Investigating pre-Columbian contact, lost races, ancient astronomy,
navigation, and migration, cultural oddities, associated diffusion evidence
and the truly unexplainable. Oh, and the odd musician, band, or comedian may
stop by. Some are really odd…



Hello Loopers, Yoopers, and Scoopers



In this issue:



This Week's Show: AAPS Re-Cap and announcing the Copper Trail Project



Op/Ed: A New Dawn, A New Deal, or a Dead End?



This Day in History: 6 November



Possum Holler News: A thumb lying on the table saw



Other news: Ancient iceman probably has no modern relatives





Events: Send your organization's events to oz@...





Last week's show: Mr. Semir "Sam" Osmanagic & The Bosnian Valley of the
Pyramids.





Next week's show: Seeing the Elephant, Jumbo Comes to America



Site of the week : Archeology meets politics



----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------



This Week's Show: AAPS Conference Re-Cap and announcing the Copper Trail
Project





----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------



Op/Ed: A New Dawn, A New Deal, or a Dead End?



Now that the US election is over and the democratic party has their
"supermajority", what will it mean to archeology in general and difussion in
particular? Will it be a period of "change" as espoused by Obama the
candidate?



Another democrat, FDR, gave us Columbus Day to pacify the Italian American
lobby and after a few generations, only Columbus is recognised as sole
"discoverer" of the Americas, despite the fact that many maps extant long
before Columbus' voyages seem to depict or at least allude to the western
continents.



Will the US "change" its official attitude regarding other, earlier
explorers? Will it "change" the way funding for such research is allocated?
Not right away, so don't expect a big grant to investigate Prince Madoc real
soon. Mande speakers in Central America are a maybe, however.



What I predict will likely happen within the next two years:



NAGPRA will be expanded and result in US domestic pre-historic archeology
coming to a virtual standstill. Historic archeology will either have to
absorb all those who now specialize in pre-historic archeology or those
folks will go elsewhere (either go to digs overseas or leave archeology
altogether).



Marine archeologists will find themselves following rules devised by
UNESCO and those archeologists, salvors, and treasure hunters will only be
able to work under the direct supervision of a UNESCO -approved agent. They
all will have to pay the UN for that agent's "services". Any wrecks and
cargo salvaged in international waters will be the property of the UN with
up to 12% of the value for salvors' expenses. The UN will not require
curation, only financial record keeping. In other words, no one is going to
be anxious to explore any new wrecks. At least, not openly.



So that covers the immediate "change" for three different professions. What
about those of us who are armchair or avocational researchers? We just keep
doing what we do. The only up side is that all those out of work
archeologists may have more time and be more inclined to read our stuff. Now
THAT would be a change.







This section is for you, the audience. You are welcome to contribute to it.
Submit your "stuff" to

oz@...




---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------



This Day in History: ...


1500: Nicolaus Copernicus observed a Lunar Eclipse while in Rome.


A former Illinois congressman, Abraham Lincoln, defeats three other
candidates for the presidency.
1861: Jefferson Davis is elected to a six-year term as president of the
Confederacy.
1869: The first intercollegiate soccer game is played (Rutgers 6, Princeton
4).
1917: Russian Bolshevik revolution begins.



1995: Pioneer 11 - USA Jupiter/Saturn Flyby - 259 kg - (April 6, 1973 -
November 1995) left the solar system.



---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------




---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------
Possum Holler News

My dad severed his left thumb five hours before last week's show. My kudos
to the physician, Dr. Sopporum, she stitched it back rather nicely and the
color is fairly good. Then he reacted badly to the antibiotic. The thumb
looks good, but his eyes are still quite swollen. The prognosis is for
complete recovery. He now has a matched pair...same saw. Might be time for a
new hobby.

It's been great weather here this week, although it's clouding up now and a
south wind smells like rain.



a.. -----------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------

Other news:




a.. Floating ramp' to preserve Welsh hillfort - 3 days ago Vital work has
been carried out to prevent erosion damage to a historic hillfort in Wales.
As part of a lottery-funded project, footpath improvement and erosion
control work has been...
a.. Excavations prove Izmir was much older than thought - 3 days ago New
excavations have revealed that Izmir (Turkey), once believed to be 5,000
years old, may be as old as 8,500 years. Associate professor Zafer Derin of
the Ege University archeology...
a.. Ancient iceman probably has no modern relatives - 3 days ago Oetzi,
Italy's prehistoric iceman, probably does not have any modern day
descendants, according to a recent study. A team of Italian and British
scientists who sequenced his mitochondrial DNA -...
a.. Earliest example of Hebrew writing found on a shard - 3 days ago Five
lines of ancient script on a shard of pottery could be the oldest example of
Hebrew writing ever discovered, an archaeologist in Israel says. The shard
was found by...
a.. 7000-year-old mound excavated in Iran
a..
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------

a.. Events: Send your organization's events to oz@...
/|\

Ancient Kentucke Historical Association

Newsletter

Nov. 23rd, 2:30 PM AKHA Meeting at Marilyn Michael’s home
Lee Pennington update on trip to Welsh Caves in Ft.
Payne, AL.; update on the Ancient American Conference in Marquette,
MI.


Nov. 29th, 2:00 PM Falls of Ohio

Africa

It is one of the great ironies of archaeology that the country thought now
to be the very place where human history began would for many years be
considered to have no real history of its own. From medieval times on, the
spectacular ruins of the southern African kingdom of great Zimbabwe could
not be accepted by European settlers as having been built by Africa’s native
people.

European “experts” proposed instead that Zimbabwe was built by everyone
from wandering Phoenicians to the biblical Queen of Sheba, but certainly not
Africans.

A different story has now emerged not only of the fabulous “lost city” of
Great Zimbabwe, but also of the amazing Swahili Coast, which was a thriving
trade center of gold and ivory until the 16th century.

After centuries of racial prejudice and neglect, the world has come to
realize the extraordinary achievements of Africa’s indigenous people




New England Antiquities Research Association

.

.



NEARA Fall Meeting Registration and Conference details are ready for
download here (pdf) or here (WORD doc). November 7-9, 2008. Newport RI.
Register today!

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
a.. Last week's show: Mr. Semir "Sam" Osmanagic & The Bosnian Valley of the
Pyramids.



----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
Next week's show: Seeing the Elephant, Jumbo Comes to America
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------

November 20th show: Giants and Pygmies and Hobbits, OH MY!

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------

Site of the week: Archeology meets politics

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------
a.. Oopa Loopa Cafe merchandise Tell the world you're a Looper!!





----------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------





----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------






If at any time you no longer wish to receive this weekly newsletter, simply
reply to this email with subject "unsubscribe" and I will reluctantly and
gently remove you from the list.



Did you receive this newsletter from someone else and would you like to
receive it regularly? If so please send an email to oz@...,
subject "Subscribe"



Thanks for listening



Your host

Rick Osmon, aka Oz

http://oopaloopacafe.com to find great info about guests and previous shows





http://blogtalkradio.com/oopa-loopa-cafe to listen to the live shows and
join the chat



Call in during show (646) 652-2720



Mobile (not during live show, please) (812) 259-1102



oz@...


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]