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)
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/
#Archaeologists in #Turkey have identified massive structures below a Roman-era castle. Includes a church and the best-preserved temple to #Mithras Fascinating.
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.
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.
#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.
Our #Madrid_DAI colleagues & partners offer a course on #documentation of architectural remains for #archaeologists, master & doctoral students from Europe & North Africa.
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.
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.
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
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.
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 #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.
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.