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BSR Archaeology Featured in Forma Urbis « The British School at Rome

BSR Archaeology Featured in Forma Urbis « The British School at Rome | Archaeology News | Scoop.it
From www.bsr.ac.uk - December 2, 2012 3:28 PM

Forma Urbis, the Italian archaeological magazine, has been entirely devoted to the the work and research of the BSR in its November 2012 issue.

The magazine highlights the archaeological work undertaken by the BSR such as geophysics, the Portus Project, excavations at Segni, the publication of Veii as well as the current work of the Herculaneum Conservation Project. It also showcases the important work of the library by way of the acclaimed photographic exhibition of Thomas Ashby in the Abruzzo as well as exploring the rich archive held at the BSR.

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Archaeology | Ancient earthworks share similarities

Archaeology | Ancient earthworks share similarities | Archaeology News | Scoop.it
From www.dispatch.com - January 28, 2:58 AM

The Poverty Point earthworks could be confused for an Ohio Hopewell site, except for two facts: It is located in Louisiana, and it’s more than 1,000 years older than any Hopewell mound.

 

One of the biggest puzzles in North American archaeology is how the relatively small bands of hunter-gatherers living at that time could have built monumental architecture on this scale without food surpluses provided by farming or the centralized leadership of a king or chief.

 

One theory is that many small groups of hunter-gatherers came together on a seasonal basis year after year for generations to slowly construct this complex of parallel embankments and mounds.

 

However, the results of new excavations into the largest of Poverty Point’s mounds refute this theory.

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