Decapitated burials, lava tubes filled with bones, and an ancient mint - Ep 134

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In this week’s episode of The Archaeology Show, we take a look at 3 recent archaeology news articles. First, a Roman graveyard containing an unusually high number of decapitated burials, indicating they may have been executed criminals. Second, lava tubes in Saudi Arabia with thousands of bones deposited by hyenas representing many different animals, including humans. Finally, we discuss spade shaped coins made in a 2500 year old Chinese mint.

Links

• 'Exceptionally high' number of decapitated bodies found at Roman burial site

  • https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/02/world/europe/roman-burials-decapitated.html

  • https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/31/europe/decapitated-roman-remains-scn-scli-intl/index.html

• Thousands of Human and Animal Bones Hoarded by Hyenas in Lava Tube System

  • https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/08/thousands-of-human-and-animal-bones-hoarded-by-hyenas-in-lava-tube-system/139869

  • https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12520-021-01365-6

• Ancient Coin Mint Discovered in China from Over 2500 Years Ago

  • https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/08/ancient-coin-mint-discovered-in-china-from-over-2500-years-ago/139852

  • https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/radiocarbondating-an-early-minting-site-the-emergence-of-standardised-coinage-in-china/178ECC2B245A017BF684BE1EFC732BD1

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NEWS: Climate Models, Non-Kosher Ancient Judeans, and Coins - Ep 125

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We have three articles for you today. The first is about current climate models and how they don't take archaeological information into consideration. For example, how many acres of food were grown per person in 1500 Europe verses China? Next we look at why pig and fish remains were in abundance in some ancient Judean settlements? Weren't they supposed to be Kosher? Finally, a paper that's still just an abstract suggests that coin makers in ancient Greece and Rome found it hard to make bronze dies.

Links

• Archeologists Are Making a Push to Improve Climate Modeling

• What Archaeology Tells Us About the Ancient History of Eating Kosher - Smithsonian Magazine

  • Link to paper in the Journal of the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University

• Model for ancient Greek and Roman coinage production - ScienceDirect

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