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Saturday, August 26, 2017

 
Heritage Rescue gets investigative in new season - The Listener:



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Friday, August 25, 2017

 
This ancient Babylonian tablet may contain the first evidence of trigonometry | Science | AAAS:



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'Maya Pompeii' offers snapshot of ancient village frozen in time by massive volcanic eruption:



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This Lab Replicates Weapons to Reveal Stone Age Feats of Engineering | Smart News | Smithsonian:



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Underwater Archaeologists Uncovering Secrets of Sunken Pirate City | Archaeology | Sci-News.com:



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Thursday, August 24, 2017

 
Frank van der Heijden Writes:
 Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga has published new authority application forms with associated guidelines for completion.
Please use the new forms from now on. For any questions or comments please contact the Heritage New Zealand Senior Archaeologist at SnrArchaeologist@heritage.org.nz



Wednesday, August 23, 2017

 
Theft of South African relics riles researchers : Nature News & Comment:



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The Archaeologist Is Gin Flavored With Engine Parts! | HungryForever Food Blog:



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Tuesday, August 22, 2017

 
'The devil's rope': How barbed wire changed America - BBC News:



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Local Focus: 150 years since Coromandel gold rush began - NZ Herald:



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Ancient Greek Artifacts Undergo 3D Printing in New Zealand University | Greek Reporter Australia | Greek News from Australia:



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Ask a Ranger: Unearthing the mystery behind the meteor | Columnists | azdailysun.com:



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Scientist Says Human Evolution Was Random Chance, Not Climate Change:



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How tough was life in colonial New Zealand?:



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A Brief, 500-Year History of Guam | At the Smithsonian | Smithsonian:



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Monday, August 21, 2017

 
Heritage in jeopardy | Otago Daily Times Online News:



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Christchurch uncovered | Exploring Christchurch's past through archaeology:



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Sunday, August 20, 2017

 
War in the Arab world has devastated the region’s heritage:



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Treasure and intrigue: scientists unravel story of 1740 Kent shipwreck | Science | The Guardian:



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Saturday, August 19, 2017

 
'Rivers of bones': rituals of life, death and hunting in the American west | Science | The Guardian:



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Local documentary series looks at Featherston Prisoner of War camp | Stuff.co.nz:



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(1) Heritage Rescue - Home: "Heritage Rescue returns for a brand new series."



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Archaeologists uncover ancient trading network in Vietnam | ANU:



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Early Indian Ocean trade routes bring chicken, black rat to eastern Africa:



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Friday, August 18, 2017

 
Ancient village unearthed at Papamoa roundabout - NZ Herald:



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Christchurch uncovered | Exploring Christchurch's past through archaeology:



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Ancient treasures looted by ISIS may not surface for decades - Axios:



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'Extremely complex': How the hunt for clues in the Franklin shipwreck mystery is changing gears - North - CBC News:



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Greenwich Palace: Archaeologists discover ruined remains of Henry VIII’s birthplace | The Independent:



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'Maya Pompeii' offers snapshot of ancient village frozen in time by massive volcanic eruption:



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Thursday, August 17, 2017

 
Royal Society Te Apārangi - Branch event: Antarctic Heritage Trust: "Branch event: Antarctic Heritage Trust
Tuesday 22 August | Rotorua"



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New University initiative focuses on Auckland’s history | Scoop News:



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Archaeology: still the best degree - Archaeology, The University of York:

Ed: A UK perspective.

 
Southern Archaeology Ltd - Home:

"A day at the historic Larnach's farmstead on the Otago Peninsula with the Otago University Anthropology Society, helping the Herewaka Harbour Cone Trust with some buildings archaeology."



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Historic Cemetery Findings: "University of Otago researchers are gaining fresh insights into the quality of life and identity of Otago's early European settlers and farmers. The team has excavated skeletons from unmarked graves in St. John's Burial Ground, in Tokoiti, Milton."



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Four amazing facts you should know: "Ennigaldi, founder of first museum

The history of museums dates back to 2,500 years ago in Europe

It was 2,500 years ago when the first museum in the history was built and was later discovered by archaeologist Leonard Woolley in 1925."



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Te Papa's Blog | Another extinct bird: Northland’s unique shag:



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No legal action over Noel Hilliam's ''Welsh'' Maori skulls - NZ Herald:

""His apparent appropriation of skeletal material without legal authority, without respect for tangata whenua, or indeed without any of the basic decorum with which any reasonable person would hope that human remains are afforded, is deplorable," NZAA president Katharine Watson said yesterday."

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

 
Te Papa's Blog | Another extinct bird: Northland’s unique shag:



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The bone collector: eccentric archaeological treasury to be digitised | Science | The Guardian:



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Hidden Under New England’s Green Canopy : NASA Image of the Day:



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2,000-year old stoneware factory in Israel shows Galilee Jews were as zealous as Judeans - Archaeology - Haaretz.com:



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Friday, August 11, 2017

 
Most archaeologists think the first Americans arrived by boat. Now, they’re beginning to prove it | Science | AAAS:



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Christchurch uncovered | Exploring Christchurch's past through archaeology: "The strange adventures of Etienne Brocher "



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The Racism Behind Alien Mummy Hoaxes - The Atlantic:



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'Perfectly preserved' century-old fruitcake found in Antarctic hut | Stuff.co.nz:



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Thursday, August 10, 2017

 
Old teeth from a rediscovered cave show humans were in Indonesia more than 63,000 years ago:



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Geospatial Big Data and archaeology: Prospects and problems too great to ignore - ScienceDirect:

Ed: Uses NZ site location and C14 data - Behind paywall.



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Oldest Homo sapiens bones ever found shake foundations of the human story | Science | The Guardian:



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Turkey Bones May Have Solved The Mystery Of A Missing Ancient Culture | IFLScience:



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Maori Artifacts Point to Early Polynesian Settlement in New Zealand:



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Australian Association of Consulting Archaeologists | Events: "Photogrammetry for Archaeological
Consulting Workshop
Presented by Andrew Wilkinson
22 September 2017
Biosis Pty Ltd, 38 Bertie Street, Port Melbourne VIC 3207"



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Wednesday, August 09, 2017

 
TASS: Society & Culture - Moscow mayor vows to launch city’s first open-air archaeology museum:



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Ancient Glass Exhibit At Yale University Art Gallery - Hartford Courant:



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Monday, August 07, 2017

 
Mary Beard abused on Twitter over Roman Britain's ethnic diversity | Books | The Guardian:



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Should we be surprised that Neandertals, Denisovans, and modern humans didn't form stable hybrid zones? · john hawks weblog:



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Linda Wigert Writes:
Hi! I’m an archaeologist from Sweden looking for work in New Zealand. I’m available from February next year and can stay a few months. Am interested in both field and lab work, also have a lot of experience with archaeological mediation. Would preferably work on the northern island.  linda.wigert@gmail.com

Sunday, August 06, 2017

 
Miles of forgotten first world war trenches unearthed in England | World news | The Guardian:



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Ethnic diversity in Roman Britain: it all kicks off with images – Archaeodeath:



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Saturday, August 05, 2017

 
Gold? They don't want a bar of it | Stuff.co.nz: "The company had also tried to address concerns from Heritage New Zealand and iwi that the site could contain archaeological material. "



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Friday, August 04, 2017

 
Kees Teszelszky on Twitter: "Construction of #earlymodern Dutch #ship as depicted on #Delftware tiles coll. @rijksmuseum and @Tegelmuseum https://t.co/E5AtxCVouR":



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Ship's cannonball found by Transmission Gully road workers | Stuff.co.nz:



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National Archaeology Student Conference: "The 2017 the National Archaeology Student Conference will be held by The University Melbourne, September 1st-3rd. "



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Aboriginal Rangers Uncover Trove of Rock Art in Northern Australia | Smart News | Smithsonian:



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46 Prehistoric Sites with Paleolakes Discovered in 'Green Arabia':



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Thursday, August 03, 2017

 
Our Journey: Waitaha of Te Arawa

Ed: Great timeline.



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Exploring Nenthorn, New Zealand's 'invisible town' | Stuff.co.nz:
Google Maps: here



 
Laser beams unveil secrets locked inside primitive stone spear points | Smithsonian Insider:



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ARTEFACT OF THE MONTH: F-52 Camera Lens, NT:



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France: archaeologists uncover 'little Pompeii' south of Lyon | World news | The Guardian:



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Wednesday, August 02, 2017

 
Ancient statue unearthed at Cambodia's Angkor temple complex | World news | The Guardian:



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Israeli Authorities Arrest Antiquities Dealers In Connection With Hobby Lobby Scandal : Parallels : NPR:



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Remains of People of Chinese Descent Found in Kenya - allAfrica.com:



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Algorithms identify the dynamics of prehistoric social networks in the Balkans -- ScienceDaily:



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Tuesday, August 01, 2017

 
Ep. 15: Archaeology by Hold on, still thinking.: "Possum interviews a special guest Laura on the different aspects of being an archaeologist in New Zealand and around the world,"



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Wellington City Heritage Week |:

October 2017.


 
Archaeological Walking Tour | Wellington City Heritage Week: "“What Lies Beneath: Wellington’s archaeology”"



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Heritage this Month

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