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I Gotta Go: Archaeology of Abandonment - Ep 149

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This week, we’ve got an episode that started off as a funny title and became a topic. There are many possible reasons for abandoning a site, and there are plenty of examples from the archaeological record. We’ll look into evidence for climate change, conflict, natural disaster, and other reasons for abandonment (not all at once; that sounds like a really bad place to live). Plus, Anna and Amber do Dickens.

Links

  • What does panarchy even mean? (Foresight Design Initiative)
  • A Canaanite palace was abandoned 3,700 years ago. Archaeologists finally know why. (National Geographic)
  • Study: Scant evidence that ‘wood overuse’ at Cahokia caused local flooding, subsequent collapse (Washington University in St. Louis)
  • Human Poop Reveals That Climate Change Caused The Fall Of Cahokia, A Medieval Native American City (Forbes)
  • 10 Deserted Places and Why They Were Abandoned (MentalFloss)
  • Internet Archaeology: Behold the Most Hilarious Abandoned Websites (Wired)
  • Ghost Towns

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