Inbreeding Christians, Unreadable Text, and Boats Built in Plain Sight - Ep 278

The first news story this week used DNA to find out some interesting things about some Christians in Spain. Not only were they inbreeding, likely to keep their faith and lines pure, but they had small pox and some other interesting characteristics. Next we learn about a small disc found on the island of Crete with an unreadable script on it. Finally, how did early Scandinavian’s build boats? Perhaps the evidence has always been there.

Links

• DNA reveals inbreeding, smallpox and violent ends among cave-dwelling Christians in medieval Spain

• Phaistos Disk: The Mystery of a Unique Script

• rabias_world1 (Instagram account with traditional Chinese methods Rachel mentioned)

• These Markers of Scandinavia’s Bronze Age Boatyards Were Hiding in Plain Sight

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People Stumbling Into Archaeology - Ep 277

If you pay attention to your surrounding you just might find a bit of history. Our new stories this week are all about people paying attention and looking around and ultimately finding something worthy of the history books.

Links

• Walker stumbles on bones sticking out of field — and finds Viking-era grave in Norway

• Volunteer notices buried structure on mountaintop — and finds ancient Roman campsite

• Archaeology Student Stumbles on a Cache of Danish Viking Silver

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Big Animals and the Humans That Love (to eat) Them - Ep 276

Today’s episode is all about mega-fauna and human interactions. Our first story takes us to a creek in Iowa where the first complete mastodon for that state has been found. Next we go to UC Berkeley where researchers think they’ve figured out, through research and experimental archaeology, how early humans took down those big animals. Finally we move over to Spain where new research is suggesting that Neanderthals didn’t ONLY eat big, slow, animals but adapted to take down smaller game. They were smarter than we think they were, of course!

Links

• Segment 1

  • 13,600-year-old prehistoric mammal found preserved in Iowa creek, researchers say

• Segment 2

  • Early humans used an interesting technique to hunt big animals

  • Clovis points and foreshafts under braced weapon compression: Modeling Pleistocene megafauna encounters with a lithic pike

• Segment 3

  • New Archaeological Discoveries Challenge Widely Held Beliefs About Neanderthals

  • Living on the edge: Abric Pizarro, a MIS 4 Neanderthal site in the lowermost foothills of the southeastern Pre-Pyrenees (Lleida, Iberian Peninsula)

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Bulgarians Using a Coffin as a Table? - Ep 275

This week we cover 3 recent archaeology news stories including an ancient Roman sarcophagus turned beach bar, the source of the altar stone at Stonehenge and more evidence refuting the claims about Homo Naledi “burial”practices made in the Cave of Bones documentary on Netflix.

Links

• Beach bar used a 1,700-year-old Roman sarcophagus as table — until a tourist noticed

• The voyage of the Altar Stone: A Stonehenge mystery solved (maybe)

• More Research Shuts Down Controversial Claims About Homo Naledi, Star Of Netflix Documentary

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The Plymouth Rock Hoax - Ep 274

Spoiler alert, we love the story of Plymouth Rock even if it isn’t exactly true history! This week we look at some important historical places on the coast of Massachusetts including Plymouth, the Mayflower and New Bedford.

Links

• The True Story Behind Plymouth Rock

• Mayflower Descendants Search

• New Bedford NHP

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