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On a Slippery Soap-stone: A Conversation with Dr. Richard Adams - Ep 93

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Richard Adams. Dr. Adams personally spoon-fed the archeology kool-aid to Connor at Colorado State University and he met Carlton and David through the University of Wyoming. Dr. Adam’s discusses his winding road into archaeology and how he was inspired to pursue archaeology. He details his experiences with Dr. George Frison and his research into soapstone use. We then finish off talking about his approaches to teaching, in which he suggests getting a golden doodle and coloring.

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Egyptology and Archaeology in Video Games with Megan Kumorek - Ep 92

In this episode, we are joined by Megan Kumorek who is a writer and creative partner for the Middle East, North Africa, and Mediterranean Archaeology Publication Group and Promotional and Academic Partner for the Save Cultural Heritage Group. We start off by talking with Megan about her educational background in Archaeology, beginning with her undergraduate in Anthropology at Northern Arizona University and then Megan's M.A. program in Egyptology at the University of Liverpool in the U.K. We then dive into Megan's experiences in working on graffiti in Egyptian archaeology and what the transition was like from researching North and South American archaeology to studying the Egyptian Archaeological Record. We tie up the episode with a very fun and entertaining conversation about depictions of archaeology in video games. Turns out, Megan is a huge gamer! We cover a gambit of video games and how they represent archaeology. The video games that we cover include Tomb Raider, the Assassin's Creed games, World of Warcraft, Sims 4, Zelda, Jedi Fallen Order, Dragon Age Origins, and more!

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Bison Jumps, Public Archaeology, and the Great Plains with Chris Johnston - Ep 91

In this episode, we are joined by Chris Johnston who is the Operations Director and Project Archaeologist for the Paleocultural Research Group. As always, we kick off the episode investigating Chris's introduction to archaeology and how he turned in his Buffalo horns for Ram horns. We delve into the Paleocultural Research Group (PCRG), what it does, how it operates, and what it is like to work for them. We tie up the episode talking about how archaeology can often focus on the "micro-scale" of that past on how we, as archaeologists, can better bring back the "people-ness" to older archaeological components in our research and in the literature.

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Indigenous New England Tattooing Practices with Rebekah Lamb - Ep 90

In this episode, Carlton does a solo interview with Rebekah Lamb. Rebekah is pursuing her Bachelor's degree in Cultural Anthropology and Developmental Sociology and minoring in Archaeology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam-Zuidoost. Rebekah belongs to the Abenaki Tribe of the Wabanaki Confederacy as well as being a descendant of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Carlton and Rebekah talk about her research on Abenaki tattoo practices through apprenticeship ethnography, studying both the historical and contemporary significance and the revival of traditional tattooing culture within New England Indigenous tribes. We also discuss the challenges facing New England Indigenous Nation's cultural practices and history, issues of blood-quantum, decolonizing academia.

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Rebekah Lamb on TEDxVUAmsterdam: Empowering Disabled Students in the University System

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  • Drawing with Great Needles by Aaron Deter-Wolf and Carol Diaz-Granados

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Pâripakûru’ with Zach Rice and Taylor Moore - Ep 89

In this special four-part episode we are joined by Zach Rice and Taylor to talk about how they are working on the reawakening of the Pawnee language. Both Zach and Taylor are citizens of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma and grew up in Pawnee, Oklahoma. We talk about growing up in Pawnee, where they went to school, what inspired them to pursue M.A.'s in Linguistic Anthropology at the University of Oklahoma. We dive into their M.A. Theses research, the relationships between Northern Caddoan Languages, working with the Pawnee Nation on the Pawnee Language Program, the challenges they face, and their goals for Pawnee language.

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  • "A Dictionary of Skiri Pawnee" by Douglas R. Parks & Lula Nora Pratt

  • "We Still Live Here" a film by Anne Makepeace

  • "Bringing Our Languages Home: Langauge Revitalization for Families" by Leanne Hinton

  • "The languages of native North America" by Marianne Mithun

  • Volume 13 of the Handbook of North American Indians: Plains by Smithsonian Press

  • Volume 17 of the Handbook of North American Indians: Languages by Smithsonian Press

  • "When Languages Die" by K. David Harrison

  • "The Language Warrior's Manifesto: How to Keep Our Languages Alive No Matter the Odds" by Anton Treuer

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