Podcasts about archaeological research

Adam Young is the owner of the "OG Vase", the original ancient egyptian stone vase that was scanned with a high precision structured light scanner. Adam has since formed the Artifact Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to doing research on these ancient objects in the field and in the lab.   Join us, Ben from UnchartedX, Adam Young, and Karoly Poka for an afternoon at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York where we will peruse their collection of Ancient Egyptian artifacts, then we will move to the Explorer's Club for dinner and presentations from us and Ben! https://eveningattheexplorersclub.eventbrite.com/ Join our Patreon, support the show, get extra content and early access! https://www.patreon.com/brothersoftheserpent Support the show with a paypal donation: https://paypal.me/snakebros   Chapters 00:00 Introduction to the Artifact Foundation and Adam Young  02:06 Adam Young's Journey into Egyptology 07:10 The Purpose and Goals of the Artifact Research Foundation 14:26 The Anomalous Nature of Ancient Artifacts 19:10 The Influence of Background on Research 23:40 Challenges in Understanding Ancient Craftsmanship 36:22 The Legacy of Petrie: A Pioneer in Egyptology 51:10 Exploring the Step Pyramid: Recent Discoveries 01:04:24 Challenges in Archaeology: Preservation and Access 01:04:52 Access vs. Preservation in Archaeology 01:07:01 Historical Destruction and Preservation Efforts 01:09:02 The Role of Local Communities in Archaeology 01:11:02 The Complexity of Archaeological Layers 01:18:59 Future Prospects in Archaeological Research 01:23:00 Upcoming Events and Collaborations 01:27:00 The Artifact Foundation's Mission and Goals

Both Moses and God are popularly thought of as the opposite of grace as portrayed in the Old Testament. Exodus 34 tells the story of a God who does measure out justice to his creation, but magnifies his grace far beyond measure. The difference is that of the life-horizons of an individual contrasted with countless generations. Dr. K. Lawson Younger is Emeritus Professor of Old Testament and Semitic Languages at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. His publications include A Political History of the Arameans: From their Origins to the End of Their Polities, which won the Biblical Archaeology Society 2017 Publication Award for Best Scholarly Book on Archaeology, and Ancient Conquest Accounts: A Study in Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical History Writing. He was Seymour Gitin Distinguished Professor at the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem, Israel (2012–13). Music credit for this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRCip6D9uxg. Check out related programs at Wheaton College: B.A. in Classical Languages (Greek, Latin, Hebrew): https://bit.ly/41OqpXG  M.A. in Biblical Exegesis: https://bit.ly/4heGTgb 

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J.J. and Dr. Aaron Koller tremble in fear of this awesome Biblical episode, but they still manage to discuss fascinating theological and historical interpretations of the story. Follow us on Twitter (X) @JewishIdeas_Pod to sacrifice time on the altar of scrolling. Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice!We welcome all complaints and compliments at podcasts@torahinmotion.orgFor more information visit torahinmotion.org/podcastsAaron Koller is professor of Near Eastern Studies at Yeshiva University. Aaron has held research positions at Cambridge University and in the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, he has been a visiting professor at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and was a fellow at the Albright Institute for Archaeological Research in East Jerusalem and the Hartman Institute in West Jerusalem. He is the author of Esther in Ancient Jewish Thought (Cambridge University Press, 2014) and Unbinding Isaac: The Akedah for Modern Jewish Thought (JPS/University of Nebraska Press, 2020), among other books, the editor of five more, and is currently working on a cultural history of the alphabet. He lives in Queens, NY with his partner, Shira Hecht-Koller, and their children.

An enthisiastic teacher and his friends are involved in Archaeological Research in Pudukkottai. Kulasegaram Sanchayan, talks to the founder, Manikandan about his activities. - புதுக்கோட்டையில் பண்டைக்கால இரும்பு உருக்காலை இயங்கியதற்கான தடயங்கள், உலோக உருக்கு சுடுமண் குழாய்கள், மண்ணாலான உருக்கு உலைகள், உருக்குக் கலன்கள் ஆகியவை இருப்பதாக புதுக்கோட்டை தொல்லியல் ஆய்வுக்கழகத்தினர் சொல்கிறார்கள். இதுகுறித்து, புதுக்கோட்டை தொல்லியல் ஆய்வுக்கழக நிறுவனர் மணிகண்டன் அவர்களுடன் குலசேகரம் சஞ்சயன் உரையாடுகிறார்.

When you think of fossils, you probably imagine dinosaurs. But did you know that soft body parts, like the brain, can become fossils too?  In this episode, forensic anthropologist Alexandra Morton-Hayward explores the science of brain fossilisation. Skeletons have been found in wells, Incan temples, salt mines and many other unusual locations, often with no other organs, hair or skin preserved. With only a brain nested in the skull, we are asking … how can this happen? Listen now to find out and discover how this research is unravelling ancient human history!

Episode: Kyle Keimer and Chris McKinny speak with Jeff Chadwick, Jerusalem Center Professor of Archaeology and Near Eastern Studies at BYU about his excavations at biblical Hebron (Tell er-Rumeide). Youtube Link - https://youtu.be/ovhfNwdcabQ Guest: Dr. Jeffrey R. Chadwick serves at BYU as Jerusalem Center Professor of Archaeology and Near Eastern Studies, and also as Religious Education Professor of Church History and Jewish Studies (in the Department of Church History and Doctrine). Dr. Chadwick has also researched, surveyed, and excavated at several historical and biblical sites in Israel, including Jerusalem and Hebron (Tell er-Rumeide) in the 1980s, Ekron (Tel Miqne) in the 1990s, and at Gath of the Philistines (Tell es-Safi) since 2001 and for the last twenty years. He is currently senior field archaeologist with the Tell es-Safi/Gath Archaeological Project in Israel (Aren M. Maeir, Bar-Ilan University, Project Director), where he directs excavations in Area F in the "upper city" and in Area D in the "lower city" of the ancient Philistine capital city. He is also director of the American Expedition to Hebron (AEH) Publication Project and associate member of the original AEH excavation staff. He has served as a member of the board of trustees of the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) and is a senior fellow at the W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem. He is the author of three books, editor of a fourth, and has published more than seventy academic articles, chapters, and studies. (from the BYU website) Hosts: Chris McKinny and Kyle Keimer Give: Visit our Donate Page if you want to help Biblical World and OnScript continue by becoming a regular donor. Image Attribution: By eman - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1839054  

Episode: Kyle and Mark talk with Prof. Steve Ortiz about the Archaeology of the United Monarchy. In particular, they focus on the so-called "Solomonic" gates while also touching on the historicity of David and Solomon and issues in the use and dating of archaeological materials. Guest: Dr. Steven Ortiz is the Director of the Lanier Center for Archaeology at Lipscomb University where he is also a professor of archaeology and biblical studies. He was the director of the former Tandy Institute for Archaeology at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the principal investigator and co-director, along with Sam Wolff, of the Tel Gezer Excavation Project and is one of the directors of the Ilibalyk Project, Kazakhstan, and is the co-director at Tel Burna (Biblical Libnah). He has over 30 years of archaeological experience in Israel as he has been a senior staff member at a variety of major sites. Ortiz's research and publications focus on the archaeology of David and Solomon, Iron Age I and II transition, and the border relations between Judah and Philistia. He has served or currently holds leadership positions in several scholarly and academic associations. He currently serves on the board of the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, Jerusalem. He has served ASOR since 2001 as a board member and on various committees. (Adapted from the Lipscomb University website) Photo Attribution: CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=247678. Give: Visit our Donate Page if you want to help OnScript continue by becoming a regular donor.  

Mehiyar Kathem talks to one of the world's foremost archaeologists, Professor Graeme Barker. Professor Barker, Senior Fellow of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, speaks here about his recent work in the Shanidar Cave in the province of Erbil. Date of episode recording: 2019-05-06 Duration: 45:15 Language of episode: English Presenter:Mehiyar Kathem Guests: Graeme Barker Producer: Mehiyar Kathem

Episode 53: Digging in Algonquin Park Part 1 - Indigenous Origins This is the first of three episodes on archeological activities that have taken place in Algonquin Park since the late 1930s. The focus of the  Part 1 is to provide some insight into the archeological and anthropological origins of Algonquin Park's first visitors. This musical interlude is called Arrival and comes from Dan Gibson's Solitudes CD Thunder Spirit.  It is brought to you with the approval of Digital Funding LLC. Solitudes music can be found where ever you get your music streaming. For this series, I've relied on a number of key sources including: Chapter 2 in David Euler and Mike Wilton's 2009 Algonquin Park – The Human Impact by Chief Kirby Whiteduck, Rory MacKay's Algonquin Park – A Place Like No Other and Spirits of the Little Bonnechere  Several ‘thought leadership papers by William Allen including: Importance of Archaeology re Species at Risk: Eel Focus William Allen Nov 2007 Nineteenth Century Aboriginal Farmers of the Madawaska River Several ‘thought leadership papers by Rory MacKay including Potatoes in the Pines - Looking at the Material Culture of Nineteenth Century Logging Camps: An Algonquin Park Perspective and beyond April 2014 Why was this research on the camboose shanties of Algonquin Park important? Archaeological Research in Algonquin Provincial Park and immediate vicinity to 2023: A Categorization and Chronology An Alternate Explanation for the Anomalous Vision Pits at Rock Lake in Algonquin Provincial Park Ontario Archeological Society's ARC Notes Vol 12 Issue 5 Sept-Oct 2007 Pukaskwa Pits: Rethinking the vision quest hypothesis, by Nancy Champagne Ontario Archeological Society's ARC Notes Vol 14 Issue 6 Nov-Dec 2009 The Aarel site Caboose Shanty, Algonquin Park by Rory MacKay Archaeologists Come to Their Senses - Looking beyond visual archaeological evidence By William Allen Ontario Archeological Society's ARC Notes Vol 16 Issue 2 Mar-Apr 2011 The Nesswabic (Petawawa) River Watershed: Zone of Political Tension over the Centuries  by William Allen The Ontario Archaeological Society Field Manual William Hurley's Second Annual report on Archaeological research conducted in Algonquin Provincial Park. Dr. John Casselman: American Eels in the St. Lawrence River System - Going, Going, Gone  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3uKAKkHzb0 Paddling through the past. Ottawa-Gatineau's Ancient Cultural Landscape https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fShFTkp9j7g 

Professor Matthew Collins  is a Niels Bohr Professor at the University of Copenhagen and the McDonald Chair of Palaeoproteomics at  the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge. We discuss his journey to becoming a leading academic in the field, and his interests within the discipline.Within the world of biomolecular archaeology we track through palaeoproteomics and its applications, the integration of scientific disciplines into archaeology, and  ZooMS (Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry).For more archaeology and anthropology check out our website at www.sphinxthinks.com

Dr. Piers Mitchell is an Honorary Research Associate at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge and the lead author of a recent study that analyzed sediments from two latrines from the Kingdom of Judah. The study found  that dysentery was widespread in the ancient capital of Jerusalem.You can read the study at this link.

The Clarke County Historical Society will meet at the Thomasville's Civic Center Sunday, April 30, 2:30 p.m. Matt Gage, director of the Office of Archaeological Research at the University of Alabama, and Kerry Dunaway, Clarke County Museum Director, will give presentations on the restoration of the Airmount Grave Shelter. Owned by the Clarke County Historical Society, the shelter, on the National Register of Historic Places, was nearly demolished and its barrel-roll ceiling crushed by falling trees in Hurricane Zeta in October, 2020. Dunaway will present a program detailing the work done on the 1853 structure and the task of restoring...Article Link

In this episode, we look into Legion of the Dead from 2005 from the Asylum. We examine the background information on the film, the historical accuracy, and the reviews.Email: mummymoviepodcast@gmail.comBibliography Dawson, W. R., Uphill, E. P., & Bierbrier, M. L. (1995). Who was who in Egyptology (p. 54). London: Egypt exploration society.Dodson, A, and Hilton, D. (2004). The complete royal families of Ancient Egypt. Themes and Hudson LTD.Hepper, F. N. (2009). Pharaoh's flowers: the botanical treasures of Tutankhamun. KWS Publishers.IMDB. (2023). Legion of the Dead. Retrieved from https://www.imdb.com/?ref_=nv_homeKitchen, K, A. (2012). Ramesside inscriptions: translated & annotated: translations. Volume VII. Oxford: BlackwellRobins, G. (1999). Hair and the construction of identity in Ancient Egypt c 1480-1350 BC. Journal of American research center in Egypt, Vol 36. 55-69.Rotten Tomatoes (2023). Legion of the Dead. Retrieved from https://www.rottentomatoes.com/Stanish, C. (2001). Regional research on the Inca. Journal of Archaeological Research, 9, 213-241.Wenke, R. J. (1991). The evolution of early Egyptian civilization: Issues and evidence. Journal of World Prehistory, 5, 279-329. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meghan is joined today by Kerry Muhlestein to discuss his observations captured in the book "God Will Prevail." Topics Include: - Covenants and the House of Israel as a Book of Mormon Theme- The Everlasting Covenant- Knowing the Covenant Path? - God's Covenant with Ancient IsraelThe ancient origins of the covenants we enter into today.- The Lord's Definition of "Prosperity" Kerry Muhlestein received his B.S. from BYU in Psychology with a Hebrew minor. As an undergraduate he spent time at the BYU Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies in the intensive Hebrew program. He received an M.A. in Ancient Near Eastern Studies from BYU and his Ph.D. from UCLA in Egyptology, where in his final year he was named the UCLA Affiliates Graduate Student of the Year. He taught courses in Hebrew and Religion part time at BYU and the UVSC extension center, as well as in history at Cal Poly Pomona and UCLA. He also taught early morning seminary and at the Westwood (UCLA) Institute of Religion. His first full time appointment was a joint position in Religion and History at BYU-Hawaii. Kerry is the director of the BYU Egypt Excavation Project. He was selected by the Princeton Review in 2012 as one of the best 300 professors in the nation (the top .02% of those considered). He was also a Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford for the 2016-17 academic year. He has published 9 books, over 60 peer reviewed articles, and has done over 75 academic presentations. Kerry and his wife, Julianne, are the parents of six children and one grandchild, and together they have lived in Jerusalem while Kerry has taught there on multiple occasions. He has served as the chairman of a national committee for the American Research Center in Egypt and serves on their Research Supporting Member Council and on the Board of Governors. He has also served on a committee for the Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities, and currently serves on their Board of Trustees and as a Vice President of the organization, and has served as president. He has been the co-chair for the Egyptian Archaeology Session of the American Schools of Oriental Research. He is also a Senior Fellow of the William F. Albright Institute for Archaeological Research. He serves on the BYU Studies Quarterly Editorial Board. He is involved with the International Association of Egyptologists, and has worked with Educational Testing Services on their AP World History exam.

È stato scoperto il primo esempio di chirurgia cranica al tempo dei longobardi. Le analisi microscopiche e la tomografia computerizzata su un cranio rinvenuto nei pressi di Ascoli Piceno hanno rivelato i segni di almeno due operazioni chirurgiche effettuate tramite incisione cruciforme. Ci racconta tuttoIleana Micarelli, ricercatrice del McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research di Cambridge. Sangue ed emoderivati sono stati trasportati con un drone e sono rimasti integri. Il test è stato eseguito agganciando al velivolo una capsula sensorizzata contenente cellule di sangue. L'esperimento ha dimostrato che il materiale biologico non si altera ed è pronto per essere trasfuso. In prospettiva, i droni possono rappresentare un sistema alternativo di consegna dai reparti ospedalieri ai laboratori in caso di crisi sanitarie. Come ci spiega Fabrizio Niglio, direttore dell'area funzionale di medicina trasfusionale dell'ASL Nord Ovest Toscana.

CBRL & EAMENA webinar: Digital mapping, heritage management and archaeological research in the Levant: synergism and future directions Archaeology has undergone a digital revolution that has transformed working practices across the globe and hugely increased the amount of data available for research. Many initiatives exist that try to organise and make sense of the influx of data, further contributing to creating more digital data in the process. The Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa (EAMENA) project, which was the subject of a recent Special Issue of Levant that explored the research potential of the EAMENA database, is one such initiative. During this meeting, the impact of the EAMENA methodology will be explored from the perspectives of two countries where versions of the EAMENA database will be implemented for heritage management on a national scale: Jordan and the State of Palestine. About the speakers: Pascal Flohr, Michael Fradley and Letty ten Harkel were guest editors of the Levant Special Issue, Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa: mapping, heritage management and research. Michael joined the EAMENA project in 2015 and specialises in remote-sensing applications in archaeology. Pascal and Letty both joined the project in 2016 and specialise in human-environment relations during later prehistory, and the archaeology and heritage of more recent time periods, respectively. Jordan will be represented by Shatha Mubaideen (CBRL) with Dana Salameen (DoA) and Rudaina Al Momani (CBRL) from the Amman Heritage Houses Project, which used the EAMENA methodology to document Amman's recent heritage. Shatha Mubaideen was also Jordan Project Manager for the Mapping Digital Heritage in Jordan (MaDiH) Project (2019-2021) towards the long-term sustainable development of Jordan's digital cultural heritage. She is an architect who found her interest in archaeology growing since she attended graduate school at the University of Jordan, where she received an M.Sc in Architectural Engineering and Cultural Resource Management. Mohammad Al-Jaradat, MoTA Palestine, graduated from Birzeit University with a degree in archaeology and history. He has been working in data gathering and digitisation using Geographic Information System (GIS) for over 20 years. Al-Jaradat is a key participant in Palestine's EAMENA database and has uploaded more than 800 sites.

We meant to tackle this question before, but we can't wait any longer! The Benin Bronzes have received media attention lately in a series of newsworthy announcements to repatriate them from various museums in North America and Europe to Nigeria. What are these alliterative artifacts, and how did thousands of them disappear from the Kingdom of Benin only to appear by the hundreds in museums overseas? Interested in sponsoring this show or podcast ads for your business? Zencastr makes it really easy! Click this message for more info. Links The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence, and Cultural Restitution (via Bookshop) The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence, and Cultural Restitution (via Worldcat) History of Archaeological Research in the Yoruba-Edo Region of Nigeria: New Directions for Urban Earthenworks (William & Mary ScholarWorks) Story of cities #5: Benin City, the mighty medieval capital now lost without trace (The Guardian) Ron Eglash (TED) Benin Kingdom (Dallas Museum of Art) The Benin Bronzes Aren't Just Ancient History. Meet the Contemporary Casters Who Are Still Making Them Today (Artnet) The Dating Game: The Scientific Analysis of Benin Copper-Alloy Art-From TL to ²¹°Pb (Open Access Journal of Archaeology & Anthropology) This Art Was Looted 123 Years Ago. Will It Ever Be Returned? (New York Times) The Benin Bronzes, Explained: Why a Group of Plundered Artworks Continues to Generate Controversy (ArtNews) Horniman to return ownership of Benin bronzes to Nigeria (Horniman Museum and Gardens) Benin Bronze ”permanently removed” from Jesus hall (The Cambridge Student) Major new archaeology project on site of new museum in Benin (British Museum Blog) Recovering the Brilliance of a Benin Bronze (Metropolitan Museum of Art) Contact Email the Dirt Podcast: thedirtpodcast@gmail.com ArchPodNet APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet Tee Public Store Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Motion

We meant to tackle this question before, but we can't wait any longer! The Benin Bronzes have received media attention lately in a series of newsworthy announcements to repatriate them from various museums in North America and Europe to Nigeria. What are these alliterative artifacts, and how did thousands of them disappear from the Kingdom of Benin only to appear by the hundreds in museums overseas? Interested in sponsoring this show or podcast ads for your business? Zencastr makes it really easy! Click this message for more info. Links The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence, and Cultural Restitution (via Bookshop) The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence, and Cultural Restitution (via Worldcat) History of Archaeological Research in the Yoruba-Edo Region of Nigeria: New Directions for Urban Earthenworks (William & Mary ScholarWorks) Story of cities #5: Benin City, the mighty medieval capital now lost without trace (The Guardian) Ron Eglash (TED) Benin Kingdom (Dallas Museum of Art) The Benin Bronzes Aren't Just Ancient History. Meet the Contemporary Casters Who Are Still Making Them Today (Artnet) The Dating Game: The Scientific Analysis of Benin Copper-Alloy Art-From TL to ²¹°Pb (Open Access Journal of Archaeology & Anthropology) This Art Was Looted 123 Years Ago. Will It Ever Be Returned? (New York Times) The Benin Bronzes, Explained: Why a Group of Plundered Artworks Continues to Generate Controversy (ArtNews) Horniman to return ownership of Benin bronzes to Nigeria (Horniman Museum and Gardens) Benin Bronze ”permanently removed” from Jesus hall (The Cambridge Student) Major new archaeology project on site of new museum in Benin (British Museum Blog) Recovering the Brilliance of a Benin Bronze (Metropolitan Museum of Art) Contact Email the Dirt Podcast: thedirtpodcast@gmail.com ArchPodNet APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet Tee Public Store Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Motion

California Accelerates Its Push For Electric Cars This week, air pollution regulators in California voted to phase out sales of new gasoline-powered vehicles, with a complete ban on gas car sales by 2035. The decision could have a larger impact on the automobile industry, however, as many states choose to follow California's lead with regard to air quality and emissions decisions. Sophie Bushwick, technology editor at Scientific American, joins guest host Roxanne Khamsi to help unpack the decision. They also discuss some of the other science stories from this week, including a survey-based study showing that Americans really do care about climate change and support mitigation measures, a look at how sugar substitutes can change the microbiome, and an engineer's advice for how to build the sturdiest sandcastles.   Meet Two Autistic Researchers Changing How Autism Research Is Done For many decades, autistic people have been defined by non-autistic people, including in science. Since the very beginning of research about autistic people, neurotypical scientists and institutions have been at the helm. The field has largely been defined by what neurotypical researchers are curious about learning, instead of prioritizing research that the autistic community asks for. Because of that, and the invisibility of autistic adults in our society, a large chunk of this research has neglected the needs of autistic people. In many cases, it's caused harm to the very people the research aims to help. Until recently, there have been very few openly autistic researchers who study autism. But there is a growing body of openly autistic scientists who are using both their expertise and their own lived experiences to help shape the future of autism research. Guest host Roxanne Khamsi speaks with Dr. TC Waisman, a leadership coach and researcher studying autism and higher education, based in Vancouver, British Columbia, and Patrick Dwyer, a Ph.D. candidate studying sensory processing and attention in autism at the University of California, Davis. They talk about the history of autism research, why the inclusion of autistic people in research leads to more helpful outcomes, and how they see the future of autism research changing. Ira Kraemer consulted on this story.   Ecological Data From Deep In The Pantry Most people wouldn't be excited by a call offering a basement full of canned salmon dating back to the 1970s. But for researchers trying to establish baselines for what's normal and what's not when it comes to aquatic parasite populations, the archive of fishy tins, maintained by the Seattle-area Seafood Products Association, was a valuable resource. Natalie Mastick and colleagues combed through the tins with tweezers, counting the numbers of parasitic anisakid worms they found. (Since the salmon was cooked, the worms—though gross—posed no risk to human eaters.) The team found that in their samples of chum and pink salmon, the incidence of parasitic infection increased over the 40 years covered by the salmon archive. The finding might be good news—an increase in the numbers of marine mammals in the area, key hosts for the parasites, could be responsible for the wormy increase. Natalie Mastick, a PhD candidate in the University of Washington's School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, joins guest host Roxanne Khamsi to explain the study.   Medieval Friars' Farming May Have Caused Tummy Troubles What was life like back in medieval England? You might think that the learned friars who lived in the town of Cambridge—scholars, with access to innovations like latrines and places to wash their hands—might have lived healthier lives than the common folk. But a recent study published in the International Journal of Paleopathology says that, at least when it comes to intestinal parasites, the friars may have been worse off. Dr. Piers Mitchell runs the Cambridge Ancient Parasites Laboratory and is a senior research associate in the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research. Mitchell and colleagues excavated soil samples from around the pelvises of medieval skeletons in one Cambridge cemetery, then examined the soil microscopically looking for parasite eggs. They found that friars in the cemetery had almost twice the incidence of intestinal parasites as commoners in the town—a fact they speculate could be related to friars using human feces, from the friary latrine, to fertilize the gardens. Mitchell joins guest host Roxanne Khamsi to explain the study.   Transcripts for each segment will be available the week after the show airs on sciencefriday.com.

In this episode of the Seven Ages Audio Journal, the team welcomes Dr. Clark Werneke. Dr. Wernecke is the Executive Director for the Gault School of Archaeological Research and brings a unique blend of scholarship and experience to the school with degrees in history, business, and anthropology. He has considerable experience in business and has specialized in the management of large archaeological projects. Dr. Wernecke has worked in the Middle East, Mesoamerica, the American Southeast, and the Southwest. In addition to his work with the GSAR, he is currently working on archaeological data from the Mexican War and early Texas architecture. The Gault Site has been known by archaeologists for at least 78 years. In 1929, the first anthropologist at the University of Texas, J.E. Pearce, had a crew excavating at the site for eight weeks. Though primarily interested in the Archaic burnt-rock midden showing on the surface Pearce's crew managed to excavate a handful of Paleoindian artifacts including Clovis cultural materials more than 2 years before the discoveries at Blackwater Draw. Since that time the Gault site has proven to be a significant archaeological zone spanning all twenty-two known indigenous cultures and time periods from Texas.  Follow the Seven Ages Research Associates online: Twitter   Instagram  Facebook Seven Ages Official Site Seven Ages Patreon Seven Ages YouTube Chasing History Gault School of Archaeological Research Our Sponsor The Smokey Mountain Relic Room  

Episode:In this episode, which was recorded during the excavation of the Iron Age II gate at Tel Burna, Chris and Steven Ortiz (Lipscomb University and Lanier Archaeological Center) discuss the following topics: The Lanier Archaeological Center The Gezer Archaeological Project The Tel Burna Archaeological Project The Necessity of Financial Support from Private Individuals for Archaeological Excavations Guest: Dr. Steven Ortiz is the Director of the newly established Lanier Center for Archaeology at Lipscomb University where he is also a professor of archaeology and biblical studies. He was the director of the former Tandy Institute for Archaeology at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the principal investigator and co-director, along with Sam Wolff, of the Tel Gezer Excavation Project and is one of the directors of the Ilibalyk Project, Kazakhstan, and is the co-director at Tel Burna (Biblical Libnah). He has over 30 years of archaeological experience in Israel as he has been a senior staff member at a variety of major sites. Ortiz's research and publications focus on the archaeology of David and Solomon, Iron Age I and II transition, and the border relations between Judah and Philistia. He has served or currently holds leadership positions in several scholarly and academic associations. He currently serves on the board of the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, Jerusalem. He has served ASOR since 2001 as a board member and on various committees. Give: Visit our Donate Page if you want to help support the ongoing work of OnScript and Biblical World!

Dr. Steven Ortiz is the Director of the newly established Lanier Center for Archaeology at Lipscomb University where he is also a Professor of Archaeology and Biblical Studies. He currently serves on the board of the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, Jerusalem. How does the learning of ancient languages contribute to archaeology and what light does archaeology shed on ancient languages?

Welcome to episode three of a miniseries focusing on the zooarchaeology of various world regions. This episode is centred around Asian zooarchaeology, focusing on the natural history and anatomy of the most prominent wild and domesticated species found throughout the continent. Tune in to learn how pandas were mistaken for tapirs, grunting oxen and oracle bones. Interested in sponsoring this show or podcast ads for your business? Zencastr makes it really easy! Click this message for more info. Start your own podcast with Zencastr and get 30% off your first three months with code ANIMALS. Click this message for more information. Transcripts For rough transcripts go to https://www.archpodnet.com/animals/48 Links Ameri, M. (2018). Letting the Pictures Speak: An Image-Based Approach to the Mythological and Narrative Imagery of the Harappan World. Seals and Sealing in the Ancient World: Case Studies from the Near East, Egypt, the Aegean, and South Asia, 144. Bose, S. (2020). Mega Mammals in Ancient India: Rhinos, Tigers, and Elephants. Oxford University Press. d'Alpoim Guedes, J., & Aldenderfer, M. (2020). The archaeology of the Early Tibetan Plateau: New research on the initial peopling through the Early Bronze Age. Journal of Archaeological Research, 28(3), 339-392. Harper, D. (2013). The cultural history of the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) in early China. Early China, 35(36), 2012-13. Kumar, S., Ali, M., & Khoso, P. A. (2020). Emergence and Decline of the Indus Valley Civilization in Pakistan. Global Sociological Review, 2, 9-22. Liu, K. et al. (2021). Radiocarbon dating of oracle bones of late Shang period in ancient China. Radiocarbon, 63(1), 155-175. Liu, Y. C. et al. (2018). Genome-wide evolutionary analysis of natural history and adaptation in the world's tigers. Current Biology, 28(23), 3840-3849. Mohamad, K. et al. (2009). On the origin of Indonesian cattle. PLoS One, 4(5), e5490. Uzzaman, M. R. et al. (2014). Semi-domesticated and Irreplaceable genetic resource gayal (Bos frontalis) needs effective genetic conservation in Bangladesh: a review. Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, 27(9), 1368. Yang, D.Y. et al. (2008). Wild or domesticated: DNA analysis of ancient water buffalo remains from north China. Journal of Archaeological Science, 35(10), pp.2778-2785. http://trowelblazers.com/zheng-zhenxiang/ Contact Alex FitzpatrickTwitter: @archaeologyfitz Simona FalangaTwitter: @CrazyBoneLady Alex's Blog: Animal Archaeology Music "Coconut - (dyalla remix)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2UiKoouqaY Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Motion

Welcome to episode three of a miniseries focusing on the zooarchaeology of various world regions. This episode is centred around Asian zooarchaeology, focusing on the natural history and anatomy of the most prominent wild and domesticated species found throughout the continent. Tune in to learn how pandas were mistaken for tapirs, grunting oxen and oracle bones. Interested in sponsoring this show or podcast ads for your business? Zencastr makes it really easy! Click this message for more info. Start your own podcast with Zencastr and get 30% off your first three months with code ANIMALS. Click this message for more information. Transcripts For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/animals/48 Links Ameri, M. (2018). Letting the Pictures Speak: An Image-Based Approach to the Mythological and Narrative Imagery of the Harappan World. Seals and Sealing in the Ancient World: Case Studies from the Near East, Egypt, the Aegean, and South Asia, 144. Bose, S. (2020). Mega Mammals in Ancient India: Rhinos, Tigers, and Elephants. Oxford University Press. d'Alpoim Guedes, J., & Aldenderfer, M. (2020). The archaeology of the Early Tibetan Plateau: New research on the initial peopling through the Early Bronze Age. Journal of Archaeological Research, 28(3), 339-392. Harper, D. (2013). The cultural history of the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) in early China. Early China, 35(36), 2012-13. Kumar, S., Ali, M., & Khoso, P. A. (2020). Emergence and Decline of the Indus Valley Civilization in Pakistan. Global Sociological Review, 2, 9-22. Liu, K. et al. (2021). Radiocarbon dating of oracle bones of late Shang period in ancient China. Radiocarbon, 63(1), 155-175. Liu, Y. C. et al. (2018). Genome-wide evolutionary analysis of natural history and adaptation in the world's tigers. Current Biology, 28(23), 3840-3849. Mohamad, K. et al. (2009). On the origin of Indonesian cattle. PLoS One, 4(5), e5490. Uzzaman, M. R. et al. (2014). Semi-domesticated and Irreplaceable genetic resource gayal (Bos frontalis) needs effective genetic conservation in Bangladesh: a review. Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, 27(9), 1368. Yang, D.Y. et al. (2008). Wild or domesticated: DNA analysis of ancient water buffalo remains from north China. Journal of Archaeological Science, 35(10), pp.2778-2785. http://trowelblazers.com/zheng-zhenxiang/ Contact Alex FitzpatrickTwitter: @archaeologyfitz Simona FalangaTwitter: @CrazyBoneLady Alex's Blog: Animal Archaeology Music "Coconut - (dyalla remix)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2UiKoouqaY Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Motion

The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990, or NAGPRA, is supposed to curb the illegal possession of ancestral Native American remains and cultural items. But a year after it was passed by the U.S. federal government, a significant African burial ground in New York City was uncovered. And there was zero legislation in place for its protection. Dr. Rachel Watkins shares the story of the New York African Burial Ground—and what repatriation looks like for African American communities.   (00:00:44) Enter the Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethnology and its NAGPRA controversy. (00:03:19) A discovery in Manhattan is not covered by NAGPRA. (00:05:19) Intro. (00:05:44) Dr. Rachel Watkins, the New York African Burial Ground Project and Michael Blakey.  (00:11:40) Dr. Rachel Watikins meets the Cobb Collection. (00:23:44) Exploring Repatriation for the New York African Burial Ground Project. (00:28:26) The issue of repatriation for the Cobb Collection. (00:34:02) Revisiting season 4. (00:40:49) Credits.   SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human, is produced by House of Pod and supported by the Wenner-Gren Foundation. SAPIENS is also part of the American Anthropological Association Podcast Library. This season was created in collaboration with the Indigenous Archaeology Collective and Society of Black Archaeologists, with art by Carla Keaton, and music from Jobii, _91nova, and Justnormal. For more information and transcriptions, visit sapiens.org.     Thank you this time also to The Harvard Review and their podcast, A Legacy Revealed for permitting us to use a clip from Episode 4 I Could See Family in Their Eyes, hosted by Raquel Coronell Uribe and Sixiao Yu and produced by Lara Dada, Zing Gee, and Thomas Maisonneuve.   Additional Sponsors: This episode, and entire series, was made possible by the Cornell Institute of Archaeology and Material Studies, the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, UC San Diego Scripps Center for Marine Archaeology, the University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology, the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology at Brown University, UMASS Boston's Fiske Center for Archaeological Research, UC Berkeley's Archaeological Research Facility, and the Imago Mundi Fund at Foundation for the Carolinas.   Additional Resources:   From SAPIENS: Why the Whiteness of Archaeology Is a Problem Craft an African American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act  New York African Burial Ground  The Mismeasure of Man Guest: Rachel Watkins is a biocultural anthropologist with an emphasis on African American biohistory and social history, bioanthropological research practices, and histories of U.S. biological anthropology.

Nowhere on Earth is there an ecological transformation so swift and so extreme as between the snow line of the high Andes and the tropical rainforest of Amazonia. Because of that, the different disciplines that research the human past in South America have tended to treat these two great subzones of the continent as self-contained enough to be studied independently of each other. Objections to that approach have repeatedly been raised, however, warning against imagining too sharp a divide between the people and societies of the Andes and Amazonia when there are clear indications of significant connections and transitions between them. Rethinking the Andes-Amazonia Divide. A Cross-Disciplinary Exploration (UCL Press, 2020) brings together archaeologists, linguists, geneticists, anthropologists, ethnohistorians, and historians to explore both correlations and contrasts in how the various disciplines see the relationship between the Andes and Amazonia, from deepest prehistory up to the European colonial period. This collaboration has emerged from an innovative program of conferences and symposia conceived to generate discussion and cooperation across the divides between disciplines. Adrian J. PEARCE, Associate Professor of Spanish and Latin American History at the University College London David BERESFORD-JONES, fellow of the Heinz Heinen Centre for Advanced Study, University of Bonn, and affiliated researcher at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge Paul HEGGARTY, senior scientist in the Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany. Gustavo E. Gutiérrez Suárez is PhD candidate in Social Anthropology, and BA in Social Communication. His areas of interest include Andean and Amazonian Anthropology, Film theory and aesthetics. You can follow him on Twitter vía @GustavoEGSuarez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Nowhere on Earth is there an ecological transformation so swift and so extreme as between the snow line of the high Andes and the tropical rainforest of Amazonia. Because of that, the different disciplines that research the human past in South America have tended to treat these two great subzones of the continent as self-contained enough to be studied independently of each other. Objections to that approach have repeatedly been raised, however, warning against imagining too sharp a divide between the people and societies of the Andes and Amazonia when there are clear indications of significant connections and transitions between them. Rethinking the Andes-Amazonia Divide. A Cross-Disciplinary Exploration (UCL Press, 2020) brings together archaeologists, linguists, geneticists, anthropologists, ethnohistorians, and historians to explore both correlations and contrasts in how the various disciplines see the relationship between the Andes and Amazonia, from deepest prehistory up to the European colonial period. This collaboration has emerged from an innovative program of conferences and symposia conceived to generate discussion and cooperation across the divides between disciplines. Adrian J. PEARCE, Associate Professor of Spanish and Latin American History at the University College London David BERESFORD-JONES, fellow of the Heinz Heinen Centre for Advanced Study, University of Bonn, and affiliated researcher at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge Paul HEGGARTY, senior scientist in the Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany. Gustavo E. Gutiérrez Suárez is PhD candidate in Social Anthropology, and BA in Social Communication. His areas of interest include Andean and Amazonian Anthropology, Film theory and aesthetics. You can follow him on Twitter vía @GustavoEGSuarez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Nowhere on Earth is there an ecological transformation so swift and so extreme as between the snow line of the high Andes and the tropical rainforest of Amazonia. Because of that, the different disciplines that research the human past in South America have tended to treat these two great subzones of the continent as self-contained enough to be studied independently of each other. Objections to that approach have repeatedly been raised, however, warning against imagining too sharp a divide between the people and societies of the Andes and Amazonia when there are clear indications of significant connections and transitions between them. Rethinking the Andes-Amazonia Divide. A Cross-Disciplinary Exploration (UCL Press, 2020) brings together archaeologists, linguists, geneticists, anthropologists, ethnohistorians, and historians to explore both correlations and contrasts in how the various disciplines see the relationship between the Andes and Amazonia, from deepest prehistory up to the European colonial period. This collaboration has emerged from an innovative program of conferences and symposia conceived to generate discussion and cooperation across the divides between disciplines. Adrian J. PEARCE, Associate Professor of Spanish and Latin American History at the University College London David BERESFORD-JONES, fellow of the Heinz Heinen Centre for Advanced Study, University of Bonn, and affiliated researcher at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge Paul HEGGARTY, senior scientist in the Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany. Gustavo E. Gutiérrez Suárez is PhD candidate in Social Anthropology, and BA in Social Communication. His areas of interest include Andean and Amazonian Anthropology, Film theory and aesthetics. You can follow him on Twitter vía @GustavoEGSuarez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/latin-american-studies

Nowhere on Earth is there an ecological transformation so swift and so extreme as between the snow line of the high Andes and the tropical rainforest of Amazonia. Because of that, the different disciplines that research the human past in South America have tended to treat these two great subzones of the continent as self-contained enough to be studied independently of each other. Objections to that approach have repeatedly been raised, however, warning against imagining too sharp a divide between the people and societies of the Andes and Amazonia when there are clear indications of significant connections and transitions between them. Rethinking the Andes-Amazonia Divide. A Cross-Disciplinary Exploration (UCL Press, 2020) brings together archaeologists, linguists, geneticists, anthropologists, ethnohistorians, and historians to explore both correlations and contrasts in how the various disciplines see the relationship between the Andes and Amazonia, from deepest prehistory up to the European colonial period. This collaboration has emerged from an innovative program of conferences and symposia conceived to generate discussion and cooperation across the divides between disciplines. Adrian J. PEARCE, Associate Professor of Spanish and Latin American History at the University College London David BERESFORD-JONES, fellow of the Heinz Heinen Centre for Advanced Study, University of Bonn, and affiliated researcher at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge Paul HEGGARTY, senior scientist in the Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany. Gustavo E. Gutiérrez Suárez is PhD candidate in Social Anthropology, and BA in Social Communication. His areas of interest include Andean and Amazonian Anthropology, Film theory and aesthetics. You can follow him on Twitter vía @GustavoEGSuarez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology

Nowhere on Earth is there an ecological transformation so swift and so extreme as between the snow line of the high Andes and the tropical rainforest of Amazonia. Because of that, the different disciplines that research the human past in South America have tended to treat these two great subzones of the continent as self-contained enough to be studied independently of each other. Objections to that approach have repeatedly been raised, however, warning against imagining too sharp a divide between the people and societies of the Andes and Amazonia when there are clear indications of significant connections and transitions between them. Rethinking the Andes-Amazonia Divide. A Cross-Disciplinary Exploration (UCL Press, 2020) brings together archaeologists, linguists, geneticists, anthropologists, ethnohistorians, and historians to explore both correlations and contrasts in how the various disciplines see the relationship between the Andes and Amazonia, from deepest prehistory up to the European colonial period. This collaboration has emerged from an innovative program of conferences and symposia conceived to generate discussion and cooperation across the divides between disciplines. Adrian J. PEARCE, Associate Professor of Spanish and Latin American History at the University College London David BERESFORD-JONES, fellow of the Heinz Heinen Centre for Advanced Study, University of Bonn, and affiliated researcher at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge Paul HEGGARTY, senior scientist in the Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany. Gustavo E. Gutiérrez Suárez is PhD candidate in Social Anthropology, and BA in Social Communication. His areas of interest include Andean and Amazonian Anthropology, Film theory and aesthetics. You can follow him on Twitter vía @GustavoEGSuarez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/archaeology

Nowhere on Earth is there an ecological transformation so swift and so extreme as between the snow line of the high Andes and the tropical rainforest of Amazonia. Because of that, the different disciplines that research the human past in South America have tended to treat these two great subzones of the continent as self-contained enough to be studied independently of each other. Objections to that approach have repeatedly been raised, however, warning against imagining too sharp a divide between the people and societies of the Andes and Amazonia when there are clear indications of significant connections and transitions between them. Rethinking the Andes-Amazonia Divide. A Cross-Disciplinary Exploration (UCL Press, 2020) brings together archaeologists, linguists, geneticists, anthropologists, ethnohistorians, and historians to explore both correlations and contrasts in how the various disciplines see the relationship between the Andes and Amazonia, from deepest prehistory up to the European colonial period. This collaboration has emerged from an innovative program of conferences and symposia conceived to generate discussion and cooperation across the divides between disciplines. Adrian J. PEARCE, Associate Professor of Spanish and Latin American History at the University College London David BERESFORD-JONES, fellow of the Heinz Heinen Centre for Advanced Study, University of Bonn, and affiliated researcher at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge Paul HEGGARTY, senior scientist in the Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany. Gustavo E. Gutiérrez Suárez is PhD candidate in Social Anthropology, and BA in Social Communication. His areas of interest include Andean and Amazonian Anthropology, Film theory and aesthetics. You can follow him on Twitter vía @GustavoEGSuarez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nowhere on Earth is there an ecological transformation so swift and so extreme as between the snow line of the high Andes and the tropical rainforest of Amazonia. Because of that, the different disciplines that research the human past in South America have tended to treat these two great subzones of the continent as self-contained enough to be studied independently of each other. Objections to that approach have repeatedly been raised, however, warning against imagining too sharp a divide between the people and societies of the Andes and Amazonia when there are clear indications of significant connections and transitions between them. Rethinking the Andes-Amazonia Divide. A Cross-Disciplinary Exploration (UCL Press, 2020) brings together archaeologists, linguists, geneticists, anthropologists, ethnohistorians, and historians to explore both correlations and contrasts in how the various disciplines see the relationship between the Andes and Amazonia, from deepest prehistory up to the European colonial period. This collaboration has emerged from an innovative program of conferences and symposia conceived to generate discussion and cooperation across the divides between disciplines. Adrian J. PEARCE, Associate Professor of Spanish and Latin American History at the University College London David BERESFORD-JONES, fellow of the Heinz Heinen Centre for Advanced Study, University of Bonn, and affiliated researcher at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge Paul HEGGARTY, senior scientist in the Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany. Gustavo E. Gutiérrez Suárez is PhD candidate in Social Anthropology, and BA in Social Communication. His areas of interest include Andean and Amazonian Anthropology, Film theory and aesthetics. You can follow him on Twitter vía @GustavoEGSuarez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/geography

Nowhere on Earth is there an ecological transformation so swift and so extreme as between the snow line of the high Andes and the tropical rainforest of Amazonia. Because of that, the different disciplines that research the human past in South America have tended to treat these two great subzones of the continent as self-contained enough to be studied independently of each other. Objections to that approach have repeatedly been raised, however, warning against imagining too sharp a divide between the people and societies of the Andes and Amazonia when there are clear indications of significant connections and transitions between them. Rethinking the Andes-Amazonia Divide. A Cross-Disciplinary Exploration (UCL Press, 2020) brings together archaeologists, linguists, geneticists, anthropologists, ethnohistorians, and historians to explore both correlations and contrasts in how the various disciplines see the relationship between the Andes and Amazonia, from deepest prehistory up to the European colonial period. This collaboration has emerged from an innovative program of conferences and symposia conceived to generate discussion and cooperation across the divides between disciplines. Adrian J. PEARCE, Associate Professor of Spanish and Latin American History at the University College London David BERESFORD-JONES, fellow of the Heinz Heinen Centre for Advanced Study, University of Bonn, and affiliated researcher at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge Paul HEGGARTY, senior scientist in the Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany. Gustavo E. Gutiérrez Suárez is PhD candidate in Social Anthropology, and BA in Social Communication. His areas of interest include Andean and Amazonian Anthropology, Film theory and aesthetics. You can follow him on Twitter vía @GustavoEGSuarez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Archaeology Centers Coalition and RadioCIAMS present “SAPIENS Talk Back”: eight conversations with students and scholars that expand upon the insights of Season 4 of the SAPIENS podcast entitled “Our Past is the Future.” In this episode, we continue the discussion that began in episode 5 of season 4 of the SAPIENS podcast, a conversation that examines how archaeologists study sacred sites, and when they don't. Our guests for this episode are Dr. Ora Marek-Martinez, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Northern Arizona University and Director of the Office of Native American Initiatives, and co-host of the SAPIENS podcast this season, and Dr. Nicholas Laluk, Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. “SAPIENS Talk Back” was developed in collaboration with the Indigenous Archaeology Collective and the Society of Black Archaeologists, with special help from Drs. Sara Gonzalez, Justin Dunnavant, and Ayana Flewellen. Special thanks also to Chip Colwell and the production team at SAPIENS, the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, and House of Pod.   This episode was made possible by financial support from The Andrew Fiske Memorial Center for Archaeological Research at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Hosts Anna Whittemore and Alex Symons from the Cornell Institute of Archaeology and Material Studies join Gabby Hartemann (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil), Eric Mazariegos (Columbia University), and Maryan Ragheb (UCLA) for a conversation on how to reshape the discipline. SAPIENS Talk Back is a production of the Archaeological Centers Coalition. You can find more information about their work at archaeologycoalition.org.  RadioCIAMS is a member of the American Anthropological Association's podcast library. Our theme music was composed by Charlee Mandy and performed by Maia Dedrick and Russell Dedrick. This episode was produced at Cornell University by Adam Smith, with Olivia Graves as engineer and Rebecca Gerdes as production assistant.

The sky island of Dzil Nchaa Si'an is more than a mountain. It is a significant landmark in Arizona for Apache tribal members to collect medicinal plants, perform ceremonies, and connect with their ancestors. It is also a site of resistance against the development of an observatory informally known as the “Pope Scope,” for its ties to the Vatican.    (00:01:47) A history of competing interests atop Dzil Nchaa Si'an, or Mt.Graham. (00:04:18) Introduction. (00:05:06) Nick and the “Pope Scope” conflict. (00:07:04) About Field schools and Apache Trust Lands. (00:08:49) How Nick becomes an archaeologist. (00:11:09) Sacred vs holy on Mt. Graham. (00:14:30) Fire on Mt. Graham illuminates value systems. (00:18:32) Apache lands and the 1872 Mining Act. (00:23:19) Guidelines for archaeology learned from Apache ways of knowing. (00:25:18) The Apache methodology of Ni. (00:31:00) Credits    SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human, is produced by House of Pod and supported by the Wenner-Gren Foundation. SAPIENS is also part of the American Anthropological Association Podcast Library. This season was created in collaboration with the Indigenous Archaeology Collective and Society of Black Archaeologists, with art by Carla Keaton, and music from Jobii, _91nova, and Justnormal. For more information and transcriptions, visit sapiens.org.    Additional Sponsors: This episode was made possible by the Fiske Center for Archaeological Research at the University of Massachusetts, Boston and the Imago Mundi Fund at Foundation for the Carolinas.   Additional Resources:   The indivisibility of land and mind: Indigenous knowledge and collaborative archaeology within Apache contexts Ndee Hotspots: Ethics, Healing and Management  From Sapiens: Why the Camp Grant Massacre Matters Today   Guest: Dr. Nicholas Laluk is a member of the White Mountain Apache Tribe in east-central Arizona. He completed his Ph.D. at University of Arizona and is currently an assistant professor in the department of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley.

Episode: In this episode Mark and Chris talk with Dr. K. Lawson Younger (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) about the Contextual Approach and its benefits for interpreting Scripture with caution required to avoid the paradoxical dangers of "parallelomania" and "parallelophobia." Dr. Younger is an Assyriologist who also specializes on the Arameans, so naturally they had to pick his brain for info on the impact of the Assyrians and Arameans on ancient Israel, particularly during the Divided Monarchy. They also discuss the genre of ancient conquest accounts and how the book of Joshua fits that specific genre, an important interpretive aid to understanding Joshua.  Guest: (From the TIU website) Dr. K. Lawson Younger, Jr. (PhD. Sheffield University) is Professor of Old Testament, Semitic Languages, and Ancient Near Eastern History at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School of Trinity International University, Deerfield, Illinois. A specialist in Assyriology, Aramaic, and Hebrew Bible, Younger has published numerous works involving ancient Near Eastern texts and their relationship to the Hebrew Bible. He is the author of A Political History of the Arameans: From their Origins to the End of Their Polities (2016), the Winner of the Biblical Archaeology Society 2017 Publication Award for Best Scholarly Book on Archaeology. He is also the author of Ancient Conquest Accounts: A Study of Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical History Writing (1990), and The NIV Application Commentary for Judges, Ruth (2002). He is the associate editor of the three-volume The Context of Scripture: Canonical Compositions, Monumental Inscriptions and Archival Documents from the Biblical World (Brill), the editor of volume 4 of The Context of Scripture: Supplements (2016), editor of Ugarit at Seventy-Five (2007), and the co-editor of The Canon in Comparative Perspective (1991), Mesopotamia and the Bible: Comparative Explorations (2002) and “An Excellent Fortress for his Armies, a Refuge for the People”: Egyptological, Archaeological and Biblical Studies in Honor of James K. Hoffmeier (2020). He has also contributed to numerous collections of essays, dictionaries and journals. He is a past trustee of the American Schools of Oriental Research, as well as an active member of the American Oriental Society, the International Association of Assyriology, and the Society of Biblical Literature.  Among his many scholarly papers, he has given lectures at the British Academy, the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University, the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, the Vorderasiatisches Museum (Pergamonmuseum, Berlin), and the Israel Museum (Jerusalem). He was the Seymour Gitin Distinguished Professor at the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem, Israel (2012–13). He is presently writing a book on Aramean Religion. Give: Visit our Donate Page if you want to join the big leagues and become a regular donor.  

If aliens did visit us, what was their mission? Is the Annunaki a set of gods or something more sinister? Is there a hideous creature hidden away in Saqqara Egypt? Was Homo Erectus victims of genetic experiments? We head out with our host Fredrik once more to discover what is genuine, fake, and somewhere in between. In this first episode of the year we dig down into episode 3 of Ancient Aliens. Join us on an all new adventure into the world of Ancient Aliens. Sources, resources and further readinghttp://www.maya-archaeology.org/FLAAR_Reports_on_Mayan_archaeology_Iconography_publications_books_articles/10_Teotihuacan_influence_Mayan_art_incensarios_archaeology_Tiquisate_Escuintla_Guatemala_4MB.pdf (http://www.maya-archaeology.org/FLAAR_Reports_on_Mayan_archaeology_Iconography_publications_books_articles/10_Teotihuacan_influence_Mayan_art_incensarios_archaeology_Tiquisate_Escuintla_Guatemala_4MB.pdf)  O'Connor, Sue 1999, ‘30,000 years of Aboriginal occupation, Kimberley North West Australia', Terra Australis, vol. 14, Department of Archaeology and Natural History and  Centre for Archaeological Research, The Australian National University, Canberra https://www.mesoweb.com/bearc/caa/AA01.pdf (The Writing system of ancient Teotihuacan - Karl Taube) https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/epic/hd_epic.htm (Mesopotamian Creation Myths) https://blog.britishmuseum.org/a-library-fit-for-a-king/ (https://blog.britishmuseum.org/a-library-fit-for-a-king/) https://cdli.ucla.edu/ (https://cdli.ucla.edu/) Klein, R.G. 2009. The Human Career: Human Biological and cultural origins. 3rd ed. Chicago University Press Scarre, Christopher (red.) (2009). The human past: world prehistory & the development of human societies. 2. ed. London: Thames & Hudson https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4456 (Hudson, A. "Cattle Mutilation." Skeptoid Podcast. Skeptoid Media, 3 Mar 2015).  https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/mariette1882bd1/0136/text_ocr (https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/mariette1882bd1/0136/text_ocr)  Altenmüller, Hartwig, Schulz, Regine & Seidel, Matthias (2014). Egypten: faraonernas värld. [Ny utg.] Köningswinter: H. F. Ullman https://nhmu.utah.edu/sites/default/files/trail-resource/HorseshoeBook.pdf (The Archeology of Horseshoe Canyon - National Park Service - U.S. Department of the Interior) Bender, H. (2017). The Star-Beings and stones: Petroforms and the reflection of Native American cosmology, myth and stellar traditions. Journal of Lithic Studies, 4(4), 77-116. https://doi.org/10.2218/jls.v4i4.1918 https://archaeology-travel.com/travel-reports/holy-ghosts-in-horseshoe-canyon-utah/ (Horseshoe pictures)

James and Aylin talk to Sarah Fiddyment and Timothy Stinson about their work in the emerging field of biocodicology, the study of the biomolecular information found in manuscripts. Sarah Fiddyment received her PhD from the University of Zaragoza in 2011, working in the field of proteomics in cardiovascular research. She moved to the University of York in 2012, where she developed a non-invasive sampling technique that has enabled her to establish the emerging field of biocodicology. In 2019, Sarah joined the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at Cambridge as part of the ERC funded Beasts to Craft project. Timothy Stinson is Associate Professor of English at North Carolina State University. He is co-director of the Medieval Electronic Scholarly Alliance, director of the Society for Early English and Norse Electronic Texts, co-director of the Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, associate director of the Advanced Research Consortium, and editor of the Siege of Jerusalem Electronic Archive. He has also collaborated with colleagues in the biological sciences to analyze the DNA found in medieval manuscripts. Music credits: Intro / outro: TeknoAXE, “Chiptune Nobility” (CC BY 4.0), interludes: Random Mind, “Rejoicing” (CC0). Transcript and more information at https://podcast.digitalmedievalist.org/episode-9-biocodicology. Recorded 17 September 2021. Edited by James Harr.

Ann talks to Dr. D. Clark Wernecke, Executive Director of The Gault School of Archaeological Research. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In questo audio il prezioso incontro con Giacinto Di Pietrantonio critico e curatore e Marcella Frangipane archeologa. L'intervista è nel progetto Contemporaneamente a cura di Mariantonietta Firmani, il podcast pensato per Artribune.In Contemporaneamente podcast trovate incontri tematici con autorevoli interpreti del contemporaneo tra arte e scienza, letteratura, storia, filosofia, architettura, cinema e molto altro. Per approfondire questioni auliche ma anche cogenti e futuribili. Dialoghi straniati per accedere a nuove letture e possibili consapevolezze dei meccanismi correnti: tra locale e globale, tra individuo e società, tra pensiero maschile e pensiero femminile, per costruire una visione ampia, profonda ed oggettiva della realtà.Con Giacinto Di Pietrantonio e Marcella Frangipane, parliamo di arte che guarda al futuro rendendo leggibile il contemporaneo, e archeologia come luogo di ricerca delle origini e dei fondamentali del pensiero umano, oltre irragionevole divisione. Ma anche di come il lusso consiste nel poter vivere delle proprie passioni, perché il superfluo accumulato a svantaggio degli altri, si trasforma in strumento di prevaricazione. Ed ancora, è necessario che la società si riappropri emozionalmente del proprio patrimonio storico culturale, e molto altro. ASCOLTA L'AUDIO!BREVI NOTE BIOGRAFICHE DEGLI AUTORIMarcella Frangipane è Professore Ordinario di Archeologia, già docente di Preistoria e Protostoria del Vicino e Medio Oriente alla Università Sapienza di Roma per i corsi di Laurea, la Scuola di Dottorato e le Scuole di Specializzazione in Archeologia e in Archeologia Orientale, che ha diretto nel triennio 2000-2003. Ha insegnato “Strategies and Methods of Archaeological Research” per il master europeo Erasmus Mundus “ARCHaeological MATerials Science” e per il Corso di laurea in “Scienze Applicate ai Beni Culturali” della Facoltà di Scienze Matematiche Fisiche e Naturali, sempre presso l'Università Sapienza di Roma. E' membro della “National Academy of Sciences” degli USA (unica umanista italiana e donna a farne parte), dell'”Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei”, del “Deutsches Archäologische Institut” di Berlino, e dell'”Archaeological Institute of America”. Nel 2011 ha ricevuto il Dottorato Honoris Causa dall'Università di Malatya (Turchia). Ha condotto scavi in Italia, Messico, Egitto e Turchia dove lavora dal 1976, direttrice dal 1990 della Missione Archeologica Italiana nell'Anatolia Orientale. Guida gli scavi nel sito di Arslantepe, Malatya, uno dei più prestigiosi “Grandi Scavi” dell'Università Sapienza di Roma. In Turchia ha inoltre assunto, tra il 1999 e il 2007, la direzione scientifica degli scavi di emergenza nel sito di Zeytinli Bahçe, Urfa. Ha partecipato e organizzato convegni internazionali e tenuto conferenze, anche pubbliche, su invito di Istituzioni scientifiche e Università in tutto il mondo (Stati Uniti, Australia, Germania, Francia, Cina, Turchia, Egitto, Georgia, Spagna). Ha curato, nel 2004, una grande Mostra ai Mercati di Traiano dal titolo “ANATOLIA. ARSLANTEPE, ALLE ORIGINI DEL POTERE”, Catalogo Electa. Ha curato la progettazione e allestimento didattico del museo all'aperto di Arslantepe, aperto al pubblico nel 2011. Il sito è attualmente in attesa di inserimento nelle liste del Patrimonio dell'Umanità UNESCO. Inoltre è autrice di 175 pubblicazioni e curatrice di due serie monografiche. E' stata direttrice della rivista d'Ateneo Origini dal 2011 al 2018. E' membro dei comitati scientifici di numerose riviste internazionali (Paléorient (CNRS-Paris), “Anatolia Antiqua” (Istanbul-Paris), “Ancient Near Eastern Studies” (Melbourne), ISIMU (Madrid), “TÜBA-AR” (Istanbul), “SPAL” (Sevilla). Infine, per i risultati raggiunti con le sue ricerche ha ricevuto vari premi internazionali e nazionali (il Discovery Award dallo Shanghai Archaeology Forum (2015); il “Premio Vittorio De Sica per la Scienza” (Archaeologia) (2015); e il “Premio Rotondi ai Salvatori dell'Arte” (2017). E' stata inoltre insignita dell'ordine di “Cavaliere Ufficiale al Merito della Repubblica Italiana” e di “Cavaliere dell'Ordine della Stella della Solidarietà” dal Presidente della Repubblica Italiana. Giacinto Di Pietrantonio è docente di Storia dell'Arte Contemporanea, Teoria e Storia dei Metodi di Rappresentazione e di Sistemi Editoriali per l'Arte presso l'Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milano. Dal 1995 al 2004 è stato curatore del Corso Superiore di Arti Visive presso la Fondazione Antonio Ratti di Como. Direttore dal 2000 al 2017 della GAMeC (Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea) di Bergamo di cui ora è Consigliere nel Consiglio di Amministrazione. Nel 2008 è stato insignito dal Magnifico Rettore dell'Università di Bologna Pier Ugo Calzolari del riconoscimento alla Carriera promosso dall'AMA (Associazione Almae Matris Alumni) dell'ateneo bolognese. Nel 2016 riceve il Premio Capitani della Cultura dell'anno. Dal 1986 al 1992 ha ricoperto il ruolo di Redattore Capo prima e Vicedirettore poi per “Flash Art Italia”. È autore di moltissimi testi critici, narra in modo poetico e trasversale l'opera di molti tra i maggiori artisti viventi come Jan Fabre, solo per citarne uno.Tra le molte mostre da lui curate, oltre a quelle che ha realizzato in 17 anni alla GAMeC di Bergamo, ricordiamo: mostra degli artisti russi all'interno della rassegna Passaggi ad Oriente alla Biennale di Venezia del 1993. Dal 1994 al 1996 è stato consulente per le arti visive della Regione Abruzzo, curando le edizioni di Fuori Uso del 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2012 e 2016. “Over the Edges” con Jan Hoet a Gand (Belgio), “Vanessa Beecroft” 2009. “Ibrido” con Francesco Garutti al PAC Milano 2010. “Com'è Viva la città” a Villa Olmo Como 2015. Collabora con la Fondazione Proa di Buenos Aires per cui ha realizzato mostre come: “Alighiero Boetti” 2004, “El Tiempo de l'Arte” 2007, “El Classico ne l'Arte e Fabio Mauri” 2014. Membro del Comitato Scientifico del MUSEION di Bolzano dal 2001 al 2005 e nel 2005 Commissario della Quadriennale di Roma. Consulente del Premio Furla - Querini Stampalia per l'Arte dal 2004 al 2015, e dal 2008 al 2010 Consulente di MiArt Fiera Internazionale d'Arte Milano. Dal 2012al 2017 Consulente del Museo Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci di Prato. Curatore di Autostrada Biennale, 2019, nuova biennale d'arte della Repubblica del Kosovo, e dal 2018 al 2019 Curatore delle Residenze Artistiche BoCs Art di Cosenza. Nel 2003 è stato fondatore dell'AMACI (Associazione dei Musei d'Arte Contemporanea Italiani, di cui è stato membro del Consiglio di Amministrazione e Vicepresidente fino al 2016. Direttore di “I love Museums”, la rivista organo di informazione dell'AMACI dal 2003 al 2006 e della rivista d'arte contemporanea Perché/?. Dal 2012 è membro del CIAC (Centro Italiano d'Arte Contemporanea) di Foligno (Umbria).

The Ellison Center presents the panel "Feminist Anthropology of Old Europe: Celebrating the Centennial of Marija Gimbutas" on April 30, 2021. This panel was part of the virtual 2021 REECAS Northwest Conference. Find more information about the conference here: jsis.washington.edu/ellisoncenter/reecas-nw/ Marija Gimbutas (1921-1994), Professor of European Archaeology and Indo-European Studies at UCLA, wrote numerous popular and controversial books about the prehistoric gods and goddesses of Old Europe. Her research was a source of inspiration for environmentalist, feminist, neo-pagan, and other social movements on both sides of and transgressing the “Iron Curtain.” Born in Lithuania, educated at the Universities of Vilnius, Tübingen and München, Gimbutas immigrated to the United States to teach at Harvard University before moving to the West Coast. This roundtable celebrates the Centennial of her birth. Moderator & Organizer: - Guntis Šmidchens, Kazickas Family Endowed Professor in Baltic Studies; Associate Professor of Baltic Studies; Department of Scandinavian Studies, University of Washington-Seattle. Panelists: - Rasa Navickaitė, Visiting Lecturer, Central European University; Navickaitė's 2020 dissertation examines the transnational reception of Gimbutas's work and persona in diverse feminist and women's activist contexts on both sides of the “Iron Curtain.” Among her other publications are “Postcolonial Queer Critique in Post-Communist Europe -Stuck in the Western Progress Narrative?” Tijdschrift Voor Genderstudies (2014); “Under the Western Gaze: Sexuality and Postsocialist ‘Transition' in East Europe,” in Postcolonial Transitions in Europe (2015), and numerous articles and essays in Lithuanian scholarly publications. - Ernestine Elster, Associated Researcher, UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archeology; Elster was a graduate student of Marija Gimbutas and participated in four of her archeological expeditions. She has authored numerous publications on Italy and Greece in the Neolithic and Bronze Age, among them Excavations at Sitagroi, a prehistoric village in northeast Greece (1986), coauthored with Marija Gimbutas and this panel's discussant Colin Renfrew. - Colin Renfrew, Senior Fellow of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge; Renfrew was a friend and colleague of Marija Gimbutas. He is author of many articles and books, among them Before Civilisation: The Radiocarbon Revolution and Prehistoric Europe (1973); Transformations: Mathematical Approaches to Culture Change (1979); Archeology and Language: The Puzzle of Indo-European Origins (1990); Loot, Legitimacy and Ownership: The Ethical Crisis in Archeology (2000); and Prehistory: The Making of the Human Mind (2008). This panel is cosponsored by the Lithuanian Culture Institute, the University of Washington Baltic Studies Program and the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies. The 2021 REECAS Northwest Conference, an ASEEES Regional Conference, is organized by the Ellison Center for Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle. Image courtesy of Ernestine Elster. From left to right, Ernestine Elster, Colin Renfrew, and Marija Gimbutas in 1986 at the publication celebration for the first volume of the Sitagroi excavations.

Daniel Fuks is a Newton International Fellow of the British Academy at the McDonald Institute of Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge. As a PhD candidate in the Archaeobotany Lab at Bar-Ilan University, he was the leading author of the research study that examined the rise and fall of the Byzantine Negev viticulture. You can find a link to the study here. Additionally, the Mediterranean Seminar nominated the paper as ‘Article of the Month’ in November 2020 which you can check out here.

On the first episode of Site Bite's Podcast season one, Carlton and Rob talk with Rich Friedman about the landscape and chronology of the famed Chaco Canyon archaeological site. We start off by getting Rich's background in geology and how that education propelled him into Chacoan archaeology. We go in-depth about his work using emerging technologies and how those tools have allowed archaeologists to expand our understanding of the region's environment and human behavior in and around Chaco Canyon. Links Clark, Jeffery J., and Barbara J. Mills (eds.) 2018 Chacoan Archaeology at the 21st Century. Archaeology Southwest Magazine 32(2-3). Friedman, Richard A., Anna Sofaer, and Robert S. Weiner 2017 Remote Sensing of Chaco Roads Revisited: Lidar Documentation of the Great North Road, Pueblo Alto Landscape, and Aztec Airport Mesa Road. Advances in Archaeological Practice 5(4):365-381. Friedman, Richard A., Anna Sofaer, and Robert S. Weiner 2021 (in press) Chaco's Greater Landscape Revealed and Re-Created with New Technologies. In The Greater Chaco Landscape: Ancestors, Scholarship, and Advocacy, edited by Ruth M. Van Dyke and Carrie C. Heitman. University Press of Colorado, Boulder. Lekson, Steven H. (ed.) 2006 The Archaeology of Chaco Canyon: An Eleventh-Century Pueblo Regional Center. School for Advanced Research Press, Santa Fe, NM. Lekson,Stephen H., Thomas C. Windes, John R. Stein and W. James Judge 1988 The Chaco Canyon Community. Scientific American 259(1):100-109. Mills, Barbara J. 2002 Recent Research on Chaco: Changing Views on Economy, Ritual, and Society. Journal of Archaeological Research 10(1):65-117. Stein, John, Richard Friedman, Taft Blackhorse, and Richard Loose 2007 Revisiting Downtown Chaco. In The Architecture of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, edited by Stephen H. Lekson, pp. 199-224. The University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City. Contact For Guest: Rich Friedman Email: r.friedman.nm@gmail.com Carlton Shield Chief Gover Email: pawneearchaeologist@gmail.com instagram: @pawnee_archaeologist Twitter: @PaniArchaeology Website: https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/carlton-gover Robert Weiner Robert.weiner@colorado.edu Instagram: @chacoroadsproject Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

On the first episode of Site Bite's Podcast season one, Carlton and Rob talk with Rich Friedman about the landscape and chronology of the famed Chaco Canyon archaeological site. We start off by getting Rich's background in geology and how that education propelled him into Chacoan archaeology. We go in-depth about his work using emerging technologies and how those tools have allowed archaeologists to expand our understanding of the region's environment and human behavior in and around Chaco Canyon. Links Clark, Jeffery J., and Barbara J. Mills (eds.) 2018 Chacoan Archaeology at the 21st Century. Archaeology Southwest Magazine 32(2-3). Friedman, Richard A., Anna Sofaer, and Robert S. Weiner 2017 Remote Sensing of Chaco Roads Revisited: Lidar Documentation of the Great North Road, Pueblo Alto Landscape, and Aztec Airport Mesa Road. Advances in Archaeological Practice 5(4):365-381. Friedman, Richard A., Anna Sofaer, and Robert S. Weiner 2021 (in press) Chaco's Greater Landscape Revealed and Re-Created with New Technologies. In The Greater Chaco Landscape: Ancestors, Scholarship, and Advocacy, edited by Ruth M. Van Dyke and Carrie C. Heitman. University Press of Colorado, Boulder. Lekson, Steven H. (ed.) 2006 The Archaeology of Chaco Canyon: An Eleventh-Century Pueblo Regional Center. School for Advanced Research Press, Santa Fe, NM. Lekson,Stephen H., Thomas C. Windes, John R. Stein and W. James Judge 1988 The Chaco Canyon Community. Scientific American 259(1):100-109. Mills, Barbara J. 2002 Recent Research on Chaco: Changing Views on Economy, Ritual, and Society. Journal of Archaeological Research 10(1):65-117. Stein, John, Richard Friedman, Taft Blackhorse, and Richard Loose 2007 Revisiting Downtown Chaco. In The Architecture of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, edited by Stephen H. Lekson, pp. 199-224. The University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City. Contact For Guest: Rich Friedman Email: r.friedman.nm@gmail.com Carlton Shield Chief Gover Email: pawneearchaeologist@gmail.com instagram: @pawnee_archaeologist Twitter: @PaniArchaeology Website: https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/carlton-gover Robert Weiner Robert.weiner@colorado.edu Instagram: @chacoroadsproject Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

Andrew Burlingame is Assistant Professor of Hebrew at Wheaton College within the Department of Modern and Classical Languages. He has authored several articles, one of which received the 2018 Sean W. Dever Memorial Prize of the W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, Jerusalem. He observes that until now we have had to guess at the meaning of a rare Hebrew word translated as “bowed down” in 1 Kings 18:42. Recent scholarship devoted to cognate languages has led some to believe that Elijah was actually making a rumbling sound, imitative of thunder.

On this special holiday edition of the Seven Ages Audio Journal, after the team recaps some of the top archaeological stories of 2020, we are then joined by guests Andy Hemmings and Jim Dunbar, for a discussion of archaeological work being conducted along Florida's waterways.  Andy Hemmings grew up in Minnesota around the Twin Cities. In 1991 he graduated from the University of Arizona with a BA in Anthropology, and after doing contract archaeology for a time, he worked in the Navajo Nation Historic Preservation Department before heading to graduate school at the University of Florida. Hemmings received his Anthropology Masters in 1999, and Ph.D. in 2004 from the University of Florida, followed by a Post-doctoral Fellowship with the Gault Project at the University of Texas. Jim Dunbar is an archaeologist with a research focus on Paleoindian (and pre-Clovis) populations, primarily in Florida. He was an employee with the Bureau of Archaeological Research and is now engaged full-time in archaeological research. He has an extensive publication record and completed his Ph.D. in Anthropology in 2012. His research includes the excavations at Wakulla Springs (funded by National Geographic), as well as the Norden site, Page-Ladson on the Aucilla River, and dozens of other sites. And, as we have heard, he has probably seen more Paleoindian sites than anyone in Florida. Follow the Seven Ages Research Associates online:  Twitter     Instagram     Facebook Below are links to stories covered on this edition of the podcast:  NEWS: The Top 10 Archaeological discoveries 2020 JUDITH JESCH ONLINE: University of Nottingham Bio Page

The University of West Florida archaeology program identified the archaeological site of the Luna settlement – the first multi-year European settlement in the United States – in a developed neighborhood in Pensacola. The artifacts discovered are evidence of the Spanish settlement by Tristán de Luna y Arellano from 1559 to 1561, the earliest multi-year European colonial settlement ever archaeologically identified in the United States. UWF archaeologists recovered numerous sherds of broken 16th century Spanish ceramics found undisturbed beneath the ground surface. The artifacts were linked to the Spanish expedition led by Luna, who brought 1,500 soldiers, colonists, slaves and Aztec Indians in 11 ships from Veracruz, Mexico, to Pensacola to begin the Spanish colonization of the northern Gulf Coast in 1559. The Luna settlement inhabited Pensacola from 1559 to 1561, which predates the Spanish settlement in St. Augustine, Florida, by six years, and the English settlement in Jamestown, Virginia, by 48 years. Dr. John Bratten, chair and associate professor of anthropology, teaches archaeology, maritime studies, shipwreck archaeology and artifact conservation. Bratten was always fascinated by stories of arctic explorers and shipwrecks. But reading the book, “The Sea Remembers: Shipwrecks and Archaeology,” inspired him to switch careers midstream – from teaching science to studying maritime archaeology. As co-principal investigator of the Emanuel Point II shipwreck, Bratten combines his passion for science and archeology by overseeing the excavation and artifact conservation of the second vessel from Tristán de Luna's 1559 colonization fleet. He utilizes a state-of-the-art freeze-dryer provided by the Archaeology Institute to stabilize and maintain diagnostic information from artifacts that have been submerged in water for more than 400 years. Bratten wrote, “The Gondola Philadelphia and the Battle of Lake Champlain,” a comprehensive analysis of the oldest intact warship and the associated artifacts that were recovered from the bottom of Lake Champlain. In addition to his manuscript publication, he has written numerous journal articles, lay publications and technical reports. He was also board member of the CSS Alabama Project and the Pensacola Archaeological Society. Before joining UWF in 1996, he was a conservator for Florida's Bureau of Archaeological Research. Dr. John Bratten, University of West Florida Faculty Page: https://uwf.edu/cassh/departments/anthropology/our-faculty/faculty-profiles/john-bratten.html The Discovery and Exploration of Tristán de Luna's 1559-1561 Settlement on Pensacola Bay https://pages.uwf.edu/jworth/Worth%20et%20al%202017_FAS.pdf Luna Settlement: https://uwf.edu/cassh/community-outreach/anthropology-and-archaeology/research/faculty-and-staff-projects/luna-settlement/ Luna Media Kit: https://uwf.edu/media/university-of-west-florida/about-uwf/images/luna-settlement/LunaMediaKit_2015_Web.pdf Florida's Lost Galleon: The Emanuel Point Shipwreck https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36796623-florida-s-lost-galleon Archaeology Institute https://uwf.edu/cassh/community-outreach/archaeology-institute/ FLORIDA FRONTIERS: The Luna Settlement Excavation https://www.pbs.org/video/florida-frontiers-luna-settlement-excavation/

What, and how, did people cook in the times of the Talmud? What is Haroset, and why are there so many ways to make it?Dr. Susan Weingarten is an archaeologist and historian. As a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Jewish Studies at Tel Aviv University, Dr. Weingarten began to concentrate on the history of Jewish food, more specifically on food in talmudic literature. She has published over forty papers and is author of the book Haroset: A Taste of Jewish History. At present she is an Associate Fellow of the Albright Institute for Archaeological Research in Jerusalem.Special thanks to our executive producer, Adina Karp.View a source sheet for this episode here.Keep up with Interleaved on Facebook and Twitter.Music from https://filmmusic.io"Midnight Tale" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

This week, we're talking ceramics! Anna and Amber explain how bits of pottery aren't called shards, but do hold lots of secrets (and sometimes blood!), the role of ceramics in archaeology, evidence for amateur and student potters, and how Amber clearly didn't miss her calling as a ceramic artist. LinksBasic Concepts: Pottery in the Archaeological Record (Archaeology Review) [https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2007/01/basic-concepts-pottery-in-the-archaeological-record/]Ancient Chinese pottery confirmed as the oldest yet found (The Guardian) [https://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/jun/28/ancient-chinese-pottery-oldest-yet]Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA) in the Study of Archaeological Ceramics (Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Ceramic Analysis) [https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199681532.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199681532-e-24]Thule tradition (University of Waterloo) [http://anthropology.uwaterloo.ca/ArcticArchStuff/thule.html]Ceramic Technology of Arctic Alaska: An Experimental and Adaptive Craft (Teal Sullivan) [http://www.tealsullivan.com/ceramics/arcticpottery/]How to Make an Unfired Clay Cooking Pot: Understanding the Technological Choices Made by Arctic Potters (Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory) [https://www.jstor.org/stable/25653111?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents]Muweilah (Universes in Universe) [https://universes.art/en/art-destinations/sharjah/archaeological-sites/muweilah]Prehistoric Children Working and Playing: A Southwestern Case Study in Learning Ceramics (Journal of Archaeological Research) [https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/jar.57.4.3631354]The Dirt Book Club! When Clay Sings (via WorldCat) [https://www.worldcat.org/title/when-clay-sings/oclc/340283]ContactEmail the Dirt Podcast

This week, we're talking ceramics! Anna and Amber explain how bits of pottery aren't called shards, but do hold lots of secrets (and sometimes blood!), the role of ceramics in archaeology, evidence for amateur and student potters, and how Amber clearly didn't miss her calling as a ceramic artist. LinksBasic Concepts: Pottery in the Archaeological Record (Archaeology Review) [https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2007/01/basic-concepts-pottery-in-the-archaeological-record/]Ancient Chinese pottery confirmed as the oldest yet found (The Guardian) [https://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/jun/28/ancient-chinese-pottery-oldest-yet]Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA) in the Study of Archaeological Ceramics (Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Ceramic Analysis) [https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199681532.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199681532-e-24]Thule tradition (University of Waterloo) [http://anthropology.uwaterloo.ca/ArcticArchStuff/thule.html]Ceramic Technology of Arctic Alaska: An Experimental and Adaptive Craft (Teal Sullivan) [http://www.tealsullivan.com/ceramics/arcticpottery/]How to Make an Unfired Clay Cooking Pot: Understanding the Technological Choices Made by Arctic Potters (Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory) [https://www.jstor.org/stable/25653111?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents]Muweilah (Universes in Universe) [https://universes.art/en/art-destinations/sharjah/archaeological-sites/muweilah]Prehistoric Children Working and Playing: A Southwestern Case Study in Learning Ceramics (Journal of Archaeological Research) [https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/jar.57.4.3631354]The Dirt Book Club! When Clay Sings (via WorldCat) [https://www.worldcat.org/title/when-clay-sings/oclc/340283]ContactEmail the Dirt Podcast

On this edition of the Seven Ages Audio Journal, we begin on a culinary note as James Waldo leads us off with an update on his brewing of the “Seven Ages Irish Stout,” soon to be kept on tap at the Cross-Time Pub. We also touch on a few unusual appetizers from around the world, including Peruvian llama stew, and the archaeological mystery of why a man 1500 years ago felt compelled to consume an entire rattlesnake? Then later in the program, we are joined by Professor Charles Ewen for a discussion about the archaeology of piracy, and a look at one of history's most notorious figures: the legendary pirate Blackbeard. Born as Edward Teach, many questions remain about the life and legacy of Blackbeard, who was discussed in the co-edited anthology X Marks the Spot: The Archaeology of Piracy (New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeology), by by Prof. Russell K. Skowronek Charles R. Ewen, who joins us to discuss this significant work on the subject. Dr. Ewen received his Ph.D. at the University of Florida in 1987 and immediately went to work for the Bureau of Archaeological Research in Tallahassee. After excavating Hernando de Soto's winter encampment, he moved to Arkansas to run contracts for the Arkansas Archeological Survey for the next several years. He joined the faculty at East Carolina University in 1994 and is currently a full professor in the Department as well as Director of the Phelps Archaeology Laboratory. According to Ewen's biography, “My research interests focus mostly on historical archaeology (specifically the contact and colonial periods). However, like most archaeologists, circumstances have led me to work on nearly every kind of archaeology site, from prehistoric villages to Civil War fortifications and twentieth-century homesteads. While at ECU, I have directed several projects at Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens in New Bern, Ft. Macon State Park, Hope Plantation, Somerset Place, and a long-term archaeological study of Historic Bath, North Carolina.” Follow the Seven Ages Research Associates online:  Twitter     Instagram     Facebook Below are links to stories covered on this edition of the podcast:  Archaeologists unearth more evidence that when a civilization drinks together, it stays together Why did someone consume an entire rattlesnake 1500 years ago? Llama Stew in Peru Why you love coffee and beer Music featured in this episode: Fresh Air – Zeeky Beats (YouTube) 8-Bit-Adventure– Can't Stop (YouTube)

In April, we took a look at two ostensibly similar cities -- Fortuna and Rio Dell -- that are taking decidedly different paths in their implementation of Proposition 64. Our guests included Mayor Sue Long of Fortuna, Mayor Debra Garnes of Rio Dell, and Nick Angeloff of Archaeological Research and Supply Company.

www.roberteisenman.com for more. It is my absolute pleasure to welcome Professor Robert Eisenman Phd to the show. I have been a huge fan of the professor for several years and I am deeply honored to have spent almost 2 hours with him. If you want more info on the topics discussed in this episode, check out his books available at Amazon.  Robert Eisenman is the author of The New Testament Code: The Cup of the Lord, the Damascus Covenant, and the Blood of Christ (2006), James the Brother of Jesus: The Key to Unlocking the Secrets of Early Christianity and the Dead Sea Scrolls(1998), The Dead Sea Scrolls and the First Christians (1996), Islamic Law in Palestine and Israel: A History of the Survival of Tanzimat and Shari'ah (1978), and co-editor of The Facsimile Edition of the Dead Sea Scrolls (1989) and The Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered (1992). He is Professor of Middle East Religions and Archaeology and Islamic Law and the Director of the Institute for the Study of Judeo-Christian Origins at California State University Long Beach and Visiting Senior Member of Linacre College, Oxford. He holds a B.A. from Cornell University in Philosophy and Engineering Physics (1958), an M.A. from New York University in Near Eastern Studies (1966), and a Ph.D from Columbia University in Middle East Languages and Cultures and Islamic Law (1971). He was a Senior Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies and an American Endowment for the Humanities Fellow-in-Residence at the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were first examined. In 1991-92, he was the Consultant to the Huntington Library in San Marino, California on its decision to open its archives and allow free access for all scholars to the previously unpublished Scrolls. In 2002, he was the first to publicly announce that the so-called 'James Ossuary', which so suddenly and 'miraculously' appeared, was fraudulent; and he did this on the very same day it was made public on the basis of the actual inscription itself and what it said without any 'scientific' or 'pseudo-scientific' aids.

# AnthroAlert## Episode 18: Archaeological MethodsOriginally aired 29 September 2017 on bullsradio.orgIn this episode, we explore how archaeological methods and modern technology help us to better understand the earliest neolithic sites in Western Europe.Our guest, Dr. Robert Tykot, will present on current research in Western Europe.Robert H. Tykot is a Professor at the University of South Florida, where he has been for 21 years since receiving his PhD from Harvard University. His research emphasizes scientific analysis of archaeological materials such as obsidian, pottery, metals and marble to study trade and technology in the Mediterranean world, as well as skeletal remains to look at diet and mobility in many parts of the world. Professor Tykot has more than 185 published books and articles, and has presented more than 475 times at national and international conferences. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Editor-in-Chief of the journal Science and Technology of Archaeological Research, and has reviewed submissions to 70 different journals and book publishers, and for 18 grant agencies in 9 different countries. Professor Tykot has received from USF an Annual Global Award acknowledging his outstanding contributions to the USF System’s global mission.At USF, he teaches courses on Ancient Diet, Ancient Trade, Archaeological Science, Mediterranean and European Archaeology, and Fantastic Archaeology. His current graduate students come from Italy, France, Peru, and the USA.For the last several years, Tykot and colleagues have been surveying and using remote sensing to assess the earliest neolithic sites in western Europe, in the Tavoliere region of southeastern Italy. Many sites have been identified and surveyed, with large numbers of pottery sherds and stone tools recovered. Based on the chronology and the physical material found, we argue that domesticated plants and animals and the practice of year-round settlements passed from eastern Europe across the Adriatic Sea to this region ca. 8000 years ago. Pending external grant funding, we hope to conduct formal excavation of 1 or more of these large residential settings which were enclosed within circular ditches. Tykot also conducts elemental analyses using a portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometer on the obsidian, flint, and ceramic artifacts in many parts of Italy and nearby countries to determine their origin and reconstruct directions and frequency of trade and interaction across great distances. Obsidian has been identified as coming from geological sources hundreds of miles away, with significant overseas travel. Separately, in his lab at USF Tykot conducts isotopic analyses on human remains to reconstruct their individual dietary practices and origins, in order to compare differences based on sex and/or status and how they changed over time. This research is on multiple projects from Europe, where seafood has been found to be a negligible part of the diet while millet was introduced from Asia, and in the Americas where maize spread further south than thought in South America, and earlier than expected right here in Florida.## Podcast link## Video linkhttps://youtu.be/pRJGgogBqms## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/Italy by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center https://flic.kr/p/nWqvZGCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/## Intro music credit:There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dr. Clark Wernecke, Executive Director of The Gault School of Archaeological Research at Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas speaks on human occupation in region 16,000 years ago

Dr John Creese tells about the science of archaeology and the investigative techniques they use. Dr Creese is a researcher at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research. Interviewer Roger Frost asks how is archaeology distinguished... The post scientist 58: the archaeologist – John Creese ceremonial pipes (2013) appeared first on Roger Frost: science, sensors and automation.

In this podcast we’ll chat with Marie Prentice, a Senior Archaeologist for the Florida Bureau of Archaeological Research based in Tallahassee. We’ll talk to Marie about the role the Bureau of Archaeological Research plays within the Florida Division of Historical Resources, what happens to artifacts after they are excavated, and how the state collection is used by museums and researchers. We’ll also discuss some misconceptions people have about artifact collections held in public trust, and some of the really cool museums you can visit to see some of Florida’s unique archaeological material from the state collection. The podcast will end with an episode of "Unearthing Florida" with Dr. Judy Bense. http://dos.myflorida.com/historical/archaeology/

The Iron Age is in high gear and the borderlands of Britain are being divided by they developing hillforts. Rodden, Judith. American Anthropologist, New Series, 68, no. 6 (1966): 1572. Hill, J. D. "The Pre-Roman Iron Age in Britain and Ireland (ca. 800 B.C. to A.D. 100): An Overview." Journal of World Prehistory 9, no. 1 (1995): 47-98 Bell, Martin, and Neumann Heike. "Prehistoric Intertidal Archaeology and Environments in the Severn Estuary, Wales." World Archaeology 29, no. 1 (1997): 95-113. I. M. Stead (1982). The Cerrig-y-Drudion ‘Hanging Bowl’. The Antiquaries Journal, 62, pp 221-234. Thurston, Tina. "Unity and Diversity in the European Iron Age: Out of the Mists, Some Clarity?" Journal of Archaeological Research 17, no. 4 (2009): 347-423. Eric A. Powell. Hillforts of the Iron Age, Archaeology Magazine, October 7, 2015, http://www.archaeology.org/issues/196-1511/letter-from/3760-letter-from-wales-iron-age-hillforts Accessed June 26, 2016. Ali Vowles, The Saltford Carthaginan Coin, BBC Points West, 13 April 2015,  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxZ2yawqT_g

In the past month, the murder of a Syrian Archeologist by ISIS terrorists and their senseless destruction of two temples at the UNESCO World Heritage site at Palmyra sent shockwaves through the archeological community, and drew media attention to what very well may be the biggest threat to the word’s shared cultural heritage since World War II. The maniacs of the so called Islamic State are blowing up historic monuments and looting and selling priceless ancient antiquities in what is now their second biggest revenue source only behind oil. In this podcast I talk with the men who are leading the charge to rescue some of the most important treasures of the ancient world before it’s too late. Dr. Amr Al Azm who served as Director of Scientific and Conservation Laboratories at the General Department of Antiquities and Museums in Syria and as Head of the Centre for Archaeological Research at the University of Damascus. Now he’s an associate professor of Middle Eastern history and anthropology at Shawnee State University in Ohio, and he’s chairman of the Syrian Opposition’s Heritage Task Force. Then I talk with Roger Michel Jr. He’s the founder and executive director of the Institute for Digital Archeology, which is using some high tech gadgets to catalogue ancient monuments and artifacts in hope of recovering and restoring them one day for future generations.   For more information, visit www.KickAssPolitics.com, and if you enjoyed the show and would like to help keep us on the air, then please show your support at www.gofundme.com/kickasspolitics.  Also, we’d appreciate it if you would take our listener survey to give us an idea of who our audience is and what you want.

Join Dr. Carlos as he explores if Jesus had a brother with Robert Eisenman. Robert Eisenman is the author of The New Testament Code: The Cup of the Lord, the Damascus Covenant, and the Blood of Christ (2006), James the Brother of Jesus: The Key to Unlocking the Secrets of Early Christianity and the Dead Sea Scrolls (1998), The Dead Sea Scrolls and the First Christians (1996), Islamic Law in Palestine and Israel: A History of the Survival of Tanzimat and Shari'ah (1978), and co-editor of The Facsimile Edition of the Dead Sea Scrolls (1989) and The Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered (1992).He is Professor of Middle East Religions and Archaeology and Islamic Law and the Director of the Institute for the Study of Judeo-Christian Origins at California State University Long Beach and Visiting Senior Member of Linacre College, Oxford. He holds a B.A. from Cornell University in Philosophy and Engineering Physics (1958), an M.A. from New York University in Near Eastern Studies (1966), and a Ph.D from Columbia University in Middle East Languages and Cultures and Islamic Law (1971). He was a Senior Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies and an American Endowment for the Humanities Fellow-in-Residence at the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were first examined

L.A. Marzulli | On the Trail of The Nephilim: New Archaeological Research

The Golson Lecture was delivered at ANU by Professor Graeme Barker (Disney Professor of Archaeology and Director of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge) on the 21st May, 2014. Jack Golson's excavations at Kuk in New Guinea have been a fundamental contribution to one of the greatest research problems in archaeology: why did our ancestors become farmers? Ten thousand years ago most people on the globe lived by hunting and gathering. Five thousand years ago most people lived by farming, or by combining farming with hunting and gathering. Today most of the world's population depends for their food on half a dozen plants and, if they are rich enough, on the products of half a dozen animals. So why did our ancestors first become farmers? Did people choose to experiment with domesticating plants and animals, and if so why? Were they pushed into becoming farmers by forces beyond their control like climate change or population pressure? How important were hard-to-study things like ritual, ideology and religion? The lecture will take a global perspective, showing how our understanding has been transformed in recent decades by new scientific approaches, new archaeological theories, and unexpected discoveries, findings increasingly relevant for the sustainability of the present-day agricultural systems on which we depend Graeme Barker is Disney Professor of Archaeology and Director of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge, and Professorial Fellow at St John's College Cambridge. After training in archaeology at Cambridge his career took him to the University of Sheffield, the British School at Rome and the University of Leicester, before he returned to Cambridge in 2004. He has researched extensively on the long-term interactions between people and landscape, and on the lessons of the past for present and future sustainability, a theme he has investigated through major field projects in arid, semi-arid and tropical landscapes (he is currently working in Borneo, Libya and Iraqi Kurdistan). He has published more than 30 books and 250 papers.

Supernatural Girlz Helene Olsen & Patricia Baker speak with real-life, female Indiana Jones, archeologist Dr. Heather Lynn about the mysterious excavations and subsequent disappearance of important artifacts.  Who commissioned the dig?  Who has spirited away the ancient treasures and WHY?  You may be surprised to find out who is behind this mystery and why it effects your life right now! Dr. Lynn is a researcher, speaker, and archaeologist with a Ph.D. in comparative religion. She is also president and founder of the Society for Truth in Archaeological Research, and a member of the World Archaeological Congress.  She broke away from the mainstream after realizing that much of the evidence that could be used to help answer these questions was being suppressed. Now, she is on a quest to help empower the public by giving them access to archaeological tools, resources, and education. Heather is the author of The Sumerian Controversy and Anthrotheology: Searching for God in Man available this October. www.drheatherlynn.com  

Colin Renfrew (McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research) discusses the “Sapient Paradox.” The genetic basis of humankind was established 200,000 years ago, and yet the tectonic phase of human development is only 10,000 years old. So what took so long? Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 24982]

Colin Renfrew (McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research) discusses the “Sapient Paradox.” The genetic basis of humankind was established 200,000 years ago, and yet the tectonic phase of human development is only 10,000 years old. So what took so long? Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 24982]

Cognitive abilities often regarded as unique to humans include humor, morality, symbolism, creativity, and preoccupation with the minds of others. In these compelling talks, emphasis is placed on the functional uniqueness of these attributes, as opposed to the anatomical uniqueness, and whether these attributes are indeed quantitatively or qualitatively unique to humans. Colin Renfrew (McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research) begins with the Archaeological Evidence for Mind, followed by Daniel Povinelli (Univ of Louisiana at Lafayette) on Desperately Seeking Explanation, and Patricia Churchland (UC San Diego) on Moral Sense. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 23910]

Cognitive abilities often regarded as unique to humans include humor, morality, symbolism, creativity, and preoccupation with the minds of others. In these compelling talks, emphasis is placed on the functional uniqueness of these attributes, as opposed to the anatomical uniqueness, and whether these attributes are indeed quantitatively or qualitatively unique to humans. Colin Renfrew (McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research) begins with the Archaeological Evidence for Mind, followed by Daniel Povinelli (Univ of Louisiana at Lafayette) on Desperately Seeking Explanation, and Patricia Churchland (UC San Diego) on Moral Sense. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 23910]

Some of the world's oldest engravings of the human form -- prehistoric rock art from the Italian Alps -- have been brought to life by the latest digital technology. P • I • T • O • T • I • is an innovative research project that applies insights from the new technologies of computer graphics to prehistoric pictures, specifically the rock art of Valcamonica, Italy, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It brings to life some of the earliest human figures in European rock art -- some made from as early as 7,000 BC -- with interactive graphics, 3D printing and video games, exploring the potential links between the world of archaeology and the world of film, digital humanities and computer vision. A multimedia digital rock art exhibition with video projections, an ambient cinema and an interactive touch screen table is on display at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge, 7-23 March 2013. P • I • T • O • T • I • is a joint venture between the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge, the Centro Camuno di Studi Preistorici and the University of St Pölten (Austria).

As one of the most important entrepôts in the region, Elmina was a key trading port from its construction in 1482 by the Portuguese, its takeover by the Dutch in 1637, and its ceding to the British in 1872. Coastal trading forts such as Sao Jorge da Mina served as hubs of early contact between Africans and Europeans, and as such provide a fascinating opportunity to study the material remains resulting from these interactions. With funding from the National Geographic Society, Greg Cook conducted a sonar survey off of Elmina, Ghana, which resulted in the discovery of a mid-seventeenth century shipwreck, likely the Dutch West India Company ship Groeningen, which sank in 1647 when a cannon exploded while the ship was at anchor. After four seasons of excavation and study conducted by Cook and colleagues at Syracuse University, an assemblage of artifacts involved in the West African trade including glass beads, brass manillas, and a variety of brass and pewter basins, has been recovered. These tangible remains of trade commodities, rarely preserved on land excavations, serve as mute testimony to the complexities of the West African trade. These remains also speak to the agency of coastal African merchants who drove the demand in trade for such commodities. Greg will situate his discussion within this exchange between European ships and African merchants, examining how the commodity trade mediated this contact of cultures for over four centuries.

A half-day workshop in conjunction with Jay Winter's 2012 Humanitas Visiting Professorship in War Studies at the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH). Mr Paul Cornish : Exhibiting War. A New First World War Gallery for the Imperial War Museum. Senior Curator and Historian, Imperial War Museum, London Dr Dacia Viejo-Rose : Cultural and Symbolic Violence: The case of Spain, 1936-2006 British Academy Post-doctoral Fellow, Macdonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge Dr Khadija Carroll La: If you fight the dragon long, the dragon you become: Comments on Monuments in the Balkan Newton Fellow, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge Building on Professor Jay Winter’s series of lectures on Writing War, Figuring War, and Filming War, as well as a concluding symposium on Imagining War in the 20th Century and After, this workshop will provide an opportunity to further explore the general topic of 'imagining war' by linking it with some of the concerns of the Between Civilisation and Militarisation Faculty Research Group, particularly the murky and manipulable imagined line between 'civil' and 'military' spheres of action and influence. We will focus on the interrelations among the following conceptual triad: conflict + culture + witnessing. In this triad, ‘culture’ will be understood to encompass forms of creative expression and exhibition, as well as definitions of the term that stem from anthropology and political science, in particular the idea of ‘cultural violence’. Questions about practices of ‘witnessing’ and offering ‘testimony’ will be applied not only to the arts, social sciences and humanities as intellectual institutions, but also to the roles and responsibilities that various actors in conflict situations might perform, from military soldiers and museum archivists, to civilians living in war torn spaces, and even to the spaces themselves. Some of the questions raised during the workshop include: What kinds of politics of memory and recognition emerge from war? How do artistic expressions and exhibitions serve various actors in war situations in presenting testimonies of experiences? How have artists been drawn to war themes from ‘outside’ as witnesses to ‘internal’ conflicts? How do artistic and historical memorials offer more and less satisfying testimony to the destruction and loss occasioned by war?

J. Edward Wright's, professor and director, Arizona Center for Judaic Studies, and president, W.F. Albright Institute for Archaeological Research, special presentation exploring the ways people use images of heaven to inspire or terrorize.

Pompeii: It's the world's most recognizable archaeological site. But did you know it was also the place where the iPad was first used as a field documentation tool. Archaeologists working at Pompeii have been pretty progressive in communicating their finds through new media as well. Working in this milieu of old and new is Dr. Steven Ellis. He directs the Pompeii archaeological research project at Porta Stabia. In this interview, he'll talk about the iPad project, including what it was like to be featured in an Apple ad campaign. Additionally, he'll explore other emerging technologies being used at the site and tell us the story about why he chose archaeology as a profession.

Colin Renfrew, Disney Professor Emeritus of Archaeology and former Director of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, UK presents "Before Silk: Unsolved Mysteries of the Silk Road." The symposium "Reconfiguring the Silk Road: New Research on East-West Exchange in Antiquity" was held in March 2011 at the Penn Museum in conjunction with the major exhibit from China, "Secrets of the Silk Road." The symposium was the first major event in over 15 years to focus on the history of the Silk Road and the origins of the mysterious Tarim Basin mummies. Since the last milestone conference was held on the topic at the Penn Museum in 1996, new archaeological discoveries and scholarly advances had been made, creating the need to critically reshape the very idea of the "Silk Road."

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the calendar, which shapes the lives of millions of people. It is an invention that gives meaning to the passing of time and orders our daily existence. It links us to the arcane movements of the heavens and the natural rhythms of the earth. It is both deeply practical and profoundly sacred. But where does this strange and complex creation come from? Why does the week last seven days but the year twelve months? Who named these concepts and through them shaped our lives so absolutely? The answers involve Babylonian Astronomers and Hebrew Theologians, Roman Emperors and Catholic Popes. If the calendar is a house built on the shifting sands of time, it has had many architects. With Robert Poole, Reader in History at St Martin's College Lancaster and author of Time's Alteration, Calendar Reform in Early Modern England; Kristen Lippincott, Deputy Director of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich; Peter Watson, Research Associate at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at Cambridge University and author of A Terrible Beauty – A History of the People and Ideas that Shaped the Modern Mind.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the calendar, which shapes the lives of millions of people. It is an invention that gives meaning to the passing of time and orders our daily existence. It links us to the arcane movements of the heavens and the natural rhythms of the earth. It is both deeply practical and profoundly sacred. But where does this strange and complex creation come from? Why does the week last seven days but the year twelve months? Who named these concepts and through them shaped our lives so absolutely? The answers involve Babylonian Astronomers and Hebrew Theologians, Roman Emperors and Catholic Popes. If the calendar is a house built on the shifting sands of time, it has had many architects. With Robert Poole, Reader in History at St Martin’s College Lancaster and author of Time’s Alteration, Calendar Reform in Early Modern England; Kristen Lippincott, Deputy Director of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich; Peter Watson, Research Associate at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at Cambridge University and author of A Terrible Beauty – A History of the People and Ideas that Shaped the Modern Mind.