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- Scientists discover source of rock used in Stonehenge's first circle
- Forget the cave! Neanderthals were homely creatures who built their own houses from mammoth bones
- Hull museum's Roman mosaics gets specialist makeover
- 'Bronze Age' artefacts found at Anglesey Abbey
- Silverdale Viking Hoard stars in Treasure and Portable Antiquities Scheme reports
| Scientists discover source of rock used in Stonehenge's first circle Posted: 19 Dec 2011 08:01 AM PST Scientists have succeeded in locating the exact source of some of the rock believed to have been used 5000 years ago to create Stonehenge's first stone circle. By comparing fragments of stone found at and around Stonehenge with rocks in south-west Wales, they have been able to identify the original rock outcrop that some of the Stonehenge material came from. The work - carried out by geologists Robert Ixer of the University of Leicester and Richard Bevins of the National Museum of Wales - has pinpointed the source as a 70 metre long rock outcrop called Craig Rhos-y-Felin, near Pont Saeson in north Pembrokeshire. It's the first time that an exact source has been found for any of the stones thought to have been used to build Stonehenge. Read the rest of this article...  |
| Forget the cave! Neanderthals were homely creatures who built their own houses from mammoth bones Posted: 19 Dec 2011 07:58 AM PST Forget the idea Neanderthals simply picked any old cave to sleep in for the night. Researchers have discovered an elaborate 44,000-year-old Neanderthal house in Molodova, eastern Ukraine, made from mammoth bones, delicately decorated with carvings and pigments. It had been thought Neanderthals, which died out around 30,000 years ago, were primitive nomads who lived in caves simply for shelter. Read the rest of this article...  |
| Hull museum's Roman mosaics gets specialist makeover Posted: 19 Dec 2011 07:56 AM PST CLEANING floor tiles can be a pretty mundane household chore. But when they happen to be part of a stunning collection of Roman mosaics, the job takes on a whole new meaning. Museum staff in Hull have just finished a specialist makeover of their priceless exhibits in the Hull And East Riding Museum, in High Street. Paula Gentil, the museum's curator of archaeology, said the careful clean-up was long overdue. Read the rest of this article...  |
| 'Bronze Age' artefacts found at Anglesey Abbey Posted: 19 Dec 2011 08:03 AM PST "Potentially Bronze Age" artefacts found at Anglesey Abbey could prove the site was occupied up to 2,000 years earlier than had been thought. Cambridge Archaeological Unit said the site, containing possible roundhouses, a granary, pottery and a shale bracelet fragment, could have been a farmstead. It was previously thought the area was occupied from the early 12th Century. Read the rest of this article...  |
| Silverdale Viking Hoard stars in Treasure and Portable Antiquities Scheme reports Posted: 19 Dec 2011 07:52 AM PST The British Museum is delighted with the continuing success of the Treasure Act and the Portable Antiquities Scheme, and they have every right to be. The reports, launched last week, detail 90,099 finds and 860 Treasure cases in 2010 alone; since the Scheme started there have been 750,000 "finds" across England and Wales, all listed on the website www.finds.org.uk. The highlight of the press launch was a selection of finds from the Silverdale Viking Hoard, discovered in North Lancashire in September 2011 by local metal-detectorist Darren Webster. Read the rest of this article...  |
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