In archaeology there are many ways to date a site, feature, or artifact. The dating game with rock art is no different. What are some of the more common methods? Which ones aren't so common but work on some sites? Can you use other archaeological sites to date rock art panels? We talk about these topics and more on this week's episode.
Chris Webster
Dr. Alan Garfinkel
On today's episode we discuss conferences, AGAIN. But that's for two reasons. First, we got some great comments from a fan on our Member's Only Slack Team (archpodnet.com/members) that we had to address. Second, the basic model for a conference hasn't changed in nearly a century and we need to fix that.
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In this episode, we virtually sit down with Experimental Archaeologist, Angelo Robledo. Join us as we hear about Angelo's passions, his archaeology origin story, and atlatl construction!
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This week's episode is a listener-sponsored one! Ancient hunter-gatherers are often painted as egalitarian, with all members contributing to the needs of the group. But what does evidence from prehistory say about things like access to nutrition, or care for the sick or injured? Are there cases where some individuals were clearly treated differently from others? How far back can we go to find clues? Stay tuned, sleuths.
Issues with using modern forager groups as proxy for ancient ones (Evolutionary Anthropology)
Status-symbol scapulae? (Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences)
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We’ve got three great articles to discuss on this week’s news episode. Check out the links below for more information.
Royal Purple Dyed Textile
Neanderthal/Homo Sapien Teeth
Chumash Beads as Currency
Chris Webster
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For this edition of Our Ruined Lives we chat with Ash Boydston-Schmidt. Ash is a descendant of the Crow Nation and shares with us her families history, growing up in Oklahoma, her experiences with the Tiger King, and her academic journey at the University of Oklahoma double-majoring in Anthropology and Indigenous Studies. She is currently pursuing her Masters in Museums Studies at the University of New Mexico, where she started this past fall during the COVID-19 Pandemic. We finish up the episode with a conversation about Ash's work with the Diversity and Inclusion Council for the Boy Scouts of America.
*Disclaimer: Ash's views regarding the topics discussed in the third segment of this episode are solely her own and not representative of the Diversity and Inclusion Council.
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Many field seasons were canceled in 2020 due to concerns over COVID-19. A recent article in SAA Advances, written by members of the CAST and SPARC program highlight the things researchers can still do despite social distancing regulations and travel concerns. Paul and Chris discuss those techniques and technologies on this episode.
Chris Webster
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Paul Zimmerman
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Join us on the latest part of our imagined videogame zooarchaeology series! Following popular demand, this episode is all about Bioware’s Dragon Age and its weird and wonderful creatures. Learn more about battle nugs, gibbering horrors and the Dragon Age version of ‘ritual’: it’s magic!!
Galinas, B. et al. (2015) Dragon Age: The World of Thedas - Volume 2
Dark Horse Comics
A Dragon Skull from Dragon Age: Inquisition
Alex FitzpatrickTwitter: @archaeologyfitz
Simona FalangaTwitter: @CrazyBoneLady
Alex’s Blog: Animal Archaeology
Music "Coconut - (dyalla remix)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2UiKoouqaY
This week, Anna introduces Amber to the site of Boxgrove, in what is now Sussex, England. It's one of the oldest known hominin sites in the UK, and features the remains of our early relative, Homo heidelbergensis. Join us to learn more about the Muddle in the Middle, the world's hardest jigsaw puzzle, and the molecular clock.
The man who died half a million years ago (Current Archaeology)
We may now know what our common ancestor with Neanderthals looked like (New Scientist)
The Middle Pleistocene human tibia from Boxgrove (Science Direct)
Europe’s Oldest Bone Tools Hint at Early Hominin Sophistication (Smithsonian Magazine)
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In this episode, we are pleased to have both Lana Ruck and Ella Beaudoin back on our show. Ella was on Episode 2 and Lana was on Episode 16. Since Episode 37 Settlers of Cerutti with Dr. Shane Miller and Dr. Jesse Tune was such a hit, we wanted to have Ella and Lana return to the show to talk about some controversial topics within paleoanthropology. Lana and Ella discuss the site Lomewki, which is an archaeological site in Kenya where ancient stone tools have been discovered dating to 3.3 million years ago, which make them the oldest ever found. They deconstruct the tools, the context of the site, and the dating of the artifacts.
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Join us as we have a discussion about the Harry Potter Universe from an Anthropological and Archaeological perspective. The readers and watchers of Harry Potter are expected to believe that a magical world exists both completely separately but in the same space as the "real" world. Naturally, for these two nerds this brings up so many questions about how the two intersect, both currently, historically, and even prehistorically!
Chris Webster
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On today’s episode, Doug, Bill and Heather discuss the pros and cons of Virtual conferences. The hosts share personal experiences with recent virtual conferences and have an in depth discussion on how a virtual platform could play a role in the future of conferencing.
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Our CRM group is one of the fastest growing in the US. We need temporary and salaried archeologists at every level, from technicians to PIs, in Tulsa and Oklahoma City. Previous Oklahoma experience would be nice but is not required. Send your cover letter, resume, and references to: JOBS@COXMCLAIN.COM. Thanks!
On this month’s podcast we have Dorothy FireCloud, J.D. Ms. FireCloud is the National Park Service’s Native American Affairs Liaison, Assistant to the Director in the Washington DC office, and a member of the Sicangu Lakota [Rosebud Sioux Tribe]. Ms. FireCloud describes her career ladder in the Bureau of Indian Affairs, United States Forest Service, and the National Park Service leading to where she is today. She gives her perspective on continuing the Lakota role of caretaker in her previous positions as Acting Deputy Forest Supervisor at Black Hills National Forest and Superintendent at Devils Tower National Monument. We also discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted tribal consultations, what she would like to accomplish in her current position, and paths people can take if they are interested in federal careers. We end out the interview with a few stories about how the National Park Service has improved when it comes to making Indigenous guests feel welcome and how that only takes two simple words: Welcome Home.
Dorothy FireCloud addressed University of Wyoming American Indian Graduates
Dingell Act NPS Briefing Statement Indian Youth Service Corps Program
Jessica
Lyle
Dorothy
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Dorothy_FireCloud@nps.gov
MOCA 11 2020
Devils Tower and Prayer Strips
Tuxi Under Snow 2013
In this episode, we talk about the practice of Community Archaeology. We discuss the pros, cons, and overall thoughts on the practice in comparison to what is known to be "traditional" archaeology.
Leventhal, Richard M., Carlos Chan Espinosa, Eladio Moo Pat, and Demetrio Poot Cahun. “The Community Heritage Project in Tihosuco, Quintana Roo, Mexico.” Public Archaeology 13, no. 1-3 (2014): 213–225.
Morgan, Kasey Diserens, and Richard M. Leventhal. “Maya of the Past, Present, and Future: Heritage, Anthropological Archaeology, and the Study of the Caste War of Yucatan.” Heritage 3 (2020): 511–527.
Fryer, Tiffany C. “Reflecting on Positionality: Archaeological Heritage Praxis in Quintana Roo, Mexico.” Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association, vol. 31 (2020): 26–40.
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In the final episode of Season 1, we wrap up our series on Chaco and Southwest archaeology through a conversation with our fellow graduate student, Patrick Cruz. Patrick is a citizen of the Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo in New Mexico and he impresses upon us the importance of Indigenous perspectives in archaeological research and interpretations. Patrick reflects on his experiences visiting ancestral sites and being both an Indigenous person and an archaeologist.
Begay, Richard M.
2004 Tsé Bíyah ‘Anii’áhí: Chaco Canyon and Its Place in Navajo History. In In Search of Chaco: New Approaches to an Archaeological Enigma, edited by Noble Grant, David, pp. 54–60. School of American Research Press, Santa Fe.
Cruz, Patrick
2018 Landscape Memory and Authority: How Perceptions of Landscape Played a Part in Pueblo Migrations in the Northern Rio Grande. M.A. Thesis, University of Colorado Boulder. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing.
Gover, Carlton
2019 Dating Apps in Archaeology: Matching the Archaeological Record with Indigenous Oral Traditions through Glottochronology, Summed Probability Distributions, and Bayesian Statistical Analysis. M.A. Thesis, University of Wyoming. Proquest Dissertations Publishing.
Ortiz, Simon
1992 What We See: A Perspective on Chaco Canyon and Its Ancestry. In Chaco Canyon: A Center and Its World, edited by Peck, Mary, pp. 65–72. Museum of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque
Ortman, Scott G.
2012 Winds from the North : Tewa Origins and Historical Anthropology, University of Utah Press, 2012. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ucb/detail.action?docID=3443859.
Samuel Duwe and Patrick J .Cruz
2019 Tewa Origins and Middle Places. In The Continuous Path: Pueblo Movement and the Archaeology of Becoming, edited by Samuel Duwe and Robert W. Preucel, pp. 96-123. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
Swentzell, Rina
2004. A Pueblo Woman’s Perspective on Chaco Canyon. In In Search of Chaco: New Approaches to an Archaeological Enigma, edited by David Noble Grant, pp. 48-53. School of American Research Press, Santa Fe.
Weiner, Robert S.
2018 Sociopolitical, Ceremonial, and Economic Aspects of Gambling in Ancient North America: A Case Study of Chaco Canyon. American Antiquity 83(1), 34–53.
Contact For Guest:
Patrick Cruz
Email: Patrick.Cruz@colorado.edu
instagram: @pawnee_archaeologist
Twitter: @PaniArchaeology
Website: https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/carlton-gover
Instagram: @chacoroadsproject
For this episode, the two co-hosts sit down with Dr. Steve Lekson to discuss the legacy and impact of Chaco after the peak of its influence in the Southwest around A.D./C.E. 1050. We hear about the famed “Chaco Meridian” and the role of archaeology as part of the “Colonial Package”. We explore interpretations regarding where Chacoan peoples moved to after Chaco and where they went after that too. Dr. Lekson stresses the importance of inter-regional archaeological investigation and thinking about the big picture when it comes to archaeological research. Finally, Dr. Lekson makes a prediction on the future of Southwest archaeology and the legacy of his research.
Lekson, Stephen H.
2009 A History of the Ancient Southwest. School for Advanced Research Press, Santa Fe, NM.
2015 The Chaco Meridian:One Thousand Years of Political and Religious Power in the Ancient Southwest. 2nd ed. Rowman and Littlefield, Lanham, MD.
2018 A Study of Southwestern Archaeology. The University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City.
Lekson, Stephen H., and Catherine M. Cameron
1995 The Abandonment of Chaco Canyon, the Mesa Verde Migrations, and the Reorganization of the Pueblo World. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 14(2):184-202.
Lekson, Stephen H., and Peter N. Peregrine
2004 A Continental Perspective for North American Archaeology. SAA Archaeological Record 4(1):15-19.
Contact For Guest:
Dr. Steve Lekson
Email: Lekson@colorado.edu
instagram: @pawnee_archaeologist
Twitter: @PaniArchaeology
Website: https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/carlton-gover
Instagram: @chacoroadsproject
In this episode of Site Bite’s Season 1, we bring on Paul Reed to spar with Rob Weiner over varying interpretations of Chacoan archaeology. Paul starts off by reflecting on his early career working with the Navajo Nation from the late 80’s to early 2000’s and how that has shaped his perspectives on the need for Indigenous collaboration in archaeological research. The major debates we discuss are: the productivity of agriculture, population density, and the role of Great Houses at Chaco. After our professional debate, Paul talks to us about his ongoing activist work with Indigenous Groups, Federal agencies, and archaeological groups on protecting our archaeological heritage, such as Chaco, from energy development projects.
Benson, Larry V., Deanna N. Grimstead, John R. Stein, David A. Roth, and Terry I. Plowman
2019 Prehistoric Chaco Canyon, New Mexico: Importation of Meat and Maize. Journal of Archaeological Science 111:105015. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305440319301025
Bernardini, Wesley
1999 Reassessing the Scale of Social Action at Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. Kiva 64(4), 447-470.
McCool, Jon-Paul P., Samantha G. Fladd, Vernon L. Scarborough, Stephen Plog, Nicholas P. Dunning, Lewis A. Owen, Adam S. Watson, Katelyn J. Bishop, Brooke E. Crowley, Elizabeth A. Haussner, Kenneth B. Tankersley, David Lentz, Christopher Carr, and Jessica L. Thress
2018 Soil Analysis in Discussions of Agricultural Feasibility for Ancient Civilizations: A Critical Review and Reanalysis of the Data and Debate from Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. PLoS ONE 13(6): e0198290. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198290
Reed, Paul F.
2008 Salmon Pueblo as a Ritual and Residential Chacoan Great House. In Chaco’s Northern Prodigies: Salmon, Aztec, and the Ascendancy of the Middle San Juan Region After AD 1100, edited by Paul F. Reed, pp. 42-61. The University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City.
Sofaer, Anna (director)
1999 The Mystery of Chaco Canyon. Bullfrog Films, Oley, PA. Stream at https://vimeo.com/ondemand/mysteryofchacocanyon
Stein, John R., and Stephen H. Lekson
1992 Anasazi Ritual Landscapes. In Anasazi Regional Organization and the Chaco System, edited by David E. Doyle, pp. 87-100. Maxwell Museum of Anthropology Anthropological Papers 5. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque.
Contact For Guest:
Paul Reed
Email: pread@archaeologysouthwest.org
instagram: @pawnee_archaeologist
Twitter: @PaniArchaeology
Website: https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/carlton-gover
Instagram: @chacoroadsproject
On the second episode of Site Bite’s Podcast season one, Carlton and Rob talk with Dr. Cathy Cameron about the origins of Chaco. We dive into the contemporary interpretations of where the people came from behind the monumental structures at Chaco as well as what the area was like before Chaco became a center of ritual and political influence. We discuss the broader Chacoan world such as Mesoamerican relations and Chacoan outlying settlements in the Southwest. We conclude this conversation with Dr. Cameron with her research on captive taking in small-scale societies and how that relates to Chacoan population demographics.
Cameron, Catherine M.
2009 Chaco and After in the Northern San Juan: Excavations at the Bluff Great House. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ.
2013 How People Moved among Ancient Societies: Broadening the View. American Anthropologist 115(2):218-231.
2016 Captive: How Stolen People Changed the World. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln.
Kennett, Douglas J., Stephen Plog, Richard J. George, Brendan J. Culleton, Adam S. Watson, Pontus Skoglund, Nadin Rohland, Swapan Mallick, Kristin Stewardson, Logan Kistler, Steven A. LeBlanc, Peter M. Whiteley, David Reich, and George H. Perry
2017 Archaeogenomic Evidence Reveals Prehistoric Matrilineal Dynasty. Nature Communications 8(14115):1-9.
Mills, Barbara J., Matthew A. Peeples, Leslie D. Aragon, Benjamin A. Bellorado, Jeffery J. Clark, Evan Giomi, and Thomas C. Windes
2018 Evaluating Chaco Migration Scenarios using Dynamic Social Network Analysis. Antiquity 92(364):922-939.
Weiner, Robert S.
2015 A Sensory Approach to Exotica, Ritual Practice, and Cosmology at Chaco Canyon. Kiva 81(3): 220-246.
Contact For Guest:
Dr. Cathy Cameron
Email: catherine.cameron@colorado.edu
instagram: @pawnee_archaeologist
Twitter: @PaniArchaeology
Website: https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/carlton-gover
Instagram: @chacoroadsproject
On the first episode of Site Bite’s Podcast season one, Carlton and Rob talk with Rich Friedman about the landscape and chronology of the famed Chaco Canyon archaeological site. We start off by getting Rich’s background in geology and how that education propelled him into Chacoan archaeology. We go in-depth about his work using emerging technologies and how those tools have allowed archaeologists to expand our understanding of the region’s environment and human behavior in and around Chaco Canyon.
Clark, Jeffery J., and Barbara J. Mills (eds.)
2018 Chacoan Archaeology at the 21st Century. Archaeology Southwest Magazine 32(2-3).
Friedman, Richard A., Anna Sofaer, and Robert S. Weiner
2017 Remote Sensing of Chaco Roads Revisited: Lidar Documentation of the Great North Road, Pueblo Alto Landscape, and Aztec Airport Mesa Road. Advances in Archaeological Practice 5(4):365-381.
Friedman, Richard A., Anna Sofaer, and Robert S. Weiner
2021 (in press) Chaco’s Greater Landscape Revealed and Re-Created with New Technologies. In The Greater Chaco Landscape: Ancestors, Scholarship, and Advocacy, edited by Ruth M. Van Dyke and Carrie C. Heitman. University Press of Colorado, Boulder.
Lekson, Steven H. (ed.)
2006 The Archaeology of Chaco Canyon: An Eleventh-Century Pueblo Regional Center. School for Advanced Research Press, Santa Fe, NM.
Lekson,Stephen H., Thomas C. Windes, John R. Stein and W. James Judge
1988 The Chaco Canyon Community. Scientific American 259(1):100-109.
Mills, Barbara J.
2002 Recent Research on Chaco: Changing Views on Economy, Ritual, and Society. Journal of Archaeological Research 10(1):65-117.
Stein, John, Richard Friedman, Taft Blackhorse, and Richard Loose
2007 Revisiting Downtown Chaco. In The Architecture of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, edited by Stephen H. Lekson, pp. 199-224. The University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City.
Contact For Guest:
Rich Friedman
Email: r.friedman.nm@gmail.com
instagram: @pawnee_archaeologist
Twitter: @PaniArchaeology
Website: https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/carlton-gover
Instagram: @chacoroadsproject
For the first season of the Site Bite’s Podcast, we will be exploring Chaco Canyon archaeology with this season’s featured co-host, Rob Weiner. Rob is a Ph.D. candidate in Anthropology at the University of Colorado Boulder. He talks about his passion for Southwest archaeology and his current research. This pre-season episode was recorded after Rob and Carlton had finished recording all five episodes for season 1. They reflect on the experience of recording all five episodes in one day and also express how excited they are for this season’s content.
Episode numbers, titles, and featured guests:
What is Chaco? Location, Features, and Chronology with Dr. Rich Friedman
Origins of Chaco - Who were the Chacoans? Where did they come from? With Dr. Cathy Cameron
Major Debates in Chaco Archaeology with Dr. Paul Reed
What happened to Chaco? Theories on depopulation and “Collapse” with Dr. Steve Lekson
Indigenous Chaco - Descendant communities perspectives with Patrick Cruz
instagram: @pawnee_archaeologist
Twitter: @PaniArchaeology
Website: https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/carlton-gover
Instagram: @chacoroadsproject