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• Tribes of Science 1 – Archaeologists
• An early Celtic “Stonehenge” discovered in the Black Forest
• A henge beneath the water of the Stenness Loch? Time will tell
• Stone circle to rival Ring of Brodgar found off Orkney coast
• 120 Roman Shoes Found in U.K.; "Substantial" Fort Find
• Sandford Heath's 'Roman Road' is excavated in Dorset
• Der Kriminalfall »Ötzi«

Tribes of Science 1 – Archaeologists Posted: 12 Oct 2011 11:13 AM PDT Peter Curran puts archaeologists under his anthropological microscope. He meets a tribe who are excavating the culture of the Stone Age on the island of Jersey. Listen to the broadcast...

An early Celtic “Stonehenge” discovered in the Black Forest Posted: 12 Oct 2011 04:33 AM PDT A huge early Celtic calendar construction has been discovered in the royal tomb of Magdalenenberg, nearby Villingen-Schwenningen in the Black Forest. This discovery was made by researchers at the Römisch-GermanischesPress Zentralmuseum at Mainz in Germany when they evaluated old excavation plans. The order of the burials around the central royal tomb fits exactly with the sky constellations of the Northern hemisphere. Whereas Stonehenge was orientated towards the sun, the more then 100 meter width burial mound of Magdalenenberg was focused towards the moon. The builders positioned long rows of wooden posts in the burial mound to be able to focus on the Lunar Standstills. These Lunar Standstills happen every 18,6 year and were the 'corner stones' of the Celtic calendar. Read the rest of this article...

A henge beneath the water of the Stenness Loch? Time will tell Posted: 12 Oct 2011 04:30 AM PDT Survey work in the Loch of Stenness has revealed what could be a massive prehistoric monument lying underwater to the south of the Ring of Brodgar. The underwater "anomaly" has come to light in a project looking at prehistoric sea level change in Orkney. The project, The Rising Tide: Submerged Landscape of Orkney, is a collaboration between the universities of St Andrews, Wales, Dundee, Bangor and Aberdeen. But although it is tempting to speculate that the ring-shaped feature, which lies just off the loch's shore, is the remains of a henge — a circular or oval-shaped flat area enclosed and delimited by a boundary earthwork (usually a ditch with an external bank) — or perhaps a prehistoric quarry, at this stage the project leaders are urging caution. Read the rest of this article...

Stone circle to rival Ring of Brodgar found off Orkney coast Posted: 12 Oct 2011 04:23 AM PDT THE remains of a Neolithic stone circle that could rival the most impressive in Britain may have been found off the coast of Orkney. Archaeologists surveying the seabed near the island chain's famous Ring of Brodgar believe they could have discovered an earlier version just 500 metres offshore from the major tourist attraction. Preliminary findings from an investigation seeking previously hidden historical sites in the area have raised hopes that prehistoric structures built up to 5,000 years ago have survived, even though they were submerged under the waves by rising sea levels. Marine surveys – using remote sensing and seismic profiling techniques – have revealed "anomalies" which could be man-made structures around 12 feet under water. Read the rest of this article...

120 Roman Shoes Found in U.K.; "Substantial" Fort Find Posted: 12 Oct 2011 04:19 AM PDT About 60 pairs of sandals and shoes that once belonged to Roman soldiers have been unearthed at a supermarket construction site in Camelon, Scotland (see map), archaeologists say. The 2,000-year-old leather footwear was discovered along with Roman jewelry, coins, pottery, and animal bones at the site, which is located at the northern frontier of the Roman Empire. The cache of Roman shoes and sandals—one of the largest ever found in Scotland—was uncovered recently in a ditch at the gateway to a second century A.D. fort built along the Antonine Wall. The wall is a massive defensive barrier that the Romans built across central Scotland during their brief occupation of the region. Read the rest of this article...

Sandford Heath's 'Roman Road' is excavated in Dorset Posted: 12 Oct 2011 04:16 AM PDT An archaeological dig has begun on a Dorset footpath to determine whether or not it has Roman origins. The straight path, known locally as "Roman Road", runs through Sandford Heath between Sandford and Station Road at Holton Heath. Organisers say the path may have formed part of the main road between Wareham and Poole in the 18th Century. Read the rest of this article...

Der Kriminalfall »Ötzi« Posted: 12 Oct 2011 04:14 AM PDT Die Pfeilspitze, die mit größter Wahrscheinlichkeit zum Tode des Eismannes geführt hat, wurde im Süden hergestellt. Ein aktueller Materialvergleich zeigt allerdings, das solche Pfeilspitzen vereinzelt auch im nördlichen Alpengebiet auftauchen. Bei der tödliche Pfeilspitze, deren Entnahme der Südtiroler Landeshauptmann untersagt, gibt es sehr genaue Röntgen und Computertomographie-Aufnahmen.Es handelt es sich um eine 2,8 Zentimeter große, flächenretuschierte Spitze, die an der Basis einen Schäftungsdorn aufweist. Diese Art von Pfeilspitzen ist in der kupferzeitlichen Remedello-Kultur in Oberitalien verbreitet. Das Rohmaterial ist mit größter Wahrscheinlichkeit der bekannte Feuerstein der Monti Lessini in der Prov. Verona, aus dem auch die sechs Feuersteingeräte des Eismannes gefertigt wurden.  Read the rest of this article...

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