A daily briefing of the archaeology and history of sites around the world.
Lasisi, a first-year Phd student at the College of William and Mary and is from Nigeria. We discuss how he became interested in archaeology, what he thinks of SHA, and where he sees the field going in the future.
On today's episode we will be highlighting one of our podcasts, the Women in Archaeology.
On today's episode we're joined by bioarchaeologist Rebecca Gibson to discuss her work on the skeletal effects of corseting. Working primarily in London and Paris, Rebecca's work addresses some modern misconceptions about the use of corsets in the past, and their possible health ramifications.
On today's episode we are joined once again by Stuart Rathbone. Stuart talks about the phenomenon of Stone Henge replicas around the world and relates his experiences at one of the most recent installations - Achill Henge.
Christopher Sims (of the Go Dig a Hole, ArchaeoTech, and CRM Archaeology podcasts) and Hanna Marie discuss the problematic positions of the March for Science. Although widely popular, a number of statements from the group's organizers have concerned several archaeologists. Learn why in this episode of Arch365.
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On today's episode we learn about the common site numbering system in the United States - the Smithsonian Trinomial. It's not used everywhere, but, it IS used most places. Where it's not used, a similar variation is usually in place.
On this episode of ARCH 365, Emily Long talks a little bit about her podcast Trowel Tales: Stories From the Field.
On today's episode we learn about the Township and Range system and the Public Land Survey System. Township and Range is used as the legal location for land across much of the United States and it's sections are frequently used as survey parcel boundaries by archaeologists in the West.
On this episode, Emily Long shares information about one of the oldest examples of dated rock art in Africa, recovered from Apollo 11 Cave.
On today's episode we get to learn about dimensional lumber! It's actually a thing and can be used to date sites in the west or wherever you find posts and other lumber that dates to the first half of the 20th century.
Standard Sizes
These are the nominal and actual sizes of lumber.
Archaeologists use a map of the earth invented by the Army Corps over half a century ago. It's called the UTM grid and this is how it works and why we use it.
On today's episode we're joined once again by Stuart Rathbone as he discusses a massive problem in archaeology on both sides of the Atlantic.
On today's episode we learn about something every archaeologist uses - the Munsell Book of Color. What is it? How was it invented? We cover all this on today's episode.
On today's episode we learn about the tumultuous past of Ocmulgee National Monument. It's cultures survived for thousands of years on the site but could not survive the Spanish diseases of the 1500s.
On today's episode we talk about the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Poverty Point. It's an amazing place that everyone should see when traveling in the area.
On today's show Chris Webster talks about a well-known issue in archaeology. It's from a blog post he wrote back in February of 2016 and it's linked below. Comments welcome.
Today we celebrate the life and work of Dr. James A. Ford, Archaeologist. James Ford worked on such notable sites as Ocmulgee National Monument in Georgia and Poverty Point in Louisiana.
On today's show we celebrate the life of Anne Stine Ingstad, the Norwegian archaeologist that discovered the famous Viking site at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland.
On today's episode, Stuart Rathbone talks about anarchism in archaeology. It's a complicated subject and he tries to define it for the field and determine what it means and how it works.
Drone use in archaeology continues to increase in popularity. In archaeology, researchers are using drones to increase orthoimage resolution, record aerial videos, and develop digital elevation models and point clouds. These new types of media play into the ever-increasing web of digital documentation of archaeological sites, features, and human landscapes past and present. It is a good idea as data stewards to form a better understanding of how we record data and how to apply the right technology for the application at hand. In this episode, we compare a few UAS units, to see how we can make better use of their capabilities while learning about the perks and possible limitations of available hardware.
