Naked Archaeology, from the Naked Scientists

35 épisodes

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  Landscapes: Drainage, Plants and Palaces

  16/10/2011

  32:15

  We're back! And this month we start by taking a tour of the terribly glamorous ditches in East Anglia. Yes, the whole landscape is one giant piece of drainage archaeology! Plus, we talk about a Roman gladiatorial school, an Iron Age road, Australopithecus sediba and Acheulian tools. And in Backyard Archaeology Tom Birch hops over to Andalucia, where he and his mic just happen to find a rather large palace... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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  Annual Round-Up of Archaeology

  14/07/2011

  58:44

  This month we return to some of the moist enjoyable archaeological interviews recorded this year. There's everything from alien donkeys, to Pompeiian poo, speared boxes and not-so-recent neanderthals! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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  Bayesian Prehistory, Surface Metals and Sea Defenses

  16/06/2011

  34:19

  This month: how a neat piece of statistical analysis has led to the construction of a prehistoric history; how satellites have revealed some hidden Egyptian pyramids; how autism could have been selected for amongst early humans; and how metals collected from the surface of the Greek island of Kythira can yield information about the people who forged them. Plus, in Backyard Archaeology, Tom takes us to the sea to explore several rather artistic lumps of concrete. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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  Detailed Science of Dating, Data and Ceramics

  16/05/2011

  35:08

  This month: the most recent Neanderthals in the Caucasus, the science of ceramic petrology, the truth about 'The Anthropocene' and Syrian hunting traps. Plus, in Backyard Archaeology we explore the uses of the National Monument and Historical Environment Records. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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  Dam Busting, Ancient Archaeologists and Iron Age Fort Raids

  16/04/2011

  28:50

  Researchers re-create the experiments carried out by Barnes Wallis on the bouncing bomb; we discuss the Texan pre-Clovis finds; the Nichoria bone earns its place at multiple points in history and we explore the massacre at Fin Cop hill fort. Plus, in Backyard Archaeology: how to go about doing a bit of zooarchaeology! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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  Warrior Art, Fire and Throwing Spears

  17/03/2011

  31:33

  This month: Aegean warriors in art; the most genetically diverse people in the world; prehistoric Californian seafarers; Neanderthals building fires; and atlatls! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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  Egyptian Looting, Behavioural Variability and Pollen

  17/02/2011

  29:38

  This month: current events in Egypt affecting ancient artefacts; Britons fashioning cups from skulls; games played in the Indus; and when humans behaved like humans. Plus, in Backyard Archaeology Tom Birch goes to Paul's place... to look at pollen. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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  First Farmer DNA, Crystals and Chessmen

  17/01/2011

  34:50

  This month's divested archaeology consists of the mitochondrial DNA of Europe's first farmers; how to identify plaster using infrared light; who the Denisovans were; what to expect from twelfth century chessmen and why the Arabo-Persian gulf is so important. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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  Roman bodies, site survival and collapse

  17/11/2010

  30:04

  This month: why a Roman horse became a donkey; how part of Pompeii recently collapsed; how a Roman village survived underneath London; and what obesity meant to the Romans. Plus, in Backyard Archaeology Tom Birch explores how the Northern Irish 'peace lines' are archaeology. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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  Hard-to-Reach Heritage: Israel and Peru

  16/10/2010

  29:51

  We make our way to some of the least accessible bits of heritage this month: Naked Scientist Laura Soul treks to Machu Picchu and we hear about the fenced-off Palestinian heritage in Israel. Also this month: tracking down The Plague's bacterial DNA, sanding down a Norwegian Pompeii and a DIY archaeological survey! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists