And My Trowel

We continue our Spooky Season Special with Ash and Tilly! In this episode, Tilly dives into the world of nautical spectres, haunted ships, and bumps in the… coral?

From the ghostly stories surrounding Pearl Harbor to other haunted wrecks from around the world, join the team as they explore some of history’s most spine-tingling maritime tales!

Books mentioned:

• Ghosts of the British Museum (Noah Angell)
• The Salvage (Anbara Salam)
• The Shadowy Horses (Susanne Kearsley)

• Is the British Museum Haunted? with Noah Angell
• Tuk Lagoon’s shipwreck
• Heritage voices podcast
• Digventures blog post
• The Salvage book
• APN Discord server
• Previous episode on ghosts
• Article on nitrogen narcosis
• Acoustic regeneration of coral reefs

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It’s Spooky Season! In these two special episodes, Ash and Tilly share some of their favourite spooky stories from the world of archaeology.

First up is Ash, with two tales of spectral figures seemingly just getting on with their daily lives—one burning the late-night oil at a historic brewery, and another haunting the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Hadrian’s Wall!

Books mentioned:

• The Shadowy Horses by Susanna Kearsley

• The Urban Prehistorian - Ghosts
• Milecastle 42 Haunting
• Ghost-Hunting - Haunting of Hadrian’s Wall
• Milecastle 42 Inscriptions
• Roman soldier’s ghost ‘still patrols Hadrian’s Wall' - Daily Express

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Tilly and Ash are back with Dr Adrián Maldonado to uncover the archaeological layers of The Hobbit! We discuss the archaeological process of excavation and recording a hoard and ask some surprising questions: are the Trolls even plunderers? Has Elrond let his familial ties to the material culture ruin the runic report of Gondolin swords? Have we got the Trolls entirely wrong this entire time?

Books mentioned:

The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien

• Dr Adrián Maldonado Links
  • Bluesky - @‌archaeonado.bsky.social
  • Blogspot - Almost Archaeology
• Metal Detecting Advice (Scotland)
• Excavating the Galloway Hoard, Andy Nicholson
• Jordanian Crypts and Looting
• Treasure Trove Scotland Code of Practice

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Ash and Tilly have finally made it to the Troll Caves, and they’re not alone… Joining them as a return consultant is hoard expert Dr Adrián Maldonado! Listen in as the three of them discuss the possibility of Viking antiquarians, the definition of a hoard, and how the Galloway Hoard is currently enjoying its surfing holiday.

• The Galloway Hoard
• Rock Crystal Jar
• Adrián’s NMS profile
• Adrián’s Bluesky profile

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Ash and Tilly have finally started chapter 2 of The Hobbit, which means its time for some frantic last-minute preparations before they set off on their quest, or on their archaeological excavation! Together, they discuss their packing essentials, their bucket-list sites, and why you should always know where your handkerchief is.

Books mentioned:

Jingo (Terry Pratchett)

• Catalhöyük Site
• PortAnta excavations (Portugal)
• Black Desert excavations (Jordan)
• Tilly’s magazine article on digging in the Arctic
• Bamburgh Research Project (North East England)
• Apolline Project (Italy)
• The SERF Project (Forteviot)

Tools

• What is a Krafse?
• Japanese Hand Hoe

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While Tilly and Ash are away on their own Odyssey, enjoy this episode from Ethnocynology!

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While My Trowel takes a wee break, enjoy this episode of The Great Plains podcast, Around the Fire: Small Animals and Paleoindian Camps, featuring Dr McKenna and exploring what small animals can tell us about Paleoindian camps and life on the Great Plains.

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Ash and Tilly have finally made it through the front door of Bag End! In this episode, they discuss the archaeology of buildings, and talk about how the physical structure of a hobbit hole (or smials) can be used to learn more about hobbit culture. Tune in to hear all about window tax, historic palimpsests, and why a round door just doesn’t make sense!

Books mentioned:

For rough transcripts of this episode, go to: https://www.archpodnet.com/trowel/71

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In this episode, Ash and Tilly continue their deep dig into The Hobbit, focusing on the sedentary settlement of Hobbiton! They discuss how nomadic versus settled societies are seen within the archaeological record and Tolkien's works, to get a better archaeological understanding of hobbit-holes! Who knew pantries were a hobbit’s equivalent of conspicuous consumption?

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Ash and Tilly continue to plan their archaeological survey of The Hobbit, and finally manage to move past the map! Tune in to hear them discuss the importance of lineages in studying history, learn all about what field-walking is, and hear from some unexpected visitors…

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