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Shaking Hands With Ella al-Shamahi - Dirt 143 Jun 28, 2021

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Ella al-Shamahi is a paleoanthropologist, National Geographic Explorer, evolutionary biologist, stand-up comic, and author of the new book The Handshake: A Gripping History. And NOW, she's a guest on The Dirt Podcast! We chat about how she came to anthropology, learn about the biological and cultural roots of the handshake, about science's Geography Problem, and what it's like to be a capital-E Explorer.

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A 1000 yo Chicken Egg, a Unique Child Burial, and Fancy Viking Clothes - TAS 128 Jun 27, 2021

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There are a lot of interesting archaeology articles in the world this week. On today’s episode we cover just three. We start with an uncracked 1000 year old chicken egg. Then we talk about a unique child burial in Poland. Finally, we talk about fancy viking clothes and the cost to make them.

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'Unlawful', Myopic, Moronic & Macho Management (Various News) – WB 25th June 2021 Jun 26, 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.

#WatchingBrief #HistoryNews #ArchaeologyNews

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0:00 Introduction

01:27 Sheffield University – What Next?

09:11 Gavin Williamson HEPI Speech

24:02 Minister acted ‘Unlawfully’ Re: Stonehenge

35:15 George Osborne Appointed Chair of BM

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Link of the Week:

The Stonehenge Alliance:

https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/

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Will Hazell - Twitter Thread on Gavin William Speech to Higher Education Policy Institute:

https://twitter.com/whazell/status/1407974596784050178

Andy Brockman Commentary of Gavin Williamson’s Speech to Higher Education Policy Institute:

https://twitter.com/pipelinenews/status/1408070878940696585

Stonehenge Road Tunnel go-ahead Illegal, High Court told:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jun/23/stonehenge-road-tunnel-grant-shapps-go-ahead-unlawful-high-court-told

Stonehenge Tunnel: Minister acted ‘unlawfully’:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-57570335.amp

Venice at risk of UNESCO ‘endangered’ listing:

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/venice-unesco-endangered-list/index.html

UNESCO: Liverpool Waters has ‘eroded’ integrity of WHS:

https://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/news/unesco-liverpool-waters-has-eroded-integrity-of-whs/

Liverpool deserves better than the humiliation of losing of its UNESCO status:

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/liverpool-deserves-better-than-the-humiliation-of-losing-of-its-unesco-status/ar-AALrs97

George Osborne appointed chair of the British Museum:

https://amp.theguardian.com/culture/2021/jun/24/ex-chancellor-george-osborne-appointed-chair-british-museum

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Living in a Pre-Contact Society with Dr. Richard J. Chacon - Rock Art 44 Jun 25, 2021

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Dr. Richard Chacon, a professor at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina, has spent a lot of time living with and studying pre-contact societies. In this sense, pre-contact simply means they do not interact with modern societies on a regular basis. Dr. Chacon has some great stories and insights from his adventures.

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California Rock Art Foundation

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Dr. Alan Garfinkel
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"Aldi Academics": Day of Protest ahead of Sheffield Uni Senate! – Watching Brief 21st June 2021 Jun 24, 2021

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#SaveSheffieldArchaeology #WatchingBrief ##AldiAcademic

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0:00 Introduction

02:16 Protest Footage

05:18 Speakers at the Protest

13:46 Liam Hand Interview

22:20 Professor Umberto Albarella & Helen Thompson PhD Research Student.

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Link of the Week:

Save Sheffield's Archaeology Dept: Change.org:

https://tinyurl.com/3snupc7k

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Live stream of protest on Facebook:

https://fb.watch/6gE0KoDBMt/

Link to Youtube : https://youtu.be/WWG96RZfBQQ

The Digital Archaeological Record with Chris Nicholson - Ep 157 Jun 24, 2021

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The Digital Archaeological Record (tDAR) is a repository for archaeological data of all types. Chris Nicholson is the director of the Center For Digital Antiquity and he comes on to talk to Paul about what it is and how it’s used.

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The Digital Archaeological Repository (tDARThe Digital Archaeological Repository (tDAR)
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Robinson, E., C. Nicholson, and R. Kelly, 2019. The Importance to Spatial Data to National Archaeological Databases. Advances in Archaeological Practice. 1-14.
Nicholson, C., Fernandez, R. and Irwin, J. 2021 Digital Archaeological Data in the Wild West: the challenge of practising responsible digital data archiving and access in the United States, Internet Archaeology 58.
Digital Index of North American Archaeology (DINAA)

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Star-Struck by Ancient Astronomy - Dirt 142 Jun 21, 2021

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People in the past looked up at the stars and planets, too. How did ancient cultures perceive the night sky? How did they explain the movement of celestial bodies? How did astronomy figure into ancient religion, calendars, city planning, and more? Was it aliens? Nope, but it was pretty much all math. Sorry.

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Just the Boyz But It's Revolutionary Part II (Do not operate heavy machinery or drive while listening to this episode) - Ruins 61 Jun 21, 2021

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In this episode, we continue talking about the Revolutionary War, aka the War for American Freedom, aka ‘Merica War’.

We hope this one is more factual and just as hilarious as Episode 57.

We recount the events following the Crossing of the Delaware River, highlight Burgoyne's surrender at Saratoga, the winter at Valley Forge, the alliance between France and the US, and how this alliance changed the outcome of the war, with some archaeological case studies sprinkled throughout the narrative. We get into a discussion about the traitorous Benedict Arnold and his relationship to Eggs Benedict, the Articles of Confederation, and the end of the war.

We spend some time promoting the importance of battlefield archaeology and its importance for learning more about the War for American Independance. We end the snoozer with some ridiculous banter.

Literature recommendations

LiDar Documentation of Historical Sites

Valley Forge Bayonets article

Battlefield Archaeology at Kings Mountain

The importance of battlefield archaeology

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108th Anniversary Emily Wilding Davison Death. - Dr D. Atkinson & Dr B. Hassett - Flipside 1 Jun 20, 2021

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This episode turned out to be rather the diverse discussion, inspired by the 108th Anniversary of the death of Emily Wilding Davison, suffragette, teacher and martyr in her last act of defiance. Everything from the lady herself to the wider suffragette movement, women's rights reception, our own personal heroes in the fields of history, archaeology and heritage and well... what exactly is the state of the situation now. All discussed with the help of Dr D. Atkinson & Dr B. Hassett, TrowelBlazer's in their own right!

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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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Introducing: Flipside - Flipside 0 Jun 20, 2021

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All the history we read in the history books can begin to seem a little mundane, but history also has a Flipside. Each month we take an historical event anniversary and, admittedly sometimes tenuously, extract a discussion topic from it, then we ask guests from the history, archaeology and heritage spheres to sit down and have a chat with us about it... no holds barred; these discussions could head off in any number of tangents. Ever wondered how suffragette martyr Emily Wilding Davison, a little-known hieroglyph specialist and the modern gender pay-gap are linked, well except from all being in one single episode of Flipside that is... listen and find out! And as always, stay safe, and we'll see you on the Flipside! #OnTheFlipside

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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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