A daily briefing of the archaeology and history of sites around the world.
On today's episode we'll be talking about one of the most famous Viking Ship burials- The Oseberg Ship. Why is this ship so special? What can we learn from it? Why, 100 years after it's discovery, are we still so enthralled with it's mysteries?
On today's show Chris Webster is at the 51st Annual Meeting of the Society for California Archaeology talking to Steve Shaw, a volunteer with the Oregon-California Trails Association.
On today's episode, and in honor of the Society of California Archaeology's annual meeting at Tenaya Lodge at Fish Camp, we honor the Yosemite.
On today's episode we're going to learn about historic bottles. What are the parts of a bottle? How are they recorded by archaeologists? How can I date a bottle?
This information is a companion to a video from Professional Certifications for Scientists. Check out there video in the links below.
On today's episode we learn about the Profiles in CRM Podcast. Learn all about professional archaeologists and how they think on Profiles.
On today's show we learn about the CRM Archaeology Podcast. Find out tips, tricks, and advice from CRM professionals.
On today's show we learn about obsidian. No, not the dragon glass from Game of Thrones - the volcanic glass used for millennia by prehistoric peoples around the world.
The host of the Prehi/stories podcast, Kim Biddulph, explains what it's all about, some of the highlights of the show over the past year and what's coming up in the near future.
Jeb Card tells us about the work he did classifying The ceramics of colonial Ciudad Vieja in El Salvador, and how that demonstrated social change though cultural contact in Measoamerica.
Jeb Card tells us about the work he did with translating 7th century Mayan hieroglyphics on an inscribed flask found in Copan from Tazumal.
Christopher Sims (of Go Dig a Hole, ArchaeoTech, CRM Archaeology) talks about someone very special to him and the AFAR field school on Maya archaeology in Belize - Jamaal Crawford.
Jamaal recently fell seriously ill with a life-threatening case of pneumonia. He and his family need help. Go to AFAR's donation page to send a tax-deductible gift.
On today's episode Christopher Sims talks about a program that he's been affiliated with for a long time now - The American Foreign Academic Research program, or, AFAR. It's a great program and you can learn all about it today.
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.
