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October 1st was a watershed moment for CRM and with it came questions as to its future, the role of private equity and the conglomeration of CRM companies. In this episode, the hosts discuss what may have lead to the dissolution of Chronicle Heritage, the immediate aftermath, lessons learned and how to protect yourself. Finally, the hosts would like to express our support for all affected.

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This week we are back to the news with three recent archaeology stories! First up, we discuss a National Geographic report on Turkey’s rapidly shrinking lakes, noting that receding water is exposing submerged archaeological sites like the Basilica of St. Neophytos in Lake Iznik while creating preservation and excavation challenges. We then critique a BBC Science Focus story that compares a mile-long stone alignment in Lake Michigan to Stonehenge. Archaeologists actuallysay that hunting drive lines are plausible explanations, and that simplified claims about lake history and age are misleading. And finally, we review an IFLScience article debunking more claims that Noah’s Ark was found in the Urartu region, emphasizing that the Durupinar formation is widely regarded as a geological feature.

Segment 1

• The Treasures Emerging From Turkey’s Dying Lakes

Segment 2

• A secret Stonehenge under Lake Michigan is baffling archaeologists
• Archaeologists Have Found Prehistoric Rock Structures Under the Great Lakes. Here's What the Stones Can Tell Us
• A 9,000-year-old caribou hunting structure beneath Lake Huron
• “Stonehenge” Lake Michigan by Dr. Mark Holley

Segment 3

• No, Researchers Haven't Found "Noah's Ark" Near Mount Ararat In Eastern Turkey

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On this episode we ventured out into the real world and shelled out the equivalent of a down payment on a small car to see The End of Oak Street (2026) in theatres. And guess what? Feathered dinosaurs! We’re so thrilled about that that we let some of the minor things slide, like the outdated JP3-style Spinosaurus... and the shaggy sauropods... and the mix of Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, and even Pleistocene taxa... But we have to draw the line at Ewan McGregor’s American accent.

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• CBC’s guide to dino sex
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In this episode of Ethnocynology, David does a solo and audio exclusive of his recent weekend Knapping and goes over his reading list.

Dog sitting for Donny Dust, David spent the past weekend Flintknapping day and night in Donny’s shop and discusses how fun and engaging it is to craft stone tools, and discusses how it’s really interesting to rewatch the videos of yourself knapping, as you really start to notice how much you think and how an ancient homages would’ve thought when they were doing the same.

David also talks about the more than half dozen books he has read in the past few months in order to begin writing his book. Among the reading list is:

The Wide Wide Sea - Hampton Sides
Eavesdropping on Animals — George Bumann
The Rise of Wolf 8 — Rick McIntyre
The reign of Wolf 21 — Rick McIntyre
Thinking like a Wolf — Rick McIntyre
Our oldest companions— Pat Shipman
This Vast Enterprise — Craig Fehrman
Beyond words — Carl Safina
The social dog behavior and cognition— Kaminski and Marshall—Pescini

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In this episode, Alan speaks with author James W. Graham about his book Where the Moon Stands Still, exploring the remarkable geometry and possible lunar alignments of the ancient Hopewell earthworks in Newark, Ohio. They discuss how researchers Ray Hively and Robert Horn investigated the relationship between the earthworks and the Moon’s 18.6-year cycle, and what these discoveries reveal about Indigenous astronomical knowledge. The conversation also considers the role of curiosity and interdisciplinary research in scientific discovery, the importance of Indigenous perspectives, and the ongoing debate over how ancient earthworks were designed and used.

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• The Archaeoastronomy of the Newark Earthworks
• Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks
• Where the Moon Stands Still by James W. Graham
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Have you ever wanted to read 13 articles in a row by anthropologists busily defending themselves from honest criticism? Me neither! Except I did, so you will have to join me in my pain.

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Join Matilda as she chats with experiential archaeologist Caroline Nicolay all about ancient pigments and painting! But what exactly is an experiential archaeologist? How does it relate to burnt clay? And what does any of this have to do with ancient Greek statues? Listen in to find out!

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• Iron Age shields
• Iron Age painted walls
• Wennungen wall fragment (largest fragment)
• Perth museum painted symbol stone
• Pictish painted pebbles
• French painted pebbles
• Iron Age colourful dress
• Norwich castle repainting

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Tilly and Ash are back with Dr Adrián Maldonado to uncover the archaeological layers of The Hobbit! We discuss the archaeological process of excavation and recording a hoard and ask some surprising questions: are the Trolls even plunderers? Has Elrond let his familial ties to the material culture ruin the runic report of Gondolin swords? Have we got the Trolls entirely wrong this entire time?

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The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien

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In this episode of the EXARC Show, Matilda Siebrecht presents the latest issue of the EXARC Journal with an episode of EXARC Extracts. Listen in to hear a summary of the articles, which are all available to read open-access through the EXARC Journal website!

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In Episode 51 of the Great Plains Archaeology Podcast, Carlton is joined by new co-host Chris Johnston for his first appearance in the co-host chair, along with Douglas B. Bamforth and KC Carlson to discuss their recent Plains Anthropologist article, “House Structure, Cultural Connections Between Middle Missouri and Central Plains Communities, and Peopling the Ponca Creek Sites.” The episode explores the remarkable Ponca Creek settlements of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, including the enormous, rapidly developed 25BD1 site, and asks a fundamental question: who built these communities? Bamforth and Carlson explain how differences in house construction, particularly hip- and gable-roof structures, can provide evidence for migration and cultural connections that complement ceramic evidence, and how the archaeological record points toward communities formed by people with origins across different parts of the Plains. The conversation also considers the roles of environment, architecture, migration, and cultural adaptation in forming these large settlements, and what Ponca Creek can tell us about the complex, multiethnic communities of the precontact Great Plains.

Article Citation:

Douglas B. Bamforth & K. C. (Kristen) Carlson (16 Mar 2026): House
structure, cultural connections between Middle Missouri and Central Plains communities, and peopling the Ponca Creek sites, Plains Anthropologist.

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• The Archaeology of the North American Great Plains by Douglas B. Bamforth (2021)
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