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The sites and sounds of prehistory
02.09.2010 12:25
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Some archaeologists argue that sound effects were an important, perhaps even decisive, factor in how early humans chose and built their dwellings and sacred places. However, assessing the claims of...
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Archeology
Prehistoric artifacts unearthed in Canada
02.09.2010 12:25
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Workers at a housing project in Sheshatshiu, central Labrador (Canada), have uncovered 3,000-year-old artifacts, including tools and weapons. What started as a housing development has evolved into an archaeological dig....
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Archeology
Flint tools found during road repairs in England
02.09.2010 12:24
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Archaeological remains dating back to the last Ice Age have been found during work to upgrade a major road, the Highways Agency said. The remains, along with Iron Age and...
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Archeology
Oldest evidence of arrows found
02.09.2010 12:24
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Researchers in South Africa have revealed the earliest direct evidence of human-made arrows. The scientists unearthed 64,000 year-old 'stone points', which they say were probably arrow heads. Closer inspection of...
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Archeology
Discoveries in Syria reveal ancient trade routes to Nile
02.09.2010 12:24
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An academic excavation team said it had uncovered artifacts which indicate that an ancient Bronze Age kingdom in northern Syria had strong international trade relations with Nile river dynasties. Peter...
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Archeology
New theory: Oetzi was ceremonially buried
02.09.2010 12:24
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The prehistoric hunter known as Oetzi the Iceman may not have died at the site in the Italian Alps where he was found 19 years ago, but was only ceremonially...
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Archeology
10,000-year-old skeleton recovered from a Mexican cave
02.09.2010 12:24
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The skeletal remains of a young man found in a flooded cave in 2006 by German cave divers have recently been recovered following three years of in situ study. The...
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Archeology
Welsh hillfort inspires paintings
02.09.2010 12:24
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In an excavation at Moel y Gaer hillfort, Llanbedr near Ruthin (Denbighshire, Wales) last year, students from Bangor and Vienna uncovered evidence of how the banks of the fort had...
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Archeology
Spear points from 3000 BCE found in Pennsylvania
02.09.2010 12:24
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A recent archaeological dig at Rotary Park has set Columbia Borough's historical clock back a few thousand years, revealing an American Indian community dating to a time when Stonehenge was...
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Archeology
Iron Age dig in Kent to resume 21 years on
02.09.2010 12:24
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Evidence of the importance of Folkestone (Kent, England) as an Iron Age site has been unearthed as part of an archaeological project in the town. Work on A Town Unearthed:...
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Archeology
Mysterious object unearthed in South Carolina
02.09.2010 12:24
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Museum volunteer David Bertrand of Georgetown (South Carolina, USA) recently discovered a mysterious object that has archaeologists baffled. The object, made of unglazed clay and about the size of an...
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Archeology
Bronze Age henge found in Hertfordshire
02.09.2010 12:24
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A Bronze Age henge has been discovered on land near Letchworth (Hertfordshire, England). Archaeologists have found a circular area about 50 metres wide surrounded by a bank at Stapleton's Field...
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Archeology
Nebra sky disk discarded because of volcanic ash?
02.09.2010 12:24
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One of the most spectacular archaeological finds in recent years is the discovery of the Nebra sky disk. The disk was buried about 3,600 years ago after a catastrophic volcanic...
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Archeology
What the locals in Utah ate 10,000 years ago
02.09.2010 12:24
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If you had a dinner invitation in Utah's Escalante Valley (USA) almost 10,000 years ago, you would have come just in time to try a new menu item: mush cooked...
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Archeology
5,000-year-old English landscape discovered
02.09.2010 12:24
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Five thousand years ago, the eastern coast of England, near present day Lincolnshire, was a swamp, inhabited by Bronze Age communities. Now, drained and cultivated, it supports English farms. But,...
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