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Julie Schablitsky: Historical archaeology, from shards to stories

Did the Donner Party really practice cannibalism? Did the father of the American navy truly grow up in poverty? As a historical archaeologist, Julie Schablitsky's job is to investigate questions whose answers seem lost to history.

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Related Topix: Archaeology, Science, Annapolis, MD, Computers, Science / Technology, Apple

Sat Jul 04, 2009

This Is Wiltshire

Ancient gems could be lost to houses

PRECIOUS archaeological treasures could be destroyed by a proposed 12,000-home development to the east of Swindon.

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Related Topix: Science, Archaeology, World News, Oxfordshire County, England, United Kingdom, Wiltshire County, England

KHWB-TV Houston

Saving the past and the future: Afghans remove artifacts along with mines

On a rocky hillside in central Afghanistan, men in visored helmets and protective blue smocks gently scratch the earth for land mines - or shards of pottery from the sixth century.

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Related Topix: Asia, Afghanistan, World News, Archaeology, Science

Colorado Daily

Crispin Porter's 'extreme concierge' to the rescue The creative minds ...

Kevin Mullen is the jack-of-all-trades at the Crispin Porter + Bogusky office in Boulder.

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Related Topix: Boulder, CO, Science

Springfield News Leader

Excavation site believed to have been major Indian market center

Chesterfield -- Archaeologists digging at a site in west St. Louis County believe it was once a major market center for Mississippian Indians.

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Related Topix: Chesterfield, MO, Archaeology, Science, St Louis County, MO

Daily Mail

Treasure hunter pals fall out over 500,000 reward for finding rare gold coins

Two treasure hunters face a legal battle over how they are going to split a reward of up to 500,000 for finding a rare hoard of more than 800 Celtic gold coins.

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Related Topix: Archaeology, Science

Fri Jul 03, 2009

Ellesmere Port Standard

Roman well unearthed on Chester development site

A ROMAN well has been unearthed on a Chester development site that will soon house a new Travelodge hotel.

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Related Topix: Flintshire County, Wales, Cheshire County, England, World News, United Kingdom, Archaeology, Science

Laos News.Net

Excavation at 3000 yr old Vietnam site reveals ancient child deaths

Laos News.Net Friday 3rd July, 2009 Washington, July 3 : An archaeological excavation in southern Vietnam of a site more than 3000 years old has shed new light on how the death of young children was viewed by community members and uncovered the oldest clear evidence of rice agriculture in the region.

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Related Topix: Archaeology, Science, Agriculture, National University

Bradenton Herald

NY growth besieges Revolutionary patriots' graves

Ed Spaeth was researching his family tree when he discovered an 18th-century ancestor likely was buried in the woods just down the hill from his Hudson Valley home.

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Related Topix: Fishkill, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Dutchess County Metro, Archaeology, Science

National Post

CSI: Bronze Age

The skull and reconstructed face of a girl killed in a Bronze Age settlement near Stuttgart, Germany.

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Related Topix: World News, Germany, Science

Arizona Republic

Park reaffirms Hopi history, culture

To Donald Nelson, a Hopi who grew up in Prescott, Homolovi is not just another state park.

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Related Topix: Winslow, AZ, Archaeology, Science

Thu Jul 02, 2009

Bury Free Press

City celebrates archaeology festival

York residents and visitors are invited to take part in a range of events being held to celebrate this year's Festival of British Archaeology.

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Related Topix: Science, Archaeology, North Yorkshire County, England, World News, East Riding of Yorkshire County, England, United Kingdom

Tampa Bay Online

Questions raised whether remains belong to vagabond poet

Any doubt that remains found in the Utah wilderness were those of Everett Ruess, a legendary wanderer of the 1930s, seemed to be erased by a battery of forensic and genetic tests a few months ago.

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Related Topix: Archaeology, Science, University of Colorado Boulder

Oxford Mail

Archaeologists warned: don't make a mess

ARCHAEOLOGISTS will comb through rubbish pits, the old town rampart and more when they return to Wallingford on Saturday - but only on condition they don't leave a mess.

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Related Topix: Archaeology, Science

The Sydney Morning Herald

Forbidden Apple's not so sweet

RISE up, O Macintosh computer comrades of Melbourne, rise up and wave your fist with indignation! Raise your tastefully designed fist, in aesthetically pleasing indignation.

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Related Topix: Computers, Science / Technology, Apple, Archaeology, Science, PC, iPhone

Washington Times

Movie Review: Dinos crash into 'Ice Age'

Dawn of the Dinosaurs": They were just hanging out in a tropical land slightly under the Earth's icy crust, waiting for our favorite mastodons and their furry pals to drop in for some wacky adventures.

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Related Topix: Paleontology, Dinosaur, Science, Animation Movies, Comedy Movies, Family, Ice Age, Adventure, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Archaeology, Ice Age: The Meltdown, Ray Romano

Wed Jul 01, 2009

People's Daily Online

Why is it free for foreigners, not Chinese?

All non-Chinese people will get free access to 12 major tourist sites in Anyang city, Henan province, under a new policy, which the country's citizens believe "fawns over foreigners". The program, which will continue until the end of the year, is designed to attract more foreign tourists, who are smaller in number than domestic travelers to the ...

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Related Topix: World News, China, Archaeology, Science

Taipei Times

First Europeans were cannibals with a taste for youngsters, say archaeologists

An historic discovery of the fossilized remains of the first European humans was made in Spain, and revealed they liked to chomp on children By Virginie Grognou AFP , ATAPUERCA, SPAIN Thursday, Jul 02, 2009, Page 14 The remains of the first Europeans discovered at an archaeological site in northern Spain have revealed that these prehistoric men ...

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Related Topix: Archaeology, Science

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Israel's largest late Roman mosaic, once hidden, is back on display

Israeli archaeologists unveiled one of the largest and best preserved mosaics ever found in the country Wednesday, for only the second time since it was discovered more than a decade ago.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Archaeology, Science,

Daily Times

New road threatens ancient Afghan site

The picturesque Cheshma-e-Shafa gorge in the northern province of Balkh is just one of several ancient sites faced with destruction by a post-Taliban push for development, they say.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Archaeology, Science,

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