Teotihuacan was a massive, important, city near modern day Mexico City. There are several massive pyramids on the site and two of them have caves UNDER the pyramid. The pyramid of the moon was the focus of the paper linked below and Denisse Argote and Andres Tejero use two techniques to try to identify the presence or absense of a cave beneath it. Those techniques are Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) and Ambient Noise Tomography (ANT).LinksDesigning the underworld in Teotihuacan: Cave detection beneath the moon pyramid by ERT and ANT surveysContact Chris Webster Twitter: @archeowebby Email: [email protected] Paul Zimmerman Twitter: @lugal Email: [email protected] Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Find this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm!

In this episode, Alex and Simona will be tackling culinary zooarchaeology. Listen on to find out more about how to identify food preparation in the archaeological record, ancient BBQs and interpreting archaeological rubbish.Links Besherer Metheny, K. and Beaudry, M.C. (2015) Archaeology of Food: An Encyclopedia. Rowman & Littlefield. Binford, L. (1981) Bones: Ancient Men and Modern Myths. Pavao-Zuckerman, B., Anderson, D.T. & Reeves, M. (2018) Dining with the Madisons: Elite Consumption at Montpelier. Hist Arch 52, 372–396. O'Connor, T. (2000) The Archaeology of Animal Bones. Gloustershire: Sutton Publishing Ltd. Rackham, J. (1994) Interpreting the past: Animal Bones Hastorf C.A. (2008) Food and feasting, social and political aspects. In: Pearsall D.M. (ed) Encyclopedia of Archaeology. London: Elsevier Inc. Nelson S.M. (2003) Feasting the Ancestors in Early China. In: Bray T.L. (eds) The Archaeology and Politics of Food and Feasting in Early States and Empires. Springer, Boston, MA Neolithic Eating Rituals Feasting Archaeology and History Maisels, C. (2010) The Archaeology of Politics and Power: Where, When and Why the First States Formed. Oxford, Oxbow books Russell, N. (2012) Social Zooarchaeology. Cambridge University Press. Elliot, P. (2016) Food and Farming in Prehistoric Britain. Fonthill Media 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!

Since back-to-school season is rolling around again, let's return to our annual tradition of busting myths and righting wrongs! This time, we cover pyramid construction (and curses), the Genghis Khan family reunion, the end of James Cook, Stonehenge, the Dark Ages, and more. This episode is not to be myth-ed.Links Enter to win Dirt merch This 4,500-Year-Old Ramp Contraption May Have Been Used to Build Egypt's Great Pyramid (LiveScience) How Were the Egyptian Pyramids Built? (LiveScience) Was It Really a Mummy’s Curse? (JSTOR Daily) Tomb of Pennut - Amada (Osirisnet) 'Bent' pyramid: Egypt opens ancient oddity for tourism (The Guardian) Ancient Egyptian tomb warnings, curses and ghosts (National Museums Scotland) Whence Came Stonehenge’s Stones? Now We Know (The New York Times) We owe it all to superstud Genghis (The Guardian) Did Genghis Khan really kill 1,748,000 people in one hour? (How Stuff Works) 1 in 200 Men Are Direct Descendants of Genghis Khan (Discover) Genghis Khan's Genetic Legacy Has Competition (Scientific American) 1.5m Chinese 'descendants of one man' (BBC News) The genetic imprint of Niall of the Nine Hostages (Irish Times) A Y-Chromosome Signature of Hegemony in Gaelic Ireland (American Journal of Human Genetics) Mythbusting Cook: Fact fiction and total fallacy (Australian National Maritime Museum) Cooktown's Indigenous people help commemorate 250 years since Captain Cook's landing with re-enactment (ABC) How the foolish rumour that Hawaiians ate Cook began (National Indigenous Television) The ‘Dark Ages’ Weren’t As Dark As We Thought (LitHub) ContactEmail the Dirt PodcastAffiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

Welcome to another re-broadcast of the live You Call This Archaeology show with Richie Cruz and Chris Webster. On today's episode we talk a lot about camping, RVs, and summer fieldwork.Links Roadster Adventures Happy Archaeology Fun Time Contact Chris Webster [email protected] Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Find this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm!

In this episode we will be having a chat about our experiences within and mainly after undergrad, jobs, making connections, and asking for help.

Eran Barnea is a Hollywood cinematographer who has completed research studies worldwide on rock art depicting horned artiodactyls. His studies relate to the symbolism and religious metaphors world-wide of these remarkable animals.LinksCalifornia Rock Art FoundationContact Chris Webster [email protected] Twitter: @archeowebby Dr. Alan Garfinkel [email protected] Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Find this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm!

Welcome to a special episode of the CRM Archaeology Podcast. On this episode, host of the show Dr. Bill White brings on a panel of career archaeologists to talk about diversity in archaeology. Not just diversity and the current situation, though, but what we, as a profession, can do about it.LinksSapiens ArticleFollow 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 Find this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm!

It's your lucky day, punk. It's time to tear down walls and explore what the meaning of Punk Archaeology is and see what its perspective has to offer archaeology as a whole. I talk to Bill Caraher, who maintains the blog, Archaeology of the Mediterranean World and was also involved in the Archaeology Un-conference that spawned the book Punk Archaeology.We begin with his journey into archaeological through latin classes and then Classics, then after doing exams, decided to be an archaeologist. Bill has studied and worked in Greece at sites like Isthmia and led projects in Cyprus. We discuss working in different parts of the world and how archaeology can have a profound affect on local communities, especially if they feel part of the history making. Bill talks about working with temporary workers during and after the North Dakota oil boom, where resources were extracted from the Bakken formation. Hours of video, interviews and paper documentation were made in order to understand temporary living places and people's relation to place.Perhaps archaeology should be more open and encouraging, but in what ways can it develop if the same people are at the forefront?Bill also mentions that if anyone is interested in publishing that they should contact him or https://ndquarterly.org/

On this episode of Our Ruined lives, we giggle and chat with our good friend Alex Craib. Alex is a PhD student at the University of Wyoming studying under the same professor as all the cohosts did. We start off by delving through Alex’s career so far in archaeology and then get into a ridiculous series of stories about fieldwork with David, Connor and Carlton. We finish it out by having an intense discussion about mental health in academia and in archaeology specifically. We really hope everyone enjoys this episode!Contact Email: [email protected] Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast Twitter: @alifeinruinspod Website: www.alifeinruins.com Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Find this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm!

This week, for our ONE HUNDREDTH EPISODE, Anna and Amber bend their brains around the archaeology of the future and the future of archaeology. What will excavation look like in 100, 1,000, or 5,000 years? What about human evolution? Human culture? Language? We come up with more questions than answers, and have a great time doing it. THANK YOU for getting us to Episode 100!Links Chicken Bones May Be the Legacy of Our Time (Smithsonian) The broiler chicken as a signal of a human reconfigured biosphere (Royal Society Open Science) Changes in the lead isotopic composition of blood, diet and air in Australia over a decade: Globalization and implications for future isotopic studies (Environmental Research) Dietary Heterogeneity among Western Industrialized Countries Reflected in the Stable Isotope Ratios of Human Hair (PLoS One) The Future of Archaeology Is 'Spacejunk' (The Atlantic) The Future of Archeology Is Plastic (Medium) The past, present and future of human evolution (Nature) What May Become of Homo sapiens (Scientific American) Edible Insects and Human Evolution (via Project MUSE) Dougal Dixon - After Man (A Zoology of the Future) 1981 (Monster Brains blog) Man After Man: An Anthropology of the Future (via WorldCat) How Afrofuturism Can Help the World Mend (Wired) The Long Now Foundation What will English language look like in the future? (Oxford Academic on YouTube) What will the English language be like in 100 years? (The Conversation) Esperanto (Encyclopedia Britannica) Incubus (1966) on YouTube Hello (Adele Cover) - Esperanto version (YouTube) Pleistocenese: A Language of 40,000 Years Ago (Justin B. Rye) Futurese: The American Language in 3000 AD (Justin B. Rye) Beyond Biohazard: Why Danger Symbols Can’t Last Forever (99% Invisible) ContactEmail the Dirt PodcastAffiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

Archaeology around the world may be different but the different ways in which countries operate may surprise you in their similarities, particularly when it comes to the things that could be better.Today's episode I sit down with Michaela Schauer who was one of the founding members of CIfA Deutschland. As a relatively new organization in Germany, CIfA Deutschland used the blueprint laid out by Chartered Institute for Archaeologists in the UK and adapted it to what was needed in Germany. We discuss the challenges of getting people on board and how getting involved is a way of things changing and improving.There was recently a survey of archaeologists in Germany, including students and companies to report wages, conditions.One of their findings was that there are not enough archaeologists in Germany.There are a number of other organizations including DGUF (Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Ur und Fruhgeschicte) which hertiage professionals can be part of, but CIfA aims to provide a broad coalition from all areas and subjects of study. Michaela tells me about her work on pottery and the chemical analysis that can be done to determine how they used and shine a light on early populations that lived on European continent.Siegmund, F., Scherzler D. (2018). Einführung in die DGUF-Tagung am 4. Juli 2017 in Mainz. „Ein Berufsverband für die Archäologie?“, Archäologische Informationen 41, 15-20. - https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/arch-inf/article/view/56913/48292Schauer, M. (2018). Bericht über das Online-Forum "DGUF-Vortagung 2017 – Ein Berufsverband für die Archäologie?", 6. März bis 9. Juni 2017, Archäologische Informationen 41, 31-54. - https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/arch-inf/article/view/56915/48294Scherzler, D., Schauer, M., Hesse, S., Rauhaus, J., Rind, M. M., Deutscher, L. (2018). Ein Berufsverband für die Archäologie? Zusammenfassung der Debatten beim World Café auf der DGUF-Tagung am 4. Juli 2017 in Mainz, Archäologische Informationen 41, 99-108. - https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/arch-inf/article/view/56936/48301These links refere to the online-conference and conference we did on the question of Germany needs an professional association. In our talk yesterday I mentioned the second which is a report about the online-conferenc and mentiones how CIfA got involved in Germany.Siegmund, F., Scherzler D. (2019). Die derzeitige Wirtschaftslage in der privatwirtschaftlichen Archäologie Deutschlands – DGUF-Monitoring-Report privatwirtschaftliche Archäologie 2019. Archäologische Informationen 42, 78-98. - https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/arch-inf/article/view/69349/62687Siegmund, F., Scherzler D. & Schauer, M. (2020). DGUF-Umfrage "Evaluation Beruf Archäologie", 10. 6. 2019 - 31. 10. 2019: Durchführung und Teilnehmer der Umfrage (EvaBA 1). DGUF-Preprint, online publiziert 23. März 2020. - https://www.dguf.de/fileadmin/user_upload/EvaBA/DGUF-Dok_Preprint_EvaBA_1_Durchfuehrung-u-Teilnehmer.pdf Siegmund, F., Schauer, M. & Scherzler D. (2020). Löhne und Gehälter in der deutschen Archäologie – Auswertung der DGUF-Umfrage "Evaluation Beruf Archäologie", 10. 6. 2019 - 31. 10. 2019 (EvaBA 2). DGUF-Preprint, online publiziert 28. Mai 2020. - https://www.dguf.de/fileadmin/user_upload/EvaBA/DGUF-Dok_Preprint_EvaB

Eric Hanson has worked in visual effects for several decades. His work has been seen in movies like Cast Away and The Fifth Element, to name just two. Now, he shifted focus to the natural environment and cultural expressions. Through his venture, Blue Planet VR, Eric takes you on a realistic journey to rock art sites and other cultural sites around the world and all from the comfort of a virtual reality headset. Dr. Garfinkel talks to Eric about his work and about the projects they are collaborating on in the Coso Range of central eastern California.Links California Rock Art Foundation Blue Planet VR Eric Hanson IMDb Contact Chris Webster [email protected] Twitter: @archeowebby Dr. Alan Garfinkel [email protected] Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Find this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm!

Paul and Chris have been saying for years that there is no digital archaeology because that implies there is archaeology that does NOT have a digital component. Well, that just doesn't seem to be the case anymore. Our guests today, Parker VanValkenburgh and Andy Dufton helped bring a supplement about digital archaeology and the ethical considerations to the Journal of Field Archaeology. They come on today to talk about it.Parker VanValkenburgh is an archaeologist whose research focuses on landscapes, politics and environmental change in the Early Modern World – particularly, in late prehispanic and early colonial Peru. He received his Ph.D. in 2012 from Harvard University and previously held positions at the University of Vermont (Assistant Prof. of Anthropology, 2013-15) and Washington University in St. Louis (Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Modeling Interdisciplinary Inquiry, 2012-13). Among other projects, he is currently director of the Paisajes Arqueológicos de Chachapoyas (PACha) project, an investigation of long-term human-environment interaction in Peru's Chachapoyas region, grounded in the analysis of archaeological survey, archival research, remotely sensed datasets, and work with contemporary communities in the provinces of Luya, Chachapoyas, and Bongará, Amazonas (Peru). He is also a co-director of the GeoPACHA (Geospatial Platform for Andean Culture, HIstory and Archaeology). At Brown, he directs the Brown Digital Archaeology Laboratory (https://browndigitalarch.wordpress.com/) and teaches courses on Geographic Information Systems, cartography, critical digital archaeology, the politics of space and landscape, historical anthropology, and the archaeology and anthropology of the Andean region.Andrew Dufton is a Lecturer in Roman Archaeology and History at the University of Edinburgh. He received his PhD in Archaeology from the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World at Brown University, and previously held a position as a Visiting Assistant Professor at NYU's Institute for the Study of the Ancient World. His research interrogates the long-term dynamics of urban change in North Africa, from the Iron Age into late antiquity. This work highlights the diversity, haphazardness, and improvisation that best characterise urban life in both ancient and modern contexts. He has excavated and surveyed at sites in the US, the UK, and across the Mediterranean, including acting as surveyor and geospatial data manager at the imperial villa and medieval monastery at Villa Magna (2006–2010); at the Tunisian city of Utica (2011–present); and with Brown University at Petra, Jordan (2012–14).App of the Day Webby: Paul: Contact Chris Webster Twitter: @archeowebby Email: [email protected] Paul Zimmerman Twitter: @lugal Email: [email protected] Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Find this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm!

On this months’s podcast we have Aaron Brien (Apsáalooke), a member of the Night Hawk Dance Society and faculty in Salish Kootenai College’s Tribal Historic Preservation and Native American Studies programs and Dr. Shandin Pete (Salish/Diné), Director of the Indigenous Research Center at Salish Kootenai College. We talk briefly about how the two got connected and the development of the Indigenous Research Center, but mostly we chat for two of the three segments about collecting oral histories. What roles do they play in culture, how can you collect them in the best way, and how should you best prepare yourself?OLinks Indigenous Research Center Website IRC Youtube IRC Twitter & Instagram: @ircskc Facebook: SKC Indigenous Research Center IRC Podcast: (Apple) or BuzzSprout (Hosting Site) Apsáalooke field museum exhibition Heritage Voice Episodes 23 (Salish-Kootenai College’s Tribal Historic Preservation Program) and 25 (Technology) Seliš ontological perspectives of environmental sustainability from oral traditions The Lodge Boy and Spring Boy Tale as Depicted at Hole in the Wall, Wyoming Article Contact Jessica [email protected] @livingheritageA @LivingHeritageResearchCouncil Aaron [email protected] @indigenousarchaeology (Instagram) Shandin - [email protected] Lyle [email protected] Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Find this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm!

Amber and Anna explore perceptions of human body shape in different times and places. What’s the difference between fatness and obesity? Why should we look askance at BMI? What is UP with Peter Paul Rubens and his damp, shiny nudes? And more!Links The Bizarre and Racist History of the BMI (Medium’s Elemental) A History of Obesity, or How What Was Good Became Ugly and Then Bad (Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease) The evolution of human fatness and susceptibility to obesity: an ethological approach (Biological Reviews) A Brief History of Obesity: Truths and Illusions (Clinical Oncology News) Obesity in the paleolithic era (Hormones) Obesity in the Neolithic Era: A Greek Female Figurine (Obesity Surgery) The significance of Sarah Baartman (BBC) Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia (via Worldcat) Socio-cultural norms of body size in Westerners and Polynesians affect heart rate variability and emotion during social interactions (Culture and Brain) How paradise became the fattest place in the world (CNN) How a Powerful Obesity Gene Helped Samoans Conquer the South Pacific (Gizmodo) A thrifty variant in CREBRF strongly influences body mass index in Samoans (Nature Genetics) “Un-Hottentoting the Queen of Punt” (via Academia.edu) The Expedition to Punt (Nova) Queen of Punt (Clinical Infectious Diseases) When Fat Was in Fashion (New York Times) ContactEmail the Dirt PodcastAffiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Find this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm!

Join Chris Webster and Richie Cruz on You Call This Archaeology!?!? It's a live show that they do most Sundays on the APN Facebook page and Richie's Happy Archaeology Fun Time channel on YouTube and Twitch. This week they talk about everything from RVs to Truck camping and more.Links Roadster Adventures Happy Archaeology Fun Time Contact Chris Webster [email protected] Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Find this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm!

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. Half Pint is a short interview-style format which we will be undertaking during the COVID-19 lockdown. In this first Half Pint interview, we welcome Dr Lizzy Craig-Atkins speaking about the Roots and Futures project.Lizzy is a senior lecturer at the University of Sheffield's Department of Archaeology. Her work focuses on human osteology and paleopathology with an interest in multidisciplinary approaches to past population structures, health, disease and lifestyle. Currently, Lizzy is involved in the Roots and Futures project which aims to involve members of the community in creating new understandings of Sheffield’s built and buried heritage. For more information on Lizzy and on Roots and Futures please follow the links below. Dr Lizzy Craig-Atkins Roots and Futures 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!

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. Half Pint is a short interview-style format which we will be undertaking during the COVID-19 lockdown. In this first Half Pint interview, we welcome Dr Isabel Cook speaking about the impact of current and future climate change on historic landscapes. Isabel has recently completed her PhD at the University of Sheffield's Department of Archaeology. Her research was on the impacts of climate change on archaeological landscapes and focused on the west coast of Wales. In this episode, Isabel takes us through the design and execution of her work and tells us about how climate change has affected these landscapes and how we can help to mitigate these effects. For more information on Isabel's research please follow the links below. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-26/britain-s-cherished-landmarks-under-threat-from-climate-change https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/nr/archaeology-heritage-climate-change-uk-britain-impact-effects-weather-1.866334 https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/study-shows-our-historical-landscape-under-threat-climate-change-1343903 https://www.energylivenews.com/2019/09/27/uks-historic-landscapes-risk-being-severely-damaged-by-changing-climate/ 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!

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. Half Pint is a short interview-style format which we will be undertaking during the COVID-19 lockdown. In this first Half Pint interview, we welcome Dr Lenore Thompson speaking on copper production, indigenous communities, and colonialism in Northwestern North America. Having completed her PhD in 2019, Lenore is a researcher specialising in the use and production of copper by indigenous communities of northwestern America. She investigates artefact biographies and the impacts of culture contact as interpreted through changing production strategies of copper among the First Nations of the Northwest Coast of North America.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!

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. In this episode, we introduce Half Pint. The short interview-style format which we will be undertaking during the COVID-19 lockdown. For our first Half Pint, we are happy to welcome Dr Bob Johnston from the University of Sheffield speaking about his work on the Lodge Moor POW camp in Sheffield. Bob is a senior lecturer of landscape archaeology at Sheffield's department of archaeology. His work focuses on the archaeology of Bronze Age Britain and Ireland. While being one of the researchers in charge of the ongoing work at the Lodge Moor site in Sheffield Bob is also involved in several public archaeology and heritage projects. For more information on Bob and on the Lodge Moor project please follow the links below. Bob Johnston Lodge Moor Project 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!

In this episode we discuss some things that have been going on in the world, mainly the US, especially the proposal on the ban on international students and how it affects universities and students.Links US Will ask foreign students to leave if classes go online International Student Ban Proposal Announcement International Students Banned From Online-Only Instruction Boston University New Immigration Ban Presidential Proclamation International Students Blindsided By ICE Rule Change Dartmouth’s response to ICE Harvard's Letter on filing pleading against ICE Broadcast message: COVID-19 and Fall 2020 FAQ for SEVP Stakeholders International Student Advocacy Grad School Facebook Pages to Join: How to not grad school like a basic bitch PetitionsA quick note on petitions: while they raise awareness, a government is not going to care about a petition started by a non-citizen (WH.gov petitions have a time period they were responded to under the Obama administration but the Trump administration has neglected active petitions there back to 2017). The most impact you can have right now is calling or emailing your elected representatives. Open Letter Against the Student Ban Change.org: Allow F-1 and M-1 students to remain in the US with online-only classes Allow International Students to Finish Their Degrees Allow F-1 students to stay in the US through the fall semester if instruction is online due to the pandemic Contact Show Twitter: @idigitpodcast Email: idigitpod

China Lake Naval Weapons Center in central eastern California is home to many weapons inventions and the most dense collection of rock art in the western hemisphere. At nearly a mile long Little Petroglyph Canyon contains 10s of thousands of individual rock art images. Both Chris and Alan have been there and Alan leads tours there every year. We talk about the rock art and some of the preservation efforts.Links California Rock Art Foundation China Lake Naval Weapons Center Coso Shamans & Black Glass Traders Contact Chris Webster [email protected] Twitter: @archeowebby Dr. Alan Garfinkel [email protected] Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Find this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm!

The concept of "good faith effort" is discussed a lot in archaeology. Archaeologists are required to survey and record cultural resources to the best of their ability or, using a good faith effort. What does this mean? How do you define it? We also talk about artifacts and other aspects of site recording and ask the question, "is everything important?"LinksACHP - Meeting Reasonable and Good Faith Effort Identification StandardFollow 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 Find this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm!

On this episode of A Life in Ruins Podcast, we interview Dr. William Taylor, assistant professor and Curator of Archaeology at CU Boulder's Department of Anthropology. We delve into his early formative years and how he ultimately got into the field of Anthropology.Contact Email: [email protected] Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast Twitter: @alifeinruinspod Website: www.alifeinruins.com Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Find this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm!

This week, on a special sponsored episode, Anna and Amber explore some of the lesser-known Italic cultural groups that were peripheral to Ancient Rome. We seek out Samnites and uncover Umbrians. We also take a brief tour of Etruscan wine country.ContactEmail the Dirt PodcastAffiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Find this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm!

On today's show Chris interviews Drs. Ivan Vasilev and Vassil Tenekedjiev about there work with the Balkan Heritage Foundation in Bulgaria. Dr. Vasilev is the co-founder of the Foundation and an instructor at the Balkan Heritage Field School. Dr. Tenekedjiev is the branch manager of the Foundation and also an instructor at the Balkan Heritage Field School. Together they share an interest in medieval Balkan archaeology and history, late antiquity, and early Christian archaeology and history.Links Roadster Adventures Happy Archaeology Fun Time Balkan Heritage Foundation Balkan Heritage Field School: An educational program of Balkan Heritage Foundation that aims to provide hands on and theoretical education for archaeology and conservation students/ enthusiasts. Contact Chris Webster [email protected] Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Find this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm!

Bill Hyder is a pioneer in the study of rock art. He's the former president of the American Rock Art Research Association and a board member of the California Rock Art Foundation. He joins Dr. Garfinkel to talk about the Chumash and their lifeways, religion, origin stories, rock art, and more.Links California Rock Art Foundation American Rock Art Research Association Contact Chris Webster [email protected] Twitter: @archeowebby Dr. Alan Garfinkel [email protected] Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Find this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm!

Kim talks to Erin Kavanagh, a poet and geomythologist based in Wales about the old Welsh “Book of Taliesin”, especially the recent translation into English by Gwyneth Lewis and Rowan Williams. How much can we learn about the post-Roman period of Britain from the literature of the time?Linkshttps://www.penguin.co.uk/books/274601/the-book-of-taliesin/9780141396934Contact Twitter: @prehistpod Twitter: @geomythkavanagh Find this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm!

Ama Gomes is on the cutting edge of archaeological outreach and education. At Hokkaido University in Japan she's pursuing a PhD studying developments in archaeological outreach and education. On this episode we talk about her work in the Nintendo Game, Animal Crossing, and how people are interacting with cultural objects and themes in that game.Links Animal Crossing Zelda: Breath of the Wild App of the DayWebby: Co-Pilot GPS Contact Chris Webster Twitter: @archeowebby Email: [email protected] Paul Zimmerman Twitter: @lugal Email: [email protected] Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Find this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm!

On this episode of ArchaeoAnimals, Alex and Simona delve back into the world of cryptids, with three new case studies on unicorns, mermaids and sasquatches.Links https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/mar/29/siberian-unicorn-extinct-humans-fossil-kazakhstan https://www.wired.com/2015/02/fantastically-wrong-unicorn/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/scientist-grover-krantz-risked-it-all-chasing-bigfoot-180970676/ https://archive.archaeology.org/0407/etc/conversations.html https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/what-exactly-is-a-fiji-mermaid/ https://www.livescience.com/56037-feejee-mermaid.html Asbjørn, Jøn A. 1978. Dugongs and Mermaids, Selkies and Seals, p. 95. - Walls, Robert E. 1996. "Bigfoot" in Brunvand, Jan Harold (editor). American Folklore: An Encyclopedia, p. 158-159. Garland Publishing, Inc. Waugh, Arthur. 1960. "The Folklore of the Merfolk". Folklore. 71 (2): 73–84 http://perseus.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/search3t?dbname=LatinAugust2012&word=MONOCEROS 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!

Welcome to Watching Brief. A monthly show available via podcast and as topical segments via YouTube. As the name implies, each month my co-host Andy Brockman of the Pipeline (Where history is tomorrow's news) and I cast an eye over news stories, topical media and entertainment and discuss and debate what we find. Link of the Month:The Buried Spitfires of Burma: A ‘Fake’ History:https://buriedinburma.com/Links:01:28 - Coronavirus & Archaeology Update:Guidance on searching for Archaeological finds in England during COVID-19:https://www.gov.uk/guidance/guidance-on-searching-for-archaeological-finds-in-england-during-covid-19?fbclid=IwAR1RIg6o-309yMX1a19h9JenBQAWdSb9ME0UKo9Rh6bXvi0wd-ANAs5ie5E National Trust Scotland confirms emergency measures:https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/trust-confirms-emergency-measuresCulture Secretary announces cultural Renewal Taskforce:https://www.gov.uk/government/news/culture-secretary-announces-cultural-renewal-taskforce?fbclid=IwAR2NHSNTVLhZcejGN5BX9go5eOIdAuFGSseB6vfakUQMNMycs4OydoJpDgw Smugglers Are Using Coronavirus Lockdowns to Loot Artifacts:https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2020/04/30/smugglers-are-using-coronavirus-lockdowns-to-loot-artifacts/#14691a8136bf21:02 - Carbon Dating, the Archaeological workhorse is getting a major reboot:https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01499-y?fbclid=IwAR2WSBeEbiRDKyVwV8yYYjYtxwq1U-rFuPuP2ax_6eC54ztbLa1ISLqy4cE31:43 - United States Files Civil Action to Forfeit Rare Cuneiform Tablet Bearing Portion of the Epic of Gilgamesh:https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/united-states-files-civil-action-forfeit-rare-cuneiform-tablet-bearing-portion-epic?fbclid=IwAR2WSBeEbiRDKyVwV8yYYjYtxwq1U-rFuPuP2ax_6eC54ztbLa1ISLqy4cEHobby Lobby Sues Christies, Wants us to Feel Sorry for Them:https://www.thedailybeast.com/hobby-lobby-sues-christies-wants-us-to-feel-sorry-for-them?fbclid=IwAR1SlYvgyuJvErbUr45xJhcx_YWalv0oeUfNpEInt-iHF921hz50-7stqf446:49 - Rio Tinto blasts 46,000 year old Aboriginal site to expand iron ore mine:

These hips don't lie. Amber and Anna talk with paleoanthropologist Mayowa Adeboyega about her research on the evolution of the pelvis. Mayowa also gives us some insights on the experience of being Black in academia, and how she uses science communication and the occasional silliness to make anthropology more accessible.ContactEmail the Dirt PodcastAffiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Find this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm!

Join Chris Webster and Richie Cruz for an episode of You Call This Archaeology?!?! It's a live show about nothing, but sometimes about archaeology, that they do on the APN Facebook page. Head over and "like" the page to get notified when they go live so you can join in the conversation. On this episode they talk about RVs, camping, mine sites, and more.Links Roadster Adventures Happy Archaeology Fun Time Contact Chris Webster [email protected] Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Find this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm!

Steve Waller is an expert in the study of ArchaeoAcoustics. ArchaeoAcoustics is the study of sound in the prehistoric environment. Mr. Waller got his start in the caves of France while pursuing a passion for rock art study. One idea that Mr. Waller pursued was the idea that rock art was actually inspired by sound - specifically the sound in a cave. What Mr. Waller found was that the acoustic impacts of a location on rock art happen more often than anyone could have suspected.LinksCalifornia Rock Art FoundationContact Chris Webster [email protected] Twitter: @archeowebby Dr. Alan Garfinkel [email protected] Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Find this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm!

This episode we touch on early anthropology with scientific racism and previously bad archaeological practices while following into how these publications and teachings have trickled into museums and are still upheld today.Links Instagram post about museums and white supremacy Embrick, D.G., Weffer, S. and Dómínguez, S., 2019. White sanctuaries: race and place in art museums. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. Gould, Stephen J. The Mismeasure of Man. Article 8 Mirzoeff, N., 2017. Empty the museum, decolonize the curriculum, open theory. The Nordic Journal of Aesthetics, 53, pp.6-22. Ng, W., Ware, S.M. and Greenberg, A., 2017. Activating diversity and inclusion: A blueprint for museum educators as allies and change makers. Journal of Museum Education, 42(2), pp.142-154. Contact Show Twitter: @idigitpodcast Email: [email protected] Cover art: Caitlyn Bidwell Instagram Alyssa Instagram: aal.archaeology Twitter: Lyssakemi Michaela Instagram: mm_digitalized Twitter: m_mauriello Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Find this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm!

On today's show we talk to Dina Rivera about her work with the Ethics Database and social media at the Register of Professional Archaeologists. Do you use the database? Let us know!Links RPA Ethics Database at the RPA 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 Find this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm!

Amber and Anna are holding their very own Pod Pride Parade this week! We talk about the possible genetic influences behind human sexuality and discuss instances of queerness in archaeology (and some TRULY bad takes from news outlets). We also discuss gay icons from ancient history, badass queer archaeologists, and more!Links No ‘gay gene’: Massive study homes in on genetic basis of human sexuality (Nature) Genetics of Sexual Behavior Sexuality Studies in Archaeology (Annual Reviews in Anthropology) The Oldest Known Gay Man? (ABC News) First homosexual caveman found (Telegraph) 'Gay Caveman' Story Overblown, Archaeologists Say (LiveScience) Is That Skeleton Gay? The Problem With Projecting Modern Ideas Onto The Past (Forbes) Alexander the Great or Alexander the Gay? (University of Liverpool) Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones (University of Cardiff) Queering Hippolytus: Asexuality and Ancient Greece (Notches) Sapphistry on the Spoil Heap: Lesbianism and Female Homosociality in Early Archaeology (TORCH) In Han Dynasty China, Bisexuality Was the Norm (JSTOR Daily) Feminisms, Queer Theories, and the Archaeological Study of Past Sexualities (World Archaeology) Historical archaeology (The International Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality) ContactEmail the Dirt PodcastAffiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Find this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm!

Every story has a beginning. On the first two episodes of the Rock Art Podcast we talk about Dr. Alan Garfinkel’s beginning: how he got into archaeology, how he came to study rock art, and what he’s been up to lately.LinksCalifornia Rock Art FoundationContact Chris Webster [email protected] Twitter: @archeowebby Dr. Alan Garfinkel [email protected] Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Find this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm!

Every story has a beginning. On the first two episodes of the Rock Art Podcast we talk about Dr. Alan Garfinkel’s beginning: how he got into archaeology, how he came to study rock art, and what he’s been up to lately.LinksCalifornia Rock Art FoundationContact Chris Webster [email protected] Twitter: @archeowebby Dr. Alan Garfinkel [email protected] Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Find this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm!

Archaeology is time travel. Full stop. When. you’re standing on a site holding an artifact it’s interesting to imagine what the landscape and environment was like when the person that created it was standing there. Our guest, Dr. Mark McCoy, is using maps and digital archaeology to envision archaeology as Time Travel.About Mark: Mark D. McCoy is an expert in geospatial archaeology and Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Southern Methodist University. He is the author of over forty scientific journal articles on the archaeology of the Pacific Islands.LinksMaps for Time Travelers, University of California Press, 2020App of the DayWebby: Touch GIS Contact Chris Webster Twitter: @archeowebby Email: [email protected] Paul Zimmerman Twitter: @lugal Email: [email protected] Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Find this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm!

This week, Anna and Amber chat with researcher, author, science communicator, founding TrowelBlazer, and wearer of many hats, Dr. Brenna Hassett! We learn that we've all got a mouthful of clocks, that women have always been a part of the digging sciences, and that networks truly matter.Links Dr. Brenna Hassett (UCL) @brennawalks on Twitter TrowelBlazers Built on Bones: 15,000 Years of Urban Life and Death And Dr. Hassett mentioned two books by Angela Saini: Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong and the New Research That’s Rewriting the Story Superior: The Return of Race Science ContactEmail the Dirt PodcastAffiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Find this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm!

Description: On this edition of Our Ruined Lives, we are graced with the presence of Mark Torrender. Mark is a hardworking YouTuber, podcaster and Instagram guru under the names of @evolution_soup and @talkbeliefs. He is very interested in evolution and understanding the relationships between evolution and modern religious beliefs. We talk about Mark’s journey to where he is, we talk about the lovely town of Watford, and also talk about how he deals with people who troll his comment sections on YouTube! Give this episode a listen and then follow Mark on the all channels and instagrams listed below!Contact for Mark Instagram: @evolution_soup @talkbeliefs Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/talkbeliefs https://www.youtube.com/evolutionsoup Contact Email: [email protected] Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast Twitter: @alifeinruinspod Website: www.alifeinruins.com Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Find this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm!

This episode we discuss a major part of American history that has been omitted from most history book across the United States. As having anthropological backgrounds which saw some of the beginnings of institutionalized racism, it is important to address history that has been brushed under the rug. This is seen with Sundown Towns. There were thousands of these towns across the United States dominating counties, cities, towns, suburbs... With current events regarding human rights and curfews, it is important to bring awareness to this "forgotten" history found in America.Links James W. Loewen, Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything your American history textbook got wrong James W. Loewen, Lies Across America: What our historic sites get wrong James W. Loewen, Sundown Towns: A hidden dimension of American Racism James Loewen Website Access to states to see Sundown Towns in different cities Ways You Can Help (has many different numbers, petitions, donation links!) Breonna Taylor George Floyd Contact Show Twitter: @idigitpodcast Email: [email protected] Alyssa Instagram: aal.archaeology Twitter: Lyssakemi Michaela Instagram: mm_digitalized Twitter: m_mauriello Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Find this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm!

On today's episode Chris, Stephen and Doug talk about the responsibility of recording history as it's happening around us. As the US explodes in protest over the murder of George Floyd archaeologists are wondering what to do about contentious history. What do we do with all the statues that really should come down? What do we do about the graffiti that is being created right now that represents the thoughts and emotions of protestors? These are tough questions and we try to answer them on this episode.Linkshttps://www.docnow.io/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 Find this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm!

On today’s episode Jessica hosts Natasha Myhal, a citizen of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians and a PhD candidate in the Department of Ethnic Studies at CU Boulder with an area of focus in Geography. Through the lens of Natasha’s academic and personal journey, Natasha and Jessica discuss community based research, traditional ecological knowledge/gikendaasowin (knowledge in Ojibwe), and ethnobotany. They further discuss the challenges of working across disciplines and how language shapes the way we understand and interact with the land. Of course, they also discuss her dissertation research which uses community based approaches to look at Little River Band of Ottawa Indians tribal natural resource management strategies that combine traditional Anishinaabe worldviews with existing management policies.Links The politics of TEK- Paul Nadasdy Indian Land Tenure Foundation American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) Carroll, Clint. Roots of Our Renewal: Ethnobotany and Cherokee Environmental Governance. First Peoples : New Directions in Indigenous Studies. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2015 Geniusz, Wendy Makoons. Our Knowledge Is Not Primitive: Decolonizing Botanical Anishinaabe Teachings. Syracuse University Press, 2009 Pasternak, Shiri. Grounded Authority: The Algonquins of Barriere Lake against the State. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2017 Natasha [email protected] @natasha_kwe Contact Jessica [email protected] @livingheritageA @LivingHeritageResearchCouncil Lyle [email protected] Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Find this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm!

In this episode of Modern Myth I sit down with MA student Amy Nuttall to talk about ADHD and the common myths, and how it has shaped her university experience.She talks about her ungraduate studies, including spending time in a tent on the Welsh coast, in order to dig up ancient sites there. We discuss the ways in which archaeology could possibly be better for people with ADHD and talk about Amy's upcoming MA work that is about bellows and metallurgy. Contact Twitter: @Anarchaeologist Discord: ArchaeoWave Pit and Pod Blog [email protected] Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Find this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm!

Welcome to a new podcast from the Archaeology Podcast Network! Join Dr. Alan Garfinkel and Chris Webster as they interview experts from around the world in the study, identification, and interpretation of rock art. We’ll take you on a weekly journey through space and time as we discuss these fascinating images that have been painted, carved, pecked, and scratched into solid rock.LinksCalifornia Rock Art FoundationContact Chris Webster [email protected] Twitter: @archeowebby Dr. Alan Garfinkel [email protected] Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Find this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm!

This week, Anna and Amber have foraged up an episode all about hunting and gathering. We also examine anthropology and ethnography, and the problematic origins of these disciplines. We discuss the Grandmother Hypothesis, wax rhapsodic about salmon, and...Amber tells another honey story.Links Hunter-Gatherers (Foragers) (Human Research Area Files) Hunter-Gatherer Culture (National Geographic) What Is a Hunter-Gatherer? Variation in the Archaeological Record of Eastern and Southern Africa (Journal of Archaeological Research) Hunter-gatherer studies and human evolution: a very selective review (American Journal of Physical Anthropology) The Ethnohistory and Anthropology of ‘Modern’ Hunter-Gatherers (The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Hunter-Gatherers) AnthroBites: Scientific Racism (AnthroPod) Grandmothering, menopause, and the evolution of human life histories (UNM Digital Repository) Whales and humans linked by 'helpful grandmothers' (BBC) Why Grandmothers May Hold The Key To Human Evolution (NPR) The Evolutionary Importance of Grandmothers (The Atlantic) The Surprisingly Sticky Tale of the Hadza and the Honeyguide Bird (Atlas Obscura) Honey, Hadza, hunter-gatherers, and human evolution (Journal of Human Evolution) ContactEmail the Dirt PodcastAffiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Find this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm!