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Index of Newsbriefs
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Volume 57 Number 1, January/February 2004
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The best source for archaeological news online, updated by 6pm EST weekdays
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| Detecting Two Fantastic Finds |
A remarkable ancient souvenir has been discovered by a metal detectorist in west-central England, according to the Portable Antiquities Scheme. |
| Chaco's Far-Flung Corn Fields Come to Light |
Chemical analysis of ancient corncobs found in Chaco Canyon produced more evidence that the Anasazi town there was the powerhouse of a widespread culture. |
| Make Way for the Old |
A royal palace dating to the eleventh century A.D. has been found in Hanoi, Vietnam, at the planned location of the Parliament's new building. |
| Deep-Sea Duel |
The German sub U-864 has been rediscovered off Norway's west coast. |
| Move Over Venus |
Recent excavations for a gas pipeline near the town of Zschernitz in eastern Germany have revealed Central Europe's first Neolithic male statuette. |
| Kensington Runestone Goes to Sweden |
The Kensington Runestone, whose authenticity has been in dispute since it was discovered in 1898, has gone on display at Sweden's National Historical Museum. |
| Albanian Synagogue Surfaces |
Colorful mosaic pavements and the fifth- or sixth-century A.D. synagogue that housed them were unearthed in the Albanian coastal town of Saranda. |
| A Puzzling Wreck |
India's first ancient shipwreck, discovered recently in the coastal town of Kadakkarapally, has archaeologists stumped. |
| Credit the Greeks! |
A recent discovery at the site of Morgantina shows that the aboveground barrel vault goes back to the third century B.C. and may have originated in Hellenistic Sicily. |
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