Adam Spring, Amiga, and Trajan's Forum - Episode 43

Adam Spring joins the show to talk about digital archaeology, 3D scanning, and the materiality of technology. Adam hosts the Remotely-Interested Podcast and authors the blog of the same name, and is a visiting lecturer in digital cultures at Duke University, by way of University of Plymouth's archaeology department in the UK. Bonus: we talk about Westworld and the ethical implications of immersive interpretations of the past, as well as effects of consumer trends on heritage and preservation work.

 

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Holiday Gift Guide - Episode 42

On today's show, Webby and Boone talk about good gifts to get that traveling archaeologist in your life. This isn't a comprehensive list by any means, but, we have some fun with it and give you some great ideas. Send this episode off to someone that needs to get you something for the holidays or just because they like you.

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Codifi w/ Michael Ashley - Episode 41

Michael Ashley, founder of Codifi, joins this episode to talk about all the new things coming from this company. Chris Webster and Christopher Sims announce their involvement with Codifi, and the whole crew talks about doing better digital archaeology and going completely paperless.

 

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Ben Marwick and Coding at SAA2017 - Episode 40

On today's episode we talk to Ben Marwick. Ben has started a forum and a workshop for the 2017 Society for American Archaeology meetings in Vancouver, Canada. We talk about coding and what they're going to do at the forum and the workshop. It's a new kind of session and we're excited to help announce it.

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Peter Wigand and Climate Change, Erosion, and Impacts to People - Episode 39

For today's show, Chris Webster went to the University of Nevada, Reno, to talk to Dr. Peter Wigand about his work. Dr. Wigand models soil erosion and climate change in areas around the world and uses that information to determine the human impact on the land and on climate. He also uses that information to forecast future impacts to humans and the world.

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From Peter: "The city on the top of the hill, Irsina, is over 2,500 years old…at one time it was the regional capital of the Byzantine Empire, that is, until they were defeated just north of here in about 1170. I am standing next to the 8,400-year old soil. The lines on the upper photo trace a Glacial maximum channel that was cut when sea level was lower. The volcanic ashes are from Mt Vesuvius and date to about 3,800 and 2,800 years ago."

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