In this episode, we chat with public archaeologists, Erin Haycock! We virtually sit down and chat about her research interests, venture into her Masters program in Utah, and what we can do to utilize and bring awareness to public and community archaeology.Recorded: 03/15/2021Links http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS4I6_qDgnsDFbehcnkCYiQ/videos Utah Cultural Site Stewardship website SHPO public archaeology website Digging It Spotify Playlist: CD-ROM game Alyssa mentions: https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-cluefinders-4th-grade-adventures-the-puzzle-of-the-pyramid Contact Show Twitter: @idigitpodcast Email: [email protected] Alyssa Instagram: aal.archaeology Twitter: Lyssakemi Michaela Instagram: mm_digitalized Twitter: m_mauriello Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

Is it necessary or beneficial to get a phD? A masters degree is often required to advance your career in CRM, but is it necessary to go all the way to a PhD? On this episode, the crew discusses PhD programs for CRM professionals; their shortcomings, as well as the beneficial skills that can be learned. Join Masters Heather and Stephen as they discuss this topic with Doctors Bill and Doug.Links“Death (& Rebirth) Of A PhD” A Cheeky Scientist DocumentaryFollow 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

This month’s episode focuses on the creatures of the Assassin's Creed franchise. Unlike our previous video game episodes, where we reconstruct the morphology of fantasy creatures, we will explore the depiction of extant and extinct fauna in the historical reconstructions which form the basis of this video game franchise.Links Assasins Creed Fandom Great Auk in Assasins Creed 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, we are chatting with Dr. Jesse Tune, Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Fort Lewis College. Now, this isn’t the first time Dr. Tune has been a guest on the Podcast, he first joined us on Episode 37 with Dr. Shane Miller where we talked about some recent updates on the Cerutti Mastodon Site. For this episode, Jesse tells us about his introduction to archaeology, his graduate school experiences (Carlton and Jesse talk about D.C. living), and his current research in Paleoindian archaeology.Dr. Tune's Twitter: @jwtuneHunter Gatherer Research Collaborative & LabLiterature Reccomendations Jesse W. Tune 2020 Hunter-Gatherer Occupation of the Central Colorado Plateau during the Pleistocene-Holocene Transition. American Antiquity. 85(3):573-590. Heather L. Smith and Jesse W. Tune (editors) 2019 Fluted Point Technologies: An Interregional Perspective. PaleoAmerica 5(2):105-108. Jesse W. Tune, Michael R. Waters, Kayla Schmalle, Larisa R. G. DeSantis, George D. Kamenov. 2018 Assessing the Proposed Pre-LGM Human Occupation of North America at Coats-Hines-Litchy, Tennessee, and Other Sites. Quaternary Science Reviews 186:47-59. D. Shane Miller and Jesse W. Tune. 2018 When the Levee Breaks: How an Ant Hill and a Deer on a Mound Made Us Re-Think the Effect of the Younger Dryas. In The Archaeology of Everyday Matters, edited by S. E. Price and P. J. Carr, pp. 14-23. University Press of Florida. Jesse W. Tune 2016 The Clovis-Cumberland-Dalton Succession: Settling into the Midsouth United States During the Pleistocene-to-Holocene Transition. PaleoAmerica 2(3):261-273. Contact Email: [email protected] Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast Twitter: @alifeinruinspod Website: www.alifeinruins.com Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

Recently, Anna and Amber sat down with Rachel Watkins, a biological anthropologist and scholar-activist whose research centers on social and biological histories of Black Americans in the 19th and 20th centuries. Learn about the social history of biological anthropology, the exemplary case studies with which Dr. Watkins has worked, why you shouldn't discount the creepy things small children sometimes do, and so much more!Links Rachel Watkins Faculty Profile (American University) Rachel J. Watkins on ResearchGate The Mismeasure of Man (WW Norton) The Cobb Collection (W. Montague Cobb Research Laboratory) Watch Now! African Diasporic Activist Scholarship: Beyond the Enlightenment, Toward the Democratization of Science (Wenner-Gren Blog) Science and Freedom (Washington History) ContactEmail the Dirt Podcast: [email protected] Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

Risk Management is something you don't hear a lot about in smaller CRM firms. However, no matter the size, all companies should manage and record hazards and trend on incidents. Dr. Bill White of the CRM Archaeology Podcast and the University of California at Berkeley joins us to talk about his paper on risk management, just published in the March 2021 issue of SAA Advances.Links White, William A III, "Applying Risk Management Concepts from CRM and d the Outdoor Recreation Industry" SAA Advances, March 2021 Bill's Blog, Succinct Research Dr. Bill White at UCB The Video of the Podcast on Youtube: https://youtu.be/RaVavXVLCUcContact Chris Webster Twitter: @archeowebby Email: [email protected] Paul Zimmerman Twitter: @lugal Email: [email protected] Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

Anna and Amber bring you some bonus April foolery in the form of spooky cursed objects and haunted places. What's up with the Victorians and their creepy parlor displays? Can physics explain a haunted statue? Who asked Alexander Graham Bell about any of this? Apologies if the sound quality is different for this one, friends--Anna's laptop might've had an April Fools' curse of its own going on!Links Spinning statue at Manchester museum (Manchester Evening News) 10 Haunted Museums (ArtNet) Are Ghosts Haunting the British Museum? (The Economist) Creepy Museum Object Challenge (Smithsonian Magazine) ContactEmail the Dirt Podcast: [email protected] Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

Amber and Anna discuss some of the different rituals, ceremonies, and traditions associated with coming of age in cultures around the world and throughout time. From tossing baby teeth up to the roof to tying a vine to your ankles and jumping off a wooden tower, it's all fascinating.Links Young People's Conceptions of the Transition to Adulthood (Youth & Society) Voice Changes for Boys During Puberty (Very Well Family) Right–left and the scrotum in Greek sculpture (Laterality, via ResearchGate) 13 Amazing Coming of Age Traditions From Around the World (Global Citizen) Rite of Passage (Cultural Anthropology) The Excruciating Bullet Ant Glove Test Of The Mawé People (All That’s Interesting) What It's Like to Get Stung by the World's Most Painful Insect (Esquire) Seijin No Hi: Celebrating Japanese Youth’s Rite of Passage (Savvy Tokyo) Meet Vanuatu's land-diving daredevils, who inspired bungee jumping (CNN Travel) Coming of Age Rituals (Hudson County Community Colleges Libraries) Girling the girl and boying the boy: the production of adulthood in ancient Mesoamerica (World Archaeology) ContactEmail the Dirt Podcast: [email protected] Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

In this episode, David, Connor, and Carlton each take a segment to talk about a topic in the past that interests them. David takes the first segment to discuss Alexander The Great and explains his greatness. Connor talks about some of Genghis Khan's policies and his brilliance (although he was still a very bad person). Carlton nerds out about WWII-era aircraft, the "Blitz", and their relationship to sampling bias.Contact Email: [email protected] Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast Twitter: @alifeinruinspod Website: www.alifeinruins.com Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

In this week’s archaeology news, we discuss three articles that captured our attention! The first is all about the ancient Dahka fabric, how it was produced, and how that knowledge has been lost to time. The second is an article about a Bohemian grave in the Czech Republic with unique grave goods. And the final story is about an ancient bone tool found in Australia.Links The Legendary Fabric that No One Knows How to Make (BBC) Gold and precious gems unearthed in a 5th-century grave in Bohemia (Live Science) Statement from the East Bohemian Museum in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic Rare bone tool artefact revealed (Cosmos) Video Version!https://youtu.be/pDADDkLoDScContact Chris Webster [email protected] Please Visit Our Sponsors!Archaeology Southwest Cafe: https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/things-to-do/cafe/ Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

Dr. Don Liponi joins the Rock Art podcast again to talk about his ongoing work and publications regarding La Rumarosa rock art and the Kumeyaay people. His publications are bringing light to this fantastic rock art and the people that created it, and, is helping the Kumeyaay people directly.Links California Rock Art Foundation http://www.larumorosarockart.com/ http://www.ivdesertmuseum.org/ Contact Chris Webster [email protected] Twitter: @archeowebby Dr. Alan Garfinkel [email protected] Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

In this episode, we give a big welcome to our new Project Assistant, Izzie, and discuss the new Netflix movie, The Dig! Just a warning this episode contains spoilers for The Dig. Tune in as we introduce Izzie, initial reactions/thoughts of The Dig, and chats on the accuracy of the film in contrast with the actual site and archaeology!Recorded: 03/07/2021Links La Brea Tar Pits: The Dig History vs Hollywood Show Twitter: @idigitpodcast Email: [email protected] Alyssa Instagram: aal.archaeology Twitter: Lyssakemi Michaela Instagram: mm_digitalized Twitter: m_mauriello Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

We start the episode by addressing the recent horrific violence against Asian-Americans in Atlanta in March of 2021. What does violence against Asian-Americans mean for archaeology and how will we respond? Next we discuss Dr. Bill White's recent paper in SAA Advances about risk management in archaeology.Links Applying Risk Management Concepts from CRM and the Outdoor Recreation Industry to Academic Archaeology Projects by Dr. Bill White (Advances in Archaeological Practice 9(1), 2021, pp. 61-65 National Outdoor Leadership School Follow Our Panelists On 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 Jobs with Cox McClainOur CRM group is one of the fastest growing in the US. We need temporary and salaried archeologists at every level, from technicians to PIs, in Tulsa and Oklahoma City. Previous Oklahoma experience would be nice but is not required. Send your cover letter, resume, and references to: [email protected]. Thanks!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

Today's epsiode is all about mutual aid, anarchism and archaeology. I sat down recently with Aris Politopolis and Colleen Morgan, both of whom are members of The Black Trowel Collective. We discuss what the BTC does and in particular the function of its microgrants, which provide $5-$300 in grants to students of archaeology, with no questions asked.We also talk about the ways in which anarchism has influenced this kind of work and what "anarchaeology" may mean in terms of working with others.You can find out more about Black Trowel Collective by visiting the website https://blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/ or their Twitter http://twitter.com/blacktrowelDr. Aris Politopoulos - Twitter Dr. Colleen Morgan - Twitter

Amber and Anna examine how different ancient cultures viewed children and childhood. We’ll also discuss how the archaeological interpretation of the lives of children in the ancient past has shifted as we’ve gained more and more evidence.Links Children Are Not Small Adults: Significance of Biological and Cognitive Development in Medical Practice (Handbook of the Philosophy of Medicine) Childhood – an historical perspective (Good Childhood Blog) Cultural Relativism (Cultural Anthropology) Why babies in medieval paintings look like ugly old men (Vox) Role and Importance of Children in the Middle Ages (ThoughtCo.) Childbirth, Childhood and Adolescence in the Middle Ages (ThoughtCo.) Children in the ancient Middle East were valued and vulnerable — not unlike children today (The Conversation) The composition of a Neandertal social group revealed by the hominin footprints at Le Rozel (Normandy, France) (Proceedings of the National Academy of Science) Neanderthal children's footprints offer rare snapshot of Stone Age family life (ABC News Neanderthal children shivered and suffered in ancient Europe (Science) Neanderthal children grew and were weaned similar to us (EurekAlert) What ancient footprints can tell us about what it was like to be a child in prehistoric times (The Conversation) Prehistoric children as young as eight worked as brickmakers and miners (Nature) 400,000-year-old 'School of Rock' Found in Prehistoric Cave in Israel (Ha’aretz) These Miniature Tools Taught Ancient Children How to Hunt and Fight (Smithsonian) Archaeology and Developmental Psychology: A Brief Survey of Ancient Athenian Toys (American Journal of Play) What prehistoric toys can tell us about human evolution (ABC News) Why Ancient Toys Are Elusive Artifacts (Discover) Is It Ritual? Or

In this episode, we are chatting with Dr. Gino Caspari, a Postdoc in Archaeology at the University of Sydney and the University College London. Dr. Caspari also runs a very popular archaeology Instagram account @ginocaspari that currently has over 123K followers and we discuss the importance of science communication and his experiences on Instagram. We cover his wild and interesting academic career, with many changes in majors and degrees. We also discuss Dr. Caspari's ongoing research in Siberia and his collaborative work with Indigenous Siberians and the issues of language barriers in publications.Dr. Caspari’s Literature Recommendations: Frozen Tombs of Siberia: The Pazyryk Burials of Iron-Age Horsemen by S. I Rudenko Who We Are and How We Got Here by David Reich Kon-Tiki: Across The Pacific By Raft by Thor Heyerdahl Contact for GuestInstagram: @ginocaspari Contact Email: [email protected] Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast Twitter: @alifeinruinspod Website: www.alifeinruins.com Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

This week in archaeology news we discuss three archaeology stories int he news. First up is an ancient hazelnut shell found in Scotland that has been radiocarbon dated to more than 10,000 years ago. Second, we discuss the growing evidence for Neandertal, Denisovan and early Homo Sapien collaborations and sharing of ideas that contributed to an explosion of creativity and art. Finally, Pompeii is back in the news! This time an intact ceremonial chariot was discovered, and we discuss this contribution to what we know about Pompeiian society in 79 CE.Links Hazelnut Shell Sheds Light on Life in Scotland More Than 10,000 Years Ago (Smithsonian Magazine) Neanderthals helped create early human art, researcher says (The Guardian) A Lamborghini of Chariots is Discovered at Pompeii (NPR) ‘Miraculously’ Well-Preserved Ceremonial Chariot Found at Villa Outside of Pompeii (Smithsonian Magazine) Contact Chris Webster [email protected] Please Visit Our Sponsors!Archaeology Southwest Cafe: https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/things-to-do/cafe/ 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 David Templeman speaking on "An Exploration of Sheffield's Ancient Village Suburbswith David Templeman". This talk took place on Thursday, February 25th, 2021, online via Google Meets.David is a retired businessman, having worked in the leisure trade most of his working life. With a lifelong interest in history, on retirement, he indulged that passion by joining Sheffield Manor Lodge initially as a guide. Since then he has become an accomplished speaker giving talks all over the country on Elizabethan history with local connotations. In 2016, he became an author when his book “Mary, Queen of Scots the Captive Queen in England 1568-87” was launched to critical acclaim. The book has now sold just under 3,000 copies and has become recognised as the definitive version of the English captivity of Mary, Queen of Scots. David is a Member of the Marie Stuart society of which he has developed close links. He is also chair of the Friends of Sheffield Manor Lodge, which has almost 400 Members, with the current Earl of Shrewsbury as their patron. Over the last few years, David has devoted his research into bringing the old Sheffield- the one prior to the 19th century back into the public domain with a number of very popular talks, none more so than the Ancient Suburbs series.For more information about Archaeology in the City’s events and opportunities to get involved, please email [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 Find this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm!

Anyone working in archaeology has used some form of sampling strategy during the course of their work, whether they knew it or not. Most professions do something like this. Are we doing it right? Too much? Too little? Dr. Ted Banning recently published a paper in American Antiquity discussing the current state of sampling in the fied.Links American Antiquity “Sampled To Death: The Rise and Fall of Probability Sampling in Archaeology” The Archaeologist’s Laboratory Random Integers Immerssed VR Contact Chris Webster Twitter: @archeowebby Email: [email protected] Paul Zimmerman Twitter: @lugal Email: [email protected] Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

Today’s podcast features Honey Constant (Sturgeon Lake First Nation), a Masters Student at the University of Saskatchewan and Senior Interpretive Guide at Wanuskewin Heritage Park. We travel through her journey as an Indigenous woman towards a career in Plains Indigenous public archaeology. A few of the topics we cover include Indigenous representation, intergenerational trauma from residential schools, as well as reconciliation, Indigenous Place Names, and navigating virtual vs. in person consultations, interviews, and education during the COVID-19 pandemic.LinksHoney Constant's WebsiteHoney’s InstagramHoney’s TwitterWanuskewin Facebook PageUSASK ArticleWanuskewin Heritage Parks Snax and Facts Facebook Live with Dr. Kisha SupernantDr. Supernant Heritage Voices EpisodeContact Jessica [email protected] @livingheritageA @LivingHeritageResearchCouncil Lyle [email protected] Please Visit Our SponsorsArchaeology Southwest Cafe: https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/things-to-do/cafe Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

This week, Anna and Amber journey to the island of Madagascar. Yeah, sure, there were once man-sized lemurs there, but we’re talking about the people of Madagascar, how and when they arrived on the island, their history, archaeology, and more! Plus, Anna discovers that maps are super useful.Links Malagasy? Or is it Madagascan? Our research provides the answer (The Conversation) Indian Ocean: Five Island Countries (Library of Congress) Madagascar: Precolonial Era, Prior to 1894 (via the Wayback Machine) Researchers confirm timeline of human presence on Madagascar (Phys.org) Ancient Madagascar Shows Humans Make New Places Suit Them (Futurity) Genomic landscape of human diversity across Madagascar (PNAS) What are single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)? (MedlinePlus) Ancient rice 'first evidence' Madagascan ancestors crossed Indian Ocean from South-East Asia (ABC) Ancient crops provide first archaeological signature of the westward Austronesian expansion (PNAS) The culture history of Madagascar (Journal of World Prehistory) Chapter 15 - The Austronesian Expansion and the First Malagasy Cultures (The Worlds of the Indian Ocean) Time and the ancestors: Landscape survey in the Andrantsay region of Madagascar (Antiquity, via ResearchGate) Toward a just and inclusive environmental archaeology of southwest Madagascar (Journal of Social Archaeology, via ResarchGate) Madagascar / The Great Island: Contemporary Artists from Madagascar (Google Arts + Culture) Madagascar of to-day (Internet Archive) Situating Madagascar: Indian Ocean dynamics and archaeological histories (Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, via ResearchGate) ContactEmail the Dirt Podcast: [email protected] Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

In this edition of Our Ruined Lives, we are pleased to have Erina Baci return to the Podcast. Erina first appeared on Episode 7, way back in October 2019. We begin the show by catching up with her on what she has been up to since she first appeared on the podcast. We then delve into a discussion on the importance of geography and resources to people in the past, modern geopolitics, and how modern issues affect our current understanding of the past. This leads us to discuss an upcoming Memorandum of Understanding between the US and Albania and the potential implications of the MoU for Balkan Cultural Preservation. We close out the episode with Erina serving up some awesome advice for future and current graduate students.Erina's Literature Recommendations: Archaeological Guide of Kosova - Online PDF The Illyrians by John Wilks Evaluating social complexity and inequality in the Balkans between 6500 and 4200 BC by Marko Porčić (2019) Archaeology as Bearing Witness By Hauser et al. (2018) Contact For Guest Erina's Instagram: @TheAlbanianArchaeologist Erina's Twitter: @TheAlbanianArch Erina's Blog: https://thealbanianarchaeologist.com/ Contact Email: [email protected] Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast Twitter: @alifeinruinspod Website: www.alifeinruins.com Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

This week was packed full of interesting archaeology news stories, so join us for a discussion about the 3 that caught our eye! First up is a story about using x-ray microtomography to virtually unfold historical letters. Then, in segment 2 we cover a story about a burial site in Spain that indicates that the social and political rulers of the culture may have been women. Finally, we discuss an innovative new approach to studying Bogota's prehistoric irrigation system.Links Unlocking history through automated virtual unfolding of sealed documents imaged by X-ray microtomography Emblems and spaces of power during the Argaric Bronze Age at La Almoloya, Murcia Ancient woman may have been powerful European leader, 4,000-year-old treasure suggests El Argar Aerial Photographs Uncover Bogotá’s Indigenous Hydraulic System Roadster Adventures Contact Chris Webster [email protected] @archpodnet (Instagram and Twitter) Please Visit Our Sponsors!Archaeology Southwest Cafe: https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/things-to-do/cafe/ Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

On past episodes we've talked about "scratched" rock art as a style. Today we're going to talk about the California and western United States expression of that style, "Numic Scratched". What is it, where do you find it, how old is it, and how is it related to women?Links California Rock Art Foundation Are Numic Scratched Rock Art Drawings Women’s Work? Coso Rock Art Within Its Archaeological Context Marks of Distinction: Rock Art and Ethnic Identification in the Great Basin The Numic Spread: Great Basin Cultures in Competition New Light on Old Art: Recent Advances in Hunter-Gatherer Rock Art Research Contact Chris Webster [email protected] Twitter: @archeowebby Dr. Alan Garfinkel [email protected] Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

Welcome to the second take over episode! This time Michaela was interviewed for the podcast 15 Questions with an Archaeologist with Joshua Gurrero with the Southeast Archeological Center. This episode aired on his channel 1 February 2021. Be sure to check out his channel and the other amazing interviews he has conducted.Links 15 Questions with an Archaeologist Josh and Michaela's episode Josh and Michaela's YouTube episode Josh's YouTube Channel Contact Show Twitter: @idigitpodcast Email: [email protected] Alyssa Instagram: aal.archaeology Twitter: Lyssakemi Michaela Instagram: mm_digitalized Twitter: m_mauriello Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

The 2020 field season was largely shortened by COVID - field schools were almost completely shut down. Even though we all played along like 2021 was going to be different, it looks like many field schools are already canceled. While this is happening CRM firms are demanding that university programs train students to know what CRM firms want them to know. The answer is obvious: CRM firms should train students in CRM though internships and partner programs. This week...on the CRM Archaeology Podcast.Follow Our Panelists On 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 episode, we are pleased to introduce Maria Diget Sletterød, a Danish archaeologist studying the Pre-pottery Neolithic in the Near East at the University of Copenhagen. We start off with a brief introduction as to how the hosts found Maria which was through an Archaeologists in Quarantine episode with Carlton hosted by Tash. Then we delve into her diverse archaeological research and excavation projects and how she has worked all across the Near East and Europe. David and Maria swap stories about visiting/working in Israel. We follow up with a discussion on Maria's thesis work and where the discipline of archaeology fits in the Danish educational system and what exactly is the "Pre-pottery Neolithic". We close the episode out by asking Maria about what it's like to work in the Near East, a region that is known in the American media for being geopolitically tenuous.Contact For Guest: Maria's Instagram: @maria_archaeology Maria's Email: [email protected] Maria's Source Recommendations: The Agricultural Revolution in Prehistory: Why did Foragers become Farmers- by Graeme Barker The Archaeology of Mesopotamia - By Roger Matthews The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt - By Ian Shaw Contact Email: [email protected] Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast Twitter: @alifeinruinspod Website: www.alifeinruins.com Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

This episode happens to fall within Anna's birthday week, so Amber has very kindly indulged Anna's childhood love of knights, castles, magic, and adventure. This week, we're exploring Arthurian legend, and some of the...unique legacies it has left behind. We firmly establish that Arthur had TWO different swords. We also confirm that no, Robin Hood was not a Knight of the Round Table. Plus, the Yelp review that made Amber laugh until she cried.Links Guide to the classics: the Arthurian legend (The Conversation) King Arthur: Myth-Making and History Was There A Real King Arthur? (Archaeology) King Arthur’s Ancestor, the Legendary Brutus of Troy, Is Focus of New Biography (Children of Arthur) The Literary Development of the Arthurian Legend (World History Encyclopedia) The Legendary King: How the Figure of King Arthur Shaped a National Identity and the Field of Archaeology in Britain (via Digital Commons) Great Riddles in Archaeology: King Arthur, Camelot, and the Quest for a Holy Grail (Penn Museum) Archaeologists Have Uncovered a Massive Palace at The Legendary Birthplace of King Arthur (Science Alert) How Medieval Times survives in the digital age (Toronto Star) Zounds, Milady! (Slate) Well Met: Renaissance Faires and the American Counterculture The Utopian Vision That Explains Renaissance Fairs (Bloomberg CityLab) ContactEmail the Dirt Podcast: [email protected] Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

For the last few months we’ve been talking about a new type of episode and here’s the first one: welcome to Timelines. This idea is all about taking an anchor event or time period that pretty much everyone has heard about and then looking at what was happening in other parts of the world at the same time. The idea is that sometimes these big anchor events can overshadow other really important things. Our first episode has the building of the pyramids at Giza in Egypt as the anchor. We also talk about what’s happening in Peru and China at the same time.Links Egypt “Pyramids at Giza” from National Geographic “Pyramids of Giza” Britannica Estimating Population in Ancient Egypt Ancient Egyptian Agriculture Caral in Peru Sacred City of Caral-Supe Caral First City in the New World? Quipu: South America's Ancient Writing System Norte Chico civilization China: Majiayao Culture Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities Majiayao Culture Pottery Production, Mortuary Practice, and Social Complexity in the Majiayao Culture, NW China (ca. 5300-4000 BP) A Discussion on Early Metals and the Origins of Bronze Casting in China Yellow River and Yangtze River: Centers of Chinese Civilization? https://www.britannica.com/place/China/4th-and-3rd-millennia-bce#ref589720 Majiayao Culture from Gotheburg.com Contact Chris Webster [email protected] Please Visit Our Sponsors!Archaeology Southwest Cafe: https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/things-to-do/cafe/ Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

David Sucec is Director of the Barrier Canyon Style (BCS) Rock Art of Utah. BCS is one of the more remarkable rock art expressions in North America. It dates from as early as 7,000 to 2,000 years ago and is mainly a polychrome painted style. The patterned expressions adorn the dramatic canyons of the spectacular Utah topography. The images are haunting and consist of very small but many times very large images of decorated and "floating" spirit figures. Sucec has dedicated over 30 years to the proper recording of this world class rock art tradition through detailed photographic imaging. Our discussion will focus on why has Barrier Canyon rock been so evocative and intriguing. We are honored to have Sucec share the story of his odyssey with BCS!LinksCalifornia Rock Art FoundationContact Chris Webster [email protected] Twitter: @archeowebby Dr. Alan Garfinkel [email protected] Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

Eric Olson joins us again as a special guest host to discuss how to overcome the fears that keep us from learning about and trying out new (or at least new to us) tech. Paul and Eric share advice, tips, and even some of their own fears and explore great ways to start with GIS, R, programming, and more.Links The Open Digital Archaeology Textbook Subreddits of interest: GIS R Anthropology Archaeology GIS Lounge QGIS online training manual AnthroYeti MAMP Structure your data Eric’s online games Contact Chris Webster Twitter: @archeowebby Email: [email protected] Paul Zimmerman Twitter: @lugal Email: [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 Richard Jackson speaking on "Crucibles, Pubs and 'Slums': An overview of Industrial Archaeology in Sheffield." This talk took place on Thursday, January 28th, 2021, online via Google Meets.Richard Jackson from ArcHeritage is a veteran field archaeologist with 17 years of experience, including community outreach, landscape surveying, building conservation, and excavating management. Richard is an expert in post-medieval ceramics and industrial archaeology. In this talk, Richard speaks on the people, places, and secrets that created Sheffield's unique technique of producing steel during the industrial period.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)LinksArcHeritageAffiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Find this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm!

Picture a world where dormice are the size of cats and hyenas roamed around Europe: welcome to the Pleistocene! Upon suggestion from one of our listeners, we explore the time period where zooarchaeology and palaeontology overlap.Bibliography Palombo, M.R. (2001). Endemic elephants of the Mediterranean Islands: knowledge, problems and perspectives. The World of Elephants, Proceedings of the 1st International Congress (October 16–20, 2001, Rome): 486–491. https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/mythic-creatures/land/greek-giants Leighton, R (1999) Sicily Before History: An Archaeological Survey from the Palaeolithic to the Iron Age, Cornell University Press https://beta.capeia.com/paleobiology/2017/09/21/the-lost-world-of-island-dwarfs-and-giants https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2020/november/giant-dormice-the-size-of-cats-used-to-live-on-sicily.html Kurten, B. (2007) Pleistocene Mammals of Europe, USA: Aldine Transaction https://www.creswell-crags.org.uk/collection/ https://twilightbeasts.org/2014/04/28/the-forgotten-sabretooth/ Pettitt, P. B., Bahn, P. & Ripoll, S. (2007). Palaeolithic Cave Art at Creswell Crags in European Context. Oxford University Press. Charles, R., and Jacobi, R.M. (1994) "The lateglacial fauna from the Robin Hood Cave, Creswell Crags: a re-assessment." Oxford journal of archaeology 13.1: 1-32. Moleón, Marcos, et al. (2020) "Rethinking megafauna." Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287.1922 https://www.nps.gov/articles/mammoth-or-mastodon.htm#:~:text=Mastodon%20were%20shorter%20and%20stockier,flat%20surfaces%20for%20eating%20grass. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/what-was-megatherium.html 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 Find this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm!

We are now uploading video versions of the podcast to our YouTube channel thanks to Zencastr's new video podcast component. You can find the video version of this episode by going to our YouTube Channel "A Life in Ruins"A Life In Ruins YoutubeIn this episode, the guys gather around their mics and webcams to talk about a recent email they received at the beginning of the new year and the impact it had on them. In the second segment, they actually begin to talk about archaeology through a conversation about the PC game Dawn of Man. This leads the guys down a path to talking about how cultural evolution is portrayed in popular gaming and a hypothetical discussion regarding what would the Americas have looked like if Europeans hadn't arrived in the 15th and 16th centuries.Contact Email: [email protected] Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast Twitter: @alifeinruinspod Website: www.alifeinruins.com Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

If you were a pre-Homo sapiens hominin, the place to see and be seen was Africa in what is today colloquially known as the Cradle of Humankind. True to form, we're late to the party, but come along with us anyway for a tour of the cave sites that revolutionized paleoanthropology.Thank you to everyone who came out to the live show!Links When Did Homo Sapiens First Appear? (Discover) Oldest Homo sapiens bones ever found shake foundations of the human story (The Guardian) Scientists discover the oldest Homo sapiens fossils at Jebel Irhoud, Morocco (Phys.org) Caves of Hercules (Atlas Obscura) The Caves of Hercules – The Map of Africa (Barclays Travel) Skull Fossils in Cave Show Mix of Human Relatives Roamed South Africa (The New York Times) Contemporaneity of Australopithecus, Paranthropus, and early Homo erectus in South Africa (Science) Newly discovered fossil documents small-scale evolutionary changes in an extinct human species (Washington University in St. Louis) ‘Little Foot’ hominin emerges from stone after millions of years (Nature) World’s oldest camp bedding found in South African cave (Science) Fire and grass-bedding construction 200 thousand years ago at Border Cave, South Africa (Science) 200,000 years ago, humans preferred to kip cozy (Science Daily) First Use of Poison (Archaeology) When the Sea Saved Humanity (Scientific American) Early Tools Were Born From Fire (Science) Ancient hominins used fire to make stone tools (Phys.org) South Africa’s Blombos cave is home to the earliest drawing by a human (The Convo) ContactEmail the Dirt Podcast: [email protected] Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

Welcome to another archaeology news episode! We have three stories to discuss this week. We start with what’s basically an ancient beer factory in Egypt. Then we travel to Stonehenge in England to talk about the origin of the inside circle of stones called the Bluestones. Finally, we look at an ancient Chinese City that archaeologists have spent many years excavation.We discuss these articles from the perspective of an archaeologist to show how a skeptical and scientific perspective can clear up what journalists think is important about recent discoveries.Links Archaeologists Discover Ancient Beer Factory in Egype - CNN Ancient beer factory unearthed by archaeologists in Egypt - NBC News The original Stonehenge? A dismantled stone circle in the Preseli Hills of west Wales - Cambridge University Press Online, 12 Feb 21 Stonehenge may be a rebuilt stone circle from Wales, new research suggests - CNN Dig at ancient site uncovers capital of first unified state - China Daily Chinese Find Ancient Xianyang, Lost Capital of the Qin Dynasty - Ancient Origins 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 episode, we "sit" down with Shelby Foy, a CRM archaeologist based in Florida! Listen in as we chat with her about life, her academic experience, and finding her passion in archaeology. How does Phil Collins tie in to this? Well, listen and find out!LinksShelby's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shelbfo/ Contact Show Twitter: @idigitpodcast Email: [email protected] Alyssa Instagram: aal.archaeology Twitter: Lyssakemi Michaela Instagram: mm_digitalized Twitter: m_mauriello Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

ENCORE (Original release: Sept 14, 2016)In early August we created a survey that was placed on Facebook and it was titled "99 Problems". Based on recent and ongoing conversations on Facebook regarding issues with people that work in CRM Archaeology, the survey was designed to find out what those problems actually are and what we can do about them. On this episode, the hosts discuss the results. Your thoughts are appreciated in the comments.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 Jobs with Cox McClainOur CRM group is one of the fastest growing in the US. We need temporary and salaried archeologists at every level, from technicians to PIs, in Tulsa and Oklahoma City. Previous Oklahoma experience would be nice but is not required. Send your cover letter, resume, and references to: [email protected]. Thanks!Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

In this episode, we are pleased to have Raven Todd da Silva and Natasha Billson return to the Podcast. Raven is another OG from the early episodes, appearing on episode 9 and runs a very popular Instagram and Youtube Channel called “Dig it with Raven” and Natasha aka Tash was recently on episode 29, and runs a youtube channel called Behind the Trowel. If you follow us on Social Media, then you know that both of these archaeologists are a part of the Archaeology Avengers and we are super excited to have them back on the podcast. We discuss Netflix’s new hit movie, The Dig, and discuss the archaeology of the site on which the movie is based on. We also discuss how archaeology is portrayed in the media.Contact for GuestsTash: Instagram: @tash_archaeo Twitter: @Tash_Archaeo YouTube: Behind the Trowel Raven Instagram: @digitwithraven Twitter: @digitwithraven YouTube: Dig it With Raven Contact Email: [email protected] Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast Twitter: @alifeinruinspod Website: www.alifeinruins.com Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

This year is the 20th anniversary of the first publication of the Human Genome Project, and the 10th anniversary of the Neanderthal Genome Project. Since both of these projects began, DNA research has changed what we know about the human story more than we could ever possibly have imagined. Come learn about a tiny fraction of this knowledge with us, and listen to our brains explode.Links Protein Synthesis: an Epic on the Cellular Level (Internet Archive) Human Genome Project Information Archive 1990–2003 (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Human Genome Project FAQ (National Human Genome Research Institute) Game of chances: inheritance is a question of probability, not destiny (The Guardian) Why Race Is Not a Thing, According to Genetics (National Geographic) How to Argue With a Racist: What Our Genes Do (and Don't) Say About Human Difference (The Experiment Publishing) The Neanderthal DNA you carry may have surprisingly little impact on your looks, moods (Science) Neanderthal DNA highlights complexity of COVID risk factors (Nature) Neanderthal DNA in Modern Human Genomes Is Not Silent (The Scientist) Multiple lines of mysterious ancient humans interbred with us (National Geographic) Denisovan DNA in the genome of early East Asians (Max Planck Gesellscheft) The complete genome sequence of a Neandertal from the Altai Mountains (Nature) The Contribution of Neanderthals to Phenotypic Variation in Modern Humans (The American Journal of Human Genetics) Evidence found of Denisovans interbreeding with humans in Southeast Asia more recently than thought (Phys.org) The CRISPR-baby scandal: what’s next for human gene-editing (Nature) In a possible step forward for gene therapy, Stanford researchers made mice glow like fireflies (Stanford News) Neanderthal-like ‘mini-brains’ created in lab with CRISPR (Nature) 3 Human Chimeras That Already Exist (Scientific American) This Woman Is Her Own Twin

Today's episode we talk to Dr Murray Cook about his new book The Anvil of Scottish History: Stories of Stirling. We discuss what makes Stirling a place of deep history and how often this is overlooked.We also discuss excavations during covid and the benefits of being outdoors.You can find his book from where you purchase books or following this link https://www.extremispublishing.com/the-anvil-of-scottish-history.htmlDr. Murray Cook also runs Rampart Field School - http://www.rampartscotland.co.uk/Stirling University ProfilePLease also forgive the intrusions from my puppy.

Eric Olson is back on the ArchaeoTech podcast with his list of low tech, low cost software and equipment that he thinks everyone should know about. We cover a lot of ground in this podcast! What do you use that fits this description that you think everyone should use?Links/Sources Archaeotech 136 From the Archives (Eric’s podcast) TPSDig Olson, Eric 2019 The Shirey Meadow Site: A Comparative Study of Shovel Testing and Pedestrian Survey. Pennsylvania Archaeologist 89(1):61-74. Contact Chris Webster Twitter: @archeowebby Email: [email protected] Paul Zimmerman Twitter: @lugal Email: [email protected] Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

Today’s podcast features returning guest Dr. Antoinette Jackson, Professor Department of Anthropology Chair at the University of South Florida. We go in depth about her new book Heritage, Tourism, and Race: The Other Side of Leisure. This book was written in response to the common question, “Why are there so few minority visitors to National Parks?”. In response, Dr. Jackson challenges mainstream beliefs about leisure and race, as well as highlighting African American active and diverse pursuits of leisure in spite of the legal and social exclusion. We explore the original enslaved African caving history at Mammoth Cave, the Green Book, Black entrepreneurship, and Black beaches during segregation. We close out by discussing how COVID-19 reframes the concepts of space and exclusion for those who have maybe never had to think about it before, as well as where Dr. Jackson sees the Black Lives Matter movement taking the conversations and hopes present within the book.Links Book: Heritage, Tourism, and Race: The Other Side of Leisure Book: Speaking for the Enslaved: Heritage Interpretation at Antebellum Plantation Sites Dr. Jackson: [email protected] Contact Jessica [email protected] @livingheritageA @LivingHeritageResearchCouncil Lyle [email protected] Please Visit Our SponsorsArchaeology Southwest Cafe: https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/things-to-do/cafe Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

On this episode of A Life in Ruins podcast, we have a bonfire chat with YouTuber and Neolithic advocate, Stefan Milo. If you’re not familiar with Stefan, we introduced him in Episode 20. Or you may know him from his popular YouTube channel, “Stefan Milo.” We talk about the recent growth of Stefan’s channel and how he has now become the first full-time anthropology YouTuber!We then quickly get into the Great Paleolithic-Neolithic War of 2020. This began as a meme and took off. It was fun for both our followers to follow and share along with.We later have a serious discussion about the differences between the two periods and what it means for human history.Contact For Stefan Milo Email: [email protected] Instagram: @historysmilo Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/stefanmilo Website: https://www.stefanmilo.com/ Twitter: @Historysmilo Contact Email: [email protected] Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast Twitter: @alifeinruinspod Website: www.alifeinruins.com Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

Let’s lean into our fear of pyroclastic flow and talk about the traces that volcanoes can leave in the archaeological record. Turns out, it’s a lot more than buried cities. We’ll also take a look at how volcanoes manifest in the myths and legends of various cultures.Links Hawaiian Myths Tell A Story About Volcanic Activity At Kilauea (Forbes) Volcano Myths and Rituals (American Scientist) Why ancient myths about volcanoes are often true (BBC) The Harmful Pseudoarchaeology of Mythological Atlantis (Women Write About Comics) Santorini eruption: new theory says ‘pyroclastic flows’ caused devastating Bronze Age tsunamis (The Conversation) The A.D. 79 Eruption at Mt. Vesuvius (UCSD Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics) Tephrochronology and its application: A review (Quaternary Geology) ContactEmail the Dirt Podcast: [email protected] Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

With the recent release of The Dig, a Netflix film focused on the excavation of the incredible Anglo-Saxon burial ship at Sutton Hoo, we decided it was the perfect opportunity to take a closer look at this site! Sutton Hoo is extremely important and interesting for many reasons and we dive into those as well as review the movie. Did we like it? Join us and find out!We had so much to talk about that we couldn’t fit it all into the episode. Become an APN member to get access to the rest of the conversation!Links UK National Trust - Sutton Hoo The British Museum Edith Pretty Mercie Lack and Barbara Wagstaff The Dig Trailer Sutton Hoo burials: reconstructing the sequence of events Current Archaeology Sutton Hoo Roadster Adventures 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 archaeology there are many ways to date a site, feature, or artifact. The dating game with rock art is no different. What are some of the more common methods? Which ones aren't so common but work on some sites? Can you use other archaeological sites to date rock art panels? We talk about these topics and more on this week's episode.LinksCalifornia Rock Art FoundationContact Chris Webster [email protected] Twitter: @archeowebby Dr. Alan Garfinkel [email protected] Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular