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OLMEC CACAO DRINKING AT 1750 BCE	31 Jul 2008 21:22 GMT	1
Listeros, Erik Boot posted a report from the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia on the excavation of a ceramic vessel at the Olmec site of El Manati. Residue analysis of the vessel indicates that by perhaps
Minerva-paper on the Phaistos Disk : The main argument	31 Jul 2008 14:50 GMT	3
As somebody told me that this message was not interesting the Linguists (I posted it in sci.lang), I repost it here, in a more appropriate Group, with some additions : The main argument for suspecting the Phaistos Disk to be a hoax has
Stonehenge reloaded. :-)	31 Jul 2008 12:28 GMT	2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRRDzFROMx0 Interesting - how to move heavy weights with primitive eqipment. Eric Stevens
Eclipses in Ancient China Spurred Science, Beheadings?	31 Jul 2008 11:36 GMT	-
Eclipses in Ancient China Spurred Science, Beheadings? Brian Handwerk for National Geographic News July 29, 2008
Radiocarbon and DNA evidence for a pre-Columbian introduction of Polynesian chickens to Chile	31 Jul 2008 11:20 GMT	2
Not high quality recovery of text. http://www.pnas.org/content/104/25/10335.full.pdf+html for original Radiocarbon and DNA evidence for a pre-Columbian introduction of Polynesian chickens to Chile
AUGUST ANCIENT AMERICAS LECTURES AND CONFERENCES	31 Jul 2008 06:15 GMT	-
Friday, August 1, 7:00 PM Pre-Columbian Society of Washington DC Lecture "The Present and Future of the Maya World: The Role of the U.S. Department of State "
Odysseus' Bloody Homecoming Dated to 1178 B.C.	31 Jul 2008 03:19 GMT	2
Randolph E. Schmid, Associated Press http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/06/24/homer-odysseus-02.html "It was on April 16, 1178 B.C. that the great warrior struck with arrows, swords and
Scholar Finds New Archaeological Sites by Googling	31 Jul 2008 03:18 GMT	2
Dani Cooper, ABC Science Online http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/07/21/archaeology-google.html "Thomas's approach has reaped a huge bounty of new details about known
Stalemate - seafaring Polynesians & their chickens beat Columbus by a century?	30 Jul 2008 22:55 GMT	2
Ker Than for National Geographic News http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/07/080728-polynesia-chicken.html "In other words, the Chilean chicken could have come from anywhere."
Researchers open secret cave under Mexican pyramid	30 Jul 2008 22:41 GMT	-
By Miguel Angel Gutierrez http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/mexico_pyramid_dc;_ylt=AsT5_EjV7_6xk_BphRQoDZxFeQoB "Teotihuacan is Mexico's oldest major archeological site and during its heyday
Pharoah Khufu's (2589-2566 B.C.) 2 sister ships made of cedar	30 Jul 2008 22:03 GMT	-
Rossella Lorenzi, Discovery News http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/07/25/egyptian-boat.html Khufu's first ship is about 142 feet long and is housed in a museum near the Great Pyramid.
Editorial: Prehistory vs. Archaeology: Terms of Engagement	30 Jul 2008 11:37 GMT	-
David Clarke wrote that ‘A modern empirical discipline ought to be able to aim at more rewarding results than the maintenance of … a steady flow of counterfeit history books’ (Clarke 1978, p. 1), and it seemed very clear to him that ‘archaeology is archaeology is
Intermediate six volume report on current Troy findings	30 Jul 2008 11:29 GMT	-
New stage in Trojan excavations Tuesday, July 29, 2008 ÇANAKKALE - Anatolia News Agency A German archaeologist in charge of excavations in ancient Troy
"KFC gene" raises question of Polynesian chickens in South America	30 Jul 2008 10:23 GMT	1
'Chicken and Chips' Theory of Pacific Migration Libraries Science News Keywords AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR ANCIENT DNA
2008, THE YEAR OF NO CROP	30 Jul 2008 03:24 GMT	17
... in addition to alleged "failed drought maker" claim from some Antipodean Toad, here is an excellent confirmation of the Collective Chastiment imposed by me on the Turdland & appropriate Punishment indeed for australia ' s Collective Crimes