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Leicestershire archaeologists find Iron Age skeleton

September, 25 2011

BBC

A team of archaeologists has unearthed an Iron Age skeleton during excavations in Leicestershire.

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Woman returns ancient mortar, pestle to Coeur dAlene Tribe

September, 25 2011

Spokesman

Cultural Awareness Director, Cliff SiJohn, talks about the ancient mortar and pestle that was donated to be on display at the Coeur d'Alene Casino Resort Hotel In dozens of camps along Lake Coeur d'Alene and the Spokane River, Coeur d'Alene Indians used stone tools to pound and grind meat, berries and roots. The handmade tools would be left in the water, where they would continue to be shaped by its flow.

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Hatay Archeology Museums space problem to be addressed with new building

September, 25 2011

Todays Zaman

Many artifacts unearthed during digs in Hatay, which has been home to many civilizations throughout history, that are not on display at the city's archeology museum due to space constraints may find a place at a new museum to be built in the district of Masuklu in Hatay.

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U.S. Civil War Took Bigger Toll Than Previously Estimated, New Analysis Suggests

September, 24 2011

Science Daily

The Civil War already considered the deadliest conflict in American history in fact took a toll far more severe than previously estimated. That's what a new analysis of census data by Binghamton University historian J. David Hacker reveals.

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Pompeii shows its true colours

September, 24 2011

Guardian UK

A fresco depicting the cult of Dionysus in the Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii. Photograph: Julian Worker/Alamy 'Pompeiian red' was created when gases from Vesuvius reacted with yellow paint, research reveals

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DNA study suggests Asia was settled in multiple waves of migration

September, 24 2011

EurekAlert

Analysis reveals archaic Denisovans lived from Siberia to Southeast Asia

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Excavation of islands around Britain to establish origins of Neolithic period

September, 24 2011

PhysOrg

Excavation of islands around Britain to establish origins of Neolithic period Archaeologists at the University of Liverpool are investigating three island groups around Britain to further understanding of why, in approximately 4,000 BC, humans altered their lifestyle from hunting and gathering to farming the land.

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Archaeologist finds ancient beaver teeth in eastern Oregon

September, 24 2011

Oregon Live

An archaeologist with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management didn't exactly know what he had when he picked up these two fossilized beaver teeth last year near the eastern Oregon town of Dayville in Grant County. Scientists now say they're the oldest ever found in North America. If there was any doubt, a new find cements Oregon's distinction as the Beaver State.

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Irene uncovers Native American burial site

September, 24 2011

MSNBC

When the powerful Tropical Storm Irene swept through, the storm unearthed a mystery in Branford, Connecticut.

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Colonial era artifacts found at Kempsville work site

September, 24 2011

Virginian Pilot

Archaeologist Tony Smith walks on a site where Princess Anne Road is redirected. Construction workers unearthed a foundation and some pottery shards on the project. Smith is carrying a bucket with some of those artifacts. (David B. Hollingsworth | For The Virginian-Pilot) Kempsville's early life as a bustling river port 250 years ago has only been hinted at in old city documents, its history traced by a paper trail of deeds and tax records.