Episodes
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
INTERVIEW: Amanda Hart | Director of the Corinium Museum, Cirencester
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Despite any number of challenges over the past six years, including more recently the Covid lockdowns of course, Amanda has kept driving the project of giving the museum a complete overhaul and redesign, and with her team has created a breathtaking set of galleries that cover the full span of human history in the Cotswolds.One thing that makes Amanda so rare, is that she is a museum director with archaeology in her veins. She studied archaeology at university and has been involved on excavations of the Bronze Age sites in the Maroni Valley on Cyprus. Ultimately she turned this back to her love of museums, bringing a unique slant on how archaeology could be presented to the public."We think that what Amanda has achieved at Corinium is nothing short of extraordinary and this interview is our way of helping celebrate her dedication and devotion in bringing prehistory to a wider audience."Corinium Museum website is here: https://coriniummuseum.org/Watch the online opening of the new museum here: Help support us and join our Patreon community See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Saturday Dec 05, 2020
INTERVIEW: Dr. Tom Booth | Cheddar Man | Prehistoric Boundaries & Migrations
Saturday Dec 05, 2020
Saturday Dec 05, 2020
In fact, some of Tom’s recent research has even shed light on different funerary practices in the Bronze Age, revealing some fascinating discoveries about ways that people related to, or looked after the remains of their departed. (We first reported on this in a piece in the Prehistory Show #3. https://www.patreon.com/posts/prehistory-show-42771218)Tom's work is really bringing some clarity to the huge genetic shifts which took place in the major transition periods of the past and it’s remarkable how the study of ancient DNA is opening so many windows into the past.As is so often the case, we could have talked long enough to make half a dozen interviews. We hope you enjoy this one. Help support us and join our Patreon community See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Monday Nov 02, 2020
INTERVIEW | The Caithness Broch Project, Iain Maclean Kenny McElroy
Monday Nov 02, 2020
Monday Nov 02, 2020
The aim of these two chaps is to transform the economy of Caithness, no less - up in the North East corner of Scotland! And the medium by which they're going to achieve this? By building an Iron Age Broch of course!Crazy? Not so fast. There's method in their madness, but you'll have to listen to the podcast to find out why. Help support us and join our Patreon community See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Saturday Oct 31, 2020
INTERVIEW: Tess Machling | Torcs, Prehistoric Society and Chocolate.
Saturday Oct 31, 2020
Saturday Oct 31, 2020
However, she has a particular passion for Iron Age torcs, running a website with restorer Roland Williamson called The Big Book of Torcs. https://bigbookoftorcs.com/ There's no-one better with whom to explore the detail and peculiarities of these magnificent artefacts than Tess and 'talking torcs' is the central theme of this discussion.And then - chocolate torcs anyone? No time to explain ... listen on! 😊http://www.prehistoricsociety.org/ Help support us and join our Patreon community See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Thursday Jul 30, 2020
Thursday Jul 30, 2020
Elizabeth Dale A.K.A. 'The Cornish Bird' can trace her heritage in Cornwall back more than 500 years. As you probably know, from a megalithic point of view, Cornwall is one of the most densely packed areas in the whole of the UK and if you visit Lizzie's blog 'The Cornish Bird' https://cornishbirdblog.com, you're sure to find her writing beautifully about ancient sites both familiar and strange, many well off the beaten track. For a change we thought you'd love to hear from someone who's approach is not academic, someone who appreciates the stones for their own sakes - as they stand in and characterise the landscape in which she lives. Help support us and join our Patreon community See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
Living in the Iron Age | Caroline Nicolay & Tom Timbrell | PODCAST #33
Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
It was an absolute delight talking with Caroline & Tom about their insights into what it was like living in the Iron Age. This is archaeology from the other end of the barrel; actually living and working with the available foods, materials, pigments and technology gives an insight into prehistoric life that simply looking at archaeological remains cannot. The depth of archaeological knowledge these two have, coupled with their experience of hands-on dealing with the realities of day-to-day Iron Age life, illuminates not only a period just before the Romans arrived, but probably way before that, the Bronze Age and maybe even the Neolithic. Help support us and join our Patreon community See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Wednesday May 27, 2020
SEREN GRIFFITHS | Science in Archaeology | PODCAST #32
Wednesday May 27, 2020
Wednesday May 27, 2020
We met Seren in 2019 at the Prehistoric Society’s 'Landscapes of the Dead' conference at the Society of Antiquaries in London where she gave a fantastic talk. In fact, the first thing Rupert said to Michael after her presentation was that he really wished she had been one of his lecturers!It really is no surprise that Seren was the youngest person ever to be invited to give the very prestigious Golson Lecture at Australia National University in Canberra in 2018.Seren's specialities are science in archaeology and public archaeology, and her work on the mesolithic neolithic transition is something we’re interested in as well. However, we're particularly fascinated by what she has to say about a site that we're slightly (infamously!) connected to - Bryn Celli Ddu. Together with Ffion Reynolds, she has been lead archaeologist on the excavations there over the last 5 years. Help support us and join our Patreon community See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Friday May 08, 2020
Duncan Garrow | Neolithic Argonauts, Grave Goods & Crannogs | PODCAST #31 |
Friday May 08, 2020
Friday May 08, 2020
We do try to bring you wide ranging areas of study and this month we’re delighted to be joined by Professor Duncan Garrow of Reading UniversityWe met Duncan at the Landscapes of the Dead conference back in November 2019 and knew we had to get him on the show. Apart from being a great speaker, he is another frontline archaeologist who makes you reconsider all sorts of things you thought you knew.Duncan Garrow teaches later European prehistory (with a particular focus on Britain) and archaeological theory. His research interests include the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition; long-term histories of deposition; burial practices; the interpretive potential of radiocarbon dating; the integration of developer-funded and university-based archaeology; archaeological theory; and interdisciplinary approaches to material culture.In this interview, we grill him about Neolithic 'argonauts' and migrations across the Channel and the western seaways, Rupert's favourite: crannogs - and the amazing UK Grave Goods project he is involved with in assocation with the British Museum. Help support us and join our Patreon community See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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In a nutshell: We dig deeper so you don’t have to. News, views, podcasts & films connecting you the world of prehistoric archaeology.
It's over fourteen years since we produced our epic film 'Standing with Stones', but in the last couple of years we've been expanding the range of our output to include podcasts, short films and live shows. We've also been expanding our reach into the academic archaeological community. This means we can bring you the very latest research into and thinking about our ancient past, in an entertaining and varied way.