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History of Fabric, Pt 1 - Yarns 01 Sep 18, 2019

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Have you ever looked at a piece of knitting and wondered, “How did they figure out how to DO that with just two needles and string?” Whether you’re a picker or a thrower, those techniques had to come from somewhere, and their origins may surprise you.

Rachel Roden and Heather Boyd look at knitting techniques with the eyes of designers, through the lens of archaeology: each episode travels the world to dig up and discuss a different technique, and then applies it to a clever pattern designed by Rachel.

LinksTo get your copy of the pattern, and knit-a-long head over to Rachel’s pattern store on Ravelry (https://www.ravelry.com/designers/rachel-roden)To get the yarn Rachel recommends, head over to Jimmy Beans Wool (https://www.jimmybeanswool.com/knitting/yarn/BichesetBuches/LePetitLambswool.asp?showLarge=true&specPCVID=91487)ContactRachelRavelry Instagram Twitter Facebook WebsiteHeatherInstagram Ravelry

Coast Salish Archaeology - HeVo 33 Sep 17, 2019

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On today’s episode Jessica hosts Karen Rose Thomas, who is finishing up her Masters at the University of British Columbia. We talk about being a First Nations field representative, her experience as an Indigenous student, and the colonial nature of anthropology. We also talk about her experiences on Simon Fraser University’s Aboriginal Reconciliation Council and as the Tsleil-Waututh representative on the Board of Directors for the Museum of Vancouver. We close out with a fun members only section where we talk about her work for the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, experimental archaeology, public anthropology, museums, and where she would like to go in the future.

Linkshttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/a-voice-to-confront-one-woman-s-journey-to-decolonize-archeology-1.5137875 https://www.cbc.ca/news/renew-stories-of-indigenous-innovation-1.5141155 [Radio Component of the Story]https://www.citr.ca/radio/unceded-airwaves/episode/20181205/SFU Aboriginal Reconciliation Council Updates http://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stories/2019/06/charles-comfort-mural-removal-statement-aboriginal-recociliation.html [Karen: "About the SFU ARC, this was just in my newsfeed today, the university is acting on one of our recommendations!"]Photos (see www.archpodnet.com/heritagevoices/33)

Photos of Karen and her family are all taken at Cates Park / Whey-ah-Wichen which is an ancient village site on the Burrard Inlet, but it is now a park. PDF includes pictures of the stone tools she refers to in the podcast episode.

ContactJessicaJessica@livingheritageanthropology.org@livingheritageA @LivingHeritageResearchCouncilLyleLyle.Balenquah@gmail.com

Listener Questions - Dirt 60 Sep 16, 2019

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This week, Anna and Amber tackle some questions submitted from you, the listener! It's a lightning round of stories about ghost puppers, citizen archaeology, glimpses of what happens behind closed doors, Stone Age musicians, and much more!

LinksArchaeology, folklore, and the skeletal remains of a hellhound (Strange Remains)Leiston: Are these the bones of devil dog, Black Shuck? (East Anglia Daily Times)What To Do If You Find A Site (Archaeological Society of Virginia)Moundville Archaeological Park Swimming in the Sahara (Discover Magazine)How Climate Change May Have Shaped Human Evolution (Smithsonian Magazine)Earliest music instruments found (BBC News)A Vest Pocket Guide to Brothels in 19th-Century New York for Gentlemen on the Go (New York Times)A Guide to Houses No Gentleman Would Dare to Frequent (New York Times)Pre-Incan Civilizations in Peru (Kuoda)ContactEmail the Dirt Podcast

Meersbrook Hall: An iconic Sheffield Building with Ken Dash - Arch and Ale 26 Sep 12, 2019

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This month Archaeology and Ale proudly present:

Ken Dash on “Meersbrook Hall: An iconic Sheffield building”

Ken has spent his life studying Sheffield heritage. In this talk, Ken brings us through his experience excavating around Meersbrook Hall. Once the home of the Roebuck and Shore families, Meersbrook Hall would later house the collection of Victorian art critic and patron, John Ruskin.

About

Archaeology and Ale is a monthly series of talks presented by Archaeology in the City, part of the University of Sheffield Archaeology Department’s outreach programme. All talks take place at the Red Deer pub on Pitt Street in Sheffield.

Cross Communication in CRM - CRMArch 172 Sep 11, 2019

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We start with a definition of historical archaeology in segment one. The next two segments are about communication in archaeology. Are there really trade secrets? Should we be sharing information as well as business information?

Follow Our Panelists On Twitter

Bill @succinctbill; Doug @openaccessarch; Stephen @processarch; Bill A. @archaeothoughts; Chris W @Archeowebby, @DIGTECHLLC, and @ArchPodNet

Blogs:Bill White: Succinct ResearchDoug Rocks-MacQueen: Doug’s ArchaeologyStephen Wagner: Process - Opinions on Doing ArchaeologyChris Webster: Random Acts of Science

Eat, Dig, Love: A Summer in the Ukraine - Ruins 6 Sep 09, 2019

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In this episode of A Life in Ruins Podcast, our three co-hosts reconvene after a summer of shenanigans while Carlton is fighting the effects of jet lag. Connor and David mention what they have been up to and Carlton talks about his trip gallivanting across Eastern Europe. Carlton has some tips for those wishing to travel with Juul pods (spoiler alert, do not travel with them unless you want them taken away from you) and questions the legitimacy of duck effigies mentioned by Connor. This episode is full of hate, laughter and ridiculousness.

ContactEmail: alifeinruinspodcast@gmail.comInstagram: @alifeinruinspodcastFacebook: @alifeinruinspodcast

Fun-A with Fauna - Dirt 59 Sep 09, 2019

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Anna and Amber talk about animal bones and what you can learn from them about domestication! Learn about how selective breeding affects animals' bodies (and also learn that Amber is very afraid of pigs). We also take a detour into Spookytown with some bizarre Iron age animal burials, and top it off with a lovely story about a kitten.

LinksTop Signs of Animal Domestication (ThoughtCo)Early Date for Horse Domestication in Kazakhstan (Current World Archaeology)The boneyard of the bizarre that rewrites our Celtic past to include hybrid-animal monster myths (The Independent)Ritual and Burial: The Strange and Elaborate Ways Humans Prepared Animals for the Afterlife (Ancient Origins)Ancient bobcat buried like a human being (Science)ContactEmail the Dirt Podcast

1800 Year Old Alaskan Footprints - TAS 72 Sep 07, 2019

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Recently, 1800 year-old footprints were found in Alaska. Gerad Smith, one of the researchers on the project from the University of Alaska joins Chris Webster on his radio show on KNVC in Carson City, Nevada.

LinksKNVCContactChris Websterchris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com

Native or Introduced? The Animals You'd NEVER Thought Came From Elsewhere - Ep 14 Sep 03, 2019

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For this episode, Alex and Simona delve into the realm of native and introduced species. How long does a certain species have to consistently live in a geographical location to be considered native? What do introduced species tell us about past populations? What is it with the Romans introducing a horde of animals to Britain? Are squirrels real? These are but few of the questions they shall attempt to answer.

Sources:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/wildlife/6574709/Mouse-and-rabbits-among-non-native-species.html https://www.mammal.org.uk/species-hub https://animalpeopleforum.org/2017/05/21/archaeologys-role-animal-conservation-environmental-protection-past-matters/Wolverton, S. and Lyman, R.L. (2012) Conservation Biology and Applied Zooarchaeology. Tuscon, AZ: The University of Arizona Press.O’Connor, T. & Sykes, N. (Eds.) (2010) Extinctions and Invasions: A Social History of British FaunaWindgather PressReturn of pine martens could save Britain's red squirrels, say scientists https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/07/return-of-pine-martens-could-save-britains-red-squirrels-say-scientistsEaster Bunny Project: https://www.easter-origins.org/about On the trail of the Fallow Deer project: https://ahrc.ukri.org/research/readwatchlisten/features/onthetrailofthefallowdeer/Wild Boar: https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/trees-woods-and-wildlife/animals/mammals/wild-boar/

ContactAlex FitzpatrickTwitter: @archaeologyfitzSimona FalangaTwitter: @CrazyBoneLadyMusic"Coconut - (dyalla remix)"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2UiKoouqaY

The Dirt Potcast: Ceramics in Archaeology - Ep 58 Sep 02, 2019

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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

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