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The Dirt Podcast

The Dirt Podcast

Join Anna and Amber; friends, archaeologists, and big nerds, for an exploration of the lives of people in the past.

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42:41

The Queen of Sheba - Ep 172

The Dirt Podcast ·

2022/01/17

It's another January Hiatus episode--this time a cleaned-up excerpt from Dirt After Dark. Amber drags Anna back to Arabia, where we discuss possibly its most famous inhabitant of all time: the Queen of Sheba. We look at the source material and the archaeology before really getting into it to discuss racism, misogyny, and--of course--camels.Start your own podcast with Zencastr and get 30% off your first three months with code DIRT. Click this message for more information.Links 1 Kings 10:

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53:47

Race and Biological Anthropology with Dr. Rachel...

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2022/01/10

Recently, Anna and Amber sat down with Rachel Watkins, a biological anthropologist and scholar-activist whose research centers on social and biological histories of Black Americans in the 19th and 20th centuries. Learn about the social history of biological anthropology, the exemplary case studies with which Dr. Watkins has worked, why you shouldn't discount the creepy things small children sometimes do, and so much more!Start your own podcast with Zencastr and get 30% off your first three

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01:08:44

Neanderthalk with "Kindred" Author Dr. Rebecca Wragg...

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2022/01/03

We hope you enjoy this great interview from the archives. If you're doing cool research, and want to talk about it on the show, drop us a note at thedirtpodcast@gmail.com!Anna and Amber sit down with Dr. Rebecca Wragg Sykes, Paleolithic archaeologist and author of the book "Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death, and Art." We talk about Rebecca's education and her love for all things ancient, and she resolves some common misconceptions about our Neanderthal cousins. "Kindred" just came out

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01:10:24

Oh, Nice - Ep 169

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2021/12/27

We're closing out the year with a cozy episode about heartwarming things in the archaeological record. That’s right, we’re just going to find examples of nice things that people did and made in the past and tell you all about them. It’s a little year’s-end treat for us all. There's some discussion of Dads Being Dads, some loud opinions from Anna's neighbor's dog, and an all around good time.Start your own podcast with 30% off Zencastr for the first 3 months with The Dirt! Click anywhere on

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01:37:16

How Long Ago Was the Past? - Ep 168

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2021/12/20

When does “The Past” start, and how far back does it go? How long did it take people to get places in the past? How do we attempt to hold the vastness of time and geography in our minds? Not well, especially in an audio medium, but we’re excited to blow your minds.Links The Greatest Animal War (Nautilus) The last slave ship survivor and her descendants identified (National Geographic) How Far Can A Horse Travel In A Day? (8 Facts) (Deep Hollow Ranch) RGS-IBG Expedition Handbook (Royal

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55:16

From The Vault: Portrait of a Podcaster on Fire - Ep 167

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2021/12/13

This week, we bring you another episode from behind the Patreon paywall. Sure, the title is a stretch, but it's hard coming up with a topical joke about portraiture! This month we dive into some early examples of representing individuals in ancient art from several times and places. Amber inexplicably takes umbrage with the entirety of Byzantine art, and both hosts question what is a face and what is a couple of lines that sorta look like a face.Links The oldest known portrait of a

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01:32:13

How Do We Know What We Know? - Ep 166

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2021/12/06

There are a lot of misconceptions in archaeology that are often perpetuated simply because people don’t think about how the information they take for granted came to be. How do archaeologists know what people were doing in the past? Actually, how do we know anything at all? How do we know what didn’t happen? Tune in and find out!Links Archaeologists Dig For Clues (via WorldCat Is there a Solutrean-Clovis Connection in the American Colonization? (ThoughtCo) Who really discovered America? The

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52:17

From the Vault: "Ancient" "Astronomy" - Ep 165

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2021/11/29

This week, Amber is finishing grad school applications and Anna had some vaccine booster side effects, so we bring you an excerpt from an episode of Dirt After Dark! Amber brings Anna (kicking and screaming) along on an exploration of some space weirdos who interpreted various bits and pieces of archaeology and ethnography to show that there's another mystery planet out there, and it's out to get us. And also bring us civilization? Anyway, it gets really weird, and we hope you enjoy the

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42:56

Thanksglyphing - Ep 164

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2021/11/22

We’re shaking things up this year, and instead of doing a ThanksViking episode, we’re peeking into the world of Maya and Aztec art and writing. The Maya wrote using a system of around 800 glyphs--the Aztecs used as many as 2,000. We won’t get to ALL of these, but we’ll talk about how these writing systems developed, how they were used, and the role they played in the lives of the Aztec and Maya people.ContactEmail the Dirt Podcast: thedirtpodcast@gmail.comArchPodNet APN Website:

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48:55

Yes We Cant: Anti-Languages and Argots - Ep 163

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2021/11/15

Come along for an exploration of anti-languages and the qualities that make them successful in building community and maintaining safety among the people that develop them. From occupational jargon to survival as a marginalized group to being hip with the kids, we tour a few of these languages, and subject everyone to a 16th century dialogue with translation.Links O latín dos canteiros en Cabana de Bergantiños (Madrygal, in Galician) Anti-Languages (American Anthropologist) The Language of

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38:56

Deep Cuts: These Aren't the Glyphs You're Looking For

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2021/11/09

Anna takes Amber on a short but eventful journey into an investigation of Egyptian hieroglyphs located in eastern Australia. How did they get there? Did Egyptians reach Australia thousands of years ago? ARE THE CHICKENS A CLUE?? Plus, a detour into mummy drugs.For more information, check out:Bulgandry Aboriginal Art Site - This Place (Indigenous.gov.au)Hair Raising Cases in Hair Testing: Are ‘cocaine Mummies’ Real or Fake? (Cotsford Lab)New World Tobacco in Old World Mummies (Skeptoid)Rameses II and

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01:40:17

Kyle Jordan - Ep 162

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2021/11/08

Anna and Amber are joined by wonderful Special Guest, Kyle Jordan! Kyle is a disabled Egyptologist interested in themes of religion, magic and identity in the Egyptian world, with a specific focus on the appearance and interpretation of disability in Ancient Egypt and Egyptology as a discipline. We had a wonderful-- and long-- conversation with Kyle about how Egyptians viewed the embodiment of disability, how perception of disability in archaeology has changed (and how it still needs to

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01:00:07

Let's Call It a Ritual Object - Ep 161

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2021/11/01

Thanks to everyone who came out to our virtual live show! This is the edited audio of that event. We talk about the role of ritual in daily life, how our big round human brains have evolved the ability to think about abstract meaning and ritual significance, and the theory underpinning all of this. We also take a trip to two incredible archaeological sites to think about how the people living there might have thought about the unknown and unseen in their lives. Whoa.Links Emile Durkheim:

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42:06

Spooktober: Fear Itself - Ep 160

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2021/10/25

We explore the evolutionary roots of fear, and the science of how it works. Why do some people love thrills and chills, while others don't? Why does fear make us stinky? And how can we think about something as personal and ephemeral as fear in the archaeological record?Links Why We Physically Feel Fear (University of West Alabama) The biology of fear- and anxiety-related behaviors (Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience) What Happens in the Brain When We Feel Fear (Smithsonian) Humans can smell

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55:25

Spooktober: Monster Mash - Ep 159

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2021/10/18

This week, we lift our spirits (oooOOOooo) with a round-up of monsters. We explore their origins and effects on us, with examples ranging from memories of very real things in the past to a hypothesis that doesn't quite have legs (unlike griffins).Links Why we'll always be obsessed with – and afraid of – monsters (The Conversation) Why the scariest monsters look almost human (Wellcome Collection) Why We Still Need Monsters (Nautilus) Why Are So Many Monsters Hybrids? (Nautilus) A History of

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01:13:50

Spooktober: Homo lepidopteris - Ep 158

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2021/10/11

This week, we're taking a turn for the cryptid and spooking local with the legend of West Virginia native son, the Mothman. For a little over a year leading up to December 1967, sightings of a winged humanoid with glowing eyes were reported in and around Point Pleasant, WV. Since then, Mothman has evolved from evil omen to legend to meme. In this episode, we’ll explore the legend, collective memory, and the power of portents.Links Paranormal Activity in West Virginia (Marshall

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01:09:54

Spooktober: Feral Children - Ep 157

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2021/10/04

SPOOKTOBER HAS BEGUN! This week, we discuss the trope in myth, legend, horror, and adjacent genres of feral children. We won't be directly discussing actual cases of trauma, neglect, or child abuse, but rather the place of the bestial feral child in the mythology of different ancient cultures all the way up to a more recent timeline. Why do these stories interest us, spook us, and who's the real monster here?Links Register for our International Archaeology Day Live Show on October 16! Black

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01:02:31

Disability in the Ancient World With Andrew Gurza -...

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2021/09/27

This week, Anna and Amber are joined by Andrew Gurza, disabled content creator and fellow podcaster, to talk about disability and care in the ancient world. We talk with Andrew about the need for disabled voices in archaeology, his path to podcasting, and some archaeological case studies that show that humans have always taken care of one another.Links Andrew Gurza's website Ancient Bones That Tell a Story of Compassion (NY Times) Ancient Bones Offer Clues to How Long Ago Humans Cared for

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01:03:33

School of Rocks with Dr. Danielle Macdonald - Ep 155

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2021/09/20

Dr. Danielle Macdonald specializes in the prehistory of Western Asia and the stone tools that people made and used in their everyday lives. That’s right, three years in, we’re finally doing an episode on lithics! We’ll also talk about Danielle’s path to anthropology and her ongoing work at the site of Kharaneh IV in what's today Jordan.Links Follow Danielle on Twitter! Danielle Macdonald (University of Tulsa) Kharaneh IV Website Convergent Evolution in Stone-Tool Technology (MIT

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50:20

ÖMG: Ötzi the Iceman - Ep 154

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2021/09/13

It’s the episode title that’s been making us giggle for months! We’re FINALLY examining the famous Chalcolithic ice-mummy just in time for the 30th anniversary of hikers stumbling upon his body. We’ll explore the archaeological methods and evidence that tell us about who Ötzi was, what his life was like, and how he died. Umlauts will, no doubt, abound.Links Chalcolithic Europe (Wikipedia) Scientists Reconstruct the Glacial Conditions During Ötzi the Iceman’s Lifetime (Columbia Climate

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