32 episodes

Do people use objects or do objects use people? Archaeologists use material culture like the objects people leave behind to learn more about past ways of life. Discover the stories behind these everyday objects, whether modern or thousands of years old, and start seeing material culture through the eyes of an archaeologist.

The Materialists FPAN Central

    • Science
    • 5.0 • 19 Ratings

Do people use objects or do objects use people? Archaeologists use material culture like the objects people leave behind to learn more about past ways of life. Discover the stories behind these everyday objects, whether modern or thousands of years old, and start seeing material culture through the eyes of an archaeologist.

    The Bricks Beneath the Marker

    The Bricks Beneath the Marker

    The Materialists are….
    Nigel Rudolph (FPAN Central Region)
    Mandy Wagner-Pelkey (FPAN Central Region)
    For more info on FPAN please visit http://fpan.us/
    We want to thank….
    The Florida Public Archaeology Network, The University of South Florida - Department of Anthropology, For more info on USF Anthro Department please visit their website at https://www.usf.edu/arts-sciences/departments/anthropology/ 
    Thank you to the band Have Gun, Will Travel for the use of their song Silver and the Age of Opulence for our intro music. For more information on HGWT please visit their website at http://hgwtmusic.com/
    For questions or concerns about the podcast please email us at the materialistspodcast@gmail.com
    The Materialists Podcast – Season 4, Ep. 2: The Bricks Beneath the Marker
    Huge thank you to Sam M. Wilford, Deputy State Archaeologist & Archaeology Collections & Conservation Supervisor, Florida Division of Historical Resources
    Here’s a list of links to all we talked about!!!
    Pensacola Brick Works articles…
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pensacola-news-brickmaking-in-pensac/32943137/

    Alachua County Soil Survey
    https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00025129/00001

    Closing song: Gouge Away by the Pixies used from iTunes

    • 51 min
    America’s Grave History

    America’s Grave History

    The Materialists are….
    Nigel Rudolph (FPAN Central Region)
    Mandy Wagner-Pelkey (FPAN Central Region)
    For more info on FPAN please visit http://fpan.us/
    We would like to thank….
    The Florida Public Archaeology Network, The University of South Florida - Department of Anthropology, For more info on USF Anthro Department please visit their website at https://www.usf.edu/arts-sciences/departments/anthropology/ 
    Thank you to the band Have Gun, Will Travel for the use of their song Silver and the Age of Opulence for our intro music. For more information on HGWT please visit their website at http://hgwtmusic.com/
    For questions or concerns about the podcast please email us at the materialistspodcast@gmail.com
    The Materialists Podcast – Season 4, Ep. 1: America’s Grave History
    Huge thank you to my guests for this episode:
    Edward González-Tennant
    Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
    Associate Director, CHAPS Program
    https://gonzaleztennant.net/

    Nardos E. Iyob
    Writer, Scholar
    ABCD Study Project Manager
    UC San Diego

    https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/ramerican/1/
    https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004&context=ramerican

    Grave History: Death, Race, and Gender in Southern Cemeteries
    Fletcher, Kami, and Ashley Towle. Grave history: Death, race, and gender in Southern Cemeteries. Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 2023.
    https://ugapress.org/book/9780820365800/grave-history/

    • 1 hr 4 min
    Halloween 2022! Boo!

    Halloween 2022! Boo!

    The Materialists are….
    Nigel Rudolph (Public Archaeology Coordinator, FPAN Central Region)
    For more info on FPAN please visit http://fpan.us/
    We would like to thank….
    The Florida Public Archaeology Network, The University of South Florida - Department of Anthropology, and The Crystal River Preserve and Archaeological State Park. For more info on USF Anthro Department please visit their website at https://www.usf.edu/arts-sciences/departments/anthropology/ For More info about the Crystal River Archaeological State Park please visit their website at https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/crystal-river-archaeological-state-park
    Thank you to the band Have Gun, Will Travel for the use of their song Silver and the Age of Opulence for our intro music. For more information on HGWT please visit their website at http://hgwtmusic.com/
    For questions or concerns about the podcast please email us at the materialistspodcast@gmail.com
    The Materialists Podcast – Season 3, Ep. 5: Halloween22
    Thank you to NPR
    https://www.npr.org/2019/10/29/773615928/cultural-appropriation-a-perennial-issue-on-halloween

    Mikey Dread – Roots and Culture
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE3rUCiq7kI

    The Mole People 1956 – huge thanks to MST3K
    https://youtu.be/hq6AlUUCgi4

    Demonia 1990(?) – Huge thanks to King of Horror Youtube Channel
    https://youtu.be/8P6LordzrbI
    http://kingsofhorror.com/

    The Warren's Occult Museum, Monroe, Connecticut. Eric Grundhauser, Atlas Abscura.
    https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-warrens-occult-museum-monroe-connecticut

    • 24 min
    Goodbye Gray Lady

    Goodbye Gray Lady

    The Materialists are….
    Nigel Rudolph (Public Archaeology Coordinator, FPAN Central Region)
    For more info on FPAN please visit http://fpan.us/
    We would like to thank….
    The Florida Public Archaeology Network, The University of South Florida - Department of Anthropology, and The Crystal River Preserve and Archaeological State Park. For more info on USF Anthro Department please visit their website at https://www.usf.edu/arts-sciences/departments/anthropology/ For More info about the Crystal River Archaeological State Park please visit their website at https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/crystal-river-archaeological-state-park
    Thank you to the band Have Gun, Will Travel for the use of their song Silver and the Age of Opulence for our intro music. For more information on HGWT please visit their website at http://hgwtmusic.com/
    For questions or concerns about the podcast please email us at the materialistspodcast@gmail.com
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    The Materialists Podcast – Season 3, Ep. 4: Goodbye Gray Lady
    Huge thank you to the University of Florida - Preservation Institute Nantucket
    For more information on PIN go to: https://dcp.ufl.edu/historic-preservation/preservation-institute-nantucket-summer-2022-final-projects/
    PIN 2022 final project link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKMt_1rrYmk&t=4s

    Huge thank you to Dr. Queenchiku Ngozi!! You are an inspiration. For more information on Dr. Ngozi's artwork and cemetery project, please visit...
    https://www.queenchiku.com/
    https://www.illuminationindarkness.com/
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6Nfj-v3SLHin3-sC1fUhqw 
    https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/queenchiku/

    Please reach out and BUY her book:Illumination In Darkness Project: African American Cemeteries in Alachua County FL.
    Thank you to the Nantucket Historical Association
    For more info on NHA and their awesome archive go to: https://nha.org/

    Thanks to everyone on the board of the Nantucket Cemetery Commission
    https://www.nantucket-ma.gov/274/Cemetery-Commission

    Thanks to The Green Lady for providing so much brain food.
    https://thegreenladydispensary.com/

    Closing song Nantucket Girl's by The Tossers from their album Purgatory 2003
    "Then I'll haste to wed a sailor and send him off to sea For a life of independence is the pleasant life for me But every now and then I would like to see his face For it always seems to me to beam with a manly grace With his brow so nobly open and his dark and kindly eye Oh my heart beats fondly towards him whenever he is nigh But when he says goodbye me love I'm off across the sea First I cry for his departure then I laugh because I'm free" -- Eliza Brock, 18th Century Nantucket Islander
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p5nKIPtcZw

    • 33 min
    Different Landscape, Different Cemetery, Same Story

    Different Landscape, Different Cemetery, Same Story

    The Materialists are….
    Nigel Rudolph (Public Archaeology Coordinator, FPAN Central Region)
    For more info on FPAN please visit http://fpan.us/
    We would like to thank….
    The Florida Public Archaeology Network, The University of South Florida - Department of Anthropology, and The Crystal River Preserve and Archaeological State Park. For more info on USF Anthro Department please visit their website at https://www.usf.edu/arts-sciences/departments/anthropology/ For More info about the Crystal River Archaeological State Park please visit their website at https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/crystal-river-archaeological-state-park
    Thank you to the band Have Gun, Will Travel for the use of their song Silver and the Age of Opulence for our intro music. For more information on HGWT please visit their website at http://hgwtmusic.com/
    For questions or concerns about the podcast please email us at the materialistspodcast@gmail.com
    ________________________________________________________________________________________
    The Materialists Podcast – Season 3, Ep. 3: Different Landscape, Different Cemetery, Same Story
    Huge thank you to Dr. Queenchiku Ngozi!! You are an inspiration. For more information on Dr. Ngozi's artwork and cemetery project, please visit...
    https://www.queenchiku.com/
    https://www.illuminationindarkness.com/
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6Nfj-v3SLHin3-sC1fUhqw 
    https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/queenchiku/

    Please reach out and BUY her book:Illumination In Darkness Project: African American Cemeteries in Alachua County FL.
    Huge thank you to Rachael Kangas MA RPA. Director of FPAN West Central and Central regions. Rachael, you are awesome and I'm honored to work with you. 
    Massive Blessings to Big Youth... check out all by Big Youth, you won't be disappointed.
    https://www.discogs.com/master/840947-Big-Youth-Natty-Universal-Dread-1973-1979  

    And finally a huge shoutout to the University of Florida Historic Preservation Program for having me out to Nantucket. Been an amazing experience so far...still have 2 more weeks. 
    https://www.facebook.com/UFHPP

    • 1 hr 6 min
    The Cutting Edge of Sovereignty

    The Cutting Edge of Sovereignty

    The Materialists are….
    Nigel Rudolph (Public Archaeology Coordinator, FPAN Central Region)
    For more info on FPAN please visit http://fpan.us/
    We would like to thank….
    The Florida Public Archaeology Network, The University of South Florida - Department of Anthropology, and The Crystal River Preserve and Archaeological State Park. For more info on USF Anthro Department please visit their website at https://www.usf.edu/arts-sciences/departments/anthropology/ For More info about the Crystal River Archaeological State Park please visit their website at https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/crystal-river-archaeological-state-park
    Thank you to the band Have Gun, Will Travel for the use of their song Silver and the Age of Opulence for our intro music. For more information on HGWT please visit their website at http://hgwtmusic.com/
    For questions or concerns about the podcast please email us at the materialistspodcast@gmail.com
    The Materialists Podcast – Season 3, Ep. 2: The Cutting Edge of Sovereignty
    Massive thanks to Pedro Zepeda for the interview. For more info on Pedro go to… https://www.facebook.com/pedrozepedaseminole
    Thank you to Jessica Burns, Head Conservator at the BAR Conservation Lab. For more info on the lab go to… https://dos.myflorida.com/historical/archaeology/collections-and-conservation/conservation-lab/
    Landry, Alysa. 2014. “'All Indians Are Dead?' At Least That's What Most Schools Teach Children.” Indian Country Today. https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/all-indians-are-dead-at-least-thats-what-most-schools-teach-children
    Scott, Damon. 2020. “'Hugely significant' canoe found at Egmont Key • The Seminole Tribune.” Seminole Tribune. https://seminoletribune.org/hugely-significant-canoe-found-at-egmont-key/

    • 54 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
19 Ratings

19 Ratings

cheecke ,

Good stuff!!

Love the content! As a maker I love hearing the science/history side of object to person relationships. Would love to hear indigenous voices on the show!

JaneOliver22 ,

New favorite!

I came across this podcast after a ceramicist they interviewed posted about it. As an object maker myself, I’m very interested in material culture and oh man was I blown away by how great this podcast is!!! There’s a perfect balance of theory behind material culture and what objects mean to us (in so many ways) through good conversation and some laughs too! They do an excellent job making these subjects relatable to our daily lives and there’s something very important to take from every episode.

Marianamatilde ,

Super interesting and fun podcast!

I always learn something new. And the music selection is on point!

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