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Colston 4 Acquitted: Is Something Wrong with Our Jury System? - WB 7th Jan 2022 Jan 10, 2022

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Welcome to Watching Brief. As the name implies, each week Marc (Mr Soup) & Andy Brockman of the Pipeline (Where history is tomorrow's news) cast an eye over news stories, topical media and entertainment and discuss and debate what they find.

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0:00 Introduction

1:36 A Brief History

9:29 Protest, Trial, Aquittal

18:32 An Archaeological Perspective

24:44 A Legal Precedent?

35:17 Final Comments

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Link of the Week:

Secret Barrister Commentary:

https://tinyurl.com/4uzukn3m

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Links:

A Knee on His Neck: George Floyd’s America:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/george-floyd-america/policing/

Edward Colston Statue Toppling and Colston Timeline of Events:

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/edward-colston-statue-toppling-timeline-6444863

Bristol’s Slavery ‘Cancer’ was ‘Surgically Removed’ by Colston Four, Says Historian David Olusoga:

https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/james-obrien/bristols-slavery-cancer-was-surgically-removed-by-colston-four/

The Secret Barrister: Do the Verdicts in the Trial of the Colston 4 Signal Something Wrong with Our Jury System? 10 Things You Should Know:

https://thesecretbarrister.com/2022/01/06/do-the-verdicts-in-the-trial-of-the-colston-4-signal-something-wrong-with-our-jury-system-10-things-you-should-know/

Discussing the Toppling of Edward Colston Statue in Bristol - Live Stream:

https://youtu.be/zNexB4vVFpI

Outrage as 'Space Archaeologist' Sarah Parcak Advises How to Topple Statues!? - WB June 2020

https://youtu.be/I7rXhuPT7I0

Muppets of the Month: Thugs 'Defend' Statues from No One & Fight the Police! - WB June 2020

https://youtu.be/2ZOQJv5WfSc

Statue Wars, UNCHARTED: Golden Abyss, Age of Samurai: Media Picks - WB 2nd July 2021

https://youtu.be/HTGoG2RIz98

Race and Biological Anthropology with Dr. Rachel Watkins (131) - Dirt 171 Jan 10, 2022

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Recently, Anna and Amber sat down with Rachel Watkins, a biological anthropologist and scholar-activist whose research centers on social and biological histories of Black Americans in the 19th and 20th centuries. Learn about the social history of biological anthropology, the exemplary case studies with which Dr. Watkins has worked, why you shouldn't discount the creepy things small children sometimes do, and so much more!

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Indigenous New England Tattooing Practices with Rebekah Lamb - Ruins 90 Jan 10, 2022

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In this episode, Carlton does a solo interview with Rebekah Lamb. Rebekah is pursuing her Bachelor's degree in Cultural Anthropology and Developmental Sociology and minoring in Archaeology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam-Zuidoost. Rebekah belongs to the Abenaki Tribe of the Wabanaki Confederacy as well as being a descendant of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Carlton and Rebekah talk about her research on Abenaki tattoo practices through apprenticeship ethnography, studying both the historical and contemporary significance and the revival of traditional tattooing culture within New England Indigenous tribes. We also discuss the challenges facing New England Indigenous Nation's cultural practices and history, issues of blood-quantum, decolonizing academia.

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Rebekah Lamb on TEDxVUAmsterdam: Empowering Disabled Students in the University System

Literature Recommendations

Drawing with Great Needles by Aaron Deter-Wolf and Carol Diaz-Granados
Aaron Deter-Wolf's Instagram: @archaeologyink

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Portable Antiquities Scheme Reaches 1,000,000 & Farmer on Skye Doesn't Cairn! - WB 21st Dec 2021 Jan 09, 2022

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0:00 Introduction & Link of the Week

4:00 One Millionth P.A.S. Record!

22:13 Skye Farmer Wrecks Cairn

45:43 Mike Ingram: An Appreciation

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Link of the Week:

Raiders Temple Escape in LEGO:

https://tinyurl.com/mryxfp4r

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1 Million records of archaeological finds made by public now recorded:

https://finds.org.uk/news/story/307

Lincolnshire pendant is millionth archaeological find by public:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-59607288

Portable Antiquities Scheme logs millionth archaeological find:

https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2021/12/portable-antiquities-scheme-logs-millionth-archaeological-find/

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Farmer fined for digging up ancient burial cairn:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-59653333

Scot fined £18k for destroying ancient cairn help his building project:

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/scot-fined-c2-a318k-for-destroying-ancient-cairn-to-help-his-building-project/ar-AARNUQF

Skye farmer who destroyed ancient cairn for topsoil fined £18,000:

https://www.scottishconstructionnow.com/articles/skye-farmer-who-destroyed-ancient-cairn-for-topsoil-fined-ps18000

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RIP Mike Ingram:

http://thepipeline.info/blog/2021/12/18/mike-ingram-an-appreciation/

The Sumerian Site of Lagash with Paul Zimmerman - TAS 153 Jan 09, 2022

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Dr. Paul Zimmerman, also a host of the ArchaeoTech Podcast, is working with a team that's investigating the ancient city of Lagash in Iraq. We talk about the history of Lagash and it's place in the chronology of the area. We also talk about what the team hopes to find and what questions they hope to answer in the coming field seasons. For a more technical discussion of what Dr. Zimmerman is doing at Lagash check out the ArchaeoTech episode below.

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New methods for dating rock art with Kirk Astroth (ARCHIVE) - Rock Art 64 Jan 07, 2022

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In this week's episode, Dr. Alan Garfinkel interviews Kirk Astroth about new and innovative methods he used to date rock art for his masters thesis. Kirk used a combination of established methods and new technology to date panels containing prehistoric, historic, as well as modern rock art. He came to several interesting conclusions, as well as identified ways to continue developing this new direction in rock art dating.

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California Rock Art Foundation

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Mobile GIS Solutions - ArchaeoTech 170 Jan 06, 2022

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Over the summer Paul had experience with a couple different tablet-based GIS solutions. They're some of the most popular on the market. What were his impressions of those and are the suitable for the project he's working with in Iraq? We discuss those and more on today's episode.

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The Hitchhikers: the animals we didn't really want to take with us but life, uh, finds a way (ARCHIVE) - Animals 42 Jan 04, 2022

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What do the black rat and the grain weevil have in common? Learn more about the species mankind has ‘accidentally’ introduced, many now regarded as pests. Discover enchanting creatures such as the killer shrimp, and a beetle’s favourite past time.

Links and References

Invasive Non-Native Species Map
National Wildlife Federation: Invasive Species
O’Connor, T. & Sykes, N. (Eds.) (2010) Extinctions and Invasions: A Social History of British Fauna, Windgather Press
Jones, R. (2015) House Guests House Pests: A Natural History of Animals in the Home London: Bloomsbury
The Black Rat
“Killer Shrimp” Leaves Wake of Destruction
Quagga & Zebra Mussels
Mussel Mass in Lake Ontario

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Simona FalangaTwitter: @CrazyBoneLady
Alex’s Blog: Animal Archaeology
Music "Coconut - (dyalla remix)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2UiKoouqaY

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Pâripakûru' with Zach Rice and Taylor Moore - Ruins 89 Jan 03, 2022

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In this special four-part episode we are joined by Zach Rice and Taylor to talk about how they are working on the reawakening of the Pawnee language. Both Zach and Taylor are citizens of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma and grew up in Pawnee, Oklahoma. We talk about growing up in Pawnee, where they went to school, what inspired them to pursue M.A.'s in Linguistic Anthropology at the University of Oklahoma. We dive into their M.A. Theses research, the relationships between Northern Caddoan Languages, working with the Pawnee Nation on the Pawnee Language Program, the challenges they face, and their goals for Pawnee language.

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Literature Recommendations

"A Dictionary of Skiri Pawnee" by Douglas R. Parks & Lula Nora Pratt
"We Still Live Here" a film by Anne Makepeace
"Bringing Our Languages Home: Langauge Revitalization for Families" by Leanne Hinton
"The languages of native North America" by Marianne Mithun
Volume 13 of the Handbook of North American Indians: Plains by Smithsonian Press
Volume 17 of the Handbook of North American Indians: Languages by Smithsonian Press
"When Languages Die" by K. David Harrison
"The Language Warrior's Manifesto: How to Keep Our Languages Alive No Matter the Odds" by Anton Treuer

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Paari Pakuuru' email address: 4.pawnee.language@gmail.com

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Neanderthalk with "Kindred" Author Dr. Rebecca Wragg Sykes (113) - Dirt 170 Jan 03, 2022

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We hope you enjoy this great interview from the archives. If you're doing cool research, and want to talk about it on the show, drop us a note at thedirtpodcast@gmail.com!

Anna and Amber sit down with Dr. Rebecca Wragg Sykes, Paleolithic archaeologist and author of the book "Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death, and Art." We talk about Rebecca's education and her love for all things ancient, and she resolves some common misconceptions about our Neanderthal cousins. "Kindred" just came out in the States, so pick up a copy of your very own for an amazing synthesis of current Neanderthal knowledge.

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