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  • Fish Traps and Archaeology

    About.com Archaeology
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:30 am
    Fish traps, which go by an astounding array of terms, are at least 8,000 years old, and were invented by complex hunter-gatherers all over the world.

  • St. Augustine, Florida Civil War Shipwreck Documentary Released

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    Anita
    14 Apr 2011 | 2:33 am
    Buried in the ocean's sands off St. Augustine, Florida, “the Nation’s oldest port,” is a lost shipwreck, one of the last great maritime mysteries from America’s Civil War. The 150 year old shipwreck had several incarnations—first, that of a commercial trader, then an illegal slaver, and finally a feared rebel privateer. Join underwater archaeologists and forensic scientists in their pursuit to

  • Spiritual meaning of the dismemberment myths?

    The Mathisen Corollary
    David Warner Mathisen
    25 Jan 2012 | 1:35 am
    In an earlier post, we looked together at an article which took Hamlet's Mill authors de Santillana and von Dechend to task for a variety of reasons, concluding that their text is nothing more than "an amazing exhibition of academic narrow-mindedness, unrestrained speculation, and lack of expert knowledge, on the part of its authors."At one point in the essay critical of Hamlet's Mill, the author asks, "My only comment is why didn't the channels of communication - whatever they supposedly were - also get used to carry other technical information such as metalworking."This is a reasonable…

  • Staffordshire Pottery of the American Antiquarian Society

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    Anita
    14 Jan 2012 | 8:17 pm
    The American Antiquarian Society has put together an online exhibit of Staffordshire Pottery of John Ridgeway called The Beauties of America. These pieces are part of the Emma DeForest Morse Collection, and are the blue transfer patterns. In addition to the photos, details and a bibliography are provided.

  • Poudre Learning Center and UNC professor to create mock archaeology site

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    27 Jan 2012 | 5:13 pm
    Thanks to two recently awarded grants, a University of Northern Colorado assistant professor is working with the Poudre Learning Center to create a simulated archaeology excavation site for UNC students.
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  • Staffordshire Pottery of the American Antiquarian Society

    Anita
    14 Jan 2012 | 8:17 pm
    The American Antiquarian Society has put together an online exhibit of Staffordshire Pottery of John Ridgeway called The Beauties of America. These pieces are part of the Emma DeForest Morse Collection, and are the blue transfer patterns. In addition to the photos, details and a bibliography are provided.

  • 2012 Summer Field School in Maritime Archaeology - Bermuda

    Anita
    11 Jan 2012 | 1:54 pm
    Image by europanostra via Flickr Saint Mary's College-University of Rhode Island 2012 Summer Field School in Maritime Archaeology The Summer Field School in Maritime Archaeology is a joint research expedition conducted in Bermuda by faculty and students of Saint Mary's College of California and the University of Rhode Island.  The field school is a research-based learning experience that will

  • Coffin Handles from the African Burial Ground, New York City

    Anita
    6 Jul 2011 | 9:57 pm
    Megan Springate has just published an article in the African Diaspora Archaeology Network, June 2011 Newsletter on identifying a possible British source of the coffin handles excavated at the African Burial Ground in Lower Manhattan. The article also covers coffin handles from a Philadelphia African-American cemetery. The abstract is here, but there is a link to the full article as well.

  • St. Augustine, Florida Civil War Shipwreck Documentary Released

    Anita
    14 Apr 2011 | 2:33 am
    Buried in the ocean's sands off St. Augustine, Florida, “the Nation’s oldest port,” is a lost shipwreck, one of the last great maritime mysteries from America’s Civil War. The 150 year old shipwreck had several incarnations—first, that of a commercial trader, then an illegal slaver, and finally a feared rebel privateer. Join underwater archaeologists and forensic scientists in their pursuit to

  • Archaeological Field School on Edgefield, South Carolina Pottery Communities

    Anita
    25 Mar 2011 | 2:29 pm
    Archaeological Field School on Edgefield, South Carolina Pottery Communities University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Anth. 454-CF and 455-CF (6 credits; 6 weeks), May 23, 2011 to July 1, 2011 This field school will provide training in the techniques of excavation, mapping, controlled surface surveys, artifact classification and contextual interpretation. Students will work in supervised teams,
 
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  • Fish Traps and Archaeology

    27 Jan 2012 | 4:30 am
    Fish traps, which go by an astounding array of terms, are at least 8,000 years old, and were invented by complex hunter-gatherers all over the world.

  • European Paleodogs and Domestication

    25 Jan 2012 | 4:12 am
    A couple of articles published in the last month or so have continued the debate as to the earliest domestication of the dog.

  • Mongooses in Iberia

    23 Jan 2012 | 2:00 am
    Mongooses (Herpestes spp) are kind of like cats, in that they really never became what you could call domesticated, but they do make great pets. Like cats, they also make for an interesting story on their quasi-domestication, nonetheless. ...Read Full Post

  • 25 Centuries of Architecture at Butrint

    20 Jan 2012 | 4:09 am
    Butrint, on the coast of Albania across from the island of Corfu, is an astonishing blend of architecture. Founded in the 6th century BC, the strategically important port was owned by Greeks, Romans, Normans, Venetians, Byzantines and Ottomans, all of whom left their imprint on the city's architecture. ...Read Full Post

  • Sites You Should Know: Shillourokambos

    18 Jan 2012 | 2:41 am
    Shillourokambos is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB) site on the island of Cyprus, at the east end of the Mediterranean Sea and not terribly far from the more-famous and visitable Greek, Roman and Byzantine ruins at Limassol. ...Read Full Post
 
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  • Friday, January 27

    Jessica E. Saraceni
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:24 am
    Czech archaeologists have rediscovered a Meroe-period temple that had been lost to the desert sands of Sudan in the nineteenth century. Riddles written in the ancient Akkadian language have been translated from a copy of a 3,500-year-old clay tablet from southern Mesopotamia by Nathan Wasserman of Hebrew University, and Michael Streck of the Altorientalisches Institut at Universität [...]

  • Thursday, January 26

    Jessica E. Saraceni
    26 Jan 2012 | 11:35 am
    “What modern people are doing with online social networks is what we’ve always done—not just before Facebook, but before agriculture,” said James Fowler of the University of California, San Diego. By studying the Hadza, who live as hunter gatherers in Tanzania, Fowler and Nicholas Christakis of Harvard Medical School found that social networks could have contributed [...]

  • Wednesday, January 25

    Jessica E. Saraceni
    25 Jan 2012 | 12:06 pm
    Underwater archaeologists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Greece’s Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities in Athens are using an autonomous diving robot to search for shipwrecks from the Age of the Minoans, more than 3,000 years ago. “Ships were the way that people communicated and moved about the ancient world. So if we can find [...]

  • Tuesday, January 24

    Jessica E. Saraceni
    24 Jan 2012 | 11:25 am
    In Turkey, drought has revealed a large, 1,600-year-old harbor town that archaeologists are calling Bathonea. The port is located some 13 miles from the center of Istanbul. “The discoveries made are now shedding a completely new light to the wider urbanized area of Constantinopolis. A fantastic story begins to unveil,” commented Voker Heyd of the University [...]

  • Monday, January 23

    Jessica E. Saraceni
    23 Jan 2012 | 11:45 am
    Italy has returned a sculpted head of Domitilla Minor, which was stolen from Sabratha in the 1960s, to Libya. A y-shaped Roman building has been discovered in eastern England, near the ancient town of Venta Icenorum. “It’s very unusual to find a building like this where you have no known parallels for it. What they were [...]
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  • Following genetic footprints out of Africa: First modern humans settled in Arabia

    26 Jan 2012 | 11:37 am
    A new study, using genetic analysis to look for clues about human migration over sixty thousand years ago, suggests that the first modern humans settled in Arabia on their way from the Horn of Africa to the rest of the world.

  • Ancient domesticated dog skull found in Siberian cave: 33,000 years old

    23 Jan 2012 | 2:25 pm
    A 33,000-year-old dog skull unearthed in a Siberian mountain cave presents some of the oldest known evidence of dog domestication and indicates that modern dogs may be descended from multiple ancestors, with advancing glaciers thwarting early domestication efforts.

  • In ancient Pompeii, trash and tombs went hand in hand

    4 Jan 2012 | 10:50 am
    Trash and tombs went hand in hand in ancient Pompeii. That's according to research that provides new insights into daily life of that city before the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79.

  • Scientists crack medieval bone code

    3 Jan 2012 | 12:54 pm
    The existence of brucellosis, an infectious disease still prevalent today, has now been confirmed in ancient skeletal remains.

  • Skeletons point to Columbus voyage for syphilis origins

    20 Dec 2011 | 12:41 pm
    Skeletal evidence that reputedly showed signs of syphilis in Europe and other parts of the Old World before Christopher Columbus made his voyage in 1492 does not hold up when subjected to standardized analyses for diagnosis and dating, according to a new appraisal. This is the first time that all 54 previously published cases have been evaluated systematically, and bolsters the case that syphilis came from the New World.
 
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  • Recent Archaeomags

    28 Jan 2012 | 3:52 am
    British Archaeology #122 (Jan/Feb) has a good feature on the origins of Roman London, presenting and collating evidence from excavations in the 90s and 00s for a military camp immediately post-dating the AD 43 invasion of Britain. The editors have slapped a silly headline on the thing though, playing up a short passage about human heads deposited in the Walbrook stream as if this were the main issue dealt with in the piece. The unsigned last page discusses the important work of Raimund Karl (in The Historic Environment: Policy & Practice Oct 2011; read it on-line), who has compared the…

  • Opportunity Mars Rover Still Working After Eight Years

    25 Jan 2012 | 7:20 am
    Dear Reader, remember the remote-controlled Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity? How long is it since the last time you thought of them? Opportunity landed on Mars eight Earth calendar years ago today, and it still works fine! It's mate Spirit was mobile on the Red Planet for over five years and then functioned as a stationary science platform for another year before getting killed off by a Martian winter it couldn't avoid. Amazing engineering that keeps working year after year without a technician so much as touching it. Oppy is now at Endeavour crater and will spend the Martian winter in a…

  • How Is Energy Consumption Moderated In A Car?

    23 Jan 2012 | 3:37 am
    Car question. When I turn on my windshield wipers, the energy for those two step motors comes from the battery. And it comes to the battery from the gas tank via the alternator. This means that if I drive with my wipers on, I will run out of gas sooner. But doesn't the alternator constantly attempt to charge the battery? Where is the "switch" that allows the alternator to suck less energy out of the tank when I turn off my wipers? I imagine something like a bicycle dynamo that can be either on the wheel, imposing drag, or off the wheel. Read the comments on this post...

  • Baby Aardvark

    20 Jan 2012 | 2:05 pm
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  • Spring Travel & Speaking Schedule

    20 Jan 2012 | 3:03 am
    25-26 February. Blankaholm, Swedish East Coast archaeology conference, speaking about picture stones 7-9 March. Danish Viborg, Bronze Age burial conference 15-17 March. Paris, EU heritage conference 21 March. Stockholm, Senioruniversitetet / ABF, speaking about pseudoarchaeology 24 March. Eskilstuna skeptics group, speaking about pseudoarchaeology 16 April. Västerås / Westeros, Senioruniversitetet, speaking about regional archaeology 28 April. Gothenburg, Swedish Skeptics' annual meeting, emcee 5 May. Olofström, speaking about Harry Martinson 18-20 May. Berlin, 6th World Skeptics'…
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  • The Necropolis Dig

    Sanisera Archaeology Fieldschool
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:10 am
    For 2012, we will be excavating a cluster of Roman tombs belonging to a cemetery located on the outskirts of the Roman city of Sanisera that was occupied from 123 B.C. to A.D. 550. The excavation is directed by Fernando Contreras, director of the Ecomuseum of the Cape of Cavalleria with the collaboration of specialists in physical anthropology and conservation. The course runs seven hours a day which is divided between excavation of the tombs and laboratory work, studying the human remains and other materials recovered during the excavation (The amount of time dedicated to lab work may vary…

  • The Roman City of Sanisera Dig (Menorca, Spain)

    Sanisera Archaeology Fieldschool
    26 Jan 2012 | 12:28 pm
    For 2012, we will be excavating the Roman City of Sanisera that overlooks the natural port of Sanitja. Students will learn and gain experience in excavation using the Harris Matrix. Various instruments and tools will be used to record stratigraphy and document the plans and photographs of the excavation. In the museum laboratory, students will study excavated material and learn basic techniques of artifact recording, focusing on Roman pottery. In addition to the daily excavation and laboratory work, students will also participate in conferences on methodology and Roman archaeology, and will…

  • Second Call for Entries: The Archaeology Channel Conference on Cultural Heritage Film

    Rick Pettigrew
    25 Jan 2012 | 1:11 pm
    To Scholars and Film Makers : Archaeological Legacy Institute is extending its deadline for paper submissions for The Archaeology Channel Conference on Cultural Heritage Film to be held May 9-11 in Eugene, Oregon, USA, in conjunction with our Ninth annual installment of The Archaeology Channel International film and Video Festival (May 8-12).  The deadline for abstract and symposium submissions now is February 29, 2012.  The Conference will be held at the University of Oregon Baker Downtown Center.  This is an international event, with films and film-makers coming from around the globe. …

  • The Cave: Mediterranean Funerary Archaeology

    Sanisera Archaeology Fieldschool
    24 Jan 2012 | 6:23 pm
    The Cape of Cavalleria Ecomuseum in Menorca, Spain, has scheduled for 2012 the excavation of funerary deposits made by the first inhabitants of Menorca. The excavation is directed by Fernando Contreras, director of the Cape of Cavalleria Ecomuseum in collaboration with other specialists in physical anthropology and conservation. The course runs 7 hours a day which is divided between excavation of the cave and laboratory work; study and conservation of the human remains and other materials recovered from the burial site. The fieldwork focuses on the spatial distribution of the individuals and…

  • The Archaeological Movie

    Sanisera Archaeology Fieldschool
    23 Jan 2012 | 9:03 am
    The Cape of Cavalleria Ecomuseum in Menorca, Spain, has scheduled for 2012, the excavation of three sites. The first is The Roman Necropolis Dig, which involves the excavation of a cluster of roman tombs belonging to a cemetery located on the outskirts of the roman city of Sanisera, which was occupied from 123 BC to 550 AD. The second is the excavation of the Roman City of Sanisera, overlooking the natural port of Sanitja, which presents the same chronology as the above mentioned necropolis. The third archaeological project is The Prehistoric Cave Dig, which is focused on the excavation of…
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  • Part of Borobudur relief found

    noelbynature
    26 Jan 2012 | 6:12 pm
    A relief that was supposedly part of Borobudur was returned to the temple custodians by a local villager. photo credit: micahcraig Temple’s Relief Stone Studied Tempo Interaktif, 26 January 2012 The Borobudur Temple Conservation Agency received an ancient relief stone found by a Mendalan villager in Magelang, yesterday. The square stone was allegedly part of the temple’s relief. “We’ll conduct further study,” said Yudi Suhartono, the documentation and publication group work’s coordinator, yesterday. Full story here. -7.603181999999999 110.20406730000002

  • Perak confident of World Heritage listing for Lenggong Valley

    noelbynature
    26 Jan 2012 | 8:18 am
    The state government of Perak in Malaysia expressed confidence that the Lenggong Valley, home to a number of prehistoric sites, will be listed as a World Heritage site. Lenggong Archaeological Museum Perak Confident Lenggong Valley Will Be Listed As World Heritage Site Bernama, 24 January 2012 - The Perak government is confident that the Lenggong Valley will soon be listed as a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). Malaysia submitted the nominaWion for Lenggong Valley on Jan 31 last year and the results is expected to be known…

  • Cambodia’s tourism fuelling education boom

    noelbynature
    26 Jan 2012 | 12:06 am
    An interesting story on how the development of Siem Reap for tourists is also having a secondary effect in fuelling a desire by local Cambodians for higher education. For many, better education and qualifications means access to better-paying jobs, although the quality of such education is a concern. Near Cambodia’s Temple Ruins, a Devotion to Learning New York Times, 24 January 2012 Millions of tourists come here every year to visit the ancient ruins of Angkor Wat, an influx that has helped transform what once resembled a small, laid-back village into a thriving and cosmopolitan town…

  • Tang shipwreck treasures at the Asian Civilisations Museum

    noelbynature
    25 Jan 2012 | 6:06 pm
    I briefly mentioned this at my last post about the Belitung Shipwreck – The Tang Treasures are now on display at the Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore until July. Asian Civilisations Museum, cc image ACM showcases Tang Dynasty artefacts from 8th century shipwreck Channel NewsAsia, 23 January 2012 A tale of two kingdoms lost to the world for more than 1,200 years was uncovered from a shipwreck only some 14 years ago and these treasures from the Tang Dynasty are now being showcased at the Asian Civilisations Museum, including a few pieces never before seen by the world. These…

  • Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre Field School opens in Singapore

    noelbynature
    25 Jan 2012 | 7:50 am
    The Singapore part of the Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre Field School opened today at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre Field School 2012 The opening ceremony this morning saw an opening address by the director of ISEAS, Ambassador K. Kesavapany, the guest-of-honour Prof. Prasenjit Duara of the Asia Research Institute and a lecture on the archaeology of Singapore by Porf. John Miksic. The participants are a varied bunch, representing the a spectrum from the East Asia Summit countries. Over the next two weeks, they will be attending lectures on various topics,…
 
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  • Rejected by Science !!

    Michael E. Smith
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:25 pm
    I just got a rejection for a manuscript sent to the journal Science. That's strike two for me with Science (I sent them my paper on agricultural terraces, back in the early 1990s; it ended up in JFA). I have something else up my sleeve for Science; maybe the third time will work. Because so many papers are submitted to Science, they have a bulk system for evaluating them. Each manuscript gets a quick once-over by one of a small number of editors, who say "no" to most papers. If they say "yes," then the paper gets sent out for peer review. This means that rejections come fast - it took them…

  • Has Latin American Antiquity abandoned book reviews?

    Michael E. Smith
    22 Jan 2012 | 11:42 pm
    Just got the Dec 2011 issue of Latin American Antiquity. This allowed me to complete the book review graph through 2011. This graph shows the number of book reviews published per year in the journal:This really steams me up, and I've complained about it before; see some of the posts listed under "book reviews" in the list of terms on the right side of the blog (scroll down).We can't trust publishers, even academic presses, to not publish bad books. Yes, most book manuscripts are reviewed by outside reviewers, but a good number of real stinkers (and lots of pedestrian yawners) get through that…

  • Internet on strike against censorship

    Michael E. Smith
    17 Jan 2012 | 6:46 pm
    Wednesday, Jan 18, much of the Internet will be on strike to protest the censorship legislation now before Congress. The bill, known as "Stop Online Piracy Act," will have a chilling effect on the use of the internet in the U.S. and around the world. Scholarship and free expression will be reduced, while large media corporations will increase their profits. Lots of basic scholarly practice will become criminalized.For information see the SOPA STRIKE site (including ways to write your congressman, code to temporarily black out your site for the day (as Wikipedia will do), and other materials.

  • Swords, chainsaws, and edited volumes

    Michael E. Smith
    15 Jan 2012 | 4:54 pm
    I'm not the only one with a dim view of the value of edited volumes. As I've expressed previously ("Why are so many edited volumes worthless?") most edited volumes in archaeology are insufficiently integrated, have too many poor quality essays, and do a poor job of advancing research. I was thus not surprised to find the following comments in a recent book review published in the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. This was a review of "Comparing Cities: the Middle East and South Asia" (ed. by Ali and Rieker, Oxford Univ press, 2010. Review 2011, JRAI 17:671-672); review by Hayder…

  • How can we explain social change in the past?

    Michael E. Smith
    11 Jan 2012 | 8:47 pm
    Philosophers of science and social scientists have identified a variety of perspectives on the meaning of explanation and the ways scholars go about explaining social phenomena in the present and the past. I would guess that I am like many archaeologists in generally avoiding this literature because much of the work and writing is difficult to follow and difficult to relate to archaeology. But over the past couple of years I have become convinced that we need to pay attention to this material so that we can do a better job of explaining the past. I've talked about this issue previously, here,…
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    Middle Savagery

  • Haptics and the Physicality of Archaeology

    colleenmorgan
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:29 am
    A gust of wind whipped the context sheet from under my hand, leaving a long, thin, bloody line across the back of my thumb. I sighed, but it only added to the current tally of open wounds on my hands–four. Most are small, little nicks on my knuckles from troweling over rocks and happily there aren’t any opened blisters. I’ve had a particularly stubborn cut on the back of my other thumb that refuses to heal–I cleaned and bandaged it immediately, but it seems like no matter what I do I have a dirty, shredded rag instead of a bandage at the end of the day and a bright red…

  • Archaeology & Being “Game”

    colleenmorgan
    19 Jan 2012 | 7:27 am
    Between digging up wedges of wind-blown sand and anhydrite stub walls I’ve been thinking about archaeology and reflexivity quite a bit lately–what we are allowed to do and think while we are constructing a record of the past. My daily experience of site is fairly rote; I clean the context, photograph, draw, level, record, dig, sample, record, sort artifacts, write 1000 labels, rinse, repeat. A criticism of single context recording is that it is deadening to creativity in interpretation, but I think that is a critique more of the application of the methodology than the methodology…

  • A Moment for Elizabeth Brumfiel

    colleenmorgan
    6 Jan 2012 | 1:32 am
    I stepped into the auditorium. The space seemed cavernous–high ceilings, hundreds of white chairs, and a single podium up front, a podium that was not nearly big enough to hide behind. I took a deep breath and stepped inside. The room was empty, but felt safe. It was my first professional meeting–the Society for American Archaeology in 2004 in Montreal and I was overwhelmed. There were thousands of archaeologists and they all seemed to know each other. I had just been working long days on a big site in Kerrville, Texas, and felt grubby and callused–very removed from the…

  • Anthropologies: The Workmen of Mes Aynak

    colleenmorgan
    5 Jan 2012 | 8:36 am
    Ryan Anderson’s wonderful Anthropologies project is on its tenth edition: Beyond Words (the visual issue) I wrote my contribution in India, in longhand, then typed it out in an internet cafe. First fully analog to digital blog entry for me, check out one of the 4(!)pages: One of my favorite academics (and people) Dr. Sara Perry also has a contribution to this edition, titled: Fluid Fields: The (Unspoken) Intersections of Visual Anthropology and Archaeology. Here’s an excerpt of my entry, for the full length click through to Anthropologies. The Workmen of Mes Aynak Workmen are a…

  • Contextualized Digital Archaeology – Dissertation Chapter

    colleenmorgan
    19 Dec 2011 | 9:40 am
    Crowdsourcing criticism? Okay, so probably not. I have been working in the field in Qatar (today I removed a surface and two postholes! The glamour of it all is overwhelming!) while trying to write my dissertation, with mixed results. I have a couple of chapters that are pretty ready, but I thought I’d start posting them  online for comment. Merry Christmas (?) The chapter that I’m posting first is my methodology chapter, which is also decidedly political. This is pretty scary folks. Be nice. WARNING – SUPER ROUGH DRAFT! NO BIBLIOGRAPHY! NO PICTURES! READ AT YOUR PERIL!
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  • Broughton Coin Theft

    David Gill
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:11 pm
    I know that a number of numismatists read LM ... so perhaps they could do their bit to help solve the theft of some coins from a house in the Scottish Borders.

  • An orphan in the larger picture

    David Gill
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:59 pm
    I have been reflecting on the announcement of fragmentary Greek pots to Italy. And it strikes me that a fragment acquired by the J. Paul Getty Museum in 1984 and its relationship to other fragments of the same Athenian red-figured cup probably give us a clue. The significance lies in the list of donors and former owners who held the fragments. And have any pieces from the same cup been returned to Italy in the latest batch of material?

  • Planet Princeton Comments

    David Gill
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:29 pm
    Source: MiBAC Planet Princeton comments on the return ("Princeton University Returns Art to Italy", January 26, 2012). But what is more interesting is the response from Robert Steven Bianchi and I give a flavour here: The repatriation of these objects is absurd in the extreme ... the Italians cannot take care of their own so they launch witch hunts against those who cherish, protect, preserve, and educate the world about that heritage in order to conceal their own disregard for and indifference toward their own cultural property.Why did Princeton hand over this material? Had the objects been…

  • Sabratha portrait head returned to Libya

    David Gill
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:12 am
    Source: MiBAC A Roman portrait of Domitilla Minor that was found at Sabratha in Libya will be returning home. The head had surfaced at Christie's in London where it appears to have been provided with a falsified collecting history that had placed it in a Swiss private collection in the 1970s. In fact the head had been stolen from the Sabratha Archaeological Museum in 1990. The head was handed over by Professor Mario Monti, the Italian Prime Minister. The return raises serious issues about the rigour of the due diligence process conducted by auction-house. Will Christie's be revisiting their…

  • The significance of the von Bothmer return

    David Gill
    26 Jan 2012 | 4:51 pm
    Source: MiBAC Chasing Aphrodite has a very useful discussion about the nature of the ex Dietrich von Bothmer fragments that have been returned to Italy. It suggests a possible link with the material returned from Princeton as they seem to be derived from a common source.
 
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  • Nytt uppdrag: Etik & arkeologi – A new mission: Ethics & Archaeology

    Magnus Reuterdahl
    25 Jan 2012 | 12:02 pm
    This post is available in English further down. Som jag nämnt i tidigare inlägg byter jag arbetsgivare från och med den 1 februari, från Länsstyrelsen i Västernorrland till Länsstyrelsen i Östergötland. Det är dock mer på gång för mig inom det arkeologiska – jag kommer ingå in en arbetsgrupp inom DIK med uppgift att ta fram etiska riktlinjer för arkeologer. Tanken är att dessa ska fungera som vägledning för alla arkeologer; forskare såväl som för arkeologer på olika myndigheter, museer, stiftelser, företag m fl. Tanken är att riktlinjerna ska vara överskådliga och…

  • Östergötland here I come

    Magnus Reuterdahl
    22 Jan 2012 | 4:31 am
    Just one week left in Västernorrland County – then it’s all preparations for my new job at the administrative board in Östergötland County. The job is more or less the same as I’ve been doing up north ie handling different kind of ie processing various types of cases such as different kind of consultations, dealing with care for ancient monuments and remains, working with decisions concerning contract Archaeology etc. More to come, in February is the 5th annual Blankaholm-seminar (Swedish blog) arranged by fellow archaeologist and blogger Michael Dahlin This year we can look…

  • Flash-back of the Gudrun days

    Magnus Reuterdahl
    12 Jan 2012 | 10:02 am
    2011 ended with a bang – a storm named Dagmar hit Sweden with force, together with the storm Cato. An uprooted tree on an Iron Age settlement, Medelpad 2011 Between 2005-2007 I worked with the effects on ancient monuments and remains after two other storms; Gudrun (2005) & Per(2006). Gudrun herself was responsible for damages on at least 75 million cubic meters of forest. In Kronoberg county in the southern parts of Sweden more than 900 ancient remains or monuments were damaged in some part, in 180 cases the damages was thought to be serious enough to do efforts to do some kind of…

  • Happy new year!

    Magnus Reuterdahl
    31 Dec 2011 | 5:26 am
    2011 is closing in and 2012 is waiting to shine. Though the new year hasn’t started yet it has kind of pre-started for me – In February I start a new employment. This time I turn south again, a bit like a jo-jo, to Linköping where I will work at the county administrative board in Östergötland county. Later in the year I will also attend the European wine bloggers conference in Izmir, Turkey. What has this to do with archaeology you might ask? Well I intend to dive into the archaeology of wine in a few post this coming year. Have a great New Years eve and a great 2012 Magnus…

  • Got an early christmas gift today

    Magnus Reuterdahl
    23 Dec 2011 | 7:41 am
    Got an offer on a new job today. It’ll start next year and means that I’ll be working in Östergötland the better part of next year :) I’ll post more on this at a later date. Merry Christmas Magnus Reuterdahl
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  • A Beautiful New Years Day to Thee

    Vincent
    31 Dec 2011 | 7:22 pm
    “It is Re who opens this beautiful New Year’s Day to thee”. “It is Ptah who opens this beautiful New Year’s Day to thee”. New Year's Jars Dynasty 26 664-525 BCE Faience Such flasks were traditionally offered on New Year’s Day, filled with water from a sacred pool. This spectacular faience masterpiece exemplifies the refinement of Dynasty 18 craftsmanship. It is lentil-shaped, with a short spout and delicate handles. A double geometrical frieze wraps around the spout. Beneath the spout, a large collar with three rows of beads, the last row shaped as drops, decorates each side…

  • Earth Pyramid Launches on 11/11/11

    Vincent
    11 Nov 2011 | 3:30 am
    While the Great Pyramid closes for the 11/11/11, the Earth Pyramid project launches. The Earth Pyramid Project is a truly ambitious project with noble aims. The goal is to get the world thinking about the future of the planet and to bring together the different governments, schools and other groups to discuss these global issues. The pyramid will function as a time capsule into which children from participating schools from around the world will be putting messages. One of the time capsules The building of the pyramid will be the perfect opportunity to try out some of the theories of how the…

  • Pyramids at Giza Close for 11/11/11

    Vincent
    10 Nov 2011 | 7:25 pm
    The Masonic pyramid on the US $1 note The pyramids at Giza will be closed today in order to avoid rituals that were planned to be carried out there on the 11/11/11. Atef Abu Zahab, head of the Department of Pharaonic Archaeology said that the decision to close the pyramids only came “after much pressure” from Egyptian Internet users. The “rituals” were referred to by Youm7 in connection to a “Masonic Concert”. Ali al-Asfar, general manager of the Pyramids at Giza, confirmed the cancellation of the Masonic concert, “11/11,” scheduled for Friday at the…

  • New Electronic Ticket System for Giza

    Vincent
    19 Sep 2011 | 8:23 pm
    A new electronic ticket system to enter the Giza Plateau was scheduled to begin operating Monday after a series of successful experiments in collaboration with the Ministry of Defense. 

 The system mechanically automates ticket-selling to those visiting the Giza Plateau. It is hoped that the new system will make visitor entry more organised. The new tickets have pictures of the Pyramids on them and come in two different colors: red for local Egyptian visitors and dark blue for foreign tourists, or “non-Arabs”. There was no indication whether these new tickets would come with…

  • Illegal Road Built North of Abusir

    Vincent
    7 Sep 2011 | 1:01 am
    I’ve received a report from Maryanne Stroud Gabbani, who lives in Egypt, of an illegal road being built through the desert north of Abu Sir. Maryanne included many photos of the new road as well as some sensitive areas that are being quarried. Rubbish is also being dumped in the area. Trucks are dumping here illegally rather than pay the fee to use the Giza dump. The governorate has no one checking to ensure that trucks don’t do this. Maryanne writes: In 13 years the plateau at the top of the hill has been taken away for construction materials. The Army (and I also hear the…
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  • Hadrian’s First Wall Part 3 of 3

    Geoff Carter
    23 Jan 2012 | 6:21 pm
    On Tyneside, between Hadrian’s Wall and the Ditch to the north, archaeologists have found three lines of double postholes, which, it is argued, represent an early Timber Wall, which, along with the Ditch, formed part of a temporary frontier while Hadrian’s Wall was being built. Further, it is argued that the Turf Wall represents the continuation of this structure in the western sector of the Wall. In addition, when the engineering and layout of the Vallum is examined, it appears to be an unfinished road, probably abandoned when warfare interrupted work on the Wall. These insights into the…

  • Hadrian’s First Wall [Part 2 of 3]

    Geoff Carter
    23 Jan 2012 | 6:21 pm
    On Tyneside, between Hadrian’s Wall and the Ditch to the north, archaeologists have found three lines of double postholes, which it is argued, represent an early Timber Wall, which, along with the Ditch, formed part of a temporary frontier while Hadrian’s Wall was being built. Further, it is argued that the Turf Wall represents the continuation of this structure in the western sector of the Wall.  In addition, when the engineering and layout of the Vallum is examined, it appears to be an unfinished road, probably abandoned when warfare interrupted work on the Wall. These insights…

  • Hadrian’s First Wall [Part 1 of 3]

    Geoff Carter
    23 Jan 2012 | 6:21 pm
    On Tyneside, between Hadrian’s Wall and the Ditch to the north, archaeologists have found three lines of double postholes, which it is argued, represent an early Timber Wall, which, along with the Ditch, formed part of a temporary frontier while the Roman Wall was being built. Further, it is argued that the Turf Wall represents the continuation of this structure in the western sector of the Wall.  In addition, when the engineering and layout of the Vallum is examined, it appears to be an unfinished road, probably abandoned when warfare interrupted work on the Wall. These insights into…

  • The construction of Hadrian's First Wall

    Geoff Carter
    21 Dec 2011 | 4:13 am
    It is now over two years since I published the analyses of the three lines of double postholes found on the berm north of Hadrian’s Wall.[1]I knew then that this was the foundation of a temporary timber rampart, and that these least visible of its features were the key to explaining Europe’s largest archaeological monument.However, more research has subsequently clarified the issue further, and understanding the engineering of the ‘Vallum’ behind the Wall has thrown further light on the sequence of construction. Previous articles; The Timber Wall The Vallum The Northern Frontier So it…

  • Archaeology, wood, and dog walking

    Geoff Carter
    13 Nov 2011 | 10:21 pm
    When I need to think about what to write next, I go and see my friend Daisy, and we go for a walk in the woods. She is a very good listener, but gets impatient with my interest in the trees, as hers mainly involves games with a stick. Thinking about trees is the basis of much of my research about archaeological structures, and for Daisy, sticks are the fundamental part our shared culture. Throwing sticks, in some form or other, is an important and fundamental human skill; as a retriever, Daisy enjoys the chase and hunt for the stick. Possession of the stick is the object of the game.Each tree…
 
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  • Archaeo News Podcast 207

    Past Horizons
    26 Jan 2012 | 3:49 am
    21st January 2012 Contents: A new theory on the disappearance of Neanderthals Bronze Age boat to take to Cornish waters after 4,000 years Indian megalithic sites project begins Achill-Henge may be built over prehistoric site Ancient bones discovered on Milton Keynes building site 5,000-year-old pottery found on Scottish island Remains of prehistoric hut found in southern Texas Yorkshire appeal to save Iron Age Torcs Earliest modern human Rare ancient artefact found in Malta Stonehenge enters the 21st Century Click the play button to listen Archaeo News Podcast 207 Or here to download Media…

  • Scottish Island a 5000 year time capsule

    Past Horizons
    25 Jan 2012 | 12:48 pm
    South Uist. Image: what's the rush (Flickr, Creative commons Licence)Archaeologists have published the results of an intensive survey of a remote Scottish island and revealed a millennia old pattern of settlement and life. From Machair to Mountains shows how archaeologists uncovered a series of virtual “time capsules” on South Uist in the form of ancient settlements preserved beneath sand dunes – a remarkable preservation of occupation and activity from the Neolithic to the modern era, during a major project undertaken with funding from Historic Scotland. Machair and Mountains of…

  • 2012: How to deal with cranks

    Past Horizons
    24 Jan 2012 | 10:10 am
    Crank handle. Image: De Shark(Flickr, Creative Commons license) by Johan Normark (Archaeological Haecceities) Johan Normark I have read two contrasting texts this weekend. The first one is related to Semir Osmanagic’s visit to Linnaeus University last year, after an invitation by Prof. Cornelius Holtorf. In an article called Beyond crusades: how (not) to engage with alternative archaeologies Holtorf is appalled about the way archaeologists deal with “alternative” or “fringe” archaeologists, such as various 2012ers in my case. He emphasizes “the social and cultural needs that both…

  • Hopi petroglyph sites web portal launched

    Past Horizons
    24 Jan 2012 | 4:44 am
    Justin Barton of the CyArk team works on scanning the various faces of Boulder 48 at Tutuveni. Image: CyArkCyArk and partners have launched the Hopi Petroglyph Sites Digital Preservation Project website, a portal featuring sacred Hopi sites documented through state-of-the-art 3D capture technology. The resulting information collected has been used to create online interactive and educational multimedia freely available to the public. Vandalism and deterioration The 3D models and virtual tours captured at Tutuveni and Dawa Park in Arizona provide the basis for this rich interactive web portal,…

  • Why men exhibit warrior tendencies

    Past Horizons
    23 Jan 2012 | 12:10 pm
    Gang graffiti. Image: Charles Crosbie, FlickrFollowing a review of current academic literature by psychologists, biologists and anthropologists, the study concludes that men are biologically programmed to be warriors because of our deep ancestral history of inter-tribal war and conflict. Meanwhile, females have evolved a response to threats from male outsiders where they ‘tend and befriend’ as a way of protecting their offspring, suggests the study. In a paper published in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, researchers from Oxford, VU Amsterdam, and…
 
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  • Archaeologists discover long-lost temple in Sudan

    27 Jan 2012 | 5:00 am
    Czech archaeologists have found a long lost temple from the Meroe period near the town of Vad Bon Naga in Sudan, Pavel Onderka, from Prague's Naprstek Museum of Asian, African and American Cultures, told journalists yesterday.  The Czech expedition has made remarkable finds in the area of Wad bon Naqa – ruins dating back to the Kingdom of Meroe in today’s Sudan [Credit: Prague Post] The large temple compound is situated 130... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • Mexican archaeologists reveal ancient Aztec school

    27 Jan 2012 | 4:00 am
    Archaeologists in Mexico teamed up with Spain for an ambitious exhibition that showcases dozens of artefacts from an exclusive school for the children of Aztec nobility.  The Calmecac houses the remains of what was once the center of religious and military training of the children of the Aztec ruling class [Credit: INAH] With over 80 priceless pieces ranging from an elaborate altar to a skull encrusted with prehispanic art,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • Mass grave in Dorset holds Viking mercenaries

    27 Jan 2012 | 3:00 am
    A mass grave found ahead of the construction of a new road belongs to a group of Viking mercenaries, an archaeologist has claimed. The burial site at Ridgeway Hill, Dorset, was discovered in 2009 in anticipation of the road being built.  The remains were found by workmen digging a new road and were thought to have been killed during the reign of Aethelred the Unready who ruled from 968 to 1016 [Credit: PA] Archaeologists... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • Archaeologists dig at Furness Viking hoard site

    27 Jan 2012 | 2:00 am
    Archaeologists have examined the secret Furness site where a hoard of silver Viking booty was unearthed by a metal detectorist.  Dan Elsworth, director of Greenlane Archaeology, carrying out an archaeological dig at the site where the Furness Viking hoard was recently found [Credit: Joe Riley] In Easter last year a local enthusiast discovered 92 pieces, made up of a number of very rare silver coins and assorted... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • Early Byzantine cemetery found in Adana

    26 Jan 2012 | 12:00 pm
    A farmer from the southeastern province of Adana’s Gökbuket village, Ahlat Gezer has unearthed a historic graveyard while plowing.  Gezer’s tractor was suddenly stopped by an obstruction while he was plowing the field, which he rented from the Regional Directorate of Forestry. Under a concrete block in the field, he discovered a hole containing human skeletons.  The gendarmerie officials have determined a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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    The Mathisen Corollary

  • Mars retrograde motion for 2012

    David Warner Mathisen
    28 Jan 2012 | 1:45 am
    The magnificent constellation Leo the Lion is now really visible in the eastern sky after dark, rising up to follow Orion and clearing the horizon by about 8:30 pm at latitude 35o N (depending, of course, on the terrain of your horizon and your observation point).To find Leo, you can follow some of the description given in these previous posts:"Ever wonder why Ishtar, Cybele, Rhea, and other aspects of the Great Goddess ride lions?"and"The Gate of Cancer"Mars, the red planet, is now clearly visible, trailing the Lion into the sky (see diagram above). It is large and bright, not far from the…

  • Spiritual meaning of the dismemberment myths?

    David Warner Mathisen
    25 Jan 2012 | 1:35 am
    In an earlier post, we looked together at an article which took Hamlet's Mill authors de Santillana and von Dechend to task for a variety of reasons, concluding that their text is nothing more than "an amazing exhibition of academic narrow-mindedness, unrestrained speculation, and lack of expert knowledge, on the part of its authors."At one point in the essay critical of Hamlet's Mill, the author asks, "My only comment is why didn't the channels of communication - whatever they supposedly were - also get used to carry other technical information such as metalworking."This is a reasonable…

  • Gung hay fat choy!

    David Warner Mathisen
    23 Jan 2012 | 12:59 am
    The Chinese New Year is the most important celebration of the entire annual calendar in the traditional Chinese year.Chinese New Year begins with the second New Moon after the Winter Solstice. Since there was a New Moon on December 24, 2011 (which waxed into a Full Moon on January 9th and has since been waning), the New Moon which commences on January 23rd is the second New Moon since the solstice and ushers in the Chinese New Year.For some discussion about the phases of the moon and the celestial mechanics behind these phases, see this previous post and this previous post. For more on the…

  • Birthdate of Joseph Hill of Culture

    David Warner Mathisen
    21 Jan 2012 | 12:58 pm
    January 22 is the birthdate of Joseph Hill of the band "Culture" (January 22, 1949 - August 19, 2006).He was a gifted songwriter and singer and reggae artist, and sang of human dignity and "rights and justice for all." His amazing career began in the 1960s and continued until he went to glory (while on tour). He never stopped singing and producing new music.In the song above, "Jah Rastafari" (one of Culture's most well-known songs), he declares:"I and I and Ishould never hold I peacewhile wrong is going onday or night."Here is a small selection of his immense body of work, all of which is…

  • Has Hamlet's Mill been "debunked"?

    David Warner Mathisen
    21 Jan 2012 | 1:58 am
    I have been thoroughly enjoying the conversations and discussions I've been having as Author of the Month for January 2012 on the Graham Hancock website. The quality of the comments and insights that other participants have offered has been consistently excellent, and the discourse has been very valuable to me, helping me see the issues from different perspectives and offering many new avenues for future exploration.It is important to note that challenges and criticism of some of my arguments has also been very valuable. I believe it is always important to examine the assertions that others…
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    Doug's Archaeology

  • Heritage Business Journal- Business data & insights to give you a competitive edge in the heritage consulting industry

    Doug Rocks-Macqueen
    26 Jan 2012 | 9:11 am
    I would like to give a shout out to Chris Dore’s new blog Heritage Business Journal - “Within the heritage consulting industry, obtaining data upon which to make sound business decisions is difficult. There is more information available, though, than most management teams are aware. However, data quality is variable, data are not always quantitative, and sometimes you have to read between the lines. Heritage Business Journal aims to present some of these data along with insights, interpretation, and commentary. “ It looks to be a great blog especially for those who work in…

  • Informative Archaeology Blogs

    Doug Rocks-Macqueen
    24 Jan 2012 | 11:14 am
    Here is a list of archaeology blogs that put out informative posts, similar to news articles, on different archaeology subjects. Not quite news blogs but they still put out some great information just not as frequent. (this is not to say that other blogs are not informative- just these concentrate on article like posts) If you want to follow these blogs here is an RSS feed that has all of them. (google bundle) If you want more archaeology blogs click there for a full list. Sexy archaeology- http://www.sexyarchaeology.org “Sexy archaeology (sek-see ahr-kee-ol-uh-jee) – noun 1. Any…

  • Interesting Local and Regional Archaeology Blogs that You Should Check Out

    Doug Rocks-Macqueen
    23 Jan 2012 | 10:56 am
    Some archaeology blogs focus on a certain country or region. Here is a list of them if you interested in the archaeology of a certain location. If you want to subscribe to an RSS feed of all of these blogs you can do so here- http://www.google.com/reader/bundle/user%2F01932906651094703905%2Fbundle%2FRegional%20and%20Local%20Archaeology%20Blogs A full list of other archaeology blogs can be found here- Great Archaeology Blogs Alison in Cambodia- http://alisonincambodia.wordpress.com/ a blog about archaeology and related issues in Cambodia Angkor Wat Apsara & Devata: Khmer Women in Divine…

  • The Other Side of the Antiquities Trade

    Doug Rocks-Macqueen
    22 Jan 2012 | 6:37 am
    As pointed out by several people my list of 17 great archaeology blogs on the antiquities trade and looting was a bit one-sided. Well after looking around I have not found any pro-collecting blogs (I guess blogging is not something they do) but there are several forums and websites you could check out to get the other view point. Mind you, these sites tend to be be amateur/ lower end collectors and you won’t see much about high end dealers. IT NEEDS TO BE STRESSED- not all collectors collect for the same reasons or in the same way. I have been to some of these forums and some people…

  • 20 Awsome Digital Archaeology (and Archaeology Tech) Blogs

    Doug Rocks-Macqueen
    20 Jan 2012 | 6:57 am
    Do you like modern technology? Do you like Archaeology? It you answer yes to both then I have a list of 20 kick-a$$ blogs that you should follow. To make it easier to follow them here is a RSS feed of all the blogs so you can recieve updates (google bundle)- http://www.google.co.uk/reader/bundle/user%2F01932906651094703905%2Fbundle%2FDigital%20Archaeology%20and%20Tech. For more awsome archaeology related blogs check out this list here. NOTE- these blogs are also more than digital archaeology and technology, covering a diverse range of topics. They are just in this list because they also cover…
 
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    Cultural Heritage Lawyer Rick St. Hilaire

  • Red List Announced Covering At-Risk Egyptian Cultural Objects

    27 Jan 2012 | 3:32 pm
    The International Council of Museums (ICOM) today announced that it would soon release a Red List for Egypt. Red Lists describe various types of cultural objects that are considered to be at-risk. Such lists have been created for cultural objects from Afghanistan, Cambodia, Africa, and seven other places.Regarding Egypt, ICOM's December-January e-newsletter states:"Following several months of preparation, ICOM is delighted to announce the official launch of a new Red List in the coming weeks. The Emergency Red List of Egyptian Cultural Objects at Risk, the 11thpublication in ICOM’s Red…

  • Lewis Defense Lawyers File Motion to Dismiss in US v. Khouli et al.

    24 Jan 2012 | 6:28 pm
    Even before trial begins and testimony is heard, the case against Joseph Lewis, II must be dismissed because the government cannot prove its case.  That is what defense lawyers argue in their motion to dismiss filed today in the US District Court, Eastern District of New York in the case of US v. Khouli et al.  The lengthy memorandum of law contends that the government lacks sufficient evidence to proceed to trial based on the information supplied in discovery materials.Courtesy: ICE.A federal grand jury indicted Joseph Lewis, Moussa Khouli, and two others in July 2011…

  • Federal Attorneys File Appellate Brief in Baltimore Coin Case

    18 Jan 2012 | 10:35 am
    Attorneys for the United States have filed their brief in the matter of Ancient Coin Collectors Guild v. U.S. Customs and Border Protection; U.S. Department of State; Assistant Secretary of State, Educational and Cultural Affairs. The United States’ brief rejects the Ancient Coin Collectors Guild’s (ACCG) interpretation and application of the Cultural Property Act (CPIA), writing that the ACCG “fundamentally misunderstands the CPIA’s statutory scheme.”Last September the ACCG appealed to the Fourth Circuit Court after a federal district court judge dismissed its test case. The group…

  • Ancient Greek Coins From Italy Reportedly Seized in New York - Arrest Made

    11 Jan 2012 | 4:29 pm
    An article appearing in Coin World reports that law enforcement officials on January 3, 2012 seized two ancient Greek coins from Italy before they were sold at a New York International Numismatic Convention event held in Manhattan. The article states that the owner of the coins, Dr. Arnold Peter Weiss, was detained.New York Criminal Court records reveal that authorities on January 3, 2012 at 2:15 p.m. arrested and charged a man named Arnold Peter C. Weiss, born 1960, with Criminal Possession of Stolen Property (CPSP) valued at over $50,000.  The court set bond in the amount of…

  • The Right to Stuff: Preserving Space Heritage

    8 Jan 2012 | 11:10 pm
    Apollo 14 Commander Alan Shepard left artifacts onthe lunar surface, including two golf ballsthat he drove "miles and miles and miles."The lunar lander, Antares, appears in the left shadow.Astronaut Ed Mitchell's shadow is cast (center)as he takes Shepard's photo. Courtesy NASA.Materials relating to space heritage consist of natural astromaterials, man-made objects used in space-related activity, and tangible evidence of human activity such as Neil Armstrong’s first lunar boot print. They deserve to be preserved.While some have begun this conversation…
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