Archaeology Books for Fun

Join us as we start a new book looking at four ancient cities, how they developed and, ultimately, why they died.

We start of by taking a look at the world's oldest "city" Çatalhöyük! We get a chance to dispel some common myths about the city, see how the community operated, how people had to figure out how to live around so many strangers, and we get a detailed peek at what life might have been like for a woman who lived 9,000 years ago!

The book:

Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age

by Annalee Newitz

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After a holiday hiatus we are ready to return and finish up "Captain Kidd's Lost Ship: The Wreck of the Quedagh Merchant" by Frederick H. Hanselmann. This half of the book features the archaeological investigations into the shipwreck itself as well as its development as a Living Museum in the Sea.

For our next episode we will go back about 9,000 years ago and read about the ancient city Çatalhöyü! This will take us through Part One in the book "Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age" by Annalee Newitz.

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#archaeology #underwater #pirates

This time we dive into the world of underwater archaeology and pirates with "Captain Kidd's Lost Ship: The Wreck for the Quedagh Merchant" by Frederick H. Hanselmann. In this episode we talk about how it's okay to skip theory chapters in archaeology books, we look at some of the big picture events in the world during Kidd's time, and finally we discuss Kidd's career and downfall.

For our next podcast we will finish the book and get into the archaeology of the Quedagh Merchant and we will look at how the ship is interpreted for public divers to experience.

Please note, due to schedules and the holidays we will not be releasing an episode in January, so our next episode will release in February.

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For this episode, we finish "The Dig" by John Preston. This is an historical fiction book featuring the events and people involved in the discovery and excavation of the Sutton Hoo site in England in 1938 which changed our understanding of the "Dark Ages."

In this episode we learn more about the site as the excavation comes under new management and Basil Brown getting pushed aside.  We also are introduced to a young Peggy Piggott (a real archaeologist) starting a career in a field that was very much dominated by men at the time.

Our next read will be about underwater archaeology and pirates with the book "Captain Kidd's Lost Ship: The Wreck Of The Quedagh Merchant" by Frederick H. Hanselmann.

If you are reading along and are struggling with "Chapter 1: Theoretical Models for Interpretation" we encourage you to skip it and move onto the next chapter.

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For our very first episode we are talking about the book "The Dig" by John Preston. This is an historical fiction book featuring the events and people involved in the discovery and excavation of the Sutton Hoo site in England which changed our understanding of the "Dark Ages."

An adaptation of this story was recently released for streaming on Netflix.

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Archaeology Books for Fun is a podcast about reading archaeology-related books that anyone can enjoy.

This short episode will introduce the hosts, Tristan Harrenstein and Barbara Clark, the Florida Public Archaeology Network, and explain what the podcast is about.

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