Just the Boyz: Emails, Gaming, and Columbus - Ruins 45

We are now uploading video versions of the podcast to our YouTube channel thanks to Zencastr's new video podcast component. You can find the video version of this episode by going to our YouTube Channel "A Life in Ruins"

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In this episode, the guys gather around their mics and webcams to talk about a recent email they received at the beginning of the new year and the impact it had on them. In the second segment, they actually begin to talk about archaeology through a conversation about the PC game Dawn of Man. This leads the guys down a path to talking about how cultural evolution is portrayed in popular gaming and a hypothetical discussion regarding what would the Americas have looked like if Europeans hadn't arrived in the 15th and 16th centuries.

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Ancient Beer, Stolen Stonehenge Stones, and an Ancient Chinese City - TAS 113

Welcome to another archaeology news episode! We have three stories to discuss this week. We start with what’s basically an ancient beer factory in Egypt. Then we travel to Stonehenge in England to talk about the origin of the inside circle of stones called the Bluestones. Finally, we look at an ancient Chinese City that archaeologists have spent many years excavation.

We discuss these articles from the perspective of an archaeologist to show how a skeptical and scientific perspective can clear up what journalists think is important about recent discoveries.

Links

• Archaeologists Discover Ancient Beer Factory in Egype - CNN

• Ancient beer factory unearthed by archaeologists in Egypt - NBC News

• The original Stonehenge? A dismantled stone circle in the Preseli Hills of west Wales - Cambridge University Press Online, 12 Feb 21

• Stonehenge may be a rebuilt stone circle from Wales, new research suggests - CNN

• Dig at ancient site uncovers capital of first unified state - China Daily

• Chinese Find Ancient Xianyang, Lost Capital of the Qin Dynasty - Ancient Origins

Contact

• Chris Webster

  • chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com

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Florida Archaeology, Belonging, and Phil Collins feat. Shelby Foy - Dig It 24

In this episode, we "sit" down with Shelby Foy, a CRM archaeologist based in Florida! Listen in as we chat with her about life, her academic experience, and finding her passion in archaeology. How does Phil Collins tie in to this? Well, listen and find out!

Links

• Shelby's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shelbfo/

Contact

• Show

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  • Email: idigitpodcast@gmail.com

• Alyssa

  • Instagram: aal.archaeology

  • Twitter: Lyssakemi

• Michaela

  • Instagram: mm_digitalized

  • Twitter: m_mauriello

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DNA: The Dirt, uh, Finds a Way - Dirt 125

This year is the 20th anniversary of the first publication of the Human Genome Project, and the 10th anniversary of the Neanderthal Genome Project. Since both of these projects began, DNA research has changed what we know about the human story more than we could ever possibly have imagined. Come learn about a tiny fraction of this knowledge with us, and listen to our brains explode.

Links

• Protein Synthesis: an Epic on the Cellular Level (Internet Archive)

• Human Genome Project Information Archive 1990–2003 (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

• Human Genome Project FAQ (National Human Genome Research Institute)

• Game of chances: inheritance is a question of probability, not destiny (The Guardian)

• Why Race Is Not a Thing, According to Genetics (National Geographic)

• How to Argue With a Racist: What Our Genes Do (and Don't) Say About Human Difference (The Experiment Publishing)

• The Neanderthal DNA you carry may have surprisingly little impact on your looks, moods (Science)

• Neanderthal DNA highlights complexity of COVID risk factors (Nature)

• Neanderthal DNA in Modern Human Genomes Is Not Silent (The Scientist)

• Multiple lines of mysterious ancient humans interbred with us (National Geographic)

• Denisovan DNA in the genome of early East Asians (Max Planck Gesellscheft)

• The complete genome sequence of a Neandertal from the Altai Mountains (Nature)

• The Contribution of Neanderthals to Phenotypic Variation in Modern Humans (The American Journal of Human Genetics)

• Evidence found of Denisovans interbreeding with humans in Southeast Asia more recently than thought (Phys.org)

• The CRISPR-baby scandal: what’s next for human gene-editing (Nature)

• In a possible step forward for gene therapy, Stanford researchers made mice glow like fireflies (Stanford News)

• Neanderthal-like ‘mini-brains’ created in lab with CRISPR (Nature)

• 3 Human Chimeras That Already Exist (Scientific American)

• This Woman Is Her Own Twin: What Is Chimerism? (Live Science)

• The Case of the Woman Who Was Her Own Twin (Genetics Illustrated)

• Disputed Maternity Leading to Identification of Tetragametic Chimerism (New England Journal of Medicine)

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Hoo dis? with Tash and Raven - Ruins 44

In this episode, we are pleased to have Raven Todd da Silva and Natasha Billson return to the Podcast. Raven is another OG from the early episodes, appearing on episode 9 and runs a very popular Instagram and Youtube Channel called “Dig it with Raven” and Natasha aka Tash was recently on episode 29, and runs a youtube channel called Behind the Trowel. If you follow us on Social Media, then you know that both of these archaeologists are a part of the Archaeology Avengers and we are super excited to have them back on the podcast. We discuss Netflix’s new hit movie, The Dig, and discuss the archaeology of the site on which the movie is based on. We also discuss how archaeology is portrayed in the media.

Contact for Guests

Tash:

• Instagram: @tash_archaeo

• Twitter: @Tash_Archaeo

• YouTube: Behind the Trowel

Raven

• Instagram: @digitwithraven

• Twitter: @digitwithraven

• YouTube: Dig it With Raven

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#AnthroDay 2021 with Dr. Katie Sampek - TAS 112

AnthroDay is a celebration of Anthropology that the American Anthropological Association hosts every year. On today's episode we talk to the Archaeology Chair of the AAA, Dr. Katie Sampek about what you can expect to see at the AnthroDay page on the AAA website and what the mission of AnthroDay is. We also talk about Dr. Sampek's research regarding historical archaeology, landscape archaeology, and her work at Harvard.

Links

• American Anthropological Association

• Heritage, Tourism, and Race - Heritage Voices Episode 48

Contact

• Chris Webster

  • chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com

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Essential low tech equipment with Eric Olson - Archaeotech 148

Eric Olson is back on the ArchaeoTech podcast with his list of low tech, low cost software and equipment that he thinks everyone should know about. We cover a lot of ground in this podcast! What do you use that fits this description that you think everyone should use?

Links/Sources

• Archaeotech 136

• From the Archives (Eric’s podcast)

• TPSDig

• Olson, Eric 2019 The Shirey Meadow Site: A Comparative Study of Shovel Testing and Pedestrian Survey. Pennsylvania Archaeologist 89(1):61-74.

Contact

• Chris Webster

  • Twitter: @archeowebby

  • Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com

• Paul Zimmerman

  • Twitter: @lugal

  • Email: paul@lugal.com

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Heritage, Tourism, and Race - HeVo 48

Today’s podcast features returning guest Dr. Antoinette Jackson, Professor Department of Anthropology Chair at the University of South Florida. We go in depth about her new book Heritage, Tourism, and Race: The Other Side of Leisure. This book was written in response to the common question, “Why are there so few minority visitors to National Parks?”. In response, Dr. Jackson challenges mainstream beliefs about leisure and race, as well as highlighting African American active and diverse pursuits of leisure in spite of the legal and social exclusion. We explore the original enslaved African caving history at Mammoth Cave, the Green Book, Black entrepreneurship, and Black beaches during segregation. We close out by discussing how COVID-19 reframes the concepts of space and exclusion for those who have maybe never had to think about it before, as well as where Dr. Jackson sees the Black Lives Matter movement taking the conversations and hopes present within the book.

Links

• Book: Heritage, Tourism, and Race: The Other Side of Leisure

• Book: Speaking for the Enslaved: Heritage Interpretation at Antebellum Plantation Sites

• Dr. Jackson: atjackson@usf.edu

Contact

• Jessica

  • Jessica@livingheritageanthropology.org

  • @livingheritageA

  • @LivingHeritageResearchCouncil

• Lyle

  • Lyle.Balenquah@gmail.com

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Sutton Hoo "Ghost Ship" and The Dig - Ep 111

With the recent release of The Dig, a Netflix film focused on the excavation of the incredible Anglo-Saxon burial ship at Sutton Hoo, we decided it was the perfect opportunity to take a closer look at this site! Sutton Hoo is extremely important and interesting for many reasons and we dive into those as well as review the movie. Did we like it? Join us and find out!

Want more Sutton Hoo? Listen to the bonus episode here!

Links

• UK National Trust - Sutton Hoo

• The British Museum

• Edith Pretty

• Mercie Lack and Barbara Wagstaff

• The Dig Trailer

• Sutton Hoo burials: reconstructing the sequence of events

• Current Archaeology

• Sutton Hoo

• Roadster Adventures

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• Chris Webster

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Stefan Milo 2: This Time It's Personal #Paleolithic - Ruins 43

On this episode of A Life in Ruins podcast, we have a bonfire chat with YouTuber and Neolithic advocate, Stefan Milo. If you’re not familiar with Stefan, we introduced him in Episode 20. Or you may know him from his popular YouTube channel, “Stefan Milo.” We talk about the recent growth of Stefan’s channel and how he has now become the first full-time anthropology YouTuber!

We then quickly get into the Great Paleolithic-Neolithic War of 2020. This began as a meme and took off. It was fun for both our followers to follow and share along with.

We later have a serious discussion about the differences between the two periods and what it means for human history.

Contact For Stefan Milo

• Email: hello@stefanmilo.com

• Instagram: @historysmilo

• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/stefanmilo

• Website: https://www.stefanmilo.com/

• Twitter: @Historysmilo

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Volcanoes! - Dirt 124

Let’s lean into our fear of pyroclastic flow and talk about the traces that volcanoes can leave in the archaeological record. Turns out, it’s a lot more than buried cities. We’ll also take a look at how volcanoes manifest in the myths and legends of various cultures.

Links

• Hawaiian Myths Tell A Story About Volcanic Activity At Kilauea (Forbes)

• Volcano Myths and Rituals (American Scientist)

• Why ancient myths about volcanoes are often true (BBC)

• The Harmful Pseudoarchaeology of Mythological Atlantis (Women Write About Comics)

• Santorini eruption: new theory says ‘pyroclastic flows’ caused devastating Bronze Age tsunamis (The Conversation)

• The A.D. 79 Eruption at Mt. Vesuvius (UCSD Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics)

• Tephrochronology and its application: A review (Quaternary Geology)

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Rock Art Dating with Dr. Alan Garfinkel - Rock Art 30

In archaeology there are many ways to date a site, feature, or artifact. The dating game with rock art is no different. What are some of the more common methods? Which ones aren't so common but work on some sites? Can you use other archaeological sites to date rock art panels? We talk about these topics and more on this week's episode.

Links

• California Rock Art Foundation

Contact

• Chris Webster

  • chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com

  • Twitter: @archeowebby

• Dr. Alan Garfinkel

  • avram1952@yahoo.com

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Conferences are Dead, Let's Do Better - CRM Arch 208

On today's episode we discuss conferences, AGAIN. But that's for two reasons. First, we got some great comments from a fan on our Member's Only Slack Team (archpodnet.com/members) that we had to address. Second, the basic model for a conference hasn't changed in nearly a century and we need to fix that.

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

Jobs with Cox McClain

• Our CRM group is one of the fastest growing in the US. We need temporary and salaried archeologists at every level, from technicians to PIs, in Tulsa and Oklahoma City. Previous Oklahoma experience would be nice but is not required. Send your cover letter, resume, and references to: JOBS@COXMCLAIN.COM. Thanks!

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Atlatl Angelo Robledo and Experimental Archaeology - Ep 23

In this episode, we virtually sit down with Experimental Archaeologist, Angelo Robledo. Join us as we hear about Angelo's passions, his archaeology origin story, and atlatl construction!

Links

• Angelo's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/idigit1st/

• World Atlatl Association: https://worldatlatl.org/

• WAA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/worldatlatlassociation/

Contact

• Show

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  • Email: idigitpodcast@gmail.com

• Alyssa

  • Instagram: aal.archaeology

  • Twitter: Lyssakemi

• Michaela

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  • Twitter: m_mauriello

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The Good Old Days: Prehistoric Inequality - Dirt 123

This week's episode is a listener-sponsored one! Ancient hunter-gatherers are often painted as egalitarian, with all members contributing to the needs of the group. But what does evidence from prehistory say about things like access to nutrition, or care for the sick or injured? Are there cases where some individuals were clearly treated differently from others? How far back can we go to find clues? Stay tuned, sleuths.

Links

• Did agriculture create inequality? (Scientific American)

• Hunter-getherer envy (SAPIENS)

• Issues with using modern forager groups as proxy for ancient ones (Evolutionary Anthropology)

• The earliest deliberate burial? (SAPIENS)

• Sunghir burials (SAPIENS)

• Different types of burials at Sunghir (Antiquity)

• Status-symbol scapulae? (Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences)

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Royal purple dyed textile, Neanderthal/Homo Sapien teeth and Chumash Beads as currency - TAS 110

We’ve got three great articles to discuss on this week’s news episode. Check out the links below for more information.

Links

• Royal Purple Dyed Textile

  • https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/purple-dye-israel-bible-solomon-david-b1795242.html

  • http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/royal-purple-textile-09301.html

• Neanderthal/Homo Sapien Teeth

  • https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/02/01/europe/neanderthal-interbreeding-teeth-scn/index.html

  • https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047248420302001?via%3Dihub

  • https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/science-environment-55882130

• Chumash Beads as Currency

  • https://apple.news/AHSQ1veR0QuaiHHQUv1_-Bg

  • https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0278416520302105?via%3Dihub

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• Chris Webster

  • chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com

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Our Ruined Lives with Ash Boydston-Schmidt - Ruins 42

For this edition of Our Ruined Lives we chat with Ash Boydston-Schmidt. Ash is a descendant of the Crow Nation and shares with us her families history, growing up in Oklahoma, her experiences with the Tiger King, and her academic journey at the University of Oklahoma double-majoring in Anthropology and Indigenous Studies. She is currently pursuing her Masters in Museums Studies at the University of New Mexico, where she started this past fall during the COVID-19 Pandemic. We finish up the episode with a conversation about Ash's work with the Diversity and Inclusion Council for the Boy Scouts of America.

*Disclaimer: Ash's views regarding the topics discussed in the third segment of this episode are solely her own and not representative of the Diversity and Inclusion Council.

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Spatial Archaeometry in the Time of COVID - ArchaeoTech 147

Many field seasons were canceled in 2020 due to concerns over COVID-19. A recent article in SAA Advances, written by members of the CAST and SPARC program highlight the things researchers can still do despite social distancing regulations and travel concerns. Paul and Chris discuss those techniques and technologies on this episode.

Links

• Spatial Archaeology in the Time of COVID from SAA Advances, January 2021

Contact

• Chris Webster

  • Twitter: @archeowebby

  • Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com

• Paul Zimmerman

  • Twitter: @lugal

  • Email: paul@lugal.com

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Swooping is Bad, Bones are Better: The Zooarchaeology of Dragon Age - Animals 31

Join us on the latest part of our imagined videogame zooarchaeology series! Following popular demand, this episode is all about Bioware’s Dragon Age and its weird and wonderful creatures. Learn more about battle nugs, gibbering horrors and the Dragon Age version of ‘ritual’: it’s magic!!

Sources

• Galinas, B. et al. (2015) Dragon Age: The World of Thedas - Volume 2

  Dark Horse Comics

• Dragon Age Fandom

A Dragon Skull from Dragon Age: Inquisition

Contact

• 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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Unboxing Boxgrove - Dirt 122

This week, Anna introduces Amber to the site of Boxgrove, in what is now Sussex, England. It's one of the oldest known hominin sites in the UK, and features the remains of our early relative, Homo heidelbergensis. Join us to learn more about the Muddle in the Middle, the world's hardest jigsaw puzzle, and the molecular clock.

Links

• The man who died half a million years ago (Current Archaeology)

• We may now know what our common ancestor with Neanderthals looked like (New Scientist)

• Boxgrove Project Blog

• The Middle Pleistocene human tibia from Boxgrove (Science Direct)

• Flint formed in chalk (The Geological Society)

• Boxgrove: how we found Europe’s oldest bone tools – and what we learned about their makers (The Conversation)

• Europe’s Oldest Bone Tools Hint at Early Hominin Sophistication (Smithsonian Magazine)

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