Archaeologists working at the Greek city of Selinunte on the island of Sicily have unearthed its craftsmen’s district. “A concentration of certain industries and craftsmen in special districts does not only presuppose proactive planning; it is also based on a certain idea of how a city should best be organized,” said Gabriel Zuchtriegel of the University of Bonn.

A construction company is suspected of destroying a prehistoric archaeological site and the remains of a medieval church in southern Bulgaria. “We still don’t know what happened, but the bulldozer had flattened the entire settlement mound and the west wall of the church,” said archaeologist Milen Kamarev.

Anthropology and archaeology students at Indiana University South Bend have put a pig carcass to good use. The pig was buried two years ago by their professor, James VanderVeen, and has been excavated by multiple classes.

The Kellogg Company has resolved its differences with the Maya Archaeology Initiative over the use of a toucan in its logo. Kellogg will even donate $100,000 toward the construction of a Maya Cultural Center in Guatemala.

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