Drawing is thinking: #Madrid_DAI & partners are again hosting their #training course on "Documentation of architectural remains" for #archaeologists, master & doctoral students from Europe & North Africa.
Badami Chalukya was the foremost period of the #ChalukyaDynasty, a #Hindu family lineage that ruled large parts of southern & central #India between 6th & 12th centuries AD.
#Archaeologists in #Catalonia, #Spain, have unearthed human & animal remains & ornamental objects spanning from #Neolithic to #BronzeAge. The #CovaSelsXaragalls cave, located in Vimbodí i Poblet, has unveiled a #prehistoric#BurialSite that dates back from 7,000-3,000 yrs ago. The extended usage of the cave, over an extensive & enduring timeframe, may provide abundant insights into the #evolution of prehistoric society, especially regarding death & burial rituals.
Archaeo.social now offers a #webring for #archaeologists (and not only)! This is a tiny funny thing from the old web and it might be a good way to discover and keeping a list of #archaeology blogs and websites. Thanks to @joeroe for supporting this idea and implementing it :) (and thanks to @amolith for the go-webring)
Fab graphic by Grahame Appleby showing that hundreds of #archaeologists from across the UK signed it - the biggest number coming from nearest to the Stones and the A303 corridor. We had national BBC and regional news coverage.
The Menga dolmen is an ancient burial mound located near #Antequera, #Málaga, Spain. It has been dated to approximately 5,700 years ago and is one of the largest known #megalithic structures to be built in #Europe.
Bodies keep arriving at #AbuKabir#morgue they’re rarely intact or burned beyond recognition. Scale & brutality of Hamas’s attack on southern Israel still coming in2 focus. > 200 cannot be identified because they were mutilated or incinerated. Damage is so severe and the task so complex that the Israeli government has turned to #archaeologists 2 collect bone fragments. More remains R being retrieved daily by Israeli soldiers during military operations in Gaza. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/31/israel-attack-victims-forensic-identification/
Laying out a Medieval skeleton of a cat 🐈 Poor cat, but really interesting for #archaeologists. It's not clear how the cat died but it was an adult. #zooarchaeology#animals
Beothuk Lake was the last refuge for Newfoundland's #Indigenous group. They struggled with European diseases, violent encounters, and losing crucial migration routes to colonization. Shawnadithit, widely recognized as the last Beothuk, died in 1829.
Now, a new analysis reveals that the object is no ordinary arrowhead — it was crafted from a #Meteorite that crashed to Earth #3500YearsAgo, according to a study published in the September issue of the Journal of Archaeological Science.
I have a question for my fellow #archaeologists out there about #archaeology#publishing. For two years, I was part of a large #rescue#excavation project while working in a local museum. The excavations finished this year, but I resigned (for reasons outside of archaeology) from the museum at the end of last year. While I was at the museum, I was the lead archaeologist on the project. Naturally, talks have now begun about a publication of the project.
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#Archaeologists in #Turkey have identified massive structures below a Roman-era castle. Includes a church and the best-preserved temple to #Mithras Fascinating.
#Archaeologists in #Iceland have unearthed the country's oldest known drawing: a scratched-out piece of "#Viking graffiti" that looks like a partly drawn boat.