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1. Indonesian Visitors to Australia from an Early Date?
2. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 11.29
3. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 11.30


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1. Indonesian Visitors to Australia from an Early Date?
November 7, 2008? Newfound rock art paintings in northern Australia may reveal that peoples from neighboring Indonesia traded with Aborigines centuries before the arrival of the British.
http://tinyurl.com/59jekg

2. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 11.29
X-Sender: rogueclassicist@gmail.com

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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Plenty of press for what appears to be the earliest "shaman"
burial found in Israel:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2008/11/04/2008-11-04_tomb_raider_digs_up_witch_12000yearold_s.html
 http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=f909fac6-b967-48ca-95cd-7c379e0655e4
 http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081104/sc_nm/us_shaman_israel_3
 http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/38287/title/An_ancient_healer_reborn
 http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L3146544.htm
 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/04/2409313.htm
 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27520235/
 http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/38287/title/An_ancient_healer_reborn
 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1034241.html
 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/3382395/Israeli-archaeologists-unearth-12000-year-old-shaman-skeleton.html
 http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-11/thuo-ekh110208.php
 http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/11/081104-israel-shaman-missions.html
 http://tinyurl.com/5wccnf
 http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/11/081104-israel-shaman-missions.html
 http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2008/10/31/0806030105.abstract
 http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4a251k-us-shaman-israel/

Interesting First Temple Archer Seal:

http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=41161
 http://www.israntique.org.il/article_Item_eng.asp?sec_id=25&subj_id=240&id=1442&module_id=#as

More on the collapse of the Oded Golan case:

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1225199631832&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
 http://www.newswiretoday.com/news/42064/
 http://christianpost.com/article/20081104/-jesus-brother-ossuary-forgery-case-could-be-dropped.htm

... which seems to have a different spin for Hershel Shanks:

http://bib-arch.org/news/forgery-trial-news.asp

... and reviews of *Unholy Business* are still making the rounds:

http://www.thestar.com/living/article/529746

Byzantine (and earlier) finds from Abu Dhabi:

http://www.thenational.ae/article/20081106/FRONTIERS/190583377/1036/NEWS

Richard Freund is on a book tour:

http://www.jewishledger.com/articles/2008/11/06/news/news07.txt

They're bringing up the 'Jewish Temples never existed' thing again:

http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=80382

A somewhat late report on that 'oldest temple' find at Gobekli Tepe:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/09/worlds-oldest-temple-disc_n_142417.html

More coverage of the oldest Hebrew writing:

http://deseretnews.com/article/0,5143,705260832,00.html
 http://en.rian.ru/video/20081105/118126080.html
 http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/11/081103-hebrew-text.html
 http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/images/081103-hebrew-text_big.jpg
 http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081103091035.htm
 http://hunews.huji.ac.il/articles.asp?cat=6&artID=932
 http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24582858-15084,00.html
 http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=f69fd099-e1db-4ae4-a929-5650576c7e9a

More coverage of the Solomon's Mines thing:

http://www.agencia.fapesp.br/materia/9643/divulgacao-cientifica/as-minas-do-rei-salomao.htm

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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A Bronze Age village from northern Romania:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/06/content_10313743.htm

... and a Bronze Age round house from Bognor Regis:

http://www.bognor.co.uk/news/BronzeAge-house-unearthed.4642123.jp

A metal detectorist has found a 700 b.p. brooch:

http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2008/11/05/700-year-old-silver-brooch-discovered-61634-22185531/

Early report of a couple of shipwrecks found by Odyssey Marine
off the coast of Ireland:

http://www.tampabay.com/SearchForwardServlet.do?articleId=893512

More on Oetzi's lack of modern relatives:

http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSTRE49T83Z20081103?feedType=RSS&feedName=scienceNews

Archaeology in Europe Blog:

http://www.archaeology.eu.com/weblog/index.html
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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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Trying to recreate the Polynesian 'migration route':

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081106122244.htm
 http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-42244.html
 http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-11/du-6tt110608.php
 http://www.physorg.com/news145189704.html

Tying the rise and fall of Chinese dynasties to climate change:

http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-42034.html
 http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/nov/07/ancient-cave-yields-clues-to-chinese-history/
 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081106/ap_on_sc/sci_monsoon_in_history_1
 http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081106165233.htm
 http://news.mobile.msn.com/en-us/articles.aspx?aid=27577705&afid=1
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/7714019.stm

More on early tsunamis:

http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2008/11/03/Evidence_of_ancient_tsunamis_is_found/UPI-68921225727779/

New Zealand Archaeology eNews:

http://www.nzarchaeology.org/netsubnews.htm
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NORTH AMERICA
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Remnants of 17th century Santa Fe:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27578984/

Civil War era artifacts are expected in a dig near Heinz Field (Pittsburgh):

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27559043/

Some shipwrecks (with an interesting photo) from Lake Erie:

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081103/NEWS16/811030333

Review of a couple of books about New York (aimed at children):

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/books/review/McMullan-t.html

... and a couple about Lincoln (also aimed at children):

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/books/review/Holleran-t.html

Review of Fred Kaplan, *Lincoln: Biography of a Writer*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/07/books/07book.html

Review of David Reynolds, *Waking Giant*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/03/books/03gord.html
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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Evidence of "Robinson Crusoe's" campsite:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article5052265.ece

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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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The five 'oldest acts' of environmental destruction by humans:

http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn15102-the-five-oldest-acts-of-environmental-destruction.html

Are books vanishing?:

http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2008/11/03/conway

Creating a hero out of a legendary pirate:

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/06/europe/journal.php

Review of Carlo D'Este, *A Life of Winston Churchill at War*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/books/review/Kagan-t.html

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DIG DIARIES/BLOGS
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Tel Kadesh:

http://sitemaker.umich.edu/kelseymuseum.digdiary/read_our_blog

Tel Dan:

http://teldan.wordpress.com/

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CRIME BEAT
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Israeli police have solve a 25 year old clock caper (Marie
Antoinette had pockets?):

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/05/naaman-diller-israeli-clock-thief

Ancient coins recovered at Sana'a airport:

http://www.sabanews.net/en/news167660.htm

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EXHIBITIONS, AUCTIONS, AND MUSEUM-RELATED
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Etruscans:

http://blogs.iht.com/tribtalk/travel/globespotters/?p=599

3. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 11.30
From: david meadows <rogueclassicist@GMAIL.COM>
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explorator 11.30                              November 16, 2008
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Plenty of coverage of a new pyramid find at Saqqara:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081111/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_egypt_new_pyramid_5
 http://www.journalinquirer.com/articles/2008/11/14/national_and_world/doc491b0fc647234402816297.txt
 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-ml-egypt-new-pyramid,0,1347988.story
 http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-ml-egypt-new-pyramid,0,385632.story
 http://news.scotsman.com/world/Another-pyramid-found-in-Egypt.4683971.jp
 http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=6227686
 http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081111/wl_mideast_afp/egyptarchaeologysaqqara_081111150816
 http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=ad86jJoD_ZAQ&refer=muse
 http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5j_CtA25QMzcxzHVQgwjUPuUWsW1A
 http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1226404701656&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
 http://www.pr-inside.com/new-pyramid-discovered-in-egypt-r909106.htm
 http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/text/2008380189_pyramid12.html
 http://news.mobile.msn.com/en-us/articles.aspx?afid=1&aid=27661580


Phoenician pottery from Lebanon:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081112/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_lebanon_archaeology_1
 http://www.charlotteobserver.com/world/story/336152.html
 http://www.thestate.com/world/story/587573.html
 http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5g1u_xj9pZT9RSBZF9Irdyijn-8Dg
 http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSTRE4AB3QW20081112
 http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081112/sc_nm/us_lebanon_phoencians_discovery_1
 http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4ab3qw-us-lebanon-phoencians-discovery/
 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2130777/posts

Lots of press attention for a gold earring find from Jerusalem:

http://www.antiquities.org.il/article_Item_eng.asp?sec_id=25&subj_id=240&id=1444&module_id=#as
 http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j3P7fAQzODTFc4LJb-CqZ65oEXDAD94C09480
 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1036366.html
 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5126985.ece
 http://news.mobile.msn.com/en-us/articles.aspx?afid=1&aid=27643317

I think we've mentioned this Jerusalem wall find before:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081110190511.htm

A Hebrew seal find from a few weeks ago is getting more coverage (if
you poke around the various discussion groups, the authenticity of this
one is being questioned):

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081110174056.htm
 http://www.antiquities.org.il/article_Item_eng.asp?sec_id=25&subj_id=240&id=1442&module_id=#as
 http://www.israntique.org.il/article_Item_eng.asp?sec_id=25&subj_id=240&id=1442&module_id=

Using facial reconstruction to determine the 'whiteness' of ancient Hebrews:

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=1037262

Latest in the construction disputes in Jerusalem:

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1226404730662&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull
 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=1036990

... and more might be on the horizon:

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=1037001

ENIM (a new? journal) might be of interest:

http://recherche.univ-montp3.fr/egyptologie/enim/index.php?page=uk

More on that shaman burial:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20081111/wl_time/12000yearoldshamanunearthedinisrael

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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An Iron Age 'town in the sky' from Wales:

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2008/11/10/iron-age-town-in-the-sky-is-revealed-91466-22216971/

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NORTH AMERICA
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A bison kill site in Kentucky:

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20081109/NEWS01/811090621/1008/NEWS01

Highway construction in Tucson leads to an 'ancient village' find:

http://www.kvoa.com/global/story.asp?s=9327157
 http://prescottdailycourier.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=61124

Debunking the Grave Creek stone:

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/science/stories/2008/11/11/sci_lepper11.ART_ART_11-11-08_B7_2TBQ22C.html

Rebuilding lost Shaker architecture:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081106122247.htm

Pondering the architectural history of Buffalo:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/arts/design/16ouro.html


Review of a couple of books about Andrew Jackson:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/10/books/10masl.html

The NYT reran Booker T Washington's obituary:

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0405.html
 




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