This week we have 3 archaeology news stories. First, a bronze age site known as Must Farm has been called Britain’s Pompeii, and we look at why it has been given that name. Then, a fragmented ivory Pyx was found hidden in a Christian church. And finally, new dietary analysis of a Danish Bog body tells a story of neolithic immigration between very different communities.

Links

• TeePublic
• Rodsteradventures (Instagram -  follow us if you want us to make an RV podcast!)
• Bronze Age bonanza: The largest hoard of Bronze Age items has been unearthed at ‘Britain’s Pompeii’ (Apple News)
• ‘Britain’s Pompeii’ reveals Bronze Age village frozen in time
• 'Very special' 1,500-year-old Christian artifact discovered
• Stone Age Bog Body Lived Between Two Worlds (Apple News)

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This week we have three great archaeology news stories! First up, archaeologists have excavated a royal purple dye workshop in Greece. Then, excavations at an early colonial Incan cometary give insight into how small pox affected the community. And finally, perfectly preserved cherry bottles have been found in a cellar at Mount Vernon.

Links

• In This Ancient Workshop, Greeks Crushed Snail Glands to Make the Purple Dye Worn by Royalty
• More than just a color: Archaeological, analytical, and procedural aspects of Late Bronze Age purple-dye production at Cape Kolonna, Aegina
• Skeletons of Incan kids buried 500 years ago found marred with smallpox
• Two cases of smallpox from 1540 CE circum-contact (early colonial) Northern Coastal Peru
• 35 glass bottles from the 18th century filled with cherries unearthed by archeologists at George Washington’s Mount Vernon (Apple News)

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This week we look at 3 recent news stories. First up, the surprising contents of a burial found along the ancient silk road. Then, new research into what happened to the survivors of Pompeii. And finally, new evidence may disqualify on of the possbile migration paths that ancient humans took to Australia.

Links

• Archaeologists Found Stunning Treasure Buried by a Mysterious Forgotten Tribe
• Records of Pompeii’s survivors have been found – and archaeologists are starting to understand how they rebuilt their lives
• Early humans took northern route to Australia, cave find suggests
• Archaeologists Discover Clues to Ancient Migration Route That Brought Humans to Australia
• Sahul Subcontinent (Britannica)

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You guys answered our call, and this week we have 3 (kinda) news stories that were sent in by listeners! First, a rogue researcher doing interesting work in the Chesapeake Bay. Then, we look at ancient lava tubes in Saudi Arabia and how they were utilized by ancient people. And finally, a follow up to the Castle A fire at Montezuma’s Castle!

Links

• Ancient Chesapeake site challenges timeline of humans in the Americas
• 22,000-year-old artifacts could rewrite ancient human history in North America
• Parsons Island Maryland Synthesis of Geoarchaeological Investigations 2013-
  2020 Darrin Lowery FINAL 7-2-2021 low resolution version
• Archaeologists Found Human Remains in Lava Tubes, Filling in a Secret Historical Gap
• First evidence for human occupation of a lava tube in Arabia: The archaeology of Umm Jirsan Cave and its surroundings, northern Saudi Arabia (PLOS ONE Article)

Contact

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Meet Tilly, the amazing host of Tea-Break Time Travel, and co-host of the And My Trowel podcasts. She is also the woman behind the @‌the_archaeologists_teacup Instagram account, and all the APN social media! Today we chat with her about her all podcasts, as well as her areas of expertise: microwear analysis and experimental archaeology. Finally, she lends her expert opinion on a recent news article that used some cutting edge microwear analysis techniques to draw some pretty big conclusions.

Links

• Tea-Break Time Travel Podcast
• And My Trowel Podcast
• @‌the_archaeologists_teacup (Instagram)
• Microscopes and Magnifications (The Archaeologist’s Teacup Blog)
• The little things in life. Investigating the past one micrometre at a time
• 130,000-year-old Neanderthal-carved bear bone is symbolic art, study argues
• Burroni et al 2022: The Surface Alteration Features of Flint Artefacts as a Record of Environmental Processes
• Matilda's Academia page with all her published studies and theses
• https://linktr.ee/archaeobookclub
• https://www.instagram.com/scientistswhoread

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Ancient Egypt seems to be all over the news lately, so today we cover 3 of the most interesting of those stories!

Links

• Scientists Are Investigating a Puzzling Underground 'Anomaly' Near the Giza Pyramids
• Newly mapped lost branch of the Nile could help solve long-standing pyramid mystery
• Archaeologists discover ancient Egyptian pharaoh's fortified royal retreat
• New Kingdom Pharaoh’s Royal Rest House Found

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This week we have 3 interesting news articles! First, we look at a mysterious Roman artifact called a dodecahedron that literally has baffled archaeologists and historians. Then, we look an unusual burial in Vienna with 2 individuals in an embrace. Re-analysis with new techniques has corrected assumptions made in the past about who they were! And finally, we discuss new evidence that paleolithic humans ate a primarlily vegan diet.

Links

Segment 1

• An Unbelievable Relic From the Roman Empire Is Baffling Archaeologists (Popular Mechanics)
• Why Did Ancient Romans Make this Baffling Metal Dodecahedron? (Scientific American)

Segment 2

• Two ancient women buried together in Austria in first of its kind find. ‘Remarkable’

Segment 3

• Scientists find that cavemen ate a mostly vegan diet in groundbreaking new study (Joe)
• Isotopic evidence of high reliance on plant food among Later Stone Age hunter-gatherers at Taforalt, Morocco (Nature Ecology & Evolution)

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A few weeks ago, archaeologist Flint Dibble was invited on to the Joe Rogan Experience to have a dialogue with Graham Hancock. Over the course of the 4 hour show, Flint did a fantastic job engaging and attempting to educate Graham and Joe. This week, APN co-founder Tristan Boyle had an opportunity to interview Flint about how he prepared for the show, and what the reaction has been on the interwebs.

Links

• Joe Rogan Experience #2136 - Graham Hancock & Flint Dibble
• Archaeology with Flint Dibble (YouTube)

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This week we have 3 news stories about art in the ancient world. First up, 10 years of excavating a synagogue in Israel has revealed stunning floor mosaics. Then, we head to everyone’s favorited ancient city, Pompeii, where spectacular frescos were uncovered in a residence. And finally, rock carvings in Peru may depict people singing or dancing while hallucinating.

Links

• Surprising Scenes in Stone
• Pompeii: Breathtaking new paintings found at ancient city (BBC)
• Archaeologists Reveal Rock Art May Depict People Singing While High (Newsweek)
• Dances with Zigzags in Toro Muerto, Peru: Geometric Petroglyphs as (Possible) Embodiments of Songs

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Archaeology is always seen as a field pursuit and for the most part, it is. However the interpretations of archaeology should be accessible to all. Our guests today, Dr. Alessandro Sebastiani and Dr. Laura Morabito presented their thoughts on accessibility in archaeology at the World Archaeology Summit in AlUla, Saudi Arabia in September 2023. They discuss things like 3D reconstruction and VR as tools to bring people to archaeological sites and research without physically bringing them there.

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This week we have three fascinating Archaeology news stories! First up, Archaeologists have determined what Roman wine tastes like. Then, a new study looks at the impact of micro plastic contamination on archaeological sites. And finally a unique lynx burial puzzles, well, everyone!

Links

Segment 1

• Archaeologists Have Determined What Ancient Roman Wine Tasted Like
• Making wine in earthenware vessels: a comparative approach to Roman vinification

Segment 2

• Microplastics Are Contaminating Ancient Archaeological Sites
• The contamination of in situ archaeological remains: A pilot analysis of microplastics in sediment samples using μFTIR

Segment 3

• 1,500-year-old burial of lynx with 4 dogs stacked on it puzzles archaeologists
• A fifth- to sixth-century CE lynx (Lynx lynx L., 1758) skeleton from Hungary 2: Stature and archaeological interpretations

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This week we have 3 interesting archaeology news stories. First up, “curse tablets” were found at a Roman villa in the UK. Then, a 1,000 year old bone ice skate was found at a site in the Czech Republic. And finally, we have a discussion about the length of childhood in humans, and how it evolved to be that way and the somewhat overlooked archaeology of childhood.

Links

• Mysterious ‘curse tablets’ and ‘sophisticated’ paintings found at ancient Roman site
• Archaeologists Unearth 1,000-Year-Old Ice Skate Made of Animal Bone in Czech Republic
• Grow Slow: Human childhood is uniquely protracted. How did it evolve to be that way and why? - New Scientist Feature

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This week we discuss 3 archaeological sites that we visited while in Arizona: Tuzigoot National Monument and Montezuma Castle and Well National Monument.

Links

• Tuzigoot National Park Service page
• Montezuma Castle National Park Service
• American Southwest Virtual Museum - Montezuma Castle
• Montezuma Well National Park Service page

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This week we have 3 interesting archaeology news stories. First, we discuss a new dating technique that researchers in Ukraine are using on early human tools. Then, we head over to Mexico where a construction  project has uncovered a uniquely arranged group burial. And finally, we head down to Peru, and the gorgeous city of Cajamarca, where researchers have found the stone circle that was built over 4,000 years ago.

Links

• Archaeologists Just Uncovered The Oldest Evidence of Humans in Europe - Apple News
• East-to-west human dispersal into Europe 1.4 million years ago - Nature
• Trove of ancient skulls and bones found stacked on top of each other during construction project in Mexico - Apple News
• Archaeologists discover mysterious stone circle built before great pyramids - Apple News
• A monumental stone plaza at 4750 B.P. in the Cajamarca Valley of Peru - Science Advances

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On today’s episode, we interview Dr. Rebecca Foote, the Director of Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Research for the Royal Commission for AlUla in Saudi Arabia (RCU). Rebecca’s current role focuses on executing in-depth archaeological study unique in both geographical size and scale, assessing the rich and complex past of the AlUla region of northwest Saudi Arabia. Dr Foote develops archaeological surveys, excavations and research projects with national and international expert teams to expand understanding of AlUla’s history and prehistory.

Links

• Royal Commission for AlUla

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We’ve got three great news stories for you this week. We start with the oldest rock paintings in South America. They might be conveying a message. Next up is a tale of discarded armor from the first capital of Maryland. Finally, we talk about a 10,000 year old wall that was used to hunt reindeer. It’s now under 70 feet of water!

Links

Segment 1

• This Ancient Cave Art Passed Survival Information Across 130 Human Generations in Patagonia, Study Suggests
• Earliest directly dated rock art from Patagonia reveals socioecological resilience to mid-Holocene climate (Science Advances)

Segment 2

• Rare armor unearthed at site of 17th-century fort in Maryland

Segment 3

• Stone Age Wall Discovered Beneath the Baltic Sea Helped Early Hunters Trap Reindeer
• Research Paper: A submerged Stone Age hunting architecture from the Western Baltic Sea

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This week we have 3 fascinating archaeology news stories. First, experimental research has helped researchers determine the function of an ivory baton. Then, we take a look at a newly discovered Roman villa that may have belonged to Pliny the Elder. Finally, Amelia Earhart is back in the news with some new and potentially controversial findings!

Links

• Experiments suggest ancient four-holed ivory baton was used to make rope (Phys.org)
• Rope making in the Aurignacian of Central Europe more than 35,000 years ago (Science Advances)
• 1st-century villa discovered near Mount Vesuvius may be where Pliny the Elder watched catastrophic eruption
• Amelia Earhart's plane may have crashed in the heart of the Pacific Ocean, explorer claims (Live Science)
• The Earhart Project in a Nutshell
• Scientists discover new possible clue in Amelia Earhart mystery

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Today Chris talks to the editors of a fascinating new book about animals and their representation and symbolism in ancient Mesoamerica. We talk about things like frogs that soak in water through their bellies and animals wearing clothes…and what that means! Ancient people in this area were very connected to their surroundings and observed everything with amazing clarity.

Links

• Birds and Beasts of Ancient Mesoamerica: Animal Symbolism in the Postclassic Period

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This week we have 3 news stories! First up, a 2,000 year old bog body was found in excellent condition in Ireland. Then, we take a look at the “lost” capital city of Asryria, Assur. Finally, we head back over to Ireland, where a 4,000 year old tomb has been rediscovered.

Links

• Bellaghy bog body: Human remains are 2,000 years old
• The Lost Capital of Ancient Assyria
• Everyone Thought This 4,000-Year-Old Tomb Had Been Destroyed. Then, an Archaeologist Found It

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This week we have a couple news stories, and then the story of us! First up, an Iron Age saddle in extremely god condition has been found in  Xinjiang in Northwestern China. Next, cave paintings in Spain have been preserved by the unique chemical composition of the cave. And finally, in response to a listener request, we share our story both personally and professionally!

Links

• Ancient Chinese Saddle Surprises Archaeologists (Apple News)
• Ancient Chinese Saddle Surprises Archaeologists (NatGeo - Paywall)
• Just How Old Are the Cave Paintings in Spain’s Cova Dones?

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This week we interview two of the editors of the new book Materialization of Time in the Ancient Maya World: Mythic History and Ritual Order, Dr. David Freidel and Dr. Anne Dowd. This volume examines recent research on how the Maya incorporated time into their daily lives through their architecture, writings, and more.

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• The Materialization of Time in the Ancient Maya World: Mythic History and Ritual Order

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This week we have 3 fascinating archaeology news stories! First a children’s cemetery has been discovered in Turkey. Then, new research shows an Egyptian mummy was actually pregnant with twins when she died in childbirth. And finally, a new study shows that a 180 ft chalk carving in an English hillside is likely Hercules.

Links

• A cemetery belonging to 54 children was found during the excavation in the old quarry in Diyarbakır, Türkiye (ArkeoNews)
• Ancient Egyptian teenager died while giving birth to twins, mummy reveals (Live Science)
• Archaeologists have made a shocking discovery after a re-examination of a mummified teen mom who died in childbirth (ArkeoNews)
• Twins found in a Late Dynastic/Coptic Egyptian mummy (Open Access Paper)
• 180-foot early medieval carving of naked bald man with club is probably Hercules, new study suggests (Live Science)

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This week we have 3 archaeology news stories from Scandinavia! First, we discuss the oldest ship burial found so far in Norway. Then, a very old sword has been uncovered in Sweden, which belonged to a very tall individual! Finally, we go back to Norway where a very rare Bronze Age gold bracelet was found by a metal detectorist.

Links

• 1,300-Year-Old Ship Burial Unearthed in Norway
• Medieval weapon — over 4 feet long — unearthed in town square in Sweden, photos show
• Metal detectorist stumbles on very rare gold treasure from 2,500 years ago, photos show

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This week we tackle one of our favorite topics - controversy! Last summer, the team working on the Rising Star Cave site in South Africa released a series of pre-prints making some incredible claims about the pre-human species, Homo Naledi. They were closely followed by the Netflix documentary, Cave of Bones which captured the attention of the public. However, other researchers are pushing back, claiming lack of solid evidence and published peer reviewed research. Join us while we look at both sides of the debate, and let us know where you land!

Links

• Controversial Claims About Homo Naledi Are Stirring Up Evolution
• Enigmatic Hominin Seemingly Buried Dead and Carved Symbols 100,000 Years Before Modern Humans
• Unknown: Cave of Bones - Netflix Documentary
• No scientific evidence that Homo Naledi buried their dead and produced rock art
• Cave of Bones Explorer’s Club Talk with Dr. Lee Berger
• 241,000 to 335,000 Years Old Rock Engravings Made by Homo naledi in the Rising Star Cave system, South Africa

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This week we have 3 interesting archaeology news stories. First up is the reanalysis of skeletal remains in a neolithic mass grave in Spain is creating a different picture of how people interacted in that region. Then, we look at how satellite images have added many more megastructure sites to  bronze age Serbia and Slovenia. Finally, we discuss the perishable artifacts that have been preserved by glaciers in Canada, but are now being revealed due to glacial melting.

Links

• 5,000-year-old mass grave of fallen warriors in Spain shows evidence of 'sophisticated' warfare
• Fernández-Crespo, T., Ordoño, J., Etxeberria, F. et al. Large-scale violence in Late Neolithic Western Europe based on expanded skeletal evidence from San Juan ante Portam Latinam. Sci Rep 13, 17103 (2023).
• New Satellite Images Reveal Europe’s Hidden Bronze Age Megastructures
• University College Dublin Statement: UCD archaeology brings to light Europe’s hidden Bronze Age megastructures
• Melting Ice in Canada Reveals Ancient Artifacts
• Melting ice reveals dozens of 7,000-year-old artifacts in Canada. Take a look

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It seems like every week there is an article that says archaeologists are dumbfounded, astounded, or astonished. When that’s not happening we’re rewriting history as we know it. The three articles this week all claim to rewrite history with their claims. Let’s dive in.

Links

• A Prehistoric Pyramid May Have Just Rewritten Human History, Scientists Claim
• Pseudo-Archaeology Podcast Ep 129 - Gunung Padang Is Not A Pyramid: Does Anyone Double-Check Anything Anymore? 
• Gunung Padang: What Archaeology Really Says.
• Archaeologists Call Foul on the Purported Discovery of a 27,000-Year-Old Pyramid
• Archaeologists Discover Vast, Complex Prehistoric Society That Rewrites History
• Spanish Bronze Age bling upends archaeological assumptions

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Gender and sex today are fluid concepts. Is that because it’s a new idea or because it’s finally something that can come out of the shadows? On today’s episode we look at gender and sex in rock art. We challenge preconceived notions that male shamans are the only ones that created rock art. We also talk about gender representation in rock art.

Transcripts

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On this week’s news episode we start with two stories about slavery. The first comes from the discovery of a 2000 year old child’s show found in an Austrian mine. The second is from Ghana and the discovery of Britain’s first slave fort in Africa. Finally, we learn about conclusive evidence of Vikings arriving in the Americas well before Columbus.

Links

• 2,000-Year-Old Child's Shoe Found in Austrian Mine
  https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/2000-year-old-childs-shoe-found-in-austria-180982946/
• 2000-year-old child’s leather shoe discovered in Austrian salt mine
  https://archaeologymag.com/2023/09/childs-leather-shoe-discovered-in-austria/
• Dig reveals the roots of Britain’s slave trade — and the bloody birth of our world
  https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dig-reveals-the-roots-of-britains-slave-trade-and-the-bloody-birth-of-the-modern-world-ll5zzbmnn
• 'First English slave fort in Africa' uncovered on Ghana's coast
• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66359512
• A Stunning Discovery Proves That Vikings Reached the Americas Before Columbus
• https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a45823574/vikings-in-america-before-columbus-new-discovery/
• RodsterAdventures Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/rodsteradventures

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What if time travel were possible? Well, it is, sort of. Into the future, anyway. But what about time travel to the past? What rules would a time traveler likely have to follow from a historical perspective? Where would Chris and Rachel like to go and what would we like to do or see? We talk about all this on today’s episode. Where would you go? When would you go?

Links

• From historical holidays to archeological sites, top destinations for the time traveller
  https://apple.news/A4OszwT7TRH6VEdwtAbxu1A
• Human History Expedition
  https://www.nationalgeographic.com/expeditions/destinations/europe/land/human-origins-france-spain/
• Highlights of Albania
  https://www.responsibletravel.com/
• Highlights of Ancient Greece
  https://www.exodustravels.com/

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Seriously, it’s the last time we’ll talk about Greece. Well, our trip to Greece. Of course we’ll keep talking about Greece because it’s a SUPER cool place! Anyway, we talk about Athens, the Parthenon and the Acropolis, the Agora, and Kerameikos necropolis.

Links

• History of Athens
• The Acropolis - UNESCO Site
• Athens Acropolis
• The Acropolis
• Kerameikos
• The Agora of Athens
• Rick Steves Audio Tours

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Well, we had to do something for Halloween because, well, that’s what podcasts do. So, in our style, we decided to talk about Vampires from a few news articles we found in the last couple months. Where does the legend come from? What did historic cultures do to suspected vampires? We learn all about it on this episode.

Links

• Archaeologists unearth 17th Century ‘vampire child’ burial in Poland
  https://archaeologymag.com/2023/08/archaeologists-unearth-vampire-child-burial-in-poland/
• 400-Year-Old ‘Vampire Child’ Was Buried with Their Foot Padlocked so They Wouldn’t Rise from the Grave https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/400-year-old-vampire-child-was-buried-with-their-foot-padlocked-so-they-wouldnt-rise-from-the-grave/
• Remains of a “female vampire” have been unearthed in Poland
  https://archaeologymag.com/2022/09/remains-of-a-female-vampire-pinned-to-the-ground-have-been-unearthed-in-poland/
• Mystery of 'Vampire' Burials Solved
• https://www.livescience.com/48924-mystery-of-vampire-burials-solved.html
• Buried with sickles: early modern interments from Drawsko, Poland https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/buried-with-sickles-early-modern-interments-from-drawsko-poland/791AADE59597383DA4D5EA0221034AF9
• Governing from the Grave: Vampire Burials and Social Order in Post-medieval Poland (Cambridge): https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/5B289269B5042D982F9A534664BB2D72/S0959774314000754a.pdf/governing-from-the-grave-vampire-burials-and-social-order-in-post-medieval-poland.pdf
• The Horrors of History: Vampires (Ashland Community and Technical College): https://ashland.kctcs.edu/blog/posts/untitled.aspx#:~:text=The concept of the vampire,not widespread or well-known.
• A Natural History of Vampires
  https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/primate-diaries/a-natural-history-of-vampires/

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It’s another episode about Greece! We hope you love it as much as we did. On today’s show we talk about Crete and the Palace at Knossos. Knossos is where the Minoan civilization got it’s name from.

Links

• Crete - from Britannica
  https://www.britannica.com/place/Crete
• Knossos: Palace of the Minoans
  https://www.livescience.com/27955-knossos-palace-of-the-minoans.html

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This week it’s another Greece episode featuring some of our travels. We spent a week on the island of Naxos and there is so much cool history there. We talk about the Portara, the remains of an ancient temple, the. Temple of Demeter, a Colossal Kouros, and olive presses.

Links

• Naxos
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naxos
• Naxos History
  https://www.naxos.net/history/
• Naxos Portara (or Temple Of Apollo)
  https://www.greeka.com/cyclades/naxos/sightseeing/portara-naxos/
• Temple of Demeter at Sangri
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Sangri
• Naxos Melanes Kouros
  https://www.greeka.com/cyclades/naxos/sightseeing/naxos-kouros/

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Chris and Rachel are on an epic trip and we talk about a few of the places we visited on today’s show. First up is Split and Dubrovnik in Croatia. Aside from being picturesque and awesome cities with wonderful people, Dubrovnik was also the filming site for Kings Landing and other locations in HBO’s Game of Thrones. In the third segment we talk about the small country of Montenegro and it’s massive mountains and vineyards.

Links

• Split (UNESCO)
  https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/97
• Dubrovnik (UNESCO)
  https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/95/
• Kotor (UNESCO)
  https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/125
• Venetian Works of Defense (UNESCO)
  https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1533
• Game of Thrones
  https://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones
• Game of Thrones Filming Locations in Dubrovnik
  https://freetoursbyfoot.com/game-of-thrones-locations-in-dubrovnik/
• Virgin Voyages
  https://www.virginvoyages.com
• Richie’s GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/631da8a4

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UNESCO meet in September to review the nominations to the World Heritage list from 2022 and 2023. They have added added a bunch of new sites, so this week we take a look at some of our favorite new ones. Also, we talk about sites that have been removed from the “in danger” list, as well as a couple that have unfortunately been added to it.

Links

• The 27 new Unesco World Heritage Sites for 2023 revealed
  https://apple.news/Awx6AamRKRPy46fY6D0tlCQ
• New Inscribed Properties 2023+2022
  https://whc.unesco.org/en/newproperties/?meeting=45COM&mode=list&inscribed=1
• The Criteria for Selection
  https://whc.unesco.org/en/criteria/
• Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks
  https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1689
• Deer Stone Monuments and Related Bronze Age Site
  https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1621
• Old town of Kuldīga
  https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1658
• Uganda’s Tombs of the Kings of Buganda at Kasubi to be removed from the List of World Heritage in Danger
  https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2607
• Ukraine: UNESCO sites of Kyiv and L’viv are inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger
  https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2608
• The reverse side of the medal
  https://www.mpg.de/11401948/unesco-world-heritage

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We are headed to Greece for a working vacation, so we have been on the lookout for new archaeology news about Ancient Greece! Today we’ve got a story about the furthest east ancient Greek City to be found, a rare and valuable marble lion head, and some temple ruins on an uninhabited Greek island with 2,400 year old statues.

Links

• What Became of the Ancient Greek City they Found in Afghanistan
  https://www.messynessychic.com/2023/09/01/what-became-of-the-ancient-greek-city-they-found-in-afghanistan/#:~:text=But%20Ai%2DKhanoum%20is%20not,China%20and%20India%20and%20beyond.
• Archaeologists find 'rare and valuable' ancient marble lion head
  https://www.newsweek.com/archaeologists-find-rare-valuable-ancient-marble-lion-head-1824090#:~:text=Archaeologists%20have%20uncovered%20an%20unusually,the%205th%20century%20BC.
• Temple ruins on uninhabited Greek island reveal 2,400-year-old statues. Take a lookhttps://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article278493769.html

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his week we have 3 interesting archaeology news stories. First, we take a look at an article about Roman structure in the Swiss Alps. Then we head to Egypt where researchers are performing chemical analysis on the residue on the jars that held a mummy’s organs. And finally we look at an article about a site in in Peru where the remains of a possible religious cult leader have been uncovered.

Links

• Ruins of 2,000-Year-Old Roman Walls Unearthed in Swiss Alps: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/2000-year-old-roman-buildings-found-in-switzerland-180982827/
• Ancient Egyptian mummy balm probably smelled delicious: https://www.popsci.com/science/mummy-balm-ingredients/
• 3,000-year-old tomb opened in Peru, possible cult leader unearthed: https://www.businessinsider.com/ancient-tomb-opened-pacopampa-peru-possible-religious-cult-leader-unearthed-2023-9
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On this news episode we start with a cool discovery in England and a great law that benefits everyone. Then we go to Spain and some very ancient burial practices. Finally, we look at one researcher that things oral histories, language, and genetics point to a massively early arrival of humans to the Americas.

Links

• Amateur archaeologists 'disbelief' after finding rare Roman treasure in field: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1805750/archaeology-roman-treasure-britain-spt
• Ancient Human Remains Reveal How The Stone Age Buried Its Dead: https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-human-remains-reveal-how-the-stone-age-buried-its-dead?utm_campaign=AppleNews&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=AppleNews
• Estimated time of arrival: https://apple.news/A6eykC_LuRlakW-OlZl1TcA

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We’ve got a news episode this week and three great articles. First up is possibly the world’s oldest synagogue outside of Israel. However, not everyone believes it. Then we’ve got an article about some civil war soldiers that we know a lot more about now. Finally, what happens when you worship a god of the sea and it all goes wrong? The Greek city of Helike has an idea about that from 2,600 years ago.

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• Synagogue unearthed in Russia may be one of the oldest outside Israel. But not everyone is convinced :https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/synagogue-unearthed-in-russia-may-be-one-of-the-oldest-outside-israel-but-not-everyone-is-convinced
• Four Bodies Found in Colonial Williamsburg Belonged to Confederate Soldiers: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/remains-found-in-williamsburg-were-confederate-soldiers-archaeologists-say-180982772/
• Cult center was destroyed 2,600 years ago in Greece. Now experts uncover its secrets: https://www.mercedsunstar.com/news/nation-world/world/article278490134.html

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We mention there is a YouTube video of this episode. Well, that was before we tried to edit it. There was a big error that couldn’t be overcome in the processing of the video. So, you don’t get to see Chris’ ugly face and Rachel’s face-for-video…maybe next week!

Lately it seems like every archaeology news article we read references the Stone, Bronze or Iron Age as a hook in the headline. We were curious, where does this come from, and is it valid to continue using it today? Join us for a deep dive on the origins of the Three Part Age system, whether it still holds up, or if it is an idea that just doesn’t apply to our current understanding of the ancient world.

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• THE THREE-AGE SYSTEM: WHAT IT IS AND WHY IT MATTERS: https://stoneageman.com/stone-bronze-iron-age/
• The Development of the Three-Age System: https://www.rundetaarn.dk/en/article/the-development-of-the-three-age-system/
• Three-age system (wiki): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-age_system
• Aspects of Archaeology: The Three (and a bit) Age System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cJ7WAvWhYU
• Did the Americas have a Bronze Age? (YouTube): https://youtu.be/HAZsFgAJSJE

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We’re back with a news episode! This time we’ve got fast food in Pompeii, someone found the Kingdom of David, again, and an awesome female warrior.

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• Pompeii had kitchen shrines, dozens of bakeries, and a 'pizza' fresco: https://www.insider.com/pompeii-kitchen-shrines-bakeries-pizza-fresco-archeology-russo-snake-find-2023-7
• Archaeologist Controversially Claims He's Found The Bible's Kingdom Of David: https://www.iflscience.com/archaeologist-controversially-claims-hes-found-the-bibles-kingdom-of-david-69800
• Archaeologists May Have Found The Lost Biblical City Of King David: https://www.iflscience.com/archaeologists-may-have-found-the-lost-biblical-city-of-king-david-47478
• Read the original journal article here: https://jjar.huji.ac.il/sites/default/files/jjar/files/jjar4_art-04_garfinkel_2023-05-23_01.pdf
• 2,000-year-old grave probably belonged to a female warrior, study says: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/27/iron-age-grave-england-scilly-isles/
• Sex identification of a Late Iron Age sword and mirror cist burial from Hillside Farm, Bryher, Isles of Scilly, England: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X23002742

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We’re playing an episode of the ArchaeoTech podcast for you on today’s episode. However, it was one that Chris and Rachel took over to do some tech-related news stories. We talk about artificial intelligence and how it’s being used to translate ancient text and find new sites.

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  AI identifies 3 more 'Nazca Lines' figures in Peru
  Accelerating the discovery of new Nasca geoglyphs using deep learning
• Segment 2
  Researchers Use AI to Read Ancient Mesopotamian Texts
  Translating Akkadian to English with neural machine translation 
• Segment 3
  A human–AI collaboration workflow for archaeological sites detection
  AI spots Mesopotamian archaeological sites in satellite images
  ARCHAEOLOGISTS USE AI TO IDENTIFY NEW ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES IN MESOPOTAMIA

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For some reason we have a Brazilian-themed show today…we start with the recovered skeletal remains of a teenager with a debilitating disease with an intricate bead bracelet. Then we look at an impossibly old site with jewelry made by very ancient Brazilians. Finally, we look at the discovery of a ship scuttled by a truly terrible person during the slave trade years.

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Segment 1:

• Skeleton of Disabled Teen With Bracelet Puzzles Archaeologists: https://www.newsweek.com/skeleton-disabled-teen-bracelet-puzzles-archaeologists-1813779
• FROM SEED TO BEAD – HOW OUR YAWA #TOGETHER COLLECTION IS MADE: https://togetherband.org/blogs/news/yawa-bandSegment 2
• Early Humans Survived an American Ice Age, Archaeologists Say: https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/early-humans-survived-an-american-ice-age-archaeologists-say
• Evidence of artefacts made of giant sloth bones in central Brazil around the last glacial maximum; Proceedings of the Royal Society B: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.0316Segment 3:
• Archaeologists Discover Wreckage of Notorious Slave Ship Off Brazil: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/archaeologists-discover-wreckage-of-notorious-slave-ship-off-brazil-1234674088/
• US Ship Wreckage Carrying 500 Slaves Discovered by Archaeologists https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/44833/20230712/us-ship-wreckage-carrying-500-slaves-discovered-by-archaeologists.htm

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We’ve got three news stories for you today. First we go to England and find out just how big a “giant hand axe” is. Then we learn about textiles and jewelry from an Iron Age cremation burial. Finally, we’re honing in on the oldest human sites in North America with some new dates from a site in Oregon.

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• Segment 1
  Giant Hand Axes Discovered in England Point to Prehistoric Humans' 'Strength and Skill'
  Ingray, L, et al, “On the Discovery of a Late Acheulean 'Giant' Handaxe from the Maritime Academy, Frindsbury, Kent” - Journal: Internet Archaeology
• Segment 2
  Early Iron Age cremation burial containing bronze jewelry and rare textile fragments found in Austria
• Segment 3
  Ancient find suggests Oregon had one of North America’s oldest human-occupied sites
  The Museum of Natural and Cultural History - Oregon, Facebook Page

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We’ve got a few really interesting news articles for this week. First, a priest found what he called the “backdoor to hell” in Mexico in the 1600s and sealed it off. Archaeologists may have found it. The we look at a Dutch henge complex that could have been use to monitor the solstices. Finally, we learn about a possible Age of Bamboo in the Philippines 39,000 years ago.

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• Archaeologists Found the Ruins of the Famous ‘Backdoor to Hell'
• Project Lyobaa - Results from the first 2022 Season
• Archaeologists Discover 4,000-Year-Old 'Dutch Stonehenge'
• Damage on 39,000-year-old tools may reveal a prehistoric ‘Age of Bamboo’
• The invisible plant technology of Prehistoric Southeast Asia: Indirect evidence for basket and rope making at Tabon Cave, Philippines, 39–33,000 years ago, PLOS ONE

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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny was just released so you know we had to review it! We start with an overview of the movie plot, and then we spend some time looking at how historically accurate the artifacts, people, and events were. We rank the movie on a scale of 1-10 as well as all the IJ movies in order of best to worst, what’s your ranking?? Here’s ours:

Rachel: Dial of Destiny 8/10; IJ movies from best to worst: 3, 1, 5, 2, 4
Chris: Dial of Destiny 6/10; IJ movies from best to worst: 3, 5, 1, 4, 2

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• The Real History Behind the Archimedes Dial in ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’
• The Spear of Longinus: What happened to the Holy Lance?
• Skeleton Pulled From the Antikythera Shipwreck Could Give Clues to Life Aboard the Vessel
• Decoding the Antikythera Mechanism, the First Computer
• Pseudo-Archaeology - The Antikythera Mechanism - Ep 96
• Archimedes of Syracuse
• Polybius Square
• Ear of Dionysius
• Ear of Dionysius from “The World of Sicily”

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On this week’s news episode we first cover some cool bird bone flutes that were used up to 12,000 years ago as calls for birds of prey. We then go to Greece where the archaeological record has been pushed back a quarter million years to about 700,000 years ago by the presence of stone tools. Finally, we talk about some ancient ovens that were used consistently for over 5000 years by native Americans in northeastern Washington State.

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  These 12,000-Year-Old Flutes Mimic the Sound of Prehistoric Birds
  Bone aerophones from Eynan-Mallaha (Israel) indicate imitation of raptor calls by the last hunter-gatherers in the Levant
• Segment 2
  Newly discovered stone tools drag dawn of Greek archaeology back by a quarter-million years
• Segment 3
  Ancient Ovens Uncovered in Washington State
  Kalispel Tribe and WSU collaborate on 5,000‑year‑old archeological excavation

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Chris, one of the hosts, is a lefty. He’s always had to deal with what that means. But, why are 85% of humans right-handed while only a disproportionate few are left-handed? It’s not fair! But, it is evolutionary. On today’s episode we talk about how we know when handedness in humans likely developed and why it was the right side that became dominant. Segment two features an interview for Lana Ruck, an archaeologist that studied handedness for her Master’s research.

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• The prehistory of handedness: Archaeological data and comparative ethology
• Ancient Humans Were Mostly Right-Handed, Too
• Archaeology discovery: Neanderthals' 'third hand' solves mystery behind left-handedness
• EXPERIMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY AND HOMINID EVOLUTION: ESTABLISHING A METHODOLOGY FOR DETERMINING HANDEDNESS IN LITHIC MATERIALS AS A PROXY FOR COGNITIVE EVOLUTION - Lana Ruck Master’s Thesis

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This week we have 3 archaeology news articles. First, even more research points to animal digesta playing a crucial role in providing nutrition to prehistoric peoples. Once again, this also challenges the traditional idea that men were the hunters in hunter-gatherer societies. Then we head over to Barcelona were 9 Roman era burials were found below the city streets. And finally, a site with 37 standing stones has been bull dozed to make way for a hardware store in France.

Links

• ‘Man, the hunter’? Archaeologists’ assumptions about gender roles in past humans ignore an icky but potentially crucial part of original ‘paleo diet’ - The Conversation
• TAS Digesta Episode 216
• Ancient graves with 1,500-year-old human remains found below city streets
• Anger as pre-historic stones destroyed for French DIY store
• Fury in France after ancient stones destroyed to make for DIY store
• Bonus: Archaeologists in Armenia Unearth a Bakery—Complete With 3,000-Year-Old Flour

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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 project in downtown Miami.

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• Stone Engravings of Mysterious Ancient Megastructures May Be World's Oldest 'Blueprints'
• Desert Kites, Miami Pre-History, and Illicit Antiquities - TAS 165
• Ancient toilets unearthed in Jerusalem reveal a debilitating and sometimes fatal disease
• A 2,000-Year-Old Chalkstone Receipt, Carved With Customer Names and Prices, Was Just Uncovered in Jerusalem
• Archaeologists at the ancient Tequesta site in Miami are getting sick, at risk of cancer

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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 of a Mayan god.

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• Titanic: First ever full-sized scans reveal wreck as never seen before
• Skeletons found in Pompeii ruins reveal deaths by earthquake, not just Vesuvius’ ancient eruption
• Archaeologists Digging Along a Train Route in Mexico Have Found an Extremely Rare Statue of a Maya Deity
• K’awiil: Ancient Maya Lightning Lord

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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.

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• U.S. Archeologist Seeks to Privatize Maya Historic Sites in the Name of Conservation
• What was behind the protest against an archaeologist at last week’s L.A. Times Book Festival
• Protesters disrupt talk by archaeologist Richard Hansen at L.A. Times Festival of Books
• Cleopatra wasn't a Black woman, Egypt tells Netflix in a feud over new drama-documentary
• Was Cleopatra a Black African Queen?
• Tea Break Episode with the Vintage Egyptologist
• Metal detectorists face years in jail for £766K Anglo Saxon coin plot
• Two men convicted of conspiring to sell 9th century Anglo-Saxon coins
• These Ninth-Century Coins Change Our Understanding of Alfred the Great

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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.

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• Oldest human remains from Puerto Rico contradict idea of simple island nomads
• Reconsidering the lives of the earliest Puerto Ricans: Mortuary Archaeology and bioarchaeology of the Ortiz site
• This 39,600-Year-Old Bone May Have Been Used by Prehistoric Tailors
• A 39,600-year-old leather punch board from Canyars, Gavà, Spain
• A grave under the ocean? Team finds what could be submerged hospital off Florida Keys

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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 source to prehistoric groups.

Links

• Archaeologists Discover Lost Roman Fort in Scotland
• Archaeologists found a lost Roman fortlet in Scotland
• Grand Canyon's Archaeological Sites Degrading Due To Glen Canyon Dam
• DID EARLY FORAGERS EAT PARTIALLY DIGESTED FOOD FROM LARGE ANIMALS?
• Human consumption of large herbivore digesta and its implications for foraging theory - Evolutionary Anthropology
• Book: Don’t Sleep, There Are Snakes - Daniel Everett

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This week we are taking a deep dive into the origins, history and archaeology of wine. We’ll cover the surprising “birthplace” of wine with some of the oldest evidence of wine making we have so far. Then we look at ancient shipwrecks in the Mediterranean and how they contribute to our knowledge of wine trade routes in Rome and Greece. And then finally, the oldest known wine type that is still in production today!

Links

• Discover the Secret Birthplace of Wine - National Geographic
• History of Wine
• Five Turning Points in the Evolution of Wine 
• Ancient Roman Shipwreck Loaded With Wine Amphorae Found Off Sicilian Coast
• A Shipwreck Graveyard Has Been Found Off This Greek Archipelago
• To taste the oldest wine still in production, head to Cyprus - Atlas Obscura

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This week we cover three recent archaeology news stories. First up is a ball game carving found at Chichen Itza in Mexico. Then we head over to Egypt where mummy tags are used to reconstruct the ancient climate. And finally bridge construction in Ohio has prompted the excavation of a Hopewell Hamlet.

Links

• Intact Ball Game Carving Discovered at Chichen Itza
• Play Ball! - About the game
• Reviving a 3,000-year-old Ancient Ballgame - YouTube
• An Ancient Ballgame Makes A Comeback In Mexico - NPR
• Facebook page for the modern Ulama league in Mexico
• Mummies provide the key to reconstruct the climate of the ancient Mediterranean
• Mummy Labels: A Witness to the Use and Processing of Wood in Roman Egypt
• Archaeologists discover 2,000-year-old dwelling site of Hopewell Native Americans in Ohio

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On this news show we start with an update on the excavations and controversy surrounding the development of a new set of luxury high-rises in downtown Miami. We then see what the face of a 35,000 year old man from Egypt looks like. Finally, would it hurt to have gold wires woven in and around your teeth to keep them in place? A 17th-century Frenchwoman likely had some opinions about it.

Links

• Battle Over Miami Development Site Where Ancient Artifacts Were Discovered
• The Tequesta of Biscayne Bay
• Desert Kites, Miami Pre-History, and Illicit Antiquities - Ep 165
• A New Maya Kingdom, What's an Anchoress? And paving over Miami's history - Ep 205
• Scientists Reveal the Real Face of a 35,000-Year-Old Egyptian Man
• Source Article: The Facial Approximation of the Skull of Nazlet Khater 2
• 17th-century Frenchwoman’s gold dental work was likely torturous to her teeth

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This week we have 3 archaeology news stories! First up, 2,000 ram skulls have been discovered in Egypt’s temple of Ramses II. Then we cover the rent Sapiens article about whether prehistoric humans actually carried and used clubs. Then finally, a new technology is used to create a surprising climate profile at Paleolithic sites in Alaska.

Links

• Over 2,000 ram skulls discovered in Egypt's temple of Ramses II, a new mystery for archaeologists - CBS News
• Club-Wielding Ancestors: Myth or Reality? - Sapiens
• The Use of Wooden Clubs and Throwing Sticks among Recent Foragers - Springer
• New investigations at Kalambo Falls, Zambia: Luminescence chronology, site formation, and archaeological significance - Journal of Human Evolution
• Understanding blunt force trauma and violence in Neolithic Europe: the first experiments using a skin-skull-brain model and the Thames Beater - Antiquity
• A reconstruction of prehistoric temperatures for some of the oldest archaeological sites in North America
• BrGDGT temperature reconstruction from interior Alaska: Assessing 14,000 years of deglacial to Holocene temperature variability and potential effects on early human settlement

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This is our final episode in our overview of paleoanthropology and human evolution.  It’s been a bumpy ride with a lot of species falling by the wayside, but, we’re down to the final few and we’ll see what happens to them! Don’t forget to check out the other episodes in this series and for members, there’s a special bonus segment for this episode in the Ad Free Downloads area on this episode’s page.

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• Human Family Tree
• Human Evolution Interactive Timeline
• Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens in Europe - TAS 160
• Ancient Hazelnuts, Artistic Neanderthals and a Pompeiian Chariot - TAS 116 (where we mention Denisovans)

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• Sima de los Huesos, the Pit of Bones
• The Sima de los Huesos Middle Pleistocene hominin site (Burgos, Spain). Estimation of the number of individuals

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In this second episode of our Paleoanthropology series we focus on the Paranthropus family of fossils. The are descended from the Australopithicenes and lived next to our early hominid ancestors, but, they are not directly on the line to humans.

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In this second episode of our Paleoanthropology series we focus on the Australopithecus family of fossils.

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We talk a lot about human origins, so we thought this would be a good time time to do an overview of paleoanthropology, and the human evolutionary tree. In this first episode of the series we start with some of the oldest human ancestors including Sahelanthropus tchadensis and Ardipithecus ramidus.

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It’s a news episode again! This week we talk about a shipwreck from the 1800s that washed up on the shore in Massachusetts in the US. Then we head over to the other side of the world and see what was so important it had to be written on a comb. And finally, we look at some experimental archaeology that cracked some skulls with ancient stone tools.

Links

• Wreck of ship lost to storm 139 years ago washes up on Massachusetts beach
• Scientists Translate the Oldest Sentence Written in the First Alphabet
• Scientists smash skulls with Stone Age weapons to solve ancient murders, video shows
• Unraveling Neolithic sharp-blunt cranial trauma: Experimental approach through synthetic analogues

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 Chris is sick this week and needs to let his voice rest so we are playing a really awesome episode of Archaeotech with Chris and his co-host Paul Zimmerman. Recently an article came out in CNN featuring the work that the team Paul is part of is doing in Iraq, so it was the perfect opportunity to talk about that article and play the episode that they recorded a couple months ago about how they use Magnetometry at Lagash.

Links

• Archaeologists find 5,000-year-old tavern -- including food remains -- in Iraq
• Magnetometry on the Lagash Project - Archaeotech 191
• Geophysics in the Middle East with Marco Wolf - ArchaeoTech 192
• In the Field with the Lagash Archaeological Project, Iraq - TAS

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On today’s news episode we start with another Maya Kingdom found just sitting under some bushes in the jungle. OK, it’s a LOT of bushes. Then we move over to the UK and learn more about a skeleton that’s been in the University of Sheffield’s collection since the early 2000’s. Finally we talk about why the people of Miami keep letting developers dig up and pave over their most important cultural resources.

Links

• Vast Maya Kingdom Is Revealed in Guatemalan Jungle (Wall Street Journal)
• LiDAR analyses in the contiguous Mirador-Calakmul Karst Basin, Guatemala: an introduction to new perspectives on regional early Maya socioeconomic and political organization (Cambridge open access)
• Mysterious skeleton revealed to be that of unusual lady anchoress of York Barbican (University of Sheffield)
• The All Saints Anchoress? An Osteobiography (Medieval Archaeology, abstract only)
• Is Miami really going to keep letting developers pave over our most ancient sites?

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There's some "mind-blowing" news in archaeology this week! We start with early hominids in Ethiopia using tools 500,000 years earlier than anything thought. Then we move to a possible 20,000 year old writing system in rock art. Finally, the oldest mummy ever found in Egypt was covered in gold! What else will they find there?

Links

• Archaeologists Discover 1.2 Million-Year-Old 'Workshop' in Mind-Blowing Find
• A surge in obsidian exploitation more than 1.2 million years ago at Simbiro III (Melka Kunture, Upper Awash, Ethiopia) (Abstract and figures only)
• Cave drawings from 20,000 years ago may feature an early form of writing
• Could These Cave Markings Be the Earliest Form of Writing?
• An Upper Palaeolithic Proto-writing System and Phenological Calendar (open access)
• Pseudo-Arch Podcast: The Antikythera Mechanism - Ep 96
• Body Ritual Among the Nacirema
• Archaeologists may have found Egypt's oldest mummy

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We’re in Lake Havasu City, AZ this week so naturally we’re talking about the London Bridge! Did you know that one of the three stone versions of the bridge to exist in the last 1500 years is here in Arizona? We talk about this history of the bridge and what led to this version being moved to an Arizona tourist town that was literally built around it.

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• London Bridge History
• Remains of the Old London Bridge 

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This week we have 3 interesting archaeology news stories! First up, after a 2 year hiatus, underwater excavations of the HMS Erebus have resumed with some amazing new findings. Next, we head over to Scandinavia where genetic studies of the ancient remains tell a new story about the movement of people in and out of the area in the Viking era. And finally, how Nazis 'whitewashed' a shaman's prehistoric remains.

Links

• Archaeologists Recover 275 Artifacts From Mysterious Arctic Shipwreck
• HMS Erebus: journal saved from Arctic shipwreck after 180 years
• Ancient DNA Paints a New Picture of the Viking Age
• Ancient DNA Reveals a Genetic History of the Viking Age
• The genetic history of Scandinavia from the Roman Iron Age to the present
• How Nazis 'whitewashed' a shaman's prehistoric remains 

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This week we happened across 3 different stories in the News about to looting and the collection of antiquities both by museums and individuals. There are many ways that looting happens, and it can have far reaching effects on both the looter(s) and the people from whom they stole.

Links

• Oscar White Muscarella, archaeologist who exposed looted artifacts and fakes, dies at 91
• TAS Episode 165 - Desert Kites, Miami Pre-History, and Illicit Antiquities
• An Open Letter to Arrowhead Hunters
• Spanish police find hundreds of archaeological artefacts at two homes
• U.S. Returns Artifacts Taken from Iraq Museum in 2003 Invasion
• U.S. Returns Thousands of Artifacts, Including Hobby Lobby’s Gilgamesh Tablet, to Iraq
• National Museum, Baghdad: 10 Years Later
• World War II Looted Art: Turning History into Justice

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Have you ever wondered how we ended up with the calendar we have today? Where leap years come from, and why we need them? This week we take a look at our modern calendar and the ancient calendars that came before it.

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We will announce the winner in February, and thanks in advance for all the reviews!!

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• Gregorian Calendar from WhatIs.com
• What years are leap years? From Government of Canada
• Leap Year
• Julian Calendar from Britannica 
• Roman republican calendar from Britannica
• Greek Calendar overview from Oxford Reference
• The Sumerian Calendar from Projeda
• Mayan Calendar from Live Science)
• Mayan Calendar

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As some of you celebrate Christmas and we all look to the end of 2022 there are the inevitable articles talking about the "Best" whatever. We saw one article from ABC that stood out to us and on this holiday episode, we're going to talk about why. Plus, we'll talk about some of our favorite episodes and articles from this year that we talked about on the show.

Links

• Some of the best archaeological discoveries of 2022 - ABC News (different title online!)
• Episode 191 - Powerful Viking Women
• Episode 189 - Lady Sapiens
• Episode 187 - A cultural History of Glacier National Park 
• Episode 185 - If You Can See me weep - Drought Archaeology
• Episode 161 - The Oldest Pants

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It’s a solo show with Chris Webster today. They APN recently celebrated it’s eight birthday and Chris wanted to tell you a little bit about how the APN came about. It’s origin story, if you will. Also, he talks about the other shows in the “APN Encyclopedia” and what’s coming up in the future.

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• Kulturo Media

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This week we happened to find 3 news stories about evidence for eating and cooking food in the ancient world. First up is the first evidence of Homo Erectus cooking fish 780,000 years ago. Then, we fast forward to 70,000 years ago and leftover evidence of a Neanderthal meal gives us insight into how they prepared food. And finally, in Rome new excavations under the coliseum reveal the kind of snacks that spectators would have enjoyed.

For our members, we have a bonus segment describing how one journalist attempted to recreate the Neanderthal meal that we discussed in segment 2!

Links

• Evidence of cooking 780,000 years ago rewrites human history
• Oldest cooked leftovers ever found suggest Neanderthals were foodies.
• Archaeologists Find 1,900-Year-Old Snacks in Sewers Beneath the Colosseum

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This is just a short episode because it was a busy week for us. However, I had time to watch a few episodes of the catastrophe of historical inaccuracies known as “La Brea”. It’s a show on NBC and it’s really bad! Chris rants on it for one segment.

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CORRECTION: Graham Hancock wrote Fingerprints of the Gods NOT Chariots of the Gods which was written by Erich von Däniken. Our apologies for mixing up the two titles! The latest archaeological injustice from Graham Hancock is in the form of a brand new, and popular, Netflix series called Ancient Apocalypse. We talk about the eight-episode series, what we liked and what we didn't. Is Graham Hancock right? Is there evidence of an ancient civilization that lived during the last ice age that some how didn't make it through the ice age but did have time to reboot civilization in the people that were left? We'll see.

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This week we get back to archaeology in the news and talk about 3 recent news stories. First, a high elevation, hard to reach archaeology site in Peru with llama rock art. Then, we head over to Italy where a cache of Etruscan bronzes has been discovered in a 2,300 year old spa. And finally, it’s the 100th anniversary of the discovery of King Tut’s tomb, so of course we had to look at a few recent articles about that discovery!

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• These remote Inca ruins rival Machu Picchu
• Archaeologists Find 24 Bronze Statues, Preserved in Tuscan Spa for 2,300 Years
• 100 years after unearthing King Tut's tomb, archaeologists make new discoveries
• Long-lost jewelry from King Tut's tomb rediscovered a century later
• TAS 169 - Tutankhamun - Excavating the Archive with Dr. Daniela Rosenow and Professor Richard Parkinson
• Lava Cap Winery
• Kulturo Media

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On today's episode Chris interviews Dr. Stephen P. Kershaw, author of the 2022 Pegasus Books: The Harvest Of War. It's the story of the battles between the Greeks and the Persians 2500 years ago and how the outcome shaped democracy and our world today. Join us as Dr. Kershaw tells us this story.

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• 2022: The Harvest of War, Pegasus Books

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New York City has had a long and varied history. From the time of the Native Americans to the late 1800s when the boroughs were folded into the city limits many people, cultures, and events have left their mark. That mark leaves a material culture that has been excavated by teams of archaeologists over the last half-century or more. That artifact collection now has a home and as a result, this book was written to tell the story OF that collection. We bring on two of the four authors in this episode to talk about the book and the city.

Nan A. Rothschild is an urban social archaeologist who was Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Anthropology at Barnard College and is adjunct professor at Columbia University.

H. Arthur Bankoff is the advisor to the chair for archaeology at the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission and is a professor emeritus in the Department of Anthropology at Brooklyn College, City University of New York.

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• Buried Beneath The City: An Archaeological History of New York
• NYC Archaeological Repository
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The Archaeology Podcast Network is taking a bit of a break for October, 2022. In the mean time, we’re introducing you to some of the other fantastic shows that we produce. Here’s an episode from one of our newer shows, “Tea Break Time Travel.” Enjoy!

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 past. What's the difference between a cow bone and a trowel? Very little apparently...

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• The Anvil and Yew

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The Archaeology Podcast Network is taking a bit of a break for October, 2022. In the mean time, we’re introducing you to some of the other fantastic shows that we produce. Here’s the “A Life in Ruins” Podcast with one of their more popular episodes. Enjoy!

On this episode of A Life In Ruins Podcast, we have our good friend and frequent collaborator Stefan Milo on the podcast. Stefan is in the process of researching for a video on human brain size, and we talk about what he has found. Researchers have noted a decrease in brain size in humans within the last 30,000 years. We take a deep dive into how brain size has changed throughout the evolution of the genus Homo and potential reasons for the decrease in brain size. We talk about the possibility of human self-domestication and the theories surrounding it.

Links

• When and Why Did Human Brains Decrease in Size? A New Change-Point Analysis and Insights From Brain Evolution in Ants by DeSilva et al.
• Hypotheses for the Evolution of Reduced Reactive Aggression in the Context of Human Self-Domestication by Richard W. Wrangham

Guest Links

• Stefan Milo's Youtube Channel
• Stefan Milo's Website
• Stefan Milo's Instagram and Twitter: @historysmilo
• Stefan Milo's book Tales of Ancient Worlds: Adventures in Archaeology

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It's been a few weeks since we have had a news episode and in that time there has been so many great stories we had trouble deciding which ones to chose! First up is a million year old skull found in in China. Then we head over to Greece where researchers theorize that mysterious stone spheres are part of a board game. And finally, a discussion about the recent Scientific American cover story "The Power of Viking Women."

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• Million-year-old skull found in China fills human evolutionary gap
• Stone spheres could be from Ancient Greek board game
• Viking Textiles Show Women Had Tremendous Power

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On this episode Dr. Stefani Crabtree and Dr. Jennifer Dunne join us to discuss their recent paper on the new field of Archaeoecology. While it is often acknowledged that there is an overlap between the fields of archaeology and ecology, it has not been defined as a separate area of study until now. The study of Archaeoecology aims to show not only how humans impact nature, but also how the ecosystems they lived within shaped human culture and dynamics.

**Coprolites were recovered nearby in Paisley Cave. Luther Cressman recovered sagebrush sandals from Fort Rock Cave, but noted that Paisley Cave was likely "one of the most important sites for Early [humans] in the whole West" where the coprolites were later recovered by Dennis Jenkins and his team.

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A few episodes back we mentioned a documentary and book called Lady Sapiens: a journey into prehistory to look at women's roles and realign our assumptions. Thomas Cirotteau is a director and directed the documentary Lady Sapiens that looks at new research in this area. We bring him on to talk about this subject and some other things he's working on.

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• Lady Sapiens: Breaking Stereotypes about Prehistoric Women
• TAS 171 - Sacred Pools, Badass Prehistoric Women, and Giant Cave Art
• Lady Sapiens Film

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In the subfield of experimental archaeology, researchers use historic and pre-historic methods and materials to recreate different artifacts and items in the archaeological record. By doing this we learn how peoples of the past made the things we find during excavation, which adds to the context of the life people lived at that particular time period. This week we discuss 3 examples of experimental archaeology in the news including the boomerang as a multi-use tool, how large pots were created in Crete, and the reinterpretation of an artifact found at Sutton Hoo.

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• Wood sharpens stone: Boomerangs used to retouch lithic tools
• Scored Basins from Late Minoan Crete: an Experimental Interpretation from Construction to Functionality
• TAS 111 - Sutton Hoo episode: https://archpodnet.squarespace.com/archaeology/111
• A Proposed New Appearance of the Iron Stand from Sutton Hoo, Based on Existing Material

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We recently spent some time in Glacier National Park, and while we were there we took a tour of the park lead by Jack Gladstone, a member of the Blackfeet Nation in Montana. We were blown away by not only his cultural knowledge of the area, but also his amazing singing and songwriting! We just had to share (with Jack's permission of course!) some of the tour, plus some information on the prehistoric peoples of the area, the historic development of Glacier into a national park, and some of the recent archaeology they have found in the park.

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In the past, nighttime urban activities have been overlooked by archaeologists, In this episode we interview Nan Gonlin and Meghan Strong about their latest edited volume that focus on the ancient nocturnal landscape and lightscape.

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• After Dark: The Nocturnal Urban Landscape and Lightscape of Ancient Cities
• The Archaeology of the Night - Episode 35 (Feb, 2018)
• Night in Darkness in Ancient Mesoamérica
• Maya Vase Database

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As drought continues to ravage the northern hemisphere, there is a silver lining as receding waters reveal previously covered archeological sites. Today we talk about 3 things that have been revealed including the Stonehenge of Spain, hunger stones in central Europe, and Nero's Bridge in Rome.

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• 'Spanish Stonehenge' emerges from drought-hit dam
• What Are "Hunger Stones" And Why Did They Terrify People In Europe?
• Europe’s dry rivers reveal creepy “hunger stones”
• Hidden ancient Roman 'Bridge of Nero' emerges from the Tiber during severe drought

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We're taking a deep dive on ancient writing on this episode! After talking about the recent deciphering of Linear Elamite on the last episode we just wanted more. We'll talk about what writing means and mention other undeciphered languages. In the last two segments we'll talk about first written scripts in China and Mesoamerica. And for members, we've got a cool bonus segment about a curious artifact found in Mexico in the 1990s.

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Segment 1

• Where did writing begin?
• Writing (Wold History)
• Undeciphered scripts

Segment 2

• Chinese Writing (World History)
• Chinese Writing (Britannica)

Segment 3

• Mesoamerican Writing Systems
• Maya Writing

Bonus

• The Cascajal Block: The Earliest Precolumbian Writing
• Oldest Writing in the New World
• Earliest New World Writing Discovered
• What We Learn: The Cascajal Block

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This week we discuss three recent archaeology news articles. First up is the recent discovery of 12,000 year old human footprints in the salt flat of UT. Then, we head over to Israel where a Roman coin with a zodiac symbol on it was found under water. And finally, researchers believe they have deciphered the ancient Iranian script, Linear Elamite.

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• Ice Age human footprints discovered in Utah desert
• Roman Coin Depicting Zodiac Symbol Discovered off Israel’s Coast
• Archaeologists Find Rare Zodiac Coin in Israel
• Have Scholars Finally Deciphered a Mysterious Ancient Script?

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On todays show we take a look at 3 recent archaeological news stories. First, a new national park in Canada is being developed in corporation with the First Nations tribes in the area. Then, research at an ancient Iraqi fortress may be the remains of an ancient city that was previously lost. And finally, new analysis of DNA found in 14,000 year old modern human DNA in China has been linked to Native Americans.

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• First Look At The Proposed Pituamkek National Park Reserve (National Parks Traveler)
• Lennox First Island Nation Website
• Krista son, Helen: Pitawelkek: A 2000 year old archaeological site in Malpeque Bay (Paper)
• Ancient fortress found by archaeologists may be a lost royal city
• Rabana-Merquly: a fortress in the kingdom of Adiabene in the Zagros Mountains
• DNA From Chinese Cave Linked To Ancestry Of Native Americans
• A Late Pleistocene human genome from Southwest China

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This week enjoy Season 1, Episode 2 of The Archaeology Variety Show. This episode originally aired back in March 2022.

Segments:

1. Where Are We?
2. Last two weeks on the APN
3. Interview with Andrew Kinkella
4. Andrew’s Website
5. Kinkella Teaches Archaeology - YouTube
6. Archaeology or Aliens
7. Archeologists Found the Location Where Jesus Walked on Water
8. Archaeologists find 6,500-year-old pottery bearing the name of biblical judge
9. The description of the Biblical destruction of Sodom is supported by recent archaeological discoveries.
10. Pop Culture Archaeology: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
11. The Archaeology of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
12. Thuggee
13. Monsters in the dark: the discovery of Thuggee and demographic knowledge in colonial India
14. Site of the Week: The Thracian Tomb of Aleksandrovo

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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 an end at the exact same time. Finally, we take a look at the one of the first unified empires in India, the Mauryan.

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• Emperor Qin's Tomb
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• Terracotta Army
• Qin Dynasty
• Second Punic War
• Europe at 200 BCE
• The Rise of the Roman Empire
• Archaeological methodology applied to the analysis of battlefields and military camps of the Second Punic War: Baecula
• Southeast Asia at 200 BCE
• Mauryan Empire (Nat Geo)
• Mauryan Empire (World History)

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