Posted on 12/20/2007 11:52:08 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Hardly week goes by without a major archaeological discovery or the publication of a radical new theory about the human past. Reducing a year's worth of these stories to the 10 most important was a tall order, especially since our intent was to go beyond the headlines and select those we thought made a significant impact on the field--ones that will be talked about for decades.
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Solar Observatory at Chankillo, Peru |
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Nebo-Sarsekim Cuneiform Tablet |
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New Dates for Clovis Sites |
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Early Squash Seeds, Peru |
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Ancient Chimpanzee Tool Use |
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Urbanization at Tell Brak, Syria |
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Lismullin Henge, Tara, Ireland |
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Polynesian Chickens in Chile |
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Homo habilis & Homo erectus |
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Greater Angkor, Cambodia |
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Of course, we couldn't agree on our own top ten, and many of us lobbied for stories that didn't make the final cut. So, we have added here nine of 2007's other most important finds... |
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Baby Mammoth, Russia |
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Alexander's Isthmus, Tyre, Lebanon |
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Ötzi's Final Moments, Italy |
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Neolithic Mural, Syria |
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Imperial Standards, Rome |
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Building the Great Pyramid, Giza |
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Paleolithic Tools, India |
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5,800-Year-Old Mass Grave, Syria |
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Polynesian Breakthroughs |
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What did we leave out? What would you have picked as the year's most important find, whether it's something we picked or something we missed, rounding out the year's 20 most important discoveries? |
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Solar Observatory at Chankillo, Peru |
Nebo-Sarsekim Cuneiform Tablet |
New Dates for Clovis Sites |
Early Squash Seeds, Peru |
Ancient Chimpanzee Tool Use |
Urbanization at Tell Brak, Syria |
Lismullin Henge, Tara, Ireland |
Polynesian Chickens in Chile |
Homo habilis & Homo erectus |
Greater Angkor, Cambodia |
Of course, we couldn't agree on our own top ten, and many of us lobbied for stories that didn't make the final cut. So, we have added here nine of 2007's other most important finds... | Baby Mammoth, Russia |
Alexander's Isthmus, Tyre, Lebanon |
Ötzi's Final Moments, Italy |
Neolithic Mural, Syria |
Imperial Standards, Rome |
Building the Great Pyramid, Giza |
Paleolithic Tools, India |
5,800-Year-Old Mass Grave, Syria |
Polynesian Breakthroughs |
What did we leave out? What would you have picked as the year's most important find, whether it's something we picked or something we missed, rounding out the year's 20 most important discoveries? |
Wow. Okay. I started to compile a list of the same topics from FR, using Google, and this topic we’re in already popped up in their database. Anyway, having done their top ten, I’ve gotten tired of it, and will let you do the nine runners-up. :’)
Towers Point To Ancient Sun Cult (Peru)
BBC | 3-1-2007
Posted on 03/01/2007 4:16:57 PM EST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1793520/posts
Towers in Peru Called Solar Observatory
South Florida Sun-Sentinel | 02 March 07 | Thomas Maugh
Posted on 03/04/2007 1:00:49 PM EST by ameribbean expat
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1795050/posts
Experts doubt Clovis people were first in Americas
yahoo...Reuters | Feb 22 | Will Dunham
Posted on 02/23/2007 12:34:17 PM EST by george76
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1789921/posts
Tiny Tablet Provides Proof For Old Testament
The Telegraph (UK) | 7-10-2007 | Nigel Reynolds
Posted on 07/10/2007 8:48:08 PM EDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1863897/posts
Ancient Document Confirms Existence Of Biblical Figure
The New York Sun | July 11, 2007 | Nigel Reynolds
Posted on 07/11/2007 12:39:39 PM EDT by Sopater
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1864272/posts
Museum’s tablet lends new weight to Biblical truth
Times Online | July 11, 2007 | Dalya Alberge
Posted on 07/13/2007 1:19:37 PM EDT by GodGunsGuts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1865478/posts
Squash grown 10,000 years ago in Peru
Yahoo | Thu Jun 28, 6:09 PM ET | By Randolph E. Schmid, AP Science Writer
Posted on 06/28/2007 9:39:04 PM EDT by Fred Nerks
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1858039/posts
Trying To Fathom Farming’s Origins
The Columbus Dispatch | 8-14-2007 | Bradley T Lepper
Posted on 08/15/2007 1:42:04 PM EDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1881608/posts
When animals show signs of a mind
Source: The Detroit Free Press
Published: February 14, 2001
Author: Robert S. Boyd — Free Press Washington Staff
Posted on 02/14/2001 15:06:30 PST by Willie Green
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a8b0f764389.htm
Monkey say, monkey do
(wild chimps teach others to use tools, probably planning takeover)
SMH | May 25 2002
Posted on 05/24/2002 11:01:45 AM EDT by dead
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/688904/posts
Spear-wielding chimps snack on skewered bushbabies [ chimps suck ]
New Scientist | February 22, 2007 | Rowan Hooper
Posted on 02/23/2007 3:41:24 AM EST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1789678/posts
Recent Work on Middle Eastern Chronology
Source: Velikovskian Journal
Published: 5/14/2001 Author: self
Posted on 05/14/2001 20:11:37 PDT by medved
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3b009e6920a9.htm
New Discoveries In Syria Confirm Theory On Spread Of Early Civilization
Newswise.com | 6-2-2002 | Carrie Golus
Posted on 06/03/2002 4:42:03 PM EDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/694010/posts
Investigating Canals Across Time, From Space
The Gazette - Harvard | 3-17-2006 | Alvin Powell
Posted on 03/17/2006 3:28:23 PM EST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1598328/posts
Ruins in Northern Syria Bear the Scars of a City’s Final Battle
New York Times | January 16, 2007 | John Noble Wilford
Posted on 01/16/2007 10:36:52 AM EST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1768351/posts
Burial Clue To Early Urban Strife
BBC | 8-31-2007
Posted on 08/31/2007 6:25:13 PM EDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1889597/posts
Huge Temple Found Under Hill Of Tara (Ireland)
Irish Examiner | 11-12-2002 | Evelyn Ring
Posted on 11/12/2002 5:58:27 PM EST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/787663/posts
Ancient “Royal Temple” Discovered in Path of Ireland Highway
National Geographic | 5-15-2007 | James Owen
Posted on 05/16/2007 3:53:52 PM EDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1834693/posts
Polynesians Beat Columbus To The Americas
New Scientist | 6-4-2007 | Emma Young
Posted on 06/04/2007 8:58:20 PM EDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1844873/posts
First Chickens in Americas Were Brought From Polynesia
(came before Columbus)
NYT | 06/05/07 | JOHN NOBLE WILFORD
Posted on 06/04/2007 9:55:26 PM EDT by TigerLikesRooster
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1844910/posts
Chicken bones show Polynesians went to Chile (Told ya so!)
Reuters | 5 June 2007 | Maggie Fox
Posted on 06/05/2007 8:31:36 AM EDT by DieHard the Hunter
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1845088/posts
Finds test human origins theory
BBC News | James Urquhart
Posted on 08/08/2007 1:58:39 PM EDT by Domandred
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1878232/posts
Kenyan Fossils May Add New Branch to Human Family Tree
National Geographic | 8-8-2007 | John Roach
Posted on 08/08/2007 6:50:18 PM EDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1878391/posts
Evolutionary Theory Challenged By Fossils
CBS News | 08/09/2007
Posted on 09/18/2007 11:47:54 AM EDT by SirLinksalot
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1898410/posts
Climate Change Ended Angkor - Report
The Age | 3-14-2007
Posted on 03/14/2007 8:52:02 PM EDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1801010/posts
Revealed: Australia’s raiders of the lost wat
Canberra Times | 14 August 2007 | Rosslyn Beeby
Posted on 08/13/2007 7:55:10 PM EDT by BlackVeil
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880693/posts
Sprawling Angkor Brought Down By Overpopulation, Study Suggests
National Geographic | 8-13-2007 | Susan Brown
Posted on 08/13/2007 11:23:51 PM EDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880781/posts
Map reveals ancient urban sprawl (bad enviro-policy blamed).
BBC | August 14, 2007
Posted on 08/14/2007 7:44:29 AM EDT by Jedi Master Pikachu
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880891/posts
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Blam, I think we need our own Top Ten lists. :') |
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· Mirabilis · Texas AM Anthropology News · Yahoo Anthro & Archaeo · · History or Science & Nature Podcasts · Excerpt, or Link only? · cgk's list of ping lists · |
The Neandertal EnigmaFrayer's own reading of the record reveals a number of overlooked traits that clearly and specifically link the Neandertals to the Cro-Magnons. One such trait is the shape of the opening of the nerve canal in the lower jaw, a spot where dentists often give a pain-blocking injection. In many Neandertal, the upper portion of the opening is covered by a broad bony ridge, a curious feature also carried by a significant number of Cro-Magnons. But none of the alleged 'ancestors of us all' fossils from Africa have it, and it is extremely rare in modern people outside Europe." [pp 126-127]
by James Shreeve
The Cycle of Cosmic Catastrophes: Flood, Fire, and Famine in the History of Civilization by Richard Firestone, Allen West, and Simon Warwick-Smith |
regarding their #19:
Early Polynesians Sailed Thousands Of Miles For Trade
National Geographic | 9-27-2007 | Dave Hansford
Posted on 09/27/2007 6:46:25 PM EDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1903226/posts
2007 - Year Of The Lapita? (Polynesian Breakthroughs)
Archaeology Magazine | January/Febuary 2008 | Mark Rose
Posted on 12/13/2007 4:03:09 PM EST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1939091/posts
Frozen baby mammoth to be sent to Japan for research
(near-perfect preservation: photo)
Kyodo News | 07/06/07
Posted on 07/10/2007 4:48:34 AM EDT by TigerLikesRooster
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1863471/posts
The 5,800 year old massacre at Tell Majnuna was covered in one of the Tell Brak topics linked above. :’)
Super-Eruption: No Problem (Toba)
Nature | 7-6-2007 | Katherine Sanderson
Posted on 07/06/2007 12:02:21 PM EDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1861776/posts
Architect claims to solve pyramid secret
Yahoo News | March 30, 2007 | Laurence Joan-Grange
Posted on 03/30/2007 7:57:51 PM EDT by Man50D
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1809556/posts
Architect Says Pyramid Built Inside Out
AOL News | March 31, 2007 | Tim Hepher
Posted on 03/31/2007 12:48:03 PM EDT by Clintonfatigued
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1809827/posts
How Alexander The Great Used ‘Mother Nature’
The Telegraph (UK) | 5-15-2007 | Roger Highfield
Posted on 05/15/2007 7:39:17 PM EDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1834168/posts
Secrets Of A Stone Age Rambo (Otzi, The Iceman)
The Observer (UK) | 5-4-2003 | Robin McKie
Posted on 05/05/2003 8:29:12 PM EDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/906181/posts
Prehistoric iceman “Otzi” died from arrow wound
Reuters | 6-6-07 | Anon Science Stringer
Posted on 06/06/2007 12:43:47 PM EDT by Pharmboy
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1845869/posts
Otzi’s violent world
National Post | 2007-06-11 | (editorial page)
Posted on 06/11/2007 7:57:26 AM EDT by Clive
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1848235/posts
‘Oldest’ Wall Painting Looks Like Modern Art
The Telegraph (UK) | 10-11-2007 | Roger Highfield
Posted on 10/11/2007 4:31:49 PM EDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1909902/posts
Emperor Maxentius insignia found in Rome
AP on Yahoo | 12/3/06 | Marta Falconi - AP
Posted on 12/03/2006 2:57:26 PM EST by NormsRevenge
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1747883/posts
Rome’s Palatine Hill shows new treasures
AP via Yahoo! | 1-23-07 | Ariel David
Posted on 01/23/2007 8:07:37 PM EST by Dysart
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1772564/posts
Emperor’s Treasures Found (Maxentius)
The Times Online | 1-31-2007 | Richard Owen
Posted on 01/31/2007 5:21:08 PM EST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1776985/posts
Sceptre from Roman emperor exhibited
The Telegraph | 2-27-07 | Malcolm Moore
Posted on 02/27/2007 3:34:23 AM EST by dbehsman
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1791794/posts
So, you outwaited me, eh? ;’) There’s another topic or two I’ve not posted yet. Today was supposed to be the day I didn’t park my keister in front of the technipple. I guess I screwed that up.
Well...I did post this one.
Yeah, I wish I’d followed the link at that time. :’) I either never saw it, or saw it at work and forgot to go back when I got home.
With all the Mammoth stories we’ve noticed this year (we’ve had a trunk full of them)it’s only right that the Baby Mammoth make the final cut by a nose.
[sigh]
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