Hey all!

This is the first installment of The Human History Podcast: An Interlude Weekly Roundup Series. Each week (hopefully) will be bringing you a rundown of some of the week's most interesting archaeological finds from around the world.

This week's stories:

1. Demon Drawing Spotted on Assyrian Clay Tablet

https://www.archaeology.org/news/8333-200103-assyrian-demon-drawing

https://www.livescience.com/assyrian-demon-tablet-found.html

2. New Translation of Viking Runestone Shows Climate Fears in 9th Century

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200108161329.htm

https://phys.org/news/2020-01-vikings-erected-runestone-climate-catastrophe.html

3. Secrets of 2,600 year old human brain found preserved in Iron Age man decapitated skull revealed

https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/08/health/ancient-heslington-brain-scn-trnd/index.html

https://phys.org/news/2020-01-clues-year-old-brain-survived-modern.html

4. Roman-Era Cemetery Discovered in Southwest England

https://www.archaeology.org/news/8340-200108-england-roman-cemetery

5. Always counterclockwise: Puzzle of early Neolithic house orientations finally solved

https://phys.org/news/2020-01-counterclockwise-puzzle-early-neolithic-house.html

The Human History Podcast: An Interlude - Weekly Archaeology News Roundup Jan. 3, 2020-Jan 10th, 2020

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