The Archaeology Thread

[The-hippie]

"occasionally given a good churn by a plough or rabbits."

Is this the killer rabbit of Caerbannog or the black rabbit of Inile to do that much damage?

 

[BlipDriver]

As someone ho's dug up more than their fair share of battered and cracked artefacts (but no gold!), I wonder why the FLO thinks that they were being taken to be weighed in? I would have assumed that apart from the expected wear an tear from daily use, some of the damage would be the result of being buried in the ground and occasionally given a good churn by a plough or rabbits.

Ah, the wonderfully descriptive bioturbation, posted just so I could use the word.

 

[The-hippie]

Ah, the wonderfully descriptive bioturbation, posted just so I could use the word.

We had an interested newbie on site (among many) was asking why we had a piece of bailer band & a piece of tail light in the trench, I explained bioturbaton to her.
She's a professional proof reader & editor & very intelligent (she'd come to Hull from inside the M25).

The site has been ploughed once in WWII since the Civil Wars.

I like solifluction personally to try to explain, it's as easy to explain as Hill Wash.

 

[tiv]

Stonehenge Altar Stone not from Wales after all:

Stonehenge's Altar Stone is not Welsh, Aberystwyth University says

Academics at Aberystwyth University say its composition does not match that of similar stones.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Burnham]

‘A Neolithic feat of engineering’: Orkney dig reveals ruins of huge tomb​

Clues unearthed more than 100 years ago inspired archaeologists to locate the 5,000-year-old site

‘A Neolithic feat of engineering’: Orkney dig reveals ruins of huge tomb

Clues unearthed more than 100 years ago inspired archeologists to locate the 5,000-year-old site

www.theguardian.com

 

[Kirkz]

‘A Neolithic feat of engineering’: Orkney dig reveals ruins of huge tomb​

Clues unearthed more than 100 years ago inspired archaeologists to locate the 5,000-year-old site

‘A Neolithic feat of engineering’: Orkney dig reveals ruins of huge tomb

Clues unearthed more than 100 years ago inspired archeologists to locate the 5,000-year-old site

www.theguardian.com

Looks like I have to make another trip to Orkney.
@BARN will be pleased.

 

[BlipDriver]

Low waters reveal rock art in Brazil:

Brazil drought reveals ancient rock carvings of human faces

The carvings of human faces on the shore of the Amazon are thought to be at least 1,000 years old.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Herman Munster]

15,000-year-old red-shell beads earliest example of organic red pigment

The finds were made in the Kebara cave on Mount Carmel near Haifa.

www.jpost.com

 

[lastwalt]

Stonehenge Altar Stone not from Wales after all:

Stonehenge's Altar Stone is not Welsh, Aberystwyth University says

Academics at Aberystwyth University say its composition does not match that of similar stones.

www.bbc.co.uk

If, as proposed, it is from Northern England or Scotland, that would be even more remarkable.

 

[CutLunchCommando]

If, as proposed, it is from Northern England or Scotland, that would be even more remarkable.

Prehistoric pork-barrel politics?

 

[lastwalt]

Prehistoric pork-barrel politics?

I just had a quick google around, and there is Devonian sandstone with high barium levels in Dorset and Devon, so why the report picked out Northern England and Scotland as candidates is a bit strange.

 

[tiv]

Retreating ice in Norway reveals perfectly preserved Viking artifacts:

 

[Londo]

Might interest some
From the Mail . Sorry

Most important Roman Road in Scottish history' FOUND after 2,000 years

An ancient Roman Road said to be used by key historical figures including William the Conqueror, Oliver Cromwell and every King and Queen of Scotland, has been found in a garden near Stirling.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[ExREME.TECH]

Letters from Seven Years' War opened 250 years later

The academic who discovered the letters said reading them was "very emotional".

www.bbc.com

 

[Londo]

Hope you find this as interesting as I did