May 2012 Archeology - Europe

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More on the spread of agriculture in Europe (with a northern European focus):
http://phys.org/news/2012-04-glimpse...n-history.html

England
Plans to repaint the Westbury white horse:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-17967525

Fallout from the HMS Victory salvaging plans:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/ma...sey-excavation

More on the Cutty Sark:
http://www.greenwich.co.uk/magazine/...y-sark-review/

More on efforts to acquire a Viking hoard for a Lancaster Museum:
http://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/n...oard-1-4486128

Review of Hilary Mantel, *Bringing Up the Bodies*:
http://www.tnr.com/book/review/hilar...-up-the-bodies

Germany
Pondering whether ancient Germans may have stolen ancient Egyptian chair designs:
http://www.spiegel.de/international/.../a-830958.html

Scotland
Evidence of Medieval defense works at Fyvie Castle:
http://news.stv.tv/scotland/98218-ar...storic-castle/

Brief feature on Maeshowe:
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/sh...r-reveale.html

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Looking at links between solar activity and climate change in history:
http://phys.org/news/2012-05-climati...r-minimum.html

Bulgaria
Strange/ugly statue of undetermined date found in the waters near Sozopol:
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=139143

Czech Republic
Remains of Neolithic houses from a site in Prague:
http://www.ceskapozice.cz/en/news/so...-houses-prague

England
They’re spinning this one as evidence of ‘stone age raves’:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/20...boom-festivals

Evidence of a Saxon glass industry at Glastonbury Abbey:
http://phys.org/news/2012-05-glaston...eal-saxon.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-17989094

On the ‘metrosexual’ side of Oliver Cromwell:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/9...protector.html

The effigy of Henry Stuart is going on display:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesi...e-henry-stuart

The maiden voyage of that Bronze Age boat recreation didn’t go so well:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...-founders.html

Interesting feature on English pirates who turned to Islam:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/reli...ning-Turk.html

A ‘mystery texts’ in Master’s House:
http://www.ledburyreporter.co.uk/new...er___s_House_/

More on the fallout from the HMS Victory decision:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/ma...sey-excavation

Review of David Pearson, *London 1000 Years*:
http://www.historytoday.com/blog/201...don-1000-years

France
Chauvet Cave may house the oldest petroglyphs around:
http://phys.org/news/2012-05-analysi...rt-oldest.html

Spain
Evidence of medieval trepanning from Spain:
http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index....found-in-spain

Continuing the look at the Lopez-Villareal family’s travails in Inquisition era Castile:
http://www.jpost.com/JewishWorld/Jew...aspx?id=269481

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The Festival of British Archaeology is just getting under way:
http://festival.britarch.ac.uk/

England
Some metal detectorist finds from West Norfolk:
http://www.lynnnews.co.uk/news/lates...inds-1-3843448

They’re finding interesting things in a Wakefield Cathedral dig:
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.u...past-1-4559444

The Wenlock Jug was stolen:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...herts-18056773

… and a stone statue of a knight was stolen from a Ledbury church:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...ester-18122457

France
Plenty of coverage (for reasons which will become clear) of what was depicted on the earliest petroglyphs at Abri Castanet:
http://news.discovery.com/history/ea...pe-120514.html
http://news.discovery.com/history/ol...14.html(photos)

… with some comparanda:
http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/homi...t-work-of-art/

Scotland
Possible evidence for a written language of the Iron Age Picts in Scotland:
http://news.discovery.com/history/an...-language.html

A cursing stone from Canna:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...lands-18130259

Feature on the Canongate cannon ball:
http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/pi...ball-1-2305141

Spain
Some olive trees in Spain are old, but not as old as folks thought they were:
http://phys.org/news/2012-05-millenn...peninsula.html

Sweden & Russia
Some petroglyphs from Sweden and Russia are being dubbed the Bronze Age Facebook:
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Home...k-18052012.htm

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OpEddish (?) sort of thing on the First Crusade:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/op...t-crusade.html

Hype for a Michael Woods documentary about Dark Age Britain:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18159752

Czech Republic
Evidence of a 5500 B.C. settlement in Prague:
http://www.radio.cz/en/section/curra...-bc-settlement

England
A reward has been offered for the return of the (stolen) Wenlock Jug:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...herts-18219703

A ‘mystery shipwreck’ in the Solent has been identified:
http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/mys...hers-1-3881540

Plans to move the ‘Gresham Ship’ for touristy reasons:
http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.u...ail/story.html

What’s next for that Dover Bronze Age boat:
http://www.thisiskent.co.uk/Boatbuil...ail/story.html

Review of Hilary Mantel, *Bring Up the Bodies*:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/27/bo...ry-mantel.html

Iceland
Plans to study a pre-settlement hut at Hafnir (Iceland):
http://www.icelandreview.com/iceland...0135.news.aspx

Spain
Feature on five queens of Navarre:
http://www.historytoday.com/elena-wo...wolves-navarre

Sweden & Russia
More on that ‘Bronze Age Facebook’:
http://news.discovery.com/history/br...ok-120518.html

Wales
Plans to dig up the burial beneath the Trefael Stone:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-18172598