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Around the World March/April 2012

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  • Features January/February 2012

    Altamira Cave - Spain

    a policy article published in the journal Science in October 2011, Spanish scientists argued against the reopening of Altamira Cave, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The cave contains multicolored cave paintings featuring several red bison, dating back 14,000 years to the Upper Paleolithic.

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  • Features January/February 2012

    Texas - United States

    From October 2010 to the end of September 2011, Texas received the smallest amount of rainfall ever recorded over a 12-month period. he receding waters are affecting local archaeology, exposing sites that have been underwater for decades.

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  • Features January/February 2012

    Arab Spring Impacts Archaeology - Libya/Egypt/Tunisia/Syria

    o discussion of the year 2011 can be complete without a reference to what's been termed Arab Spring. The political phenomenon has the potential to have an extraordinary impact on archaeology for years to come.

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  • Features January/February 2012

    Gladiator Gym Goes Virtual - Carnuntum, Austria

    Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) technology has allowed an international team of researchers from the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology (LBI-ArchPro) to both identify a ludus (gladiator school) at the Roman city of Carnuntum in Austria and bring it before the public in an unprecedented way.

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