The Modern Myth of the British Empire with Kim A Wagner - Modern Myth - Episode 20
This episode dives into the world of the British Empire - as it is viewed in Britain and the lingering narratives that surround it.
Today's guest is Kim A Wagner, Professor of Global and Imperial History, who discusses the reality of the British Empire and challanges the "balance sheet" view of history which sees historical events as simply "good" or "bad".
We also get on to the topic of the culture war that seems to be happening in the UK when it comes its own colonial legacy and in particular adherence to the reminders of that past in the forms of statues and names of buildings and colleges.
You can follow Kim on Twitter https://twitter.com/KimAtiWagner
William Dalrymple - The Anarchy - http://www.williamdalrymple.uk.com/books/the-anarchy
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SAA 86th Annual Conference: An Indigenous Response
In this special edition of the A Life in Ruins Podcast, Carlton co-hosts an episode with Emily Van Alst, Ash Boydston-Schmidt, and Kay Mattena. The four discuss the recent SAA controversy surrounding the "Curation, Repatriation, and Accessibility: Vital Ethical Conversations" session. Specifically, the “Has Creationism Crept Back into Archaeology?” presentation.
The four Indigenous scholars discuss their thoughts, feelings, and reactions to the content of the presentation, their disappointment in the SAA for platforming the talk, the future of the SAA, and how the society can improve its ethics and better support its Indigenous scholars.
Lastly, they discuss the fallout from the presentation and how some non-Indigenous scholars are taking advantage of Indigenous trauma to further their own careers, and how non-Indigenous scholars can truly be allies to Indigenous people.
Guests' literature recommendations:
Indigenous Archaeology by Joe Watkins
Archaeologies of the Heart edited by Kisha Supernant, Jane Eva Baxter, Natasha Lyons, and Sonya Atalay
R words by Tuck and Yang
Decolonizing Methodologies by Linda Tuhiwai-Smith
Considering the Denigration and Destruction of Indigenous Heritage as Violence in Critical Global Perspectives on Cultural Memory and Heritage: Construction, Transformation and Destruction by George Nicholas and Claire Smith
We Are Dancing for You Native Feminisms and the Revitalization of Women’s Coming of Age Ceremonies by Cutcha Risling Baldy
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Kimmer
List of scholars to search:
George Nicholas
Vine Deloria
Phil Deloria
Roger Echo-Hawk
Larry Zimmerman
Chip Colwell
Steve Silliman
Zoey Todd
Gloria Anzaldua
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Carlton Shield Chief Gover:
Kay Mattena
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oh_kay13
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/MattenaKay
email: K.Mattena@umass.edu
Ash Boydston-Schmidt
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashinthestars
Emily Van Alst
Emily Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/emilyvanawesome
Emily Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emilyvanawesome
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This Just In: Sifting Through the News with Izzie - Dig It 29
In this episode, we virtually sit down together with Izzie to discuss the current news of the world as well as what's been happening in the archaeological world. Tune in!
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The Cowboys of Science II: Dr. Spencer Pelton Returns - Ruins 54
In this episode, Dr. Spencer Pelton returns to the show to chat with the hosts about becoming the Wyoming State Archaeologist. Dr. Pelton first appeared on the show as the featured guest for Episode 1, almost two years ago! We dive into the responsibilities of being the Wyoming State Archaeologist and how it differs from most other State Archaeology Offices. Following up on that conversation, we discuss Spencer's current research projects as the State Archaeologist, and some of the more interesting calls he receives from the Wyoming public. The episode concludes with a dialogue about the late Dr. George Frison. We talk about why he was so significant to the field of archaeology and his legacy at the University of Wyoming and Plains Archaeology.
Dr. Pelton's media recommendations:
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Google Dr. Spencer Pelton, Wyoming State Archaeologist
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That Good Old Copper Complex - Dirt 135
We’ve been remiss in discussing the Chalcolithic (Copper Age) anywhere in the world, so we’re fixing that by spotlighting one particular technology in what is today the US states of Michigan and Wisconsin, and some of the world’s earliest coppersmiths. Plus, a very salty discussion of the pseudoscience and *bad* historical takes behind some alternative theories for the Old Copper Complex's creators.
Links
Ancient Native Americans were among the world’s first coppersmiths (Science)
Miners Left a Pollution Trail in the Great Lakes 6000 Years Ago (Eos)
Mining on Minong: Copper Mining on Isle Royale (Michigan History)
An Exercise in Poo-Tility: Scientist Tries to Make a Knife Out of Poop (Mental Floss)
Bronze Age Part II: The Case of the Missing Copper (Chapelboro.com)
MacIntosh Stone - Nahma, Michigan (Michigan Back Roads - Oddities)
Reviewing Gavin Menzies' "Atlantis" (Pt. 4) (Jason Colavito)
The State of Our Knowledge About Ancient Copper Mining in Michigan (The Michigan Archaeologist)
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Archaeology of a Country with some News - TAS 121
On today’s episode Chris and Rachel discuss a recent visit to the historical monuments in Philadelphia, PA and Gettysburg. In the last segment they talk about the recent discovery of a grind stone in Orkney, Scotland and what it means for our understanding of the Neolithic in that area.
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Ghost Dance Rock Art and Theology - Rock Art 36
The ghost dance was a revitalistic movement that was most popular in the 1870s and 1890s. The religious leaders of the ghost dance movement were religious specialists who dreamed a prophetic vision. That vision included that the world was to be remade over and that the dead would come back to life and the world would returnTo the way it was before your Americans entered their lands. To usher in that New World native people were to dance around dance for several days day and night and that by praying and dancing and singing this would bring in a new world of peace and prosperity.
Anthropologist and archaeologist have identified about two dozen rock art sites that appear to commemorate or document this time of the religious movement of the ghost dance. He’s historic paintings are in many colors and depict dancers and the return of animals and plants and the return of the dead. The paintings also document and portray the principal religious beliefs of now the participants in the movement which include a layered cosmos a depiction of the Thunderbird BighornSheep and other animals and a central white horse image.
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Chris Webster
Dr. Alan Garfinkel
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Wildnote, Photographs, and UTMs - Ep 153
On today's episode Paul and Chris meet up in Chris' hotel room in New York City. It's only the second time they've recorded in the same room. Paul and Chris talk about the resurgence of digital archaeology in CRM after 2020, photographs, including metadata, and some new iPhone 12 features that are useful in the field. They end with a discussion of map datums and coordinate conversions.
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Chris Webster
Twitter: @archeowebby
Paul Zimmerman
Twitter: @lugal
Email: paul@lugal.com
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Horror Part 2 - Prehist 32
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.
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Lost city in Luxor, LiDAR in Tikal and Harriet Tubman's father's home - TAS 120
This week, on the archaeology show, we take a look at a couple new(ish) discoveries that have been in the news this week. First, an extremely well preserved city in Luxor Egypt has been discovered and dated to the reign of Amenhotep III. Next, LiDAR helps researchers discover a new monument in Tikal that appears to be influenced by the people of Teotihuacan, the future conquerers of Tikal. And finally, archaeologists in Maryland believe they have found the home of Ben Ross, Harriet Tubman's father.
Links
'Lost golden city of Luxor' discovered by archaeologists in Egypt
Archaeologists discover mysterious monument hidden in plain sight
Harriet Tubman’s father’s home discovered by archaeologists in Maryland
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All the Pretty Horses - Dirt 134
This week, we've got one more past Patreon episode for you! Thank you all for your patience as we get back into the swing of things. We'll be back with your regularly scheduled new episodes in May. But for now, we're all horses, all the time. Amber gives you an unbridled (har!) look at the Hittite Horse Training Texts, which are much more than just Kikkuli (remember him?). After that, we veer from horsemanship to horse-man-’ship. First there’s a glimpse into the legal mind of the Hittites, and then some interesting commonalities across Indo-European societies and an overview of equine lives in antiquity. Ohhh neigh.
Links
These Asian hunter-gatherers may have been the first people to domesticate horses (Science)
Catalogue of Hittite Language (Konkordanz der heithitischen Keilschrifttafeln)
Hittite Laws (Law Collections from Mesopotamia and Asia Minor)
Hittites, Horses, and Corpses (The Early Nature of the Bible)
The Rise of Bronze Age Society: Travels, Transmissions and Transformations
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Just the Boyz: Clovis Organized Crime Syndicate (allegedly) - Ruins 53
The hosts discuss four hypotheses for the arrival of humans into the New World: Beringian Land Bridge, Coastal Highway, Solutrean, and Oceanic. They discuss the early Paleoindian site complexes such as Folsom and Clovis in which David (allegedly) reveals the existence of the Clovis Organized Crime Syndicate.
A large part of the episode centers around "pre-Clovis" sites and whether they would belong to the Coastal Highway or Solutrean hypotheses. According to Carlton, the Solutreans crossed the Atlantic to get that sweet, sweet Old Bay seasoning. #OldBayAllDay
We wrap up the show with a discussion about which hypotheses each host believes explains the archaeological record best.
Recommended Literature:
David J. Meltzer
2010 First Peoples in a New World: Colonizing Ice Age America
Dennis. J. Stanford, Bruce A. Bradley & Michael Collins
2013 Across Atlantic Ice: The Origin of America's Clovis Culture
Tom. D Dillehay
1997 Monte Verde: a Late Pleistocene settlement in Chile, Vol.2, The
Archaeological Context and Interpretation
Jon M. Erlandson et al.
2007 The Kelp Highway Hypothesis: Marine Ecology, the Coastal
Migration Theory, and the Peopling of the Americas
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Projectile-Pointed People in Rock Art - Rock Art 35
What? That's right. Arrowheads, or as archaeologists know them, projectile points, are sometimes carved or painted on rock as parts of people. In this episode we talk about projectile-pointed people and other depictions of projectile points in rock drawings.
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Chris Webster
Dr. Alan Garfinkel
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Quitting in Academia | When is it ok? Side note, it's always ok - Dig It 28
In this episode, we celebrate our 1 year anniversary! Yay! What a wild year it has been for everyone. We are so grateful for every one of you. We also have a heart-to-heart and discuss the process of quitting in academia, the pros and cons, and the thought process behind the academic pressures amidst a pandemic.
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Alyssa
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Critical Thinking, Old-timers, and COUNTING IS HARD - CRMArch 213
We discuss three different short topics on today's episode. Starting with the comments on a Facebook post regarding episode 212 we talk about the importance of reading an article or listening to a podcast before responding to a clip or the title of the social post. Next we discuss a listener suggestion about how to deal with people that came up in this industry in more difficult times and thinks you should too. Finally, we talk about the difficulty in accurately counting very large quantities of things.
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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Native Youth and Land Based Education - HeVo 50
On today’s podcast Jessica interviews Dr. Lindsey Schneider, Assistant Professor of Native American Studies in the Department of Ethnic Studies at Colorado State University. We dive deep into the Indigenous Science, Technology, Arts, & Resilience (ISTAR) Camp that she collaboratively developed with Indigenous community members in Fort Collins, the Poudre School District, Bohemian Foundation, CSU Access Center and Fort Collins Museum of Discovery. We talk about in depth about developing youth camps and other programs in general with Indigenous communities, especially in suburban or semi-urban areas. Finally we talk about continually adapting place based learning during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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Dr. Schneider: Lindsey.Schneider@colostate.edu
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Sorry to Barge In - Dirt 133
This week, Anna and Amber are playing catch-up after attending the SAA conference, recovering from vaccine shots, and life in general. We'll be taking the rest of April off for a short break. In the meantime, please enjoy a cleaned-up version of a Dirt After Dark episode where Anna treats Amber to the story of the Roman emperor Caligula's absurd pleasure boats on a tiny, tiny lake.
Links
Nemi Ships: How Caligula's Floating Pleasure Palaces Were Found and Lost Again (Discover)
Divers to scour lake for Emperor Caligula’s 2,000-year-old pleasure ship (Washington Post)
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Our Ruined Lives with Hip Hop M.D. - Ruins 52
In this episode, we are excited to chat with Maynard Okereke, who goes by the Science Communicator persona: Hip Hop M.D. Maynard is a Science Communicator, Entrepreneur, Engineer, and Digital Media Producer who tells us about his undergraduate journey at the University of Washington, his post-college career, and what inspired him to create Hip Hop Science.
Maynard is passionate about Science Communication and uses his knowledge of science to help inspire minorities and youth by bridging the gap between music, entertainment, and science - encouraging more diverse involvement in the S.T.E.M. fields.
Hip Hop Science website: https://www.hiphopscienceshow.com/
Instagram: @hiphopscienceshow
YouTube: Hip Hop Science
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Repatriation of the Benin Bronze with Neil Curtis - TAS 119
This is a special episode of The Archaeology Show hosted by Tristan Boyle.
Recently it was announced that a Benin Bronze, a statue head of an "Oba" or king, would be returned from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland to Nigeria.
Head of Special Collections, Neil Curtis describes the process of repatriating the item as well as what that means for other items in the collection.
Recently a number of books have been published that talk about the punitive expedition of 1897, where the British razed the city of Benin (modern day Nigeria) and looted various items from the people of Benin. Over the years, these cultural items were bought or taken into many museums, including the British Museum, National Museum of Scotland and Berlin Museum. Dan Hicks' recent book The Brutish Museums (Interviewed on Modern Myth) and Barnaby Philip's Loot both describe the violent removal of the Benin Bronzes by the British and where they are held today.
Neil, however, makes the point that repatriating items back to communities is not a reactive process, and that this item in question had been in discussion for a while.
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New methods for dating rock art with Kirk Astroth - Rock Art 34
In this week's episode, Dr. Alan Garfinkel interviews Kirk Astroth about new and innovative methods he used to date rock art for his masters thesis. Kirk used a combination of established methods and new technology to date panels containing prehistoric, historic, as well as modern rock art. He came to several interesting conclusions, as well as identified ways to continue developing this new direction in rock art dating.
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