Episodes
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Archaeo News Podcast 273
Contents: Largest known Viking Longhouse in Scandinavia Mercury poisoning in Copper Age Iberia Neolithic pits near Stonehenge were human-made 4000-year-old graves discovered in Denmark Isotope analyses unlock Iron Age secrets Bronze Age hoards found on Hertfordshire farm 3D model of ancient...
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Archaeo News Podcast 272
Contents: Special Stonehenge issue This is a special issue devoted to some very interesting news about Stonehenge. Specifically, it's the discovery of a dismantled stone circle near the Stonehenge bluestone quarries in west Wales, which raises the possibility that a 900-year-old legend about...
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Archaeo News Podcast 271
Contents: Iron Age man first known case of tuberculosis in Britain Earliest known identical twins found in Upper Palaeolithic grave How to mend a giant menhir Ancient cave art inspired by hallucinogens 8,400-year-old dog buried with his master Some tasks specialised according to gender almost…
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Archaeo News Podcast 270
Contents: Australia wildfires reveal ancient aquaculture system Neolithic house orientations finally solved Damage to prehistoric burial mound in Wales Study suggests two megalithic cultures were separate groups Homo erectus may not have evolved in Asia Neanderthals could swim and dive? Unique...
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Archaeo News Podcast 269
Contents: Ancient humans survived longer than previously thought Footprints of Ice Age mammoths and prehistoric humans Neolithic chewing gum helps recreate image of ancient Dane Public help document damage to historic Scottish sites Prehistoric infants found with helmets made from skulls…
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Archaeo News Podcast 268
Contents: Ancient platform 'damaged' during Stonehenge tunnel work Bid to build replica Iron Age tower in Scotland Tests find human skull age exceeds 10,000 years Ritual finger amputation may explain missing fingers in Palaeolithic people 'Ancient' Scottish stone circle found to be replica Oldest...
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Archaeo News Podcast 267
Contents: Did the people buried at Stonehenge come from Wales? Scientists identify oldest Homo sapiens drawing Prehistoric Children learned many skilled tasks Greek farmer in Crete stumbles onto 3,400-year-old tomb Scotland's largest find of prehistoric pottery 13,000-year-old brewery discovered…
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Archaeo News Podcast 266
Contents: Neolithic ritual cave site discovered in Mayo Jersey joins Europe's Cultural Route programme Painted stone gives clues to ancient Japanese culture Wooden tools hint at Neanderthal fire use Henge discovered in England could have been an ancient sauna Skilled potters travelled around the...
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Archaeo News Podcast 265
Contents: Long Barrow near Stonehenge to be excavated The continuing story of Oetzi Were Denisovans an isolated part of our lineage? Bones suggest cannibal ritual in ancient Britain 8,000-year-old paint workshop discovered in Turkey Dolmens dating to around 3,000 years found in southern India...
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Archaeo News Podcast 264
Contents: Ochre use in Ethiopian cave persisted over thousands of years Prehistoric site discovered off California coast Neolithic tomb in Wales stars in new CGI film Siberian island provides earliest evidence for dog breeding Prehistoric henge uncovered in Warwickshire Tools sharpens focus on...
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Archaeo News Podcast 263
Contents: West Kennet timber circles older than previously thought Earliest evidence of aboriginal occupation discovered in Australia Bamboo raft to explore 30,000-year-old sea route Bones in Israel rewrite Neanderthal history Clava Cairns site in Scotland vandalized Changes in prehistoric tool...
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Archaeo News Podcast 262
Contents: Possible henge discovered around an ancient Welsh burial chamber Ancient skulls suggest multiple migrations into Americas Pointillist technique on engravings discovered in France Horsemen swept into Bronze Age Europe 5,000 years ago Clovis culture, Ice Age fauna, and Cosmic impact Huge...
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Archaeo News Podcast 261
Contents: Go-ahead to road tunnel under Stonehenge Prehistoric pottery figurines unearthed in China Were the Neanderthals rock collectors? Did humans wipe out Australian megafauna? Neanderthals associated with Chatelperronian tool technology Standing stones in Scotland linked to 1314 battle...
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Archaeo News Podcast 260
Contents: Neolithic tomb in Orkney to close over safety fears Amazing rock art panel studied and then reburied in Scotland Burnt cheese casts light on 3,000 year-old family drama What Oetzi the Iceman sounded like World's oldest snowshoe found on an Italian glacier Neanderthals had more cognitive...
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Archaeo News Podcast 259
Contents: Stonehenge wasn't so hard to build after all Bones under pub change what we know about the Irish 8,000 year-old piece of wood blowing archaeologists' minds Advanced techniques used to find more about Homo Naledi Cave art found deep underground in Spain New insight into the construction…
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Archaeo News Podcast 258
Contents: Statistical technique used to find Paleoarchaic sites Out-of-Africa, the peopling of continents and islands Tortoises in the diet of early humans Seminar explores the importance of ancient hillfort in Wales Humans were responsible for extinction of Emu ancestor Neanderthals infected by...
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Archaeo News Podcast 257
Contents: Britain's 'Pompeii' uncovered in Cambridgeshire Southwest USA's oldest human footprints Neolithic tomb in Spain reveals community in life and death Bronze Age Boats New proposal for a common megalithic measure Ancient gold and a 7,000-year-old fortress wall in Bulgaria Did the first...
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Archaeo News Podcast 256
Contents: Stonehenge tunnel reveals new sites Scientists sequence first ancient Irish human genomes Prehistoric shepherd's hut found in Wales using Google Earth Standing stones are being stolen in southern Italy Bronze Age rapier unearthed in South Lanarkshire The Anthropocene: hard evidence for…
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Archaeo News Podcast 255
Contents: Stonehenge may have been first erected in Wales Earliest modern humans in Southern China 6,000-year-old amputated arms in France suggest trophy-taking Bronze Age settlement discovered in Orkney The cave art of Cosquer Early farmers exploited the honeybee 8,500 years ago Mining in the…
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Archaeo News Podcast 254
Contents: Bulgaria's largest dolmen and 'stone egg' discovered Escargots were not invented by the French Nature reserve in Scotland yields prehistoric artefacts 5,000-year-old tomb discovered in Ireland Bronze Age enclosure discovered in Devon Early ancestors turned disability into advantage DNA...
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Archaeo News Podcast 253
Contents: Stonehenge (used to be) sold to the highest bidder! Five-year-old boy finds Bronze Age arrowhead Teeth from China reveal early human trek out of Africa Iron Age settlement revealed in Devon Bronze Age graves give up their secrets Neolithic causewayed enclosure discovered in Oxfordshire...
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Archaeo News Podcast 252
In collaboration with British Archaeological Jobs Resource Contents: Temple culture of Malta Speaker: David Connolly (BAJR) Audio file mastering: Dave Horrocks (Infinite Wave) Listen to the weekly Archaeo News [Total time 7:19]
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Archaeo News Podcast 251
In collaboration with British Archaeological Jobs Resource Contents: Prehistoric pit discovered on Irish beach Early humans in Saudi Arabia were a diverse lot, says study Ancient Harappan reservoir dwarfs that of Mohenjo Daro Bronze Age palace and grave goods discovered in Spain Neanderthal human...
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Archaeo News Podcast 250
In collaboration with British Archaeological Jobs Resource Contents: The geoglyphs of Kazakhstan 43,000-year-old modern human settlement in Central Europe Iron Age bowl tells a grisly tale Earliest sign of human habitation in Canada Chinese boy discovers 3,000-year-old bronze sword 3,900 year old...
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Archaeo News Podcast 249
In collaboration with British Archaeological Jobs Resource Contents: Citizen archaeologists help rediscover British Bronze Age Technology boom 50,000 years ago correlated with less testosterone Ancient fragment of ivory is missing piece of animal figurine Schoolboy finds evidence of ancient...
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Archaeo News Podcast 248
In collaboration with British Archaeological Jobs Resource Contents: Ancient log boats found in Irish lake 8,000-year-old skull found in Norway Discoveries shed light on Mesolithic and Early Neolithic in Denmark Prehistoric circle dated to same Seahenge neighbour Ancient erotic graffiti found on...
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Archaeo News Podcast 247
In collaboration with British Archaeological Jobs Resource Contents: Carwynnen Quoit rebuild completed Ancient skull reveals secrets of Siberian society Melting Yukon ices reveals prehistoric treasures 45,000-year-old artefacts unearthed in Australia Celestial and landscape interactions of...
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Archaeo News Podcast 246
In collaboration with British Archaeological Jobs Resource Contents: Ancient tomb on Dartmoor gives up its secrets Vandals destroy prehistoric rock art in Libya Bronze Age settlement discovered near Aberdeen Northern Irish Mesolithic settlement lost Ancient standing stone at Hill of Tara…
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Archaeo News Podcast 245
In collaboration with British Archaeological Jobs Resource Contents: Bronze Age chronology revised by ancient weather report Prehistoric DNA paints more complex picture of human evolution 4,000-year-old pit houses found in Arizona New insights on ancient Portuguese horse engraving Vandals damage...
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Archaeo News Podcast 244
In collaboration with British Archaeological Jobs Resource Contents: 'New' housing development at Stonehenge Excavation of Neolithic chambered tomb on Anglesey Earliest complete example of human cancer found European hunter-gatherers had blue eyes and dark skin Unveiling the secrets of Dutch...
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Archaeo News Podcast 243
In collaboration with British Archaeological Jobs Resource Contents: Storms expose prehistoric human remains on Cornish beach Valdals hit Nine Ladies stone circle Striking find in Dartmoor Bronze age grave Sound and prehistoric art in caves The Ice Age occupants of a long submerged land bridge...
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Archaeo News Podcast 242
In collaboration with British Archaeological Jobs Resource Contents: Human ancestors at West Asian site deemed two species Cup marked stone discovered in Wales Iron Age Scandinavian settlement uncovered Firefighter's persistence leads to Palaeolithic find Neolithic bones discovered in Irish cave...
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Archaeo News Podcast 241
In collaboration with British Archaeological Jobs Resource Contents: Bronze Age skeleton removed from school playground Move to reunite Mungo Man with his Lady Neolithic altar discovered in China Bronze Age woman found in Highland woods Ancient Britons 'loved dairy food' 11,000-year-old…
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Archaeo News Podcast 240
In collaboration with British Archaeological Jobs Resource Contents: Ancient palace begins to be uncovered in Turkey 6,000 years of occupation in Alsace Dig reveals secrets of prehistoric Cambridge Donkey sanctuary threatens Bronze Age sites in Ireland Study solves a 3,000-year-old mystery with...
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Archaeo News Podcast 239
In collaboration with British Archaeological Jobs Resource Contents: Cemetery dating back more than 2500 years studied in Poland One of the oldest cases of tuberculosis discovered Early stone tool making more sophisticated than thought Ancient mural may be first picture of volcanic blast Extreme...
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Archaeo News Podcast 238
In collaboration with British Archaeological Jobs Resource Contents: Linguist reconstructs sounds of prehistoric language Excavations at the capital of a Bronze Age Canaanite kingdom Ancient Chinese wrote with brushes Jersey, home of the last Neanderthals? Archaeologists to restore dolmen In...
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Archaeo News Podcast 237
In collaboration with British Archaeological Jobs Resource Contents: Early South Americans conquered the Atacama desert 3,000-year-old stone shields excavated in China Dig reveals evidence of ancient tsunami 3,000-year-old spice trade in Israel Prehistoric meteorite 'shrines' in Arizona may be...
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Archaeo News Podcast 236
In collaboration with British Archaeological Jobs Resource Contents: Excavation and events at The Hurlers stone circle World's oldest temple may have been built to worship Sirius Set of 5000-year-old board game pieces discovered in Turkey Human presence in Cuba 10,000 years ago Project to protect...
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Archaeo News Podcast 235
In collaboration with British Archaeological Jobs Resource Contents: Possible discovery of forerunner to Chinese language Epigravettian remains found in France Could we have communicated with Neanderthals? Ice Age figurine's head found in Germany Manure used by Europe's first farmers 8,000 years...
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Archaeo News Podcast 234
In collaboration with British Archaeological Jobs Resource Contents: 6,000 year old carved wooden post found in Wales Remains of pre-Ashokan shrines in Nepal Earliest Middle Palaeolithic stone tools in India Volunteers to map ancient hill forts 'New Stonehenge' tourist attraction proposed The...
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Archaeo News Podcast 233
In collaboration with British Archaeological Jobs Resource Contents: Rare Greek Neanderthal site found Bahrain preserves its heritage The origins of the spear Speaker: David Connolly (BAJR) Audio file mastering: Dave Horrocks (Infinite Wave) Listen to the weekly Archaeo News [Total time 9:53]
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Archaeo News Podcast 232
In collaboration with British Archaeological Jobs Resource Contents: Iron in ancient Egyptian relics came from space Early Palaeolithic sites in Northern China Thousands of prehistoric artefacts returned to Greece Scouts restore Long Man of Wilmington First ever prehistoric fashion show announced...
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Archaeo News Podcast 231
In collaboration with British Archaeological Jobs Resource Contents: Beaker burial ground uncovered in Scotland Indus civilization: a melting pot with powerful women Making of Europe unlocked by DNA Reconstruction of the face of an ancient Maltese woman Neanderthals were right handed 40,000 boxes...
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Archaeo News Podcast 230
In collaboration with British Archaeological Jobs Resource Contents: Bronze Age evidence in the Norfolk Broads Flint-knapping can be child's work Iron Age graveyard discovered in France Oetzi needed a dentist Stonehenge occupied 5,000 years earlier than thought Burrup Peninsula rock art among...
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Archaeo News Podcast 229
In collaboration with British Archaeological Jobs Resource Contents: Ancient Cornish monument threatened by cattle Trove of Neanderthal bones found in Greek cave Snowy landscape reveals Wales' ancient remains Bronze Age collection goes on display Ancient artifact lost in plain sight Afterlife of...
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Archaeo News Podcast 228
In collaboration with British Archaeological Jobs Resource Contents: Maize was key in early Andean civilisation Police return smuggled Neolithic artefacts to Kosovo Speaker: David Connolly (BAJR) Audio file mastering: Dave Horrocks (Infinite Wave) Listen to the weekly Archaeo News [Total time 10:51]
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Archaeo News Podcast 227
In collaboration with British Archaeological Jobs Resource Contents: Dig in Micronesia pushes settlement back 3400 years Evolution and the Ice Age Bronze Age boat to be launched in Cornwall Prehistoric necropolis discovered in Romania Conservation work of a Macedonian site is under way Most Upper...
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