This month we start a new 5 part mini series covering zooarchaeoogy through time. This episode focuses on the early prehistoric period (Palaeolithic - Early Bronze Age), where we’ll se the shift from hunting to farming and domestication. This episode’s case studies are Covesea Caves and Star Carr.Links http://www.starcarr.com/ https://coveseacavesproject.wordpress.com https://archaeology.co.uk/articles/news/investigating-the-isotopes-of-the-blick-mead-dog.htm Milner, N., Taylor, B., and Conneller, C. (2018) Star Carr Volume 1: A persistent place in a changing world. White Rose University Press. Milner, N., Taylor, B., and Conneller, C. (2018) Star Carr Volume 2: Studies in technology, subsistence and environment. White Rose University Press. Serjeantson, D. (2011) "Review of animal remains from the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age of Southern Britain." Spikins, P. (2000) Mesolithic Northern England :Environment, Population and Settlement. British Archaeological Reports British Series. Archaeopress. https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=80206&resourceID=19191 Contact Alex FitzpatrickTwitter: @archaeologyfitz Simona FalangaTwitter: @CrazyBoneLady Alex’s Blog: Animal Archaeology Music "Coconut - (dyalla remix)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2UiKoouqaY Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

Listeners, once again, life has come at us like a poorly written simile, so we're releasing a previous Patreon episode. And once again, we are so deeply grateful for your patience and support. Thank you for sticking with us. As an extension of March Madagascarness, we head back to the island with our (ill-fitting) primatology hats on. Anna put together a fun script about giant extinct lemurs, tiny not-extinct lemurs, and even creepy aye-aye fingers, but somehow Amber managed to have a full on meltdown about a lemur named Maki.Links Graveyard of Giant Lemurs Discovered Underwater in Madagascar (National Geographic) Human population boom led to Madagascar’s megafauna extinction: Study (Mongabay) A new interpretation of Madagascar's megafaunal decline: The “Subsistence Shift Hypothesis” (Journal of Human Evolution) The Aye-Aye and the Finger of Death (Pacific Standard) Scientists Discover New Species of Mouse Lemur (SciNews) Lemur Missing, Possibly Stolen, From San Francisco Zoo (NPR) ‘There’s a lemur!’ 5-year-old helps crack SF Zoo theft case (AP) ContactEmail the Dirt Podcast: [email protected] Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

In this episode, we are chatting with Dr. Jamie Goodall. Dr. Goodall is currently a staff historian at the U.S. Army Center of Military History and has just released a book about pirates. Her new book is titled, Pirates of the Chesapeake: From the Colonial Era to the Oyster Wars. We grapeshot her with questions about pirates and she enlightens us. So sharpen your sabers and load the muskets, and be prepared for this interview to be pirated across the internet.Literature Recommendations Why We Love Pirates: The Hunt for Captain Kidd and How He Changed Piracy Forever by Rebecca Simon Pirate Nests and the Rise of the British Empire, 1570–1740 by Mark G. Hanna National Geographic Pirates & Shipwrecks by Jamie L. Goodall Guest Contact Instagram and Twitter: @l_historienne Website: jamiegoodall.com Contact Email: [email protected] Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast Twitter: @alifeinruinspod Website: www.alifeinruins.com Links Website ALiRP Page Store Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

We have three articles for you today. The first is about current climate models and how they don't take archaeological information into consideration. For example, how many acres of food were grown per person in 1500 Europe verses China? Next we look at why pig and fish remains were in abundance in some ancient Judean settlements? Weren't they supposed to be Kosher? Finally, a paper that's still just an abstract suggests that coin makers in ancient Greece and Rome found it hard to make bronze dies.Links Archeologists Are Making a Push to Improve Climate Modeling What Archaeology Tells Us About the Ancient History of Eating Kosher - Smithsonian Magazine Link to paper in the Journal of the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University Model for ancient Greek and Roman coinage production - ScienceDirect Contact Chris Webster [email protected] Please Visit Our Sponsors!Archaeology Southwest Cafe: https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/things-to-do/cafe/ Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

Carlos Gallinger joins the podcast again as a Big Horn Sheep expert. He talks about modern migration patterns of the animal and how that can help archaeologists find petroglyphs and understand better the prehistoric people that hunted and revered them.LinksCalifornia Rock Art FoundationContact Chris Webster [email protected] Twitter: @archeowebby Dr. Alan Garfinkel [email protected] Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

We speak with Dr. Pawlowicz of Northern Arizona University about a recent paper he was involved in that used convolutional neural networks to classify ceramics in the American Southwest. There are a lot of applications to this technology and some people love it and some think it’s going to take the jobs of archaeologists.LinksHeritage Daily: “Archaeologists teach computers to sort ancient pottery”Contact Chris Webster Twitter: @archeowebby Email: [email protected] Paul Zimmerman Twitter: @lugal Email: [email protected] Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

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 ContactTwitter: @prehistpod Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

For this episode of Just the Boyz, the hosts attempt to discuss the events leading up to the American Revolution and the first year of the fight for America's Independence from the English Crown.Early on in this episode, you can tell that hosts have a lot to say without a really coherent plan as to how to say it. The guys are all over the place with this episode, but you can definitely get a sense of their passion for this topic.And yes, Carlton did mix up King George III with King George V. He's been binging The Crown recently.Literature recommendations: 1776 by David McCullough The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution by Bernard Bailyn Liberty's Daughters: The Revolutionary Experience of American Women, 1750-1800 by Mary Beth Norton The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution: Forgotten Black Heroes by William Cooper Nell Contact Email: [email protected] Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast Twitter: @alifeinruinspod Website: www.alifeinruins.com APN Links Website ALiRP Page Store Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

It's Amber's birthday episode! Since she loves historiography, we're taking it back to one of the earliest historians, Herodotus. How did he think about the past, and how did that influence historians who came after him? What did he get right, and what did he get wrong? What's up with that weird boat, those mummy enemas, the flying snakes, and the giant ants? Listen and find out!Links Herodotus (World History Encyclopedia) Guide to the classics: The Histories, by Herodotus (The Conversation) Herodotus (Livius.org) Herodotus’ Histories (Livius.org) The Histories (Perseus) From Herodotus to H-Net on WorldCat 2,500 Years Ago, Herodotus Described a Weird Ship. Now, Archaeologists Have Found it. (LiveScience) 10 Historical Facts That Herodotus Got Hilariously Wrong (Listverse) Herodotus on the gold-digging "ants" (Livius.org) The Winged Snakes of Arabia and the Fossil Site of Makhtesh Ramon in the Negev (Wiener Zeitschrift Für Die Kunde Des Morgenlandes, via JSTOR) Herodotus on the phoenix, on the horned serpent, and on winged snakes (Hyde and Rugg) DNA Boosts Herodotus’ Account of Etruscans as Migrants to Italy (The New York Times) Darius, Herodotus and the Scythians (British Museum Blog) The Real Amazons (New Yorker) ContactEmail the Dirt Podcast: [email protected] Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

Today’s podcast features Dr. Jenny Davis, a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation and an Associate Professor of Anthropology and American Indian Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbaana-Champaign. She is the director of the American Indian Studies Program and the 2019-2023 Chancellor's Fellow of Indigenous Research & Ethics. We get in depth on language revitalization, including the importance of context, resources for people interested in language revitalization, the challenge of evaluating results, and how the way we frame discussions of language revitalizations matters. Finally, we talk about how language intersects first with gender and sexuality and also with NAGPRA and repatriation.Links Talking Indian: Identity and Language Revitalization in the Chickasaw Renaissance Queer Excursions: Retheorizing Binaries in Language, Gender, and Sexuality Museums, Representation, and Intersectionality – Heritage Voices Episode 24 Meek, Barbra A. 2011. "Failing American Indian languages". American Indian Culture and Research Journal. 35 (2): 43-60. Failing American Indian Languages Collaborative Language (CoLANG) Institute Guest Contact [email protected] @ChickashaJenny Contact Jessica [email protected] @livingheritageA @LivingHeritageResearchCouncil Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

This week on The Archaeology Show, we discuss three exciting Archaeology Articles and News stories. First, two obsidian flakes from central Oregon have been found in an early Holocene settlement in Lake Huron. Second, an extensive cemetery in Poland gives the Wielbark civilization its name. And finally, researchers in Arizona have programmed a computer to sort pottery sherds faster and more consistently than humans can.Links Central Oregon obsidian from a submerged early Holocene archaeological site beneath Lake Huron The Goths, the Wielbark Culture and over 100 years of research on the eponymous site Archaeologists teach computers to sort ancient pottery Applications of deep learning to decorated ceramic typology and classification: A case study using Tusayan White Ware from Northeast Arizona Contact Chris Webster [email protected] Please Visit Our Sponsors!Archaeology Southwest Cafe: https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/things-to-do/cafe/ Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

Dr. Alan Garfinkel has studied animal-human headdresses in the eastern Mojave desert for much of his career. These items help shamans commune with the spirit world and show the people they support that prosperity is coming. What do these date to? What were they made of? All this and more on today's episode.LinksCalifornia Rock Art FoundationContact Chris Webster [email protected] Twitter: @archeowebby Dr. Alan Garfinkel [email protected] Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

In this episode, we discuss the completely normal (somewhat irrational fear) of having anxiety during public speaking. Sometimes it's difficult to maintain focus during a debate or when a teacher calls on you in class. Whether it be in an academic setting, work, or presenting at conferences, we want to reassure you that it is completely fine. Tune in!Links Gould, R. J. and P. J. Watson. 1982. A dialogue on the meaning and use of analogy in ethnoarchaeological reasoning. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 1:355-381 Wylie, A. 1982 An analogy by any other name is just as analogical: A commentary on the Gould-Watson dialogue. Journal of Anthropological Anthropology 1:382-401 Contact Show Twitter: @idigitpodcast Email: [email protected] Alyssa Instagram: aal.archaeology Twitter: Lyssakemi Michaela Instagram: mm_digitalized Twitter: m_mauriello Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

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 Maureen Carroll speaking on "Making Wine for the Emperor on the Roman Imperial Estate at Vagnari (Italy) with Maureen Carroll". This talk took place on Thursday, April 29th, 2021, online via Google Meets.Maureen is a Roman archaeologist whose key research interests are Roman burial practices, funerary commemoration, and Roman childhood and family studies. She headed up the British team participating in a large EU-funded multi-national project (DressID) on Roman textiles and clothing, her focus being on dress and identity in funerary portraits on the Rhine and Danube frontiers. A further area of interest is the topic of Roman garden archaeology, on which she has published extensively. More recently, Maureen has studied the role of women in votive religion in early Roman Italy.She has directed excavations in Germany, Italy, Tunisia, and Britain. Her current fieldwork project, funded by the British Academy/Leverhulme Trust, the Roman Society, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), and the Rust Family Foundation, is the exploration of a Roman rural estate in imperial possession from the first to the third century A.D. at Vagnari in Puglia (Italy).For more information about Archaeology in the City’s events and opportunities to get involved, please email [email protected] or visit our website at archinthecity.wordpress.com. You can also find us on Twitter (@archinthecity), Instagram (@archaeointhecity), or Facebook (@archinthecity)Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

Whether you are just living your life or you're the person in charge, we all have "projects" to manage and we need tools to get them done. What do our hosts use to keep multiple projects at a time on track and on budget? How do you deal with email, messaging, and calendars? Let us know the tools you use for project management.Links 5 AM Club Flip the Script Bullet Journal Hobonichi Techo Braintoss HBR Guide to Project Management Calendly Timeular Slack Trello Follow Our Panelists On TwitterBill @succinctbill; Doug @openaccessarch; Stephen @processarch; Bill A. @archaeothoughts; Chris W @Archeowebby, @DIGTECHLLC, and @ArchPodNetBlogs: Bill White: Succinct Research Doug Rocks-MacQueen: Doug’s Archaeology Stephen Wagner: Process - Opinions on Doing Archaeology Chris Webster: Random Acts of Science Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

In this edition of Our Ruined Lives, Morgan Kinney, a graduate student at Adams State University, joins the hosts to talk about his career in cultural resources management. Morgan is pursuing an M.A. in CRM, which provided an opportunity for the hosts to discuss the differences between a CRM-based M.A. and a general Anthropology M.A.We close the episode with a discussion on Morgan's experiences in Archaeology Sci-Comm through TikTok. Morgan's TikTok, archaeowolf, is one of the most engaged archaeology-centered accounts on the platform, and the hosts are curious about how Morgan combats against pseudo-science and how he addresses questions from the public. Also, Carlton goes on a tangent about Morgan's aircraft content.Guest’s literature recommendations:1) In Small Things Forgotten by James Deetz2) JSTOR - Yup, just JSTORGuest ContactInstagram: @archaeowolfTikTok: @archaeowolfContact Email: [email protected] Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast Twitter: @alifeinruinspod Website: www.alifeinruins.com Archaeology Podcast Network: Website ALiRP Page Store Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

We haven’t covered much archaeology from the Amazon Basin on the show, but this week, that changes! Instead of being the primitive groups early European explorers reported on, people lived in the Amazon Basin region for thousands of years by adapting to their landscape as well as modifying their environment to suit their needs! Somehow, we suspect that you, listeners, are not shocked.Links Amazon People (World Wildlife Fund) People of the Amazon (Ascent of the Amazon) Who Lives in the Amazon? (Amazon Aid Foundation) The Archaeology of Anthropogenic Impacts on the Amazon (Harvard University) The legacy of 4,500 years of polyculture agroforestry in the eastern Amazon (Nature Plants) Archaeologists find vast network of Amazon villages laid out like clock faces (LiveScience) Ancient farmers transformed Amazon and left an enduring legacy on the rainforest (ScienceDaily) Archaeologists Discover Some of the Amazon’s Oldest Human Burials (Smithsonian) Persistent Early to Middle Holocene tropical foraging in southwestern Amazonia (Science Advances) ContactEmail the Dirt Podcast: [email protected] Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

This week on The Archaeology show, we discuss 3 recently published Archaeology Articles and stories in the news. First, Neanderthals are back in the news, again! It seems like there is something new about Neanderthals, and this time it is the discovery of 9 individuals with gnawed bones found in an Italian cave. Second, new research uses chemistry to identify beer and wine residue in ancient Sicilian jars. And finally, new research looking at the diet composition of ancient humans, as compared with modern humans.Links Gnawed bones of 9 Neanderthals found in Italian cave How Scientists and Archeologists Trace Beer and Wine through Antiquity Chemical evidence for the persistence of wine production and trade in Early Medieval Islamic Sicily A global carbon and nitrogen isotope perspective on modern and ancient human diet ContactChris Webster [email protected] Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

Bighorn sheep were and are a major source of food, religion, and spirituality in many parts of the Americas. Dr. Garfinkel has study rock art and shamanism in the Coso range of southeastern California and the surrounding area and has a lot to say on this topic.LinksCalifornia Rock Art FoundationContact Chris Webster [email protected] Twitter: @archeowebby Dr. Alan Garfinkel [email protected] Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

Dr. Jesse Tune joins Chris and Paul to talk about their favorite subject: Drones! Don't play the drinking game on this one. We can't be held responsible! Anyway, Dr. Tune has a fantastic program that actually prepares his students to pass the FAA Part 107 exam and teaches them about using the right tool for the right job.Dr. Tune is a prehistoric archaeologist who studies Ice Age human migrations and the colonization of new landscapes. His research focuses on investigating the relationships between humans and the environment – specifically how humans adapt to new or changing environments. His current research involves documenting the early human occupation of the Colorado Plateau, investigating lithic technology in the Southeast United States, and studying how humans adapt to resource accessibility.Contact Chris Webster Twitter: @archeowebby Email: [email protected] Paul Zimmerman Twitter: @lugal Email: [email protected] Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

This week, Anna and Amber celebrate some of the lesser-known mummies of the world. Amber shares her hometown mummies, while Anna spins the stories of a smoke-dried philosopher, a legendary Lama, and...a winery? Plus, one Egyptian mummy thrown in for good measure.Links Jeremy Bentham (Crime Museum) English Philosopher’s Dressed-Up Skeleton Goes on View in New Glass Display (Smithsonian) Jeremy Bentham's Auto-Icon (Atlas Obscura) Jeremy Bentham’s Head Is Coming Out of Its Box and Under the Microscope (Atlas Obscura) Nightmarish mummies attracting curious to rural Philippi (West Virginia Explorer) Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum The Mystery Behind Russia's Buddhist "Miracle" (The Culture Trip) Ivolginsky Datsan (Atlas Obscura) Summum Pyramid (Atlas Obscura) First-known pregnant mummy discovered (Live Science) ContactEmail the Dirt Podcast: [email protected] Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

This week we discuss three interesting archaeology stories in the news. First, new dating techniques are used to date Laos' field of jars. Then, we discuss the oldest known homo sapien burial found in Africa. Finally, excavations of mustatils in Saudi Arabia shed some light on what these structures were used for.Links Archaeologists finally uncovered some of the mystery behind Laos’s Plain of Jars Dating the megalithic culture of laos: Radiocarbon, optically stimulated luminescence and U/Pb zircon results Africa's Oldest Human Burial Site These mysterious stone structures in Saudi Arabia are older than the pyramids The mustatils: cult and monumentality in Neolithic north-western Arabia Contact Chris Webster [email protected] Please Visit Our Sponsors!Archaeology Southwest Cafe: https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/things-to-do/cafe/ Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

This episode is a bit different. Dr. Garfinkel discusses and sketches his latest unpublished research into some new and rather revolutionary interpretations of Coso rock art. Coso rock art is located in eastern California and represents some of the greatest concentrations of rock art in the entire Western Hemisphere. It is surprisingly realistic and representational. We will dive into ancient archaic Utoaztecan religious thought and look at the relationships between Coso the American Southwest and into Mesoamerica!LinksCalifornia Rock Art FoundationContact Chris Webster [email protected] Twitter: @archeowebby Dr. Alan Garfinkel [email protected] Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

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!Links Lizzie Wade Article about the SAA SAA Statement IAC Statement Dr. Kisha Supernaut Contact Show Twitter: @idigitpodcast Email: [email protected] Alyssa Instagram: aal.archaeology Twitter: Lyssakemi Michaela Instagram: mm_digitalized Twitter: m_mauriello Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

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/KimAtiWagnerWilliam Dalrymple - The Anarchy - http://www.williamdalrymple.uk.com/books/the-anarchy

On today's show Chris and Bill talk about CRM Reports. In response to a previous episode an APN member had some things to say about our comments regarding reports. Is boiler plate OK? What's the future of reporting look like - or should it look like?Follow Our Panelists On TwitterBill @succinctbill; Doug @openaccessarch; Stephen @processarch; Bill A. @archaeothoughts; Chris W @Archeowebby, @DIGTECHLLC, and @ArchPodNetBlogs: Bill White: Succinct Research Doug Rocks-MacQueen: Doug’s Archaeology Stephen Wagner: Process - Opinions on Doing Archaeology Chris Webster: Random Acts of Science Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

Following a listener’s request, this month’s episode is all about the skeletal morphology of Pokemon. Learn more about oviparous ghosts, witness Simona’s confusion at the concept, and entertain the idea that Gyrados is actually Jörmungandr.Links Bulbugarden Sword and Shield Fossil Pokemon 12 Pokemon inspired by historicla events Guardians, Gods, Or Geodudes? Pokemon And Battling Animals Piltdown Hoax Pig statues in Bath Contact Alex FitzpatrickTwitter: @archaeologyfitz Simona FalangaTwitter: @CrazyBoneLady Alex’s Blog: Animal Archaeology Music "Coconut - (dyalla remix)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2UiKoouqaY Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

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: Wyoming State Archaeology Fair on YouTube Wyoming State Archaeology Website Contact For Guest: (Twitter, email, etc.):Google Dr. Spencer Pelton, Wyoming State ArchaeologistContact Email: [email protected] Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast Twitter: @alifeinruinspod Website: www.alifeinruins.com Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

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 Old Copper Culture (Milwaukee Public Museum) Ancient Native Americans were among the world’s first coppersmiths (Science) On the Timing of the Old Copper Complex in North America: A Comparison of Radiocarbon Dates From Different Archaeological Contexts (Radiocarbon) Miners Left a Pollution Trail in the Great Lakes 6000 Years Ago (Eos) Copper mining on Isle Royale 6500– 5400 years ago identified using sediment geochemistry from McCargoe Cove, Lake Superior (The Holocene, via ResearchGate) Mining on Minong: Copper Mining on Isle Royale (Michigan History) Understanding the copper heart of volcanoes: Scientists find link between volcanism and the formation of copper ore (Science Daily) How Cold Working Strengthens Metal (ThoughtCo) The exceptional abandonment of metal tools by North American hunter-gatherers, 3000 B.P. (Scientific Reports) An Exercise in Poo-Tility: Scientist Tries to Make a Knife Out of Poop (Mental Floss) Review: How Not to (Re)Write World History: Gavin Menzies and the Chinese Discovery of America (Journal of World History) 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) ContactEmail the Dirt Podcast: [email protected] Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

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.Guest's 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 Guest Contact Carlton Shield Chief Gover: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pawnee_archaeologist Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/PaniArchaeology email: [email protected] Kay Mattena Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oh_kay13 Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/MattenaKay email: [email protected] 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 Contact Email: [email protected] Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast Twitter: @alifeinruinspod Website: www.alifeinruins.com Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

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.Links Archaeological Investigation of the Carriage House, Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Archaeological Investigations at the Tower Stairhall, Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Archaeological Monitoring of A Structural Engineering Study of the Retaining Walls at Independence Square Archaeological Report on the Investigation of a Brick Vault Catchment "Cistern Number 2," Beneath the Cement Floor Basement of Old City Hall Archaeological Survey Report, Area F, Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Dock Creek Archaeology Archaeological Project 13 Recommendations Neolithic grind stone ploughed up in Orkney Contact Chris Webster [email protected] Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

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.LinksCalifornia Rock Art FoundationContact Chris Webster [email protected] Twitter: @archeowebby Dr. Alan Garfinkel [email protected] Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

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.Links Interview w/ Wesley Weatherbee Wesley Weatherbee's project Chris and Paul's recording in DC Contact Chris Webster Twitter: @archeowebby Email: [email protected] Paul Zimmerman Twitter: @lugal Email: [email protected] Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

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 ContactTwitter: @prehistpod

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. #OldBayAllDayWe 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 Contact Email: [email protected] Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast Twitter: @alifeinruinspod Website: www.alifeinruins.com Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

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 Contact Chris Webster [email protected] Please Visit Our Sponsors!Archaeology Southwest Cafe: https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/things-to-do/cafe/ Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

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 Kikkuli (International Museum of the Horse) Mitanni (Livius) These Asian hunter-gatherers may have been the first people to domesticate horses (Science) The Kikkuli Text. Hittite Training Instructions for Chariot Horses in the Second Half of the 2nd Millennium B.C. and Their Interdisciplinary Context 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 Ancient origins of horsemanship (Equine Veterinary Journal) Horse Gear from Hasanlu (Expedition) ContactEmail the Dirt Podcast: [email protected] Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

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.LinksCalifornia Rock Art FoundationContact Chris Webster [email protected] Twitter: @archeowebby Dr. Alan Garfinkel [email protected] Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

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.Links It's ok to quit your PhD: Three Questions to ask yourself before quitting your PhD Why you should quit your PhD Should I quit my PhD? Contact Show Twitter: @idigitpodcast Email: [email protected] Alyssa Instagram: aal.archaeology Twitter: Lyssakemi Michaela Instagram: mm_digitalized Twitter: m_mauriello Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

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 TwitterBill @succinctbill; Doug @openaccessarch; Stephen @processarch; Bill A. @archaeothoughts; Chris W @Archeowebby, @DIGTECHLLC, and @ArchPodNetBlogs: Bill White: Succinct Research Doug Rocks-MacQueen: Doug’s Archaeology Stephen Wagner: Process - Opinions on Doing Archaeology Chris Webster: Random Acts of Science Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

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.Links Article about Dr. Schneider, the ISTAR Camp, and other CSU professors on topics of Racism and Inclusion Fort Collins Museum of Discovery Website Guest Contact InfoDr. Schneider: [email protected] Jessica [email protected] @livingheritageA @LivingHeritageResearchCouncil Please Visit Our SponsorsArchaeology Southwest Cafe: https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/things-to-do/cafe Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

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) A missing mosaic from Caligula’s ship served as a coffee table in NYC home for 45 years (The Vintage News) ContactEmail the Dirt Podcast: [email protected] Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

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: @hiphopscienceshowYouTube: Hip Hop ScienceContact Email: [email protected] Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast Twitter: @alifeinruinspod Website: www.alifeinruins.com Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

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.Links The University of Aberdeen's Museums News Article about repatriation Neil Curtis Contact Chris Webster [email protected] Please Visit Our Sponsors!Archaeology Southwest Cafe: https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/things-to-do/cafe/ Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

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.LinksCalifornia Rock Art FoundationContact Chris Webster [email protected] Twitter: @archeowebby Dr. Alan Garfinkel [email protected] Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

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 Chris Corker speaking on "Making the Armaments Centre of the World (1860-1914)". This talk took place on Thursday, March 25th, 2021, online via Google Meets.Chris is a business historian and lecturer in Management at the York Management School. He has researched the steel and armaments industry in Sheffield for over a decade and is now branching into research on the metalworking industries in the Hallamshire area from the late 13th Century to the present. He completed his PhD in business history at Sheffield Hallam University in December 2016, titled ‘The Business and Technology of the Sheffield Armaments Industry 1900-1930’. The following year he was awarded the annual Coleman Prize for excellence in new business history research by the Association of Business Historians for his doctoral work. In 2019 he was awarded an Emerald Literati award for his work in the Journal of Management History, and in 2020 was awarded a Vice Chancellors Teaching Award from the University of York for an outstanding contribution to teaching and learning. On Remembrance Sunday in 2018 Chris curated the ‘Sheffield’s Great War’ event at the Sheffield City Hall Memorial Hall in aid of the Royal British Legion, and also worked as an advisor to the ‘Made in Great Britain’ series which aired the same year on BBC2. In the last two years Chris has presented research on Sheffield steel and armaments companies at international business and economic history conferences in Montreal, Canada; Oklahoma City, USA; Detroit, USA; Jyvaskyla, Finland; and across the UK.For more information about Archaeology in the City’s events and opportunities to get involved, please email [email protected] or visit our website at archinthecity.wordpress.com. You can also find us on Twitter (@archinthecity), Instagram (@archaeointhecity), or Facebook (@archinthecity)Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

Chris and Paul discuss visiting one of the most well-known archaeological sites in the world: Chichen Itza in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. What can you expect to see? What should you do when you get there? What should you do before you go? We also talk about what sort of field cameras are the best that aren't smartphones or tablets.Contact Chris Webster Twitter: @archeowebby Email: [email protected] Paul Zimmerman Twitter: @lugal Email: [email protected] Video: https://youtu.be/Zz2GsysrHq0Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

In this episode, we chat with Chris Rowe, a returning guest who originally appeared in Episode 12. We begin by catching up with him on his life and his work situation through Covid. After that, we talk about the potential of an archaeology trade school while also discussing the CRM and academic divide. Chris and the cohosts delve deeply into the curation crisis, what it is, what are some contributors to this crisis and ultimately suggestions on how future archaeologists can change the status quo in regards to curation.Video: https://youtu.be/hxDI6b4Z8ccContact For Guest: (Twitter, email, etc.):Chris’s Instagram: @crowemagnon.manChris Rowe’s literature recommendations:The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Fifth Beginning: What Six Million Years of Human History Can Tell Us about Our Future by Robert L. KellyContact Email: [email protected] Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast Twitter: @alifeinruinspod Website: www.alifeinruins.com Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular