Surviving the 2020 Recession - CRMArch 187

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When we pull out of the Coronavirus situation, if we do this year, we’re still going to be in a recession. How will businesses cope? How will field technicians and Shovelbums cope? It’s a complicated question and we try to provide some answers on this episode.

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Ancient goddesses, eggs and bunny rabbits: The Zooarchaeology of Lagomorphs - Animals 21

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It is ‘the season’ so this month’s episode of ArchaeoAnimals is all about rabbits and hares! Join us to find out more about self-explanatory taxonomy, medieval rabbit hutches and what does all this have to do with Easter.

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Book Club Bonanza - Dirt 84

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Settle into your comfiest chair for Book Club with Anna and Amber this week. We talk about our favorite books, movies, and TV shows with archaeological or anthropological themes! We've also got some tips for listeners on how to get your literary fix while you're sheltering in place.

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The American Flat Mill near Virginia City, Nevada - TAS 87

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The American Flat Mill was built at great expense in 1922 and shut down just four years later. It was a marvel of architecture and has an amazing story associated with it. On this episode we talk to BLM archaeologist Alicia Jenson and the archaeologist that wrote the report on the site, Ron Reno, about the American Flat Mill and how and why the BLM did what they did with it.

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Site Assessments After a Significant Weather Event with Dr. Tanya Peres - ArchaeoTech 125

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Way back on episode 93 Paul and Chris talked about the article linked below but couldn’t work out a schedule with the authors. Well, now we have Dr. Tanya Peres on to talk about that article and the challenges and successes experienced when assessing sites after a major rain storm in Tennessee.

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Tiny Plants: Paleoethnobotany with Special Guest Dr. Madelynn von Baeyer - Dirt 83

CRM in the COVID-19 Era and Beyond - Ep 186

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As we move into a new world for many of us, probably all of us, we have to learn to live not only with new restrictions, but, with a potentially changed world on the other side of all this. Whether many people die, businesses fail, or it’s business as usual we need to prepare. How are you preparing for life during, and, on the other side of this pandemic?

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Part II- All We Are Is Donny Dust in the Wind - Ruins 18.2

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Our hosts Carlton and David interview primitive survival expert Donny Dust about his prehistoric tool kit and his strategies for surviving in the bush. Donny was a contestant on the History Channel Show 'Alone' season 6 and 'Alone: The Beast' season 1. He is also the author of several books including Earthroamer and Scavenger: A Primal Approach to Lifestyle Change. He also runs his own primitive survival school called Paleo Tracks Survival.

Halfway through the interview, our hosts and guest are joined by Devin Pettigrew. Devin is a Ph.D. student at CU Boulder researching ancient weapons technology and ballistics. He joins in on the interview to provide a more dynamic and academic discussion regarding Donny's experiences and knowledge. AKA nerding out over cool stuff.

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A Day at the Museum with Dr. Briana Pobiner - DIrt 82

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Anna and Amber chat with Dr. Briana Pobiner, a researcher and educator at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History's Human Origins Program. We talk favorite hominins, meat science, evolutionary education, how to get the most out of a frolic through the museum, and some of the zillion other things Dr. Pobiner does.

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Part I- Our Ruined Lives Reunion - Ep 18

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On this episode our three hosts recount their recent adventure in Colorado together last month. This is the first time the three intrepid cowboys of science have been in the same place since SAA’s ABQ in 2019. Contrary to their own expectations, Carlton, Connor, and David were extremely productive. They talk about museum visits, live streaming, Alpha, powwows, and more! This episode is part one of two. Part two will release later this week!

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Working Remotely During The Zombie Apocalypse - ArchaeoTech 124

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From video conferencing tools to the immediate and lasting effects on field archaeology, Paul and Chris talk about working during this unique time in history.

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Mark My Words: Linguistics! - Dirt 81

The Roman Fort of Navio with Colin Merrony - ArchandAle 30

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Archaeology and Ale is a monthly series of talks presented by Archaeology in the City, part of the University of Sheffield Archaeology Department’s outreach programme. In this talk, Archaeology in the City proudly presents - Colin Merrony on "The Roman For of Navio" This talk took place on Thursday, February 27th, 2020 at the Red Deer in Sheffield.

This month we welcome the University of Sheffield's own Colin Merrony for a chat about the Roman fort of Navio. Colin is a veteran archaeologist and a teaching fellow at the uni, he has done extensive work throughout the Peak District including at Navio. In this talk, Colin explains the history of the Roman presence in the Peak District including their purported lead mining. He takes us through the past and current (and future!) plans to excavate Navio.

For more information about Archaeology in the City’s events and opportunities to get involved, please email archaeologyinthecity@sheffield.ac.uk or visit our website at archinthecity.wordpress.com. You can also find us on Twitter (@archinthecity), Instagram (@archaeointhecity), or Facebook (@archinthecity) Content Warning: Listener discretion is advised as there may be adult language

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Managing Your Employment Expectations and the CA Grad Student Strike - CRMArch 185

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For the first two segments we talk about the differences between what field techs expect from a job and what an employer expects from a field tech. Related to that are the actual expectations that each should have. In the final segment we talk about the graduate student strike at University of California Universities.

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Eat Locally: The Archaeology of Indigenous American Food - Ep 80

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Today’s podcast guest is Carson Black, a graduate student at Central Washington University. Carson studies Primate Behavior and Ecology and is basically the next Jane Goodall. Carson did her undergraduate degree in Biological Anthropology at Colorado State University in Fort Collins (GO BUFFS). She wrote her senior thesis on Mantled howler monkey and sexual dimorphism in their feeding posture! Carson did primatology fieldwork in Costa Rica, archaeological and paleontological fieldwork in Northwest and Central Wyoming. She is super passionate about anthropology and other social topics. So get your howler monkeys howling and prepare for a poop-slinging episode of A Life of Ruins Podcast.

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GPR and Geophysics with Dr. Dan Bigman - ArchaeoTech 123

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Dr. Dan Bigman from Bigman Geophysical joins the show once again to talk about GPR and other methods in a CRM context. Of course this works for any project, but, we focused on contract archaeology for some portions of this episode.

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Birds of a Feather... - Animals 20

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In this months episode, Alex and Simona talk about all things birds. Find out more about identifying avian remains, how we can use birds to reconstruct past environments and how humans have lived alongside them for millennia.

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  • Cohen, A. and Serjeantson, D. (1986) "A Manual for the Identification of Bird Bones from Archaeological Sites". Archetype Books.

  • Serjeantson, D. (2010) "17 Ravens and crows in Iron Age Britain: the Danebury Corvids Reconsidered". In "Birds in Archaeology: Proceedings of the 6th Meeting of the ICAZ Bird Working Group in Groningen". Barkhuis.

  • Gaskell, J. (2000) "Who Killed the Great Auk?". Oxford University Press.

  • Lawrence, D. (2006) "Neolithic Mortuary Practice in Orkney". Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 136. pp. 47-60.

  • Luff, M. (1984) Animal Remains in Archaeology

  • Shire Archaeology

  • https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-50603415

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