A daily briefing of the archaeology and history of sites around the world.
Chan-Chan - Episode 290
Located on a beach in southern Chile, Chan-Chan is an ancient settlement that is teaching us about culture and about local weather events.
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The Fremont - Episode 289
Some of the most spectacular rock art of the Great Basin and western Colorado Plateau was created by the Fremont prehistoric people, but who were the Fremont?
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- https://www.nps.gov/care/learn/historyculture/fremont.htm
- http://historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/american_indians/thefremont.html
A suggestion for further reading: Archaeology Southwest Magazine, “Introducing the Fremont (Fall 2015)
Easter Island - Episode 288
Famed for its over 800 stone sentinels called Moai, Easter Island was devastated by the local population but has come back to nearly half of its one-time high.
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The Big Eddy Site - Episode 287
Well stratified deposits and a near pristine environment make the Big Eddy Site a window into nearly 14,000 years of uninterrupted history.
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Monte Verde - Episode 286
One of the oldest confirmed pre-Clovis sites in the Americas, Monte Verde is located on the far southern tip of Chile and South America and caused researchers to challenge assumptions and come up with new ways people could have entered the Americas.
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Pocahontas Mounds - Episode 285
Containing a large mound and a second burial mound, the Pocahontas Mounds display Mississippian Culture in central Mississippi.
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Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump - Episode 284
Named for a curious boy that didn't fair well, Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump is an example of do what's working. For 5000 years the Blackfoot and their ancestors drove Buffalo off a cliff and they prospered for it.
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Minnesota Woman - Episode 283
She broke assumptions about the earliest peopling of the Americas and probably died in a lake. Minnesota Woman gave up only some of her secrets and could have given up more had she been properly excavated.
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Tiwanaku - Episode 282
Tiwanaku was a large civilization in Bolivia that created amazing architecture but ultimately fell to severe drought conditions.
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Apple Island - Episode 281
Once inhabited by Native Americans for nearly 2,000 years and ceded to the United States in the Treaty of Detroit, Apple Island is a lush haven full of plants and animals.
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Angkor Wat - Episode 280
Angkor Wat is the largest religious complex in the world and has been a religious center for many centuries.
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Nashoba Brook Pencil Factory - Episode 279
Nashoba is the origin of the hexagonal pencil and was a big influence on early American pencil-making.
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Nicopolis ad Istrum - Episode 278
Built to memorialize a local victory, the town of Nicopolis ad Istrum had a turbulent existence.
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The Beck Northeast Site in Maryland - Episode 277
The Beck Northeast site was found by a farmer and has since revealed information about the middle woodland and archaic periods in Maryland.
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Otzi the Iceman - Episode 276
Found on a melting glacier between Italy and Austria, Otzi the Iceman is a virtual encyclopedia of information about the time he lived in.
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Cushnoc Archaeological Site - Episode 275
Cushnoc was a trading post built by the Plymouth Colony and used to trade with the local Native Americans.
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Pliska - The Capital of the First Bulgarian Empire - Episode 274
It only lasted a few hundred years, but, the capital of the First Bulgarian Empire was a large village with intricate buildings and design. Even though it was destroyed...
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The Thracian Tomb of Aleksandrovo - Episode 273
Dating from the 4th Century BCE, this tomb was festooned with frescoes showing the changing styles of fashion as Greek influence took hold of the local aristocracy.
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Trudeau Landing - Episode 272
Once a Tunica Village, Trudeau Landing was looted, excavated, and finally preserved and honored by the Tunica people.
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Pedra Furada - Episode 271
An archaeological district of over 800 sites, hundreds of rock art panels, and some controversial dates for human occupation.
