Snail Slime to Smallpox: Unexpected Discoveries (and Yes, There Are Cherries at Mount Vernon) - Ep 268

This week we have three great archaeology news stories! First up, archaeologists have excavated a royal purple dye workshop in Greece. Then, excavations at an early colonial Incan cometary give insight into how small pox affected the community. And finally, perfectly preserved cherry bottles have been found in a cellar at Mount Vernon.

Links

• In This Ancient Workshop, Greeks Crushed Snail Glands to Make the Purple Dye Worn by Royalty

• More than just a color: Archaeological, analytical, and procedural aspects of Late Bronze Age purple-dye production at Cape Kolonna, Aegina

• Skeletons of Incan kids buried 500 years ago found marred with smallpox

• Two cases of smallpox from 1540 CE circum-contact (early colonial) Northern Coastal Peru

• 35 glass bottles from the 18th century filled with cherries unearthed by archeologists at George Washington’s Mount Vernon (Apple News)

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