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Indigenous New England Tattooing Practices with Rebekah Lamb - Ruins 90

In this episode, Carlton does a solo interview with Rebekah Lamb. Rebekah is pursuing her Bachelor's degree in Cultural Anthropology and Developmental Sociology and minoring in Archaeology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam-Zuidoost. Rebekah belongs to the Abenaki Tribe of the Wabanaki Confederacy as well as being a descendant of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Carlton and Rebekah talk about her research on Abenaki tattoo practices through apprenticeship ethnography, studying both the historical and contemporary significance and the revival of traditional tattooing culture within New England Indigenous tribes. We also discuss the challenges facing New England Indigenous Nation's cultural practices and history, issues of blood-quantum, decolonizing academia.

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  • Drawing with Great Needles by Aaron Deter-Wolf and Carol Diaz-Granados

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The Sumerian Site of Lagash with Paul Zimmerman - Ep 153

Dr. Paul Zimmerman, also a host of the ArchaeoTech Podcast, is working with a team that's investigating the ancient city of Lagash in Iraq. We talk about the history of Lagash and it's place in the chronology of the area. We also talk about what the team hopes to find and what questions they hope to answer in the coming field seasons. For a more technical discussion of what Dr. Zimmerman is doing at Lagash check out the ArchaeoTech episode below.

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New methods for dating rock art with Kirk Astroth (ARCHIVE) - Rock Art 64

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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Mobile GIS Solutions - Ruins 170

Over the summer Paul had experience with a couple different tablet-based GIS solutions. They're some of the most popular on the market. What were his impressions of those and are the suitable for the project he's working with in Iraq? We discuss those and more on today's episode.

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The Hitchhikers: the animals we didn’t really want to take with us but life, uh, finds a way (ARCHIVE) - Animals 42

What do the black rat and the grain weevil have in common? Learn more about the species mankind has ‘accidentally’ introduced, many now regarded as pests. Discover enchanting creatures such as the killer shrimp, and a beetle’s favourite past time.

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Serpent Imagery in Rock Art with Dr. Alan Garfinkel - TAS 152

This is a special presentation from the Rock Art Podcast. On this episode Dr. Alan Garfinkel tells us about snake and serpent imagery in rock art. What does it look like and what could it mean?

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Pâripakûru’ with Zach Rice and Taylor Moore - Ruins 89

In this special four-part episode we are joined by Zach Rice and Taylor to talk about how they are working on the reawakening of the Pawnee language. Both Zach and Taylor are citizens of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma and grew up in Pawnee, Oklahoma. We talk about growing up in Pawnee, where they went to school, what inspired them to pursue M.A.'s in Linguistic Anthropology at the University of Oklahoma. We dive into their M.A. Theses research, the relationships between Northern Caddoan Languages, working with the Pawnee Nation on the Pawnee Language Program, the challenges they face, and their goals for Pawnee language.

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  • "A Dictionary of Skiri Pawnee" by Douglas R. Parks & Lula Nora Pratt

  • "We Still Live Here" a film by Anne Makepeace

  • "Bringing Our Languages Home: Langauge Revitalization for Families" by Leanne Hinton

  • "The languages of native North America" by Marianne Mithun

  • Volume 13 of the Handbook of North American Indians: Plains by Smithsonian Press

  • Volume 17 of the Handbook of North American Indians: Languages by Smithsonian Press

  • "When Languages Die" by K. David Harrison

  • "The Language Warrior's Manifesto: How to Keep Our Languages Alive No Matter the Odds" by Anton Treuer

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Neanderthalk with "Kindred" Author Dr. Rebecca Wragg Sykes (113) - Dirt 170

We hope you enjoy this great interview from the archives. If you're doing cool research, and want to talk about it on the show, drop us a note at thedirtpodcast@gmail.com!

Anna and Amber sit down with Dr. Rebecca Wragg Sykes, Paleolithic archaeologist and author of the book "Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death, and Art." We talk about Rebecca's education and her love for all things ancient, and she resolves some common misconceptions about our Neanderthal cousins. "Kindred" just came out in the States, so pick up a copy of your very own for an amazing synthesis of current Neanderthal knowledge.

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Serpent Imagery in Rock Art - Rock Art 63

There are a lot of images in rock art around the world. Some, though, keep coming back no matter where you are. One of those things is SNAKES. That’s right. Snakes or serpents have been depicted in numerous ways in rock art. On today’s episode, Dr. Garfinkel tells us his experience with these images and what they could mean.

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How to build experience in CRM - CRM Arch 229

Even though the market is ripe and hobs are not difficult to find and acquire, that will not always be the case and possessing a well-rounded and marketable skill set is essential to long term success in CRM. On this episode we talk about how to build your skill sets. What jobs should you take? Which should you not take?

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Oh, Nice - Dirt 169

We're closing out the year with a cozy episode about heartwarming things in the archaeological record. That’s right, we’re just going to find examples of nice things that people did and made in the past and tell you all about them. It’s a little year’s-end treat for us all. There's some discussion of Dads Being Dads, some loud opinions from Anna's neighbor's dog, and an all around good time.

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Annual Performance Review with Chris Webster - Ruins 88

It's that time of the year again, Archaeology Podcast Network Director Chris Webster joins the lads for their annual "Performance Review". This episode doesn't cover much archaeology content but how the ongoing pandemic has affected the APN, what 2022 holds for the network, and how this podcast has been performing over the past year. Now, the annual review wouldn't be complete without Chris roasting Carlton, Connor, and David over their podcasting "ticks".

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Shipwrecks, a rediscovered cemetery and Neanderthals - TAS 151

This week we have 3 interesting archaeology news stories. First, researchers have discovered 2 well preserved shipwrecks off the coast of Ceasarea that are from two different time periods, but very close together on the sea floor. Second, a forgotten African American cemetery has been re-discovered under a parking lot and building in Clearwater Florida. And finally, new research shows that Neanderthals may have had a bigger impact on the Pleistocene landscape than we previously thought.

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ENCORE Rock Art, Science, and Religion with Dr. Tirtha Mukhopadhyay - Rock Art 62

ENCORE: On this episode we talk to Dr. Tirtha Mukhopadhyay about his career in rock art. From his homeland of Calcutta, India, to continued graduate studies in Texas, and his current research working out of Guanajuato University in Mexico. They take a deep dive into the mysteries surrounding the relationships of science and religion. Our guest scholar provides up to date thinking on how our minds process images and create emotions relating to our understanding of deities. We delve into just what rock art images mean and how they affect the emotional states of its viewers. Finally, we provide some working hypotheses on what those animal-human figures depicted in prehistoric rock art communicate in terms of their compound metaphors as shamans, ancestors, and deities.

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95th Anniversary, Agatha Christie Disappears For 11 Days - Flipside 7

Episode 7 - 95th Anniversary, Agatha Christie Disappears For 11 Days. (3rd December 1926)

It is quite common for mystery to be associated with the festive season, in particular, adaptions of Agatha Christie's famous work have had a place as Christmas reading or nowadays watching since they were first published. This is a tradition which holds today with my own family and in honor of the season we want to share it with you! This episode is luckily then inspired by the 95th Anniversary of the most mysterious event in Christie's own life, her disappearance for 11 days whereupon she reappeared with apparent amnesia, on 3rd December 1926. But how is archaeology involved... well, in quite a few ways actually, Christie was a pretty brilliant archaeologist-in-training, was married to a professional archaeologist, was a fixture at many Middle and Near Eastern sites, and wrote quite a bit of insightful narrative surrounding archaeology in her fiction novels. Joining me this episode is Dr. Rebecca Mills a lecturer in Communications and English at the University of Bournemouth, also Agatha Christie aficionado. From my family to yours, Merry Christmas, Yule, or simply Happy Holiday Season, may next year be utterly brilliant for all of you!

Dr. Mills has rather brilliantly also provided a further reading list below:

Graphic biography: The Real Life of Agatha Christie, by Anne Martinetti and Guillaume Lebeau, illustrated by Alexandre Franc, translated by Edward Gauvin (SelfMadeHero, 2016)

J.C. Bernthal, Queering Agatha Christie: Revisiting the Golden Age of Detective Fiction (Palgrave 2016)

Christopher Prior, 'An Empire Gone Bad: Agatha Christie, Anglocentrism and Decolonization' in Cultural and Social History: The Journal of the Social History Society Volume 15:2 (2018)

More about Christie's young women: Merja Makinen, Agatha Christie: Investigating Femininity (Palgrave 2006)

Rebecca Mills and J.C. Bernthal, editors, Agatha Christie Goes to War (Routledge 2021)

More about Death on the Nile and Appointment with Death: Brittain Bright and Rebecca Mills, 'The Revelations of the Corpse: Interpreting the Body in the Golden Age Detective Novel' in New Perspectives on Detective Fiction

Mystery Magnified, edited by Casey Cothran and Mercy Cannon (Routledge 2015)

Brittain Bright, Beyond the scene of the crime : investigating place in Golden Age detective fiction (Doctoral Dissertation, Goldsmiths University 2015) https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.650408

Nadia Atia has a forthcoming chapter on Orientalism in Christie's work in the forthcoming Bloomsbury Handbook to Agatha Christie (November 2022)

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Muons and More - Ep 169

Chris and Paul discuss a couple recent articles. One describes the use of muons as a non-invasive technique for looking inside solid objects, and the other discusses the authors’ R project for visualizing chronology. They might not seem related, but both articles predict exciting advancements in archaeology.

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Land Acknowledgements and Catching Up with Anna Cordova - HeVo 58

On today’s podcast Jessica catches up with Heritage Voices Episode 8 guest Anna Cordova, Lead Archaeologist for the city of Colorado Springs (although, to be clear, she is not representing the city with this interview). Anna is also Chairman on the Board of Trustees of the non-profit Jessica co-founded, Living Heritage Research Council. First, we talk about what Anna has been up to since her episode, including her role on the award winning Palmer trash discovery archaeology project at Garden of the Gods. Then we move into Land Acknowledgements. What are they, how can they be improved, and how important are they? We close out by talking about various ways you can make a positive impact with Indigenous communities regardless of whether you do a land acknowledgement, including donating, board or volunteer service, buying from tribal enterprises, visiting and financially supporting tribal parks, museums, and community centers, etc.

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How Long Ago Was the Past? - Dirt 168

When does “The Past” start, and how far back does it go? How long did it take people to get places in the past? How do we attempt to hold the vastness of time and geography in our minds? Not well, especially in an audio medium, but we’re excited to blow your minds.

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Battlefield Archaeology with Ray Sumner - Ep 87

In this episode we are joined by Ray Sumner, a Ph.D. candidate in Anthropology at Colorado State University. Ray was a career U.S. Army officer prior to pursuing his Ph.D. in Anthropology, he reflects on his military experience and how it has shaped his research on Plains Indian Warfare during the late 19th century. Ray and Carlton find out they share a collegiate organization, we discuss the significance of Ray, and we conclude the episode with a conversation about Ray's continuing work for the Department of Defense's POW/MIA Accounting Agency.

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  • Battlespace 1865: Archaeology of the Landscapes, Strategies, and Tactics of the North Platte Campaign, Nebraska (American Landscapes) by Doug Scott, Peter Bleed, and Amanda Renner.

  • Archaeological Insights into the Custer Battle: An Assessment of the 1984 Field Season by Doug Scott and Richard Fox, Jr.

  • A Sacred People: Indigenous Governance, Traditional Leadership and the Warriors of the Cheyenne Nation” and “A Sovereign People: Indigenous Nationhood, Traditional Law and the Covenants of the Cheyenne Nation by Leo Killsback.

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Muons and the Terracotta Army, Mesolithic Baby burial and Pseudoscience in Jordan - TAS 150

This week we discuss three very different archaeological news stories! First, archaeologists in China plan to use Muons to “see” inside the unopened and presumably un-looted tomb of China’s first Emperor Qin Shi Huang. His tomb is protected by the famed Terracotta Army, but has remained unopened due to preservation concerns. The second article is about a European Mesolithic baby burial, and the great care with which she was buried. Finally, we head over to Jordan to learn about recent research that was twisted to “prove” the story of the city of Sodom in the Bible, and how this is dangerous pseudoscience that damages the archaeology of the area.

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