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Pre-Clovis Sites Part 1 - TAS 141 Oct 17, 2021

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With the definitive dating of the “human” footprints at White Sands pushing back the earliest human occupation of North America to 21,000 to 23,000 years BP, we decided to take a look at several well known pre-Clovis sites. These sites are often controversial and heavily debated amongst archaeologists. We’ll discuss the findings from each site, why they are controversial, and what we think. In Part 1 we cover four of the youngest pre-Clovis Sites including, Paisley Cave in Oregon, Monte Verde in Chile, Gault in Texas and Topper in South Carolina.

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Why Digital Archaeology? A Case Study - Ep 165 Oct 14, 2021

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Archaeologists have been using digital technologies to augment traditional field archaeology for several decades (GPS and mapping mostly). However, as modern technologies continue to enter the archaeological space, most researchers are using these techniques almost as a second thought. The authors of this case study argue for development of a digital strategy that will allow researchers to plan and develop questions that are answered by a suite of techniques.

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So, transcripts are new from our recording software. It doesn’t get everything right and the transcript is the raw recording with no editing. But, it’s better than nothing and I’m glad we have them now! Let me know what you think in the comments. (get the files from the website directly)

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Listed Status Row as Dorman Long Tower Falls & 'Detecting for Veterans' Collapses - WB 24th Sept 2021 Oct 11, 2021

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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

01:53 Three Things to Keep an Eye on…

09:00 The Dorman Long Tower

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Link of the Week:

Former HE Listing for Dorman Long Tower:

https://tinyurl.com/3erbp934

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3,500 Year Old Clay Tablet Purchased by Hobby Lobby Returning to Iraq After 30 Years:

https://www.newsweek.com/3500-year-old-clay-tablet-purchased-hobby-lobby-returning-iraq-after-30-years-1632033

Gilgamesh Dream Tablet to be formally handed back to Iraq:

https://amp.theguardian.com/books/2021/sep/21/gilgamesh-dream-tablet-to-be-formally-handed-back-to-iraq

Stonehenge campaigners welcome decision not to appeal court ruling:

https://www.leighday.co.uk/latest-updates/news/2021-news/stonehenge-campaigners-welcome-decision-not-to-appeal-court-ruling

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Dorman Long Tower: Council ‘Cannot Consider Heritage’ Over Demolition:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-58485323

Brutalist Teesside Tower Handed Lifeline by Historic England Listing:

https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/brutalist-teeside-tower-handed-lifeline-by-historic-england-listing

Former Historic England Listing for Dorman Long Tower:

https://web.archive.org/web/20210913140520/https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1477999

MP Jacob Young’s former ‘Save Dorman Long Tower’ Page:

https://web.archive.org/web/20210126110703/https://www.jacobyoung.org.uk/campaigns/save-dorman-long-tower

MP Jacob Young’s statement on Dorman Long Tower Demolition:

https://twitter.com/JacobYoungMP/status/1438913195750662145?s=19

Dorman Long Tower to be Destroyed after Listed Status Revoked:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-58593615

Green Light Given to Demolish Dorman Long Tower After Successful Appeal:

https://teesvalley-ca.gov.uk/green-light-given-to-demolish-dorman-long-tower-after-successful-appeal/

Dorman Long Tower to be Demolished as Nadine Dorries Axes Listed Status:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/sep/17/dorman-long-tower-to-be-demolished-as-nadine-dorries-axes-listed-status

Report Reveals Cost of Repairing Dorman Long Tower:

https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/19593244.report-reveals-cost-repairing-dorman-long-tower/

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Spooktober: Homo lepidopteris - Dirt 158 Oct 11, 2021

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This week, we're taking a turn for the cryptid and spooking local with the legend of West Virginia native son, the Mothman. For a little over a year leading up to December 1967, sightings of a winged humanoid with glowing eyes were reported in and around Point Pleasant, WV. Since then, Mothman has evolved from evil omen to legend to meme. In this episode, we’ll explore the legend, collective memory, and the power of portents.

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The Gault in Our Stars: A Conversation with Dr. Robert Lassen - Ruins 77 Oct 11, 2021

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In this episode, we are chatting with Dr. Robert Lassen, a Principal Investigator for AmaTerra Environmental. Robert received his Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee where he specialized in lithic technology and studied Clovis and Folsom archaeological cultures. He has worked at a multitude of sites throughout the Republic of Texas, including Gault. He's also worked at the Topper site in South Carolina. Robert is an expert flintknapper and was also David’s Human origins TA at the University of Tennessee. We talk about his inspiration from the goonies and his early years digging in the playground. Robert tells us about his experience with Texas archaeology and his love of lithic technology. We then delve deeply into why Texas archaeology is so cool and underappreciated and then close out with his experiences at the Gault site.

Literature recommendations

1) 2013 The Prehistory of Texas By Timothy K. Perrtula

2) 2010 First Peoples in a New World: Colonizing Ice Age America by David J. Meltzer

3) Texas Beyond History Website

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Ammonite and Mary Anning - TAS 140 Oct 10, 2021

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Released on Hulu in 2020, Ammonite is a fictionalized movie that portrays a few years at the end of Mary Anning's life. She was an amateur paleontologist and with her family discovered the first ichthyosaur fossils in England. We talk about the movie, what it got right and what it didn't, and about the real Mary Anning and her life, work, and discoveries.

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Great Mural Rock Art and Travel Adventures - Rock Art 55 Oct 08, 2021

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Trudy Angell is the principal for Saddling South a travel company that runs trips into the interior of the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico. She and her company are pioneers in this kind of adventure, off the grid, travel. This is especially relevant when it comes to some of the most spectacular and among the largest rock art images in the world. The Great Mural Rock Art of Baja is both spectacular unto itself but its landscape context makes it even more so. Take a trip with us on the back of a mule with our gear packed on donkeys to visit this remarkable country... Come along and learn about these mysterious images and the epic adventures one experiences visiting them.

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Declining Higher Education Enrollment - CRMArch 223 Oct 06, 2021

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Today we talk about the lower student populations currently, and getting worse, in higher education. We end up talking about some alternatives to a higher education and how university programs can pivot to become more attractive to students.

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Time Warped! Part Five - The Zooarchaeology of the Medieval Period - Animals 39 Oct 05, 2021

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On the last instalment of the ‘Time Warped’ miniseries, Alex and Simona discuss animal exploitation in the Medieval period. Also ineffective door-to-door Beaker salesmen, snail-riding cats and confusing cave site stratigraphy.

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https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/story-of-england/medieval/
https://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/when-were-the-middle-ages-2/
Ashby, S.P. (2002) The role of zooarchaeology in the interpretation of socioeconomic status: a discussion with reference to Medieval Europe. Archaeological Review from Cambridge. pp. 37-59.
http://bestiary.ca/intro.htm
Fitzpatrick, A. (2019) Identification of avian remains from Covesea Cave 2, on the Moray Firth coast, northeastern Scotland. Cave and Karst.
Yu, H. et al. (2021) Palaeogenomic analysis of black rat (Rattus rattus) reveals multiple European introductions associated with human economic history. Biorxiv [Preprint].
- Bramanti, B. et al. (2021) Assessing the origins of the European Plagues following the Black Death: A synthesis of genomic, historical, and ecological information. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Sep 2021, 118 (36).
- Hodges, R. (2012) Dark Age Economics, Bloomsbury Publishing

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Spooktober: Feral Children - Dirt 157 Oct 04, 2021

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SPOOKTOBER HAS BEGUN! This week, we discuss the trope in myth, legend, horror, and adjacent genres of feral children. We won't be directly discussing actual cases of trauma, neglect, or child abuse, but rather the place of the bestial feral child in the mythology of different ancient cultures all the way up to a more recent timeline. Why do these stories interest us, spook us, and who's the real monster here?

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