Below are this week's outcropping of articles and items of interest.
1) More on the stone circle beneath Lake Michigan. See Lithic Worlds 2 & 3 for previous articles on this.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-sunken-stones_janega_bdfeb08,0,4910995.story
2) The use of hot rocks to cook food by ancient Americans
http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2008/dec/28/nation/chi-early_food_slider_bddec28
3) 1.6 million year old stone tools from southern Africa
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/39625/title/Stone_Age_tools_go_south
4) The links between Stonehenge and Carahunge in Armenia
"Carahunge, meaning ‘speaking stones’, is located 200km from the Armenian capital Yerevan, near a town called Sisian. There are over 200 stones on the seven-hectare site and many of the stones have smooth angled holes in them, directed at different points in the sky, leading scientists to believe it is the world’s oldest observatory, dating back 7500 years. "
http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/journalnewsindex/4112126.Armenian_links_to_Stonehenge_explored/
5) All day symposium on "The Hobbit" and Human Evolution to be held on 4/21/09 at Stony Brook University. Field trip anyone?
"As the debate rages on about whether Homo floresiensis – so called 'Hobbit' – fossils discovered on the Indonesian island of Flores in 2003 represent a separate human species, researchers currently in the process of describing and analyzing the remains will all be in the same place at once to advance the discussion on Tuesday, April 21, during the 7th Annual Human Evolution Symposium at Stony Brook University."
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/548843/
6) Not exactly Lithic, but here's a intriguing movie that contains a valuable discussion of shamanism.
http://www.guba.com/watch/3000116108
Keep on freeing up the rock world....
Rob
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