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14-11-2019
Archaeology Orkney

Ness of Brodgar Excavations Wins Prestigious International Award


The Ness of Brodgar Excavations, managed by the UHI Archaeology Institute in conjunction with the Ness of Brodgar Trust, has been selected for a 2019 Shanghai Archaeology Forum Field Discovery Award. The archaeology site was nominated by members of…
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14-11-2019
Archaeology Orkney

Art & Archaeology at UHI Enrolling Now for 2020


Love Art? Love Archaeology? Why not study both and get an accredited undergraduate or masters-level module at the same time! Art and Archaeology courses ENROLLING NOW for January 2020 start! The University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology…
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14-11-2019
Current Archaeology

Review – Adorn: jewellery – the human story


A new exhibition at Colchester Castle explores how we have made and worn objects to ornament ourselves from prehistory to the present day. Lucia Marchini went along to take a look around. The post Review – Adorn: jewellery – the human story appeared…
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13-11-2019
Archaeological Institute America

20th-Century Artifact Found in 15th-Century Estonian Shipwreck


TALLINN, ESTONIA—Estonian Public Broadcasting reports that a road construction project has uncovered a wooden ship near the harbor at Tallinn, which is located on the Baltic Sea coast. Archaeologist Rivo Bernotas explained that the ship was dated to…
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13-11-2019
Archaeological Institute America

High-Status Medieval House Uncovered in Wales


CARDIFF, WALES—BBC News reports that the remains of a high-status building thought to date to about A.D. 1450 were found next to the thirteenth-century ruins of a structure known as the Old Bishop’s Castle during an archaeological investigation…
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13-11-2019
Archaeological Institute America

Roman Catacomb Discovered in Egypt


KANAZAWA, JAPAN—Ahram Online reports that a catacomb containing human remains has been discovered at the Saqqara necropolis by a team of archaeologists led by Nozomu Kawai of Kanazawa University. Kawai said the catacomb, which is located in a…
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13-11-2019
American Journal of Archaeology

The Idiom of Urban Display: Architectural Relief Sculpture in the Late Roman Villa of Chiragan (Haute-Garonne)


ArticleThis article presents an analytical study of the Late Antique sculptural relief program at the Roman villa of Chiragan (Martres-Tolosane, Haute-Garonne), which includes a series of mythological panels and a portrait in relief. Although…
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13-11-2019
American Journal of Archaeology

Mudbricks, Construction Methods, and Stratigraphic Analysis: A Case Study at Tell Timai (Ancient Thmuis) in the Egyptian Delta


ArticleThe Graeco-Roman site of Tell Timai (ancient Thmuis) in Lower Egypt is among the largest urban tells in the Nile Delta, boasting substantial amounts of preserved earthen architecture. Although earthen architecture made up the vast majority of…
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13-11-2019
American Journal of Archaeology

Gladiatorial and Beast-Fight Monuments from Mytilene


ArticleThis article gathers the evidence for gladiatorial and wild-beast spectacles in the ancient city of Mytilene on Lesbos in the Roman province of Asia. It summarizes the available information regarding the conversion of the town theater into an…
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13-11-2019
American Journal of Archaeology

Normative Masculinity and the Decoration of the Tepidarium of the Forum Baths in Pompeii


ArticleBaths played an essential role in the formation of the ideal Roman male. As a locus of demonstrating one’s belonging to the Roman citizenry through a collective act of cultus, in the face of public nudity and against the threats of mollifying…
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13-11-2019
American Journal of Archaeology

The Parthenon Treasury on the Acropolis of Athens


ArticleA location referred to as “Parthenon” appears in the fifth- and fourth-century BCE inventories of Athena’s riches as one of the treasuries on the Acropolis of Athens, along with the Hekatompedon, the Proneos, the Opisthodomos, and the…
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13-11-2019
American Journal of Archaeology

A Letter from the Editor-in-Chief


EditorialBehind every issue of the AJA stands a dedicated group of professionals who contribute to making the journal the eminent publication it is. First among them, I would like to acknowledge and thank the anonymous peer reviewers on whose…
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13-11-2019
Current Archaeology

Dairy consumption in Neolithic Britain


A recent study has identified the first direct evidence of milk consumption by humans anywhere in the world, by analysing the teeth of Neolithic individuals from Britain. The post Dairy consumption in Neolithic Britain appeared first on Current…
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12-11-2019
Archaeological Institute America

Ice Age Footprints in New Mexico Analyzed


ITHACA, NEW YORK—Gizmodo reports that archaeologists examined 12,000-year-old mammoth footprints at New Mexico’s White Sands National Monument with ground-penetrating radar, and detected additional prints left by at least one human as well as giant…
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12-11-2019
Archaeological Institute America

Ice Age Footprints in New Mexico Hint at Human Habits


ITHACA, NEW YORK—Gizmodo reports that archaeologists examined 12,000-year-old mammoth footprints at New Mexico’s White Sands National Monument with ground-penetrating radar, and detected additional prints left by at least one human as well as giant…
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12-11-2019
Archaeological Institute America

Archaeologist Maps Iceland’s Historic Shipwrecks


WESTFJORDS, ICELAND—Iceland Review reports that archaeologist Ragnar Edvardsson of the University of Iceland and his colleagues are mapping shipwreck sites surrounding the island nation. “I am of course first and foremost trying to get an idea of…
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12-11-2019
Archaeological Institute America

Traces of 2,200-Year-Old Temple Found in Italy


MUNICH, GERMANY—Archaeologists Paul Scheding and Francesca Diosono of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich announced that they have uncovered traces of a structure in southwestern Italy that may have been the first Hellenistic temple constructed…
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12-11-2019
Archaeological Institute America

Possible Medieval Synagogue Identified in Bulgaria


VELIKO TURNOVO, BULGARIA—According to a Sofia Globe report, archaeologists led by Mirko Robov of the Bulgarian National Archaeological Institute announced that a structure located near northwestern Bulgaria’s Trapezitsa Fortress site may have been a…
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12-11-2019
Archaeology Orkney

Spotlight on Research: Art & Archaeology


Each month we aim to bring you a snapshot of research carried out at The University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute. This month we talk to Dr. Antonia Thomas and her research on art & archaeology.  Dr. Antonia Thomas……
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12-11-2019
Current Archaeology

Galloway Hoard’s Anglo-Saxon ‘owner’ identified?


Further investigation into the contents of one of the most significant Viking-Age hoards found in Scotland has revealed a man’s name etched onto one of the objects. Discovered in Galloway in 2014, the cache was buried at the start of the 10th…
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