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Carnac - Episode 314
Famous for its hundreds of standing stones, Carnac is a French commune on the south coast of Brittany in northwestern France.
Magnetometry - Episode 313
Magnetometry is a non-invasive method that is used to map archaeological sites without destroying them. It can be used to find a number of subsurface features prior to, or instead of, excavation.
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Astuvansalmi Rock Paintings - Episode 312
Located in Finland, Astuvansalmi is a massive collection of sites with the most amazing being the rock paintings. The pictographs date back to at least 3000 BC.
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Earth Resistance - Episode 311
Earth Resistance is a non-invasive method that is used to map archaeological sites without destroying them. It can be used to find a number of subsurface features prior to, or instead of, excavation.
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Pulli Settlement - Episode 310
Possibly the first site for the domestication of the dog in the area, Pulli settlement in Estonia is a large site that tells a story about the Mesolithic.
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Electromagnetic Conductivity - Episode 309
Electrical Conductivity is a non-invasive method that is used to map archaeological sites without destroying them. It can be used to find a number of subsurface features prior to, or instead of, excavation.
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The Ridgeway Site - Episode 308
Discovered by railroad crews, the Ridgeway site represents an active Archaic Period culture that developed on the remains of the ice age.
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Non-Destructive Archaeology - Episode 307
Dan Bigman, owner and founder of Bigman Geophysical, tells us about the four primary methods for non-destructive archaeology - that is, looking under the ground without a shovel! Watch for additional episodes about each method after this overview.
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Tanis - Episode 306
The city of Tanis was NOT swallowed up by the desert as Indiana Jones would have you believe. In fact, it was inhabited for a long time and abandoned when the Tanitic branch of the Nile silted up.
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Knife River Indian Villages - Episode 305
Once home to Sakakawea, a guide to Lewis and Clark, and eventually decimated by smallpox, Knife River was a collection of villages with massive earth-lodge houses.