Archaeology news for September 24 - October 6

[jeweledeyes]

Ancient Buddha Carved From Meteorite
http://news.discovery.com/history/meteorite-buddha-120926.html

La Bastida unearths 4,200-year-old fortification, unique in continental Europe
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uadb-lb092712.php
http://news.discovery.com/history/ancient-fort-spain-121002.html

Ancient Burial Shroud Made of Surprising Material
http://news.discovery.com/history/grave-fabric-denmark-120928.html
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uoc-asn092712.php

Egyptian toes likely to be the world's oldest prosthetics
http://news.discovery.com/history/ancient-egypt-wooden-toes-prosthetics-121002.html
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/uom-ett100212.php
http://www.staffnet.manchester.ac.uk/news/display/?id=8774#.UGrc-12Wvs8

Amazonian tribal warfare sheds light on modern violence, says MU anthropologist
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/uom-atw100212.php

Tomb of Maya queen K'abel discovered in Guatemala
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/wuis-tom100312.php
http://news.discovery.com/history/mayan-tomb-queen-121004.html

Oldest evidence of regular meat consumption by early humans found
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/plos-oeo100112.php
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/uocd-afe100312.php

Dating encounters between modern humans and Neandertals
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/plos-deb100112.php

Human Carbon Pollution Traced to Roman Times
http://news.discovery.com/earth/methane-emissions-roman-times-121006.html

Comments

[steorra]

I've seen several stories about the carving from the meteorite, and they keep having a strange apparent inconsistency. First they call it a Buddhist statue, or a statue of a Buddha, or something like that. Then they say that it was probably carved by the pre-Buddhist Bon culture of Tibet. Those do not seem to me to be compatible claims, and if they are, it deserves an explanation.

[steorra]

Nazi buddha from space might be fake

It is made from a meteorite, but the carving may well be modern.