Stone Pages in collaboration with BAJR presents a weekly podcast with the latest archaeology news, mainly related to prehistory, megalithic monuments and discoveries. Speaker: David Connolly. Audio file mastering: Dave Horrocks
Archaeo News Podcast 208
Posted: February 2012Contents:
- Estonian students find Iron Age life smoky and cold
- Prehistoric stone row discovered in Wales
- Ancient jade tool baffles scientists
- Neanderthal mammoth hunters in Jersey?
- 4,000-year-old artifact found in Connecticut
- Underwater archaeology: The elusive Minoan wrecks
- 7,500-year-old fishing village found in Russia
- Early evidence of popcorn found in Peru
- Ancient geoglyphs found under Amazonian rainforest
- Haematite to colour ancient stones found in Scotland
- Seafaring in the Aegean: new dates
- Cave in Croatia yields oldest-known astrologer's board
- Ancient Sumerian fermented cereal beverage
- Oldest evidence of ploughing in the Czech Republic
- Stonehenge tunnel idea resurrected
Archaeo News Podcast 207
Posted: January 2012Contents:
- A new theory on the disappearance of Neanderthals
- Bronze Age boat to take to Cornish waters after 4,000 years
- Indian megalithic sites project begins
- Achill-Henge may be built over prehistoric site
- Ancient bones discovered on Milton Keynes building site
- 5,000-year-old pottery found on Scottish island
- Remains of prehistoric hut found in southern Texas
- Yorkshire appeal to save Iron Age Torcs
- Earliest modern human
- Rare ancient artefact found in Malta
- Stonehenge enters the 21st Century
Archaeo News Podcast 206
Posted: January 2012Contents:
- Stargazing at Irish stone circles
- 2,000 year-old cave paintings found in Mexico
- Mystery of the fulacht fiadh
- New German-Israeli center to study human evolution
- China's tomb raiders
- Ancient cave paintings found in Peru
- Yorkshire's ancient sites threatened by hikers and bikers
- Megalithic burial urn excavated in southern India
- Human remains from 450 BCE unearthed in a Nepalese cave
- Ancient burial chamber on Dartmoor restored
- Pendant could be the oldest found at open-air digs in Spain
- Oldest representation of the Tower of Babel
- Better view of Mississippi Indian mounds
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Archaeo News Podcast 205
Posted: December 2011Contents:
- Neolithic site discovered in northern China
- British heritage Minister gives protection to Mesolithic site
- Prehistoric artefacts unearthed at a country house in England
- Neanderthals built homes with mammoth bones
- Neolithic jade ring returned to Jersey
- Brain structures separate us from Neanderthals
- Scientists discover Oetzi's last meal
- 9,500-year-old spear point discovered in Iowa
- The enigmatic standing stones of Al-Rajajil
- 3,600-year-old high status structure found in China
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Archaeo News Podcast 204
Posted: December 2011Contents:
- Bronze Age Britain revealed as never before
- Excavations in Serbia question early humans in Europe
- Our ancestors speak out after 3 million years
- Man faces jail for demolishing ancient Irish ring fort
- Archaeologists save Iron Age monument in England
- Cave yields oldest human remains ever found in Japan
- Evidence of 42,000 year old deep sea fishing revealed
- Bronze Age treasure returns to northern England
- Stone Age axe found on Cotswold 'shore line'
- Significance of Stonehenge pre-dates the famous stone circles?
- Monte 'e Prama ancient statues on display - at last!
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Archaeo News Podcast 203
Posted: December 2011Contents:
- The mystery of the golden torcs
- Dowsing or guesswork?
- Bashed skull earliest evidence of human aggression?
- Sex Pistols' drawing as important as prehistoric art?
- Ancient Indus bones show gender discrimination
- Two large enclosures found near Knowth
- Oetzi may have smashed eye in fall
- How humans adapted to Ice Age climate change
- Israelis mapping Mount of Olives necropolis
- Bronze Age hoard goes on show in Wiltshire
- Ancient Bulgarian settlement destroyed by bulldozers
- Early Bronze Age cist excavated on Dartmoor
- Twigs help identifying a 'genuine Iron Age broch'
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Archaeo News Podcast 202
Posted: November 2011Contents:
- Central Europe's oldest artwork found in Germany
- No sign of a second chamber at Newgrange
- Mesolithic remains discovered in the port of Rotterdam
- Qatar's earliest human settlement found
- Art hints prehistoric men pierced their privates
- Was Holy Land prehistoric site used for 'sky burials'?
- Earliest known modern human in Northwest Europe
- Modern humans interbred with archaic humans in East Asia
- Ancient 'takeout' window discovered in Iran
- Iron and Bronze Age finds in Argyll
- Excavations in Cyprus reveal Neolithic finds
- Bronze Age artefacts unearthed in Wiltshire
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Archaeo News Podcast 201
Posted: October 2011Contents:
- Evidence of earliest mass production found in Israel
- Australia's rock art in a hard place
- Continents' orientation hindered ancient settlement of the Americas
- Unexpected trove of artifacts discovered near Stonehenge
- A massive prehistoric monument under the Loch of Stenness?
- Palaeolithic stone weapons found in Sri Lanka
- Children learned to finger-paint in Palaeolithic Age
- Dropping lake levels expose ancient Texan artifacts
- New conservation efforts at Gobekli Tepe
- Israel returns Bronze Age pottery to Jordan
- Ancient New Mexican sites reopen after fire, flooding
- Volunteers needed to collapse a replica broch
- Ancient site in Wyoming may have had year-round residents
- Secrets of the Jordanian wetlands exposed
- Prehistoric settlement discovered in Turkey
- Rock art found in Ireland could date back to Bronze Age
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Archaeo News Podcast 200
Posted: October 2011Contents:
- New discoveries at Trefael Stone
- Bronze Age finds under Llangollen's Pillar
- Asia was settled in multiple waves of migration
- Excavation of islands around Britain to establish Neolithic origins
- Standing Stone in Derbyshire may be a seasonal sundial
- New look for Ggantija temples
- Aboriginal Australians descended from African migration
- High resolution 3D Stonehenge model unveiled
- 'The Girl from the Lozoya Valley'
- An early understanding of tides - Part 2
- Ancient human skulls mounted on stakes found on Swedish lake
- Stone with 1,200 prehistoric engravings uncovered in Portugal
- 9000-year-old multiple burial uncovered in Corsica
- Neolithic finds at Welsh quarry
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Archaeo News Podcast 199
Posted: September 2011Contents:
- Mysterious Mideast geoglyphs number in the thousands
- Bluestone Henge
- 6,000-year-old Romeo and Juliet
- Rare artifacts document Colorado's prehistory
- Prehistoric clay disks found in Alaska
- Archaeologists unearth significant find in Colorado
- Prehistoric skirt discovered in Armenian cave
- Ancient stone anchors may rewrite history of Black Sea sailing
- 8,500-year-old remains unearthed in Turkish city
- Human ancestors interbred with related species
- Big dig at Native American mound-builders site
- Early link between Picts & Romans found in Scotland
- The first advanced stone tool?
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Archaeo News Podcast 198
Posted: September 2011Contents:
- The best preserved painting found at Catalhoyuk
- 4,600-year-old 'pub' discovered in Shetland?
- Prehistoric bones returned to Canadian First Nation
- 5000-year-old arrowhead unearthed in Scotland
- Dig to find connection between pillar and prehistoric cairn
- Horses and chariots found in a Chinese tomb
- Tomb found at Stonehenge quarry site
- Bronze Age excavation begins in Cornwall
- Iron Age fort excavation under way in Somerset
- Prehistoric interbreeding may have improved our immune system
- Is the world's oldest profession actually a chef?
- Maltese megalithic sites enjoying upgrade
- Evidence of early horse domestication in Arabia
- Archaeologists move in at ancient Scottish Highland site
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Archaeo News Podcast 197
Posted: August 2011Contents:
- Underground chamber unearthed in Irish garden
- Long barrow in Gloucestershire reopens after restoration
- British Columbia village may be 10,000 years old
- Bronze Age cemeteries reveal when elderly gained power
- Prehistoric enclosure found in Devon
- Iron Age 'Interior Decorators'
- Bronze Age cist uncovered in Scotland
- Final journey for 8,000-year-old African canoe
- Significant finds at Bronze Age site in Cyprus
- The 'Brodgar Boy' unearthed in Orkney
- New book on Neolithic 'superhighways'
- Syrian city survived civilisation collapse
- Serpent mound could be world's largest
- An early understanding of tides
- Mystery of first North American settlers close to solution
- Project to map ancient England
- Chambered tomb unearthed in Terqa, Syria
An audio podcast in MP3 format.
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Friday, 10th February 2012
