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  • Archaeology and forensic anthropology confirm survival cannibalism at Jamestown

    Archaeology and forensic anthropology confirm survival cannibalism at Jamestown

    Findings were proven through collaborative research efforts by Preservation Virginia’s Jamestown Rediscovery Project (archaeology), The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (historical context) and Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History (forensic anthropology). https://www.facebook.com/historicjame… Search terms:archäologie jamestownジェームズタウン 共食いジェームズタウン 発掘

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  • Archaeologists unearth 1000 year-old tomb in Peru

    Archaeologists unearth 1000 year-old tomb in Peru

    Archaeologists in 2012  discovered a 1,000-year-old tomb 20 miles south of the Peruvian capital Lima. It contains the cloth-covered skeletal remains of over 70 people – most of them thought to be children. The 60-ft-long grave is linked to the ‘Painted Temple’ where the Huari people used to pray to Pacha Kamaq – their God of Creation. Search terms:peru csontváz

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  • Limestone Landscapes: Community Archaeology

    Limestone Landscapes: Community Archaeology

    We are helping local communities to discover more about their heritage through taking part in archaeology, learning the techniques of excavation and survey. Community excavations led by professional archaeologists are looking at sites in the area to date a range of sites to improve knowledge and understanding of the historic environment. There is also training in archaeological techniques for people in local areas. Search terms:arkeoloji limestone考古学コミュニティ

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  • Community Archaeology in the Beman Triangle

    Community Archaeology in the Beman Triangle

    Wesleyan’s Sarah Croucher – Community Archaeology in the Beman Triangle Sarah Croucher is assistant professor of anthropology, assistant professor of archaeology at Wesleyan University. She works with her students on a community archaeology project in the “Beman Triangle” in Middletown, CT. The houses built on this land from the 1840s were home to a community of African Americans living in Middletown, tied to the A.M.E. Zion Church. Artifacts discovered in 19th century buried trash pits in the area shed new [...]

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  • Bronze Age Boat Build Falmouth

    Bronze Age Boat Build Falmouth

    Part 8 of the Bronze Age Boat build in the National Maritime Museum Cornwall. Since the beginning of the year, Brian and the volunteers have really cracked on with the project and the boat is now all together and on its trailer. All that’s left to do now is to put all the stitches in and move the boat to its launch site. It is estimated that the boat will be launched sometime early March. Once again I would like [...]

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  • Petroglyphs at Quail Creek: Rock Art from Petroglyph Canyon

    Petroglyphs at Quail Creek: Rock Art from Petroglyph Canyon

    http://www.moderncavepaintings.com – Quail Creek is in Petroglyph Canyon, located in a shaded narrow slickrock canyon. Among the glyphs are several figures with burden baskets. Near the south entrance station is a possible solstice site. In the higher Kolob Terrace region is the site type for the Cave Valley style, a large sandstone cave with dozens of pictographs, some superimposed, in a variety of colors. They date from archaic to Paiute. On the return, the group will see the Quail Creek [...]

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  • Scottish Island Find Digs Up New Info on Neolithic Religion

    Scottish Island Find Digs Up New Info on Neolithic Religion

    A new archaeological find in the Orkney Islands off the northern tip of Scotland could have connections to Neolithic religion. Jeffrey Brown examines the background of the discovery and explores some of its surrounding mysteries, including why the site might have been part of one of the biggest barbecues in history. Search terms:informacja na temat religiineolithicum religiereligia neolituscotland island discovery neolithic

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  • Ignite Galway 2011: Finn Delaney. Archaeology 2.0

    Ignite Galway 2011: Finn Delaney. Archaeology 2.0

    A senior archaeologist for Eachtra, Finn Delaney, @finndelaney, discusses the rise and fall of archaeology through the boom and bust and today’s technology. ‘Archaeology 2.0′ — It’s not your parents’ Time Team anymore! Filmed at Ignite Galway on October 13th, 2011. Video: Stephen Kavanagh Audio: Bryan Rabbitte Editing: Ciarán Winters Search terms:galway archeologie

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  • HCC Dig in Bibracte, France

    HCC Dig in Bibracte, France

    This summer, students from Howard Community College worked alongside 10 other European Universities at an excavation site in Bibracte, France. Bibracte was one of Europe’s earliest towns — a capital for the Aedui, a Gallic ‘tribe’ conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars. HCC is the only US institution to work at the archaeological site. Many thanks to the team’s instructor, Dr. Laura Cripps, for producing this video. http://www.howardcc.edu/academics/international/office_international_education/FranceArchaeologyStudyAbroad/FranceArchaeologyStudyAbroad.html http://www.bibracte.fr/index_uk.php Search terms:bibracte excavationsexcavation site bibractethe bibracte dig

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  • The Search for King Richard III – Medieval Archaeology

    The Search for King Richard III – Medieval Archaeology

    Mathew Morris describes the process of undertaking a Archaeological dig in an Urban environment looking for Medieval remains. Mathew Morris is an Archaeologist working for University of Leicester Archaeological Services and was the dig manager on the Greyfriars project – The Search for King Richard III. Search terms:how did archaeologists know where to look for king richard iiiortaçağ arkeolojisihow did archaoligests know where to look for king richard iiiking richard iiimathew morris university of leicester email addressszukaj krola

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  • Cooper’s Ferry Archaeological series 1: Unpacking the Site

    Cooper’s Ferry Archaeological series 1: Unpacking the Site

    While we’re on the topic of interesting studies from Oregon state researchers, let’s take this moment to pivot to our Cooper’s Ferry archaeology series. Tonight marks the first video in an investigative series produced by Beaver news reporter Hayden Wilcox. Hayden was able to travel with associate professor of anthropology Dr. Loren Davis for the summer for an inside look at what it means to be an archaeologist. This report was supported by OSU and the Bureau of Land management. [...]

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  • Digital dig- The scanning technology revolutionising archaeology

    Archaeologists may not need to get their hands so dirty any more, thanks to the kind of digital technology being pioneered at Southampton University. Its ‘µ-VIS Centre for Computed Tomography’ possesses the largest, high energy scanner of its kind in Europe: a ‘micro-CT’ machine manufactured by Nikon. Capable of resolutions better than 0.1mm – the diameter of a human hair – it allows archaeologists to carefully examine material while still encased in soil. Search terms:excavacion en tecnologiaskanowanie archeologia

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  • The Rock Art Mapping Project (RAMP)

    The Rock Art Mapping Project (RAMP)

    As technology moves forward, new methods of capturing, presenting and storing valuable rock art data has become available. The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) together with the African Conservation Trust (ACT) are using state-of-the-art technology to create the first digitized archive of every known San rock art site in the Drakensberg mountain range. This is done using digital photography, 360° digital video, GPS plotting of each site, GIS mapping and 3D laser scanning. All known sites (some not visited since the [...]

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  • Buddhist city at Mes Aynak

    Buddhist city at Mes Aynak

    Live CNN interview with professor Brent Huffman about the imminent destruction of the ancient Buddhist city at Mes Aynak, Afghanistan by a Chinese copper mine. You can be a HERO and help SAVE an ancient Buddhist city from imminent destruction in December 2012: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/472409280/the-buddhas-of-mes-aynak Search terms:mes aynakJanet Termeslothbrok frisurmes aynak archaeological project contactsmes aynak wordt mijnmes-aynak kupfer bericht tvwww phtv tv

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  • Archaeologists Discover Europe’s Oldest Town

    Archaeologists Discover Europe’s Oldest Town

    Archaeologists in Bulgaria claim they have discovered Europe’s oldest town in the north-east of the country. Bulgarian archaeologists led by Professor Doctor Vasil Nikolov, from the National Archaeology Institute and Museum, claim to have discovered one of the oldest towns in Europe, in north-east Bulgaria. Dr. Nikolov, who has been studying the area for many years, located the town near the salt pans in the vicinity of Provadia in the Varna Region, the same locale as the first salt factory [...]

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