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An Archaeology podcast featuring interviews with archaeologists, anthropologists, historians, and classicists. All united by a love of ancient history and prehistory. Hosted by Sebastian Wetherbee, a professional archaeologist, caver, climber, and history buff.

  1. 2D AGO

    Tristan Hughes: The Struggle for Alexander's Empire

    Tristan Hughes is the host of the podcast The Ancients, a presenter and producer for History Hit, and author of The Perdiccas Years, 323-320 BC: Alexander's Successors at War. We discuss his book, which covers the tumultuous events of the first War of the Diadochi.

    59 min

  2. FEB 10

    Susan Johnston: Ceremonial Centers of Iron Age Ireland

    Dr. Johnston is an expert in the archaeology of ancient Ireland, and is particularly known for her work excavating Dun Ailinne, one of the most important ceremonial centers of the Irish Iron Age, a period still shrouded in mystery. We discuss her excavations at Dun Aillinne, and some of the big questions about this time period as a whole.

    43 min

  3. JAN 23

    McKenna Litynski: Sewing Technologies of the Ice Age

    Today, I’m speaking with Dr. McKenna Litynski. McKenna is an expert in the archaeology of late Pleistocene and early holocene North America, and just recently earned her PhD studying paleolithic sewing technologies, including the analysis of the oldest bone needles ever found in the Western Hemisphere. We talk about the significance of needles, sewing, and clothing manufacture to ancient hunter-gatherers, and the role these technologies played in human history.

    39 min

  4. 10/26/2024

    Trevor J Wallace: The Menorca Shipwreck Project (Underwater Archaeology in the Balearic Islands)

    In this interview, international filmmaker and explorer Trevor Wallace tells me about the Menorca Shipwreck Project, an ongoing excavation of a series of shipwrecks in the Balearic Islands of Spain.

    39 min

  5. 09/23/2024

    Briana Doering: Ancient Migrations from Alaska to the Southwest

    In this conversation, we focus on one research topic: the Dene Transition, a pivotal moment of change more than a thousand years ago, when people speaking Na-Dene languages, such as the modern Navajo and Comanche migrated out of Alaska, the Yukon, and British Columbia, eventually settling as far south as the border of Mexico.

    43 min

  6. 04/29/2024

    Kirk Freudenburg: The Cinematic Art of Virgil's World

    Yale classicist Kirk Freudenburg discusses the epic poems of the ancient world. From the Iliad to the Aeneid.

    40 min

  7. 03/04/2024

    Gino Caspari: Exploration on the Eurasian Steppe and Beyond

    In this episode, I speak with Dr. Gino Caspari, an Explorers Club fellow and expert in the archaeology of the ancient Eurasian Steppe. Gino uses satellite imagery, LiDAR, and other forms of remote sensing paired with ambitious field surveys to discover new ancient sites. Check him out on Instagram @ginocaspari

    38 min

  8. 10/22/2023

    Wei-Cheng Lin: Stories of a Sacred Mountain in Medieval China

    Art historian Dr. Wei-Cheng Lin and I discuss the arrival of Buddhism in ancient and early medieval China. We track the emergence of a major sacred site called Mount Wutai, discuss the symbolism of the mountains in Chinese history, and much more.

    44 min
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An Archaeology podcast featuring interviews with archaeologists, anthropologists, historians, and classicists. All united by a love of ancient history and prehistory. Hosted by Sebastian Wetherbee, a professional archaeologist, caver, climber, and history buff.

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  • Creator
    Sebastian Wetherbee
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    25
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2020 All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    The Tel

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