Anthropological and Archaeological News
May 4, 2020: Heritage Daily
Two new possible hillforts have been discovered using LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) in Devon, England, near Paignton and one at Berry Pomeroy. They were previously undiscovered due to being located under modern-day tree clumps, but Darren Murray was able to find them using LIDAR.
“Murray believes that the forts are uni-vellete single ring fortresses, possibly constructed by the Dumnonii tribe which ruled Devon and Cornwall from at least the Iron Age up to the early Saxon period (Heritage Daily, 2020).”
Feb. 25, 2020: New Atlas
“Archaeologists have used laser technology to map a 100-km (62-mile) Maya stone road that could have been built 1,300 years ago to help with the invasion of an isolated city in modern-day Mexico. The ancient highway is thought to have been constructed at the command of the warrior queen Lady K’awiil Ajaw, and would have been coated in white plaster.”
Feb. 24, 2020: Heritage Daily
Archaeologists uncover a tantalising remnant of the medieval mansions of the Strand beneath London’s Courtauld Gallery."