August 2011 Archeology - Europe

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Not sure about this Stone-Age-underground-tunnels thing:
http://in.news.yahoo.com/stone-age-man-created-massive-network-underground-tunnels-115637654.html
 
The CBA's Festival of Britiah Archaeology was a huge success:
http://www.britarch.ac.uk/news/110803-festivalsuccess

Also on the mapping front ... the (medieval) Gough Map of Britain has been put online:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-08-earliest-medieval-britain-online.html

Austria
Research on Bronze Age Austria give hints about when the 'elderly' (vaguely defined) began to gain power:
http://www.livescience.com/15400-ancient-graves-reveal-elderly-gained-power.html

Bulgaria
Recent (medieval) finds from Peperikon:
http://paper.standartnews.com/en/article.php?d=2011-08-04&article=36942

England
Remains of an Iron Age settlement from Devon:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-14428164

A 13th century mill site from near Barrowburn:
http://www.berwick-advertiser.co.uk/news/local-headlines/underwater_dig_finds_13th_century_mill_1_1768795

Plans to compile of map of prehistoric England (and beyond):
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-08-landscape-england.html

Plans to restore Bells Farm:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-14386102

Republic of Ireland
A Spanish Armada shipwreck (maybe) from off the Donegal coast:
http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Wreckage-of-Spanish-Armada-ship-is-found-off-Donegal-coast-127062123.html

Scotland
A recent discovery is causing a rethink on the origins of the Lewis Chessmen:
http://news.stv.tv/scotland/highlands-islands/264572-discovery-raises-questions-about-origins-of-lewis-chessmen/

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England
Remains of St Eburg found beneath a block of flats?:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2025127/Patron-saint-flats-Remains-St-Eburg-discovered-apartment-block.html

Remains of English Civil War 'casualties' from the grounds of the Pontefract General Infirmary:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-14476817

I think we had this Viking massacre stuff last year ... now it's tv hype masquerading as 'news':
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14476039

The Uley Long Barrow site in Gloucestershire is open after restoration work:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-14442631

Estonia
From Salme comes evidence of the oldest use (ca 750) of sails in the Baltic region:
http://news.err.ee/culture/00225c4a-581e-4ee0-b87c-6fda799a5476

Germany
Remains of a 2600 years b.p. wall from Saxony-Anhalt:
http://www.thelocal.de/sci-tech/20110808-36825.html

Portugal
Finds from various periods at the Ribat de Arrifana:
http://www.theportugalnews.com/cgi-bin/article.pl?id=1125-31
 
Republic of Ireland
A bog body from a County Laois bog:
http://www.irishweatheronline.com/news/earth-science/archaeology/2000-yr-old-bog-body-discovered-in-ireland/31582.html

Scotland
Somewhat vague item on the discovery of a burial cist on the Isle of Skye:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-14509160
 
Spain
A 25 000 years b.p. 'pendant' from Spain's Basque region:
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/entertainment/2011/08/10/archaeologists-uncover-25000-year-old-pendant-in-spain/

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Bulgaria
A hitherto unknown bishopric/sanctuary at Peperikon:
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=131150

Overviewish sorts of thing of recent finds from various periods in Bulgaria (these are all different, although there is some overlap):
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=131177
http://www.sofiaecho.com/2011/08/16/1139891_archaeology-finds-from-work-on-bulgarias-maritsa-highway-on-display
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=131219

... and an early (how early?) Christian church near Starosel:
http://paper.standartnews.com/en/article.php?d=2011-08-21&article=37058

England
A 'unique' 1500 years b.p. (maybe) stone house from Gunwalloe on the Lizard:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-14512930

It seems rats are off the hook (again) in regards to the Black Death:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/17/black-death-rats-off-hook

Stonehenge is really popular, tourist-wise (now there’s a surprise!):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-14554689

Nice to know they're taking precautions with an original King James Bible at a Wiltshire church:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-14522033

Feature on the Pendle witch trial:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14490790

Studying Victorian naval medicine (British Empire):
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-victorian-naval-medicine.html

They've digitized the Gough Map:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-08-unravelling-mysteries-medieval-gough.html

Marking the Vikings' raid on Canterbury:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-14521574

Republic of Ireland
A followup to that bog body find in County Laois:
http://www.irishcentral.com/news/3000-year-old-bog-body-is-likely-sacrificed-Irish-king-127898048.html

Spain
Feature on the fate of some 15th century 'crypto-jews' in Spain:
http://www.jpost.com/Magazine/Judaism/Article.aspx?id=234415

Sweden
A 16th century Swedish shipwreck in the Baltic:
http://www.thelocal.se/35646/20110819/

In case you're interested in living in Sweden, with a medieval tomb in your cellar:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14566625

Wales
Three medieval walls were found on the grounds of a Conwy Hotel:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-14545255

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Not sure if we've had this DNA based theory that farmers didn't displace hunter/gatherers in Europe:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14630012
 
Mystery shipwreck at the bottom of Lake Geneva:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-08-scanners-reveal-bottom-lake-geneva.html

Bulgaria
A bronze reliquary with a saint's hair from Peperikon:
http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n257758

England
A medieval ring from a farmer's field at Bishopsbourne has been declared treasure:
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentish_gazette/news/2011/august/22/treasure_u.aspx

40 medieval skeletons found during flood defense work in a Worcestershire village:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-14616596

A pile of medieval manuscripts are going on display:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/8720677/Medieval-manuscripts-shine-a-light-on-royal-family.html

King Arthur Pendragon lost his case over ancient human remains:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-14630468

The Suffolk Archaeological Service and Record Office is facing cuts:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-14632612

Republic of Ireland
Divers have recovered some items from the Lusitania:
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0823/1224302863236.html

Scotland
Some prehistoric 'mummies' from Scotland were actually made from several different people (!):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14575729

A 12th century tollbooth from St Andrews:
http://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/local-headlines/st_andrews_12th_century_tolbooth_unearthed_1_1810918

This year's claim for the site of King Arthur's round table:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8724183/King-Arthurs-round-table-may-have-been-found-by-archaeologists-in-Scotland.html