Stay ConnectedThe Arch and Anth Podcast aims to provides entertaining and educational content about archaeology and anthropology. Hosting the show is Dr Michael B. C. Rivera, an expert in the study of human biology, human behavior and human societies worldwide, from the earliest beginnings to modern times. Episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, featuring a special guest talking about their work.
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In this episode, Dr. Trish Biers (Duckworth Collection, University of Cambridge) speaks to us about her work in osteological curation and collections management.
What are the day-to-day tasks of a collections manager? What practical and ethical aspects do Trish and others in her profession bear in mind when storing, handling, displaying and repatriating human remains? How can an aspiring archaeologist or anthropologist get started working in museums and collections?
We also discuss Trish's former experience working at the San Diego Museum of Man, the Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
You can find more information in the show notes under the episode on our website.
If you have feedback or questions for Trish, you can find her on Twitter or her institutional profile.
Together with Katie Stringer Clary, Trish also co-created Mors Mortis Museum, a public communication project that explores museums, human remains and death. That can be found at the Mors Mortis Museum website, Facebook page, Instagram profile or Twitter handle.
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Cecilia Collins (University of Reading) discusses her work in Icelandic bioarchaeology and palaeopathology. Cecilia searched for signs of chronic upper respiratory disease among human skeletal remains at four archaeological sites (Hofstaðir, Keldudalur, Skeljastaðir and Skriðuklaustur). We talk about how sinus and ear infections appear on the human skeleton as lesions, how these conditions may manifest in children, and how sinusitis may relate to other conditions like tuberculosis.
We also speak about Cecilia's other interests in juvenile palaeopathology more broadly, cases of hydatid disease and parasitic infection in the form of calcified cysts she's studied, as well as the archaeology of disability, deafness and medical treatment in medieval contexts.
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In this episode, Melissa McCarthy (Georgia State University) shares her journey to a Master's degree, for which she will conduct research in dental anthropology. She hopes to use microscopic methods to study tooth morphology and microwear as a means of identifying human remains recovered at or near the U.S. and Mexican border.
Melissa also recounts her non-traditional path into archaeology, anthropology and forensics, having worked a number of jobs before attending college and participating in excavations for the first time.
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Today, Ronit Anand (Haberdashers' Aske Boys School) talks about his recently completed debut fieldwork on football hooligans.
Hooligan culture among British football clubs like the Tottenham Hotspurs incoroprates a lot of violence, hypermasculine-coded behaviors and competition with rival firms. How did ethnography help Ronit understand the group cohesion and fusion that frame hooligan identity and behavior? Can we use these anthropological insights to help reduce extreme behavior? What are the parallels between violent behaviors in Britain and in other cultural contexts like in Brazil? Does this research inform us about how other extreme groups (e.g., jihadis) become motivated to commit violence?
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If you want to get in touch with Ronit to share questions or thoughts, you can e-mail the podcast e-mail address and Michael will forward your messages forward to him.
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In this episode, Jazmin Scarlett (Newcastle University) talks about her research in historical and social geography, examining the relationship between humans and volcanoes in the Caribbean.
What is the history of human experience living near volcanoes on St. Vincent? Is this experience unique to the Caribbean islands? Why do people choose to leave in a hazardous environment, and how do they cope with natural disasters before, during and after they occur? What does Jazmin wish would change about how disaster movies portray scientists' contributions?
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Jazmin has a blog you should definitely check out. If you have feedback or questions for her, you can find her on Twitter.
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On this episode, Victoria Calvin (University of South Alabama) talks all about archaeological excavation and osteological analysis. Earlier this year, she not only undertook lab research experience in Mobile, but also fieldwork at the Slavia Field School in Giecz, Poland.
Hear what she has to say about the process of excavating human remains and estimating sex using innovative methods that access the morphology of the inner ear canal (otherwise known as the 'internal auditory meatus').
You can find more information in the show notes under the episode on our website.
If you want to follow Victoria, she can be found on Instagram or you can send questions to the podcast address.
If you want to read more about the NSF-REU program, you can do so at the official blog and website. Other participants in the program include Quentin Burke, Silvio Ernesto Mirabal Torres, Charlie Downey, Cháylee Arellano, Rachel Heil, Alyssa McGrath and Jeremy Simmons.
You can find Michael on Twitter and Instagram.
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If you liked this episode and you want to help contribute to the show, please visit the Patreon page for details on how to do that.
In this episode, Dr. Christopher Lynn (University of Alabama) talks about cultural impacts on human health and biology. Some of his work over the last ten years has focused on tattooing cultures among Pacific Islanders and the Samoan diaspora. Using biomarkers such as immunoglobulin A and cortisol, Chris is able to demonstrate correlations between immune response in tattooed individuals and the amount of tattoo experience people have had.
We also speak about the variation of tattooing methods historically and globally, the very interesting tattoos of Ötzi 'the Iceman' which seem to correspond with modern acupuncture points, the challenges of the job as a researcher and teacher, and Chris' broader work looking at cultural impacts on health and his teaching-focused project, Anthropology is Elemental.
You can find more information in the show notes under the episode on our website.
To follow more of Chris' work on tattooing and immune response, follow Inking of Immunity on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
To listen to Chris' podcast co-hosted with Cara Ocobock, The Sausage of Science, you can find episodes on iTunes, Stitcher or the Human Biology Association webpage.
If you have feedback or questions for Chris, you can find him on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, and see a lot more about his work on his University of Alabama website.
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If you liked this episode and you want to help contribute to the show, please visit the Patreon page for details on how to do that.
Ayushi Nayak (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History) is a prehistoric bioarchaeologist who studies the beginnings of farming in South Asia. Using carbon, nitrogen and oxygen stable isotope data, Ayushi is able to reconstruct aspects of past people, such as diet, population movements and inter-cultural interactions. We also discuss a newer subdiscipline of the field known as 'proteomics'. Ayushi describes how traces of ancient protein evidence may give hints about how the first dairying occurred on the Indian sub-continent.
Towards the end of the episode, we discuss the experiences of going to elite universities as minority and international students, and facing culture shock, homesickness, and sometimes even social prejudices and institutional racism.
You can find more information in the show notes under the episode on our website.
You can check out Ayushi's Twitter profile for more content about archaeology and anthropology, and find Michael Rivera on Twitter and Instagram as well.
The Arch and Anth Podcast is on Twitter and Instagram, and it has a Facebook page.
If you liked this episode and you want to help contribute to the show, please visit the Patreon page for details on how to do that.
Today, Jeremy Simmons (The College of William and Mary) talks about his research project on estimating sex using the temporal bone as part of the NSF-REU Bioarchaeology of Bronze Age Social Systems program. How do osteologists use the mastoid process for this estimation method? In what ways is research experience so valuable for undergraduates who are considering entering further applied work or graduate studies? How can photography skills and perspectives help in anthropological work?
You can find more information in the show notes under the episode on our website.
If you want to follow Jeremy, he can be found on Instagram or you can send questions to the podcast address.
If you want to read more about the NSF-REU program, you can do so at the official blog and website. Other participants in the program include Quentin Burke, Silvio Ernesto Mirabal Torres, Charlie Downey, Cháylee Arellano, Rachel Heil, Alyssa McGrath and one final episode that will air next week.
You can find Michael on Twitter and Instagram.
The Arch and Anth Podcast is on Twitter and Instagram, and it has a Facebook page.
If you liked this episode and you want to help contribute to the show, please visit the Patreon page for details on how to do that.
On today's edition of the podcast, Lauren McIntyre (Oxford Archaeology) take us through her work in commercial archaeology. How do commercial archaeology projects get started and what sorts of analyses do commercial archaeology clients commission? How can we recognize conditions like leprosy on historical skeletons? What different information can osteologists acquire from studying skeletal populations and individuals? Is it easy to enter the field of commercial archaeology work?
You can find more information in the show notes under the episode on our website.
Lauren is very happy to receive questions on Twitter. You can also find Michael on Twitter and Instagram.
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If you liked this episode and want to help contribute to keeping it going, please visit the Patreon page for details on how to do that.
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