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Author Topic: November 2013 Archeology - Asia and the South Pacific  (Read 679 times)

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November 2013 Archeology - Asia and the South Pacific
« on: November 03, 2013, 12:03:55 pm »
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Bali
A Bali man found a 2300 years b.p. sarcophagus while planting coffee:
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/bali-man-finds-2000-year-old-sarcophagus-while-planting-coffee/

Burma
Remains of a monastery beneath an 18th century Thai king’s tomb in Mandalay:
http://www.irrawaddy.org/burma/ancient-monastery-buried-beneath-thai-kings-tomb-mandalay.html

China
A ‘ghostly’ Hong Kong conservation piece:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-24302108

Feature on the Forbidden City:
http://www.livescience.com/40764-forbidden-city.html

A 1500 years b.p. Roman coin in a Chinese tomb:
http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2013102946378

India
Latest from that Unnao ‘gold hunt’:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Unnao-gold-hunt-puts-GSIs-reputation-at-stake/articleshow/25169093.cms

… including ongoing criticism:
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/official-assails-asi-for-going-on-gold-hunt/article5296934.ece

… and there’s talk of the dig ending soon:
http://newindianexpress.com/nation/ASIs-gold-hunt-in-Uttar-Pradesh-may-end/2013/10/29/article1862729.ece

Plans to excavate at a Dutch fort in Pulicat:
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/asi-set-to-excavate-fort-in-pulicat/article5286361.ece

There’s some digging to do in Ayodhya, apparently:
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/asi-yet-to-excavate-key-sites-in-ayodhya/article5305435.ece

Move a river to protect a temple?:
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/article5288276.ece

New Zealand
The early Maori may have had gout problems:
http://www.otago.ac.nz/news/news/otago057251.html

Pakistan
Concerns for some Buddhist sites in Pakistan:
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2013/10/24/Buddhist-carvings-in-Pakistan-said-to-need-protection/31380219369963/#ixzz2j3AAiA9R

Sri Lanka
Latest finds from Jaffna fort:
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=36789

Thailand
Eight ‘hand cannons’ were found during renovations to Bangkok’s Front Palace:
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Ancient-firearms-found-near-Front-Palace-30218438.html

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Re: November 2013 Archeology - Asia and the South Pacific
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2013, 02:31:14 pm »
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Bali
More on that Bali sarcophagus find:
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/11/04/farmer-stumbles-across-2000-year-old-sarcophagus-while-planting-coffee-in-bali/

China
On the origins of cattle farming in China:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131108091027.htm

Three 9000 years b.p. flutes from Jiahu:
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2013/11/04/Ancient-bone-flutes-suggest-9000-year-old-music-tradition-in-China/UPI-93711383597810/

They used ‘ice roads’ to move the huge blocks used to construct the Forbidden City:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24772077

Interview with  Jung Chang about her book on Cixi:
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/31/q-a-jung-chang-on-censors-bound-feet-and-the-chances-of-a-woman-leading-china/

India
Kushan and Gupta era pottery from Unnao:
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/kushan-gupta-era-pottery-discovered/article5328905.ece

… but they’re still yakking about seers and gold:
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/unnao--treasure-report-was-tampered-with/article1-1147032.aspx

Plans to restore the Bardarpur fort:
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/badarpur-fort-to-be-restored-soon/article5311783.ece

Big bucks for a study of Hindu and Buddhist art:
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/world/20-million-for-study-on-hindu-buddhist-art/article5310134.ece

India continues its quest to repatriate some  stolen antiquities:
http://blogs.reuters.com/india/2013/11/08/india-negotiating-to-bring-back-stolen-antiques-asi/

Japan
They’ve found the helmet that goes with that Kofun armour mentioned last week:
http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0000771731

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Re: November 2013 Archeology - Asia and the South Pacific
« Reply #2 on: November 24, 2013, 03:13:09 pm »
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Australia
On migrations of humans to Australia:
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bigideas/coming-to-australia-first-migrations/5083216

China
Water control in 19th century China:
http://phys.org/news/2013-11-mid-nineteenth-century-chinese-labour.html

Latest search for Genghis Khan’s tomb:
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/11/18/explorer-plans-hunt-for-genghis-khans-long-lost-tomb/

A Florida dealer faces smuggling charges:
http://ph.news.yahoo.com/smuggled-chinese-artifacts-lead-charges-133233278.html

More on origins of cattle farming in China:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131108091027.htm

India
They’ve given up digging at Unnao:
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/11/15/indian-archaeologists-halt-treasure-search/

Thug life in 19th century India:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2013/11/18/245953619/what-a-thugs-life-looked-like-in-nineteenth-century-india

Interesting Indian boar-headed statue:
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Little-man-with-huge-potential/30885

Korea
A 16th century ‘love letter’ accompanying a Korean mummy burial:
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/524368/20131122/eung-tae-mummy-love-letter-andong-south.htm

A pile of purloined Korean antiquities were seized in San Diego:
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-korean-artifacts-seized-20131120,0,3413719.story#axzz2la1MtKcI

New Zealand
Recreating a traditional Maori garden:
http://phys.org/news/2013-11-victoria-university-recreates-traditional-mori.html

Vietnam
Items have been stolen from Tu Duc’s tomb:
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/art-entertainment/88995/thieves-break-into-tomb-of-king-tu-duc--taking-away-valuable-antiques.html

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