This week we take a closer look at three archaeology news articles. In Norway, an archaeology rescue program is finding and recovering archaeological remains when they are exposed to air by glacial melt. Some of the artifacts are incredibly well preserved examples of organic material that normally doesn't survive the archaeological record. Then we head over to the United States and take a look at a new evidence at a paleolithic hunting camp in Michigan, where researchers have found evidence of what animals they were processing with the store tools. And finally, a medieval grave of a child in Poland appears to have been buried with extreme anti-vampire measures.

• THE GLOBAL WARMING ARCHAEOLOGY BONANZA
• Prehistoric Native American tools reveal what they ate at Great Lakes camp
• Medieval 'Vampire' Child Burial Used Extreme Measures to Keep Dead in Grave
• Archaeologists Unearth Grave of 'Zombie' Ancients Wanted Buried Forever
• TAS 239 - How to Bury a Vampire

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On today’s episode we review the surprisingly historically accurate Apple TV+ reboot of the movie Time Bandits. The new TV show, Time Bandits features a 10-episode season where a group of “bandits” travel through time meeting historical characters along the way. We talk about those characters and the real facts behind them, as well as what we liked about the show. They got a lot of the details right!

• All 11 Real-Life Historical People In Time Bandits Season 1, Explained
• Time Bandits (IMDb)
• Mansa Musa
• Zheng Yi Sao

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The first news story this week used DNA to find out some interesting things about some Christians in Spain. Not only were they inbreeding, likely to keep their faith and lines pure, but they had small pox and some other interesting characteristics. Next we learn about a small disc found on the island of Crete with an unreadable script on it. Finally, how did early Scandinavian’s build boats? Perhaps the evidence has always been there.

• DNA reveals inbreeding, smallpox and violent ends among cave-dwelling Christians in medieval Spain
• Phaistos Disk: The Mystery of a Unique Script
• rabias_world1 (Instagram account with traditional Chinese methods Rachel mentioned)
• These Markers of Scandinavia’s Bronze Age Boatyards Were Hiding in Plain Sight

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If you pay attention to your surrounding you just might find a bit of history. Our new stories this week are all about people paying attention and looking around and ultimately finding something worthy of the history books.

• Walker stumbles on bones sticking out of field — and finds Viking-era grave in Norway
• Volunteer notices buried structure on mountaintop — and finds ancient Roman campsite
• Archaeology Student Stumbles on a Cache of Danish Viking Silver

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Today’s episode is all about mega-fauna and human interactions. Our first story takes us to a creek in Iowa where the first complete mastodon for that state has been found. Next we go to UC Berkeley where researchers think they’ve figured out, through research and experimental archaeology, how early humans took down those big animals. Finally we move over to Spain where new research is suggesting that Neanderthals didn’t ONLY eat big, slow, animals but adapted to take down smaller game. They were smarter than we think they were, of course!

• Segment 1
  13,600-year-old prehistoric mammal found preserved in Iowa creek, researchers say
• Segment 2
  Early humans used an interesting technique to hunt big animals
  Clovis points and foreshafts under braced weapon compression: Modeling Pleistocene megafauna encounters with a lithic pike
• Segment 3
  New Archaeological Discoveries Challenge Widely Held Beliefs About Neanderthals
  Living on the edge: Abric Pizarro, a MIS 4 Neanderthal site in the lowermost foothills of the southeastern Pre-Pyrenees (Lleida, Iberian Peninsula)

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This week we cover 3 recent archaeology news stories including an ancient Roman sarcophagus turned beach bar, the source of the altar stone at Stonehenge and more evidence refuting the claims about Homo Naledi “burial”practices made in the Cave of Bones documentary on Netflix.

• Beach bar used a 1,700-year-old Roman sarcophagus as table — until a tourist noticed
• The voyage of the Altar Stone: A Stonehenge mystery solved (maybe)
• More Research Shuts Down Controversial Claims About Homo Naledi, Star Of Netflix Documentary

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Spoiler alert, we love the story of Plymouth Rock even if it isn’t exactly true history! This week we look at some important historical places on the coast of Massachusetts including Plymouth, the Mayflower and New Bedford.

• The True Story Behind Plymouth Rock
• Mayflower Descendants Search
• New Bedford NHP

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This week we talk about our recent visit to Minute Man National Historical Park. We also discuss a recent archaeological find at that park which is likely related to the first shots fired in the American Revolution. And finally, we talk all the famous authors that also happened to live and write in that same area!

• Musket balls that started the American Revolution sat buried. Until now.
• Minute Man National Historical Park
• The Concord Writers
• Orchard House

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First up this week, we look at why an extremely significant site in Australia was able to be destroyed by a mine, against the wishes of the Traditional Owners. Then, through the efforts of engineering and experimental archaeology, a full size replica of a 4,000 year old ship was launched in Abu Dhabi. And finally, a fragment of red fabric that was dyed with bugs has been found in Israel.

• Results from Juukan Gorge show 47,000 years of Aboriginal heritage was destroyed in mining blast
• A 47,000 year archaeological and palaeoenvironmental record from Juukan 2 rockshelter on the western Hamersley Plateau of the Pilbara region, Western Australia (Quaternary Science Reviews)
• Ancient ship — made of goat hair and reeds — reconstructed off Abu Dhabi, photos show
• 4000-Year-Old Fabric from Cave of Skulls is Oldest Known Insect-Dyed Textile

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This week we continued our APN Host Interview series with Dr. Andrew Kinkella, the fantastic host of The Pseudo-Archaeology Podcast and one of the co-hosts of the CRM Archaeology Podcast. Andrew has done so many cool things throughout his career including excavating in Mayan Cenotes in Belize, working as a Community College Professor in California, and talking head on Discovery Channel style documentaries. After we chat about all that, we look at a recent news article about the supposed red-headed giants of Lovelock Cave in Nevada. Spoiler Alert, they weren’t real!

• Psuedo-Archaeology Podcast
• CRMArchaeology Podcast
• Kinkella Teachs Archaeology youtube
• TMZ Strange and Suspicious
• Duck Decoys of LoveLock Cave
• The Ancient Giants Of Nevada And The Mystery Of Lovelock Cave

• RodsterAdventures
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