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Diamonds tell tale of comet that killed off the cavemen
Subject: Recent Discoveries
Fireballs set half the planet ablaze, wiping out the mammoth and America's Stone Age hunters.
Scientists will outline dramatic evidence this week that suggests a comet exploded over the Earth nearly 13,000 years ago, creating a hail of fireballs that set fire to most of the northern hemisphere.
Primitive Stone Age cultures were destroyed and populations of mammoths and other large land animals, such as the mastodon, were wiped out. The blast also caused a major bout of climatic cooling that lasted 1,000 years and seriously disrupted the development of the early human civilisations that were emerging in Europe and Asia.
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146412999
Anomalous zones of Russia: Arkaim town
Subject: Mysteries
Four thousand years ago the local dwellers suddenly left the town Arkaim located in the south of the present Chelyabinsk Region and burnt the empty settlement. The town had a circular structure coordinated with the stars order. Many believe in mystical characteristics of the area and link it with the legends of ancient Siberia and the Urals. Specialists of the monitoring station of anomalies` research in the Urals claim that the specialized national park-museum Arkaim is a vast anomalous zone.
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146412998
Old shoe - even older
Subject: Recent Discoveries
An old leather shoe discovered in the Jotunheimen Mountains, and first estimated to be around 1000 years old, turns out to be more than 3,000 years old. The shoe was found in an old snowdrift in August last year.
We first believed that the shoe was only 1000 years old, but to our great surprise the analysis of the leather showed it to be 3,400 years old, says Oppland County Archaeologist Espen Finstad to Aftenposten.
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146412997
Elden Pueblo
Subject: North America
Ancient Village or Settlement in Coconino County, Arizona. A Sinagua culture village built in the late 1000's and occupied for about two hundred years. Finds indicate the people were in a trading network and the village saw what may have been luxury items like shell jewelry from the California Coast and Macaws from Mexico.
Note: Pueblo excavation - Public invited to participate. See comment.
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=16788
The Hurlers
Subject: Megaliths in England
On the wild plain of Bodmin Moor is found an unusual site - three stone circles close together. They lie on a NNE.-SSW. line, but are not the same size.
Note: The Pipers - 'Forgotten' stones at The Hurlers?
See latest comment from Pennymoon
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=82
Archaeological find could shed light on Orkney's past
Subject: Recent Discoveries
Archaeologists have discovered what appears to be a subterranean Iron Age structure, known as a souterrain, in an Orkney field.
The find was made when the field was being seeded for barley. At first it was believed to be a Bronze Age cist burial, as others have previously been uncovered nearby, but subsequent examination has revealed it to be an Iron Age souterrain or earth-house.
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146412995
Neolithic settlement in Ptolemais plain
Subject: Recent Discoveries
A settlement dating back to the Neolithic period (approx. 6,500-6,000 BC) has been uncovered during an archaeological dig in the Ptolemais plain, in an area situated at an altitude of 700 metres, between Mts. Vermio and Askio and called Yellow Lake (due to the marsh that had developed there and was dried up in the middle of the 20th century).
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146412994
Tracing back Malaysia's stone-age man in Lenggong
Subject: Other Archaeology
Peninsular Malaysia's oldest inhabitant, is residing in the new Lenggong Museum. Perak Man, found in 1991, is the only complete human skeleton found in Malaysia. The cave which was his final resting place is called Gua Gunung Runtuh and is situated in Bukit Kepala Gajah in the Lenggong Valley in Ulu Perak. The skeleton, found by Prof Zuraini Majid and her team from Universiti Sains Malaysia, has been dated about 11,000 years, which makes him a Stone Age man, from the Palaeolithic period.
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146412993
Castle's 'lost history' unearthed
Subject: Recent Discoveries
Archaeologists have discovered traces of ancient remains at Edinburgh Castle during preparation work for the construction of a new visitor centre.
Experts said borehole samples revealed debris dating from before the Iron Age, more than 2,000 years ago.
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146412992
Ancient site of hunters discovered in Khorezm
Subject: Other Archaeology
In Khorezm, the centenary of Sergey Tolstov, a discoverer of ancient Khorezm civilization, is marked this year, Jahon news agency reported quoting Business Partner newspaper.
In 1937, he was charged to head an archeological-ethnographic expedition to Khorezm. Sergey Tolstov spent three decades of his life, investigating the history of this ancient land.
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146412991
Butser Ancient Farm
Subject: Megaliths in England
Experimental archaeology site in Hampshire. This site is the open air laboratory for research into Prehistoric and Roman agriculture and building techniques.
Note: Butser Ancient Farm 2007 events added, see comment
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=26
Review of An Archaeology of Natural Places, Richard Bradley
Subject: Reviews
"Natural places have an archaeology because they acquired a significance in the minds of people in the past. ...one way of recognising the importance of these locations is through the evidence of human activity that is discovered there." - excerpt from Chapter 3.
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146412989
Broomhill
Subject: Modern Stone Circles
Modern Stone Circle in Aberdeenshire.
Note: Midsummer event canceled.
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=11180
Novice tells of Bronze Age find
Subject: Other Archaeology
A metal-detecting novice who unearthed an "extremely important" hoard of Bronze Age artefacts has said his discovery was due to "sheer luck".
John Minns, from Arbroath, Angus, made the find during a holiday near Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, in 2005, just after starting his hobby.
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146412988
Ethiopia: Ancient Phallic Stones Uncovered
Subject: Recent Discoveries
Some 16 phallic stones have been uncovered in Gedeb Woreda, Gedo Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples State, the Zonal Trade and Industry Department said.
The discovery of the stelae adds to attractions in the area for tourists to come and marvel at, especially in connection with the Ethiopian Millennium celebrations, it said.
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146412987
Subject: Recent Discoveries
Fireballs set half the planet ablaze, wiping out the mammoth and America's Stone Age hunters.
Scientists will outline dramatic evidence this week that suggests a comet exploded over the Earth nearly 13,000 years ago, creating a hail of fireballs that set fire to most of the northern hemisphere.
Primitive Stone Age cultures were destroyed and populations of mammoths and other large land animals, such as the mastodon, were wiped out. The blast also caused a major bout of climatic cooling that lasted 1,000 years and seriously disrupted the development of the early human civilisations that were emerging in Europe and Asia.
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146412999
Anomalous zones of Russia: Arkaim town
Subject: Mysteries
Four thousand years ago the local dwellers suddenly left the town Arkaim located in the south of the present Chelyabinsk Region and burnt the empty settlement. The town had a circular structure coordinated with the stars order. Many believe in mystical characteristics of the area and link it with the legends of ancient Siberia and the Urals. Specialists of the monitoring station of anomalies` research in the Urals claim that the specialized national park-museum Arkaim is a vast anomalous zone.
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146412998
Old shoe - even older
Subject: Recent Discoveries
An old leather shoe discovered in the Jotunheimen Mountains, and first estimated to be around 1000 years old, turns out to be more than 3,000 years old. The shoe was found in an old snowdrift in August last year.
We first believed that the shoe was only 1000 years old, but to our great surprise the analysis of the leather showed it to be 3,400 years old, says Oppland County Archaeologist Espen Finstad to Aftenposten.
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146412997
Elden Pueblo
Subject: North America
Ancient Village or Settlement in Coconino County, Arizona. A Sinagua culture village built in the late 1000's and occupied for about two hundred years. Finds indicate the people were in a trading network and the village saw what may have been luxury items like shell jewelry from the California Coast and Macaws from Mexico.
Note: Pueblo excavation - Public invited to participate. See comment.
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=16788
The Hurlers
Subject: Megaliths in England
On the wild plain of Bodmin Moor is found an unusual site - three stone circles close together. They lie on a NNE.-SSW. line, but are not the same size.
Note: The Pipers - 'Forgotten' stones at The Hurlers?
See latest comment from Pennymoon
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=82
Archaeological find could shed light on Orkney's past
Subject: Recent Discoveries
Archaeologists have discovered what appears to be a subterranean Iron Age structure, known as a souterrain, in an Orkney field.
The find was made when the field was being seeded for barley. At first it was believed to be a Bronze Age cist burial, as others have previously been uncovered nearby, but subsequent examination has revealed it to be an Iron Age souterrain or earth-house.
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146412995
Neolithic settlement in Ptolemais plain
Subject: Recent Discoveries
A settlement dating back to the Neolithic period (approx. 6,500-6,000 BC) has been uncovered during an archaeological dig in the Ptolemais plain, in an area situated at an altitude of 700 metres, between Mts. Vermio and Askio and called Yellow Lake (due to the marsh that had developed there and was dried up in the middle of the 20th century).
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146412994
Tracing back Malaysia's stone-age man in Lenggong
Subject: Other Archaeology
Peninsular Malaysia's oldest inhabitant, is residing in the new Lenggong Museum. Perak Man, found in 1991, is the only complete human skeleton found in Malaysia. The cave which was his final resting place is called Gua Gunung Runtuh and is situated in Bukit Kepala Gajah in the Lenggong Valley in Ulu Perak. The skeleton, found by Prof Zuraini Majid and her team from Universiti Sains Malaysia, has been dated about 11,000 years, which makes him a Stone Age man, from the Palaeolithic period.
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146412993
Castle's 'lost history' unearthed
Subject: Recent Discoveries
Archaeologists have discovered traces of ancient remains at Edinburgh Castle during preparation work for the construction of a new visitor centre.
Experts said borehole samples revealed debris dating from before the Iron Age, more than 2,000 years ago.
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146412992
Ancient site of hunters discovered in Khorezm
Subject: Other Archaeology
In Khorezm, the centenary of Sergey Tolstov, a discoverer of ancient Khorezm civilization, is marked this year, Jahon news agency reported quoting Business Partner newspaper.
In 1937, he was charged to head an archeological-ethnographic expedition to Khorezm. Sergey Tolstov spent three decades of his life, investigating the history of this ancient land.
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146412991
Butser Ancient Farm
Subject: Megaliths in England
Experimental archaeology site in Hampshire. This site is the open air laboratory for research into Prehistoric and Roman agriculture and building techniques.
Note: Butser Ancient Farm 2007 events added, see comment
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=26
Review of An Archaeology of Natural Places, Richard Bradley
Subject: Reviews
"Natural places have an archaeology because they acquired a significance in the minds of people in the past. ...one way of recognising the importance of these locations is through the evidence of human activity that is discovered there." - excerpt from Chapter 3.
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146412989
Broomhill
Subject: Modern Stone Circles
Modern Stone Circle in Aberdeenshire.
Note: Midsummer event canceled.
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=11180
Novice tells of Bronze Age find
Subject: Other Archaeology
A metal-detecting novice who unearthed an "extremely important" hoard of Bronze Age artefacts has said his discovery was due to "sheer luck".
John Minns, from Arbroath, Angus, made the find during a holiday near Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, in 2005, just after starting his hobby.
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146412988
Ethiopia: Ancient Phallic Stones Uncovered
Subject: Recent Discoveries
Some 16 phallic stones have been uncovered in Gedeb Woreda, Gedo Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples State, the Zonal Trade and Industry Department said.
The discovery of the stelae adds to attractions in the area for tourists to come and marvel at, especially in connection with the Ethiopian Millennium celebrations, it said.
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146412987
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