STEM Fatale Podcast

Episode 062 - Bertha Parker | Archeologist & Anthropologist

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Alternate Title: Hollywood and Giant Sloths

Emlyn tells Emma about the pioneering Abenaki archeologist and anthropologist, Bertha Parker, and Emma tells Emlyn about glaciers on Mars! 

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Sources

Main Story - Bertha Parker

  1. Marranzino, Ashley. “Bertha Parker, the trailblazing first Indigenous North American archaeologist, taught herself how to excavate a site.” Massive Science. https://massivesci.com/articles/bertha-parker-pallan-archaeology-native-american-abenaki-seneca/
  • Bertha Parker Pallan Cody (1907-1978). Smithsonian Institute Archives. https://www.si.edu/es/object/bertha-parker-pallan-cody-1907-1978:siris_arc_306365
  • Bruchac, Margaret M.  and Zobel, Melissa Fawcett Tantaquidgeon. 2018. Savage Kin: Indigenous Informants and American Anthropologists (Native Peoples of the Americas). University of Arizona Press. 
  • IMDB pages for crimson challenge and Desert Gold. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134611/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013034/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm
  • Wikipedia, “Bertha Parker Pallan” and “Gypsum Cave”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gypsum_Cave_(Nevada) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_Parker_Pallan




    • Women who Work 

    1.  Wickramasinghe, Sachintha. “Early Mars was covered in ice sheets, not flowing rivers.” University of British Columbia News. https://news.ubc.ca/2020/08/03/early-mars-was-covered-in-ice-sheets-not-flowing-rivers/ 

     

    Music

    “Mary Anning” by Artichoke

    “Work” by Rihanna

     

    Cover Image

    Smithsonian Institution flickr.com/people Uploaded by Magnus Manske - Bertha Parker Pallan (Cody) (1907-1978) Persistent URL:Link to data base record https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_306365 https://www.si.edu/object/siris_arc_306365

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