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Index of Newsbriefs
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Volume 53 Number 1, January/February 2000
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Check out the latest news from ARCHAEOLOGY Online.
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| Early Homo erectus Tools in China |
The site of Renzidong in
eastern China is yielding animal bones and possible stone tools showing that Homo erectus may have established itself here 2.25 million years ago. |
| Equus on Ice |
A dozen horses sacrificed nearly 2,500 years ago in full-dress regalia have
been recovered frozen in a Scythian kurgan. |
| Vandals Attack Rome, Again |
Wielding sledgehammers and cans of spray paint, vandals have destroyed or defaced many of Rome's treasures in recent months. |
| Squash Down, Beans Up, Corn Steady |
New dates on crop remains are transforming our understanding of the history of maize-bean-squash agriculture in the northeastern United States. |
| New Stones at Avebury |
A new series of slabs at Avebury stone circle in western England probably formed a causeway linking the circle to a contemporary burial site at Beckhampton. |
| First Alphabet Found in Egypt |
Along an ancient road in Egypt's western desert, archaeologists have discovered two inscriptions representing the earliest-known phonetic alphabet. |
| Early Iron Smelting |
Excavations at Tell Hammeh in Jordan have revealed evidence of what may be the oldest known iron smelting. |
| Georgian Homo erectus Crania |
Discovery of two early Homo
erectus crania in Georgia has yielded further evidence of the species' presence on the eastern shores of the Black Sea. |
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