"Baffling" Roman Artifact, an Unusual Burial, and Vegan Cavemen - TAS 263

What this episode covers

This week we have 3 interesting news articles! First, we look at a mysterious Roman artifact called a dodecahedron that literally has baffled archaeologists and historians. Then, we look an unusual burial in Vienna with 2 individuals in an embrace. Re-analysis with new techniques has corrected assumptions made in the past about who they were! And finally, we discuss new evidence that paleolithic humans ate a primarlily vegan diet. Links Segment 1 * An Unbelievable Relic From the Roman Empire Is Baffling Archaeologists (Popular Mechanics) [https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a60664370/roman-dodecahedron/] * Why Did Ancient Romans Make this Baffling Metal Dodecahedron? (Scientific American) [https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-did-ancient-romans-make-this-baffling-metal-dodecahedron/] Segment 2 * Two ancient women buried together in Austria in first of its kind find. 'Remarkable' [https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article288284350.html] Segment 3 * Scientists find that cavemen ate a mostly vegan diet in groundbreaking new study (Joe) [https://www.joe.co.uk/news/scientists-find-that-cavemen-ate-a-mostly-vegan-diet-in-groundbreaking-new-study-435241] * Isotopic evidence of high reliance on plant food among Later Stone Age hunter-gatherers at Taforalt, Morocco (Nature Ecology & Evolution) [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02382-z?utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=commission_junction&utm_campaign=CONR_PF018_ECOM_GL_PBOK_ALWYS_DEEPLINK&utm_content=textlink&utm_term=PID100062364&CJEVENT=6ef31c5f0ac011ef82d001330a18b8f8] Contact * Chris Webster [email protected] * Rachel Roden [email protected] RachelUnraveled (Instagram) [https://www.instagram.com/rachelunraveled/] ArchPodNet * APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com [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: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724 Affiliates * Motion [https://www.archpodnet.com/motion]: https://www.archpodnet.com/motion