Neanderthals Making Yarn?! - TAS 98
This is a crossover episode with Rachel Roden and Historical Yarns!
Recently, evidence of twisted cord was discovered on a Neanderthal archaeological site. While the exact use of this cord is unknown, we discuss our theories for how Neanderthals could have applied this technology to everyday life. Most importantly, this discovery contributes to breaking down the myth that Neanderthals were technologically inferior to their human contemporaries.
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CRAF and ArchaeoAstronomy with Christine Grimaldi Clarkson - Rock Art 9
On today's show Dr. Garfinkel interviews the Executive Director of the California Rock Art Foundation, Christine Grimaldi Clarkson. Christine was instrumental in the creation and development of the California Rock Art Foundation and was elected by the Board to be the Executive Director of CRAF in March 2018. Christine has been researching and conducting archaeological work in Central California for over 20 years, and also pursues interests in Southwest and Mesoamerican archaeology. Her research has led to the discovery and documentation of an ancient astronomical observation area created by Native Americans in Central California. Articles on this subject have been published in SCA Proceedings and Rock Art Papers.
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Grants, and Fellowships, and Scholarships, Oh My! - Dig It 10
In this episode, we discuss the inter-workings of different parts on finding grants especially as we start to enter grant-writing and application season. We touch on why grants are important, when to apply, how to find them, and what goes in them.
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Stories from the Field and Lessons Learned - CRMarch 195
Description: We all have our stories where we "barely got out", or, "I can't believe that happened!" On today's episode Heather opens up and tells us about an experience just last year that her and her co-worker barely got out alive from. There were a lot of lessons learned from that incident and we hope you can learn from this as well.
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Bill @succinctbill; Doug @openaccessarch; Stephen @processarch; Bill A. @archaeothoughts; Chris W @Archeowebby, @DIGTECHLLC, and @ArchPodNet
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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
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Chalk it Up to Science - Dirt 102
This week, on a short but fun episode, Anna and Amber investigate some of the massive figures cut into the chalk landscape of the Southern UK. Who made them? How old are they? Why are there so many horses?
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England’s 7 most intriguing chalk figures and the stories behind them (Wanderlust)
An Introduction to Prehistoric England (Before 43 BC) (English Heritage)
Footprints, Size 10, From Britain’s Bronze Age (The New Yorker)
The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe (Nature)
Against All Odds, England’s Massive Chalk Horse Has Survived 3,000 Years (Smithsonian)
England’s Enormous Chalk Figures (Atlas Obscura via Google Earth)
Britain's Spectacular (and Sometimes Mysterious) Hill Figures (Gizmodo UK)
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If a Yoda, Archaeology had: A Philosophical Discussion with our Mentor Dr. Robert L. Kelly - Ruins 27
On Episode 27 of A Life in Ruins Podcast, we interview Dr. Robert L. Kelly. Dr. Kelly was all the cohosts thesis advisor at the University of Wyoming. Dr. Robert L. Kelly wrote the book, The Lifeways of Hunter-Gatherers: The Foraging Spectrum, on hunter-gatherer archaeology and the mathematical proofs behind it.
He was involved in early research at Gatecliff Rockshelter and then he continued on to influence archaeological theory for the rest of his career. He writes a regular textbook with Dr. David Hurst Thomas named “Archaeology” (latest edition).
He has also written a book on the future of archaeology called The Fifth Beginning.
We have a super interesting philosophical conversation about archaeology and its meaning. Bob recounts his early life and how he found his way out in the desert with David Hurst Thomas during his first days as an archaeologist.
We then discuss his transition from Cornell to the University of New Mexico and the University of Michigan, and have a lengthy discussion about his mentor, Lewis Binford and his eccentric life.
The majority of the podcast however, is an in-depth conversation about anthropology, how the field has changed over the years, and what it means to be human.
Robert L Kelly Email: rlkelly@uwyo.edu
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Liminal Places with Rebecca Lambert - TAS 97
Rebecca Lambert studies those places in our world that we don't either think about or even like to think about. Shadows, hidden areas, underpasses. These places are sometimes scary, sometimes strange, and sometimes make you feel different on the other side. What can we learn about places on the edge, or, liminal places? We explore these spaces on today's episode.
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Rebecca's Twitter: @LadyLiminal1
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Chris Webster
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Bighorn Sheep of California with Carlos Gallinger - Rock Art 8
Carlos Gallinger is a world class wildlife specialist. Mr. Gallinger has spent much of his life studying the habits, habitat, and associated prehistoric activities of the big horn sheep in central eastern California. Carlos has studied native-American interactions with big horn sheep and their hunting of these animals through what they left behind and the rock art, pictographs, and geoglyphs left on the landscape.
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Finding Hidden Rooms at Teotihuacan with Science - Archaeotech 134
Teotihuacan was a massive, important, city near modern day Mexico City. There are several massive pyramids on the site and two of them have caves UNDER the pyramid. The pyramid of the moon was the focus of the paper linked below and Denisse Argote and Andres Tejero use two techniques to try to identify the presence or absense of a cave beneath it. Those techniques are Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) and Ambient Noise Tomography (ANT).
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Culinary Zooarchaeology - Animals 25
In this episode, Alex and Simona will be tackling culinary zooarchaeology. Listen on to find out more about how to identify food preparation in the archaeological record, ancient BBQs and interpreting archaeological rubbish.
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Besherer Metheny, K. and Beaudry, M.C. (2015) Archaeology of Food: An Encyclopedia. Rowman & Littlefield.
Binford, L. (1981) Bones: Ancient Men and Modern Myths.
Pavao-Zuckerman, B., Anderson, D.T. & Reeves, M. (2018) Dining with the Madisons: Elite Consumption at Montpelier. Hist Arch 52, 372–396.
O'Connor, T. (2000) The Archaeology of Animal Bones. Gloustershire: Sutton Publishing Ltd.
Rackham, J. (1994) Interpreting the past: Animal Bones
Hastorf C.A. (2008) Food and feasting, social and political aspects. In: Pearsall D.M. (ed) Encyclopedia of Archaeology. London: Elsevier Inc.
Nelson S.M. (2003) Feasting the Ancestors in Early China. In: Bray T.L. (eds) The Archaeology and Politics of Food and Feasting in Early States and Empires. Springer, Boston, MA
Maisels, C. (2010) The Archaeology of Politics and Power: Where, When and Why the First States Formed. Oxford, Oxbow books
Russell, N. (2012) Social Zooarchaeology. Cambridge University Press.
Elliot, P. (2016) Food and Farming in Prehistoric Britain. Fonthill Media
Butchered Animal Bone
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Alex FitzpatrickTwitter: @archaeologyfitz
Simona FalangaTwitter: @CrazyBoneLady
Alex’s Blog: Animal Archaeology
Music "Coconut - (dyalla remix)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2UiKoouqaY
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Mythteries and Mythnomers - Dirt 101
Since back-to-school season is rolling around again, let's return to our annual tradition of busting myths and righting wrongs! This time, we cover pyramid construction (and curses), the Genghis Khan family reunion, the end of James Cook, Stonehenge, the Dark Ages, and more. This episode is not to be myth-ed.
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This 4,500-Year-Old Ramp Contraption May Have Been Used to Build Egypt's Great Pyramid (LiveScience)
'Bent' pyramid: Egypt opens ancient oddity for tourism (The Guardian)
Ancient Egyptian tomb warnings, curses and ghosts (National Museums Scotland)
Whence Came Stonehenge’s Stones? Now We Know (The New York Times)
Did Genghis Khan really kill 1,748,000 people in one hour? (How Stuff Works)
1 in 200 Men Are Direct Descendants of Genghis Khan (Discover)
Genghis Khan's Genetic Legacy Has Competition (Scientific American)
The genetic imprint of Niall of the Nine Hostages (Irish Times)
A Y-Chromosome Signature of Hegemony in Gaelic Ireland (American Journal of Human Genetics)
Mythbusting Cook: Fact fiction and total fallacy (Australian National Maritime Museum)
How the foolish rumour that Hawaiians ate Cook began (National Indigenous Television)
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YCTA July 26, 2020 - TAS 96
Welcome to another re-broadcast of the live You Call This Archaeology show with Richie Cruz and Chris Webster. On today's episode we talk a lot about camping, RVs, and summer fieldwork.
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Filming Rock Art with Eran Barnea - Rock Art 7
Eran Barnea is a Hollywood cinematographer who has completed research studies worldwide on rock art depicting horned artiodactyls. His studies relate to the symbolism and religious metaphors world-wide of these remarkable animals.
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Life As A Post-Grad - Dig It 9
In this episode we will be having a chat about our experiences within and mainly after undergrad, jobs, making connections, and asking for help.
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A Panel Discussion on Diversity in Archaeology - CRM Arch 194
Welcome to a special episode of the CRM Archaeology Podcast. On this episode, host of the show Dr. Bill White brings on a panel of career archaeologists to talk about diversity in archaeology. Not just diversity and the current situation, though, but what we, as a profession, can do about it.
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Bill @succinctbill; Doug @openaccessarch; Stephen @processarch; Bill A. @archaeothoughts; Chris W @Archeowebby, @DIGTECHLLC, and @ArchPodNet
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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
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It's Time to Talk About the Future - Dirt 100
This week, for our ONE HUNDREDTH EPISODE, Anna and Amber bend their brains around the archaeology of the future and the future of archaeology. What will excavation look like in 100, 1,000, or 5,000 years? What about human evolution? Human culture? Language? We come up with more questions than answers, and have a great time doing it. THANK YOU for getting us to Episode 100!
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The broiler chicken as a signal of a human reconfigured biosphere (Royal Society Open Science)
Dougal Dixon - After Man (A Zoology of the Future) 1981 (Monster Brains blog)
What will English language look like in the future? (Oxford Academic on YouTube)
What will the English language be like in 100 years? (The Conversation)
Pleistocenese: A Language of 40,000 Years Ago (Justin B. Rye)
Beyond Biohazard: Why Danger Symbols Can’t Last Forever (99% Invisible)
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Our Ruined Lives with Alex Craib - Ruins 26
On this episode of Our Ruined lives, we giggle and chat with our good friend Alex Craib. Alex is a PhD student at the University of Wyoming studying under the same professor as all the cohosts did. We start off by delving through Alex’s career so far in archaeology and then get into a ridiculous series of stories about fieldwork with David, Connor and Carlton. We finish it out by having an intense discussion about mental health in academia and in archaeology specifically. We really hope everyone enjoys this episode!
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Virtual Reality and Rock Art with Eric Hanson - Rock Art 6
Eric Hanson has worked in visual effects for several decades. His work has been seen in movies like Cast Away and The Fifth Element, to name just two. Now, he shifted focus to the natural environment and cultural expressions. Through his venture, Blue Planet VR, Eric takes you on a realistic journey to rock art sites and other cultural sites around the world and all from the comfort of a virtual reality headset. Dr. Garfinkel talks to Eric about his work and about the projects they are collaborating on in the Coso Range of central eastern California.
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Archaeology and Big Data with Parker VanValkenburgh and Andy Dufton - Archaeotech 133
Paul and Chris have been saying for years that there is no digital archaeology because that implies there is archaeology that does NOT have a digital component. Well, that just doesn't seem to be the case anymore. Our guests today, Parker VanValkenburgh and Andy Dufton helped bring a supplement about digital archaeology and the ethical considerations to the Journal of Field Archaeology. They come on today to talk about it.
Parker VanValkenburgh is an archaeologist whose research focuses on landscapes, politics and environmental change in the Early Modern World – particularly, in late prehispanic and early colonial Peru. He received his Ph.D. in 2012 from Harvard University and previously held positions at the University of Vermont (Assistant Prof. of Anthropology, 2013-15) and Washington University in St. Louis (Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Modeling Interdisciplinary Inquiry, 2012-13). Among other projects, he is currently director of the Paisajes Arqueológicos de Chachapoyas (PACha) project, an investigation of long-term human-environment interaction in Peru's Chachapoyas region, grounded in the analysis of archaeological survey, archival research, remotely sensed datasets, and work with contemporary communities in the provinces of Luya, Chachapoyas, and Bongará, Amazonas (Peru). He is also a co-director of the GeoPACHA (Geospatial Platform for Andean Culture, HIstory and Archaeology). At Brown, he directs the Brown Digital Archaeology Laboratory and teaches courses on Geographic Information Systems, cartography, critical digital archaeology, the politics of space and landscape, historical anthropology, and the archaeology and anthropology of the Andean region.
Andrew Dufton is a Lecturer in Roman Archaeology and History at the University of Edinburgh. He received his PhD in Archaeology from the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World at Brown University, and previously held a position as a Visiting Assistant Professor at NYU's Institute for the Study of the Ancient World. His research interrogates the long-term dynamics of urban change in North Africa, from the Iron Age into late antiquity. This work highlights the diversity, haphazardness, and improvisation that best characterise urban life in both ancient and modern contexts. He has excavated and surveyed at sites in the US, the UK, and across the Mediterranean, including acting as surveyor and geospatial data manager at the imperial villa and medieval monastery at Villa Magna (2006–2010); at the Tunisian city of Utica (2011–present); and with Brown University at Petra, Jordan (2012–14).
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Paul Zimmerman
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Parker VanValkenburgh
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Collecting Oral Histories in Indian Country - HeVo 41
On this months’s podcast we have Aaron Brien (Apsáalooke), a member of the Night Hawk Dance Society and faculty in Salish Kootenai College’s Tribal Historic Preservation and Native American Studies programs and Dr. Shandin Pete (Salish/Diné), Director of the Indigenous Research Center at Salish Kootenai College. We talk briefly about how the two got connected and the development of the Indigenous Research Center, but mostly we chat for two of the three segments about collecting oral histories. What roles do they play in culture, how can you collect them in the best way, and how should you best prepare yourself?
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IRC Twitter & Instagram: @ircskc
Facebook: SKC Indigenous Research Center
IRC Podcast: (Apple) or BuzzSprout (Hosting Site)
Heritage Voice Episodes 23 (Salish-Kootenai College’s Tribal Historic Preservation Program) and 25 (Technology)
Seliš ontological perspectives of environmental sustainability from oral traditions
The Lodge Boy and Spring Boy Tale as Depicted at Hole in the Wall, Wyoming Article
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Jessica
Aaron
aaron_brien@skc.edu
@indigenousarchaeology (Instagram)
Shandin - shandin_pete@skc.edu
Lyle