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-37470659

Pondering humans’ violent tendencies:
http://phys.org/news/2016-09-nature-nurture-violence-genes.html

Why ‘blackface’ is offensive:
http://theconversation.com/explainer-why-blackface-and-brownface-offend-65881

Interesting feature on oral cultures:
http://phys.org/news/2016-09-oral-cultures-memorise.html

On Gilbert and Sullivan’s original Yeoman of the Guard score:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37449507

On how malaria reached the Americas:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/29/science/ancient-european-malaria-dna.html

On the origins of myths:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-trace-society-s-myths-to-primordial-origins/

On revamping the Lorelei, despite protests:
http://www.dw.com/en/germanys-lorelei-to-be-revamped-despite-protests/a-35911519

More on the Indiegogo Amelia Earhart project:
http://link.rm0002.net/go/kHXg8C8OQ50aTYUOCW3gOg2/

More on cat DNA:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dna-study-details-spread-cats-around-world-180960573/

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Re: October 2016 Archeology - Miscellaneous
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2016, 01:10:33 pm »
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How Sotheby’s figured out a Hals was a forgery:
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2016/1007/How-Sotheby-s-discovered-a-10.8-million-forgery-of-a-Dutch-artist

A Raphael turns up in a Scottish Manor house:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/25-million-raphael-painting-discovered-scottish-manor-house-180960678/

… and a followup to that discovery of a Flemish masterpiece in the Swansea Museum’s storeroom:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-37565833

Some stolen Dutch art has been found:
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/05/arts/stolen-dutch-artworks-westfries-museum/index.html

The mathematics of music history:
http://phys.org/news/2016-10-mathematics-music-history.html

Iraq’s transport minister has an, er, interesting view of history:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iraq-spaceships-transport-minister-kazem-finjan-iraqi-sumerians-space-travel-7000-years-ago-a7340966.html

I think we mentioned this Brown project developed by students regarding archaeology recording etc.:
https://campustechnology.com/articles/2016/09/29/brown-student-developed-module-speeds-archaeological-analysis.aspx

Libby’s lab had been declared a landmark:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161006092310.htm

Skeletal evidence suggests foraging was healthier than agriculture:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2016/10/07/ancient-skeletons-suggest-foraging-was-healthier-than-agriculture/#2c72827a7b24

That Crimean gold dispute is still going on:
http://www.dw.com/en/treasures-of-the-black-sea-turn-into-political-hostages/a-35972925

Some extinct plague locust specimens were found:
http://phys.org/news/2016-10-student-extinct-plague-locust-specimens.html

… and a 400 years bp Bible:
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/Student-Finds-400-Year_Old-Bible_Dallas-Fort-Worth-395854961.html

On the idea of Utopia:
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160920-how-utopia-shaped-the-world

A couple more conference paper presentations on preserving petroglyphs:



On the origins of Satan:
http://www.livescience.com/56341-where-did-satan-come-from.html

On left-handedness:
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160930-the-mystery-of-why-left-handers-are-so-much-rarer

They’ve restored the earliest example of computer music:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37507707

On pre-Nobel rewards for science:
http://www.livescience.com/56366-gifts-reigned-as-early-science-nobels.html

Major project to genetically map 1000 ‘prehistoric individuals’:
http://phys.org/news/2016-10-prehistoric-individuals-genetically.html

John Mulvaney has died:
http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-john-mulvaney-archaeologist-1-4251829?

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Re: October 2016 Archeology - Miscellaneous
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2016, 04:48:59 pm »
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Interesting finds about Frankincense (spun various ways):
http://m.phys.org/news/2016-10-veil-queen-sheba-perfume.html
http://www.livescience.com/56506-chemistry-of-frankincense-revealed.html

On assorted celebrated codices:
http://www.livescience.com/56507-mysterious-ancient-codices.html

On the history of the pencil:
http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/10/11/492999969/origin-of-pencil-lead

On Marcantonio Raimondi’s dubious distinction:
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2016/oct/13/marcantonio-raimondi-renaissance-printer-i-modi-the-positions-porn-europe

How ancient ‘spear throwers’ work:
http://boingboing.net/2016/10/10/primitive-technology-making-a.html

They’ve raised Roald Amundsen’s ship:
http://www.livescience.com/56477-roald-amundsen-ship-the-maud-raised.html

Plenty of umbrage as art history a-levels were axed in the UK:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-37642722

… and archaeology:
http://www.bbc.com/news/education-37632700

… and Classics:
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/oct/17/scrapping-archeology-classics-a-levels-barbaric-tony-robinson

Feature on scary clowns:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/16/opinion/sunday/what-do-the-scary-clowns-want.html

Some pre-Halloween stuff:
http://www.archaeology.org/issues/232-1611/features/4940-ireland-halloween-roots

Latest crossing-the-Pacific-in-a-reed-boat attempt:
http://phys.org/news/2016-10-american-pacific-reed-boat-australia.html

Arguing about some Renaissance terra cottas:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/21/arts/design/donatello-st-lawrence-terra-cotta-sculpture-florence.html

Pondering Ossian’s works (and claims thereof):
http://phys.org/news/2016-10-science-year-old-literary-controversy.html

Pressure on the antiquities trade:
https://www.ft.com/content/1b176496-9622-11e6-a1dc-bdf38d484582

Exorcisms are too scary for young priests apparently:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37676977

Shakespeare and the US election:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/09/opinion/sunday/shakespeare-explains-the-2016-election.html

Big bucks for a Titanic locker key:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-37738643

Latest Victor Nuovo on Spinoza:
http://www.addisonindependent.com/201610nuovo-spinoza-freedom-and-determination

On the trafficking of body parts in the past:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/18/opinion/nat-turners-skull-and-my-students-purse-of-skin.html

Pondering an art history riddle:
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/oct/17/hannah-gadsby-why-i-love-the-arnolfini-portrait-one-of-art-historys-greatest-riddles

Using DNA to map where the first farmers lived:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/18/science/ancient-farmers-archaeology-dna.html

Ancient human relations are rather more complex, according to DNA:
http://phys.org/news/2016-10-ancient-human-history-complex-previously.html

More on unlocking ‘unreadable’ scrolls:
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/scientist-to-unlock-unreadable-scrolls-9323z67wg

Studying ancient art with 3D printing:
http://artdaily.com/news/90913/University-of-Virginia-faculty-and-staff-use-3-D-printing-to-take-a-fresh-look-at-ancient-art

Jacob Neusner has died:
http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/scholar-jacob-neusner-dead-at-84/2016/10/09/

…as has Ernie Haerinck:
http://www.thenational.ae/opinion/comment/archaeologist-shone-a-light-on-the-secrets-of-our-past

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