[SunkenCiv]

the links from the past few days at Archaeologica, I'll get around to some of these:

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  January 29th, 2015 Edition

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  • Scientists recreate ancient Siberian brain surgery techniques for first time Siberian Times
  • Humans and Neandertals likely interbred in Middle East Science Magazine
  • Ancient sacrificial architecture unearthed in Shaanxi China Daily
  • Corpse of 200-Year-Old Monk Found in Lotus Position Discovery
  • Found in Spain: traces of Hannibal's troops The Local

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  January 27th & 28th, 2015 Edition

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  • Face of tattooed mummified princess finally revealed after 2,500 years Siberian Times
  • Genghis Khan's genetic legacy has competition: The Mongolian leader left a strong footprint in the Y chromosomes of modern descendants—but he was not the only one Nature
  • Site of SS Great Britain 'shipwreck' located in Northern Ireland PhysOrg
  • Big-toothed fossil may be primitive new human ABC Science News
  • The largest necropolis from the Roman period in Karczyn in Kujawy is the object of detailed scientific research Science in Poland
  • More on Winchester Model 1873 Found Abandoned in Nevada Desert Popular Archaeology
  • Obsidian artefacts help researchers understand historic land use on Easter Island Past Horizons
  • 1st Americans Used Spear-Throwers to Hunt Large Animals Live Science
  • More on At Newly Discovered Water Temple, Maya Offered Sacrifices to End Drought National Geographic

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  January 25th & 26th, 2015 Edition

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  • Blackbeard's Booty: Pirate Ship Yields Medical Supplies Live Science
  • Archaeologists Excavate Pre-Roman Burials in Spain Popular Archaeology
  • Searching for Cervantes: Archaeologists find casket with Don Quixote author's initials CBC News
  • Louisiana archaeologists hunt for Acadian burial sites-New Acadia Project is looking for unmarked burial sites of at least 34 people CBC News
  • More on Scientists use X-rays to decipher charred Vesuvius scrolls Telegraph UK
  • Salvadoran archaeological site provides window into pre-Columbian life Fox News
  • Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of a Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican City-Pre-Columbian city of Cantona expanded and contracted through increasingly arid climate conditions, suggests study Popular Archaeology
  • Ancient Assyrian Soldiers Were Haunted by War, Too-A new study finds evidence of trauma experienced by soldiers returning home from combat over 3,000 years ago Smithsonian Magazine

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  January 23rd & 24th, 2015 Edition

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  • Find at Shiga ruins suggests ancient Buddhist site-cleansing ritual Asahi Shimbun
  • Early ancestors used their hands like modern humans University of Kent
  • Scan finds new tattoos on 5300-year-old Iceman Red Orbit
  • Red Seat Numbers Found on Rome's Colosseum Discovery
  • Archaeologist set to dig for Sherman's discarded Confederate ordnance SC Now

[chopperman]

Humans and Neandertals likely interbred in Middle East

That explains a lot.