Shipworms, Head Lice, and Cracking Skulls - TAS 207

What this episode covers

It's a news episode again! This week we talk about a shipwreck from the 1800s that washed up on the shore in Massachusetts in the US. Then we head over to the other side of the world and see what was so important it had to be written on a comb. And finally, we look at some experimental archaeology that cracked some skulls with ancient stone tools. Links * Wreck of ship lost to storm 139 years ago washes up on Massachusetts beach [https://www.newsweek.com/shipwreck-massachusetts-nantucket-video-preserved-1781666] * Scientists Translate the Oldest Sentence Written in the First Alphabet [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-translate-the-oldest-sentence-written-in-the-first-alphabet-180981101/] * Scientists smash skulls with Stone Age weapons to solve ancient murders, video shows [https://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/world/article272536783.html] * Unraveling Neolithic sharp-blunt cranial trauma: Experimental approach through synthetic analogues [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2023.105739] 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 * Wildnote [http://www.wildnoteapp.com/] * TeePublic [https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=5724&ref_type=aff] * Timeular [https://timeular.com/ref/chriswebster/] * Motion [https://www.archpodnet.com/motion]