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On this episode of a Life in Ruins Podcast, we continue our series of talking with TikTok Science Communicators and talk with Lindsay Nikole. Lindsay is a zoologist with a passion for all living things in the animal kingdom, and has over 1 million followers on TikTok. We dive straight into her experiences growing up and her experiences getting her undergraduate degree. This devolves into a discuss...

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 1:56 CIfA Salary Recommendations 6...

This week we have three super interesting news stories that grabbed our attention. First, a beautiful carved chalk drum was found with a Neolithic child burial in the UK. Second, new evidence shows the entry of Homo Sapiens into Europe may have been 10,000 years early than researchers previously realized. And finally, an archaeologist in Arizona claims to have found evidence that re-maps the route...

Today’s guest for episode 70 is Dr. John Hoopes, a professor from the University of Kansas. His specialization is Middle American archaeology - which is far south-central America and far northern South America including Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama (just to name a few). John discusses some of his studies and recent publications on the extraordinary objects of gold and jadeite dating f...

In this potpourri episode Chris and Paul discuss the practicalities of Chris’s new Starlink setup and some of the great listener feedback from recent episodes, including a home-grown tech project that knocked our socks off. Interested in learning about how to use X-Rays and similar technology in archaeology? Check out the linked PaleoImaging course from James Elliot! For rough transcripts of this...

On today’s podcast Jessica interviews Dr. Ayana Omilade Flewellen (they/she), Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Riverside. Through Dr. Flewellen’s work in historical archaeology of the African Diaspora focusing on the era of Enslavement and post-emancipation, we talk about how the way people, in this case Black women, dress and adorn themselves...

We dive into Dr. Samuel Redman’s latest book, Prophets and Ghosts: The Story of Salvage Anthropology. Amber and Anna (mostly Amber) have lots of questions about the seemingly paradoxical 19th- and 20th- century urge by American scholars to “rescue” objects and even human remains from “disappearing” Indigenous groups. It’s a fascinating window into anthropology viewed as a moral and academic obliga...

In this episode, we chat with Isaac Russel (@science_Is_real on TikTok), an 8th-grade science teacher and TikTok personality. We delve into his early experiences growing up in small-town Kansas. He details how community college was helpful for him and how he also lived in a very interesting situation. We then rapid-fire questions about teaching 8th-grade science, covering topics such as teaching o...

This week we have 3 interesting archaeology news articles. First, spines excavated in the Chincha valley of Peru are threaded on reeds posthumously. Archaeologist speculate this may have been done by the family members of the data after looting by the Spanish occurred. In segment 2 we take a look at a cemetery in the UK with an unusually high number of decapitated bodies. And finally, it turns out...

In this week's episode, Dr. Alan Garfinkel interviews Kirk Astroth about new and innovative methods he used to date rock art for his masters thesis. Kirk used a combination of established methods and new technology to date panels containing prehistoric, historic, as well as modern rock art. He came to several interesting conclusions, as well as identified ways to continue developing this new direc...

This episode looks at the protocols being put in place to handle COVID in our work. We also discuss what has left because of COVID that we won't miss and what's here to stay. Interested in learning about how to use X-Rays and similar technology in archaeology? Check out the linked PaleoImaging course from James Elliot! Start your own podcast with Zencastr and get 30% off your first three months wi...

This week, we explore yet another place that’s not a backwater or influenced by aliens! In 1986, two pits were excavated at the site of Sanxingdui (Three Stars Mound) in what is today China’s Sichuan province. These two pits, and six more uncovered in 2021, were full of bronze, jade, gold, and ivory objects that appear to have been “sacrificed” (burned or broken) before burial. The artifacts were...

On this episode of A Life in Ruins Podcast, we talk to our arch-nemesis, co-founder of the Archaeology Podcast Network, and host of the Modern Myth Podcast Tristan Boyle. We start out talking about our terrible impersonations of him and talk about where he is from and where he currently lives in the UK. We then delve into his formative years and how he got into archaeology. Tristan then nerds out...

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 1:40 Such Thing as a Good Rally? 1...

Everyone knows that the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE buried the Roman town of Pompeii in volcanic ash, abruptly ending its time as a flourishing port city on the Bay of Napes. But, what what else was happening in the ancient world at the same time? In this Timelines episode, we begin by chatting about Pompeii and it's unfortunate demise in segment one. Then we move over to Central America,...

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. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/archaeosoup *** Link of the Week: Raiders Temple Escape in LEGO: https://tinyurl.com/mryxfp4r *** Muppet(s) of...

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 3:18 Climate Change & UK Archaeolo...

Dr. Mukhopadhyay talks to Alan about their forthcoming book and projects related to the Uto-Aztecan peoples of the eastern Mojave desert and leading into Mexico. They look at the timeline and journey of the iconisity of the Uto-Aztecan people through time and space. Intersted in learning about how to use X-Rays and similar technology in archaeology? Check out the linked PaleoImaging course from Ja...

Today we talk with Cora Woolsey about how and why she set out to founded an archeological technology company. She tells us the ins and outs of starting the business, her motivations for building new software, and gives us details about the process. Intersted in learning about how to use X-Rays and similar technology in archaeology? Check out the linked PaleoImaging course from James Elliot! For ro...

This is part two of a miniseries on the zooarchaeology of mythological creatures. Learn more about the anatomy of creatures such as the Minotaur and Cerberus, but most importantly, how a centaur would wear trousers. Start your own podcast with Zencastr and get 30% off your first three months with code ANIMALS. Click this message for more information. FOR A TRANSCRIPT OF THIS PODCAST GO TO: archpod...

This week, we bring you the MIRACLE OF BIRTH. Join Amber and Anna for a brief frolic through some ancient birthing wisdom and evidence of pregnancy and childbirth in the archaeological record. We're also joined by the brilliant Dr. Natalie Laudicina, who takes us on a fascinating and slightly terrifying journey through the surprisingly complicated landscape of the primate birth canal. Content warn...

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Richard Adams. Dr. Adams personally spoon-fed the archeology kool-aid to Connor at Colorado State University and he met Carlton and David through the University of Wyoming. Dr. Adam’s discusses his winding road into archaeology and how he was inspired to pursue archaeology. He details his experiences with Dr. George Frison and his research into soapstone use....

This week we discuss a 4,000 year old board game that was discovered in Oman. Then in segment two, we head over to the UK where a Roman market town has been excavated in advance of the HS2 railway construction. And finally, LIDAR has uncovered more structures in association with Machu Picchu. Start your own podcast with Zencastr and get 30% off your first three months with code TAS. Click this mes...

In this episode Alan interview's the executive director of the Ridgecrest convention and visitors bureau also the principal developer and manager of the annual Petroglyph Festival. On this journey we talk about petroglyphs park the ram dancers of the Grand Canyon and many other things. Come along for a grand adventure. Start your own podcast with Zencastr and get 30% off your first three months wi...

We’ve all seen other archaeologists use strange tools that are not part of any normal recommendation list. Sometimes they are just odd, but other times turn out to be incredibly useful. What are these tools that we have seen? How were they used? We’re they so good that you bought one for yourself, or so weird that you just chalked it up to another wacky story from the field? Let’s talk about these...