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10 November 2014
Huge Jordanian stone circles baffle archaeologists
Archaeologists in Jordan have taken high-resolution aerial images of 11 ancient "Big Circles," all but one of which are around 400 meters in diameter. The similarity seems "too close to be a coincidence" said researcher David Kennedy, a professor at the University of Western Australia.
The Big Circles were built with low stone walls, little more than a metre high, and originally contained no openings. Their purpose is unknown, and archaeologists are unsure when they were built. Analysis of the photographs, as well as artefacts found on the ground, suggest the circles date back at least 2,000 years, but may be much older.
First spotted by aircraft in the 1920s, little research has focused on these structures.
In addition to the 11 photographed circles, researchers have identified another similar circle in Jordan, which appears to have been only partially completed. Old satellite imagery also reveals two destroyed circles, one in Jordan and another in Syria.
Constructed mainly with local rocks, Kennedy thinks a dozen people working hard could potentially complete a Big Circle in a week, however their precise shape would have required planning.
Archaeologists Graham Philip and Jennie Bradbury, both with Durham University in England, examined a Big Circle they found near Homs in Syria, positioned in such a way that it could give someone standing inside it a "panoramic" view of a basin that would have held crops and settlements. While the circle was "badly damaged" when the researchers found it, they completed their fieldwork before land development completely destroyed the structure.
Kennedy's team has found thousands of stone structures in Jordan and the broader Middle East. They come in a variety of shapes, including "Wheels" (circular structures with radiating spokes); Kites (stone structures that forced animals to run into a kill zone); Pendants (rows of stone cairns aligned with burials); and walls (mysterious structures that meander across the landscape for up to several thousand meters, and have no apparent practical use).
Edited from LiveScience (30 October 2014)
Ancient art and architecture influenced by sound
During a meeting of the Acoustical Society of America in October, Steven J. Waller of Rock Art Acoustics described how prehistoric people may have interpreted sound phenomena as supernatural occurrences: "Ancient mythology explained echoes from the mouths of caves as replies from spirits, so our ancestors may have made cave paintings in response to these echoes and their belief that echo spirits inhabited rocky places such as caves or canyons. Many ancient cultures attributed thunder in the sky to 'hoofed thunder gods,' so it makes sense that the reverberation within the caves was interpreted as thunder and inspired paintings of those same hoofed thunder gods on cave walls. This theory is supported by acoustic measurements, which show statistically significant correspondence between the rock art sites and locations with the strongest sound reflection."
When Waller set up an interference pattern in an open field with two flutes droning the same note, the quiet regions of wave cancellation "gave blindfolded subjects the illusion of a giant ring of rocks or pillars casting acoustic shadows," Waller says. He demonstrated that Stonehenge radiates acoustic shadows that recreate the same pattern. "My theory that musical interference patterns served as blueprints for megalithic stone circles - many of which are called Pipers' Stones - is supported by ancient legends of two magic pipers who enticed maidens to dance in a circle and turned them all into stones," Waller notes.
There are several important implications of Waller's research. Perhaps most significantly, it demonstrates that acoustical phenomena were culturally significant to early humans, and that the natural soundscapes of archaeological sites should be preserved for further study and greater appreciation.
Waller's observations and conclusions are among a number of other research findings by scientists exploring this phenomena. In a massive 6,000-year-old subterranean stone complex on the island of Malta, low voices create reverberating echoes, and sounds made in certain places can be clearly heard throughout all of its three levels. Some scientists have suggested that certain frequencies may have actually altered human brain functions.
Another study found that acoustic behaviour at sites such as Newgrange in Ireland and Wayland's Smithy in England was characterised by a strong sustained resonance, or "standing wave", between 90 and 120 cycles per second. "When this happens," says Linda Eneix, President of the Old Temples Study Foundation, "what we hear becomes distorted, eerie." At the 10,000 BCE site of Gobekli Tepe in southern Turkey, a massive T-shaped standing limestone pillar in the centre of a circular shrine "sings" when smacked with the flat of the hand. Obviously made to represent a human with a decorated belt and hands carved in relief at its waist, it bears unexplained symbols in the area of the throat."
Edited from EurekAlert!, Popular Archaeology (28 October 2014)
Highest altitude Ice Age settlement discovered
At two sites high in the southern Peruvian Andes, scientists have discovered remains that suggest human settlement about 12,000 years ago. More than 4,000 meters above sea level, they are now the highest sites for continuous human occupation ever recorded, predating the earliest known settlements by almost 900 years.
Led by Kurt Rademaker, a University of Maine (USA) visiting assistant professor in anthropology, the team investigated one site that yielded 260 stone tools such as projectile points, bifaces and scrapers, as much as 12,800 years old. The other site, the Cuncaicha rock shelter, contained stone tools made from locally available obsidian, andesite and jasper, as well as plant remains, bones of llama-like vicunya and guanaco, and the taruca deer, and featured sooted ceilings and rock art, indicating it was likely a base camp.
The Cuncaicha cave shelter was big enough to fit 20 or 30 people and had been occupied multiple times over thousands of years. The site is more than 2,000 metres higher than the famous Inca archeological site Machu Picchu, and just 880 metres lower than the Mount Everest base camp in the Himalayas.
"We don't know if people were living there year round, but we strongly suspect they were not just going there to hunt for a few days," says archaeologist and research team member Sonia Zarrillo of the University of Calgary. "There were possibly even families living at these sites, because we've found evidence of a whole range of activities. In Cuncaicha we found remains representing whole animals, indicating they were living close to where the animals were killed. And the types of stone tools we've found are not only hunting tools but also scraping tools used for processing hides to make things like clothing, bags or blankets."
Zarrillo specialises in identifying edible plants at archeological sites. There are no edible plants growing in the area surrounding the cave, yet Zarrillo found bits of edible roots and tubers from lower elevations, suggesting the cave dwellers were either trading with other groups, or at times moving to lower elevations.
Rademaker stumbled upon the cave a few years ago while trying to locate the source of obsidian found at archeological sites on the Peruvian coast, and "instantly recognised that it was an archeological site."
The cave is located in a cold and dry area of the Andes that Zarrillo describes as "a moonscape," but the nearby Pucuncho Basin appears to have been a rich hunting ground 12,000 years ago, when the climate was just a little bit cooler and wetter. Today, the area is used by local Andean herders to graze thousands of llamas and alpacas. The locals have genetic adaptations that allow them to live comfortably at high altitude, such as unusually large lung capacities, high metabolic rates and the ability to carry more oxygen in their blood. Those adaptations were thought to have taken thousands of years to evolve.
The fact that humans were living at these altitudes for long periods of time just 2,000 years after entering South America raises scientific questions. In addition, Zarrillo said, it's possible that there are even older settlements in deeper layers of the cave floor or other sites in the area.
Edited from Popular Archaeology, CBC News (23 October 2014)
6 November 2014
Small clue to Neolithic Cham flint traders
Weighing a few grammes and only 25 millimetres long, a tiny flint scraper discovered by an amateur archaeologist on the Schlogen loop of the Danube in Upper Austria tells a story of trade and society in Central Europe over 5,000 years ago, and helps piece together a long forgotten way of life.
An ongoing study of flint artefacts imported into Upper Austria places the origins of this scraper 200 kilometres away, in the mines of Arnhofen in Lower Bavaria. Arnhofen is one of the largest sources of this quality Jurassic flint in Europe and was exploited for over 2,500 years. The flint was mined at a depth of up to 8 metres via more than 20,000 shafts, many of which can still be seen.
Found on one of the broad flat terraces that form around the Danube loop, the scraper is of a type created by the Late Neolithic Cham culture (3400-2700 BCE), which stretched along the waterways of the Danube from Austria to Bavaria in southern Germany.
Though most of their settlements are represented by only a few stray finds on later sites, they must have had a sophisticated network of trade and transportation. Up to 50 per cent of the tools from the Cham culture were made of flint imported from the Bavarian mines.
It is easy to imagine flint traders in dugout canoes landing on this piece of land beside the broad river loop, where a tiny clue to their passage will be discovered thousands of years later.
Edited from Past Horizons (30 October 2014)
Bog material reveals 11,500 years of Scottish history
Peat from a bog near Edinburgh contains 11,500-year-old vegetation and glimpses of the impact made by humans on the landscape from as far back as the Neolithic period.
Ravelrig bog contains two hill forts. Kaimes Hill shows evidence of human activity from the Mesolithic period. Dalmahoy Hill is thought to have been occupied during the pre-Roman Iron Age and early medieval times.
"The bog started out as a small lochan [lake] within a rocky hollow that was formed at the end of the last glacial period," says archaeo-botanist Susan Ramsay. "Aquatic plants gave way to marshland and finally raised Sphagnum [peat] bog as natural succession progressed. During the early Holocene, the woodlands of the area were dominated by birch, hazel and willow but developed into mixed oak, elm and hazel woodlands by the mid-Holocene."
An initial survey in 2007 revealed the scientific potential of a core deposit covering more than 10,000 years.
"Previous studies have suggested that the first major woodland clearances in central Scotland occurred in the pre-Roman Iron Age, with the cleared agricultural landscape being maintained throughout the Roman period," says Ramsay. At Ravelrig, human impact on the landscape is recorded from the Neolithic period onwards, with increasing woodland clearance and agricultural activity in the Bronze Age and a peak in activity in the pre-Roman Iron Age. These periods of agricultural intensification appear to correspond with known periods of occupation at the nearby hill forts."
Ramsay says that between 250 BCE and 150 CE, "Birch pollen levels increased significantly, suggesting that land that was previously farmed was abandoned and was gradually colonised by birch woodland. It is not clear what the cause of this agricultural decline might be but further work may be able to determine a more precise date range for this event," believes Ramsay.
Edited from Culture24 (21 October 2014)
4 November 2014
Ancient Danish burial sites plundered
Grave robbers have dug up and plundered four ancient burial sites in Mangehøje north of Grindsted near Billund in Jutland (Denmark). It is believed the sites date back to some 4,000 years ago.
Lars Bjarke Christensen, an archaeologist from the Culture Ministry, is gutted over the theft and the loss of Danish history. "It's a disaster. The grave robbers have ruined part of Denmark's history," Christensen said. "The things we could have learned from the burial mounds have now been erased from history. We can no longer investigate how ancient life was in this area of Jutland," he added.
The archaeologists have not excavated the burial mounds either since they are protected, but they do know that other mounds from the same era contained artefacts - such as stone axes, jewellery and pottery - that were buried with the dead for use in the afterlife.
According to Christensen, the last time graves were plundered in Denmark was back at the end of the 1890s. He estimates the plundered artefacts won't net more than 2000 euros on the black market. The police in southeast Jutland are investigating the incident.
Edited from The Copenhagen Post (24 October 2014)
Bronze Age find in Outer Hebrides dig
A significant Bronze Age pottery find has been made during an archaeological dig on the east side of Lewis (Outer Hebrides, Scotland). Pieces believed to date from between 1500 and 1000 BEC were unearthed in the Point district of the island.
Scottish Water had been working on a new line when a saddle quern, used for grinding corn, was spotted. The site was initially thought to be an Iron Age dwelling but experts now believe they are dealing with something older.
Archaeologist Alastair Rees said: "The pottery that we first found initially seemed to be from the Iron Age. But since then we have found much more pottery and it is definitely Middle Bronze Age, which is much older in date. So we have had to rethink the site considerably."
Edited from BBC News (32 October 2014)
3 November 2014
Neolithic village found underwater in Poland
Under the surface of a lake in Northern Poland, known as lake Gil Wiekli, archaeologists have found evidence of what could prove to be the first Stone Age settlement found in Polish waters. The team carrying out the investigations comprises members from the Scientific Association of Polish Archaeologists and the Department of Underwater Archaeology from the Nicolaus Copernicus University of Torun (Poland).
Several scanning techniques were used to map the underwater contours of the lakes, which were then studied to identify areas which could be of archaeological interest. Once these had been identified then penetrating radar was employed to further examine the sediment, prior to any excavation being carried out.
Dr Andrzej Pydyn, leader of the research team, is quoted as saying "In shallow water in the reservoir we found a large amount of animal bones, renmains of tools made of antler and numerous fragments of pottery, used at various times by ancient communities. Among them, the framents that caught our attention relate to tradition of late Neolithic, probably associated with the so-called Corded Ware culture".
This is only one of several underwater sites being investigated and the results of the analyses of the latest finds are eagerly awaited.
Edited from Science & Scholarship in Poland (15 October 2014)
Surprising discovery at Ness of Brodgar
A giant-sized Neolithic Era cow found as archaeologists excavated at the famous Ness of Brodgar site in Orkney (Scotland). "It is so big that there was an immediate need for an expert opinion," reported the Dig Diary blogger for the Ness of Brodgar Excavations project. So archaeologists called upon Jen Harland, an expert at identifying faunal remains. "She has confirmed that the bones belong to an enormous cow - so big indeed that it is probably off the scale for the biggest known modern cow and into the range for an aurochs."
The aurochs, a huge, prehistoric ancestor to the modern day cow, is now extinct, the last one having died in the Jaktorów Forest, Poland in 1627. But even during Neolithic times, they had already become relatively rare.
Thus far, the animal's massive horn core has been revealed, along with part of the skull. But much more work needs to be done when the excavators return for the next season. "Further identification will be needed and this will have to wait until next year when the contexts can be properly excavated without the need to rush," continues the blog report. "However, it will have important implications for our understanding of the agricultural economy of the Neolithic in Orkney, and for the range of animals present at that time."
Archaeologists have been excavating at this now famous Neolithic Era site ever since a geophysical survey in 2002 revealed anomalies that indicated a buried settlement complex, and then ploughing turned up a large, notched stone slab in a field in 2003. Radiocarbon dates from excavations have since shown that the site was a prehistoric complex that was used for 1,000 years - from at least 3200 BCE to 2300 BCE.
The animal remains are among the latest of a string of remarkable finds. Other discoveries have revealed a sequence of Neolithic structures, including a large oval structure enclosed by a monumental wall, a symmetrical building, and a structure measuring 25 metres (82 feet) long by 20 meters (65 feet) wide, with the remains of five-meter-thick outer walls still standing at a height of about one meter (three feet).
Edited from Popular Archaeology (14 October 2014)
2 November 2014
Earliest human genome ever analysed
Scientists have reconstructed the genome of a man who lived 45,000 years ago - by far the oldest ever obtained from modern humans. The research provides new clues to the expansion of modern humans from Africa into Europe and Asia, adding support to a provocative hypothesis: Early humans interbred with Neanderthals.
The discoveries were made by a team of scientists led by Svante Paabo, a geneticist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. Comparing Neanderthal to human genomes, Dr Paabo and his colleagues found that we share a common ancestor, which they estimate lived about 600,000 years ago.
In 2008, a fossil collector searching for mammoth tusks along the Irtysh River in Siberia found a thighbone near a settlement called Ust'-Ishim, and brought it to scientists at the Russian Academy of Sciences. Researchers identified the bone as a modern human, and determined it to be about 45,000 years old - the oldest modern human fossil found outside of Africa and the Near East.
Dr Paabo and his colleagues used a number of genetic fragments to create a high-resolution copy of the man's complete genome, which they compared to those of ancient and living people. They found his DNA was more like that of non-Africans, but no more closely related to ancient Europeans than to East Asians. He was part of an earlier lineage - a group that eventually gave rise to all non-African humans.
Homo sapiens, our own species, appeared in Africa around 200,000 years ago. Previous studies, both on genes and on fossils, suggest they then expanded through the Near East.
Ust'-Ishim man's genome suggests he belonged to a group of people who lived after the African exodus, but before the split between Europeans and Asians. Dr Paabo and his colleagues also found pieces of Neanderthal DNA in his genome.
Fossils indicate that Neanderthals spread across Europe and Asia before becoming extinct an estimated 40,000 years ago. By comparing the Ust'-Ishim man's long stretches of Neanderthal DNA with shorter stretches in living humans, Dr Paabo and his colleagues estimated how long ago Neanderthals and humans interbred. Previous studies based only on living humans had yielded an estimate of 37,000 to 86,000 years. Dr Paabo and his colleagues narrowed that down: Humans and Neanderthals interbred 50,000 to 60,000 years ago.
The findings question research suggesting that humans in India and the Near East date back as far as 100,000 years ago. Some scientists believe that humans expanded out of Africa in a series of waves.
Christopher Stringer, a palaeo-anthropologist at the Natural History Museum, says the new study offers compelling evidence that living non-Africans descended from a group of people who moved out of Africa about 60,000 years ago. Any humans that expanded out of Africa before then probably died out.
Edited from The Washington Post, Examiner.com, The New York Times (22 October 2014)
Palaeolithic settlements discovered in the Nefud Desert
The Nefud Desert is an oval depression in the northern Arabian Peninsula, known for its red sand, sudden violent winds, and large crescent-shaped dunes. It is 290 kilometres long, 225 kilometres wide, and sees rain only once or twice a year. But in antiquity, there were lakes.
Dr Eleanor Scerri of the University of Bordeaux and her colleagues call them 'palaeo-lakes'. Today these ancient lakes are only sediments and other features that tell us that there was once water, but scientists have also found fossil flora, fauna, and archaeological features and artefacts.
Scerri and her colleagues detail their discovery of 13 sites associated with palaeo-lake basins dated to Lower and Middle Palaeolithic times - from 2.5 million all the way to 30,000 years ago. "One of the sites, T'is al Ghadah, may feature the earliest Middle Palaeolithic assemblage of Arabia," they write.
According to Scerri and her colleagues, ancient humans came and went in this region, following the rivers and settling around the lakes during wet periods, bringing stone tool cultures that differed depending upon their culture, and perhaps origin. Who were they? Thus far, no human fossils have been found at any of the sites.
Despite the diversity, the researchers suggest that there was at least one common characteristic among these various ancient groups - a rarity of formal tools, but strong similarities in production techniques. How they produced their tools could give clues to their relationship and origins.
The survey is one of a number of efforts to research human dispersal and habitation from northeastern Africa through Arabia and beyond. For Scerri, early modern humans may have arrived at various times from northeastern Africa, traversing what is called the 'Saharo-Arabian belt' via land routes - perhaps more than 100,000 years ago.
It is a theory based on years of research, that may help to explain the presence of early modern humans in Southwest Asia in prehistory. Considered controversial by some scholars, it contrasts with one widely-held theory that early modern humans dispersed rapidly out of Africa primarily along the coasts about 55,000 years ago. The evidence for this shows up in small blade technologies - very similar to stone tools made in what is called the 'Howiesons Poort' industries of southern Africa - and symbolic items such as beads, incised and decorated items and bone tools.
Scerri and others suggest a different scenario. "Human movements across Southern Asia would have been slow, continental advances during humid periods, and contractions (and even extinctions) during arid periods. Mapping of environments from Arabia to Southeast Asia indicate dramatic variability in habitats." Major revisions in genetic studies "suggest that 'Out of Africa' movements may date to 120,000 years ago, which would correspond with fossils of Homo sapiens in the Levant, and Middle Palaeolithic technologies in southern Asia."
Evidence thus far suggests an ancient human presence in the Nefud that may bear significantly on the study of prehistoric human dispersal.
Edited from Popular Archaeology (20 October 2014)
Clues about prehistoric residents of the Rocky Mountains
This past summer, Matt Stirn, Rebecca Sgouros, and a crew of volunteers made two expeditions on the west slope of the Teton Range, a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains between Wyoming and Idaho, just south of Yellowstone National Park, USA.
Not that long ago archaeologists thought indigenous people of the region made short visits and occasional use of resources above 10,000 feet. Then a team that included Stirn started finding evidence that American Indians not only pitched camps in the high country, but also established alpine villages that were possibly used for thousands of years. Besides widespread projectile points, they found large grinding stones that may have been used over generations, as well circular depressions that proved to be remnants of structures.
Archaeological surveys in the Tetons go back to the 1970s, but new technology and new ideas about how prehistoric people might have used the area have resulted in the discovery of 30 previously unrecorded sites dating back perhaps 11,000 years.
Artefacts include stone points and tools, soapstone fragments, and one complete bowl. Because soapstone is porous, any fats the bowl may have contained could have sunk into the vessel's pores and been preserved, and reveal how old the item is and also offer clues about what its makers ate.
Also of interest are artefacts made of stone from near Dubois, Idaho - a 200 kilometre trek over rugged terrain.
Stirn said a lot of artefacts found at Wind River sites are associated with Plains Indian cultures to the east, while Teton artefacts are more in the style of the Great Basins of Utah and Idaho to the west.
The team has a five-year permit with public land agencies to continue its work. They'd like to plot sites, compare the east side of the Tetons with the west side, and preserve and protect the sites.
Edited from Jackson Hole News & Guide (15 October 2014)
31 October 2014
Bronze Age settlement in England found using Google Earth
Devonshire treasure hunter Howard Jones trawled satellite images for the sort of terrain that would have offered food, water and shelter for a prehistoric settlement, pinpointing a spot in the South Hams. The former Royal Marine then sought permission from the local landowner before heading down there to scour for remains. He soon unearthed old flint tools, pottery shards and scraps of metal thought to date back 5,000 years.
Howard called in Devon County archaeologist Bill Horner, who carried out a geophysical survey using ground-penetrating radar. According to Horner, "The survey shows two or three probable farmsteads which look to be late prehistoric, bronze age to iron age. Other parts of the underlying settlement possibly continue to the Romano-British period, around 1,500-2,000 years ago. The images also show tracks and enclosures, as well as a number of pits, which alongside Howard's findings, looks like evidence of metal works. We know that Devon's mineral resources were being traded along the coast and along the channel in prehistoric times. While Dartmoor is famous for preserved historic sites, the same is not true of coastal areas. So this could be the missing link between those moorland sites and the evidence we have of trading." Mr Horner has arranged for a series of trench digs, which could take place as early as February 2015.
Howard, a commercial scuba diver, has previously searched for ancient artefacts underwater, and in 2010 he was involved in the discovery of the 300-year-old Dutch merchant vessel Aagtekerke off the Devon coast.
Edited from Express & Echo (22 October 2014)
Ancient sundial discovered on a Russian stone slab
The stone slab is marked with round divots arranged in a circle, and an astronomical analysis suggests that these markings coincide with heavenly events, including sunrises and moonrises.
Last year, study researcher Larisa Vodolazhskaya of the Archaeo-astronomical Research Center at Southern Federal University in Russia and her colleagues analysed a different Bronze Age sundial found in Ukraine, and discovered it to be a sophisticated instrument for measuring the hours. Their work came to the attention of archaeologists in Rostov, Russia, who knew of a similar-looking artefact found in that area in 1991, which had been sitting in a museum and never thoroughly studied.
The Rostov slab was found over the grave of a man who had died about age 50, and dates back to the 12th century BCE - similar in age to the one found in Ukraine.
By studying the geometry of the Rostov slab, Vodolazhskaya and her colleagues discovered that the carved circles, which are arranged in a pattern about 33 centimetres in diameter, correspond with the sunrises at equinoxes and solstices.
The Bronze Age people who created this pattern weren't only interested in the sun. The circles that didn't correspond to solar movements were linked to lunar wanderings. The angle of the moon's orbit goes through an 18.6-year cycle, during which its position shifts. The Rostov slab tracks these movements with circular carvings indicating the southernmost and northernmost moonrises of these 'low' and 'high' moons.
The slab was found at a Bronze Age Srubna or Srubnaya site, a culture which flourished on the steppes between the Ural Mountains and Ukraine's Dneiper River. The artefact, Vodolazhskaya says, may be the work of Bronze Age scientists.
Edited from Discovery News (16 October 2014)
23 October 2014
Massive prehistoric settlement unearthed in Ukraine
A temple dating back about 6,000 years has been discovered within a massive prehistoric settlement in Ukraine. The temple is about 60 by 20 meters (197 by 66 feet) in size: it was a "two-story building made of wood and clay surrounded by a galleried courtyard," the upper floor divided into five rooms, write archaeologists Nataliya Burdo and Mykhailo Videiko in a copy of a presentation they gave recently at the European Association of Archaeologists' annual meeting in Istanbul, Turkey.
Inside the temple, archaeologists found the remains of eight clay platforms, which may have been used as altars, the finds suggested. A platform on the upper floor contains "numerous burnt bones of lamb, associated with sacrifice," write Burdo and Videiko, of the Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The floors and walls of all five rooms on the upper floor were "decorated by red paint, which created [a] ceremonial atmosphere." The ground floor contains seven additional platforms and a courtyard riddled with animal bones and pottery fragments, the researchers found.
The temple, referred to as belonging to the "Trypillian" culture, was first detected in 2009 and is located in a prehistoric settlement near modern-day Nebelivka. Recent research using geophysical survey indicates the prehistoric settlement is 238 hectares (588 acres) - it contained more than 1,200 buildings and nearly 50 streets.
Fragments of figurines, some of which look similar to humans, were also found at the temple. Like findings at other Trypillian sites, some of the figurines have noses that look like beaks and eyes that are dissimilar, one being slightly larger than the other. Ornaments made of bone and gold were also discovered at the temple. The gold ornaments are less than an inch in size and may have been worn on the hair, researchers say.
The newly discovered prehistoric temple is similar to temples from the fifth to fourth millennia BCE that were built in ancient Middle East cities, such as those in Anatolia and Mesopotamia, Burdo and Videiko note.
Archaeologists found that when this prehistoric settlement was abandoned, its structures, including the newly discovered temple, were burnt down, something that commonly occurred at other Trypillian culture sites.
Edited from LiveScience (20 October 2013)


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I try so hard to understand and I just can't
What exactly does "one size fits most" really mean to clothing manufacturers...to me it means if you have boobs or an ass it will make you feel like a tuna boat.
Why if I wax my brows at night do I swear I grow em back by morning.
How did I ever miss "Gilmore Girls" when it was in primetime? I love it. Just like me I don't find a series until it's over, think "Firefly"
Mean girls? What's the purpose really? When you mean girls, you know who you are, snigger at someone in public or roll your eyes and look over at me, are you expecting because maybe we dress alike that I'm going to smile and agree with you? No you will get the patented Bacongal "eat shit and die" look. Graybelle named that look back in the late 80's, so I'm very good at it.
Oh and more about the above...mean girls. I think they exist for two reasons, separately or combined....you are mean because you are hungry and therefore bitchy or because your mom's let you be a mean girl. My mom, she told me I had two choices, be nice or be quiet. Ha!
Jalapeno spiced sweet potato chips...someone please make them, I'll buy them in bulk.
Why at the end of a 5k do people anchor it right at the finish line to take a selfie? Why? You know that chip that you ziptied to your shoe, well it times you and some of us really care about our time. I swear I'm steamrolling the next selfie taker. Look for news at 11.
Soooo if I get a bikini wax, do you actually have to see my junk?
Really? I like my junk it's pretty and all and useful but I think it's just for me and Riddick
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Morning Random
If you drive a Prius, good for you, but if you live in a 3500 sqf home and keep it at 72 degrees year round, your carbon footprint is not offset by the car you drive. Remember this as you look down your nose at other cars.
John Kitzhaber cut your losses and kick Cylvia to the curb. If you were a semi-retired Emergency room Doc from Bend she would not be sharing your bed. She's the type that survives life by her brain and body, me I use my brain and heart. She's cray cray
There, their and they're, know the difference. I'm a horrible speller but please, please don't mess those up.
Trust me, you don't mess with the Jews. I read my bible, I believe it. I'm not speaking of the debate over the West Bank. I'm talking of outside forces that threaten Israel. Even if you don't believe the bible, would you really pick a fight with a whole country that requires all citizens to serve in the military.
At 4:40 AM as I enter my van after getting coffee at 7-11 and you role up behind me all quiet like on your bicycle to ask for money. When I turn around and scream because you scared the hell out of me, it's not because you are Black. It's because you just rolled up on me all quiet on your bicycle. So don't make it a race thing.
I don't go to haunted houses. People are scary enough without me paying them to do it.
And remember as my Mom used to tell me...."No is a complete sentence"
Sunday, September 14, 2014
I let another man rub my....
Don't get your shorts in a wad, I would never let another man touch me inappropriately.
Friday, Mama (aka G. Mama....Mama G. or half of the "prentals") had lunch and than got a pedicure.
Mama was the first person to introduce me to the joy and elation of a pedicure. I immediately loved it. And being that, as I've stated before on this blog, I may not be much of a runner, but my feet show the extent to which I attempt to be a runner.
We arrived and the nail salon was busy, busy, busy. A young gentlemen got us seated, a cup of water, and hot water added to soak our tootsies in. I admit I was hoping that he was just doing the prep work and someone else would take the tools to my hooves.
He sat down and started to slowly and meticulously trim my disgusting overgrown cuticles and dry skin and ill-shaped, home trimmed nails. The nice, twenty something man, masculine, gently chastised me for trimming my nails so short and leaving sharp ends. He's totally right, when I trim my toenails I'm usually doing something else, listening to music or Riddick and not at all paying attention to what I'm doing.
The bliss continued as we got to the massage part. His massage technique was very, very firm. I could feel the tender spot where I slammed my shin into the trailer hitch the weekend before. But the most glorious thing was the moment when he pressed his thumb into the arch of my foot......Oh mercy, holy buckets, it was not as good as sex, not even close, but it was very relaxing.
The whole experience was almost ruined when he actually popped my big toe. I hate having my toes popped, I mean who, besides Riddick and this salon dude, think it's pleasant to give the distinct impression that you are going to rip my toe off?
Other than that minor digression, it was a wonderful pedicure. And I bet when you saw this headline you though I went-a-whoring :-)
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Jack the Ripper identified
My first introduction to the "Jack the Ripper" mystery was in the form of pure 80's television.
"Fantasy Island" season 4, episode 6, original air date of November 29, 1980. The episode title was "With affection Jack the Ripper/Gigolo". It was a strange pairing of a authoress that wanted to go back to 1889 White Chapel to unmask Jack the Ripper and some meek little guy who wanted to be a gigolo to get some confidence with women. Really? confidence with women, obviously written by a man.
I'm sure I had no idea what a gigolo was and the questions probably prompted answers that as a 8 year old I wasn't at all interested in. I don't remember that part of the episode.
But I do remember a immediate fascination with the idea that someone so long ago, in the "Laura Ingalls" of my brains history could also be a killer. I grew up with stories of "the green river" killer. A monster serial killer that was yet to be caught.
And all this interest was started from a evening soap opera where Charlene Tilton could be a figure skater, they had little cars for Tattoo, and you could time travel. Who said 80's television wasn't educational.
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
I miss my mom!
I had such jealousy of my friends who passed by the bullshit of teen years and got to know their Mom's as fellow adults. Cohorts that supported each other. In reality of my three closes friends none of them have had that much extra time with their Mom's. Missy and Prissy lost their mom to cancer not long after I did. Graybelle has lost her mom to the absence of other distractions. But still I ache.
I want to know what my Mom's favorite color was. I want to know what she wanted to be when she grew up. I want to know how she felt about gay marriage. My gut tells me she wouldn't have given a fig, which is how I feel.
But mostly I want the warm embrace. The hug she gave me when I started my period at Burgerville. I wish she would have lived long enough to stop me from marrying my first husband. Because I know that she would have raised holy hell if she had been alive.
What I do remember of my Mom, she was kick ass. She loved me like crazy. She was kind to my friends, and never let me be a "mean girl". In fact she would jerk my chain if I tried. She knew what was classy and hated my "guess" jean mini skirt. She wasn't afraid of a fight, but wouldn't pick one. In all she was amazing. If I am half the women she was, well than I'm doing well.
For all of you that have your Mom still with you, please be grateful for her. Even if she is a roaring pain in the ass. For the rest of us, that are missing our Mom's, just be understanding that part of our hearts have gone ahead of us to heaven.
Friday, August 22, 2014
Just in case there wasn't enough reason
To believe that Riddick and I our raving proud geeks . Behold our new to us industrial sewing machine. Formerly owned at some point in the far distant past by Pendleton Woolen Mills.
It works great. Riddick was so excited to show me how many layers of fabric he could sew through. So much more powerful than my weiner sewing machine
Sunday, August 17, 2014
Trayvon and ironman
I've wanted to post this for so long but hesitated on the off chance that any one actually reads my blog.
When I see a picture of trayvon Martin I see my step son ironman. Trayvon was black and ironman is white. And although I'm not ignorant of racial strife in our country, to me they are the same. Both are boys. Sweet boys. I realize that any young men that reads this may not like the reference of sweet boy....but that's what they both are to me.
The person that ended Trayvons life does not warrant naming in my blog.
What I know is this. Our boy, Ironman goes to the local mini mart to get a snickers and Mt. Dew..not so different from Trayvon.
Not 1 month ago Riddick and I and our neighbor were hanging out late in the evening and three boys walked by. One of them said something to our neighbor that was not very hospitable. Riddick stood up and said " you guys should probably just go home" .
And that's what should have happened that night the Trayvon lost his life. I'm not assuming that Trayvon did or said something. My view is that the adult in the situation should have greeted him, and if said adult was concerned should have sent him on his way.
As adults in this society I believe we have a responsibility to watch out for children in our vicinity That doesn't mean you should discipline them it means you keep them from harm.
Let me be blunt. We are the grown ups. We have to act like it. I cannot imagine or condone shooting down a child. No matter how tall he is. He's still was a boy.
I realize there are differences of race in this situation. However I think it's the media that wants to make that a difference. For those of us that parent teenage boys its really very simple.
For me and Riddick, had this been our boy shot down I believe and fear Riddick would be in prison. I hurt so very much for Trayvons parent. And I also am awed and applaud their handling of their heartbreak. I'm not sure Riddick and I would be as capable of that grace


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Business network BiS-Net founded
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Give me the G-men over the Cowpokes.hobbes27 11-22-2014 02:00 AM
Jets/Bills Monday night tilt at Ford Field will be available to Sunday Ticket subscribers.
And Antonio Smith, for that matter.Rich Gapinski 11-21-2014 10:51 AM
it doesn't mean much now after last night, but going into last night teams with Matt Schaub on the...Bengals1181 11-21-2014 09:23 AM
I was planning on adding one more to Fact/Crap, but missed my window.
A Chiefs WR will score a...
1.) The Detroit Lions will hold Tom Brady under his season average of 264.9 yards passing per game...Patrick Sullivan 11-21-2014 08:55 AM
ATD on Houston, Arizona, and New Orleans.Brian Williams 11-20-2014 11:14 PM
I wonder if any of our 9-0 teams will be upset? Atlanta, Green Bay, Carolina, New England, Indianapolis and Houston.
wrt to the Redskins, the future is now. Two playoff appearances in the last 20 freaking years. No way they pass this up. Making the playoffs would be a tonic this franchise badly needs. Even a one-and-done would be a huge win.
Just winning out against divisional opponents -- especially the Cowboys at FedEx -- would ignite long-dormant passion in fans and restore a measure of the faith that has been steadily eroded on Lil' Danny's watch.
STL @TB, very close, and so I guess when in doubt go with the home team? right?
I'd give STL more of a chance, due to D and not O.
What's a bit worrisome for STL fans is a recent article by Advanced NFL stats see: http://www.advancednflstats.com/2012...landscape.html
there's a blurb on Bradford and his projected stats for the end of this season: " **With a 0.03 EPA/P, Sam Bradford would join this list at the end of the season. "
We'll see what Fisher will do...
It would be out of this world if he brought in AFL QB Tommy Grady, who was beaten out by Bradford at Oklahoma and Grady beats out Bradford at STL.... just a little speculation...


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The saga of the Italian Sisters custody battle has entered a new phase following Sunday night's episode of 60 Minutes. Greg Cary speaks to family law specialist Katrina Oner about the interview and how there are always two sides to every story in custody disputes.
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I know what this father has been going through having fought for my own daughter in the family court for 3 years. Despite a mountain of evuidence of abuse and neglect by her mother from sources including the police, the school she attended and even the crisis care workers, all the social worker ever did was to recommend my daughter continue to live with her mother, it almost destroyed her young life. In the end i did gain sole custody but only after 3 years of fighting and even then only when my brave little daughter voted with her feet late one cold rainy night and ultimately SHAMED the bastards into doing something. When i finally gained custody my daughter was in a parlous state. Underweight and in poor health. Unable to do even basic tasks like wash her hair or shower herself. Unable to read or write even basic words. Unable to do even basic maths not even any of her times tables. She did the year 3 basic skills test, finished pretty much bottom in the school and was placed in a special class for SLOW children. She was 8/9 yo. This was the broken child i was given courtesy of her mother and our so called family law system. I was to spend the next 10 years repairing the damage done. At 21 yo my daughter completed a 4 year psychology degree with 1st class honours and won the university medal. Now at 22 yo she has already completed the first year of a PHD in forensic psychology. This is what a decent father can do for his child. Sadly very few fathers get that chance due to the anti father bias inherent in the family law system.Dave Tuesday 27 November, 2012 - 11:27 AM
Apologies for my typos in earlier post.
It is incredible how well orchestrated the campaign by the mother's family is.
They are now selling T-shirts on e-bay and just reading their FB page, many complaints of posts being deleted if critical of the family.
Public beware, I say!Shooey Tuesday 27 November, 2012 - 8:38 AM
An excellent story by Tara Brown. Some say she was biassed but if you listen carefully she explains that as she was preparing the story, more facts came to light.
Just goes to show, there was always another side to the story. It always seemed too well orchestrated for my liking, especially when the older grirl first rang 4BC. The Grandmother and GreatGrandMother seem very strong and manipulative women. No wonder the Mother ran away to Italy, married and had her first child at just 17.
I am glad Katrina Oner has been vindicated. From the get-go, she was flagging we be cautious in forming an opinion too quickly about these grils' plight and she was right.
Well done Katrina!!!!!Shooey Tuesday 27 November, 2012 - 8:21 AM
I want to point out that your guest who responded to the issue of whether or not DFAT knew the purpose of the travel was to permanently relocate was inaccurate. Indeed, in relevant part the Court states paragraph 49, "The thrust of the assistance the mother was seeking was clearly directed at ultimate return to Australia and relocation of the four children by the mother on a permanent basis to Australia," June 23 2011.Jase Tuesday 27 November, 2012 - 1:40 AM
I felt that the reporter last night was fair in her questions this man has been made out that he abused his wife but I think her Mother caused a lot of the problem none of these ladies gave any thought to those four girls and the law is that she had to take these children back Let's hope that these girls don't have any trauma in the coming years from all of this.Patricia Charlton Monday 26 November, 2012 - 11:14 PM
From what i saw on 60mins i think the girls are better off where they are.roger Monday 26 November, 2012 - 9:57 PM


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Thanking the most thankless man
Since Thanksgiving is upon us, I thought I would write about a man who might be your most thankless person in town. My daughter, Jamie Stump, who just turned 27 on July 30, left Nashville at 3 p.m. Aug. 6 to join me for my last week of vacation. She was "Michigan Bound," a family phrase that described our joy any time we would go to my parent's lake home near Kalamazoo. My oldest daughter and 3-year-old grandson also were headed that way from Henderson. It was spur-of-the-moment and she was so excited she was able to get off work and head out.
We anxiously waited for her to show up. We couldn't reach her, but knowing Jamie it was not a surprise her phone was not charged enough to make the trip. Even so, the worry would not go away. Finally, the phone rings close to when she should arrive and it is the phone call no one ever wants. She lost control of her car at mile marker 87 on Interstate 65 at Elizabethtown and she and her beloved pit bull, Marley, were killed instantly. Here we were waiting for nine hours expecting her to waltz in the door and she only made it to Elizabethtown. As you can imagine, my world crumpled.
The next day, I had to call the coroner. Not until then did I really ever think about what a coroner does. I asked for Dr. William Lee. Immediately, just from his voice, I felt kindness and compassion. I will never be able to explain the peace this man gave me and still gives me.
There is so much to tell but I will make it short. He took care of everything. He guided me through the cremation process, even ensuring Marley's cremation. He was willing to meet me at 11 p.m. the following Sunday to give me Jamie and Marley's ashes on my way back to Nashville. He went to great lengths to make sure I got all of her possessions.
He was a gift from God. He truly helped me survive the loss of my daughter. Words will never explain it. But I wanted the people in Hardin County to know what a wonderful person you have in your community.
We all have to face death, but tragic death comes out of nowhere, and Bill — as he told me to call him — was a stranger who made me feel he was my best friend. I thank him from the bottom of my heart and I thank God that Jamie and Marley were in his care.
So as I count my blessings and give thanks to God this Thanksgiving, Bill is at the top. Because of him, your community always will be dear to my heart.
Karen Stump
Nashville, Tenn.
Appropriate use of two new words
Page A4 of last Wednesday's paper had an article in which Oxford chose two words to be added to its dictionary. One word is "gif," pertaining "to creating a gif file of an image or video sequence, especially relating to an event and inevitably to share it online." One of the examples used was various people, to include President Barack Obama, have been "giffed."
The other word, "omnishambles," is defined as "a situation that has been comprehensively mismanaged, characterized by a string of blunders and miscalculations." How appropriate this word has been coined at this time as it certainly describes Obama and his administration's handling of our country's economy, debt, immigration, foreign affairs, jobs, national security and respect for our Constitution.
Unfortunately, we were not able to see Obama giffed as an outgoing politician, but we can expect to see him and his cronies continue to keep our country in omnishambles.
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This customization of the Waterfront design would be perfect for a sophisticated wedding by the sea. Custom hand calligraphy by Elizabeth Hardin in stunning Gold Shine foil sets the tone for this elegant wedding, while traditional blues and soft neutrals bring in a refined nautical look.
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Romantic lace inspired wedding invitation
This romantic customization of the Gournay design is perfect for a southern wedding full of vintage style and grace. Southern charm is abundant in the details of this big day with ladies adorned in delicate lace, beautiful bouquets filled with florals in varying shades of soft pastels, cake served on vintage china and perhaps even a bluegrass band playing into the night. Gournay – and all of designer Kelle McCarter's inspired designs – are on sale through March 31st!
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This wedding, inspired by the elegance of nature, is set at a garden estate with lush florals all around. Romantic and soft touches of mercury glass, candlelight and ornate chandeliers are offset with bold pops of purples in varying shades.
capri customization = letterpress inks: aubergine + light lavender | foil stamping: pearl shine | fonts: holden + keeva | paper: white | invite size: f-8 | liner: pearse pattern in light lavender ink | original design by Amy Graham Stigler | customized by in-house designer Jessica Tierney |
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Gilded Vintage Wedding Invitation Inspiration
Old fashioned glitz and glamour, bubbling champagne and dapper looking gentlemen are abundant at this inspired vintage wedding. Our gilded Pemberley customization – complete with elegant hand calligraphy accents by Sarah Hanna – set the perfect tone for this black tie affair.
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Serene and Dreamy Nostalgic Wedding Inspiration
There are row boats dressed with pink roses, swans gliding across the pond and an old time Studebaker parked outside this grand estate. Serene and dreamy, might be the words you would use to describe this nostalgic wedding.
ursula customization = ink: charcoal + pale gray | font: brandon + spencer | paper: white | invite size: f-8 | liner: dune pattern in whisper ink | original design by Aimee O'Boyle | customized by in-house designer Brenda Fox |
Photo Credits: Lisa O'Dwyer
Bright Bat Mitzvah Inspiration
Fun and fresh Bat Mitzvah invitations are limitless. A few modern and bright flashes of color help this customization bring it to the top!
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Sweet Romance and Sophistication with our Rosecliff design
This customization of the Rosecliff design is the perfect balance of sweet romance and sophistication. Get ready for an evening of elegance lit by dazzling chandeliers in the grand ballroom.
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embellishment suggestions: foil edge: gold shine
Photo Credits: Sonia Bourdon
Happy Holiday Cards in Foil and Letterpress
Oh, the weather outside is frightful, but this Mae customization is so delightful. Rich, warm colors of Christmas are sure to make your loved ones smile this season with these "Peace on Earth" holiday cards.
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Flashy Viceroy Customization with Gold Shine Foil
Our Viceroy letterpress wedding invitation design (by Jessica Tierney) gets a modern makeover in this flashy customization. With the addition of our Lincoln die cut and the Havana pattern blind debossed behind the text, this invitation would set the stage for a chic, contemporary garden-inspired event.
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Embellishment suggestions: edge painting in Black ink
(Photo credits: Melanie Duerkopp via The Knot).
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Sophisticated Bar Mitzvah invitations can be swanky and dapper. Pull inspiration from chess boards and houndstooth, and you're off to a brilliant start.
Measurement Customization = inks: espresso + sand | fonts: brandon + popular | paper: white | invite size: SQ-7 | liner: houndstooth pattern in espresso + umber | original design by Ellie Snow | customized by in-house designer Andrea Streeter
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Apple suppliers say iPad 3 in 2011 canceled due to Retina Display constraintsAccording to sources within Apple's supply chain partners, Apple has canceled its supply schedule for the iPad 3 in the second half of 2011 because of production constraints for higher-resolution display panels.
Taiwanese industry publication DigiTimes reported Tuesday that Apple was originally set to launch the iPad 3 later this year, but has canceled orders for the second half of 2011.
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In June, Bloomberg claimed that Apple has been testing an iPad with a higher resolution screen, though that report said the resolution was just "one-third higher," not the doubled 2,048 by 1,536 screen that others have said Apple will use.
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It is another glorious day for some Daily Fantasy Basketball so I am here to help you out. These are the players I will be using in my lineups tonight and so should you. Enjoy and good luck.
Cheap Plays
Austin Rivers- If you are looking for a very cheap option than Rivers is your guy. He is averaging 10.5 points, 2.5 assist, & 1.8 steals in 22 minutes in the last 4 games. He won't do anything special, but should exceed his value.
Gerald Wallace- It has taken a while for me to come to terms that Wallace actually has some fantasy value. He has played 40+ minutes in two of the last three games while averaging 11.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, 4.3 assist, and 2.6 steals during those three games. He is only $3,800 on DraftKings, but is also cheap on most sites. He could have another solid game vs the Knicks tonight so make sure to get him in your lineup.
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Marc Gasol- Hasn't had too many big games since he came back from injury which is why his price tag is so low (only $12,587 on DS). However, Marc should have a great game tonight as the Grizzlies battle the Blazers so he will play heavy minutes and be heavily involved in the offense. This is going to be a breakout game for Gasol so don't be scared to start him.
Tyson Chandler- This depends on what site you play on as he is cheap on DKs and Fanduel, but expensive on DS. Chandler should dominate a weak Boston frontcourt tonight. He has a double-double in three of the last 5 games ( both games he didn't record a double-double were blowouts) and averaged 11.6 points, 14 rebounds, & 1.3 blocks in those three games.
Arron Afflalo – This is one of my man crushes for multiple reasons: He won't kill your budget, has scored 23+ points in two straight games, Detroit can't guard anyone, his name is fun to say, and will always play big minutes. He will be in most of lineups tonight.
Andrew Bogut- He faltered last time I talked about him, so hopefully that doesn't happen again. Bogut had 15 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assist, 4 blocks, & 2 steals in only 25 minutes last time he faced Washington which was good enough for 44 FPTs.
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John Wall- He played poorly last game, but that had more to do with the fact it was their fourth game in six nights. Wall should feast tonight vs Golden State as Steph Curry doesn't play much defense. Of course, I would rather start Curry than Wall, but Wall is cheaper and easier to fit in lineups than Curry is. He should easily reach 45 FPTs with the potential for much more.
Anthony Davis- Mind boggling look at this dude's stats: He has 4 blocks or more in four straight games, has had 2 or more steals in four straight games, and has averaged 19.8 points & 10.8 rebounds in the last four games. Also, Cleveland has the worst Defensive Efficiency vs PF's in the league. Everything about A.D. tonight screams must play.
Detroit big men- They face Orlando tonight who are dreadful vs big men, but I am scared about Drummond though. He got benched last game and didn't even seem like he was breaking a sweat when he was on the court. Greg Monroe , Josh Smith, and Andre Drummond could all have monster games, but be warned as they could also take a huge dump on your lineup.
Anderson Varejao- I try to star any center playing vs the Pelicans because they literally have D-leaguers for centers. Varejao is questionable tonight with a knee contusion, but I would use him if he starts. If he doesn't, then Tyler Zeller makes for a great start tonight. He did produce 8 points, 9 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 2 steals two games ago when he got 22 minutes of playing time vs Milwaukee.
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