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EPISODE · Feb 23, 2026 · 37 MIN

Early Human Footprints, Ancient Clothing, and a 150-Year-Old Drink - TAS 323

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From a 150-year-old alcohol bottle unearthed in Utah—where the “real treasure” might be what it once tasted like—to footprints in White Sands New Mexico which are more than 20,000 years old, this episode spans the surprisingly fragile side of archaeology. We also dig into a discovery being called the oldest clothing in human history, and what it can (and can’t) tell us about early humans, preservation, and the everyday technologies that rarely survive. Links Segment 1 150-Year-Old Alcohol Bottle Found in Utah. Here’s What the ‘Real Treasure’ Tasted Like Segment 2 Archaeologists find footprints that rewrite the timeline of humans in the Americas Paleolake geochronology supports Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) age for human tracks at White Sands, New Mexico (Science Advances) Segment 3 Complex perishable technologies from the North American Great Basin reveal specialized Late Pleistocene adaptations Scientists Discovered the Oldest Clothing in Human History Contact Chris Webster [email protected] Rachel Roden [email protected] RachelUnraveled (Instagram) ArchPodNet APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN Discord: https://discord.com/invite/CWBhb2T2ed APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet APN Shop Affiliates Motion Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

From a 150-year-old alcohol bottle unearthed in Utah—where the “real treasure” might be what it once tasted like—to footprints in White Sands New Mexico which are more than 20,000 years old, this episode spans the surprisingly fragile side of archaeology. We also dig into a discovery being called the oldest clothing in human history, and what it can (and can’t) tell us about early humans, preservation, and the everyday technologies that rarely survive.

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