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Oldest Art? A Nubian Cathedral, and the Temple of the Winged Lions - TAS 131

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Paul Zimmerman from the ArchaeoTech podcast joins Chris and Rachel on their archaeological project in the high desert of Nevada. We talk about a dubious piece of Neanderthal art - I mean, art is art, right? We also look at a Nubian cathedral that was recently excavated. Finally, Paul helps us understand the Temple of the Winged Lions at Petra. He's actually worked there!

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Fantastic Domesticates and Where to Find Them - New World - Ruins 66

We wrap up our animal domestication series with a discussion about animals that were domesticated in North and South America. We cover llamas, guinea pigs (so startled), turkey's and a few other domesticates that the three hosts didn't know about. Of course, there are plenty of South Park and Disney Movie references throughout the episode.

Literature Recommendations

  • Animal Domestication - Table of Dates and Places: How did we ever manage to domesticate so many animals? from thoughtco.com

  • Domestication - Domestication is the process of adapting wild plants and animals for human use. National Geographic Resource Library

  • American Museum of Natural History: Domestication Timeline

  • Serge Morand et al. 2014 "Domesticated animals and human infectious diseases of zoonotic origins: Domestication time matters" in Infection, Genetics and Evolution

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Field Season: The Indiana Jones Episode - Dirt 147

In this installment of Field Season, Amber and Anna take a trip to the semi-mythical world of cinematic archaeology. Who inspired the character of Dr. Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, Jr.? Did the Indiana Jones franchise leave a lasting impression on archaeology? Plus--we've got a whole roundup of fellas that likely influenced the American public's perception of what an explorer should look like.

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Venus figurines with Stephanie Haro - Rock Art 46

Alan brings on a guest to talk about a different sort of art today - objects that are commonly known as Venus Figurines. Were they early pronographic objects used to arouse men as the first archaeologists that discovered them thought or were they symbols of fertility and used as talismen to bring forth a good birth? Stephanie Haro has been studying these and she talks about them on this episode.

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76th Anniversary, WWII Potsdam Meeting. - Prof R. Hingley - Flipside 2

This episode turned out to be rather the diverse discussion, inspired by the 76th Anniversary of the WWII Potsdam Meeting, where the fate of Germany was decided by the Allied Powers and a whole country was physically divided. This includes everything from trying to define the differences between a border, boundary or frontier, to modern vs archaeological comparison, is Trump's Wall in anyway comparable to Hadrien's Wall... or is it just the disappointing cousin at the metaphorical dinner party? All of this is discussed with Prof R. Hingley, whose name has become quite synonymous with any and all research into the most famous frontier of all time, Hadrien's Wall.

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Intro/Outro Music - Creative Commons - "Fantasia Fantasia" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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POWER HUNGRY Devices and Vehicles - ArchaeoTech 159

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Methods in Indigenous Archaeology - HeVo 53

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On today’s podcast we have Carlton Shield Chief Gover back on the show. In addition to being a host of the A Life in Ruins and Sites Bites podcasts on the Archaeology Podcast Network, Carlton is also a PhD student at the University of Colorado, Boulder and a member of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma. We talk about the three podcasts he hosts and an upcoming volume on Indigenous Archaeology methods he is co-authoring with some of your favorite past Heritage Voices guests. He also talks about his efforts in work showing that Indigenous people in the US had horses before the historical records acknowledge and his recent work conducting interviews with elders on the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma. Finally we talk about museum accessibility and collaborations.

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Fantastic Domesticates and Where to Find them - Old World - Ruins 65

In this episode of A Life in Ruins podcast, The hosts have another off the rails discussion about domesticates. This time however, talking llamas, guinea pigs, camels, horses, goats, and dogs. You might notice that not all of them are Old World Domesticates. Honestly, you’ll just have to listen to the episode understand.

It is actually a very thoughtful and funny conversation about the idiosyncrasies of domestication, animal behavior, and how humans interact with animals.

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  • not Guns Germs and Steel

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Field Season with Allyson Blanck - Dirt 146

Anna and Amber are joined this week by Allyson Blanck, a Classical archaeologist and advocate for accessibility and inclusivity in the field. Learn about best practices for accommodating archaeologists with disabilities in the field, the changes that are already underway in the discipline, and how much farther we need to go. Plus, some excellent dog content and a discussion of ancient cranial surgery!

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Ancient Egyptian Tombs, Cave Lighting, and Turkey Bone Tattoos - TAS 130

We have three great news stories for you this week. First, we talk about an article from Smithsonian about ancient tombs in Egypt. Check out the documentary coming out in 2021! Next we look at an experimental archaeology article looking at three different cave lighting systems and their effectiveness. Finally, we look at the oldest tattooing tools ever found in North America.

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Obsidian studies and Coso rock art with Sandy Rogers - Rock Art 45

Sandy Rogers has master's degrees in both physics and archaeology. He's used this mix of talents in the development and use of obsidian dating techniques.

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The Importance and Future of Archaeology: a personal view with John Barrett - ArchandAle 40

Archaeology & Ale is a monthly series of talks presented by Archaeology in the City, part of the University of Sheffield Archaeology Department’s outreach programme. It's our honour to welcome Professor John Barrett speaking on the 'The Importance and Future of Archaeology: a personal view.' This talk took place on June 16th in-person and online via Google Meets.

John is an accomplished archaeologist with many decades of experience. He graduated from the University of Wales (University College Cardiff) and taught at the Universities of Leeds and Glasgow before joining the University of Sheffield in 1995.

John was appointed to a Chair in Archaeology in 2001, was Head of Archaeology 2002-2006, Dean of Arts 2007-2008, and Acting Head of Department of Biblical Studies 2009-2011. In 2005, he was invited as a Visiting Professor to the University of Heidelberg and has served on the various UK and overseas advisory boards in connection with commercial, museum and university-based archaeology. He is currently an Emeritus Professor at Sheffield's Department of Archaeology. John is currently involved in several research projects and writing programmes.

John continues to be interested in designing new archaeological methodologies that are theoretically sound and capable of empowering field archaeologists. He hopes that this will engage the wider community to participate in the archaeological investigation of historical processes.

In this talk, John will speak on his views about the future of commercial, academic, and community archaeology. In addition, he discusses the study's history and the contribution that archaeology can make to the ongoing climate crisis.

John Barrett, the Uni of Sheffield

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Profiling the Profession - CRMArch 218

We provide some pretty great advice on today’s episode. We focus on the UK study “Profiling the Profession” from Landward and it translates well to other states.

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Feeling it Out: Phenomenology - Dirt 145

How do we capture a sense of the experience of living in a landscape of the past? What did the past smell like? What did it feel like? How can we understand ancient people's mindsets, perceptions, intentions, and emotions? Will Anna end up deeply confused? Tune in to find out!

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Folsom Game Drive Blues with Kelton Meyer - Ruins 64

In this episode, we delve back into the Paleoindian period. We interview Kelton Meyer, a graduate student in anthropology at Colorado State University about his research on Folsom age game drives in the Rocky Mountains and the techniques he utilizes to analyze spatial relationships. The three hosts also chat with Kelton about his recent publications and research awards.

Literature Recommendations

  • David Meltzer: Folsom: New Archaeological Investigations of a Classic Paleoindian Bison Kill

  • Edwin Wilmsen and Frank Robert Jr.: Lindemeir Investigations

  • James Benedict: Arapaho Pass: Glacial geology and archeology at the crest of the Colorado Front Range

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Time Warped! Part Two: The Zooarchaeology of the Later Prehistoric - Animals 36

This is episode part 2 of our ‘Time Warped’ miniseries, covering the zooarchaeology of Britain across time. The instalment covers what is known as the Later Prehistoric Period, which spans from the Late Bronze Age to the Roman conquest. This episode’s case studies are Flag Fen and Carn Euny.

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  • Carn Euny Ancient Village

  • Iron Age to Roman settlement with incorporated fogou and adjacent post-medieval cottage at Carn Euny

  • Albarella, U. (2007) ‘The End of the Sheep Age: People and Animals in the Late Iron Age’, in Haselgrove, C. and Moore, T. (eds) The Later Iron Age in Britain and Beyond. Oxford: Oxbow Books, pp. 389–402.

  • Dobney, K. and Ervynyck, A. (2007) ‘To Fish or Not to Fish? Evidence for the Possible Avoidance of Fish Consumption During the Iron Age Around the North Sea’, in Moore, C. H. and Tom (eds) The Later Iron Age in Britain and Beyond.

  • Grant, A. (1989) ‘Economic or Symbolic? Animals and Ritual Behaviour’, in Garwood, P. et al. (eds) Sacred and Profane: Proceedings of a Conference on Archaeology, Ritual and Religion. Oxford: Oxford University Committee for Archaeology.

  • Maltby, M. et al. (2018) ‘Counting Roman Chickens: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Human-Chicken Interactions in Roman Britain’, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 19, pp. 1003–1015.

  • Serjeantson, D. (2007) ‘Intensification of Animal Husbandry in the Late Iron Age? The Contribution of Sheep and Pigs’, in Haselgrove, C. and Pope, R. (eds) The Earlier Iron Age in Britain and the Near Continent. Oxford: Oxbow Books, pp. 80–93.

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Nazca, Outside the Lines - Dirt 144

On this sponsored episode, Anna and Amber talk about the Nazca culture of coastal Peru. There's SO much more to talk about than the famous Nazca Lines. There's gorgeous ceramics, ingenious irrigation, trophy heads, cactus tripping, and much more!

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Fantastic Domesticates and Where to Find Them - Dogs - Ruins 63

For this episode of Just the Boyz, we kick off our series on animal domesticates, starting with the oldest known domesticated animal: the dog. We are fortunate to have David as a one of the hosts as he is one of the leading public scholars when it comes to the relationship between dogs and humans throughout human history. We chat about the earliest evidence for dog domestication, the leading theories behind Howe and why dogs were domesticated, and delve into a discussion about the Siberian Fox Domestication experiment and animal research ethics.

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1) "Dogs": Darcey Morey

2) "The Social Dog: Behavior and Cognition" Kominski and Marshall-Pescini

3) “Dogs: Archaeology Beyond Domestication" Bethke and Burtt

4) "Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know" Alexandra Horowitz

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New Humans, Buried Time Capsule, and a Shaman’s Snake Stick - TAS 129

This week we discuss three recent news articles about archaeology. First, potential new additions to the hominin evolutionary tree. Then, a CRM firm in South Carolina opens a time capsule from the mid 1800s. And finally, a carved wood staff is found in Finland and it may have belonged to a Shaman.

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Discovering Ancient Egypt in Minecraft with Charley - Dig It 33

In this episode, we talk about Egypt in Minecraft with a Minecraft connoisseur, Charley! Tune in as we talk about Egyptology, Minecraft, and even Avatar the Last Airbender.

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