World news in brief: Neolithic burials, early bone weapons, and the Notre-Dame’s dead
A round-up of some of the latest archaeology news from around the world.
Native American
Ancient mounds in America
In the middle of Louisiana State University’s campus stand two earthen mounds, each c.5.5m tall. The LSU Campus Mounds have long been known to be among the c.800 mounds created by ancient indigenous communities in this region, but archaeological investigations…
Research sheds new light on Cahokia’s North Plaza
The study found that the plaza would have been underwater for most if not all of the year at the time of the site’s creation.
Wolfe at Quebec: a new analysis
Sam Allison and Jon Bradley offer a forensic reappraisal of General James Wolfe’s spectacular victory.
Reworked battlefield finds in Mississippi
Military items – like a cannonball, lead shot, apparent pieces of a sword, and a ramrod tip, which were rarely traded – were found at the site complex of Stark Farms
16th-century Spanish objects in Mississippi
Many of the objects found had been repurposed by the Chickasaws into tools and ornaments
Debacle in the wilderness: Braddock at Monongahela
‘A volley fired by a young Virginian in the backwoods of America set the world on fire.’ That was the judgement of Horace Walpole. Fred Chiaventone tells the story.
What’s in the Box? Plymouth’s new museum opens
The large and ambitious opening exhibition, entitled Mayflower 400: legend and legacy, tells the story of the voyage and assesses the impact of the settlers’ arrival on the indigenous population.