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To wrap up our inaugural Summer Blockbuster series, Amber leads us on a mission to Pandora with Avatar (2009). Rather than exploration of the culture of the indigenous Na’vi population (or maybe in addition to), we’ll examine some of the philosophical underpinnings of the franchise and discuss the book that completely changed Amber's intellectual trajectory. Interested in sponsoring this show or p...

The trowel is generally considered to be the essential piece in any archaeologist's toolkit, but how long have trowels been around and what kinds of trowels can you use in excavations? In this episode, Matilda chats with professional archaeologist and blacksmith Dr Zechariah Jinks-Fredrick about why we choose the tools that we do, but also the development of metal tools and metalworking in the pas...

On this episode, we are taking our first vacation. We are going to leave you with a classic episode of ours. Enjoy! On Episode 27 of A Life in Ruins Podcast, we interview Dr. Robert L. Kelly. Dr. Kelly was all the cohosts thesis advisor at the University of Wyoming. Dr. Robert L. Kelly wrote the book, T he Lifeways of Hunter-Gatherers: The Foraging Spectrum , on hunter-gatherer archaeology and the...

This week enjoy Season 1, Episode 2 of The Archaeology Variety Show. This episode originally aired back in March 2022. Segments : Where Are We? Last two weeks on the APN Interview with Andrew Kinkella Andrew’s Website Kinkella Teaches Archaeology - YouTube Archaeology or Aliens Archeologists Found the Location Where Jesus Walked on Water Archaeologists find 6,500-year-old pottery bearing the name...

Welcome to Watching Brief. As the name implies, each week Marc (Mr Soup) & Andy Brockman of the Pipeline (Where history is tomorrow's news) cast an eye over news stories, topical media and entertainment and discuss and debate what they find. 0:00 Introduction 1:53 Links of the Week 2:51 News to Keep an Eye On 10:48 James Madison’s Montpelier Row 15:39 The Nature of the Conversation & Claims 20:45...

Welcome to Watching Brief. As the name implies, each week Marc (Mr Soup) & Andy Brockman of the Pipeline (Where history is tomorrow's news) cast an eye over news stories, topical media and entertainment and discuss and debate what they find. #archaeologynews #thepipeline #archaeosoup Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/archaeosoup *** 0:00 Introduction 1:44 UK Arch Response to Ukraine 2...

Dr. Edward Gonzalez-Tennant joins us again as a guest co-host while Paul is surveying in the middle east. Ed is an expert in QGIS and on today's show he tells us how to get started and gives us some of his tips, tricks, and customization advice along the way. Start your own podcast with Zencastr and get 30% off your first three months with code TAS. Click this message for more information. Transcr...

Amber guides Anna through the jungle of the 2006 film Apocalypto...but hopefully a little less racistly than director Mel Gibson did! We’ll talk about human sacrifice, what was (and was not) going on in Maya culture in the 15th century CE, and the movie’s ending that couldn’t be more on the nose if it went “boop!” Interested in sponsoring this show or podcast ads for your business? Zencastr makes...

We've all heard of "The Crystal Skulls," but this crystal skull in particular is near and dear to my heart. Found in Belize in the 1920s, the mystery and intrigue surrounding the attempt to keep this find "authentic" is much more interesting than the forgery itself! Transcripts For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/pseudo/97 Links Crystal Skull Article Contact Kink...

On today's episode, Jessica hosts a panel of Indigenous Cultural Resource Management and Heritage company leaders. The panel includes Dr. Ashley Spivey (Pamukey Indian Tribe), Executive Director of Kenah Consulting (Heritage Voices Episode 43), Desireé Martinez (Gabrileño-Tongva), President of Cogstone Resource Management and Tongva Tribal Archaeologist (Heritage Voices Episodes 9, 17, 46), Jeremy...

In 210 BCE Qin Shi Huangdi, the self-proclaimed first emperor of China was laid to rest surrounded by a terra cotta version of his army and court. But what was going on at the same time in other places in the world? In this episode we talk about the terra cotta army in China. Then we move over to Europe/Northern Africa because the end of the Second Punic War between Rome and Carthage was coming to...

We have all been in a situation that we weren't comfortable with in the field. And we've all been afraid to speak up when something is wrong. In the wake of the terrible tragedy of the death of one of our own on her first day of work we talk about personal responsibility and how you can take care of yourself in this demanding profession. Transcripts For rough transcripts of this episode go to http...

The Coso Range in the eastern Mojave Desert is a place we've talked about a lot. Now, Dr. Garfinkel, with help from two other researchers, is releasing a new book this fall about the pointed petroglyphs of the Coso range. He talks about what they look like, what they mean for our understanding of the area, and how they dated the images. Interested in sponsoring this show or podcast ads for your bu...

You've graduated and are starting your first season as an archaeologist in Cultural Resources Management. Are you just excited to have a job and call yourself an archaeologist? Great! But also think about your career. What should you be doing to plan for the future? What should you be doing just to get through the field season? We talk about all this on today's episode. Interested in sponsoring th...

Welcome to a month of Summer Blockbusters, where we talk about the archaeology in movies that aren't Indiana Jones! This week, it's the 2021 film The Dig, starring Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan. We'll talk a bit about the film, but mostly about the real site portrayed in it--the Anglo Saxon burial at Sutton Hoo. This site was key to rewriting the understanding of post-Roman Britain, and was esp...

On this episode of A Life in Ruins Podcast, Carlton is back! Connor and Carlton sit down and discuss his wild and crazy summer in the field. They do a deep dive into where he was, what type of site he worked at, and the atmosphere of Lynch, Nebraska. Carlton then describes the early history of the site, his new gig as a bartender, and what it is like to be a senior graduate teaching assistant at a...

News from the English Countryside is dominating the podcast today! We've got a 4,800 year old stone circle on top of a henge and two from Stonehenge. The first is about the parasites that the early builders of Stonehenge suffered from and the second is about ancient pits, lots of them, found in the area around Stonehenge. Those ancients really DID love their stones in circles! Interested in sponso...

Dr. Edward Gonzalez-Tennant has been on the show before talking about some of his research. Now we bring him on to co-host while Paul is out and in this episode we talk about his transition from Florida to Texas and how he's teaching the next generation of archaeologists to think about technology solutions. Start your own podcast with Zencastr and get 30% off your first three months with code TAS....

“The Sea Peoples” is a term that refers to a seafaring culture of unclear origin that bopped around the eastern Mediterranean and adjoining areas around 1200-900 BCE. There are ancient Egyptian murals and reliefs that depict battles against these unnamed adversaries, but no definitive labels or helpful texts. So who were the Sea Peoples? We’ll discuss some theories, and probably not reach any conc...

Found in a shipwreck off the coast of Greece in 1901, the Antikythera Mechanism has been the subject of all sorts of claims, some outlandish, some simply false, and some true. Is this really the “World’s First Computer?” Is the technology needed to make it simply too advanced for the ancient Greeks? Join me as we sort it all out! Transcripts For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www....

Welcome to episode three of a miniseries focusing on the zooarchaeology of various world regions. This episode is centred around Asian zooarchaeology, focusing on the natural history and anatomy of the most prominent wild and domesticated species found throughout the continent. Tune in to learn how pandas were mistaken for tapirs, grunting oxen and oracle bones. Interested in sponsoring this show...

Connor and David discuss the highs and woes of CRM archaeology. They start out discussing #bus and #vanlife and the issues that David is having with his bus. They then take a deep dive into the bad and less fun elements of CRM archaeology. They discuss hotels, shovel tests, depression and existential crises. Connor and David then play good cop and tell success stories about their experiences in CR...

This week we interview Dr. Spencer Pelton, the Wyoming State Archaeologist, about his work on the Powers II red ochre quarry site. He recently co-authored a paper about that site, and in it they reveal that the dating results make the Powers Site potentially the oldest quarry site in North America. It's a fascinating and unique site and Dr. Pelton graciously shares his expertise on red ochre, how...

We should all have goals in any job we’re in. What’s your current set of goals for your CRM career? Do you want to run a company? Become a professor? What are your short term vs long term goals? Andrew and Doug discuss this topic on today’s show. Interested in sponsoring this show or podcast ads for your business? Zencastr makes it really easy! Click this message for more info. Start your own podc...

Y'all, it has been a TOUGH WEEK. You can tell because Anna somehow manages to get the episode intro WRONG after doing it correctly nearly 200 times. But we're just gonna keep swimming! We couldn’t do a month-at-sea theme without talking about shipwrecks. And it’s not just pirate ships and the Titanic, either. We’ll discuss all kinds of underwater assemblages and the ways in which shipwreck archaeo...