Oldest Art? A Nubian Cathedral, and the Temple of the Winged Lions - Ep 131

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Paul Zimmerman from the ArchaeoTech podcast joins Chris and Rachel on their archaeological project in the high desert of Nevada. We talk about a dubious piece of Neanderthal art - I mean, art is art, right? We also look at a Nubian cathedral that was recently excavated. Finally, Paul helps us understand the Temple of the Winged Lions at Petra. He's actually worked there!

Links

• A 51,000-year-old carved bone is one of the world’s oldest works of art, researchers say

  • NBC Article

  • Nature

• Archaeologists find ruins of vast Medieval Nubian cathedral in Sudan

  • The Art Newspaper

  • University of Warsaw Article

• A Journey from the Excavation Archive Back to the Site: The Architectural Decoration of the Temple of the Winged Lions

  • Article

  • Michael Press on Palmyra

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Ancient Egyptian Tombs, Cave Lighting, and Turkey Bone Tattoos - Ep 130

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We have three great news stories for you this week. First, we talk about an article from Smithsonian about ancient tombs in Egypt. Check out the documentary coming out in 2021! Next we look at an experimental archaeology article looking at three different cave lighting systems and their effectiveness. Finally, we look at the oldest tattooing tools ever found in North America.

Links

• Inside the Tombs of Saqqara

• Scientists reconstruct cave lighting systems used by early humans

• Tennessee site yields oldest known American tattoo tools

  • https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/oldest-tattoo-tools-tennessee-native-american

  • Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352409X21002145?via%3Dihub

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New Humans, Buried Time Capsule, and a Shaman’s Snake Stick - Ep 129

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This week we discuss three recent news articles about archaeology. First, potential new additions to the hominin evolutionary tree. Then, a CRM firm in South Carolina opens a time capsule from the mid 1800s. And finally, a carved wood staff is found in Finland and it may have belonged to a Shaman.

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• Mysterious skull fossils expand human family tree — but questions remain

• Contents of long-buried time capsule surprise archaeologists

• Possible shaman's snake stick from 4,400 years ago discovered in a Finnish lake

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A 1000 yo Chicken Egg, a Unique Child Burial, and Fancy Viking Clothes - Ep 128

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There are a lot of interesting archaeology articles in the world this week. On today’s episode we cover just three. We start with an uncracked 1000 year old chicken egg. Then we talk about a unique child burial in Poland. Finally, we talk about fancy viking clothes and the cost to make them.

Links

• Archaeologists Discover - and Crack - an Intact 1,000 year old chicken egg

• Girl buried with finch in her mouth puzzles archaeologists

  • Original German Article: The girl with finches: a unique post-medieval burial in Tunel Wielki Cave, southern Poland

• Unique Viking textiles found in woman’s grave

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Canadian Residential Schools - Ep 127

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A recent article discussing the discover of over 200 child burials in Canada has brought the Canadian Residential School system back into the light. The schools were for First Nations children to be indoctrinated into white society. They striped children of languangen and identity and forced them into gender-typical labor. it was a horrifying time in Canada that came to an end, in once case, in just 1996.

Links

• Why Canada is mourning the deaths of 215 children

• The Residential School System

  • https://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/the_residential_school_system/

  • http://summit.sfu.ca/system/files/iritems1/12440/etd7411_SDielissen.pdf

• Finding Cleo

• Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report

  • https://ehprnh2mwo3.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AAA-Hamilton-cemetery-FInal.pdf

  • https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/kamloops-residential-school-remains-update-1.6053467

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