January 2011 Archeology - Europe

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[Aisling]

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England
Archaeologists are going to check out Sherwood Forest's "Thing":
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/nottingham/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_9155000/9155982.stm

Germany
German archaeologists have found a 2600 years b.p. Celtic burial:
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,736942,00.html

[Aisling]

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The spread of agriculture in Europe was very fast, apparently:
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/68493/title/Ancient_farmers_swiftly_spread_westward

England
Remains of a 7000 years b.p. wooden structure beneath MI6's Thames headquarters:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/jan/06/ancient-timbers-mi6-headquarters

There's a big dig going on at Bath Abbey:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/bristol/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_9348000/9348628.stm

Boudicca tops oa list of 'greatest British women':
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1342795/Jane-Austen-Elizabeth-I-Ten-greatest-British-women.html

Germany
More on that Celtic tomb from Germany:
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,736942,00.html

Greece
I'm sure we had this Cretan 'ancient seafarers' story last year at this time:
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=43897

[Aisling]

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Thesis on the use of power in various Bronze Age societies of central Europe:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-01/uog-euo011111.php

Armenia
Evidence for the earliest full production winery type facility -- some 4100 B.C. -- from an Armenian cave:
 http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=44079

Germany
Someone has been researching Celtic beer:
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/68846/title/Reviving_the_taste_of_an_Iron_Age_beer_

Malta
Assorted sites on Malta get protection:
http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=118336
 
Scotland
A 17th century boundary wall at Edinburgh Castle:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-12162217

[Aisling]

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Pondering bog bodies:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/columnist/vergano/2011-01-16-bog-bodies_N.htm

England
Reviewish sort of thing of *Viking DNA: The Wirral and West Lancashire Project*:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-01-dna-viking-north-west.html

Russia
Haven't had a facial reconstruction in a while ... here's some third millennium folk from the Ural Mountains region:
http://www.russia-ic.com/news/show/11421/

[Aisling]

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England
Find of what is being dubbed 'Britain's oldest guard dog':
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1350822/Iron-age-dog-2k-years-old-unearthed-guarding-ancient-treasure.html?ITO=1490
 
A project to analyze some Tudor tombs:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-01-truth-tudor-tombs.html
 
Plans for the Old Duchy Palace in Lostwithiel:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-12311936

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