Ulfbert Swords - Episode 18025

Possibly produced in the Frankish part of Europe, these swords have long been a mystery. Some have agreed that they represent a new technology of crucible steel. However, there are examples of them found that have been pattern-welded, a method which usually indicates a different form of metal production.

Links

• https://www.tf.uni-kiel.de/matwis/amat/iss/kap_b/backbone/rb_4_3.html
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulfberht_swords

Possibly produced in the Frankish part of Europe, these swords have long been a mystery. Some have agreed that they represent a new technology of crucible steel. However, there are examples of them found that have been pattern-welded, a method which usually indicates a different form of metal production.

Ulfbert Swords - Episode 18025

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Beaker People - Episode 18024

Extending between the Iberian Peninsula in the West, Central Europe and Italy in the East, Britain, Ireland and Jutland in the North, and Sardinia, Sicily, and the Balearic Islands in the South the ‘Bell-Beaker’ culture is the most widely distributed and coherent prehistoric ‘culture’ that has been identified in Europe. 
 

Links

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaker_culture

Beaker People - Episode 18024

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Prehistoric Shellfish Exploitation in the Chesapeake Bay - Episode 18022

Prehistoric shellfish exploitation in the Chesapeake Bay
This podcast is about prehistoric shell middens in the Chesapeake Bay region on the Atlantic coast of the United states.  Archaeologists use the term midden to refer to trash deposits, and a shell midden is just the result of prehistoric shellfishing.

Links

• https://www.wm.edu/sites/wmcar/_documents/gouldman_osm.pdf
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4988611/
• https://www.bayjournal.com/article/middens_offer_pearls_of_wisdom_about_chesapeakes_geology
• https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/24700/serc_rick_et_al._2015_crabs.pdf

Prehistoric Shellfish Exploitation in the Chesapeake Bay - Episode 18022

APN - Panda Terry

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Baltic Shipwrecks - Episode 18021

The Baltic has become a major focus for maritime archaeology over the last three decades with a huge variety of different types of wreck dating from the medieval period to the 20th century in close proximity to each other.

Links

• http://www.dw.com/en/strewn-with-shipwrecks-the-baltic-sea/a-18614735
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_(ship)
• https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/07/140707-mars-shipwreck-warship-baltic-sea-archaeology-science/

Baltic Shipwrecks - Episode 18014

APN - Panda Terry

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Carcassonne - Episode 18020

Carcassonne is more than just a board game and is also one of the most well known medieval fortified towns in Europe.

Links

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcassonne
• http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/345

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Fullacht Fiadh - Episode 18019

A fulacht fiadh, as it is called in Ireland, or burnt mound as it is known in the UK is a type of cooking pit which usually dates to the Bronze Age (2500-500BCE).

Links

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ6K03ovxCM
• http://irisharchaeology.ie/2012/07/the-enigmatic-fulacht-fiadhburnt-mound/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulacht_fiadh

Fullacht Fiadh - Episode 18019

APN - Panda Terry

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Great Zimbabwe - Episode 18018

Located in the south-east of modern Zimbabwe near Lake Mutirikwe, the 7.2 hectare World Heritage Site of Great Zimbabwe was the capital of the Kingdom of Zimbabwe which existed between c.1220 and 1450 CE.

Links

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Zimbabwe

Great Zimbabwe - Episode 18018

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Dead Sea Scrolls - Episode 18017

Initially uncovered by bedouin shepherds in the first half of the 20th century the Dead Sea Scrolls, also known as the Qumran Cave Scrolls, contain the second oldest dated fragments of texts which eventually formed the canon of the Hebrew Bible.

Links

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Sea_Scrolls

Dead Sea Scrolls - Episode 18017

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Hygiene in Roman Times - Episode 18016

Bathing was not only one of the most common daily activities in Roman culture but was a highly communal activity that was raised to the level of high art through extensive ritual.

Links

• http://journals.cambridge.org/images/fileUpload/documents/PAR_PR_Romans.pdf
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Roman_bathing
• http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/why-romans-were-not-quite-clean-you-might-have-thought-005141

Hygiene in Roman Times - Episode 18016

APN - Panda Terry

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Battersea Shield - Episode 18015

During the construction of a predecessor to the present Chelsea Bridge, over the River Thames, workers dredging the river bed found a large quantity of Roman and Celtic weapons amongst a significant number of skeletons.

Links

• http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=831341&partId=1
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battersea_Shield

Battersea Shield - Episode 18015

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Skara Brae- Episode 18014

Sometimes storms cause nothing but destruction but sometimes they reveal secrets of our past. This is the case of Skara Brae, a Neolithic settlement on the Island of Mainland, part of the Orkney archipelago, North of Scotland.

Link

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skara_Brae
• http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/skarabrae/

Skara Brae- Episode 18014

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Lendbreen Tunic - Episode 18013

Melting ice in Northern Norway is revealing more about human activity than ever suspected.

Link

• http://secretsoftheice.com/funn/2016/06/28/reconstruction/
• https://www.academia.edu/4372500/Out_of_the_Norwegian_glaciers_Lendbreen_a_tunic_from_the_early_first_millennium_AD

Lendbreen Tunic - Episode 18013

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Areni Cave - Episode 18012

An Early Bronze Age site that just keep keeps on giving

Link

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Areni-1_cave

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Offa's Dyke - Episode 18011

A linear earthwork along the border of Wales and England, Offa’s Dyke is one of the largest surviving Saxon-era earthworks in Britain.

Link

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offa%27s_Dyke

Offa's Dyke - Episode 18011

APN - Christopher Booth

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Tower of London - Episode 18010

The Tower of London has an enduring place in the popular imagination as a place of torture and execution, but it is also a World Heritage Site, and fascinating example of evolving castle design through history.

Link

• https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/#gs.IdXyPow
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_London

Tower of London - Episode 18010

APN - Christopher Booth

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Sutton Hoo -Episode 18008

Most famous for its richly adorned Anglo-Saxon ship burial, probably of King Rædwald, a powerful, early Christian, East Anglian King in the 6th to early 7th centuries, the site of Sutton Hoo has been of unique importance to archaeologists and historians trying to understand the post-roman period in Britain.

Links

• https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/sutton-hoo
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutton_Hoo

Sutton Hoo - Episode 18008

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Lycurgus Cup - Arch365 18007

A 4th-century Roman glass cage cup, the Lycurgus cup is truly a unique artifact. Depending on lighting, you'll see something different each time you look at it.

Links

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycurgus_Cup
• http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=61219&partId=1&searchText=lycurgus+cup&page=1

Lycurgus Cup - Episode 18007

APN - Christopher Booth

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L'Anse Aux Meadows - Episode 18006

Located on the northernmost tip of Newfoundland in Canada lies the only confirmed site of a Viking settlement in North America.

Links

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Anse_aux_Meadows
• http://pc.gc.ca/en/lhn-nhs/nl/meadows

L'Anse Aux Meadows - Episode 18006

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Hochdorf Prince - Episode 18005

The Hochdorf Prince's grave site is a Celtic burial chamber dating from 530 BC and was adorned with massive riches.

Links

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hochdorf_Chieftain%27s_Grave
• http://www.keltenmuseum.de/English/The-Celtic-Museum/

Hochdorf Prince - Episode 18005

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Newgrange - Episode 18004

Ireland's County Meath is home to Newgrange, a Neolithic mound with stone passageways and inner chambers.

Links

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newgrange
• http://www.newgrange.com

Newgrange - Episode 18004

APN - Panda Terry

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