It's hard to believe it's another new year. Happy 2006 Celtia! Perhaps more fitting is an exuberant Hogmanany! For those not familiar with Hogmanay and for those wanting to refresh their memories, read Flidais Niafer's excellent article, Hogmanay.
Plans are already underway for Spring festivities around Ancient Worlds. One such event is a Multi-Group to be hosted by Germania. To date, four of Celtia's fine groups have signed up - Alba, The Faery Ring, The Heyday of Sail, and Iberia. For more information and for any other Celtia groups wishing to join, please see the 2006 Multi-Group Festival Planning thread located in Germania, or contact Marduk Hammurabi.
Neighborhood Plaques
For anyone missing
MacMorna Niafer's announcement,
Celtia Resident's Plaques... Free for the Taking, plaques for some of Celtia's neighborhoods have been made. Follow this link to the list of available
plaques Anyone wishing to help make the other plaques, please contact
MacMorna Niafer. Below is an example of these wonderful plaques.
Archaeology News
Courtesy of Archaeology magazine's September/October 2005 World Roundup:
United Kingdom: Fashion victims? Archaeologists are snickering at the recent find of a Roman razor handle in the shape of a man's leg clad in a thick sock and sandal. The copper handle was one of several objects found in the River Tees in northern England and demonstrates that the Romans held steadfastly to their beloved footwear despite the bitter weather of the empire's northern frontier.
United Kingdom: Cesspits show that medieval Glaswegians ate more healthfully than their modern counterparts, and now local officials are hoping to use the archaeological evidence to help tackle the obesity epidemic among the city's chip-loving citizens. Large amounts of plant and fish remains and smaller quantities of animal bones have been found during excavations, and these finds will be highlighted on the city's new Medieval Trail, to run from Glasgow Cathedral to the River Clyde.
From the more recent November/December 2005 issue's World Roundup comes the following:
Scotland: An underwater survey of Loch Tay in Perthshire has revealed a well-preserved forest submerged some 5,000 years ago. Archaeologists found fallen elm and oak trees and upright trunks surrounded by organic material such as moss and hazelnuts. Samples taken from the trees gave radiocarbon dates of 2500 and 3200 B.C. Researchers hope the discovery will assist them in dendrochronology and climate-change studies.
The web site of Current Archaeology a UK magazine, reports that the next issue on the stands, Current Archaeology 201, will have a lead feature covering the earliest man in Britain, dated to around 700,000 BC. This issue should be available soon.
