On this episode we bring back Dr. Devin Pettigrew to discuss a paper that came out in 2021. The name of that paper is "On the efficacy of Clovis fluted points for hunting proboscideans" by Eren et. al.

Dr. Pettigrew is an experimental archaeologist and together we discuss the pitfalls/successes of this study. We really dive deep into the article and the data they are using to summarize their argument. Dr. Pettigrew also gives us a background in the ballistics of atlatls as well as information around the use of ballistics gel/ceramics to interpret penetration effectiveness. Dr. Pettigrew then tell us about some of his current research and things he is studying.

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Links

• Experiment Crowdfunding Website

Literature Recommendations

• On the efficacy of Clovis fluted points for hunting proboscideans By Eren et al (2021)
• Hunting Caribou: Subsistence Hunting Along the Northern Edge of the Boreal Forest by Henry S. Sharp and Karyn Sharp
• The ballistics of archaic North American atlatls and darts by Devin B. Pettigrew
• Atlatl Vs Bison by John Whittaker and Devin B Pettigrew
• Survival by Hunting: Prehistoric Human Predators and Animal Prey by George Frison
• The Traditional Bowyer's Bible edited by Jim Hamm

Guest Contact

• Email: [email protected]
• Instagram @ar.atlatl
• YouTube
• Website

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On this episode, we talk with Evan Albright about his book "The Man Who Owned a Wonder of the World". This book (published in 2015), tells the story of Edward H. Thompson, an American who once owned the property on which Chichen Itza sits. We go through the history of this property and talk about guides, hotels, trains and what the future looks like for Chichen Itza.

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Links

• Evan Albright's Books

Literature Recommendations

• John Lloyd Stephens, Incidents of Travel in Yucatan (NYC: Harper & Bros., 1843)
• Paul Sullivan, Unfinished Conversations: Mayas and Foreigners Between Two Wars (NYC: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989)
• Walter W. Taylor, “A Study of Archaeology,” American Anthropologist, July 1948 (vol. 50, No. 3, Part 2)
• R. Tripp Evans, Romancing the Maya: Mexican Antiquity in the American Imagination, 1820-1915 (Austin, University of Texas Press, 2010)

Guest Contact

• Evan’s Twitter: @americanegypt

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On this episode of A Life in Ruins podcast, we have back on one of our favorite guests Dr. David S. Anderson. We start out with a huge announcement (listen to this episode, we will not spoil it here). We then hit the when, where, what and why of the Maya. Dr. Anderson explains how we know that the Maya city-states "collapsed" and also talks about issues with the ideas around the word "Collapse". We finish talking about Carlton's experience at Chichen Itza and cultural tourism as a whole.

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Links

• Nova Documentaries on the Maya
• https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mayacode/
• https://www.pbs.org/video/ancient-maya-metropolis-eh1ay7/

Literature Recommendations

• The Ancient Maya By Robert J. Sharer and Loa P. Traxler
• Heritage or Heresy: Archaeology and Culture on the Maya Riviera by Cameron Jean Walker

Guest Contact

• Dr. Anderson's Twitter: @DSAarchaeology 

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In this episode, Carlton interviews Dr. Anna Goldfield from The Dirt Podcast to talk about Dr. Goldfield's inspiration in becoming a zooarchaeologist, how the The Dirt Podcast started, and the importance of experimental archaeology. This a fun and interested one on one conversation between two seasoned podcast hosts. Definitely check out The Dirt Podcast if you haven't already!

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Links

• The Dirt Podcast Website
• The Dirt Podcast on the APN
• "ÖMG: Ötzi the Iceman!" episode 154 of The Dirt
• “Fun-a with Fauna” episode 59 of The Dirt

Literature Recommendations

• The Archaeology of Animal Bones by Terry O’Connor
• Introduction to Zooarchaeology by Diane Gifford-Gonzales

Guest Contact

• Thedirtpod.com (all socials feed there)
• Twitter: @AnnaGoldfield and @dirtpodcast
• Instagram: @puppydigs and @thedirtpod

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On this episode, we recap our recent adventures in Colorado. We start out by going nowhere and continue doing that for the rest of the episode. Highlights of the episode include Carlton talks about his new true crime podcast, the intersection of family groups and experimental archaeology.

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On this episode of A Life In Ruins podcast, David interviews his former advisor Dr. Todd Surovell. Todd served as an advisor to David and was a committee member for David and Connor‘s MA theses.

David begins interviewing Todd about what archaeology means to him, and a discussion of his early life. The conversation later turns into how Todd found his way into anthropology, and his work in graduate school.

And in the third segment, Todd and David discuss Clovis archaeology, Clovis and Folsom culture, and megafaunal extinctions. Todd also discusses what it means to be human.

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Literature Recommendations

• First Peoples in a New World by David Meltzer

Guest Contact

• Instagram @Tsurovell
• Email: [email protected]

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For this week's episode, we are joined by a Ph.D. student in Anthropology at the

University of Colorado Boulder, Georgia Butcher. Georgia is a cultural

anthropologist who studies the impact of drone warfare on drone pilots. We dive

into her formative years and the story that hooked her on anthropology. Carlton

and Connor then really nerd out about her research, starting with her

Undergraduate Honor's thesis at Colgate University and finishing with her

current research. You will not want to miss this exciting conversation.

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archaeology? Check out the linked PaleoImaging course from James Elliot!

[https://www.paleoimaging.com/about-the-paleoradiography-course]

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Links

* Georgia's Twitter and Instagram: @georgiabbee

Literature Recommendations

* The Unseen Scars of Those Who Kill Via Remote Control by Dave Phillips

[https://www.realclearpolicy.com/2022/04/27/the_unseen_scars_of_those_who_kill_via_remote_control_829164.html]

* War Virtually: The Quest to Automate Conflict, Militarize Data, and Predict

the Future by Roberto J. González

[https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520384767/war-virtually]

* Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character by Jonathan

Shay

[https://www.amazon.com/Achilles-Vietnam-Combat-Undoing-Character/dp/0684813211]

* Making War at Fort Hood: Life and Uncertainty in a Military Community by

Kenneth T. MacLeish [https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1r2djj]

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On this episode of A Life In Ruins Podcast, we have our good friend and frequent collaborator Stefan Milo on the podcast. Stefan is in the process of researching for a video on human brain size, and we talk about what he has found. Researchers have noted a decrease in brain size in humans within the last 30,000 years. We take a deep dive into how brain size has changed throughout the evolution of the genus Homo and potential reasons for the decrease in brain size. We talk about the possibility of human self-domestication and the theories surrounding it.

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Links

• When and Why Did Human Brains Decrease in Size? A New Change-Point Analysis and Insights From Brain Evolution in Ants by DeSilva et al.
• Hypotheses for the Evolution of Reduced Reactive Aggression in the Context of Human Self-Domestication by Richard W. Wrangham

Guest Links

• Stefan Milo's Youtube Channel
• Stefan Milo's Website
• Stefan Milo's Instagram and Twitter: @historysmilo
• Stefan Milo's book Tales of Ancient Worlds: Adventures in Archaeology

Contact

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In this episode, the three hosts reconvene after a month of not having recorded an episode. Carlton and Connor check in with David on how the bus refurbishing is coming along and the recent trip to Arkansas. Carlton talks about his dissertation data collection, recent environmental distress in Colorado, and his recent trip to Oklahoma City. The guys close out the episode with a conversation on future episode formats and upcoming guests.

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On this special 4 segment episode of A Life in Ruins Podcast, we are lucky to be joined Trevor Creighton, a project archaeologist at Butser Ancient Farm.

Butser Ancient Farm is a not-for-profit Community Interest Company with a focus on education and research, located just north of Portsmouth in the UK. They have a series of buildings at the farm, which are constructed based on evidence from archaeological excavations. They test theories about the technologies, building techniques and ways of life of ancient people by reconstructing parts of their homes and lives. They have constructed buildings from the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, the Iron Age, the Roman period in Britain and a house from the Anglo-Saxon era.

Trevor explained his very interesting journey from doing Radiography to getting an M.A. in Visual Arts and eventually getting an M.A. in Archaeology from the University of Leicester. He then delves into the history of Butser Ancient Farm, what they do and what time periods are represented. We then discuss more broadly about experimental archaeology and experiential archaeology. We finish off by discussing if their is an equivalent to Butser Farm in North America.

Butser Plus is a way you can view how the folks at Butser Ancient Farm explore the ancient past. Butser Plus contains behind-the-scenes mini documentaries of the farm. Go check it out for a remote way to observe experimental archaeology.

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Transcripts

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Links

• Butser Ancient Farm Website
• Butser Plus
• Butser Buildings and Experiments

Literature Recommendations

• Roman Britain in Black and White by Mary Beard
• Britain BC: Life in Britain and Ireland Before the Romans by Francis Pryor
• The Anglo-Saxon World by Martin J. Ryan and Nicholas Higham
• Britain AD: A Quest for Arthur, England and the Anglo-Saxons by Francis Pryor

Guest Contact

• Butser Ancient Farm Email Address
• Butser Ancient Farm Instagram
• Butser Ancient Farm LinkTree

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