What can we learn from animal bones‪?‬ Stories From Objects

Joining Dr Maeve McHugh, Emily Gershman and Hebe Barlow in today’s episode is Dr David Smith who will introduce us to the fascinating world of Environmental Archaeology. In this episode, Dr Smith will explain what human waste and bugs can tell us about how past people lived, along with explaining how one cow’s bone can illuminate the lives of ancient peoples. During the episode he’ll share insights into some of his experiences collecting samples, and his encounters with wild ancient cows in the UK countryside! This is an episode not to be missed!

See the images from the podcast recording