Hasanlu: An Iron Age Whodunnit - Dirt 78

In the early first millennium BCE, the city of Hasanlu was destroyed in a single, terrible day. Excavations reveal murdered civilians and a citadel engulfed in fire, but who was responsible for destroying this town on the road to everywhere in Iron Age Western Asia? This week, Anna and Amber tell Hasanlu's story, and of the academic drama that followed its excavation (and continues to this day).

Links

• Ḥasanlu Teppe (Encyclopedia Iranica)

• Tell (mound) (Encyclopedia Britannica)

• Hasanlu Publication Project

• Hasanlu in the Iron Age (Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History)

• Rediscovering Hasanlu (Expedition)

• Special Issue: East of Assyria--The Highland Settlement of Hasanlu (Expedition)

• The Excavation of Hasanlu: An Archaeological Evaluation (Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research)

• Last Day at Hasanlu (Expedition)

• Iran's Pompeii: Astounding story of a massacre buried for millennia (New Scientist)

• The Hasanlu Lovers (Penn Museum)

• Lovers, Friends, or Strangers? New Thoughts on a Museum Icon (Penn Museum)

• East of Assyria? Hasanlu and the Problem of Assyrianization (in Imperial Peripheries in the Neo-Assyrian Period)

• Warfare at Hasanlu in the Late 9th Century B.C. (Expedition)

• Urartu (Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History)

• Who Destroyed Hasanlu IV? (Iran)

Contact

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The Problem of Archaeological Data with Dr. Peter McKeague - ArchaeoTech 122

Every year archaeologists create a wealth of data through fieldwork and research that is essential to our understanding and interpretation of the past. Despite the geographic character of much of that record, we consistently fail to realise its potential. Site plans and detailed survey data are routinely locked into the pages of PDF reports. As a result plans fossilised in print cannot easily be reused alongside other datasets to improve our understanding of the past. There is often no consistency in how mapped data can be combined across projects to map the archaeological landscape. We need to wake up to opportunities digital transformation presents us as archaeologists in presenting our data to a wide audience. Dr. Peter McKeague joins us to talk about this problem.

Links

• Towards a Sustainable Future for Digital Spatial Information and Technologies in European Archaeological Heritage Management

• Why the Historic Environment needs a Spatial Data Infrastructure, Internet Archaeology 43

• Saving European archaeology from the Digital Dark Ages: SEADDA

• RAMP project

• Past Map

App of the Day

• Webby:

  • Clean Up The Lake - On Instagram

  • RV Trader

• Paul:

  • Binaural (iOS, Mac)

Contact

• Chris Webster

  • Twitter: @archeowebby

  • Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com

• Paul Zimmerman

  • Twitter: @lugal

  • Email: paul@lugal.com

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Our Ruined Lives with Lana Ruck - Ruins 16

Today’s podcast hostage is Lana...Lana...Lanaaaaaaa Ruck. Lana is a dual Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Anthropology and Cognitive Science Program at Indiana University, Bloomington. She works at Olduvai Gorge as a student researcher at the Stone Age Institute, and she is an avid science communicator through IU's science blog, ScIU (@sciublog).

Lana is a proud Texan, and got her B.A. in Anthropology at Texas Tech University and her M.A. at Florida Atlantic University. She has worked in Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Tanzania, focusing on stone tool technologies and toolmaking techniques. Lana is an interdisciplinary scientist and self-described "stone age neuroscientist."

Her research combines brain imaging techniques with experimental archaeology to explore how our uniquely-human system of technology, language, and cognition evolved. Unfortunately, Lana allowed Carlton to be one of her participants for her dissertation research, and we are very excited to spill the tea on how that disaster went.

Links

• Lana Ruck

  • Twitter: @lanaruck

  • Instagram: @lanalately

  • ScIU Instagram: @sciublog

Contact

• Email: alifeinruinspodcast@gmail.com

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• Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast

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Indigenous Australian Archaeology - HeVo 38

On today’s episode Jessica hosts Dr. Chris Wilson, Senior Lecturer in Indigenous Australian Studies and Archaeology at Flinders University. In 2017, Dr. Wilson was the first Indigenous Australian to be awarded a PhD in Archaeology. Dr. Wilson tells how the discovery of family history/geneaology, family and community involvement, and the archaeology of whaling all tied together within his Ph.D research. Throughout the episode he also shows how the archaeological research being done in Australia today, including his own fascinating zooarchaeology work, is breaking down misperceptions of Indigenous Australians. Towards the end of the episode Dr. Wilson touches on Indigenous rights and repatriation in Australia. Note: This includes a brief (and disturbing) discussion on repatriation from anatomy labs.

Links

• https://www.flinders.edu.au/people/christopher.wilson

• https://www.flinders.edu.au/braveminds/past-perspectives-from-a-pioneer

• David Horton aboriginal map

• Series-First Inventors

  • https://www.buttermedia.com.au/

  • https://www.buttermedia.com.au/dr-chris-wilson

• Boomerang

• Rutledge Book [Coming 2020]

  Ngarrindjeri Ruwar and the Archaeology of the Lower Murray, South Australia

• PhD Thesis

• National Indigenous Knowledges and Research Network (NIRAKN)

• International community on monuments science conference

• Museum exhibit- National Museum

• ABC News 24 - Dr Christopher Wilson - Ngarrindjeri archaeology

• IPINCH BIO

• Articles about becoming the first Indigenous Australia to get a PhD

• https://www.murrayvalleystandard.com.au/story/5017129/ngarrindjeri-man-chris-wilson-becomes-first-aboriginal-person-to-earn-phd-in-archaeology/

• https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-20/first-indigenous-australian-to-complete-archaeology-phd-to-grad/8961894

• Chris’ Email: christopher.wilson@flinders.edu.au

Contact

• Jessica

  • Jessica@livingheritageanthropology.org

  • @livingheritageA

  • @LivingHeritageResearchCouncil

• Lyle

  • Lyle.Balenquah@gmail.com

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The Dirt Travel Club: Bulgaria Edition - The Dirt 77

This week, Anna gets out her box of slides from her recent trip to Bulgaria. We discuss some of the deep history (and prehistory) of Bulgaria, as well as some mythology and folk traditions. Then, we have a chat about some of our favorite ways to experience different communities and cultures when we travel. (Hot tip: EAT EVERYTHING)

Links

• Late Neandertals and Early Modern Humans in Western Europe (Max Planck Gesellschaft)

• Levallois Technique - Middle Paleolithic Stone Tool Working (ThoughtCo)

• Zagreus (GreekMythology.com)

• Wine Traditions (BulWine)

• Kukeri, Bulgaria's Bizarre Festival of Monsters (Culture Trip)

• Surreal Pictures Show Bulgaria’s Masked Dancers Warding Off Evil Spirits (National Geographic)

• Kukeri – An old and scary Bulgarian tradition (Free Sofia Tour)

Contact

• Email the Dirt Podcast

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Archaeology in the Eastern Mojave and YouTube Videos - Ep 85

This is another live recording of the You Call This Archaeology show by Chris Webster and Richie Cruz. We talk about archaeology near Ridgecrest, CA, the new GoPro Hero 8 Black Action camera and how to make quality YouTube videos.

Contact

• Chris Webster

  • chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com

• Richie Cruz

  • Happy Archaeology Fun Time

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Laughton-en-le-Morthen & Conquest Landscapes with Duncan Wright - Arch and Ale 29

Archaeology and Ale is a monthly series of talks presented by Archaeology in the City, part of the University of Sheffield Archaeology Department’s outreach programme. In this talk, Archaeology in the City proudly presents - Duncan Wright on "Laughton & Conquest Landscapes." This talk took place on Thursday, January 30th, 2019 at the Red Deer in Sheffield.

Duncan is a senior lecturer at Bishop Grosseteste University. As an early Medievalist, he specialises in the establishment of kingships, studies of settlement, landscapes, and conflict. In this episode, Duncan speaks on the Norman Conquest of north England and the construction of early medieval castles. He has recently completed excavating in Laughton where he's found a Motte-and-Bailey earthwork castle, the remains of an Anglo-Saxon hall, and much more!

For more information about Archaeology in the City’s events and opportunities to get involved, please email archaeologyinthecity@sheffield.ac.uk or visit our website at archinthecity.wordpress.com. You can also find us on Twitter (@archinthecity), Instagram (@archaeointhecity), or Facebook (@archinthecity)

Content Warning: Listener discretion is advised as there may be adult language

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Found Artifacts and What To Do With Them - CRMArch 183

Responding to a listener email about a facebook post, the hosts discuss what to do about found artifacts. Whether you’re an archaeologist or not an archaeologist there are protocols you should follow if you find something that isn’t yours.

Follow Our Panelists On Twitter

Bill @succinctbill; Doug @openaccessarch; Stephen @processarch; Bill A. @archaeothoughts; Chris W @Archeowebby, @DIGTECHLLC, and @ArchPodNet

Blogs:

• Bill White: Succinct Research

• Doug Rocks-MacQueen: Doug’s Archaeology

• Stephen Wagner: Process - Opinions on Doing Archaeology

• Chris Webster: Random Acts of Science

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Special Guest Kimberlee Moran and the Arch Street Project - Dirt 76

Anna and Amber are joined by forensic archaeologist Kimberlee Moran to talk about the unique story of the First Baptist Church cemetery in Philadelphia, PA. Our story this week has twists, turns, and more information about preserved brains than you might think possible!

Links

• Kimberlee Moran (Rutgers University - Camden)

• Arch Street Project

• Old bones found - and nobody's in charge (Philadelphia Inquirer) (cn images of human skeletal remains)

• A Colonial-Era Cemetery Resurfaces in Philadelphia (The New York Times) (cn images of human skeletal remains)

• Dr. Moran discussing forensic archaeology on NPR’s You’re the Expert Contact

• Email the Dirt Podcast

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Meanwhile, in Texas: A Conversation with Dr. Bryon Schroeder - Ruins 15

On this episode of A Life in Ruins Podcast, we interview Dr. Bryon Schroeder. Dr. Schroeder is currently the director of the Center for Big Bend Studies at Sul Ross University in Alpine, Texas. We discuss his early years "hunting" with his father and talk about both his thesis and dissertation research. We then transition into a crazy story involving paper mache, human bodies and terrible Texas laws.

Links

• Dr. Schroder

  • Email: bryon.schroeder@sulross.edu

• Center for Big Bend Studies

  • Website: https://cbbs.sulross.edu/index.php

  • Instagram

  • Faebook: http://www.facebook.com/CenterForBigBendStudies

Contact

• Email: alifeinruinspodcast@gmail.com

• Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast

• Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast

• Twitter: @alifeinruinspod

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Drone-Based Photogrammetry and AI for Automated Arch Survey - ArchaeoTech 121

Dr. Hector Orengo joins us from Spain to talk about a recent paper where his team discusses using photogrammetry and AI to automate archaeological survey. It’s an interesting approach with promising results.

App of the Day

• Webby: Do Not Pay

Contact

• Chris Webster

  • Twitter: @archeowebby

  • Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com

• Paul Zimmerman

  • Twitter: @lugal

  • Email: paul@lugal.com

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Does Zooarchaeology Exist in Star Wars? - Animals 19

While Simona is away, Alex will play...and spend an entire episode flaunting her Star Wars knowledge. Does zooarchaeology exist in the Star Wars universe? And how can we somehow involve Baby Yoda in this conversation? Tune in to find out!

Further Reading

• Wookiepedia: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Creatures_by_planet

• Sith Archaeology & Propaganda: https://animalarchaeology.com/2017/12/15/keeper-of-the-archives-sith-archaeology-and-propaganda/

• Anderson, K.J. and Wallace, D. (2000) Star Wars: the Essential Chronology. New York: Del Rey.

• Mangels, A. (1995) Star Wars: the Essential Guide to Characters. New York: Del Rey. Wallace, D. (2002) Star Wars: the New Essential Guide to Characters. New York: Del Rey.

• Wallace, D. (2010) The Jedi Path: A Manual for Students of the Force. San Francisco: Chronicle Books.

General Discussion: Part 1

• Disclaimer: I don't care about canon, this is gonna include expanded universe material.

• Star Wars is All About Archaeology: A Thesis By Alex Fitzpatrick

• And thus, Star Wars must ALSO be all about ZOOARCHAEOLOGY!

• Fun Fact: Jedi Zooarchaeologists are (most likely) canon!

• CONFIRMED: There are Star Wars zooarchaeology toys????

• Dark and Light Sides: Why is Archaeology So Important to the Jedi and Sith? And how would zooarchaeology factor in?

General Discussion Part 2

• What would space zooarchaeologists have to consider?

• Differences in Pressure, Other Environmental Issues (Preservation in Hoth VS Preservation in Manaan?))

• Different cultures per planet and issues of sentience - cultural aspects of creatures?

• Do droids count? See: Droid Planet M4-78

• What would be the point of zooarchaeology in the Star Wars Universe?

• How does the Force factor into all this?

• Jedi can integrate their bodies and life into the Force after death - can Force sensitive creatures do the same? How will that affect the zooarchaeological record?

• See also: other forms of mysticism and how that interacts with the dead, like the Nightsisters on Dathomir who resurrect their mummified dead Case Studies (aka Favourite Star Wars Animals)

More

• We gotta talk about Baby Yoda and Alex’s Yoda Species Conspiracy Theory.

• Porgs: The Bane of Achto Archaeologists’ Lives?

• The Hsiss aka Invisible Creatures that can do Jedi Mind Tricks who Definitely Ruined a LOT of Excavations on Korriban

Contact

• Alex FitzpatrickTwitter: @archaeologyfitz

• Simona FalangaTwitter: @CrazyBoneLady

• Music "Coconut - (dyalla remix)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2UiKoouqaY

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This Is Your Brain on Drums - TAS 75

We're back! Anna and Amber are marching to a very special beat this week, as we talk about sound-induced trances and other ways in which people achieved altered states in the past. Tune in, turn on, and join us!

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Where Everything Is Compared to Pyramids - TAS 84

This episode was recorded live on the APN’s Facebook page on January 26th, 2020 with Chris Webster and Richie Cruz. We talk about the article below, boats, cars, and other things barely related to archaeology!

Links

• A Student Found An Ancient Canadian Village That’s 10,000 years Older Than The Pyramids

Contact

• Chris Webster

  • chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com

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Wage Discrimination - CRMArch 182

Wage discrimination in professional archaeology is something that nearly all of us have experienced. Today we bring on a guest to talk about a specific experience that she had and is currently working though.

Follow Our Panelists On Twitter

Bill @succinctbill; Doug @openaccessarch; Stephen @processarch; Bill A. @archaeothoughts; Chris W @Archeowebby, @DIGTECHLLC, and @ArchPodNet

Blogs:

• Bill White: Succinct Research

• Doug Rocks-MacQueen: Doug’s Archaeology

• Stephen Wagner: Process - Opinions on Doing Archaeology

• Chris Webster: Random Acts of Science

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Our Ruined Lives with Bernie Taylor - Ruins 14

On this episode of A Life in Ruins Podcast, we chat with Bernie Taylor. Bernie is an independent author who explores what he describes as “the mythological connections and biological knowledge among prehistoric peoples”. We have a spirited and civil conversation about some of Bernie’s theories.

Resources from Bernie Taylor

• Skoglund, Pontus et al. 2015 Ancient Wolf Genome Reveals an Early Divergence of Domestic Dog Ancestors and Admixture into High-Latitude Breeds. In Current Biology (25), 1-5

• Wang, G., Zhai, W., Yang, H. et al.

  2013 The genomics of selection in dogs and the parallel evolution between dogs and humans. Nat Commun 4, 1860. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms2814

• Bernie Taylor’s video on dogs.

A Life in Ruins Resources

• Introduction to Archaeology (like seriously, basic level what it is we do) Kelly, Robert L., Thomas, Davis H. 2016 Archaeology. 7th Edition. Cengage Learning. https://www.amazon.com/Archaeology-Robert-L-Kelly/dp/130567040X

• Dog Domestication Savolainen, Peter, Ya-ping Zhang, Jing Luo, Joakim Lundeberg and Thomas Leitner 2002, Genetic Evidence for an East Asian Origin of Domestic Dogs. Science 298(5598):1610-1613.

• David’s Paper

  • https://www.academia.edu/32510329/On_the_Origin_of_our_Favorite_Subspecies_The_Biological_Implications_of_Dog_Domestication_on_Modern_Humans

• David’s TedEd Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_KWmzLObQ4&t=123s

• Domestication Syndrome Video

• Native American Religions Gill, Sam 2004 Native American Religions: An Introduction (Religious Life in History) 2nd Edition. Cengage Learning.

• Michael, Nicky

  • 2019 Turtle Island: An Introduction to Indigenous Studies. Cognella Academic Publishing.

• Interpreting Rock Art Blundell, Geoffrey, Christopher Chippindale, and Benjamin Smith (editors) 2011 Seeing and knowing: understanding rock art with and without ethnography. Left Coast Press, Walnut Creek, CA.

• Brady, Liam M (editor)

  • 2016 Relating to rock art in the contemporary world: navigating symbolism, meaning, and significance. University Press of Colorado, Boulder.

• Conkey, Margaret W. (editor)

  • 1997 Beyond Art: Pleistocene Image and Symbol. California Academy of Science, San Francisco, CA.

• McDonald, Jo and Peter Veth (editors)

  • 2012 A Companion to Rock Art. Wiley-Blackwell, West Sussex UK.

• Schaafsma, Polly

  • 2013 Images and Power: Rock Art and Ethics. Anthropology and Ethics. Springer-Verlag, New York.

• Smith, Benjamin (editor)

  • 2012 Working with rock art: recording, presenting and understanding rock art using indigenous knowledge. Wits University Press, Johannesburg.

• Tomaskova, Silvia

  • 2013 Wayward Shamans: The Prehistory of an Idea. University of California Press, Berkley.

• Sundstrom, Linea

  • 2004 Storied Stone: Indian Rock Art in the Black Hills Country. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman.

Contact Links

• Bernie Taylor’s Website: http://beforeorion.com

• Bernie’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDrHjYiL5e8fbgbHoPUAREg/playlists

• Bernie’s Instagram: @beforeorion

Contact

• Email: alifeinruinspodcast@gmail.com

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A Reverence for History (LIVE YCTA) - TAS 83

Chris and Richie discuss a number of things on a live episode of You Call This Archaeology! Join in Live on Facebook at www.facebook.com/archpodnet.

Links

• Happy Archaeology Fun Time

Contact

• Chris Webster

• chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com

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Heritage Media Conference Presentation - HeVo 37

This is the presentation that Jessica and Lyle gave for the SAAs in 2019 and The Heritage Media Conference in 2019. It’s a great overview of the Heritage Voices Podcast and includes a silde presentation below.

Links

• Companion slide presentation

Contact

• Jessica

  • Jessica@livingheritageanthropology.org

  • @livingheritageA

  • @LivingHeritageResearchCouncil

• Lyle

  • Lyle.Balenquah@gmail.com

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Maritime Archaeology - TAS 82

Chris and Bill sit down with maritime archaeologist Stephanie Gandulla from the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center in Michigan. It’s a short but awesome episode!

Links

• Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Contact

• Chris Webster

  • chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com

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SHA2020 in Boston and Mental Health - Ep 181

Chris Webster and Bill White sit down at the 2020 Society for Historical and Underwater Archaeology annual meeting in Boston, MA and have a chat about the conference and other issues. One thing we needed to talk about was mental health. There have been a few tragedies associated with the APN hosts in the last few months and we need people to know that while we aren’t therapists we are here if you need someone.

Links

• SUICIDE HOTLINE: 1-800-273-8255

• Help for the deaf and hard of hearing: 1-800-799-4889

• TEXT: 838255

Follow Our Panelists On Twitter

Bill @succinctbill; Doug @openaccessarch; Stephen @processarch; Bill A. @archaeothoughts; Chris W @Archeowebby, @DIGTECHLLC, and @ArchPodNet

Blogs:

• Bill White: Succinct Research

• Doug Rocks-MacQueen: Doug’s Archaeology

• Stephen Wagner: Process - Opinions on Doing Archaeology

• Chris Webster: Random Acts of Science

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