A daily briefing of the archaeology and history of sites around the world.
Pulli Settlement - Episode 310
Possibly the first site for the domestication of the dog in the area, Pulli settlement in Estonia is a large site that tells a story about the Mesolithic.
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Electromagnetic Conductivity - Episode 309
Electrical Conductivity is a non-invasive method that is used to map archaeological sites without destroying them. It can be used to find a number of subsurface features prior to, or instead of, excavation.
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The Ridgeway Site - Episode 308
Discovered by railroad crews, the Ridgeway site represents an active Archaic Period culture that developed on the remains of the ice age.
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Non-Destructive Archaeology - Episode 307
Dan Bigman, owner and founder of Bigman Geophysical, tells us about the four primary methods for non-destructive archaeology - that is, looking under the ground without a shovel! Watch for additional episodes about each method after this overview.
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Tanis - Episode 306
The city of Tanis was NOT swallowed up by the desert as Indiana Jones would have you believe. In fact, it was inhabited for a long time and abandoned when the Tanitic branch of the Nile silted up.
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Knife River Indian Villages - Episode 305
Once home to Sakakawea, a guide to Lewis and Clark, and eventually decimated by smallpox, Knife River was a collection of villages with massive earth-lodge houses.
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The Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 - Episode 304
ARPA, as it's known, is an important law used in protecting cultural resources. It was signed in to law this day in 1979 and everyone should know about it!
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The Hardaway Site - Episode 303
The Hardaway Site goes back at least 10,000 years in North Carolina and has produced over seven metric tons of material. People will be studying this site for a long time.
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Aggersborg - Episode 302
Viking Ring Castles in Denmark are a thing. First, that's awesome. Second, Aggersborg was massive and could have held 5000 soldiers!
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The Lamoka Site - Episode 301
Often considered the type site for the Archaic Period in North America, Lamoka contains some amazing historical information.
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Mladec - Episode 300
Episode 300!! We celebrate with a 31,000 year old early modern human site in the Czech Republic.
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Blackwater Draw - Episode 299
The type site of the Clovis Culture, Blackwater Draw has been researched by hundreds of people and numerous institutions and is still shedding light on a time we know little about.
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Enkomi - Episode 298
Enkomi was an important Bronze Age city in northern Cyprus. It was settled a long time ago, became a copper production and trading center, was destroyed by an earthquake, was re-settled a couple times, and then finally abandoned. Wow.
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The Minisink Archaeological Site - Episode 297
Located across New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, Minisink is a site that represents an important community area for the Munsee people in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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The Tomb of Queen Hetepheres - Episode 296
A fascinating Egyptian tomb with a mysterious history - this is the tale of Queen Hetepheres.
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The Neville Archaeological Site - Episode 295
One of the most important sites in New England, the Neville site has a rich history and a massive series of archaeological deposits that archaeologists have learned a lot from, and will continue learning from, in the future.
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El Abra - Episode 294
Located high in the Columbian Andes, El Abra was once a thriving collection of rock shelters that provided everything the earliest humans to the area needed.
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Grimes Point Nevada - Episode 293
Petroglyphs, rock shelters, caves, and F-18s can all be seen at Grimes Point. Located just outside Fallon Naval Air Station and Top Gun, Grimes Point contains some of the oldest rock art in the Great Basin.
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Chang'an - Episode 292
Chang'an is an ancient city in China that has been populated for over 7,000 years and boasts a population of over 20,000,000 people today.
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The Battle of Rush Creek - Episode 291
On a grass plain near the confluence of two rivers, 1000 Lakota Sioux, Cheyanne, and Arapaho warriors defended their families agains the charging U.S. Army.
