Just the Boyz: Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, and WWII Aircraft - Ruins 49

In this episode, David, Connor, and Carlton each take a segment to talk about a topic in the past that interests them. David takes the first segment to discuss Alexander The Great and explains his greatness. Connor talks about some of Genghis Khan's policies and his brilliance (although he was still a very bad person). Carlton nerds out about WWII-era aircraft, the "Blitz", and their relationship to sampling bias.

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Public Archaeology in Utah feat. Erin Haycock - Dig It 27

In this episode, we chat with public archaeologists, Erin Haycock! We virtually sit down and chat about her research interests, venture into her Masters program in Utah, and what we can do to utilize and bring awareness to public and community archaeology.

Recorded: 03/15/2021

Links

• http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS4I6_qDgnsDFbehcnkCYiQ/videos

• Utah Cultural Site Stewardship website

• SHPO public archaeology website

• Digging It Spotify Playlist:

• CD-ROM game Alyssa mentions: https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-cluefinders-4th-grade-adventures-the-puzzle-of-the-pyramid

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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It's A Pod Mitzvah - Dirt 130

Amber and Anna discuss some of the different rituals, ceremonies, and traditions associated with coming of age in cultures around the world and throughout time. From tossing baby teeth up to the roof to tying a vine to your ankles and jumping off a wooden tower, it's all fascinating.

Links

• Young People's Conceptions of the Transition to Adulthood (Youth & Society)

• Voice Changes for Boys During Puberty (Very Well Family)

• Right–left and the scrotum in Greek sculpture (Laterality, via ResearchGate)

• 13 Amazing Coming of Age Traditions From Around the World (Global Citizen)

• Rite of Passage (Cultural Anthropology)

• The Excruciating Bullet Ant Glove Test Of The Mawé People (All That’s Interesting)

• What It's Like to Get Stung by the World's Most Painful Insect (Esquire)

• Seijin No Hi: Celebrating Japanese Youth’s Rite of Passage (Savvy Tokyo)

• Meet Vanuatu's land-diving daredevils, who inspired bungee jumping (CNN Travel)

• Coming of Age Rituals (Hudson County Community Colleges Libraries)

• Girling the girl and boying the boy: the production of adulthood in ancient Mesoamerica (World Archaeology)

Contact

• Email the Dirt Podcast: thedirtpodcast@gmail.com

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Dhaka Muslin, Bohemian Graves, and a Bone Tool - TAS 117

In this week’s archaeology news, we discuss three articles that captured our attention! The first is all about the ancient Dahka fabric, how it was produced, and how that knowledge has been lost to time. The second is an article about a Bohemian grave in the Czech Republic with unique grave goods. And the final story is about an ancient bone tool found in Australia.

Links

• The Legendary Fabric that No One Knows How to Make (BBC)

• Gold and precious gems unearthed in a 5th-century grave in Bohemia (Live Science)

• Statement from the East Bohemian Museum in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

• Rare bone tool artefact revealed (Cosmos)

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• Chris Webster

  • chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com

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La Rumarosa and the Kumeyaay with Dr. Don Liponi - Rock Art 33

Dr. Don Liponi joins the Rock Art podcast again to talk about his ongoing work and publications regarding La Rumarosa rock art and the Kumeyaay people. His publications are bringing light to this fantastic rock art and the people that created it, and, is helping the Kumeyaay people directly.

Links

• California Rock Art Foundation

• http://www.larumorosarockart.com/

• http://www.ivdesertmuseum.org/

Contact

• Chris Webster

  • chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com

  • Twitter: @archeowebby

• Dr. Alan Garfinkel

  • avram1952@yahoo.com

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Horror Part 1 - Prehist 31

The long arm of the prehistoric past reaches through the millennia to grab our attention, and, in this episode, to grab us by the throat. Yes, we’re talking folk horror in this episode, and trying not to shiver as we discuss how the past intrudes in uncanny ways on the present in films, plays and books. We have a full cast of characters in this spine-tingler, including Dr Lauren McIntyre, Rebecca Lambert (or Lady Liminal), David Southwell of the Hookland Guide, Dr Simon Underwood and Drone Lord.

Guest Socials

• @noddinggoth

• @ladyliminal1

• @sunderdown

• @Drone_Lord

• @HooklandGuide

• @cultauthor

Contact

• Twitter: @prehistpod

The Black Trowel Collective with Aris Poliopoulos and Colleen Morgan - Modern Myth 19

Today's epsiode is all about mutual aid, anarchism and archaeology. I sat down recently with Aris Politopolis and Colleen Morgan, both of whom are members of The Black Trowel Collective. We discuss what the BTC does and in particular the function of its microgrants, which provide $5-$300 in grants to students of archaeology, with no questions asked.

We also talk about the ways in which anarchism has influenced this kind of work and what "anarchaeology" may mean in terms of working with others.

You can find out more about Black Trowel Collective by visiting the website https://blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/ or their Twitter http://twitter.com/blacktrowel

Dr. Aris Politopoulos - Twitter

Dr. Colleen Morgan - Twitter

Contact

• Twitter: @Anarchaeologist

• Discord: ArchaeoWave

• Pit and Pod Blog

  • tristan@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com

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Risk Management in CRM Archaeology - CRMArch 211

We start the episode by addressing the recent horrific violence against Asian-Americans in Atlanta in March of 2021. What does violence against Asian-Americans mean for archaeology and how will we respond? Next we discuss Dr. Bill White's recent paper in SAA Advances about risk management in archaeology.

Links

• Applying Risk Management Concepts from CRM and the Outdoor Recreation Industry to Academic Archaeology Projects by Dr. Bill White (Advances in Archaeological Practice 9(1), 2021, pp. 61-65

• National Outdoor Leadership School

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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Our Ruined Lives with Gino Caspari - Ruins 48

In this episode, we are chatting with Dr. Gino Caspari, a Postdoc in Archaeology at the University of Sydney and the University College London. Dr. Caspari also runs a very popular archaeology Instagram account @ginocaspari that currently has over 123K followers and we discuss the importance of science communication and his experiences on Instagram. We cover his wild and interesting academic career, with many changes in majors and degrees. We also discuss Dr. Caspari's ongoing research in Siberia and his collaborative work with Indigenous Siberians and the issues of language barriers in publications.

Dr. Caspari’s Literature Recommendations:

• Frozen Tombs of Siberia: The Pazyryk Burials of Iron-Age Horsemen by S. I Rudenko

• Who We Are and How We Got Here by David Reich

• Kon-Tiki: Across The Pacific By Raft by Thor Heyerdahl

Contact for Guest

• Instagram: @ginocaspari

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• Email: alifeinruinspodcast@gmail.com

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The Dig (2021) Reaction | Sutton Who?

In this episode, we give a big welcome to our new Project Assistant, Izzie, and discuss the new Netflix movie, The Dig! Just a warning this episode contains spoilers for The Dig. Tune in as we introduce Izzie, initial reactions/thoughts of The Dig, and chats on the accuracy of the film in contrast with the actual site and archaeology!

Recorded: 03/07/2021

Links

• La Brea Tar Pits:

• The Dig

• History vs Hollywood

• Show

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  • Email: idigitpodcast@gmail.com

• Alyssa

  • Instagram: aal.archaeology

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• Michaela

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  • Twitter: m_mauriello

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Ancient Hazelnuts, Artistic Neanderthals and a Pompeiian Chariot - TAS 116

This week in archaeology news we discuss three archaeology stories int he news. First up is an ancient hazelnut shell found in Scotland that has been radiocarbon dated to more than 10,000 years ago. Second, we discuss the growing evidence for Neandertal, Denisovan and early Homo Sapien collaborations and sharing of ideas that contributed to an explosion of creativity and art. Finally, Pompeii is back in the news! This time an intact ceremonial chariot was discovered, and we discuss this contribution to what we know about Pompeiian society in 79 CE.

Links

• Hazelnut Shell Sheds Light on Life in Scotland More Than 10,000 Years Ago (Smithsonian Magazine)

• Neanderthals helped create early human art, researcher says (The Guardian)

• A Lamborghini of Chariots is Discovered at Pompeii (NPR)

• ‘Miraculously’ Well-Preserved Ceremonial Chariot Found at Villa Outside of Pompeii (Smithsonian Magazine)

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• Chris Webster

  • chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com

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Archaeology of Childhood - Dirt 129

Amber and Anna examine how different ancient cultures viewed children and childhood. We’ll also discuss how the archaeological interpretation of the lives of children in the ancient past has shifted as we’ve gained more and more evidence.

Links

• Children Are Not Small Adults: Significance of Biological and Cognitive Development in Medical Practice (Handbook of the Philosophy of Medicine)

• Childhood – an historical perspective (Good Childhood Blog)

• Cultural Relativism (Cultural Anthropology)

• Why babies in medieval paintings look like ugly old men (Vox)

• Role and Importance of Children in the Middle Ages (ThoughtCo.)

• Childbirth, Childhood and Adolescence in the Middle Ages (ThoughtCo.)

• Children in the ancient Middle East were valued and vulnerable — not unlike children today (The Conversation)

• The composition of a Neandertal social group revealed by the hominin footprints at Le Rozel (Normandy, France) (Proceedings of the National Academy of Science)

• Neanderthal children's footprints offer rare snapshot of Stone Age family life (ABC News

• Neanderthal children shivered and suffered in ancient Europe (Science)

• Neanderthal children grew and were weaned similar to us (EurekAlert)

• What ancient footprints can tell us about what it was like to be a child in prehistoric times (The Conversation)

• Prehistoric children as young as eight worked as brickmakers and miners (Nature)

• 400,000-year-old 'School of Rock' Found in Prehistoric Cave in Israel (Ha’aretz)

• These Miniature Tools Taught Ancient Children How to Hunt and Fight (Smithsonian)

• Archaeology and Developmental Psychology: A Brief Survey of Ancient Athenian Toys (American Journal of Play)

• What prehistoric toys can tell us about human evolution (ABC News)

• Why Ancient Toys Are Elusive Artifacts (Discover)

• Is It Ritual? Or Is It Children? Distinguishing Consequences of Play from Ritual Actions in the Prehistoric Archaeological Record (Current Anthropology)

• Discovering Childhood: Using Fingerprints to Find Children in the Archaeological Record (American Antiquity)

• Animation in Palaeolithic art: a pre-echo of cinema (Antiquity)

• Make your own version of a Palaeolithic Toy and a Thaumatrope (Beanie and J's Creative Adventures)

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An Exploration of Sheffield's Ancient Village Suburbs with David Templeman - ArchandAle 36

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. This month we are proud to host David Templeman speaking on "An Exploration of Sheffield's Ancient Village Suburbs

with David Templeman". This talk took place on Thursday, February 25th, 2021, online via Google Meets.

David is a retired businessman, having worked in the leisure trade most of his working life. With a lifelong interest in history, on retirement, he indulged that passion by joining Sheffield Manor Lodge initially as a guide. Since then he has become an accomplished speaker giving talks all over the country on Elizabethan history with local connotations. In 2016, he became an author when his book “Mary, Queen of Scots the Captive Queen in England 1568-87” was launched to critical acclaim. The book has now sold just under 3,000 copies and has become recognised as the definitive version of the English captivity of Mary, Queen of Scots. David is a Member of the Marie Stuart society of which he has developed close links. He is also chair of the Friends of Sheffield Manor Lodge, which has almost 400 Members, with the current Earl of Shrewsbury as their patron. Over the last few years, David has devoted his research into bringing the old Sheffield- the one prior to the 19th century back into the public domain with a number of very popular talks, none more so than the Ancient Suburbs series.

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).

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• Sheffield’s Ancient Suburbs

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Archaeological Sampling with Dr. Ted Banning - ArchaeoTech 150

Anyone working in archaeology has used some form of sampling strategy during the course of their work, whether they knew it or not. Most professions do something like this. Are we doing it right? Too much? Too little? Dr. Ted Banning recently published a paper in American Antiquity discussing the current state of sampling in the fied.

Links

• American Antiquity “Sampled To Death: The Rise and Fall of Probability Sampling in Archaeology”

• The Archaeologist’s Laboratory

• Random Integers

• Immerssed VR

Contact

• Chris Webster

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  • Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com

• Paul Zimmerman

  • Twitter: @lugal

  • Email: paul@lugal.com

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Our Ruined Lives with Erina Baci II - Ruins 47

In this edition of Our Ruined Lives, we are pleased to have Erina Baci return to the Podcast. Erina first appeared on Episode 7, way back in October 2019. We begin the show by catching up with her on what she has been up to since she first appeared on the podcast. We then delve into a discussion on the importance of geography and resources to people in the past, modern geopolitics, and how modern issues affect our current understanding of the past. This leads us to discuss an upcoming Memorandum of Understanding between the US and Albania and the potential implications of the MoU for Balkan Cultural Preservation. We close out the episode with Erina serving up some awesome advice for future and current graduate students.

Erina's Literature Recommendations:

• Archaeological Guide of Kosova - Online PDF

• The Illyrians by John Wilks

• Evaluating social complexity and inequality in the Balkans between 6500 and 4200 BC by Marko Porčić (2019)

• Archaeology as Bearing Witness By Hauser et al. (2018)

Contact For Guest

• Erina's Instagram: @TheAlbanianArchaeologist

• Erina's Twitter: @TheAlbanianArch

• Erina's Blog: https://thealbanianarchaeologist.com/

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• Email: alifeinruinspodcast@gmail.com

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March Madagascarness - The Dirt 128

This week, Anna and Amber journey to the island of Madagascar. Yeah, sure, there were once man-sized lemurs there, but we’re talking about the people of Madagascar, how and when they arrived on the island, their history, archaeology, and more! Plus, Anna discovers that maps are super useful.

Links

• Malagasy? Or is it Madagascan? Our research provides the answer (The Conversation)

• Indian Ocean: Five Island Countries (Library of Congress)

• Madagascar: Precolonial Era, Prior to 1894 (via the Wayback Machine)

• Researchers confirm timeline of human presence on Madagascar (Phys.org)

• Ancient Madagascar Shows Humans Make New Places Suit Them (Futurity)

• Genomic landscape of human diversity across Madagascar (PNAS)

• What are single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)? (MedlinePlus)

• Ancient rice 'first evidence' Madagascan ancestors crossed Indian Ocean from South-East Asia (ABC)

• Ancient crops provide first archaeological signature of the westward Austronesian expansion (PNAS)

  The culture history of Madagascar (Journal of World Prehistory)

• Chapter 15 - The Austronesian Expansion and the First Malagasy Cultures (The Worlds of the Indian Ocean)

• Time and the ancestors: Landscape survey in the Andrantsay region of Madagascar (Antiquity, via ResearchGate)

• Toward a just and inclusive environmental archaeology of southwest Madagascar (Journal of Social Archaeology, via ResarchGate)

• Madagascar / The Great Island: Contemporary Artists from Madagascar (Google Arts + Culture)

• Madagascar of to-day (Internet Archive)

• Situating Madagascar: Indian Ocean dynamics and archaeological histories (Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, via ResearchGate)

Contact

• Email the Dirt Podcast: thedirtpodcast@gmail.com

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Letter packets, Diadems and Ancient Bogota - TAS 115

This week was packed full of interesting archaeology news stories, so join us for a discussion about the 3 that caught our eye! First up is a story about using x-ray microtomography to virtually unfold historical letters. Then, in segment 2 we cover a story about a burial site in Spain that indicates that the social and political rulers of the culture may have been women. Finally, we discuss an innovative new approach to studying Bogota's prehistoric irrigation system.

Links

• Unlocking history through automated virtual unfolding of sealed documents imaged by X-ray microtomography

• Emblems and spaces of power during the Argaric Bronze Age at La Almoloya, Murcia

• Ancient woman may have been powerful European leader, 4,000-year-old treasure suggests

• El Argar

• Aerial Photographs Uncover Bogotá’s Indigenous Hydraulic System

• Roadster Adventures

Contact

• Chris Webster

  • chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com

  • @archpodnet (Instagram and Twitter)

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Numic Scratched - Rock Art 32

On past episodes we've talked about "scratched" rock art as a style. Today we're going to talk about the California and western United States expression of that style, "Numic Scratched". What is it, where do you find it, how old is it, and how is it related to women?

Links

• California Rock Art Foundation

• Are Numic Scratched Rock Art Drawings Women’s Work?

• Coso Rock Art Within Its Archaeological Context

• Marks of Distinction: Rock Art and Ethnic Identification in the Great Basin

• The Numic Spread: Great Basin Cultures in Competition

• New Light on Old Art: Recent Advances in Hunter-Gatherer Rock Art Research

Contact

• Chris Webster

  • chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com

  • Twitter: @archeowebby

• Dr. Alan Garfinkel

  • avram1952@yahoo.com

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Cross Post with Josh Gurrero's 15 Questions with an Archaeologist feat. Michaela Mauriello - DigIt 25

Welcome to the second take over episode! This time Michaela was interviewed for the podcast 15 Questions with an Archaeologist with Joshua Gurrero with the Southeast Archeological Center. This episode aired on his channel 1 February 2021. Be sure to check out his channel and the other amazing interviews he has conducted.

Links

• 15 Questions with an Archaeologist

• Josh and Michaela's episode

• Josh and Michaela's YouTube episode

• Josh's YouTube Channel

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• 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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CRM Firms Should Train Future Field Techs - CRMArch 210

The 2020 field season was largely shortened by COVID - field schools were almost completely shut down. Even though we all played along like 2021 was going to be different, it looks like many field schools are already canceled. While this is happening CRM firms are demanding that university programs train students to know what CRM firms want them to know. The answer is obvious: CRM firms should train students in CRM though internships and partner programs. This week...on the CRM Archaeology Podcast.

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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