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July 2011 Archeology - Europe
« on: July 02, 2011, 08:53:00 pm »
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Social networking in the Renaissance:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110629124500.htm

With the champagne out of the way, I guess it's time to pop open the 170 year-old shipwreck beer:
http://www.livescience.com/14798-oldest-shipwreck-beer-opened.html

Bulgaria
A mysterious 6500 years b.p. burial from Bulgaria of someone who died a violent death:
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=129751

... can't be sure if this is the same or not:
http://www.sofiaecho.com/2011/06/27/1113053_archaeology-7500-year-old-skeleton-found-in-northeastern-bulgaria

A suggestion that Bulgaria could cash in on Biblical flood theories:
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=129644

England
Evidence of human sacrifice in the North York Moors some 2000 years b.p.:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-13904504

Brief item on the beginning of the search for a buried medieval village:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-13919042

An archaeological tempest is brewing in Fenland (“Bunny huggers”? Really?):
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/jun/27/archaeologists-furious-bunny-huggers

English Heritage is going to investigate the damage to Priddy Circles:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-13932661

More on Jewish bones from a medieval well in England:
http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=226928

A hoard of silver Viking coins from Furness:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-13987176

Germany
A mysterious 3800 years b.p. mound/burial near Weimar is apparently even more mysterious now:
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,771569,00.html

Italy
A 1400 years b.p. fresco of St Paul from the Catacombs of San Gennaro:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/8605624/1400-year-old-St-Paul-fresco-discovered-in-ancient-Roman-catacomb.html

Pondering the potential fate of Venice:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/that-sinking-feeling-what-would-the-death-of-venice-mean-for-all-of-us-2301865.html

Netherlands
Remains of a 7700 years b.p. "BBQ" from the Netherlands:
http://news.discovery.com/history/ancient-barbeque-aurochs-110627.html
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Re: July 2011 Archeology - Europe
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2011, 10:56:24 am »
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Bulgaria
Bulgarian archaeologists have found a major church built during the last dynasty of the Easter Roman Empire at Sozopol:
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=130003

England
A 4000 years b.p. burial from Norfolk:
http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/woman_s_skeleton_found_at_sedgeford_dig_sheds_light_on_norfolk_4_000_years_ago_1_951125

Some redating and revelations that Vikings filed patterns into their teeth (inter alia):
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/jul/04/teeth-viking-warriors-dorset-grave

Big expectations for the Staffordshire Hoard:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-13991723

Funding for Flag Fen:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-13989619

France
A hoard of gold coins from the 16th-18th centuries found in a French cellar:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14080228

Ireland
Irish archaeologists may have found the remains of Ireland's "Helen of Troy":
http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Medieval-skeleton-remains-may-reveal-Irelands-Helen-of-Troy-125246039.html
 
Italy
Interesting/strange Egyptian-inspired 'chamber' from a villa in northern Italy:
http://news.discovery.com/history/egyptian-room-110705.html

Portugal
An 8000 years b.p. dog burial from Portugal:
http://www.theportugalnews.com/cgi-bin/article.pl?id=1120-22

Scotland
The Scots 12th century pottery industry was much larger than previously thought:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-14030616

Wales
An aquamanile (not sure if that's singular or plural) from Cosmeston:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-07-revealing-cosmeston-medieval.html

A 12th century castle needs a key keeper:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-14012755

Marking Offa's Dyke path's 40th anniversary:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-14051834

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Re: July 2011 Archeology - Europe
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2011, 12:08:11 pm »
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Bulgarian scientists have found the 'original' shores of the Black Sea:
http://www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-24789.html

Bulgaria
Recent (medieval) finds from Peperikon:
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=130256

England
Haven't had a child-finds-an-arrowhead story in years:
http://www.thecomet.net/news/letchworth_boy_makes_4_000_year_old_arrowhead_discovery_1_960770

Lithuania
A 16th century Ark found during excavations of Vilnius' synagogue:
http://lubavitch.com/news/article/2031701/Site-of-Holy-Ark-Uncovered-in-Excavations-of-Great-Synagogue-of-Vilnius.html

Scotland
Human remains from an Iron Age site in Caithness:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-14154062

Sweden

A 12th century or so 'cog' (a ship) found off the coast of Sweden:
http://www.thelocal.se/34952/20110715/
 
Wales
Plans to dig at a Henry VIII blockhouse on the Angle peninsula:
http://www.newswales.co.uk/?section=Culture&F=1&id=21807

Another renovated castle (Oystermouth) reopens:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-14167952

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Re: July 2011 Archeology - Europe
« Reply #3 on: July 24, 2011, 03:46:24 pm »
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Bulgaria
Interview with NIkolay Ovcharov about Peperikon:
http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=f2579

England
UK's oldest 'open air' cemetery:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-14239742

Gold found in a dig at Bamburgh Castle:
http://www.berwick-advertiser.co.uk/news/local-headlines/french_student_strikes_gold_in_dig_at_bamburgh_castle_1_1736687

Turf cutting at the Osmington White Horse:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-14182099

France
French heavy armour at Agincourt contributed to their demise:
http://news.discovery.com/history/armor-glitch-110721.html

Germany
12 000 years b.p. 'erotic art' from Germany:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iUd_KgXLe5z5OnnrvD35jBoY_9Ng?docId=CNG.6d2e05e533c3dc6e09198e9891bddf87.ae1

Mysterious tunnel networks in Barvaria:
http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,775348,00.html

Ireland
Pondering the Irish Potato Famine:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-07-world-1840s-ireland.html

Scotland
A mesolithic 'rest stop' found during supermarket construction near Nairn:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-14189794

Piratical plans to celebrate Scottish Archaeology Month:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/north_east/7588518.stm
 
Preparing to mark the Battle of Harlaw:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-14219634

Panmure House will be restored:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-14239253

Wales
They're finding gold in the wreck of the Royal Charter:
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2011/07/18/tragic-historic-shipwreck-begins-to-give-up-a-rich-treasure-of-gold-91466-29070968/

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Re: July 2011 Archeology - Europe
« Reply #4 on: July 31, 2011, 10:52:21 am »
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Bosnia-Herzegovina
I couldn't find any English coverage of this incredibly unique tomb:
http://www.ilmeridiano.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4818:sensazionale-scoperta-archeologica-in-bosnia-erzegovina-una-tipologia-di-tomba-mai-vista-prima-&catid=114:cultura&Itemid=540

Bulgaria
Finds from various periods (mostly Neolithic?):
http://www.sofiaecho.com/2011/07/28/1130455_new-archaelogical-discovery-illuminates-practices-from-the-copper-age

Plans for Peperikon:
http://paper.standartnews.com/en/article.php?d=2011-07-29&article=36885

England
Possibly medieval skeletons found prior to flood defence work in Kempsey:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-14329903

A Saxon longboat has gone on display in Portsmouth:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-14288357

A skull from the UK's 'oldest cemetery' is one display in Bridgwater:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-14332346

France
Medieval armour was a bit of a hindrance, apparently:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110719194352.htm

Scotland
More on that Mesolithic rest stop:
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=49326

Spain
They're looking for Miguel de Cervantes' bones:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jul/25/cervantes-bones-madrid-convent-search

Wales

Possibly the UK's oldest rock art :
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-07-archaeologists-chance-discovery-britain-earliest.html

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