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Additional details on 'dugong' prehistoric ritual site

08.11.2009 08:20    stonepages.com
About 6 week ago, we published an article about the discovery of the oldest known place of worship dedicated to the dugong, or sea cow, on an island just north...



Oregon caves yield evidence of continent's first inhabitants

08.11.2009 08:20    stonepages.com
Archaeologists claim to have found the oldest known artefact in the Americas, a scraper-like tool in an Oregon cave (USA) that dates back 14,230 years. The tool shows that people...
Oregon caves yield evidence of continent's first inhabitants

Ancient weapons factory unearthed in Leicestershire

08.11.2009 08:20    stonepages.com
Archeologists have unearthed an 8,000-year-old weapons factory in Britain. The find, near Melton, is the biggest ever mid-Stone Age discovery in Leicestershire (England), with fingernail-sized flint pieces, burned animal bones...
Ancient weapons factory unearthed in Leicestershire

Iron Age burial mound found in the Netherlands

08.11.2009 08:19    stonepages.com
Archaeologists have found the Iron Age burial mound of a wealthy man in Noord Brabant, the second major find within a cluster of earthworks and other remains near the town...
Iron Age burial mound found in the Netherlands

Prehistoric burial ground discovered on Skye

08.11.2009 08:19    stonepages.com
A prehistoric burial ground has been discovered on Skye (Inner Hebrides, Scotland). Six slab-lined graves and six cremation pits have been unearthed on the excavation site close to Armadale pier...
Prehistoric burial ground discovered on Skye


Novice metal detector man discovers treasure hoard in Scotland

08.11.2009 08:19    stonepages.com
A Iron Age treasure hoard has been unearthed by a safari park keeper using a metal detector for the first time. David Booth was 'stunned' when he found several 2000-year-old...
Novice metal detector man discovers treasure hoard in Scotland

Chinese challenge to 'out of Africa' theory

08.11.2009 08:19    stonepages.com
The discovery of an early human fossil in southern China may challenge the commonly held idea that modern humans originated out of Africa. Jin Changzhu and colleagues of the Institute...
Chinese challenge to 'out of Africa' theory

Father and son cleared of illegal treasure hunting in England

08.11.2009 08:19    stonepages.com
A father and son team of treasure hunters who were accused of illegally removing 3000 year old artefacts from an Uttlesford estate (Essex, England) while acting as metal detecting 'nighthawks',...
Father and son cleared of illegal treasure hunting in England

Nazcas' destruction of forests caused downfall

04.11.2009 16:23    stonepages.com
An ancient civilisation brought about its own demise by destroying forests which kept its delicate ecosystem in balance, according to researchers who claim the discovery has important implications for the...
Nazcas' destruction of forests caused downfall

Expert uncovers celestial connection in desert US Southwest

04.11.2009 16:23    stonepages.com
Jim Krehbiel and an Ohio Wesleyan student spent years uncovering why ancient kivas (rooms used for religious rituals) were built in such remote sites in Utah (USA). Why, he wondered...
Expert uncovers celestial connection in desert US Southwest

Possible Bronze Age burial site discovered in Oxford

04.11.2009 16:23    stonepages.com
Archaeologists have unearthed what they say could be a prehistoric Bronze Age burial site in central Oxford (England). Experts say important chiefs may have been laid to rest at the...
Possible Bronze Age burial site discovered in Oxford

11th Nordic Bronze Age Symposium

04.11.2009 16:23    stonepages.com
has been organized by the Institute for Cultural Research / Archaeology, University of Helsinki (Finland). The theme of the Symposium was the changing picture...
11th Nordic Bronze Age Symposium

Fallen standing stone found in Cornwall

04.11.2009 16:23    stonepages.com
Early this year archaeologists working on behalf of South West Water have discovered a fallen standing stone at Quoit, between Trevalga and Trethevy (Cornwall, England). The 4.5 tonne stone is...
Fallen standing stone found in Cornwall

Mesolithic flint found by 11-year-old boy in England

04.11.2009 16:23    stonepages.com
Budding archaeologist Samuel Owens uncovered a 10,000 year old piece of history when he found a segment of flint in his dad's allotment. The piece has now been identified as...
Mesolithic flint found by 11-year-old boy in England

Bronze Age cattle travelled long distances

04.11.2009 16:23    stonepages.com
The 4,000-year-old barrows at Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire and Gayhurst, Buckinghamshire (both in England) are famous among Bronze Age archaeological sites for the unusual amounts of cattle remains associated with their central...
Bronze Age cattle travelled long distances

Extinct bison could rewrite Canadian archaeological record

04.11.2009 16:23    stonepages.com
The carcass of an extinct steppe bison, discovered two years ago melting out of a cliff in a remote village in the Northwest Territories, is shedding new light on the...
Extinct bison could rewrite Canadian archaeological record

The oldest 'continuously inhabited' place in Britain?

04.11.2009 16:23    stonepages.com
Did Palaeolithic man settle in what is now known as Thatcham? It has been claimed on numerous occasions that Thatcham in Berkshire (England) is the oldest 'continuously inhabited' place in...
The oldest 'continuously inhabited' place in Britain?

'Matuto' petroglyphs found in New Guinea

04.11.2009 16:23    stonepages.com
Many 'matuto' petroglyphs were found in a number of villages of the Kaimana District, Provinice of Papua Barat (Indonesia). Matuto petroglyphs usually have a half-man lizard shape and are believed...
'Matuto' petroglyphs found in New Guinea

Evidence of human habitation on Trinidad 7000 years ago

04.11.2009 16:23    stonepages.com
An archaeological team has found more evidence on a site at St John's Road, South Oropouche (Trinidad), that people lived there 7,000 years ago. The site is as old as...
Evidence of human habitation on Trinidad 7000 years ago

Neanderthals and modern humans got together

04.11.2009 16:23    stonepages.com
Modern humans and Neanderthals had sex across the species barrier, according to a leading geneticist who is overseeing a project to compare their genomes. Professor Svante Paabo, director of genetics...
Neanderthals and modern humans got together

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