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• When Were Rabbits Domesticated?

  15-02-2018 23:00 via archaeology.org
  OXFORD, ENGLAND—Archaeologist Evan Irving-Pease is investigating the domestication of rabbits, according to a Science News report. He and his colleagues tried to trace the origins of a tale alleging that Christian monks in Southern France first tamed the creatures in A.D. 600, after Pope Gregory issued a proclamation stating that fetal rabbits, known as laurices, were fish, and could therefore be eaten during Lent, a time when meat consumption is traditionally restricted. Pease says there&
  
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• Tomb in Japan Yields 1,500-Year-Old Breastplate

  15-02-2018 23:00 via archaeology.org
  SHIBUSHI, JAPAN—The Asahi Shimbun reports that a 1,500-year-old tunnel tomb containing a stone coffin, human remains, and armor was discovered during road work in southern Kyushu. The tomb consisted of a burial chamber measuring about nine feet long, six feet wide, and three feet deep, and was connected to a nine-foot-long vertical shaft. Tatsuya Hashimoto of Kagoshima University Museum said the Kofun Period tomb is thought to have belonged to a local chieftain who received the breastplate
  
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• Field Technician for Phase I Survey in Mississippi

  15-02-2018 01:01
  Posted by MarshaWelch.Tagged under: [employment-listings] [prevailing-wage](click on the link to view details about this job listing and to see other job opportunities for archaeology professionals)
  
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