On this episode the hosts are joined by Colleen Strawhacker to discuss her work in the Arctic and the American Southwest.  They discuss the importance of understanding the Arctic's role in climate change.  The focus of much of this episode is on the importance of working with local groups and making information widely available to communities and scholars.

Colleen Strawhacker of the National Snow and Ice Data Center - Episode 24

Take a journey through archaeology, from academic to contract field archaeology, with the women of archaeology.

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It's hard to believe that it has been two years since we started this podcast! We hope you enjoy our reminiscing over our favorite episodes and our hopes for the podcast in the future.

We're 2!!!! - Episode 48

Today's panel discusses the wild world of pseudo-archaeology. The regular panel is joined by Stephanie Halmhofer at Bones, Stones, and Books, and Sara Head from Archaeological Fantasies to discuss The nature of pseudo-archaeology, how to identify it, what to do when you see it, and how we as archaeologists can combat it.

Pseudoarchaeology with Stephanie - Episode 47

On this episode, the hosts return to one of their favorite topics - the amazing women who have helped make archaeology the field it is. We'll talk about some of our personal heroes, women who definitely don't get enough credit, and how archaeological drawing is super hard and becoming somewhat of a lost art.

History of Badass Women in Archaeology Pt II - Episode 46

Do they have squirrels in Scotland? Maybe you enjoy in depth discussions about ancient ceramics. In today's episode we discuss one of the myriad of sub-fields within archaeology, with zooarchaeologist Alex Fitzpatrick. We cover what is zooarchaeology (in short animal bones), how it has been used to learn about humans and the world in the the past, and some of the projects she works on. We also discuss some of Alex's work on various science communication projects.

Zooarchaeology with Alex Fitzpatrick - Episode 45

Climate change is impacting archaeological sites at an alarming rate, and more importantly, the lives of people around the globe. We're joined by Mike Roman to discuss how climate change is impacting Kiribati, the social impact of loosing heritage sites, and some suggestions for how people can get involved in combating climate change.

Colleen Strawhacker of the National Snow and Ice Data Center - Episode 24

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