Little Ancestors and Chosen Ones - Ep 27

The Wizards have been in touch again, and so this episode Ash and Tilly have been tasked with finding the one who can save the world and bring all of humanity together - The Chosen One. The catch is, all they know is that The Chosen One is a child, but they have no idea where to find them. Luckily, they can use their archaeological knowledge to identify the presence of children in the past, and apply that to their search. But how can you find children in the past? Listen in to find out!

Books Mentioned

• Harry Potter series (J.K. Rowling)

• Percy Jackson series (Rick Riordan)

• His Dark Materials series (Phillip Pullman)

• The Shannara Chronicles (Terry Brooks)

• Gregor the Overlander (Suzanne Collins)

• Hunger Games series (Suzanne Collins)

• Star wars films (George Lucas)

Links

• Landscapes of Childhood paper

• Children in archaeological lithic analysis paper

• Playing with Flint paper

Contact

• Email: andmytrowel@gmail.com

• Instagram: @‌and.my.trowel

Transcripts

• For rough transcripts of this episode, go to: https://www.archpodnet.com/trowel/27

• Segment 1

• Segment 2

ArchPodNet

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Affiliates

• Motion

Pride and Prejudice and Radiocarbon dating - Ep 26

Our hosts Ash and Tilly face a tough quest this episode, because they’ve been tasking with dating zombies. Discovering how long they’ve been dead, that is! To do this, they discuss the different methods of dating bodies in the archaeological record, and answer all those burning questions like “what is an isotope?” “What is voodoo?” And “what would happen if you took a zombie shopping?”

Links

• A Zombie is a Slave Forever (article by Dr Amy Wilentz)

• History of Zombies article

• Nobel prize lecture from William Libby

• Detailed paper on the marine reservoir effect

• Case study demonstrating marine reservoir effect

• Detailed article on the history of radiocarbon dating

• Paper on radiocarbon dating

Contact

• Email: andmytrowel@gmail.com

• Instagram: @‌and.my.trowel

Transcripts

• Segment 1

• Segment 2

ArchPodNet

• APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com

• APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet

• APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet

• APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet

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Affiliates

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There Can Only Be One (Winner)! - Ep 25

It's the 25th episode of And My Trowel, and to celebrate, Ash and Tilly decided to have a battle of wits in order to see who could remember the most from the last 24 episodes. There can only be one! (Or can there...?)

Links

• https://discord.com/invite/HMmrsAtqP3

Contact

• Email: andmytrowel@gmail.com

• Instagram: @‌and.my.trowel

Transcripts

• Segment 1

• Segment 2

• Segment 3

ArchPodNet

• APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com

• APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet

• APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet

• APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet

• Tee Public Store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724

Affiliates

• Motion

The Intangible Wand - Ep 24

Ash and Tilly are about to embark on their biggest quest yet - trying to find archaeological evidence for the origins of magic! But how can you identify magic in the archaeological record? Listen in to hear a discussion about what defines a wand, how to tell if someone’s used magic, and what the link is between witches and beer.

Links

• Intangible and tangible knowledge in Open-Air Museums (article)

• Muscle development in prehistoric archers (article)

• Women and beer (Smithsonian)

• Witches and Beer

• Evolution of witches from brewers

Contact

• Email: andmytrowel@gmail.com

• Instagram: @‌and.my.trowel

Transcripts

• Segment 1

• Segment 2

ArchPodNet

• APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com

• APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet

• APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet

• APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet

• Tee Public Store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724

Affiliates

• Motion

Damsels in Distress - Ep 23

This episode, Ash and Tilly are on a bit of a side quest that becomes much bigger than they ever thought possible, as they try to help a student from Lothlorien University critique the concept of a “damsel in distress” using gender archaeology. But what exactly is gender archaeology? What’s the difference between feminist and gender archaeology? And why do we need it? Listen in to find out!

Links

• Sylvia's Complaint of Her Sexes Unhappiness : a Poem, Being the Second Part of Sylvia's Revenge, Or, a Satyr Against Man (1692)

• Archaeology and the Study of Gender (1984)

• Gender and Feminism in Archaeology (1997)

• The Archaeology of Gender (2004)

• Doing archaeology as a feminist (2007)

• Gender Stereotypes in Archaeology (2021)

Contact

• Email: andmytrowel@gmail.com

• Instagram: @‌and.my.trowel

Transcripts

• Segment 1

• Segment 2

• ZENCASTR: For rough transcripts of this episode, go to: https://www.archpodnet.com/trowel/23

ArchPodNet

• APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com

• APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet

• APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet

• APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet

• Tee Public Store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724

Affiliates

• Motion