Ethics in Archaeology with Dina Rivera - CRMArch 192

On today's show we talk to Dina Rivera about her work with the Ethics Database and social media at the Register of Professional Archaeologists. Do you use the database? Let us know!

Links

• RPA

• Ethics Database at the RPA

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

Affiliates

• Wildnote

• TeePublic

• Timeular

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Here's the Dirt... Early Anthropology and Big Museums - Ep 7

This episode we touch on early anthropology with scientific racism and previously bad archaeological practices while following into how these publications and teachings have trickled into museums and are still upheld today.

Links

• Instagram post about museums and white supremacy

• Embrick, D.G., Weffer, S. and Dómínguez, S., 2019. White sanctuaries: race and place in art museums. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy.

• Gould, Stephen J. The Mismeasure of Man. Article 8

• Mirzoeff, N., 2017. Empty the museum, decolonize the curriculum, open theory. The Nordic Journal of Aesthetics, 53, pp.6-22.

• Ng, W., Ware, S.M. and Greenberg, A., 2017. Activating diversity and inclusion: A blueprint for museum educators as allies and change makers. Journal of Museum Education, 42(2), pp.142-154.

Contact

• Show

  • Twitter: @idigitpodcast

  • Email: idigitpodcast@gmail.com

  • Cover art: Caitlyn Bidwell Instagram

• Alyssa

  • Instagram: aal.archaeology

  • Twitter: Lyssakemi

• Michaela

  • Instagram: mm_digitalized

  • Twitter: m_mauriello

Affiliates

• Wildnote

• TeePublic

• Timeular

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The Dirt Digs Pride - Dirt 96

Amber and Anna are holding their very own Pod Pride Parade this week! We talk about the possible genetic influences behind human sexuality and discuss instances of queerness in archaeology (and some TRULY bad takes from news outlets). We also discuss gay icons from ancient history, badass queer archaeologists, and more!

Links

• No ‘gay gene’: Massive study homes in on genetic basis of human sexuality (Nature)

• Genetics of Sexual Behavior

• Sexuality Studies in Archaeology (Annual Reviews in Anthropology)

• The Oldest Known Gay Man? (ABC News)

• First homosexual caveman found (Telegraph)

• 'Gay Caveman' Story Overblown, Archaeologists Say (LiveScience)

• Is That Skeleton Gay? The Problem With Projecting Modern Ideas Onto The Past (Forbes)

• Alexander the Great or Alexander the Gay? (University of Liverpool)

• Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones (University of Cardiff)

• Queering Hippolytus: Asexuality and Ancient Greece (Notches)

• Sapphistry on the Spoil Heap: Lesbianism and Female Homosociality in Early Archaeology (TORCH)

• In Han Dynasty China, Bisexuality Was the Norm (JSTOR Daily)

• Feminisms, Queer Theories, and the Archaeological Study of Past Sexualities (World Archaeology)

• Historical archaeology (The International Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality)

Contact

• Email the Dirt Podcast

Affiliates

• Wildnote

• TeePublic

• Timeular

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Dr. Alan Garfinkel Part 2 - Rock Art 2

Every story has a beginning. On the first two episodes of the Rock Art Podcast we talk about Dr. Alan Garfinkel’s beginning: how he got into archaeology, how he came to study rock art, and what he’s been up to lately.

Links

• California Rock Art Foundation

Contact

• Chris Webster

  • chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com

  • Twitter: @archeowebby

• Dr. Alan Garfinkel

  • avram1952@yahoo.com

Affiliates

• Wildnote

• TeePublic

• Timeular

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Dr. Alan Garfinkel Part 1 - Rock Art 1

Every story has a beginning. On the first two episodes of the Rock Art Podcast we talk about Dr. Alan Garfinkel’s beginning: how he got into archaeology, how he came to study rock art, and what he’s been up to lately.

Links

• California Rock Art Foundation

Contact

• Chris Webster

  • chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com

  • Twitter: @archeowebby

• Dr. Alan Garfinkel

  • avram1952@yahoo.com

Affiliates

• Wildnote

• TeePublic

• Timeular

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Maps for Time Travelers with Dr. Mark McCoy - ArchaeoTech 131

Archaeology is time travel. Full stop. When. you’re standing on a site holding an artifact it’s interesting to imagine what the landscape and environment was like when the person that created it was standing there. Our guest, Dr. Mark McCoy, is using maps and digital archaeology to envision archaeology as Time Travel.

About Mark: Mark D. McCoy is an expert in geospatial archaeology and Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Southern Methodist University. He is the author of over forty scientific journal articles on the archaeology of the Pacific Islands.

Links

• Maps for Time Travelers, University of California Press, 2020

App of the Day

• Webby: Touch GIS

Contact

• Chris Webster

  • Twitter: @archeowebby

  • Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com

• Paul Zimmerman

  • Twitter: @lugal

  • Email: paul@lugal.com

Affiliates

• Wildnote

• TeePublic

• Timeular

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Teeth and Trowelblazing with Special Guest Dr. Brenna Hassett - Dirt 95

This week, Anna and Amber chat with researcher, author, science communicator, founding TrowelBlazer, and wearer of many hats, Dr. Brenna Hassett! We learn that we've all got a mouthful of clocks, that women have always been a part of the digging sciences, and that networks truly matter.

Links

• Dr. Brenna Hassett (UCL)

• @brennawalks on Twitter

• TrowelBlazers

• Built on Bones: 15,000 Years of Urban Life and Death

• And Dr. Hassett mentioned two books by Angela Saini:

  • Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong and the New Research That’s Rewriting the Story

  • Superior: The Return of Race Science

Contact

• Email the Dirt Podcast

Affiliates

• Wildnote

• TeePublic

• Timeular

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Our Ruined Lives with Mark Torrender - Ruins 24

Description: On this edition of Our Ruined Lives, we are graced with the presence of Mark Torrender. Mark is a hardworking YouTuber, podcaster and Instagram guru under the names of @evolution_soup and @talkbeliefs. He is very interested in evolution and understanding the relationships between evolution and modern religious beliefs. We talk about Mark’s journey to where he is, we talk about the lovely town of Watford, and also talk about how he deals with people who troll his comment sections on YouTube! Give this episode a listen and then follow Mark on the all channels and instagrams listed below!

Contact for Mark

• Instagram:

  • @evolution_soup

  • @talkbeliefs

• Youtube:

  • https://www.youtube.com/talkbeliefs

  • https://www.youtube.com/evolutionsoup

Contact

• Email: alifeinruinspodcast@gmail.com

• Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast

• Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast

• Twitter: @alifeinruinspod

• Website: www.alifeinruins.com

Affiliates

• Wildnote

• TeePublic

• Timeular

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Recording History in the Making - CRMArch 191

On today's episode Chris, Stephen and Doug talk about the responsibility of recording history as it's happening around us. As the US explodes in protest over the murder of George Floyd archaeologists are wondering what to do about contentious history. What do we do with all the statues that really should come down? What do we do about the graffiti that is being created right now that represents the thoughts and emotions of protestors? These are tough questions and we try to answer them on this episode.

Links

• https://www.docnow.io/

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

Affiliates

• Wildnote

• TeePublic

• Timeular

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Sundown Towns - America's Forgotten History - Dig It 6

This episode we discuss a major part of American history that has been omitted from most history book across the United States. As having anthropological backgrounds which saw some of the beginnings of institutionalized racism, it is important to address history that has been brushed under the rug. This is seen with Sundown Towns. There were thousands of these towns across the United States dominating counties, cities, towns, suburbs... With current events regarding human rights and curfews, it is important to bring awareness to this "forgotten" history found in America.

Links

• James W. Loewen, Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything your American history textbook got wrong

• James W. Loewen, Lies Across America: What our historic sites get wrong

• James W. Loewen, Sundown Towns: A hidden dimension of American Racism

• James Loewen Website

• Access to states to see Sundown Towns in different cities

• Ways You Can Help (has many different numbers, petitions, donation links!)

• Breonna Taylor

• George Floyd

Contact

• Show

  • Twitter: @idigitpodcast

  • Email: idigitpodcast@gmail.com

• Alyssa

  • Instagram: aal.archaeology

  • Twitter: Lyssakemi

• Michaela

  • Instagram: mm_digitalized

  • Twitter: m_mauriello

Affiliates

• Wildnote

• TeePublic

• Timeular

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Indigenous Land Management - HeVo 40

On today’s episode Jessica hosts Natasha Myhal, a citizen of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians and a PhD candidate in the Department of Ethnic Studies at CU Boulder with an area of focus in Geography. Through the lens of Natasha’s academic and personal journey, Natasha and Jessica discuss community based research, traditional ecological knowledge/gikendaasowin (knowledge in Ojibwe), and ethnobotany. They further discuss the challenges of working across disciplines and how language shapes the way we understand and interact with the land. Of course, they also discuss her dissertation research which uses community based approaches to look at Little River Band of Ottawa Indians tribal natural resource management strategies that combine traditional Anishinaabe worldviews with existing management policies.

Links

• The politics of TEK- Paul Nadasdy

• Indian Land Tenure Foundation

• American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)

• Carroll, Clint. Roots of Our Renewal: Ethnobotany and Cherokee Environmental Governance. First Peoples : New Directions in Indigenous Studies. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2015

• Geniusz, Wendy Makoons. Our Knowledge Is Not Primitive: Decolonizing Botanical Anishinaabe Teachings. Syracuse University Press, 2009

• Pasternak, Shiri. Grounded Authority: The Algonquins of Barriere Lake against the State. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2017

• Natasha

  • natasha.myhal@colorado.edu

  • @natasha_kwe

Contact

• Jessica

  • Jessica@livingheritageanthropology.org

  • @livingheritageA

  • @LivingHeritageResearchCouncil

• Lyle

  • Lyle.Balenquah@gmail.com

Affiliates

• Wildnote

• TeePublic

• Timeular

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Introducing the Rock Art Podcast - Ep 0

Welcome to a new podcast from the Archaeology Podcast Network! Join Dr. Alan Garfinkel and Chris Webster as they interview experts from around the world in the study, identification, and interpretation of rock art. We’ll take you on a weekly journey through space and time as we discuss these fascinating images that have been painted, carved, pecked, and scratched into solid rock.

Links

• California Rock Art Foundation

Contact

• Chris Webster

  • chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com

  • Twitter: @archeowebby

• Dr. Alan Garfinkel

  • avram1952@yahoo.com

Affiliates

• Wildnote

• TeePublic

• Timeular

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Hunting and Gathering - Dirt 94

This week, Anna and Amber have foraged up an episode all about hunting and gathering. We also examine anthropology and ethnography, and the problematic origins of these disciplines. We discuss the Grandmother Hypothesis, wax rhapsodic about salmon, and...Amber tells another honey story.

Links

• Hunter-Gatherers (Foragers) (Human Research Area Files)

• Hunter-Gatherer Culture (National Geographic)

• What Is a Hunter-Gatherer? Variation in the Archaeological Record of Eastern and Southern Africa (Journal of Archaeological Research)

• Hunter-gatherer studies and human evolution: a very selective review (American Journal of Physical Anthropology)

• The Ethnohistory and Anthropology of ‘Modern’ Hunter-Gatherers (The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Hunter-Gatherers)

• AnthroBites: Scientific Racism (AnthroPod)

• Grandmothering, menopause, and the evolution of human life histories (UNM Digital Repository)

• Whales and humans linked by 'helpful grandmothers' (BBC)

• Why Grandmothers May Hold The Key To Human Evolution (NPR)

• The Evolutionary Importance of Grandmothers (The Atlantic)

• The Surprisingly Sticky Tale of the Hadza and the Honeyguide Bird (Atlas Obscura)

• Honey, Hadza, hunter-gatherers, and human evolution (Journal of Human Evolution)

Contact

• Email the Dirt Podcast

Affiliates

• Wildnote

• TeePublic

• Timeular

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Computational Curious with Dr. Isaac Ullah - ArchaeoTech 130

Curious about computational archaeology? Wonder how it’s different from digital archaeology? Us too! Dr. Isaac Ullah from San Diego State University tells us all about it and how he’s using open source software to do computational archaeology and reveal secrets about the history of the world.

Links

• Dr. Ullah’s site on GitHub: http://isaacullah.github.io/about/

Contact

• Chris Webster

  • Twitter: @archeowebby

  • Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com

• Paul Zimmerman

  • Twitter: @lugal

  • Email: paul@lugal.com

Affiliates

• Wildnote

• TeePublic

• Timeular

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Rapa Nui! - Ep 93

This week, Anna and Amber voyage to the island of Rapa Nui, famous for its monumental stone heads, and for the idea that its islanders caused their own collapse through environmental exploitation. Turns out, that's probably not what happened! Tune in to learn more about what archaeology and anthropology can tell us about the real stories of the Rapanui people.

Links

• A model-based approach to the tempo of “collapse”: The case of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) (Journal of Archaeological Science)

• Rethinking Easter Island’s Historic “Collapse” (Sapiens)

• The Archaeology of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) (Oxford Handbook of Prehistoric Oceania)

• Indigenous World 2019: Rapa Nui (Easter Islands) (IWGIA)

• Rapa Nui (Easter Island) monument (ahu) locations explained by freshwater sources (PLOSOne)

• Easter Island Statue Project

• The ‘walking’ megalithic statues (moai) of Easter Island (Journal of Archaeological Science)

• Easter Island Mystery Solved? New Theory Says Giant Statues Rocked (National Geographic)

• Object: Hoa Hakananai'a ('lost or stolen friend') (British Museum)

• Rock art of Easter Island : symbols of power, prayers to the gods (via WorldCat)

• Cristián Moreno Pakarati (Rapa Nui Pioneers Society)

• Tangata Manu, The Bird-Man and its Origins (moeVaruna)

• The Soft, Warm, Wet Technology of Native Oceania (Whole Earth Review)

• Easter Island land dispute clashes leave dozens injured (BBC News, 2010)

• Police evict Rapa Nui clan from Easter Island hotel (BBC News, 2011)

• Fighting for Survival on Easter Island (Cultural Survival)

Contact

• Email the Dirt Podcast

Affiliates

• Wildnote

• TeePublic

• Timeular

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Bro-ing out over Bayesian with Dr. Erick Robinson - Ruins 23

In this episode we interview Dr. Erick Robinson from Utah State University. The hosts met Dr. Robinson while he was a post-doc under Dr. Robert Kelly at the University of Wyoming. We chat about radiocarbon data, Bayesian analysis, and fun field stories which may or may not have involved Carlton getting more than a “base layer” tan.

Guest

• Erick.Robinson@usu.edu

Contact

• Email: alifeinruinspodcast@gmail.com

• Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast

• Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast

• Twitter: @alifeinruinspod

• Website: www.alifeinruins.com

Affiliates

• Wildnote

• TeePublic

• Timeular

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Frozen Apples and Falling Off Tables - Dig It 5

In this episode, we are joined by fellow archaeologists Kristen O'Connor (Digital Heritage) and Jessi Berndt (Experimental Archaeology). We talk about their specific research, how they got into it, and what they are seeking for the future!

Links

• Kristen:

  • Twitter: @kno_way

  • Instagram: @kno_way

• Jessi:

  • Instagram: @rogue.soup

• Emotive Project

  • https://emotiveproject.eu/

  • https://www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/news-and-events/news/external/news-2019/storytellingandimmersivetechnologies/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+uni-of-york-arch-news+%28York+Department+of+Archaeology+-+Latest+news%29&fbclid=IwAR3UBoBfxcDa9kypnP1p2TaofP066XHsm9jcL9zVNzu3eyaUyQ1qgNoUqMI

Contact

• Show

  • Twitter: @idigitpodcast

  • Email: idigitpodcast@gmail.com

• Alyssa

  • Instagram: aal.archaeology

  • Twitter: Lyssakemi

• Michaela

  • Instagram: mm_digitalized

  • Twitter: m_mauriello

Affiliates

• Wildnote

• TeePublic

• Timeular

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Applied Zooarchaeology: primitive breeds today - Animals 23

In this episode, Alex and Simona tackle the field of applied zooarchaeology. Learn more about how zooarchaeological data sets can be applied to conservation science, as well as discovering a range of (incredibly cute) archaic breeds of domesticates still around today.

Links

• http://soaysheep.biology.ed.ac.uk/

• https://rewildingeurope.com/rewilding-in-action/wildlife-comeback/tauros/

• https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/02/ancient-dna-upends-horse-family-tree#

• https://www.isbona.com/index.php/about-icelandic-sheep http://www.rarebreedgoats.co.uk/rare-native-breed-goats/british-primitive-goats

• https://www.acsedu.com/info/animal-farming/cattle-farming/old-cattle-breeds.aspx

• https://livestockconservancy.org/index.php/resources/internal/heritage-cattle-breeds

• https://rewildingeurope.com/news/genetic-study-shows-how-close-primitive-cattle-breeds-are-to-the-lost-aurochs/

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Contact

• Alex FitzpatrickTwitter: @archaeologyfitz

• Simona FalangaTwitter: @CrazyBoneLady

• Alex’s Blog: Animal Archaeology

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

Affiliates

• Wildnote

• TeePublic

• Timeular

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Not Before I've Had My Coffee - Dirt 92

Anna and Amber fill your brain mug with piping hot knowledge about the archaeology, genetics, and culture behind some of our favorite morning drinks.

Links

• A history of coffee:

• Coffee botany:

• Origins of coffee:

• First writings on coffee:

• World's oldest tea:

• Tea and the Silk Road

• Tea origin story:

• Tea genetics:

• History of yerba mate:

• Yaupon use by Indigenous Americans:

• Yaupon archaeological residues:

Contact

• Email the Dirt Podcast

Affiliates

• Wildnote

• TeePublic

• Timeular

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Geophysics, Photogrammetry and Drones with Wesley Weatherbee - ArchaeoTech 129

Paul and Chris talk to Wesley Weatherbee about his research in the Bay of Fundy. Using drones, photogrammetry and other analysis he is, among other things, looking at early human behavior and occupation.

Wesley is a current graduate student in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at Saint Mary's University. His research on past cultural landscapes in the Bay of Fundy marries remote sensing and geomorphology with archaeology. He serves on the board of directors for the Nova Scotia Archaeology Society and is part of a diverse team in Nova Scotia developed to investigate critical climate-related risks, opportunities, and capacities relating to archaeology in Nova Scotia. His photogrammetry work has recently been nominated to be in the Cultural Heritage Spotlight on Sketchfab.com. He also runs a blog at digitalarchns.com intending to promote digital archaeology outreach and education.

Links

• Wesley’s Blog: digitalarchns.com

Contact

• Chris Webster

  • Twitter: @archeowebby

  • Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com

• Paul Zimmerman

  • Twitter: @lugal

  • Email: paul@lugal.com

Affiliates

• Wildnote

• TeePublic

• Timeular

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