Shipworms, Head Lice, and Cracking Skulls - Ep 207

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It’s a news episode again! This week we talk about a shipwreck from the 1800s that washed up on the shore in Massachusetts in the US. Then we head over to the other side of the world and see what was so important it had to be written on a comb. And finally, we look at some experimental archaeology that cracked some skulls with ancient stone tools.

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• Wreck of ship lost to storm 139 years ago washes up on Massachusetts beach

• Scientists Translate the Oldest Sentence Written in the First Alphabet

• Scientists smash skulls with Stone Age weapons to solve ancient murders, video shows

• Unraveling Neolithic sharp-blunt cranial trauma: Experimental approach through synthetic analogues

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Neolithic Drum Sculpture, Homo Sapiens in Europe, and the Coronado Expedition - Ep 159

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This week we have three super interesting news stories that grabbed our attention. First, a beautiful carved chalk drum was found with a Neolithic child burial in the UK. Second, new evidence shows the entry of Homo Sapiens into Europe may have been 10,000 years early than researchers previously realized. And finally, an archaeologist in Arizona claims to have found evidence that re-maps the route taken by the Coronado Expedition in 1540.

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• “Remarkable" 5,000-Year-Old Drum Sculpture Found In Neolithic Children's Grave (IFLScience)

• British archaeologists found a 5,000-year-old drum and three children locked in a neolithic embrace (Wash Post)

• French cave findings suggest Europe’s first Homo sapiens arrived earlier than thought (rfi)

• New research suggests modern humans lived in Europe 10,000 years earlier than previously thought, in Neanderthal territories (The Conversation)

• Arizona archaeologist says she's found artifacts linked to famed 1540 expedition: "A history-changing site" (CBS)

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Scottish Petroglyphs, Lithic Dating, and CRM in Wyoming - Ep 126

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This week we have 3 stories of Archaeology in the news. First, the oldest petroglyphs in Scotland, and also the only animal shapes, were discovered by an amateur archaeologist. Second, we discuss new developments in lithic dating using OSL. And finally, a large scale environmental survey on an Air Force base is announced in Wyoming.

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• 'An incredible discovery': Prehistoric animal carvings found in Scotland for first time

• Oldest human traces from the southern Tibetan Plateau in a new light

• Direct dating of lithic surface artifacts using luminescence

• F.E. Warren AFB to conduct field surveys June 14 to Oct. 22

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Laotian Jars, Oldest African Human Burial, and Saudi Arabian Stone Rectangles - Ep 122

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This week we discuss three interesting archaeology stories in the news. First, new dating techniques are used to date Laos' field of jars. Then, we discuss the oldest known homo sapien burial found in Africa. Finally, excavations of mustatils in Saudi Arabia shed some light on what these structures were used for.

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• Archaeologists finally uncovered some of the mystery behind Laos’s Plain of Jars

• Dating the megalithic culture of laos: Radiocarbon, optically stimulated luminescence and U/Pb zircon results

• Africa's Oldest Human Burial Site

• These mysterious stone structures in Saudi Arabia are older than the pyramids

• The mustatils: cult and monumentality in Neolithic north-western Arabia

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Archaeology of a Country with some News - Ep 121

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On today’s episode Chris and Rachel discuss a recent visit to the historical monuments in Philadelphia, PA and Gettysburg. In the last segment they talk about the recent discovery of a grind stone in Orkney, Scotland and what it means for our understanding of the Neolithic in that area.

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• Archaeological Investigation of the Carriage House, Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Archaeological Investigations at the Tower Stairhall, Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Archaeological Monitoring of A Structural Engineering Study of the Retaining Walls at Independence Square

• Archaeological Report on the Investigation of a Brick Vault Catchment "Cistern Number 2," Beneath the Cement Floor Basement of Old City Hall

• Archaeological Survey Report, Area F, Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Dock Creek Archaeology Archaeological Project 13 Recommendations

• Neolithic grind stone ploughed up in Orkney

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