Archaeology Books for Fun

In this episode, we finally get to see the conclusion of the FBI sting operation. Additionally, we will delve into the significant role that many museums play in contributing to the black market trade of antiquities.Next time, we will provide a recap of our favorite books and episodes. If you have a favorite of your own, let us know!"Stealing History: Tomb Raiders, Smugglers, and the Looting of the Ancient World" by Roger Atwood.

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This episode has a little bit of everything you could want from a crime drama! Smuggling rings, FBI stings, informants, double crosses, and foul play.

This time we focus on some of the artifacts that were stolen from the ancient Moche culture tomb/temple site Huaca Rajada located in Sipán, Peru and efforts to recover them.

Stealing History: Tomb Raiders, Smugglers, and the Looting of the Ancient Worldby Roger Atwood.

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Starting a new book, we dive into the seedy underworld of the black market antiquities trade.

We take a look at the people who do the looting of ancient sites and what drives them as well as the distributors who buy from them.

This book mostly focuses on the ancient Moche culture tomb/temple site Huaca Rajada located in Sipán, Peru.

Though not a happy story, we are enjoying the narrative style of this book in particular.

Stealing History: Tomb Raiders, Smugglers, and the Looting of the Ancient Worldby Roger Atwood.

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Finishing up this book, we take a close look at how historical archaeology can tell us a lot about African American history.

We start off with what an excavation taught us about the lives of the residents of theParting Ways site in Massachusetts.

Then we take discuss what archaeology teaches us about African American architecture, foodways, and ceramics.

Next Book

"Stealing History: Tomb Raiders, Smugglers, and the Looting of the Ancient World"

by Roger Atwood.

The summary for the book:

"Roger Atwood knows more about the market for ancient objects than almost anyone. He knows where priceless antiquities are buried, who is digging them up, and who is fencing and buying them. In this fascinating book, Atwood takes readers on a journey through Iraq, Peru, Hong Kong, and across America, showing how the worldwide antiquities trade is destroying what's left of the ancient sites before archaeologists can reach them, and thus erasing their historical significance. And it is getting worse.

The discovery of the legendary Royal Tombs of Sipan in Peru started an epidemic. Grave robbers scouring the countryside for tombs--and finding them. Atwood recounts the incredible story of the biggest piece of gold ever found in the Americas, a 2,000-year-old, three-pound masterpiece that cost one looter his life, sent two smugglers to jail, and wrecked lives from Panama to Pennsylvania. Packed with true stories, this book not only reveals what has been found, but at what cost to both human life and history."

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Winged death head grave markers, architecture, and forks!

We look at how changes in gravestone art and architecture, and to a lesser degree, furniture, tools, and table utensils all reflect cultural changes happening in New England in the 17th and 18th centuries.

"In Small Things Forgotten: An Archaeology of Early American Life" by James Deetz is a remarkable book because it is informative, yet a very pleasant read from a time when most writing on archaeology was anything but.

A website with examples of New England mortuary art.

http://www.histarch.illinois.edu/plymouth/regional.html

The Fairbanks Househttps://fairbankshouse.org/

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With a new Indiana Jones movie just released, what archaeologist could resist the temptation to talk about it?

We discuss why we love Indiana Jones, our problems with it, and generally gush about how much we enjoyed this movie.

We plan to release the next episode of "In Small Things Forgotten" on the first of August as usual.

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This time we take a look the beginnings of historical archaeology in the U.S., ceramics and what they tell us about the past, and several New England archaeological sites.

"In Small Things Forgotten: An Archaeology of Early American Life" by James Deetz is a remarkable book because it is informative, yet a very pleasant read from a time when most writing on archaeology was anything but.

Website on the Flowerdew Hundred Excavations

Captain Basil Hall Chamber Pot Article

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Topping out at 30,000 residents, Cahokia was the largest city of the Mississippian Culture and is located in the same place as current day St. Louis. One of its defining features today is the massive earthen mounds, many that still exist today. Much of this city's story is lost, but archaeology and oral traditions can help us learn a surprising amount.

This wraps up our reading of "Book: Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age" by Annalee Newitz.

Next week we will read the first three chapters "In Small Things Forgotten: An Archaeology of Early American Life" by James Deetz.

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The ancient city of Angkor in Cambodia held almost one million people at its peak. Though it was never lost, it ended its time as a major city due to political upheaval and climate disasters. Sound familiar?

Book: Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age, by Annalee Newitz

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Did you know that the ancient Roman city of Pompeii was a bustling tourist town before it was destroyed by a volcano? This was a community that was at the heart of Rome in a lot of ways and it reflects a lot of their advancements and changing social structures. Its loss was so traumatic to that only a single written record of the catastrophe exists today.

Book: Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age, by Annalee Newitz

Article referenced in the podcast: https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/abandoned-mosaic-flooring-found-at-roman-pompeii/146607

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