Amalgamated Friday #17

Hatshepsut

• The Search for Hatshepsut and the Discovery of her Mummy, article from Zahi Hawass
• Egypt Unveils Mummy Discovery, in the Guardian via Cronaca
• Hatshepsut mummy update, from Anthony on Archaeoblog
• Collection of Links on Hatshetsup from Egyptology Blog
• Hatshepsut: Wicked Stepmother or Joan of Arc? on the University of Chicago's Fathom Archive, via Andie in TourEgypt
• Hatshepsut identified?, from NS Gill, Ancient History
• Egyptian Archaeologists Identify Remains of Hatshepsut, Female Pharaoh, from Jone Johnson Lewis, Women's History

Domesticity

• Seeking Agriculture's Ancient Roots Michael Balter in Science
• Genome Plasticity a Key Factor in the Success of Polyploid Wheat Under Domestication, Jorge Dubcovsky and Jan Dvorak in Science
• Preceramic Adoption of Peanut, Squash, and Cotton in Northern Peru, Dillehay et al in Science
• A Fertile Domestication of Cats, Constance Holden in Science
• Why do Cats Hang Around Us?, Anthony on Archaeoblog

Around About

• The Northern San Andreas Fault, photos from Andrew Alden, Geology
• The Daughter of Time, Melissa Snell (Medieval History) reviews the classic Josephine Tey mystery
• Recent Acquisitions: Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Art, Stan Parchin and Shelley Esaak on Art History

Anthro

• Know Your Primate Special Edition: Primate Locomotion, from Afarensis
• Ancient DNA profile, John Hawks looks at a piece in PLOS biology by Henry Nicholls, on progress in DNA studies
• Creation museum---more posts from the gang, from Aetiology

Archaeology

• Ivory mammoth and other art at Vogelherd, new portable art from the Aurignacian Vogelherd site in Germany
• Medieval brick kilns, on display at Aardvarchaeology
• Archaeological Theory? Legacies, burdens, futures, from Andrew Cochrane and Ian Russell on Archaeolog
• Off to Angkor Wat, in which noelbynature sends along a paper model of the ancient temple
• The Belitung Shipwreck, noelbynature on Southeast Asian Archaeology.
• I’ve been wondering about the Seven (new) Wonders of the World... says Greg Laden

Open Access

• Antiquity Seeks Contributions for Web Site, according to this note from Aardvarchaeology
• Internet Archaeology moves towards Open Access, from Alun on Clioaudio

Incas in Norway, er, Not

• Archaeological Sensation in Oestfold, story in the Norway Post
• Incas in Norway, Anthony in Archaeoblog has doubts
• No, That Norwegian Guy Was Not an Inca Indian, Martin over on Aardvarchaeology has the word