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In this episode of A Life In Ruins podcast, Connor and Davíd interview Joshua Herrin; archaeologist and artifacts laboratory manager of the Augusta Veteran’s Curation Program. Josh originally started his career at Georgia, Southern University, but then found himself in the United States Army. After finishing his tenure with the National Guard, Josh re-enrolled in his undergraduate studies and late...

On today’s show we have 3 news stories from the Middle East. The first story is about rock art “blueprints” for desert kites in Jordan. Then we move over to Jerusalem where researchers have tested the microbes left behind in ancient toilets and a stone receipt was found on the pilgrimage road between the gates of the city and the temple. We finish up with a short update about the archaeology proje...

Paul spent a couple months in Iraq on a CRM project. For a project of this scale and complexity, not to mention out of the country, there are a lot of pieces to consider. Paul takes through the tech they used on his last project and how it all fit together. Transcripts For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/archaeotech/202 Links Royal Commission for AlUla iCMTGIS Ge...

What happened 13,000 years ago? Was it cold, and then started warming, and then got cold again for a bit until it finally warmed up? Looks like it. Was there a comet that struck the Earth? Could be. Did it change history by unleashing a great flood that covered all evidence of an unknown complex civilization? Of course not! Join me (if you dare) as we try to untangle the complex web of facts and f...

In this episode Matilda chats to musician and metalsmith Samuel Meric; a specialist in the reconstruction of the carnyx - a Celtic brass instrument best known for being blasted across ancient battlefields. But how does the carnyx actually work? And how would they have been played? Tune in to hear all about souvenirs of the earliest European gap year, prehistoric cauldrons and the stories they tell...

In this is episode of Ruins, Connor and David talk with Carlton about his experience in the Dominican Republic. Carlton is currently in the DR working with a dive team researching a 16th century shipwreck in the Caribbean. He talks about the good and the bad, but mostly the fascinating. If you have left a podcast review on iTunes or Spotify, please email us at alifeinruinspodcast@gmail.com so we c...

We’ve got three stories about pretty well known places or events. The first contains a video and pictures representing over 700,000 images that were stitched together to form the most complete views of the Titanic, ever! We then go to Pompeii to discover that not everyone died as a result of the eruption of Vesuvius. Finally, we head down to Maya country to see a CRM project find a rare sculpture...

Elanie Moore is a professional artist and she studies the Great Mural Rock Art in Baja California, Mexico. Elanie recounts her first experiences with rock art and how it impacted her. Elanie was actually an art major looking for something to focus on and didn’t want to be just another classical art major. When she heard about the Baja and the rock paintings down there she wanted to know more and w...

On today’s episode, Jessica hosts Dr. Michael Blakey, National Endowment for the Humanities Professor of Anthropology, Africana Studies, American Studies and Founding Director of the Institute for Historical Biology at the College of William and Mary and the Co-Chair of the American Anthropological Association’s Commission for the Ethical Treatment of Human Remains. Dr. Blakey carries us on his li...

Being on the road constantly is REALLY difficult. It’s hard on relationships, finances, work/life balance, and families. What can you do to reduce the hardships created from constant travel and living in hotel rooms or camping? We give some ideas on today’s episode. Transcripts For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/crmarchpodcast/264 Links Field Archaeologist’s Sur...

David and Connor attempt to make a coherent episode that goes through a variety of different topics including knapp-ins, flintknapping, lithic analysis, lithic analysis in CRM archaeology, monitoring in CRM, mapping and data standards in CRM and end with a video game idea/explain why remote video games are the new way to hang out. If you have left a podcast review on iTunes or Spotify, please emai...

We saved the drama for, well, YOU this time! We start with an archaeologist that’s trying to build somewhat of an archaeology theme park in Guatemala and the local community isn’t having it. Then we go to Netflix’s latest blunder regarding a show about Cleopatra. Finally, if you find something in England with your metal detector you’d better report it or suffer the consequences. Links U.S. Archeol...

The February 2023 issue of Advances in Archaeological Practice highlights the efforts of people trying standardize and fix data management in archaeology. There’s a massive data problem in this field, from the collection of data to the longterm management of it. Michael Heilen and Shelby Manney organized SAA symposia and the issue linked below and are at the forefront of this effort. We bring them...

I’ve always found the Face on Mars to be one of the more fun and likable examples of pseudoarchaeology. What’s not fun and likable is sitting in your room in 1988 waiting for your Commodore 64 to upload an image of the Face on Mars in the video game “Zak McKraken and the Alien Mindbenders.” Transcripts For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/pseudo/116 Links Retronau...

On this episode of A Life in Ruins Podcast, we talk with our good friend and recent graduate of the University of Wyoming, Jacob Arnzen. We delve into Oregon history, the vegetation and topography of Oregon and random tidbits about the Oregon Trail. He then explains what he did for his thesis and also explains why obsidian is a very interesting thing to study in the past. We finish off talking abo...

This week we have 3 news stories. First we head over to Puerto Rico where new analysis of human remains from a 4,000 year old site is helping redefine what we know about the early inhabitants of the island. Then we look at a 39,600 year old bone from Spain that may be a leather punch board. And finally, the Dry Tortugas National Park has found a lost underwater cemetery off the coast of Florida. L...

The oldest dated rock art in North America is in the Winnemucca Lake area of northern Nevada, just a couple hours from Reno. It’s abstract and deeply carved. How does this rock art compare to the same time frame in other parts of the world? How did this rock art get dated? What can we tell about the people that created it? All this and more on today’s episode. Transcripts For rough transcripts of...

You’ll never have a family in CRM. You need a Master’s degree to do ANYTHING. You’re NOT a scientist. Leader’s are made in college. These are just a few of the common myths in CRM archaeology. We talk about these and a lot more on today’s episode. Transcripts For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/crmarchpodcast/263 Follow Our Panelists On Twitter Bill @succinctbill...

Join us as we embark on another listener-requested episode topic, this time all about the zooarchaeology of animals used in warfare. From fiery pigs to Hannibal’s infamous elephants, we take a look at how animals from around the world have been integral to military operations from prehistory to World War I. Links and Sources Ameen, C., Benkert, H., Fraser, T., Gordon, R., Holmes, M., Johnson, W.,...

For this week we are re-releasing Episode 80 - The “Mane” Event with Dr. William Taylor. Why? Well we will soon be releasing another episode with Dr. Taylor where we will be discussing his recently published article in Science titled: Early dispersal of domestic horses into the Great Plains and northern Rockies. For this episode, we are joined again by Dr. William Taylor, who first appeared on the...

This week we have three interesting archaeology news stories. First up is the recent (re)discovery of a Roman era fortlet in Scotland. Then we head over to the Grand Canyon where the Glen Canyon dam is having an unanticipated effect on downstream cultural resources. And finally we discus how digesta, or the partially digested vegetation in a large mammal’s digestive tract may have been a food sour...

Take a walk down memory lane with this episode of the ArchaeoTech Podcast. Hear clips from the different hosts and eras of the show over the past eight years. Also, discover many of the topics we’ve discussed and the variety of guests we’ve had. Here’s to another 200 episodes. Episodes Featured in this Compilation Stu Eve and L-P Archaeology - Episode 1 Digital Public Archaeology - Episode 2 Field...

With Indiana Jones 5 almost upon us, I thought it would be a good time to remind ourselves where we last left off with our favorite archaeologist. Indiana Jones 4 came out in 2008, took place in 1957, and was timeless in its ability to cheapen a franchise… Transcripts For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/pseudo/115 Segment 1 Segment 2 Segment 3 Links My episode on...

On today’s episode, we have a panel talking about the ethics of experimental archaeology and specifically on their work together around the digitization of the Crabtree Lithic Technology Collection. We talk about why the Indigenous Advisory board members wanted to be part of these efforts, overarching ethics in experimental archaeology, and what this project is trying to do to address those ethica...

If you want to discover some definitive answers to the mysteries of archaeology, then this might not be the episode for you (or the podcast series to be honest!). But if you want to hear theories of the start of metallurgy, discussions over Neolithic perceptions of death, insights into early hominin technology, or excellent advice on knapping, then you will want to hear this. Matilda chats with ar...