Thoughtlines

Episode 3: We are what we dig


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In this episode we talk to archaeologist Professor Martin Millett about the ground-breaking changes in how we search, and respond to, the landscape of the past.
We hear what happens when sound artists and radar technicians start really listening to the earth beneath our feet. What it means – on both sides - to be part of an Empire. And why nothing really beats the academic excitement of getting your hands dirty.
For more on Professor Millett's radar discoveries in Falerii Novi in Italy, mentioned in this episode, please click here:
The city rises: Cambridge archaeologists reveal an entire Roman city without digging - https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/roman-city-rises
And for more on Professor Millett's Roman town project in Aldborough, England, also mentioned in this episode, please click here:
https://aldboroughromantown.wordpress.com/
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