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Dec 20, 2016 50 min

Archaeo News Podcast 260

from Stone Pages Archaeo News Hosted by Diego Meozzi / Stone Pages

Contents: Neolithic tomb in Orkney to close over safety fears Amazing rock art panel studied and then reburied in Scotland Burnt cheese casts light on 3,000 year-old family drama What Oetzi the Iceman sounded like World's oldest snowshoe found on an Italian glacier Neanderthals had more cognitive abilities than first thought Dyed material found in Peru predates Egypt Indigenous Australian storytelling records sea level rises 7,000 years ago Ancient artefacts found on Plymouth building site Pressed flower among Bronze Age finds Archaeological evidence at major risk in British wetlands Aboriginal astronomy provides clues to ancient life Teeth reveal Britons were highly mobile 4,000 years ago Ancient cannabis 'burial shroud' in chinese oasis How ancient humans reached remote South Pacific islands Well preserved pottery found inside Gwynedd quarry dig Stone Age could be when Brits first brewed ale First polluted river from before Bronze Age Paleo diet was a veggie feast Speaker: Philip Hansen Audio file mastering: Dave Horrocks (Infinite Wave) Listen to the weekly Archaeo News [Total time 50:13] If you enjoy this podcast and you'd like to help us, please click the PayPal Donate button on this webpage!

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Stone Pages presents a weekly podcast with the latest archaeology news, mainly related to prehistory, megalithic monuments and discoveries. Contents: * Stonehenge wasn't so hard to build after all * Bones under pub change what we know about the Irish * 8,000 year-old piece of wood blowing archaeologists' minds * Advanced techniques used to find more about Homo Naledi * Cave art found deep underground in Spain * New insight into the construction of Stonehenge * No game was too big to hunt for Stone Age man * Wine used in ceremonies 5000 years ago in Georgia * Aboriginal history revealed in caves * New origins for farmed rice * Astronomy shown to be set in ancient stone monuments * What drove northern European Neanderthals to cannibalism? * Was China the cradle of modern man, not Africa? * Ancient camping site unearthed in India * Large Bronze Age mound discovered in northwest China Speaker: Philip Hansen Audio file mastering: Dave Horrocks (Infinite Wave Mastering)

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