History Forum / General / Archaeology / April 2008

Random distribution of fossil shells in the blocks that made up the
Egyptian monuments imply the creation of the blocks from natural stone
rather than molded as some scholars contend.
"To further their argument, the scientists say the x-ray patterns

Examination of a pre-molar of a Neanderthal found in SW France
suggests a diet of large animals for the Neanderthals. Not just the
high-protein flesh but the organs as well, something that was common
before modern food production and supermarket packaging. The article

Kent V. Flannery, and Joyce Marcus
http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/pnas;100/20/11801
"New 14C dates from archaeological sites in Oaxaca,
Mexico, support R. C. Kelly's observation that

http://www.livius.org/a/iran/chogha_zanbil/cz.html
Archaeological excavation was between 1951 and 1962.
Please note 2 strange pictures of doorknob-like
elements.

Cascajal block
http://euler.slu.edu/~marks/Fall2007/oldest_writing_in_the_new_world.pdf
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David Christainsen

Science Frontiers
http://www.science-frontiers.com/sf051/sf051a01.htm
Does the archaeology show that the stone artifacts
at Calico were shaped by humans going back in the

Science Frontiers
http://www.science-frontiers.com/sf021/sf021p02.htm
AFAIK Dr. Steen-McIntyre's extremely old dating
of 250,000 years BP was never scientically refuted.

http://www.aboriginalartonline.com/art/rockage.php
"Archaeologist Sue O'Connor at the Australian
National University has found a buried fragment
of rock painting preserved in the limestone

Can anyone tell me if there is a web site than can translate English into
phonetic ancient Egyptian (not Arabic).
Actually I just want the translations for Fire & Storm as names for my new
kittens :-)

Science Frontiers
http://www.science-frontiers.com/sf044/sf044p01.htm
"Protzen does not know how they were transported
35 kilometers."

Cavemen facts
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/human/species/
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David Christainsen

Antiquity, March 2008 Volume: 82  Number: 315  Page: 189–198
Contact between the Norse Vikings and the Dorset culture in Arctic Canada
Robert W. Park
Instances of cultural interaction between Norse and native American have

http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/2004/07.22/07-grain.html
"Called by scientists the 'broad spectrum revolution,'
this development ultimately led to domestication of
plants and animals and the development of agriculture.

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That would ensure Billary stays in the race, drags it out all    
the way to the convention, so superdelegates defy the popular            
vote, thereby fracturing the Democratic party and undermining

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/12/2058256.htm
"The idea that early farming offered humans a more
reliable food supply has been exposed as a myth,"
said Ian Gilligan, a postgraduate researcher from the