This weekly feature is a place to discuss new developments in fields of history and archaeology. This can be newly discovered documents and archaeological sites, recent publications, documents that have just become publicly available through digitization or the opening of archives, and new theories and interpretations.
There is an article published few days ago, about the very rare archaeological find of 1503 Portuguese shipwreck of the coast of Oman, part of 4th Portuguese Armada to Indies. The ships themselves were not salvaged, as Portuguese destroyed and burned the wrecks after the storm. But some very interesting items were found, including a extremely rare silver indio coin and some unknown disc, which could be a part of an early astrolabe.
I am a completely non-academic amateur, with interest in Portuguese exploration, and for some reason I am very excited about this!
Details inside the article:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1095-9270.12175/abstract
Can someone more involved in the field, tell me is this really an exciting deal as it feels to me?
There's a paper out about a Roman tavern in France: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=10183546