Tea-Break Archaeology

It’s time for the last in our series on dating methods for Tea-break Time Travel Training, and this time Matilda discusses the most common for of relative dating - stratigraphy. But what exactly is stratigraphy? Why are there so many rules and principles to something that seems extremely self-explanatory? And what does any of this have to do with dusty shelves? Listen it to find out!

• For a transcript of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/teabreak/33

• Science Direct stratigraphy topic search list
• Practices of Archaeological Stratigraphy
• Article on the history of Stratigraphy
• Principles of Geology ebook
• Harris Matrix activity sheet

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This month we’re getting elite as Matilda chats all about chieftain burials with archaeologist, curator, editor, and model Dr Sasja van der Vaart-Verschoof (also known on her online platforms as The Overdressed Archaeologist). Well, they’re talking about one chieftain burial in particular - that found in Oss in the Netherlands - and they’re especially talking about why the burial included a large and beautifully made iron sword bent into a ring. Why did people break or bend swords before burying them in the past? How could such a sword be bent into a ring? And how does Sasja manage to juggle so many different jobs and specialisms? Listen in to find out!

• For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/teabreak/32

• NWO article about Sasja and the sword
• Antiquities Museum article
• Fragmenting the Chieftain book
• Article on chieftain graves
• Sasja’s website
• Sasja’s blog article on Iron Age elite burials

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In this month’s Tea-break Time Travel Training, Matilda is looking at yet another scientific dating technique used in archaeology: Thermoluminescence Dating! What is thermoluminescence? How you can use it to date ancient pottery? How does it compare to previous dating methods covered on the podcast? And are dreams made of atoms? Listen in to find out!

• For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/teabreak/31

• Chapter on luminescence dating
• Original article by Daniels et al (1953)
• Original article by Aitken et al (1964)
• Case Study example
• Paper on thermoluminescence dating
• Method description
• Dig it with Raven post on thermoluminescence

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Matilda is joined this week by Raven Todd DaSilva (who you might recognise as the face behind the very popular “Dig It With Raven” YouTube channel), to talk about the colossal stone heads of the Olmec Culture. Why were these huge heads made? What do they have to do with rubber? And why hasn’t Raven posted a video on her channel for a year? Find out the answers to these questions and more by tuning in today!

• For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/teabreak/30

• Paper on Olmec Culture
• World History article on the Olmec Stone Heads
• Discover magazine article on the Olmec Stone Heads
• Raven’s YouTube Channel
• Waterstones pre-order
• Thalia pre-order
• Barnes and Noble pre-order

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It's time for the next installment of Tea-break Time Travel Training and this month we're showing the trees some love and looking into the details of dendrochronology! It seems like a simple concept but how much do you really know about tree rings? How do they form? How can we use them to date a site that's thousands of years old? And what does all this have to do with solar flares? Tune in to find out these answers and more!

• For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/teabreak/29

• Paper: Dendrochronology and Other Applications of Tree-ring Studies in Archaeology
• Paper: Archaeological dendrochronology
• Dendrochronology paper from A. E. Douglass
• Information on growth rings
• Divergence Problem
• Future of Dendrochronology

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What’s the link between two dirt balls, a bundle of five silver arm-rings, and a golden bird pin? They were all found in the Galloway Hoard! This month, Matilda is joined by Dr Adrián Maldonado, a medieval archaeologist who is currently researching this unique and fascinating find. Tune in to find out the difference between medieval history and medieval archaeology, why people buried things in the ground in the past, and what any of this has to do with the coffins of saints.

• For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/teabreak/28

• Adrián’s research profile
• The Galloway Hoard
• Trewhiddle Art Style examples

• Name: Dr Adrián Maldonado
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• Twitter: @‌amaldon

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It’s time for the first episode of our Tea-break Time Travel training series, where we cover all of those essential theoretical and methodological backgrounds that every time traveller needs to have under their belt. This month, we’re kicking things off with one of the most popular archaeological dating methods: radiocarbon dating. But what exactly is radiocarbon dating? How do you do it? And why does it matter if people in the past left a lot of fish-bones behind? Tune in to find out!

• For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/teabreak/27

• Nobel prize lecture from William Libby
• Detailed paper on the marine reservoir effect
• Case study demonstrating marine reservoir effect
• Detailed article on the history of radiocarbon dating
• Paper on radiocarbon dating

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Meet Tilly, the amazing host of Tea-Break Time Travel, and co-host of the And My Trowel podcasts. She is also the woman behind the @‌the_archaeologists_teacup Instagram account, and all the APN social media! Today we chat with her about her all podcasts, as well as her areas of expertise: microwear analysis and experimental archaeology. Finally, she lends her expert opinion on a recent news article that used some cutting edge microwear analysis techniques to draw some pretty big conclusions.

• The Archaeology Show (Podcast Page)
• And My Trowel Podcast
• @‌the_archaeologists_teacup (Instagram)
• Microscopes and Magnifications (The Archaeologist’s Teacup Blog)
• The little things in life. Investigating the past one micrometre at a time
• 130,000-year-old Neanderthal-carved bear bone is symbolic art, study argues
• Burroni et al 2022: The Surface Alteration Features of Flint Artefacts as a Record of Environmental Processes
• Matilda's Academia page with all her published studies and theses
• https://linktr.ee/archaeobookclub
• https://www.instagram.com/scientistswhoread

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Can you believe that Tea-break Time Travel has now been running for two whole years? For this very special 25th episode, Matilda does a bit of time travelling of her own, looking back at what’s happened in the podcast so far, and also sharing the future of the series.

• For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/teabreak/25

• BBC article on the possibility of time travel
• “The Time Ship” translation online version
• The Archaeology Show time travel episode
• And My Trowel time travel episode
• Archaeo Book Club

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Not all that glitters is gold… Sometimes it’s silver! In today’s episode, Matilda is joined by Egyptologist and Jewelery Historian Sigrid van Roode, to talk all about that most magical of materials: silver. Together, they discuss all the questions about silver that you didn’t even know you had: Why did people used to regularly cut up silver bracelets? What did political issues in central Asia have to do with the Viking raids in Northwest Europe? How can you trust what you see in a photograph? And why should we pay attention to the hairstyle depicted on silver coins? Tune in to find out!

• For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/teabreak/24

• Sigrid's website
• An interview with Sigrid about life as an independent researcher
• Insta post about the headdress
• Sidestone Press (watch out for Sigrid's book!)

• Name: Sigrid van Roode
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• insta: @‌bedouinsilver

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