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Tech in Conferences: "Post-" COVID, what have we learned? - ArchaeoTech 196 Feb 16, 2023

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Conferences have pretty much never changed in the archaeology world. We’re still doing the same things we’ve done for decades. Sure, the abstract station is gone and now there is often an app to see what’s up next, but, there’s a lot more that could be done to make the travel to the venue more “worth it”. On this episode we toss out a few ideas and a few crazy ideas for conference organizers to consider.

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The "Water Erosion Hypothesis" and the Age of the Sphinx - Pseudo 110 Feb 15, 2023

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You would think that dating the Sphinx would be pretty easy, especially since the Sphinx’s face is that of an Old Kingdom pharaoh, and it’s right in front of an Old Kingdom pyramid. Simple man that I am, I’m going with Old Kingdom. But wait right there! What about the water erosion? Could the Sphinx actually be thousands of years older than previously thought? Does water erosion on the Sphinx expose a secret that Big Archaeology doesn’t want you to know? I’m guessing you know the answer to this one…

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A Conversation with Carlton: Migrations and Megafauna in the Western Hemisphere - Ruins 143 Feb 13, 2023

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In this episode, Carlton goes rogue and does an episode by himself. No co-hosts, no guest, just Carlton letting out his thoughts. For episode 143, Carlton delves into People of the Americas, Clovis vs Pre-Clovis, and Pleistocene Megafauna extinctions. What starts off as a lecture in the first two segments definitely turns into a rant by the time he gets to talking about the “overkill” hypothesis. If you enjoy this type of podcast format, please be sure to email us and let us know; Carlton said he’d be happy to do episodes like this more often.

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A New Maya Kingdom, What's an Anchoress? And paving over Miami's history - TAS 205 Feb 12, 2023

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

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Understanding Big Horn Sheep with Carlos Gallinger - Rock Art 97 Feb 10, 2023

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In order to begin to understand the symbols we see on the rocks and the people that made them we need to understand their environment. Carlos Gallinger has spent a lifetime studying the habits of the Bighorn Sheep in order to understand the people that live with, and off, off them. For example, it’s not feasible to take down a Bighorn sheep ten miles from your family. You need to be where the sheep are and understand them. Native people had this ability and Carlos wants to understand that ability.

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Friendship and Professionalism - CRMArch 257 Feb 08, 2023

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We’re talking about friendship and professionalism on the podcast today. Do you make, or try to make, life-long friendships on projects? Do you try to keep your archaeology life and personal life separate? What about being friends with your employees, bosses, or subordinates? These are all concerns that people have and we relate our experiences on this episode.

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Of Mice and Rats (and All Manners of Voles) - Animals 55 Feb 07, 2023

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This episode of ArchaeoAnimals is about all creatures small and smaller! Tune in to learn more about small rodents and insectivores and their importance for reconstructing palaeoenvironments, characterising human-animal interactions, as well as their slow but inevitable spread through the near entirety of the globe. Case studies include the house mouse in the Levant, the Pacific rat in Mangareva, and Deer Mice and Montane Vole in Washington, USA.

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Baker, P., & Worley, F. (2019). Animal bones and archaeology: recovery to archive. Historic England.
Cucchi, Thomas, et al. (2014) "The changing pace of insular life: 5000 years of microevolution in the Orkney vole (Microtus arvalis orcadensis)." Evolution 68.10. 2804-2820.
Fraser, M., Sten, S., & Götherström, A. (2012). Neolithic Hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) from the Island of Gotland show early contacts with the Swedish mainland. Journal of Archaeological Science, 39(2), 229-233.
Lyman, R. L. (2003). Lessons from temporal variation in the mammalian faunas from two collections of owl pellets in Columbia County, Washington. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 13(3), 150-156.
McGovern, T., et al. (2008) "NABONE Zooarchaeological Database: Recording System Codes."
Swift, J. A., Miller, M. J., & Kirch, P. V. (2017). Stable isotope analysis of Pacific rat (Rattus exulans) from archaeological sites in Mangareva (French Polynesia): The use of commensal species for understanding human activity and ecosystem change. Environmental Archaeology, 22(3), 283-297.
Weissbrod, L. et al. (2017) "Origins of house mice in ecological niches created by settled hunter-gatherers in the Levant 15,000 y ago." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114.16. 4099-4104.
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The Progeny of Boas - Ruins 142 Feb 06, 2023

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On this episode of A Life in Ruins Podcast, we delve into the post-Boas anthropological theorists. We begin with an overview of four of Boas’s most well known students: Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, Edward Sapir and Alfred Kroeber. We then just focus on the history of archaeological theory beginning with the Culture Historical approach, New Archaeology, and the Post-Processual Critique.

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1.2 Million Year Old Tools, 20 kyo Proto Writing, and Crazy Rich Egyptians! - TAS 204 Feb 05, 2023

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

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The Changing Landscape of Archaeological Survey - ArchaeoTech 195 Feb 02, 2023

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Though excavation is pretty much synonymous with archaeological fieldwork in the popular and professional imagination, the bulk of the work that we, as archaeologists, do is survey. In the decades that Chris and Paul have been doing archaeological survey we’ve seen great improvements in how they can be planned and carried out, in large part do to tech that’s more ubiquitous, robust, and cheaper than it was when we started. Today we discuss what we’ve already gained and what we hope the future brings.

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