Early Man (film) - Episode 24

I give Early Man the Prehi/stories treatment with James Dilley, an ancient technology specialist, and Erin Kavanagh, who is interested in how the past is represented whether that's the prehistoric past or the footballing past. The film is just a bit of Aardman fun, of course, but it opens up wider topics for discussion about how the past is discussed. With plenty of political prehistory in the news, where does this fit in? The fact it was storyboarded as far back as 2011 suggests we may be reading a little too much into it...

Guests

James Dilley @ancientctaftUK; Erin Kavanaugh @geomythkavanagh

Host: Kim Biddulph @kimbiddulph

Links

• The Cheddar Man story
• Bronze Age invasion shown through genetics, maybe
• Dorling Kindersley book James was consultant for

Warrior Scarlet - Episode 22

Warrior Scarlet by Rosemary Sutcliff is a book set in the transition from Bronze to Iron Age, but that's the least interesting thing about it. I talk to Dr. Helen Chittock of the University of Oxford and Dr. Julia Farley of the British Museum about the history of archaeological theory as demonstrated by this book written in 1958.

Guests

Julia Farley @julia_farley; Helen Chittock @DrChittock
Host: Kim Biddulph @kimbiddulph

Links

• Warrior Scarlet
• Helen's project, Early Celtic Art in Context
• Julia's big Celts exhibition
• Gundestrup Cauldron
• Dunaverney flesh hook
• Wetwang Princess
• 'Celts' in western China