Possibly produced in the Frankish part of Europe, these swords have long been a mystery. Some have agreed that they represent a new technology of crucible steel. However, there are examples of them found that have been pattern-welded, a method which usually indicates a different form of metal production.
Beaker People - Arch365 18024
Extending between the Iberian Peninsula in the West, Central Europe and Italy in the East, Britain, Ireland and Jutland in the North, and Sardinia, Sicily, and the Balearic Islands in the South the ‘Bell-Beaker’ culture is the most widely distributed and coherent prehistoric ‘culture’ that has been identified in Europe.
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Siberian permafrost Mummies - Arch365 18023
The Pazyryk culture is thought to have been a purely nomadic culture of the Iron Age since it is only identified through burials and associated artefacts. No settlements have been linked to it. These burials are found in the Altay Mountains in Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Russia, and were placed in long barrows similar to the tomb mounds of the Scythian culture in modern-day Ukraine.
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Prehistoric Shellfish Exploitation in the Chesapeake Bay - Arch365 18022
Prehistoric shellfish exploitation in the Chesapeake Bay
This podcast is about prehistoric shell middens in the Chesapeake Bay region on the Atlantic coast of the United states. Archaeologists use the term midden to refer to trash deposits, and a shell midden is just the result of prehistoric shellfishing.
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Trafficking Archaeology - WIA 42
On this episode of the Women in Archaeology Podcast we are joined by Dr. Donna Yates to discuss trafficking of archaeological materials. We talk about whose looting, whose brokering, whose buying, and what you can do to help stop looting and trafficking.
Links
- AnonymousSwissCollector.com
- TraffickingCulture.org
- StolenGods.org
- CultureCrime.org
- http://www.historytoday.com/donna-yates/trafficking-culture
- http://www.unesco.org/new/en/culture/themes/dynamic-content-single-view/news/save_culture_end_trafficking_of_stolen_antiquities/
- http://www.newsweek.com/isis-makes-100-million-year-smuggling-ancient-artifacts-iraq-and-syria-647524
- http://www.unesco.org/new/en/culture/themes/illicit-trafficking-of-cultural-property/1995-unidroit-convention/
Contacts
- Women in Archaeology on Twitter (@womenarchys)
- Chelsi Slotten on Twitter (@osteoarchaeo)
- Emily Long on Twitter (@trowel_tales)
- Kirsten Lopez on Twitter (@archyfem)
- Show email: womeninarchaeology@gmail.com
Your Side Hustle - CRMArch 128
A career in CRM isn't straight forward like other careers. Often, if you want to keep doing it, especially in the early years, having a side-hustle, or, other way to make money and learn, is important. On today's episode we talk to archaeologist Richie Cruz about his early side-hustle and his new side-hustle. Take a listen, learn, and start your own side-hustle.
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Follow Our Panelists On Twitter
Bill @succinctbill; Doug @openaccessarch; Stephen @processarch; Chris W @Archeowebby,@DIGTECHLLC, and @ArchPodNet; Richie @FTBVsAndUPTTs
Blogs:
- Bill White: Succinct Research
- Doug Rocks-MacQueen: Doug’s Archaeology
- Stephen Wagner: Process - Opinions on Doing Archaeology
- Chris Webster: Random Acts of Science
Ethnography, Videography, and Public Anthropology - Heritage Voices 13
On today’s episode, Jessica interviews Dr. Sean Gantt, Acting Director of Education for Crow Canyon Archaeological Center. He talks about his vision for education at Crow Canyon, the value of public anthropology, and what drew him to this type of work. Sean also talks about his work as a graduate student working for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. There he helped with the development of an interpretation plan for the Nanih Waiya cultural landscape, the Choctaw Mother Mound, which was transferred to the tribe from a state park. From there we discuss videography and ethnography, including the importance of community based and reciprocal methods. Finally we close out by talking about specific ways that anthropology can improve as a discipline, including the role of conferences, and specific actions individual anthropologists can take to make anthropology a safer space for indigenous people.
Links
- Crow Canyon Archaeological Center
- Sean Gantt Professional Website (Including Videography)
- Native Historians Write Back
- Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians website (Nanih Waiya Mound Page- One of the Interpretive Signs Sean Developed)
- Guide and Call to Acknowledge Native Land
- https://native-land.ca/
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Baltic Shipwrecks - Arch365 18021
The Baltic has become a major focus for maritime archaeology over the last three decades with a huge variety of different types of wreck dating from the medieval period to the 20th century in close proximity to each other.
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Fullacht Fiadh - Arch365 18019
A fulacht fiadh, as it is called in Ireland, or burnt mound as it is known in the UK is a type of cooking pit which usually dates to the Bronze Age (2500-500BCE).
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Carcassonne - Arch365 18020
Carcassonne is more than just a board game and is also one of the most well known medieval fortified towns in Europe.
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Great Zimbabwe - Arch365 18018
Located in the south-east of modern Zimbabwe near Lake Mutirikwe, the 7.2 hectare World Heritage Site of Great Zimbabwe was the capital of the Kingdom of Zimbabwe which existed between c.1220 and 1450 CE.
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Dead Sea Scrolls - Arch365 18017
Initially uncovered by bedouin shepherds in the first half of the 20th century the Dead Sea Scrolls, also known as the Qumran Cave Scrolls, contain the second oldest dated fragments of texts which eventually formed the canon of the Hebrew Bible.
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Hygiene in Roman Times - Arch365 18016
Bathing was not only one of the most common daily activities in Roman culture but was a highly communal activity that was raised to the level of high art through extensive ritual.
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Battersea Shield - Arch365 18015
During the construction of a predecessor to the present Chelsea Bridge, over the River Thames, workers dredging the river bed found a large quantity of Roman and Celtic weapons amongst a significant number of skeletons.
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Photographs in the Field - ArchaeoTech 70
On today’s show we’re going to talk about taking and managing field photographs.
App of the Day
Contact
- Chris Webster
- Twitter: @archeowebby
- Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com
- Paul Zimmerman
- Twitter: @lugal
- Email: paul@lugal.com
Attending an Archaeological Conference - TAS 33
Where DO archaeologists present there work? Conferences. Often, prior to an article publication, book, or other format an idea or research is presented at a professional conference. Sometimes, this is the ONLY place a site is talked about. How can you go to a conference? Do you need to be an archaeologist? Once you're there, how do you dress and act? All this and more on today's episode.
Contact
- Chris Webster
Welcome 2018 and Bears Ears Update - ArchyFantasies 90
Welcome to the First episode of 2018! In this episode we talk about the effects of the recent EO on Bears Ears National Monument and other sites of significance. We debate the actual effects and reiterate the importance of these sites. We also talk about The podcast in 2017 and where we'd like to see it go in 2018.
Shout out to everyone who's helped us grow this past year and all of our listeners. Here's to another great year on the APN!
Links
- Bears Ears National Monument - Arch365 325
- State of the Monuments - Episode 40
- Antiquities Laws and Regulations - Episode 75
- After Bears Ears National Monument Shrinkage, The Fight For Redesignation Is Still On
Contact
- Email us at ArchyFantasies@gmail.com
- Follow us on Twitter at @Archyfantasies and find us on FaceBook.
- Theme Music by ArcheoSoup Productions
Skara Brae- Arch365 18014
Sometimes storms cause nothing but destruction but sometimes they reveal secrets of our past. This is the case of Skara Brae, a Neolithic settlement on the Island of Mainland, part of the Orkney archipelago, North of Scotland.
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Lendbreen Tunic - Arch365 18013
Melting ice in Northern Norway is revealing more about human activity than ever suspected.
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Areni Cave - Arch365 18012
An Early Bronze Age site that just keep keeps on giving.