08 SEPTEMBRE 2017 NEWS: Stockholm - Taitung - Pays Ruffécois -
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Stockholm - Swedish archaeologists believe they have identified a shipwreck discovered in the capital as the more than 400-year-old warship 'Scepter', built in 1615 as one of the flagships in King Gustav II Adolf's fleet. It was found in the summer during the renovation of the quayside on the Skeppsholmen islet which Stockholm Maritime Museum experts had been called out to oversee, marine archaeologist Jim Hansson told The Local. "We were really surprised, because we have some old maps that show some wrecks from the early 1800s, and it seems like the older wrecks don't show up on the map. There were no indications of this wreck on the maps," he said, adding the remains uncovered include a section of the ship two metres up from the keel and parts of the transom. "It was really well preserved. It is only to the first deck level, but you can still see the cut marks from the axes on the timber, for example. It's been really nice to excavate the parts." "We took some chronological samples in the summer and we received the results which showed that wood is oak from Sweden, and it was cut in the winter between 1612 and 1613, which is a really good, precise measure. We then looked at the lists of the warships made at that time, and we found there were four big ships that were built then," he said, adding that the process of elimination suggests it is Scepter. Scepter was built by Dutch shipbuilder Isbrand Johansson, weighing 800 tonnes and carrying 36 guns. She had an eventful life, including a journey in 1621 when she was part of a 148-ship fleet attempting to conquer Riga, with the King on board, but only made it to Pärnu, Estonia, after getting caught up in a storm. In 1639 she was retired and was deliberately sunk at Skeppsholmen to form part of the foundation of a new shipyard being constructed at the islet in central Stockholm at the time – 17th-century recycling methods.
TAIWAN – 
Taitung - A growing number of scholars from various fields both domestically and abroad are coming to the conclusion that Taiwan is the birthplace of the Austronesian people and language family, and Academia Sinica scholar Liu I-chang (劉益昌) has taken this a step further by proposing that the nexus of this ancient culture 4,000 years ago was Taitung, reported CNA. Liu yesterday participated in an experiment which demonstrated the seaworthiness of a replica of an ancient Amis bamboo raft that the indigenous Taiwanese tribe may have been capable of building 4,000 years ago. The boat was built based on records of such vessels prior to Japanese colonization in Taiwan and similar craft found in the Philippines and Vietnam half a century ago. His hypothesis is that the Amis started a "South Pacific Sea Jade Road," in Taitung 4,000 years ago that traded Taiwan's unique jade ornaments on similar such vessels to destinations such as Luzon, Borneo, and Indochina. Liu said that 4,000 years ago indigenous people transported jade from Taiwan's Hualien to Fushan and Shanyuan in Taitung where the gemstone was crafted into jade ware. Ancient Austronesian people then traded these jade adornments throughout the South Pacific and Southeast Asia. According to Liu, "Austronesian people not only originated from Taiwan, but Taitung was the capital of the island. 4,000 years ago Taitung could have been even more bustling than it is now." Based on linguistic studies, archaeology, and genetics carried out by both Taiwanese and foreign scholars, many signs point to Taiwan as being the origin of not only the modern-day peoples of nearby Hainan, southern Vietnam, the Philippines, and the Malay Archipelago, but also areas as far east as Easter Island, as far west as Madagascar, and as far south as New Zealand.
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3247203
FRANCE – 
Pays Ruffécois - Les archéologues terminent la campagne de fouilles en Pays Ruffécois : recherches sur les sites de Charmé, Fontenille et Tusson puis Fouqueure. Le Ruffécois est un cas intéressant pour les archéologues en leur permettant une analyse de l'évolution des territoires néolithiques pendant les 5e et 4e millénaires (néolithique moyen ou récent, de -4500 à -3000 ans avant Jésus Christ. Après les photos aériennes le site du Peu et celui de Tusson ont fait l'objet de prospections magnétiques. A Fouqueure le site avait été fouillé à la fin du XIXe siècle par Chauvet et Lièvre, mais sans révéler tous ses secrets. Vincent Ard a présenté les campagne de fouilles à Charmé, de 2014 à 2017. «Le site campé sur une pente avec les pieds dans le marais (un réservoir d'informations) révèle une enceinte fossoyée au dispositif d'entrée complexe, une structure d'habitat bien conservée grâce aux trous de poteaux, des foyers à pierres chauffées, mais le mobilier est décevant, peu de haches polies, du silex débité par percussion, des tessons de poterie. Nous ne savons rien de la réoccupation du site mais nous avons trouvé des fossés de l'époque antique qui révèle la trace d'une route.» Victor Legrand s'est attaqué aux tumulus de la Motte de la Jacquille à Fontenille, et aux Dognons à Tusson. La prospection révèle à proximité l'emplacement de petites carrières dont on a tiré le calcaire de leur construction. «Il a fallu faire des sondages avant, parfois le résultat était négatif». On a surélevé ces tumulus en rabotant le sol autour de façon à en accroître l'impact visuel dans le paysage alentour. Emmanuel Mens s'est consacré avec son équipe au site mégalithique des Bourriges à Fouqueure. «Pour dater le dolmen, en étudier la construction. Le dolmen ne possède pas de pierre de couverture et un érudit du XIXe a pensé à une couverture en bois. Je pense plutôt à une couverture en pierre sous forme de voûte. On a trouvé peu d'objets, des morceaux d'os d'animaux mais pas de bois de cerf datable.» Emmanuel Mens a étudié la paroi face à l'entrée des chambres funéraire, la symétrie des blocs, celui placé face à la porte contient des fossiles. «De jour ce n'est pas visible mais à l'époque, ces chambres funéraires étaient dans le noir, et ces fossiles se révèlent sous la lumière des torches.» L'archéologue a été frappé par cette particularité qu'il retrouve ailleurs. «C'est un choix lié aux formes naturelles notamment à Magné (Courcôme) avec une vulve campée sur une fissure naturelle du pilier.»
VIDEO = Les Mégalithes du Ruffécois : Un Nouveau Regard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXh9PG36l5E&feature=youtu.be