Gods, ritual, and potted plants - Trowel 28

Why have Tilly and Ash been turned into potted plants? Maybe it’s because they were trying to categorise an ancient and (apparently) wrathful god. But how does one classify a god? How can we identify them archaeologically? Are they people or objects? And most importantly, how will Ash and Tilly stop this recording? Listen in to find out!

Books Mentioned:

• Small Gods (Terry Pratchett)

• Bound to the Battle God (Ruby Dixon)

• Pyramids (Terry Pratchett)

• Odds and Gods (Tom Holt)

• Ye Gods (Tom Holt)

• Godkiller (Hannah Kaner)

• The Raven Tower (Ann Leckie)

• The Realms of the Gods (Tamora Pierce)

• Kaos (Netflix series)

Links

• Article: Are archaeologists afraid of gods?

• Article: Cattle skull ring in Kheshiya

• Article: Taking the bull by the horns (Catalhoyuk)

• Article: Griffins, Myths and Religion

• Article: The Spatial Configuration of Belief

• Book: The Archaeology of Religion

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Transcripts

• ZENCASTR: For rough transcripts of this episode, go to: https://www.archpodnet.com/trowel/28

• Segment 1

• Segment 2

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