July 2010 Archeology - Asia and the South Pacific

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[Aisling]

Data mining courtesy of: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Explorator/messages


Japan
A late 7th/early 8th c. 'Imperial Accession Ceremony' Site from Nara:
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/rss/nn20100702a8.html

China
On the 'Other Silk Road":
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128113397

[Aisling]

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Australia
Aboriginal Warrior Yagan Laid to Rest after 170 Years:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asia_pacific/10585852.stm

China
On Looting in China:
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2010-06/23/content_10005909.htm

Pakistan
Peshawar Claims to be the 'Oldest Living City' in south Asia:
http://www.newkerala.com/news/fullnews-139885.html

Polynesia:
Coral tests show fast construction pace for Polynesian temples:
http://www.physorg.com/news197873712.html

Vietnam
3000 Year Old Ceramics Unearthed in Quang Ngai:
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/Entertainment/201007/3000-yearold-Sa-Huynh-ceramic-unearthed-in-Quang-Ngai-920504/

[Aisling]

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India
Latest finds from Muziris/Pattanam:
http://www.newkerala.com/news2/fullnews-1011.html

[Aisling]

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On the Origin of Cultivated Cucumbers and Melons:
http://www.physorg.com/news198858228.html

Feature on the Indus Civilization:
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Mystery-Shrouds-Ancient-Civilization-in-Pakistan--98967839.html

Australia
Australia's Earliest 'Contact' Petroglyphs:
http://www.physorg.com/news199101603.html

China
Evidence that Chinese Civilization Older than Previously Thought (link didn't work for me, perhaps someone else will have better luck):
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90782/7078611.html

India
Plans to Excavate "India's Atlantis":
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Indias-own-Atlantis-2000-yr-old-undersea-town-to-be-excavated/articleshow/6198568.cms

New Zealand
Attempts to Provide Legal Protection for Maori Sites:
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1007/S00252.htm

[SunflowerP]

China
Evidence that Chinese Civilization Older than Previously Thought (link didn't work for me, perhaps someone else will have better luck):
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90782/7078611.html

Links are funny things - that one worked fine for me, but a few of the others in this week's set don't (and I don't read all of them, just the ones that catch my attention strongly enough - at a guess, about 20%).

Sunflower

[Aisling]

Links are funny things - that one worked fine for me, but a few of the others in this week's set don't (and I don't read all of them, just the ones that catch my attention strongly enough - at a guess, about 20%).

Sunflower

That they are.  For some reason, I've never been able to access the People Daily website at all.  Apparently, I'm not allowed to read Chinese newspapers.   

[Melamphoros]

That they are.  For some reason, I've never been able to access the People Daily website at all.  Apparently, I'm not allowed to read Chinese newspapers.   

Well, since Chinese people have limited access to USian newspapers, it probably balances out

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