The Archaeology Podcast Network is taking a bit of a break for October, 2022. In the mean time, we’re introducing you to some of the other fantastic shows that we produce. Here’s an episode from The Archaeology Show with three news articles from February 2022.

This week we have three interesting archaeology news articles. First, spines excavated in the Chincha valley of Peru are threaded on reeds posthumously. Archaeologist speculate this may have been done by the family members of the data after looting by the Spanish occurred. In segment 2 we take a look at a cemetery in the UK with an unusually high number of decapitated bodies. And finally, it turns out that ancient Egyptians used broken pot sherds as a type of notepad that school children used to practice script writing.

Links

Native Peruvians threaded corpses’ spines on to sticks, study suggests

Scientists found 192 spines threaded on poles in Peru, a macabre practice that may be a response to Europeans pillaging graves

Decapitated skeletons of Roman 'criminals' found during England rail excavation.

Fleet Marsten HS2

Huge Discovery of 18,000 'Notepads' Documents Daily Life in Ancient Egypt

Contact

Email the Dirt Podcast: [email protected]

ArchPodNet

APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com

APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet

APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet

APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet

Tee Public Store

Affiliates

Wildnote

TeePublic

Timeular

Motion