Alternative Science & History News

Now that about covers the rock world.

1) Flint stones dating back 250,000 years uncovered in Syria, 5/26/10

http://www.english.globalarabnetwork.com/201005266021/Travel/archaeologists-1200-flint-stones-dating-back-to-250-000-years-discovered-in-syria.html

2) New research into rune stones from the Uppsala University in Sweden, 5/28/10

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100527101057.htm

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-05/uu-ass052710.php

http://www.cphpost.dk/culture/culture/122-culture/49171-archaeologists-given-the-rune-around.html

3) Research into an ancient Scottish hunters camp, 5/29/10

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/secrets-of-ancient-scottish-hunters-revealed-by-camp-1.1031197

4) Rock art archeologists study a secret site in Arnhem Land, Australia, 5/29/10

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/05/29/2912895.htm?site=news

5) Rock art in Arnhem Land depicts a bird that became extinct 40,000 years ago, 6/1/10

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/arnhem-land-art-could-be-worlds-oldest-20100531-wrgs.html

6) Flint findings reveal a new era of prehistory, 6/1/10

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/news/flint-findings-in-kent-reveal-new-era-of-prehistory-1988009.html

7) A stone age axe head, believed to be 7,000 years old, has been uncovered in Derry (Ireland, that is), 6/1/10

http://www.derryjournal.com/journal/Mesolithic-axe-head-unearthed-at.6332313.jp

8) "A new book on the stone and bone tool technologies of Clovis culture of 13,500 years ago, published by faculty at Texas State University, is the first complete examination of the tools themselves and  how the Clovis culture used them and transmitted their production.", 6/1/10

http://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/local/x712228114/Stone-and-bone-Archaeologist-publishes-first-complete-look-at-technology-of-Clovis-culture

9) "A once-thriving 58,000-year-old ochre powder production site has just been discovered in South Africa", 6/3/10

http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/prehistoric-color-glue-factory.html

10) A highly-engineered Incan aqueduct found in province of Urubamba (Peru). 6/5/10

http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/Noticia.aspx?id=upqOCYJAe08=

11) An article describing the amazing lithic structures on the Orkney Islands.

http://www.philipcoppens.com/orkneys.html

Field trip anyone?

http://seasons.visitscotland.com/things_to_see_and_do/cities_and_culture/archaeological_trail/orkney.aspx

12) ” Somewhere between 7,500-4,000 years ago, a meteorite fragmented over Estonia's Saaremaa island…. and left nine impact craters, including the 110-meter Kaali crater. Locals worshiped this hole as holy."  "Surrounding Kaali crater are the remains of an immense stone wall from the Late Bronze Age, stronger than any similar structures in the region and providing clues to the crater's use by ancient peoples."

http://io9.com/5556690/the-ancient-meteorite-cult-of-estonia

13) A dog-headed Egyptian statue found in Colorado

http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=140192&catid=339

Keep on freein' up the rock world…

Rob