The Dirt Dries Out - Ep 207
There have been an awful lot of news stories lately featuring “lost” sites or structures “revealed” by the effects of drought and climate change. Way to look on the positive side, I guess! We’ll take a look at some of these sites and more broadly, the effects of climate change on current archaeology. Both of your tired hosts were a bit punchy during recording, so this episode is ever so slightly goofy despite the gravity of the topic. But we hope you enjoy it!
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Drought is revealing archeological sites that were submerged when Lake Powell filled : NPR
A fourth set of human remains is found at Lake Mead as the water level keeps dropping: NPR
Lake Mead reveals sunken WWII-era boat as water levels plummet - CBS News
Unexploded World War II bomb found in Italy's longest river as waters run dry - CBS News
Hidden ancient Roman 'Bridge of Nero' emerges from the Tiber during severe drought | Live Science
When context is key: “Hunger stones” go viral, but news first broke in 2018 | Ars Technica
Are 'Hunger Stones' Emerging Along Europe's Rivers Due to 2022 Drought? | Snopes.com
The Bronze Age city in Iraq gifted to archeology by drought | Science
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CLAMoring for Data with Christine Bassett - Ep 195
Ahoy! We’re still at sea, the ocean is still None of Our Business, and yet we’re learning so much about it! This week, we’ve got a special guest to guide us. Christine Bassett is currently a program coordinator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Weather Program Office (NOAA). Christine collects data from ancient Arctic shell middens to reconstruct climate and sea ice levels for archaeological sites in the Aleutian islands. Tune in to learn how she’s turning thousand-year-old clams into a climate thermometer!
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I Gotta Go: Archaeology of Abandonment - Ep 149
This week, we’ve got an episode that started off as a funny title and became a topic. There are many possible reasons for abandoning a site, and there are plenty of examples from the archaeological record. We’ll look into evidence for climate change, conflict, natural disaster, and other reasons for abandonment (not all at once; that sounds like a really bad place to live). Plus, Anna and Amber do Dickens.
Links
10 Deserted Places and Why They Were Abandoned (MentalFloss)
Internet Archaeology: Behold the Most Hilarious Abandoned Websites (Wired)
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