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Way back on episode 93 Paul and Chris talked about the article linked below but couldn’t work out a schedule with the authors. Well, now we have Dr. Tanya Peres on to talk about that article and the challenges and successes experienced when assessing sites after a major rain storm in Tennessee. Links Episode 93: Disaster Preparedness for Archaeology Sites Finding the Positive in the Negative - Art...

This year's April Fool's Day episode is on the biggest thing that never was: giants! Dive normal-sized-headfirst into conspiracy theories and hoaxes surrounding giants in the archaeological record, and meet some giants that didn't exist in Saudi Arabia, India, the Caucasus, and Appalachia. Links Did the Smithsonian Destroy Thousands of Giant Human Skeletons? (Snopes) "Skeleton of Giant" Is Interne...

Anna and Amber chat with Dr. Madelynn von Baeyer about archaeological plants. How do you find 'em? What can they tell us? What's the best archaeological plant? And what does any of this have to do with MUMMIES?!? Links Madelynn von Baeyer Bio Early Lives: The Late Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age at Çadır Höyük (Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology & Heritage Studies) Three Ancient Egypti...

Our hosts Carlton and David interview primitive survival expert Donny Dust about his prehistoric tool kit and his strategies for surviving in the bush. Donny was a contestant on the History Channel Show 'Alone' season 6 and 'Alone: The Beast' season 1. He is also the author of several books including Earthroamer and Scavenger: A Primal Approach to Lifestyle Change. He also runs his own primitive s...

Its time for Tristan Vs Tristan! In this classic re-telling of the movie Face Off, Tristan Boyle and Tristan Johnson go head to head to find out who the real Tristan is,. Only kidding, Tristan Johnson is the content creator behidn the Youtube channel StepBack History, which seeks to talk about history in a meaningful way. During this episode Tristan J outlines the reasons why he started the youtub...

As we move into a new world for many of us, probably all of us, we have to learn to live not only with new restrictions, but, with a potentially changed world on the other side of all this. Whether many people die, businesses fail, or it’s business as usual we need to prepare. How are you preparing for life during, and, on the other side of this pandemic? Follow Our Panelists On Twitter Bill @succ...

On this episode our three hosts recount their recent adventure in Colorado together last month. This is the first time the three intrepid cowboys of science have been in the same place since SAA’s ABQ in 2019. Contrary to their own expectations, Carlton, Connor, and David were extremely productive. They talk about museum visits, live streaming, Alpha, powwows, and more! This episode is part one of...

Anna and Amber chat with Dr. Briana Pobiner, a researcher and educator at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History's Human Origins Program. We talk favorite hominins, meat science, evolutionary education, how to get the most out of a frolic through the museum, and some of the zillion other things Dr. Pobiner does. Links Briana Pobiner (Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History) Bria...

From video conferencing tools to the immediate and lasting effects on field archaeology, Paul and Chris talk about working during this unique time in history. Links Zoom Skype Microsoft Teams Google Meet App of the Day Webby: Stash Invest Paul: Visual Studio Contact Chris Webster Twitter: @archeowebby Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com Paul Zimmerman Twitter: @lugal Email: paul@lugal.com A...

In this episode, Amber and Anna talk about talking. It’s finally an episode on linguistics! We think about Neanderthal speech, wrestle with syntax and semantics, and have a whole language family reunion. Links What is Speech? What is Language? (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association) The Neanderthal Throat—Did Neanderthals Speak? (Sapiens) Introduction to Linguistics (UCLA Linguistics) Glott...

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 talk, Archaeology in the City proudly presents - Colin Merrony on "The Roman For of Navio" This talk took place on Thursday, February 27th, 2020 at the Red Deer in Sheffield. This month we welcome the University of Sheffield...

For the first two segments we talk about the differences between what field techs expect from a job and what an employer expects from a field tech. Related to that are the actual expectations that each should have. In the final segment we talk about the graduate student strike at University of California Universities. Links http://www.succinctresearch.com/which-college-courses-helped-my-archaeolog...

This week, Anna and Amber take a look at foodways in the archaeological record of North America. What does archaeological evidence say about what was cooked, who was cooking, and what vessels were used to prepare and store food? What evidence is there for recreating ancient and pre-contact diets? How does this fit in with contemporary food sovereignty movements among Indigenous people? How great a...

Today’s podcast guest is Carson Black, a graduate student at Central Washington University. Carson studies Primate Behavior and Ecology and is basically the next Jane Goodall. Carson did her undergraduate degree in Biological Anthropology at Colorado State University in Fort Collins (GO BUFFS). She wrote her senior thesis on Mantled howler monkey and sexual dimorphism in their feeding posture! Car...

Chris Webster and Richie Cruz talk about everything from working on military bases to conferences. Links Happy Archaeology Fun Time Roadster Adventures Contact Chris Webster chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dr. Dan Bigman from Bigman Geophysical joins the show once again to talk about GPR and other methods in a CRM context. Of course this works for any project, but, we focused on contract archaeology for some portions of this episode. Links Bigman Geophysical Learn GPR App of the Day Webby: GoPro App Contact Chris Webster Twitter: @archeowebby Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com Paul Zimmerman...

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: VW Beetle Spotted in Insect Collection: https://tinyurl.com/wx6pns...

In this months episode, Alex and Simona talk about all things birds. Find out more about identifying avian remains, how we can use birds to reconstruct past environments and how humans have lived alongside them for millennia. Links Cohen, A. and Serjeantson, D. (1986) "A Manual for the Identification of Bird Bones from Archaeological Sites". Archetype Books. Serjeantson, D. (2010) "17 Ravens and c...

This week, Anna and Amber are joined by Dr. Damien Huffer, a bioarchaeologist and crime fighter. Dr. Huffer’s work was featured way, way back in Episode 36, “The Unsettling Business of Curating Human Remains,” and Anna and Amber are keen to learn more. How does one get into this line of work? What makes people want to own parts of other people? What’s being done to stop trafficking, and what lies...

This is a very special episode of Modern Myth. We are talking all about foreign policy, what it is, how it affects our lives and why it is important that we are open about it. In this episode I talk to the youngest foreign policy advisor in the United States of America, Dylan Burns about foreign policy and its connection to heritage and history. We discuss modern conflicts and the relations betwee...

This week we talk about retirement strategies and whether it’s even possible TO retire for professional archaeology. If you make it to the age where you have enough investment income or retirement has your body also made it? What are some alternative strategies? Links Our Rich Journey Blog Playing With Fire - Calculator Stash Follow Our Panelists On Twitter Bill @succinctbill ; Doug @openaccessarc...

Today’s podcast hostage is Lana...Lana...Lanaaaaaaa Ruck. Lana is a dual Ph. D. Candidate in the Department of Anthropology and Cognitive Science Program at Indiana University, Bloomington. She works at Olduvai Gorge as a student researcher at the Stone Age Institute, and she is an avid science communicator through IU's science blog, ScIU (@sciublog). Lana is a proud Texan, and got her B.A. in Ant...

In the early first millennium BCE, the city of Hasanlu was destroyed in a single, terrible day. Excavations reveal murdered civilians and a citadel engulfed in fire, but who was responsible for destroying this town on the road to everywhere in Iron Age Western Asia? This week, Anna and Amber tell Hasanlu's story, and of the academic drama that followed its excavation (and continues to this day). L...

Every year archaeologists create a wealth of data through fieldwork and research that is essential to our understanding and interpretation of the past. Despite the geographic character of much of that record, we consistently fail to realise its potential. Site plans and detailed survey data are routinely locked into the pages of PDF reports. As a result plans fossilised in print cannot easily be r...

This week, Anna gets out her box of slides from her recent trip to Bulgaria. We discuss some of the deep history (and prehistory) of Bulgaria, as well as some mythology and folk traditions. Then, we have a chat about some of our favorite ways to experience different communities and cultures when we travel. (Hot tip: EAT EVERYTHING) Links Late Neandertals and Early Modern Humans in Western Europe (...