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Tag: archaeology

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2818: Pompeian Paradox

Richard H. Armstrong

Posted on August 15, 2023 · Episode: 2818 The Pompeian Paradox and Fiorelli’s Body Casts. Today, the Pompeian paradox.

Tags archaeology death forensic anthropology Giuseppe Fiorelli pompeii statues vesuvius

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2749: The Neanderthals

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on August 6, 2023 · Episode: 2749 The Neanderthals — smart enough for football? Today, the Neanderthals.

Tags anthropology archaeology brain size football intelligence neanderthals Neolithic Age stone age technology

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2549: Cahokia

Roger Kaza

Posted on August 1, 2023 · Episode: 2549 Cahokia, an Ancient American Metropolis. Today, an ancient American metropolis.

Tags archaeology Cahokia cities indians Mounds Native Americans Tribes

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2734: Flintknappers

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on July 31, 2023 · Episode: 2734 Artisan flintknappers of Blombos Cave, 60,000 years too soon. Today, we meet some ancient flintknappers.

Tags anthropology archaeology Blombos Cave Clovis points flintknappers flintknapping Meseolithic Era Neolithic Era pressure flaking Stone Age

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2587: Secret City

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on April 28, 2023 · Episode: 2587 The existential pleasure of knowing your city’s secrets. Today, city’s secrets.

Tags anthropology archaeology architecture city infrastructure secrets sociology tunnels underground urban development

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2584: The Sweet Track

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on April 24, 2023 · Episode: 2584 The Sweet Track: A 6000-year-old roadway. Today, a 6000-year-old roadway.

Tags anthropology archaeology fens John Coles peat bogs Neolithic Era radiocarbon dating Raymond Sweet roadway Southwest England Stone Age swamps The Sweet Track tree ring dating walkway wood preservation woodworking tools

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2567: Old Cloth

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on April 10, 2023 · Episode: 2567 How old is cloth? Some new evidence of its age. Today, old cloth.

Tags anthropology archaeology body lice cloth dye Dzudzuana Cave fibres flax fibers georgia Kvirila River Paleolithic Stone Age tur wild goat

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2516: Atapuerca

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on March 6, 2023 · Episode: 2516 The Atapuerca dig and a missing link: Homo Antecessor. Today, the Atapuerca dig.

Tags archaeology Atapuerca mountains Spain Basque Bilbao cannibalism Cantabrian cave painting evolution hominids Homo Antecessor Homo Erectus Homo Heidelbergensis missing link Navarre Neanderthal Sima de los Huesos spelunkers

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2490: Ancient Footprints

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on February 12, 2023 · Episode: 2490 In which footprints, 1.5 and 3.6 million years old, tell their story. Today, we walk in some very old footsteps.

Tags africa animal anthropology archaeology Argon dating Australapithicus feet foot geology Homo Erectus Ileret kenya Laetoli Lucy physiology Tanzania walking gaits

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2410: The Vintage of Cave Art

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on November 21, 2022 · Episode: 2410 Was cave art too good to have been made 30,000 years ago? Today, a new look at old art.

Tags anthropology archaeology art Aurignacian caves charcoal painting Cro Magnons flint Gravettian Grotte Chauvet human speech Magdalenian Michael Balter neanderthals radio carbon dating Stone Age

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2396: The Indus Valley

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on November 7, 2022 · Episode: 2396 The Indus Valley: a third great ancient civilization coming to light. Today, the Indus Valley.

Tags Alexander the Great ancient technology anthropology archaeology civilization egypt Euphrates Valley Indus Valley Mesopotamia Nile Valley pakistan Tigris

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2346: Prehistoric Food

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on October 7, 2022 · Episode: 2346 Sitting down to supper, 10,000 years ago. Today, what did we eat, long ago?

Tags anthropology archaeology barley eating food grains honey Jane Renfrew marrow meat nutrition oats Prehistoric Cookery Recipes Vegetarian

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2266: The Cairo Rises

Mark DiClaudio

Posted on July 22, 2022 · Episode: 2266 In which the Cairo’s ghost rises from the Yazoo mud. Today, ghosts in a river.

Tags anthropology archaeology army city class ironclads civil war confederate domestic technology gunboat James Eads Navy ship St. Louis Bridge steamboat union war

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3078: Restoring the Parthenon

Richard H. Armstrong

Posted on May 11, 2022 · Episode: 3078 Restoring the Parthenon: The Acropolis Restoration Service and 40+ Years of Hard Work. Today, how to rebuild a ruin.

Tags Acropolis of Athens archaeology erechtheum Nashville Parthenon parthenon pericles restoration

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2206: Evolution in 1944

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on April 3, 2022 · Episode: 2206 A 1944 progress report on the subject of human evolution. Today, an old progress report on evolution.

Tags anthropology archaeology hominids human evolution hypothesis Mankind So Far out of Eden Piltdown Man theory William Dean Howells William Howells

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2749: The Neanderthals

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on August 6, 2023 · Episode: 2749 The Neanderthals — smart enough for football? Today, the Neanderthals.

Tags anthropology archaeology brain size football intelligence neanderthals Neolithic Age stone age technology

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2549: Cahokia

Roger Kaza

Posted on August 1, 2023 · Episode: 2549 Cahokia, an Ancient American Metropolis. Today, an ancient American metropolis.

Tags archaeology Cahokia cities indians Mounds Native Americans Tribes

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2734: Flintknappers

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on July 31, 2023 · Episode: 2734 Artisan flintknappers of Blombos Cave, 60,000 years too soon. Today, we meet some ancient flintknappers.

Tags anthropology archaeology Blombos Cave Clovis points flintknappers flintknapping Meseolithic Era Neolithic Era pressure flaking Stone Age

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