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A Life In Ruins Archaeology Pod Network
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Carlton Gover, Connor Johnen, and David Howe are three friends that went to graduate school together and decided to start an archaeology podcast. Join them every week for witty conversation, amazing guests, and a bit of profanity - all in the name of archaeological science. Join them as they investigate the careers of those living a life in ruins.
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Georgia (the Army, and Odin) on my Mind: A Historic interview with Joshua Herrin - Ep 158
In this episode of A Life In Ruins podcast, Connor and Davíd interview Joshua Herrin; archaeologist and artifacts laboratory manager of the Augusta Veteran's Curation Program. Josh originally started his career at Georgia, Southern University, but then found himself in the United States Army.
After finishing his tenure with the National Guard, Josh re-enrolled in his undergraduate studies and later, earned his masters degree from Georgia Southern as well.
Connor and David interviewed Josh about his nontraditional career path in archaeology and especially his focus on historic archaeology in the south. Josh is very knowledgeable about Georgia History, and the three have a fascinating conversation about the history of the colony and then later the state of Georgia.
They end the show talking about Josh and Davíd's job at the veterans Curation program, and how it's such a unique job, as it is the definition of applied anthropology.
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Transcripts
For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/ruins/158
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Carlton in the Dominican Republic - Ep 157
In this is episode of Ruins, Connor and David talk with Carlton about his experience in the Dominican Republic. Carlton is currently in the DR working with a dive team researching a 16th century shipwreck in the Caribbean. He talks about the good and the bad, but mostly the fascinating.
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Transcripts
For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/ruins/157
* Segment 1 [https://zencastr.com/s/Ruins-157-S1-Transcript.txt]
* Segment 2 [https://zencastr.com/s/Ruins-157-S2-Transcript.txt]
* Segment 3 [https://zencastr.com/s/Ruins-157-S3-Transcript.txt]
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Connor And David on CRM Madness and Lithics - Ep 156
David and Connor attempt to make a coherent episode that goes through a variety of different topics including knapp-ins, flintknapping, lithic analysis, lithic analysis in CRM archaeology, monitoring in CRM, mapping and data standards in CRM and end with a video game idea/explain why remote video games are the new way to hang out.
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If you are listening to this episode on the "Archaeology Podcast Network All Shows Feed," please consider subscribing to the "A Life in Ruins Podcast" channel to support our show. Listening to and downloading our episodes on the A Life in Ruins channel helps our podcast grow. So please, subscribe to the A Life in Ruins Podcast, hosted by the Archaeology Podcast Network, on whichever platform you use to listen to us on the "All Shows Feed." Please support our show by following our channel.
Transcripts
For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/ruins/156
Contact
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Dragonglass with Jacob Arnzen - Ep 155
On this episode of A Life in Ruins Podcast, we talk with our good friend and recent graduate of the University of Wyoming, Jacob Arnzen. We delve into Oregon history, the vegetation and topography of Oregon and random tidbits about the Oregon Trail. He then explains what he did for his thesis and also explains why obsidian is a very interesting thing to study in the past. We finish off talking about federal jobs and how they are a good career path
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Transcripts
For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/ruins/155
Contact
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REFRESHER: The "Mane" Event with Dr. William Taylor - Ep 154
For this week we are re-releasing Episode 80 - The "Mane" Event with Dr. William Taylor. Why? Well we will soon be releasing another episode with Dr. Taylor where we will be discussing his recently published article in Science titled: Early dispersal of domestic horses into the Great Plains and northern Rockies.
For this episode, we are joined again by Dr. William Taylor, who first appeared on the podcast in episode 25. We start out by discussing Dr. Taylor's COVID experience as a new professor and how his museum projects had to change to adapt to the new COVID landscape. We then delve into the research surrounding the Lehi horse. Dr. Taylor explains his methods of analysis and how they can be used to tell us about individual specimens, while also contributing to the larger discipline. We then talk about his research on early horse domestication at the Botai site.
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Literature Recommendations
* 2021 Rethinking the evidence for early horse domestication at Botai by William Timothy Treal Taylor and Christina Isabelle Barrón-Ortiz [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-86832-9]
* 2021 The origins and spread of domestic horses from the Western Eurasion Steppes by Pablo Librado et al. [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04018-9]
* 2021 Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Lehi Horse: Implications for Early Historic Horse Cultures of the North American West by William Timothy Treal Taylor et al. [https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-antiquity/article/interdisciplinary-analysis-of-the-lehi-horse-implications-for-early-historic-horse-cultures-of-the-north-american-west/1359793C6DF51AD9C1D7968F94B55D1C]
* 2015 Equine cranial morphology and the identification of riding and chariotry in late Bronze Age Mongolia by William Timothy Treal Taylor et al. [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283196273_Equine_cranial_morphology_and_the_identification_of_riding_and_chariotry_in_late_Bronze_Age_Mongolia]
Guest Contact
* Email Dr. Taylor: William.Taylor@colorado.edu
* Instagram: @cuarchaeozoology
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* Twitter: @wtt_taylor
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Community Connections with Jessica Ericson and Jasmine Saxon - Ep 153
On this episode of A Life in Ruins, we are lucky to be joined by the co-founders of Community Connections LLC, Jessica Ericson and Jasmine Saxon. Community Connections is a Historical Consulting Company based out of Denver. We start out talking about their first experiences with archaeology and anthropology and then delve into the origins of Community Connections. They detail what kind of projects they work on and we end the conversation talking about what events they have coming up.
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Transcripts
For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/ruins/153
Links
* Community Connections Website [https://www.communityconnections.biz/]
Literature Recommendations
* Archaeology and Community Service Learning edited by Michael S. Nassaney and Mary Ann Levine [https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/books/146/]Ethical Issues in Archaeology edited by Larry J. Zimmerman, Karen D. Vitelli and Julie Hollowell-Zimmer [https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780759102712/Ethical-Issues-in-Archaeology]
Guest Contact
* Instagram/Facebook: @communityconnectionsllc
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Customer Reviews
So much fun
I’m not even an archeologist and I love this show. It’s so much fun. I’ve learned so much. And the guys are all knowledgeable and funny. Definitely recommend.
Worth It
5 for content. 4 for execution. If I could give 12 points, I'd rate this podcast a 4.5
If you can brace yourself for the numerous bro-isms and accept that these men are actually academics then you'll enjoy the ride. I always find overlap in the topics covered and my own interests. Currently, I'm actively following Carlton's underwater archaelogy adventure in the DR
Educational Chaos
Archaeology, anthropology, and prehistory are fascinating to me but I didn’t study any of these things in school. They have a lot of knowledge about these topics, especially in the North American context. And their relationship as three friends who went through school together makes their conversation interesting and fun.
Most of their episodes are interviews with an expert in a specific field. They always devote a part of their discussions to insider knowledge about careers in these fields. That’s not directly applicable to me, but I find it useful bc it demystifies it a bit and helps me understand the background that these academic discussions are coming from.
They recently received feedback that they should try to make their podcast more approachable to non-experts, which I largely agree with. I also hope to see more overview episodes, since it’s sometimes hard for me to grasp the context of the discussion.
Also I sent them an email asking if Neanderthals had dogs and Connor got back to me with both an answer and a reading assignment! The answer was ‘probably no bc of timing, but here’s a book from someone who disagrees with me on the timing.’ I really appreciated that he took the time for that. Also, his recommendation to read someone who disagrees with him is a green flag.
One of the best things about our time and place is that we can have direct access to expertise on nearly any subject and these guys are a good example of that. They really put in time educating people about their field and it clearly comes from a passion for what they study.