The Changing Roles of Museums and Museum Collections - WIA 35
On this episode of Women in Archaeology, we discussed the changing academic and social roles of museums in the United States. We also briefly talked about the origins of museums and how museum outreach and exhibitions can be improved.
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- http://www.atelier-brueckner.com/en/projects/lwl-museum-archaeology
- http://natural-history.uoregon.edu/
- http://whitneyplantation.com/history.html
- https://www.huffingtonpost.com/joan-wages/why-museums-are-important_b_6355710.html
- https://www.apollo-magazine.com/why-museums-need-their-own-ethics-departments/
- http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/are-museums-still-relevant/index.html
Contact
- 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
Winter is Coming, for CRM - CRMArch 121
Winter is coming, as it does every year, for archaeology and archaeologists. What can you do to plan for the winter? Not just work, but, NOT working. How do you plan your finances? Where can you work throughout the winter? What can YOU do to be proactive about your career?
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- Bill White: Succinct Research
- Doug Rocks-MacQueen: Doug’s Archaeology
- Stephen Wagner: Process - Opinions on Doing Archaeology
- Chris Webster: Random Acts of Science
Easter Island - Arch365 288
Famed for it's over 800 stone sentinels called Moai, Easter Island was devastated by the local population but has come back to nearly half of it's one-time high.
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The Big Eddy Site - Arch365 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 - Arch365 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 - Arch365 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 - Arch365 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 - Arch365 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 - Arch365 282
Tiwanaku was a large civilization in Bolivia that created amazing architecture but ultimately fell to severe drought conditions.
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A Chat With British Archaeologist Sir Barry Cunliffe - TAS 26
Today we talk to Sir Barry Cunliffe, a British archaeologist and Oxford University professor. Sir Barry has worked all over the UK and Europe, written many books, and influenced British archaeology. This is an awesome chat about his career and directions in British archaeology.
Oxford University Press is offering a 30% discount on On the Ocean Pre-Orders and some of Barry's other books. Use the code at checkout: AAFLYG6
New Apple Products for the Field, Fall 2017 - ArchaeoTech 63
From a new watch to two new phones - the latest from the Apple iPhone event for Fall of 2017 has brought longer battery life and some real tools that can help make fieldwork faster, safer, and more efficient.
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Contact
- Chris Webster
- Twitter: @archeowebby
- Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com
- Paul Zimmerman
- Twitter: @lugal
- Email: paul@lugal.com
Apple Island - Arch365 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 - Arch365 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 - Arch365 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 - Arch365 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 - Arch365 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 - Arch365 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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The Enigmatic Iximaya Hoax With Roxanne Davila and Marcello Canuto - ArchyFantasies 83
Today we're talking about the Iximaya hoax. Who were the Iximaya, where did they come from, and what part did P.T. Barnum play in all this? We're joined by special guests Roxanne Davila and Marcello Canuto.
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- MARI
- Roxanne Davila
- Marcello Canuto
- Iximaya Pamphlet
- https://archive.org/details/illustratedmemoi00vela
- Ix Chel
- John Lloyd Stephens
- Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan
- Frederick Catherwood's artwork
- Lacandon
- Jean-Frédéric Waldeck
- Juan Galindo
- Lord Kingsboro
- Antiquities of Mexico
- Tod Browning's Freaks
- Pip and Flip Snow
- Rudolf Virchow
- Ian Graham
- Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions
- The Road to Ruins
- Charles Lindbergh and A. V. Kidder Expedition
- Frans Blom
- Tribes and Temples
- LiDAR and Maya Archaeology
- Case of the Ancient Astronauts
Contact
Email us at ArchyFantasties@gmail.com
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Cushnoc Archaeological Site - Arch365 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 - Arch365 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...