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POTOMIC NEAR GREAT FALLS, October 22-23, 2004, GREAT FALLS PARK, VIRGINIA TRIP LEADERS: Paul Bierman, UVM, Ean Zen, UMD, Milan Pavich, USGS, and Luke Reusser, UVM The guidebook can be downloaded from: NOTE: In a previous post, which was lost during the great Ma'at message board meltdown, ASWX made an excellent comment on a popular article about the research thaby Paul H. - Ancient History
Total Lunar Eclipse: On Wednesday night, Oct. 27th, North Americans can see a total eclipse of the moon. NOTE: It appears that automatic formating for posts has problems with URLS with a "." in them. For example. in the bottom URL, the part of it, "GIF", past the "." in the URL isn't recognized as being part of the URL. As a result, to make it worby Paul H. - Ancient History
raab wrote: "Orthodox archaeologists get upset with suggestions that Columbus was not first but Italians and Spanish go ballistic. it goes to the heart of everything." As John said, what about the Vikings? What "Orthodox archaeologists" get upset about is the way that alternative archaeologists will uncritically accept anything regardless of how problemaby Paul H. - Ancient History
From the Nile to the Isere Al-Ahram Weekly, Nevine El-Aref, "As Egyptologists from around the world gathered in Grenoble, Nevine El-Aref was there to follow the controversies and delight in a world which combines the love of erudition with a passion for the past"by Paul H. - Ancient History
Archaeology chapter digs for Picayune's past By WILL SULLIVAN, Picayune Item, Mississippi, October 8, 2004by Paul H. - Ancient History
Archaeologist plans ambitious survey of the Trans-Pecos The Desert-Mountain Times, October 7, 2004by Paul H. - Ancient History
Entire Iron Age village discovered at lochside TIM BUGLER, The Scotsman, Oct. 9, 2004 "ARCHAEOLOGISTS yesterday announced the discovery of an entire Iron Age village on an until-now unexamined site on the west bank of Loch Lomond."by Paul H. - Ancient History
7-Foot Robot Used in Black Sea Expedition RICHARD C. LEWIS, Associated Press, Oct. 09, 2004 The Kansas City Starby Paul H. - Ancient History
Half century of Ha Noi archaeology www.vnagency.com.vn, 10/11/2004 "Ha Noi (VNA)- A series of archaeological findings over the past 50 years have unveiled the historical and cultural development in the Red River basin from the Bronze to Iron Ages that lasted two millenniums before Christ."by Paul H. - Ancient History
Scientists blast into the Earth's past in Virginia By JOANNE KIMBERLIN , The Virginian-Pilot, October 11, 2004 Other Web Pages: The Chesapeake Bay Bolide: Modern Consequences of an Ancient Cataclysm The USGS Chesapeake Bay Impact Crater Project The Chesapeake Bay Bolide Impact: A New View of Coastal Plain Evolutionby Paul H. - Ancient History
Another article about these impact craters is "Decouverte du plus grand champ de crateres de meteorites sur Terre" by Philippe Paillou, Paris (4 octobre 2004) at; A translation is found at: Additional discussion of these craters is found at: Yet another article is "The world's biggest meteorite field found in Egypt" - Pravda.ru (Russiaby Paul H. - Ancient History
Volcanoes May Have Sparked Life on Earth, Study Says John Roach, National Geographic News, October 7, 2004 Did volcanoes help create life? - Volcanic gas has chemical credentials to spawn basic protein Michael Hopkin, Nature.com, October 7, 2004 "The discovery potentially answers one of the most vexing questions surrounding the origins of life:…" Leman, L., Orgel, Lby Paul H. - Ancient History
'Lost' Soviet space shuttle lands in Germany CLARE CHAPMAN, news.scotsman.com Sowjet-Shuttle am Persischen Golf aufgetaucht Von Markus Becker, Der Spiegel "Deutsche Journalisten haben am Persischen Golf einen kuriosen Fund gemacht: einen offenbar echten russischen Spaceshuttle. Es konnte sich um eine der Testversionen des "Buran"-Raumschiffs handby Paul H. - Ancient History
Chimps Shown Using Not Just a Tool but a "Tool Kit" Bijal Trivedi, National Geographic News, October 6, 2004by Paul H. - Ancient History
Extinct Giant Deer Survived Ice Age, Study Says James Owen in London, National Geographic News, October 6, 2004 The specific citation is; Pastor, J., and Moen, R. A., 2004, Ecology of ice-age extinctions. Nature. vol. 431, no. 7009 pp. 639-640. doi:10.1038/431639a "The last ice age saw the extinction of numerous large mammals - but perhaps not as many as was thought. Theby Paul H. - Ancient History
Feathered ancestor of T. rex unearthed By, Zeeya Merali, 6 October 2004 (Fossil strengthens case for downy monsters.) "Ancestors of the fearsome Tyrannosaurus rex were clothed in delicate feathers, a fossil discovered in China suggests." The specific citation for this article is: Xu, X. , Norell, M. A. , Kuang, W., Wang, X., Zhao, Q. and Jia, C., 2004, Basal tyrannosauby Paul H. - Ancient History
In "YO Paul!! slightly O/T", Nixon wrote: "Steve asked a question of you at the Schoch site "Just an interesting observation: After corresponding with a couple of geologists, I am starting to wonder if Paul H, the Maat resident geologist, is actually a geologist at all."" Thanks. As always, I am ever busy with any number of personal and professby Paul H. - Ancient History
The Search for the First Americans The Connection - Hosted by: Dick Gordon - 10/6/2004 Discussion on Kennewick Man and who "owns" the past.by Paul H. - Ancient History
Uncovering Texarkana's past By SABRINA MCCORMICK, Texarkana Gazette October 2, 2004by Paul H. - Ancient History
Smithsonian artifacts wrapped carefully away By Nurith C. Aizenman, Washington Post, Oct. 05, 2004by Paul H. - Ancient History
Iran, Germany Expolre Ancient Industrial City Iranian Cultural Heritage News Agency, Oct 4, 2004 Iranian and German archeologists start 5th season of excavations in the ancient industrial city of Erisman, in central Iran, Iranian Cultural Heritage News Agencyby Paul H. - Ancient History
The grabens of Claritas Fossae The eroded valleys of Dao and Niger Valles Evidence of flooding at Mangala Vallesby Paul H. - Ancient History
Donald wrote: "Maybe so about the coins but the head is a different cat all together. Found in situe and nothing like the natives. In western Mexico yet but a real orthodox sage it must have fallen off a ship and washed ashore. Long walk to where it was found." What you are talking about is the "Roman Head" of Tecaxic- Calixtlahuaca. Some information about itby Paul H. - Ancient History
AWSX wrote: "When gold mines were started in California in the 1850s there were some human remains and artifacts found in the gold bearing gravels that were dated several million years old. Most likely those were plants by miners. I seem to remember that many of those are in a museum in Calavares county." I have written an article about these alleged Tertiary artifby Paul H. - Ancient History
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Mount St. Helens VolcanoCam - Washington State, USA "This is an image of Mount St. Helens, taken from the Johnston Ridge Observatory. The Observatory and VolcanoCam are located at an elevation of approximately 4,500 feet, about five miles from the volcano. You are looking approximately south- southeast across the North Fork Toutle River Valley. This image automatically updatesby Paul H. - Ancient History
lobo-hotei asked: "How was it determined that it was carried by someone and not loaded in with ballast?" This was concluded because the coin wasn't found associated with stones and other material used as ballast. Instead the coin was found associated with cargo would be damaged if used as ballast and items that were clearly the personal belongings of either crew oby Paul H. - Ancient History
Greek archaeologists find 2,500-year-old pomegranates preserved in ancient basket, San Francisco Chronicle, CA, Friday, October 1, 2004 Four pomegranates estimated to be 2,500 years were found old preserved inside a woven basket nestled in a bronze vessel in the area of Ancient Corinth.by Paul H. - Ancient History
While talking with some Texas archaeologists, it came to my attention that back in 1996-1997, excavations in Matagorda Bay, near Corpus Christi, Texas, a Roman coin dating to A.D. 69 was found in situ. Unfortunately, for advocates of Roman trans-Atlantic contacts, the coin was found within La Salle's ship "La Belle" among historic artifacts, such as European cannons,by Paul H. - Ancient History
Climate change plus human pressure caused large mammal extinctions in late Pleistocene. by Robert Sanders University of California - Berkeley Press Release ""There's been a lot of talk about people causing the extinction of the megafauna by killing everything they saw, like a blitzkrieg," said Barnosky. "But if you look at all the evidence, it's clear tby Paul H. - Ancient History