Spooktober: Buried Alive?!?!?! - Dirt 112

What this episode covers

For the final spooky episode of 2020, Amber and Anna take on the extremely frightening topic of live burials. We discuss the forensic evidence that indicates that a person might have been buried alive, talk about some archaeological contexts for live burials, and cover some real and probably-not-so-real accounts from history. This one's got some real ups and downs, so buckle up. Links * The Live Burial: A multidisciplinary approach to the identification and exploration of live burials (via Academia.edu) (CN: graphic images of human remains) * The Bride escaping live burial in Kill Bill Vol 2 (YouTube) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk5fAvpwtKU] * Casts of Pompeii (Archaeology) [https://www.archaeology.org/slideshow/3928-casts-of-pompeii-slideshow#:~:text=In%201860%2C%20Pompeii%27s%20director%20of,the%20hardened%20ash%20and%20pumice] * Plaster Citizens of Pompeii (Atlas Obscura) [https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/plaster-citizens-of-pompeii] * Volcanic Ash (National Geographic) [https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/volcanic-ash/#:~:text=Volcanic%20ash%20is%20a%20mixture,gives%20them%20a%20low%20density] * EarthWord – Nuée Ardente (USGS) [https://www.usgs.gov/news/earthword-%E2%80%93-nu%C3%A9e-ardente] * Mount Vesuvius Boiled Its Victims' Blood and Caused Their Skulls to Explode (Smithsonian) (CN: images of human remains) [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mount-vesuvius-boiled-its-victims-blood-and-caused-their-skulls-explode-180970504/] * Frozen Mummies from Andean Mountaintop Shrines:Bioarchaeology and Ethnohistory of Inca Human Sacrifice (BioMed Research International, via ResearchGate) (CN: images of human remains) [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281095020_Frozen_Mummies_from_Andean_Mountaintop_Shrines_Bioarchaeology_and_Ethnohistory_of_Inca_Human_Sacrifice] * Violence in pre-Columbian Panama exaggerated, new study shows (Phys.org) (CN: images of human remains) [https://phys.org/news/2018-09-violence-pre-columbian-panama-exaggerated.html] * The History of Ancient Nubia (Oriental Institute) [https://oi.uchicago.edu/museum-exhibits/history-ancient-nubiaOLD] * Retainer Sacrifice in Egypt and in Nubia (The Strange World of Human Sacrifice) [http://www.jacobusvandijk.nl/docs/Retainer_Sacr.pdf] * Buried but Alive? Interpreting Post-depositional Bone Movement, Anxieties over Death and Premature Burial (Lund Archaeological Review) [https://journals.lub.lu.se/lar/article/view/21646] * Four People Who Were Buried Alive and How They Got Out (MentalFloss) [https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/54818/4-people-who-were-buried-alive-and-how-they-got-out] * PICS: Remember the Mansfield man buried alive for five months (Chad.co.uk) [https://www.chad.co.uk/news/pics-remember-mansfield-man-buried-alive-five-months-1146100] * Esmeralda Lundius Staff Bio (Durham University) [https://www.dur.ac.uk/directory/profile/?id=15452] * The 'Pompeii' of the Western Front: Archaeologists find the bodies of 21 tragic World War One German soldiers in perfectly preserved trenches where they were buried alive by an Allied shell (Daily Mail) [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2099187/Bodies-21-German-soldiers-buried-alive-WW1-trench-perfectly-preserved-94-years-later.html] Contact * Email the Dirt Podcast: [email protected] Affiliates * Wildnote [http://www.wildnoteapp.com/] * TeePublic [https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=5724&ref_type=aff] * Timeular [https://timeular.com/ref/chriswebster/] Find this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm! [http://lyceum.fm/]