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Human precursors went to sea, team says

August, 19 2011

Boston Herald

Early manlike creatures may have been smarter than we think. Recent archaeological finds from the Mediterranean show that human ancestors traveled the high seas.

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Ancient Saharan head cases

August, 19 2011

Science News

Arrows denote an intentionally produced hole (1) and a depression (2) in a man's cranium from a Saharan site dating to about 2,000 years ago. Researchers conclude that surgical procedures resulted in this damage. Desert society healers appear to have operated on skulls 2,000 years ago

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Archaeologists discover 8,000 year old stone shelter

August, 19 2011

KSDK News

Archaeologists discover 8,000 year old stone shelter Archaeologists say they've discovered evidence of people living in Colorado's Grand Valley 8,000 years ago.

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Ancient Roman Ship Discovered off Albanian Coast

August, 19 2011

Balkan Insight

Relict of ancient ship found off Albanian coast | Photo courtesy of RPM Nautical Foundation The remains of a 2,100 year old Roman ship have been discovered off the Karaburun Peninsula in Albania's southern coast by archaeologists.

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Black Death study lets rats off the hook

August, 19 2011

Guardian UK

Bubonic plague victims of 14th century London, uncovered in the 1980s in an excavation at the Old Royal Mint. Photograph: Rex Features Plague of 1348 spread so fast in London the carriers had to be humans not black rats, says archaeologist

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Ancient Roman Jar Riddled with Mystery

August, 19 2011

Live Science

This ancient jar is full of holes, including one at its base; though scientists have no idea what it was used for, they believe it dates back 1,800 years to Roman Britain. An ancient clay vessel reconstructed from pieces discovered at a Canadian museum is riddled with tiny holes, leaving archaeologists baffled over what it was used for.

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3750 year old settlement unearthed in Sri Lanka

August, 19 2011

The Stone Pages

The oldest human dwelling so far identified in Sri Lanka has been discovered in Haldummulla.

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Peruvian Desert Once a Breadbasket

August, 16 2011

Discovery News

The coastal desert of Peru. (Wikimedia Commons) What do the characters in The Grapes of Wrath, Icelandic shepherds in the Middle Ages and ancient Peruvians have in common? They all suffered from the effects of intensive agriculture on sensitive environments.

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Iron Age road link to Iceni tribe

August, 16 2011

BBC

The timber posts have been preserved by peat A suspected Iron Age road, made of timber and preserved in peat for 2,000 years, has been uncovered by archaeologists in East Anglia.

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Crow, Northern Cheyenne earn archaeological credentials

August, 16 2011

Billings Gazette

Nathan Young Swallow and Allison Taylor screen dirt from a shovel test on an archaeology site at the Lockhart Ranch in the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area last week. In what was once the vegetable garden of cantankerous cattle rancher and novelist Caroline Lockhart, Crow and Northern Cheyenne archaeology students on Thursday cleared rust colored topsoil from a Bighorn Canyon hearth that probably predated her by 2,000 years.