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Ancient Civ - Indus Valley with Stefan Milo - Ruins 70 Aug 23, 2021

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On this episode of A Life in Ruins, we continue our series on ancient civilization and discuss Indus Valley Civilizations and their precursors. We have Stefan Milo join us to discuss this region. Stefan Milo is a popular Youtuber who has appeared on episodes 20 and 43. He made a video on an Indus Valley Civilization where he discusses the interesting lack of social hierarchy found in this civilization (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxP1zornb-w). We struggle with geography, time periods, and basically everything in this episode but also discuss social hierarchy/structure.

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Shh! We're in the Library Episode - Dirt 151 Aug 23, 2021

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This week, Anna and Amber take a tour of some of the libraries of the ancient world. We visit Mesopotamia for the origins of writing and the heartland of administrative paperwork, hit up Africa for the oral traditions of the Griots, browse the stacks of oracle bones in China, and...yes, talk about the Library of Alexandria.

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Worcestershire Course off the menu as Uni Ends Archaeology - WB 20th Aug 2021 Aug 22, 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

03:06 Jodie & Jack Interview

29:14 Closing Thoughts

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Link of the Week:

Save Worcester's Archaeology department: Change.Org:

https://www.change.org/p/university-of-worcester-save-worcester-s-archaeology-department

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WORCESTERSHIRE COURSE OFF THE MENU AS UNI AXES ARCHAEOLOGY:

http://thepipeline.info/blog/2021/08/20/worcestershire-course-off-the-menu-as-uni-axes-archaeology/

Five workers face redundancy as university of Worcester scraps archaeology:

https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/19522406.five-workers-face-redundancy-university-worcester-scraps-archaeology/

Ancient history? Worcester University to close its archaeology department in another blow to heritage sector:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/worcester-university-to-close-its-archaeology-department-in-another-blow-to-heritage-sector

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Statement from Worcester University:

“Following a declining interest in studying Archaeology, which has been seen UK-wide, the University of Worcester has very regretfully taken the decision to close the remaining offer in this subject. Applicant numbers have been very low for several years and have now declined to the level where a course in Archaeology at the University is simply unviable. We have made strenuous efforts to attract applicants but, despite all the efforts of the colleagues concerned and the work of the University as a whole, the trend away from studying Archaeology has proved to be deep seated and there is no alternative but to close the offer of our Archaeology courses.

The small number of students who are currently completing their studies will continue to be supported to gain their qualifications.

The number of staff affected is very small and the University will make every effort to find other ways of using their teaching expertise. Teaching staff concerned are being fully consulted.”

Climate & Conflict: Code Red for Archaeology? (IPCC & Lalibela Churches Seized) - WB 13th Aug 2021 Aug 22, 2021

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0:00 Introduction

08:26 Heritage Sector & Climate Change

21:49 Stonehenge Plans Continue

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Link of the Week:

IPCC Report Summary

https://tinyurl.com/2n9w7h3a

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AR6 Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis:

https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/

IPCC Report: Summary for Policymakers:

https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGI_SPM.pdf

Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity':

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-58130705.amp

Climate crisis: Human-caused damage could be irreversible for centuries - UN report:

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/climate-change-crisis-landmark-united-nations-report-deliver-starkest-warning/

Joe Giddings: Practical things to do as an architect in response to IPCC Report:

https://twitter.com/JoeGiddings4/status/1425067282892476422

2,500-Year-Old Ancient Olive Tree Burned Down in Evia Fires in Greece:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/08/08/evia-fire-greece-ancient-olive-tree-burned/

UNESCO seriously concerned about the protection of World Heritage site of the Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela (Ethiopia):

https://en.unesco.org/news/unesco-seriously-concerned-about-protection-world-heritage-site-rock-hewn-churches-lalibela

Lalibela: Ethiopia's Tigray rebels take Unesco world heritage town:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-58101912

Is Ethiopia's Lalibela known as the "Second Jerusalem" in danger?

https://www.africanews.com/2021/07/21/is-ethiopia-s-lalibela-known-as-the-second-jerusalem-in-danger/

Centuries-Old Rock-Hewn Churches in Ethiopia Threatened by Warfare:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/rock-hewn-churches-ethiopia-tigray-conflict-1234601045/

Tigrayan fighters reportedly seize control of UN World Heritage Site in Ethiopia:

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/06/africa/ethiopia-lalibela-tigray-forces-intl-afr/index.html

Ethiopia: Troops and militia rape, abduct women and girls in Tigray conflict – new report:

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/08/ethiopia-troops-and-militia-rape-abduct-women-and-girls-in-tigray-conflict-new-report/

Ethiopia’s Tigray war: The short, medium and long story:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-54964378

Hmong Ethnic Identity with Pakou Yang - Rock Art 50 Aug 20, 2021

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The Hmong are a people spread across the world with a rich culture. Today, Alan talks to Pakou Yang and her Hmong family and ancestry. They discuss culture, religion, and celebrations.

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Ethics and remote sensing in archaeology - Archaeotech 161 Aug 20, 2021

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When you fly your drone over a landscape or use satellite images in your research, do you ever thing about the people that live on and use the land that you're studying? Because of the scale of the images you might not be able to see actual people, but they're there. In a recent paper, Dylan Davis and Tanambelo Rasolondrainy, two of the authors and our guests today, explore the ethics of remote sensing and collaboration with stakeholders.

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Teaching and Training in Archaeology: a historical perspective with John Collis - Arch and Ale 41 Aug 20, 2021

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Archaeology & Ale is a monthly series of talks presented by Archaeology in the City, part of the University of Sheffield Archaeology Department’s outreach programme. This month we are proud to host John R. Collis from the University of Sheffield speaking on "Teaching and Training in Archaeology: a Historical Perspective with John Collis." This talk took place on Wednesday, June 30th, 2021, online via Google Meets.

John Collis, the University of Sheffield

John Collis studied archaeology in Cambridge in the 1960s, but also briefly in Prague, Tübingen and Frankfurt. He was an advisor at the research centre in Mont Beuvray in Burgundy for 17 years, and led excavations and field work in the Auvergne and in central Spain as well as England. He lectured in Sheffield from 1972 to 2005 and was one of the founding members of the department in 1975. He lectured on the European and the British Iron Age, and is mainly known for his writings on the Iron Age, urbanisation and the problems of the Celts. He also lectured on excavation techniques, and wrote Digging up the Past based on his lectures. However he was also writing about the training of archaeologists, and was chair of the Teaching and Training Committee of the Chartered Institute of Archaeologists (of which he was as a founding member), and helped introduce Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for archaeologists. He also set up the Teaching Committee of the European Association of Archaeologists to discuss the impact of the ‘Bologna’ structure on university degree courses and its impact on archaeology. He was advisor to the first European ‘Profiling the Profession’ led by Kenny Aitchison. He has written several articles on the ways in which training is given and different European traditions of teaching, digging and defining archaeologists.

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58th Anniversary US, UK, Soviet Union Nuclear Test Ban Treaty - Flipside 3 Aug 20, 2021

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This discussion which occurred this episode is sure to keep anyone thinking for quite some time, inspired by the 58th Anniversary of the US, UK and Soviet Union Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, when any nuclear testing with the exception of that underground was by agreement ceased. This episode discusses nuclear archaeology... which includes everything from nuclear techniques to commentary on the ethics of nuclear to the rather intriguing notion of a 'curated nuclear archaeological site'. Perhaps most importantly this episode we find out that all archaeologists are essentially experts on past societies, wait for it... waste products! And it always sounded so glamorous too. All of this is discussed with Prof. R. Joyce, whose book certainly inspired the direction of this discussion. In advance, thanks for listening!

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Intro/Outro Music - Creative Commons - "Fantasia Fantasia" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Ancient Civ: South America - Ruins 69 Aug 16, 2021

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We celebrate our 69th episode by investigating the rise of early state civilizations in South America. The four early states that we cover are Norte Chico, Chavin, Nazca, and of course, Moche. This episode is a wild ride of pyramids, ceremonial complexes, severed heads, and Moche sex pots.

Sprinkled throughout the episode are references to Star Wars, Civilization, SAA conferences, South Park, Rick and Morty, and a shoutout to The Dirt Podcast.

Literature recommendations:

1) Ancient Civilizations by Chris Scarre & Brian M. Fagan, 4th edition

2) Archaeology by Robert L. Kelly & David Hurst Thomas, 7th Edition

3) Archaeology and Human History by Deborah I. Olszewski

4) Skeleton Sex Pots by Steve Nash. Sapiens Anthropology Magazine.

5) Dirt Podcast on the Nazca

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Back to School: Stratigraphy - Dirt 150 Aug 16, 2021

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It's our 150th episode! Wow! This week we're starting our Back To School series with a short primer on stratigraphy. How do archaeologists divide a site into time periods? How did people first figure out that layers of sediment accumulate over time through different processes? How many dirt/soil/sediment puns is Anna capable of making in roughly forty minutes? We’ll find out.

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