27 - 28 OCTOBRE 2012 NEWS: Grand Pré - Corbeil Essonnes - Ewell - Trussville - Oswego -
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CANADA – 
Grand Pré - Parks Canada senior archaeologist Charles Burke spent a couple of weeks recently gauging archeological evidence at the site that will be the Grand Pré View Park. Burke, who was assisted by Eric Trembley of Kouchibouguac, decided to relocate the parking lot after digging a number of test holes in a grid pattern. He looked for evidence of an 1850-era Planter house and found a possible foundation. Several artifacts from the late 19th century turned up during his search. Parks Canada has planned three phases of landscape development work on the view park, which overlooks the national historic site.
http://www.novanewsnow.com/News/2012-10-27/article-3105403/Foundations-of-the-past/1
FRANCE – 
Corbeil-Essonnes – La cité des Tarterêts souffre d’une mauvaise réputation. Pourtant, le quartier possède une histoire incroyable. En 1888, les ouvriers de la tuilerie Gilardoni découvrent des silex taillés et des bois de cerf. Mais il faut attendre 1969 pour que des premières recherches soient effectuées. « Le projet de construction de la Francilienne a déclenché ces fouilles, après le pont, à côté de la voie ferrée et de la Seine », décrit Isabelle De Miranda, la directrice d’ArkéoMédia. Deux foyers sont alors mis au jour, ainsi que des outils et silex. « Lors de la campagne de 1970, un projet de construction avait lieu 500 m plus loin au croisement des rues Emile-Zola et Léon-Blum. Les archéologues ont alors vu des éclats de silex dans les ornières formées par les camions. Le lendemain, de nouvelles fouilles ont commencé », continue-t-elle. Les expertises montrent que sur ces terres vivaient, entre treize et douze mille ans avant Jésus-Christ, les magdaléniens, des homo sapiens également établis à Etiolles. « Ces hommes préhistoriques étaient des nomades, chasseurs et cueilleurs. Ils ont choisi les Tarterêts en raison de la proximité de la Seine. Ils avaient le même mode de vie qu’à Etiolles, la même façon de tailler les silex, de fabriquer des outils et des armes », décrit l’archéologue. Mais, contrairement à Etiolles, le site des Tarterêts n’a pas été préservé. « Il y a encore certainement des vestiges, mais en lambeaux. Il a manqué de surveillance, car la loi obligeant à faire des fouilles préventives n’est passée qu’en 2002. Et creuser en plein cœur d’une cité pose une problématique liée à la population locale », souligne Jean-Luc Rieu, président d’ArkéoMédia et attaché de conservation au musée de la Préhistoire à Nemours (Seine-et-Marne). Mais l’association garde bon espoir. « Aux Tarterêts, il reste des zones vierges. Et les fondations des tours n’ont pas affecté les sous-sols magdaléniens », se réjouit Isabelle De Miranda. L’Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives (Inrap) a par ailleurs mené en juin un diagnostic dans un nouveau lieu du quartier. Si l’Etat donne son feu vert, des fouilles pourraient être à nouveau réalisées.
ROYAUME UNI – 
Ewell - Historic artefacts dating back thousands of years are to go on display in an exhibition unearthing Ewell’s Roman past. In July, members of the Epsom and Ewell History and Archaeology, and Surrey Archaeological Societies, continued their work to uncover evidence of Roman life in Church Field, opposite the ancient site of St Mary’s Church in Church Street, Ewell. A key Roman road, Stanes Street, runs through the field, with settlements on either side, which is why it was likely that significant remains would be found by the 70 volunteers who worked on the site over the summer. Nikki Cowlard, site director of the project, said: "While there were plenty of Roman finds, there were few from the Saxon and Medieval eras which is surprising as Ewell was a medieval settlement and a Saxon cemetery is known elsewhere in the village. "A number of flint flakes, which suggest prehistoric flint-knapping might have taken place on the site, and a couple of shards of Iron Age and Neolithic pottery were found. "Neolithic grooved ware pottery is rare in Surrey and so is a particularly exciting find. "The meadow therefore shows human activity over several millennia."
USA - Trussville - Studies have delayed work on a stadium for Hewitt-Trussville High School and a bridge over the Cahaba River. Researchers have completed two phases of study and determined the site contains evidence of occupation more than 2,000 years ago and a later occupation more than 1,000 years ago. The survey did not find any new archaeological sites. But during Phase I, researchers relocated and retested a site previously found during study of a proposed route for the Northern Beltline. They have now completed Phase II of the study. Researchers found stone tools, ceramic material and other items indicating two settlement areas at two different times on the site. Findings in one area indicated an occupation in the time range of 500 to 100 B.C., the Late Gulf Formational/Early Woodland period. Findings in the second area indicate a settlement in the time range of 600 to 1000 A.D., the Late Woodland period. "In broad terms, the aboriginal occupation at the site appears to best be understood as a moderately sized, periodically occupied, seasonal base camp with limited evidence of chipped stone tool manufacturing," according to a summary of the report provided by Gage. Gage said artifacts indicate contact with settlements to the west, in areas drained by the Black Warrior, Tombigbee and Alabama rivers.
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2012/10/archaeological_study_of_trussv.html
USA – 
Oswego - More than 500 feet below the surface of Lake Ontario, a team of determined shipwreck hunters found the final resting place of a coal schooner that left Oswego 138 years ago only to sink 20 miles out to sea. The Shannon was last seen the night of June 20, 1874. A few hours after setting sail to deliver coal to a client in Ganaoque, Canada, water came gushing through a hole in the hull. According to newspaper accounts, the captain ordered the crew to cut down the jib in hopes the Shannon would run over it and blanket the leak to slow the flow of the water. But the last-ditch effort did not work and with the pumps unable to keep up, the crew jumped safely to a small boat just in time to see the vessel sink.