The Human History Podcast: An Interlude - Weekly Archaeology News Roundup Jan. 3, 2020-Jan 10th, 2020

Hey all! 


This is the first installment of The Human
History Podcast: An Interlude Weekly Roundup Series. Each week
(hopefully) will be bringing you a rundown of some of the week's
most interesting archaeological finds from around the
world. 


This week's stories:


1. Demon Drawing Spotted on Assyrian Clay Tablet


https://www.archaeology.org/news/8333-200103-assyrian-demon-drawing


https://www.livescience.com/assyrian-demon-tablet-found.html


2. New Translation of Viking Runestone Shows Climate
Fears in 9th Century 


https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200108161329.htm


https://phys.org/news/2020-01-vikings-erected-runestone-climate-catastrophe.html


3. Secrets of 2,600 year old human brain found preserved
in Iron Age man decapitated skull revealed


https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/08/health/ancient-heslington-brain-scn-trnd/index.html


https://phys.org/news/2020-01-clues-year-old-brain-survived-modern.html


4. Roman-Era Cemetery Discovered in Southwest
England


https://www.archaeology.org/news/8340-200108-england-roman-cemetery


5. Always counterclockwise: Puzzle of early Neolithic
house orientations finally solved


https://phys.org/news/2020-01-counterclockwise-puzzle-early-neolithic-house.html