Obsidian Flakes in Lake Huron, A Wielbark Cemetery, and a Computer Program Sorts Pottery - TAS 124

What this episode covers

This week on The Archaeology Show, we discuss three exciting Archaeology Articles and News stories. First, two obsidian flakes from central Oregon have been found in an early Holocene settlement in Lake Huron. Second, an extensive cemetery in Poland gives the Wielbark civilization its name. And finally, researchers in Arizona have programmed a computer to sort pottery sherds faster and more consistently than humans can. Links * Central Oregon obsidian from a submerged early Holocene archaeological site beneath Lake Huron [https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0250840] * The Goths, the Wielbark Culture and over 100 years of research on the eponymous site [https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/goths-the-wielbark-culture-and-over-100-years-of-research-on-the-eponymous-site/92E85F41D42501F1E961DA148AECEE8F] * Archaeologists teach computers to sort ancient pottery [https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/05/archaeologists-teach-computers-to-sort-ancient-pottery/139190?amp=1] * Applications of deep learning to decorated ceramic typology and classification: A case study using Tusayan White Ware from Northeast Arizona [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440321000455] Contact * Chris Webster * [email protected] Please Visit Our Sponsors! * Archaeology Southwest Cafe: https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/things-to-do/cafe/ Affiliates * Wildnote [http://www.wildnoteapp.com/] * TeePublic [https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=5724&ref_type=aff] * Timeular [https://timeular.com/ref/chriswebster/]