Subscribe now for full access and no adverts
Across
8 Mexican state, location of Mitla archaeological site (6)
9 Early horse, now known as Hyracotherium (8)
10 Phoenician city-state destroyed by Rome in 146 BC (8)
11 Mycenaean settlement in southern Greece (6)
12 Stage of the British Pleistocene Series (10)
13 Greek hero of the Iliad (4)
14 Native American tribe, one of the original Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy (6)
16 US state, location of the Paint Creek archaeological site (6)
20 Palm yielding edible starch domesticated c.3000 BC (4)
22 Roman festival in December (10)
24 ___ Phase, cultures of Amazonia dated to c.1200-700 BC (6)
25 High-ranking official of the former Chinese Empire (8)
26 Geological period following the Ordovician (8)
27 The last imperial dynasty of China (6)
Down
1 Neolithic and Bronze Age tell in the Azmak Valley, Bulgaria (8)
2 French city known to the Romans as Condevincum (6)
3 Early Horizon culture of farming communities in the Orinoco Basin (8)
4 Greek goddess of retribution (7)
5 Ancient Greek garment of wool or linen (6)
6 Ancient Greek people renowned for their military skills (8)
7 Herbaceous plant native to the Andes domesticated c.6000 BC (6)
15 Roman name for York (8)
17 Science of crop production and soil management (8)
18 Roman general and nephew-in-law of Theodosius I (8)
19 Bronze Age culture of Hungary and Romania (7)
21 Visigoth king who captured Rome in AD 410 (6)
22 ___ Africanus, Roman general who defeated Hannibal (6)
23 Egyptian site containing the ruins of the city named Akhetaten (6)
For answers to #132, see next issue.
700 years ago…
The city of Tenochtitlan, capital of the Mexica (Aztec) Empire, is believed to have been founded. The exact date of origin is uncertain, but 13 March AD 1325 was chosen in 1925 to commemorate the city’s 600th anniversary. According to legend, a small group of Mexica people travelled from their homeland of Aztlán to the Valley of Mexico in the first half of the 14th century, eventually arriving on an island in what was then Lake Texcoco. Here, they reportedly saw an eagle perched on a cactus eating a snake, which they interpreted as a sign from the god Huitzilopochtli to establish a new city on this spot. Over the next two centuries, the Mexica Empire grew in power and Tenochtitlan expanded into the largest city in the pre Columbian Americas. The city remained a centre of power and the religious heart of the empire until the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors and the Fall of Tenochtitlan in 1521.
Technology + archaeology
Mapping Doggerland
Archaeologists from the University of Bradford have created an interactive simulation charting the evolution and demise of Doggerland, a land bridge that connected Britain and mainland Europe until c.8,000 years ago. Developed as part of the ‘Unpath’d Waters’ project, the simulation was released with an animation showing how Doggerland changed from 20,000 years ago, at the height of the Last Glacial Maximum, to 5,000 years ago when the landscape was entirely submerged by the North Sea. The simulation can be explored here: https://zwack.itch.io/unpath-exhibition. Next, researchers are hoping that AI will be able to help them identify possible locations of prehistoric human settlements within this lost landscape.
Answers to Crossword #131
Across: 7 Pict, 8 Osage, 9 Ajax, 11 Beringia, 12 Ischia, 13 Wolstonian, 14 Utah, 15 Hornsea, 17 Parthia, 21 Ptah, 23 Santa Maria, 25 Erebus, 26 Alamanni, 27 Loki, 28 Ewart, 29 Ogam.
Down: 1 Cicero, 2 Atkinson, 3 Boxgrove, 4 Salamis, 5 Legion, 6 Manchu, 10 Adivasi, 16 Ontario, 18 Atalanta, 19 Thanatos, 20 Andaman, 22 Hobbit, 23 Sussex, 24 Ionian.
You must be logged in to post a comment.