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**Tel Shiqmona during the Iron Age: A first glimpse into an ancient Mediterranean purple dye ‘factory’**

“_It is the only site in the Near East or around the Mediterranean—indeed, in the entire world—where a sequence of purple-dye workshops has been excavated and which has clear evidence for large-scale, sustained manufacture of purple dye and dyeing in a specialized facility for half a millennium, during the Iron Age (ca. 1100–600 BCE)._”

Shalvi G, Sukenik N, Waiman-Barak P, Dunseth ZC, Bar S, et al. (2025) Tel Shiqmona during the Iron Age: A first glimpse into an ancient Mediterranean purple dye ‘factory’. PLOS ONE 20(4): e0321082. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0321082.

#OpenAccess #OA #Research #DOI #Article #Ancient #Culture #Archaeology #Archaeodons #IronAge #Mediterranean #Academia #Academics @archaeodons

**The Amorites: Rethinking Approaches to Corporate Identity in Antiquity**

https://anetoday.org/amorites-corporate-identity/.

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**Long-term hunter-gatherer continuity in the Rhine-Meuse region was disrupted by local formation of expansive Bell Beaker groups**

“_We document an exception to this pattern in the wider Rhine-Meuse area in communities in the wetlands, riverine areas, and coastal areas of the western and central Netherlands, Belgium and western Germany, where we assembled genome-wide data for 109 people 8500-1700 BCE. Here, a distinctive population with high hunter-gatherer ancestry (∼50%) persisted up to three thousand years later than in continental European regions, reflecting limited incorporation of females of Early European Farmer ancestry into local communities._”

Olalde, I. et al. (2025) 'Long-term hunter-gatherer continuity in the Rhine-Meuse region was disrupted by local formation of expansive Bell Beaker groups,' bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) [Preprint]. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.03.24.644985.

#Preprint #Science #Biology #Genetics #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Anthropology #Europe @archaeodons

**Large scale and regional demographic responses to climatic changes in Europe during the Final Palaeolithic**

“_Our study also shows that during the Final Palaeolithic, the climatic cooling of GS-1 coincides with a pronounced population decline in most parts of the study area. An apparent increase in population density occurs only in north-eastern Central Europe and north-eastern Italy. Our estimates suggest that the total population was reduced by half._”

Schmidt I, Gehlen B, Winkler K, Arrizabalaga A, Arts N, et al. (2025) Large scale and regional demographic responses to climatic changes in Europe during the Final Palaeolithic. PLOS ONE 20(4): e0310942. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0310942

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**Discovery of ancient garden beneath Jesus’ burial site backs up Biblical account**

“_The discovery of 2,000 year-old olive trees and grapevines are believed to reflect the Gospel of John's account of where Jesus was buried_”

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/ancient-garden-jesus-burial-discovery-bible-b2726147.html.

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**Decipherment of the Indus script: new angles and approaches**

Part one: https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=68508

Part two: https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=68648

Part three: https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=68723

#Indus #Language #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Writing #History #Culture #Epigraphy @archaeodons

**New Find Links the Sutton Hoo Helmet to Denmark**

“_A stamp found with a metal detector on the Danish island of Tåsinge indicates that the iconic helmet from Sutton Hoo in England could have been made in the South Funen archipelago._”

https://via.ritzau.dk/pressemeddelelse/14323210/new-find-links-the-sutton-hoo-helmet-to-denmar.

#History #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Denmark #SuttonHoo #Europe @archaeodons

**Archeologists find surprise signs of British rule in Florida**

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/florida-america-archeologists-dig-spain-b2723477.html.

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**Qaryat al-Fāw/Qaryatum dhāt Kāhilim: On the identity of the god Kahl**

“_Despite his name being recorded in various texts and inscriptions on numerous objects that confirm his role as the city's patron god, scant information exists regarding his attributes or sphere of influence. Nonetheless, clues on some of his characteristics can be gleaned from coins bearing his likeness._”

de Lara, J. (2024). Qaryat al-Fāw/Qaryatum dhāt Kāhilim: On the identity of the god Kahl. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 35, 136–154. https://doi.org/10.1111/aae.12249.

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**Antiquity - Including the “East” As “Western Identity”**

_“In this book, the reader will access debates on intercultural experiences from the perspective of Phoenician colonists in Spain; the formation of a particular Greek identity built by Greek colonists in Sicily; the dramatic social and cultural transformations in the southern Levant following the regional transition to the Bronze Age; the integration of pre-Islamic Somalia in a trade network connected to the Mediterranean, from the Bronze to Iron ages; the multicultural influences inspiring the Book of Genesis; the cultural identity of early Christians as the New Testament is developed under the influence of Near Eastern traditions; and the complex multi-cultural and multi-ethnic dialogue behind the process of formation of Koine Greek during Byzantine times.”

Antiquity - including the “East” as “Western identity” [Working title] (2023) IntechOpen eBooks. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.104678.

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**‘Spreadsheets of empire’: red tape goes back 4,000 years, say scientists after Iraq finds**

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/15/stone-tablets-mesopotamia-iraq-red-tape-bureaucracy

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The preliminary results of the #SEXLAVES project, coord. by Xurxo Ayan Vila and Carlos Otero, have been published in World Archaeology.

The project focuses on the archaeological study of materials found in #brothels in NW Spain that were in operation at the end of the 20th century.

https://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.2024.2407976

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**Fossil face found in Spanish cave belongs to first known Western European**

_”Ancient remains suggest at least two types of early humans roamed Europe about 1 million years ago”

https://www.doi.org/10.1126/science.zpcszwz.

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**The Emergence of Pastoralism East of the Jordan Valley**

The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures

_“Drawing from the archaeological and biomolecular records, Makarewicz will first investigate how the spread of domesticated goats and sheep during the mid-seventh millennium into the rapidly changing built Neolithic environments of the Jordanian highlands sparked the emergence of a novel form of animal management central to pastoralism: seasonal transhumance.”_

#Video length: one hour and eight seconds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xlGot6ur0g

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**Parallel scaling of elite wealth in ancient Roman and modern cities with implications for understanding urban inequality**

_"These patterns suggest the presence of an ancient, enduring mechanism underlying urban inequality. Supported by an agent-based network simulation and informed by the settlement scaling theory, we propose that the observed patterns arise from common preferential attachment in social networks—a simple, yet powerful, driver of unequal access to interaction potential."_

Carleton, W.C., Elton, H., Miranda, W. et al. Parallel scaling of elite wealth in ancient Roman and modern cities with implications for understanding urban inequality. Nat Cities (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44284-025-00213-1.

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**Archaeologists find 'significant' Viking building**

_“He explained the site appeared similar to high status Viking age farms in Denmark, because it encompassed not only the hall but also the social structure and broader agricultural activity associated with them.”_

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cew597dz92lo.

#Archaeology #Archaeodons #News #UK #UnitedKingdom #Britain #Cumbria #History #Histodon #Histodons #Vikings #Europe @archaeodons @histodons

**Mystery behind Viking-age treasure find in Scotland may finally have been solved**

_“A runic inscription on one of the Galloway hoard’s elaborately decorated arm rings has been deciphered”_

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/feb/07/mystery-behind-viking-age-treasure-find-in-scotland-may-finally-have-been-solved

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**Inscribed sandstone fragments of Hole, Norway: radiocarbon dates provide insight into rune-stone traditions**

_“An unusual mixture of runes and other markings are revealed as the fragments are reconstructed into a single standing stone, suggesting multiple episodes of inscription and providing insight into early runic writing practices in Iron Age Scandinavia.”_

Solheim, S. et al. (2025) ‘Inscribed sandstone fragments of Hole, Norway: radiocarbon dates provide insight into rune-stone traditions’, Antiquity, pp. 1–18. doi: https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.225.

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**Strange carvings at Norwegian grave site reveal what language was like before Vikings**

Vishwam Sankaran

_“Their findings, published in the journal Antiquity on Monday, shed light on the ritual aspects of early Germanic stone writing as well as the evolution of runes, the letters used in Nordic languages before the adoption of the Latin alphabet.”_

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/oldest-runestone-norse-language-before-vikings-b2691713.html.

#Antiquity #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Norse #Language #Latin #Runes #Vikings #Norway #Nordic #Europe @archaedons (1/2)