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Archaeological Excavations, Survey and Projects
April 30, 2009 - 12:13pm
An archaeological study taking place before additional burial space at a Pevensey church is freed up may uncover medieval relics. Pevensey Church Farm, behind St Nicolas Church and alongside the Cattle Market car park, is due to become the subject of the study this summer. The farm was taken over 12 years ago by the Church Farm Trust on behalf of the village church. The trust wanted to extend the graveyard and build a church hall on the land but was told it must carry out an archaeological exploration, costing around £100,000, before starting work. This was too expensive but the trust has reached a compromise with East Sussex County Council. Trustee and churchwarden Owen Visick said, "After discussions with the county archaeologist and the Environment Agency it has been agreed that we may carry out a dig on a limited area of the field – enough to provide space for three or four years of burials." [...]
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Underwater Archaeology
April 30, 2009 - 12:09pm
Marine archaeologists have said that the discovery of ancient boat remains off the west coast of Scotland may point to the site of a boatbuilders yard dating back many centuries. Edinburgh, April 29 : Marine archaeologists have said that the discovery of ancient boat remains off the west coast of Scotland may point to the site of a boatbuilder's yard dating back many centuries. "There have been some reported finds of materials associated with terrestrial settlement. It might be a boatbuilding site from the early period," Philip Robertson, a marine archaeology expert at Historic Scotland, told The Scotsman. [...]
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Palaeontology
April 30, 2009 - 12:06pm
Giant pterosaurs, colossal winged reptiles that lived alongside the dinosaurs, have long been considered the heaviest animals ever to take to the skies. But new research suggests that the notion of giant pterosaurs soaring over Earth simply doesn't fly.Based on the weights and body sizes of modern birds, a new study finds that animals heavier than 90 pounds (41 kilograms) with wingspans greater than 16.7 feet (5.1 meters) wouldn't be able to flap fast enough to stay aloft. The conclusion casts serious doubt on the flying ability of large pterosaurs such as Quetzalcoatlus, thought to be one of the largest airborne animals of all time. [...]
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Archaeology and Politics
April 30, 2009 - 12:03pm
Gov. Bobby Jindal has appointed Concordia Sentinel Editor Stanley Nelson to the Louisiana Archaeological Survey and Antiquities Commission, which serves to promote the goals and objectives of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism and advise the department on matters relating to antiquities, archaeology and other cultural resources. According to statute, the commission is comprised of eleven members, including the state archaeologist and one representative each from the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, the Department of Natural Resources and the Governor's Office of Indian Affairs serving as ex-officio members. The remaining seven members are gubernatorial appointments, subject to senate confirmation. Each member appointed by the governor is selected from nominations submitted by the ex-officio members of the commission and must be a lay or professional archaeologist. Additionally, one appointment must be a member of the Louisiana Archaeological Society. [...]
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Archaeological Excavations, Survey and Projects
April 30, 2009 - 11:51am
A significant historical discovery was made last week when archaeologists at the site of the proposed Macon County Airport runway extension discovered two palisaded villages, circa 1100 A.D. “We had no idea there were palisaded villages in 1100 A.D.,” said Tasha Benyshek, senior archaeologist on the project with TRC Solutions. Benyshek has been working at the site for several weeks, removing top soil and performing preliminary mapping of archaeological features. Her crew was hired to perform artifact removal and data recovery on a portion of the area slated for a runway extension. [...]
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Archaeological Excavations, Survey and Projects
April 30, 2009 - 10:32am
Culture Minister Antonis Samaras announced on Wednesday that work will soon begin on a new archaeological unification and 3.4-hectare archaeological park in downtown Athens, on the site once occupied by Aristotle's Lyceum in ancient Greece. Samaras said that a protective canopy will be built over the antiquities in the palestra (wrestling arena) of the lyceum's gymnasium and they will also be linked with the Byzantine Museum. The project was first initiated in 1996, when excavation works revealed the archaeological findings and the site. They started with restoration works on the site in 1997, followed by the announcement in 2002 of a tender for a technical study on building the canopy and associated works that is finally being carried out this year. [...]
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Museum Exhibits, Events and Information
April 30, 2009 - 10:23am
For the past two years, a team of UCLA Egyptologists, digital modelers, web designers, staff and students has been building a three-dimensional virtual-reality model of the ancient Egyptian religious site known as Karnak, one of the largest temple complexes ever constructed. The result is Digital Karnak, a high-tech model that runs in real time and allows users to navigate 2,000 years of history at the popular ancient Egyptian tourist site near modern-day Luxor, where generations of pharaohs constructed temples, chapels, obelisks, sphinxes, shrines and other sacred structures beginning in the 20th century B.C. Developed by UCLA's Experiential Technologies Center — which has helped pioneer the digital reconstruction of historical sites, including the innovative Rome Reborn, released in 2006 — the Karnak model and a host of additional digital resources are now available for educators, students, scholars and the public to explore for free. [...]
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Archaeological Excavations, Survey and Projects
April 29, 2009 - 5:11pm
Le chantier qui couvre au total 1,2 hectare est la "plus vaste opération archéologique conduite" dans cette ville a indiqué à l'AFP Guy Alfonso, responsable des fouilles effectuées par l'Inrap (Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives). "C'est assez exceptionnel d'avoir la possibilité de faire des fouilles en plein centre-ville sur une surface aussi importante", a-t-il ajouté. Depuis le mois de janvier, la douzaine d'archéologues qui s'affaire sur le site a dégagé les restes d'un édifice monumental, supposé être un marché couvert datant du IIe siècle, dont la première partie avait été découverte en 1995, lors de précédentes fouilles. Une place publique ainsi qu'une large voie bordée de murs et un égout voûté de la même époque sont également visibles au pied des immeubles de la ville, à deux mètres de profondeur. Au centre de la place, une construction carrée laisse supposer l'existence d'un piédestal surmonté d'une statue. Différentes poteries, céramiques, pièces de monnaie ont aussi été mises à jour. [...]
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Archaeological Excavations, Survey and Projects
April 29, 2009 - 3:56pm
Up to their elbows in history - and dirt - budding archaeologists unearthed treasures from Warrnambool's past yesterday with the excavation of a former 19th-century rubbish tip. Pupils from Warrnambool West Primary School and Port Fairy Consolidated School joined archaeologists from Heritage Victoria for the dig at the site, which dates back to the state's early colonial days. Also taking part were the four winners of The Standard's 'Archaeologist for a Day' competition. [...]
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Underwater Archaeology
April 29, 2009 - 3:49pm
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Western Australia's scuba-diving former attorney-general Jim McGinty has been credited with finding a shipwreck steeped in history: the old steam bucket dredge that carved out Fremantle harbour in the 1890s. The WA Museum said there was evidence the wreck was the dredge Fremantle, which was scuttled 73 years ago. It said engineer CY O'Connor designed the harbour but it was the Fremantle that created it. Mr McGinty, who retired from politics three weeks ago after three decades as the member for Fremantle, was diving for crayfish off Rottnest Island in January with maritime archeologist Graeme Henderson and friend Geoff Kimpton when the trio came upon the wreck. The museum has been investigating the find since then. Yesterday, it declared it believed the wreck was the Fremantle. [...]
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Science, Research and Technology Advancements
April 29, 2009 - 3:31pm
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A 4,500-year-old mystery has been revived, with Indian-American scientists claiming on April 23 that the puzzling symbols that were found on Indus Valley seals are indeed the written script of a language from an ancient civilization. But skeptics, such as historian Steve Farmer and Harvard University Indologist Michael Witzel, say that claims of the Indus Valley civilization having a written language, and therefore a literate culture, are generally created by pseudo-nationalists from India, Hindu chauvinists and right-wing political frauds who wish to glorify the existence of an ancient Hindu civilization. [...]
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Archaeological Excavations, Survey and Projects
April 29, 2009 - 3:29pm
Graves, very likely those of hundreds of Revolutionary War soldiers, have been found, at long last, on undeveloped land in the Town of Fishkill that was proposed to be a shopping center. Archaeological digs and a survey using ground-penetrating radar confirmed existence of long-suspected remains in the historic site known as the Fishkill Supply Depot, according to letters from state historic officials. Historians deem the depot to have been a major resource in the American colonies' war to become a free nation. It was a logistics center for food and supplies as well as an encampment for thousands of soldiers, they have said. [...]
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