Contents: Largest known Viking Longhouse in Scandinavia Mercury poisoning in Copper Age Iberia Neolithic pits near Stonehenge were human-made 4000-year-old graves discovered in Denmark Isotope analyses unlock Iron Age secrets Bronze Age hoards found on Hertfordshire farm 3D model of ancient Neolithic village online Stonehenge builders’ eating habits explored Speaker: Philip Hansen Audio file mastering: Dave Horrocks ( Infinite Wave ) Listen to the weekly Archaeo News [Total time 22:04] If you en...
Dec 24, 2021•22 min
Contents: Special Stonehenge issue This is a special issue devoted to some very interesting news about Stonehenge. Specifically, it's the discovery of a dismantled stone circle near the Stonehenge bluestone quarries in west Wales, which raises the possibility that a 900-year-old legend about Stonehenge being built from an earlier stone circle contains a grain of truth. This podcast was originally recorded at the end of February 2021, so please accept our apologies for the late publication. Speak...
Nov 19, 2021•33 min
Contents: Iron Age man first known case of tuberculosis in Britain Earliest known identical twins found in Upper Palaeolithic grave How to mend a giant menhir Ancient cave art inspired by hallucinogens 8,400-year-old dog buried with his master Some tasks specialised according to gender almost 4,000 years ago Remains of female hunter challenge ancient gender roles 2,000 pieces of plastic found at Iron Age site in Wales Speaker: Philip Hansen Audio file mastering: Dave Horrocks ( Infinite Wave ) L...
Jan 23, 2021•25 min
Contents: Australia wildfires reveal ancient aquaculture system Neolithic house orientations finally solved Damage to prehistoric burial mound in Wales Study suggests two megalithic cultures were separate groups Homo erectus may not have evolved in Asia Neanderthals could swim and dive? Unique Stone Age Ring made from deer antler discovered in Denmark Ancient Chinese people experimented with different methods of making beer Speaker: Philip Hansen Audio file mastering: Dave Horrocks ( Infinite Wa...
Mar 27, 2020•20 min
Contents: Ancient humans survived longer than previously thought Footprints of Ice Age mammoths and prehistoric humans Neolithic chewing gum helps recreate image of ancient Dane Public help document damage to historic Scottish sites Prehistoric infants found with helmets made from skulls Comparing the teeth of Denisovans and modern Asians Neolithic crops discovered in Tibet Prehistoric humans built a wall to keep out the sea - But it failed Speaker: Philip Hansen Audio file mastering: Dave Horro...
Jan 27, 2020•18 min
Contents: Ancient platform 'damaged' during Stonehenge tunnel work Bid to build replica Iron Age tower in Scotland Tests find human skull age exceeds 10,000 years Ritual finger amputation may explain missing fingers in Palaeolithic people 'Ancient' Scottish stone circle found to be replica Oldest ever traces of the plague found in Sweden Hoard of Copper Age axes discovered in Bulgaria Archaeologists find the oldest burials in Ecuador Handpas Project Speaker: Philip Hansen Audio file mastering: D...
Feb 09, 2019•19 min
Contents: Did the people buried at Stonehenge come from Wales? Scientists identify oldest Homo sapiens drawing Prehistoric Children learned many skilled tasks Greek farmer in Crete stumbles onto 3,400-year-old tomb Scotland's largest find of prehistoric pottery 13,000-year-old brewery discovered in Israel Neolithic people adapted to climate change 7,200-year-old cheese making found in Croatia Speaker: Philip Hansen Audio file mastering: Dave Horrocks ( Infinite Wave ) Listen to the weekly Archae...
Nov 04, 2018•23 min
Contents: Neolithic ritual cave site discovered in Mayo Jersey joins Europe's Cultural Route programme Painted stone gives clues to ancient Japanese culture Wooden tools hint at Neanderthal fire use Henge discovered in England could have been an ancient sauna Skilled potters travelled around the Baltic nearly 5000 years ago Early Scandinavians descended from Europeans and Russians Proposed tunnel under Stonehenge raises new fears Speaker: Philip Hansen Audio file mastering: Dave Horrocks ( Infin...
Apr 21, 2018•24 min
Contents: Long Barrow near Stonehenge to be excavated The continuing story of Oetzi Were Denisovans an isolated part of our lineage? Bones suggest cannibal ritual in ancient Britain 8,000-year-old paint workshop discovered in Turkey Dolmens dating to around 3,000 years found in southern India Evidence of a skull cult found at Neolithic site in Turkey First evidence of dismemberment in prehistoric Ireland Speaker: Philip Hansen Audio file mastering: Dave Horrocks ( Infinite Wave ) Listen to the w...
Nov 14, 2017•20 min
Contents: Ochre use in Ethiopian cave persisted over thousands of years Prehistoric site discovered off California coast Neolithic tomb in Wales stars in new CGI film Siberian island provides earliest evidence for dog breeding Prehistoric henge uncovered in Warwickshire Tools sharpens focus on network in ancient Middle East Scientists solve prehistoric bison hunt mystery 13,000-year-old arrowhead discovered in Massachusetts Oldest human-made object from South America discovered Speaker: Philip H...
Sep 23, 2017•23 min
Contents: West Kennet timber circles older than previously thought Earliest evidence of aboriginal occupation discovered in Australia Bamboo raft to explore 30,000-year-old sea route Bones in Israel rewrite Neanderthal history Clava Cairns site in Scotland vandalized Changes in prehistoric tool production linked to "musical" ties Prehistoric site uncovered around a Shrewsbury church Stirling lost Iron Age roundhouse rediscovered? Speaker: Philip Hansen Audio file mastering: Dave Horrocks ( Infin...
Aug 04, 2017•21 min
Contents: Possible henge discovered around an ancient Welsh burial chamber Ancient skulls suggest multiple migrations into Americas Pointillist technique on engravings discovered in France Horsemen swept into Bronze Age Europe 5,000 years ago Clovis culture, Ice Age fauna, and Cosmic impact Huge prostrate menhir discovered in northern Italy Bronze Age weapons found in Scotland Scarcity of resources led to violence in prehistoric California A great app for Megalithomaniacs Speaker: Philip Hansen ...
Apr 13, 2017•25 min
Contents: Go-ahead to road tunnel under Stonehenge Prehistoric pottery figurines unearthed in China Were the Neanderthals rock collectors? Did humans wipe out Australian megafauna? Neanderthals associated with Chatelperronian tool technology Standing stones in Scotland linked to 1314 battle Cypriot-style ceramics in Iron Age Anatolia Ancient 'calendar rock' found in Sicily 6,000 year old clay fragment identified as part of a face mask Speaker: Philip Hansen Audio file mastering: Dave Horrocks ( ...
Feb 28, 2017•27 min
Contents: Neolithic tomb in Orkney to close over safety fears Amazing rock art panel studied and then reburied in Scotland Burnt cheese casts light on 3,000 year-old family drama What Oetzi the Iceman sounded like World's oldest snowshoe found on an Italian glacier Neanderthals had more cognitive abilities than first thought Dyed material found in Peru predates Egypt Indigenous Australian storytelling records sea level rises 7,000 years ago Ancient artefacts found on Plymouth building site Press...
Dec 20, 2016•50 min
Contents: Stonehenge wasn't so hard to build after all Bones under pub change what we know about the Irish 8,000 year-old piece of wood blowing archaeologists' minds Advanced techniques used to find more about Homo Naledi Cave art found deep underground in Spain New insight into the construction of Stonehenge No game was too big to hunt for Stone Age man Wine used in ceremonies 5000 years ago in Georgia Aboriginal history revealed in caves New origins for farmed rice Astronomy shown to be set in...
Oct 16, 2016•38 min
Contents: Statistical technique used to find Paleoarchaic sites Out-of-Africa, the peopling of continents and islands Tortoises in the diet of early humans Seminar explores the importance of ancient hillfort in Wales Humans were responsible for extinction of Emu ancestor Neanderthals infected by diseases carried by humans? Traces of ancient humans found in Vietnam Ancient DNA sheds new light on early Americans 11,000-year-old pendant is earliest known Mesolithic art in Britain 5,000-year-old roc...
May 12, 2016•38 min
Contents: Britain's 'Pompeii' uncovered in Cambridgeshire Southwest USA's oldest human footprints Neolithic tomb in Spain reveals community in life and death Bronze Age Boats New proposal for a common megalithic measure Ancient gold and a 7,000-year-old fortress wall in Bulgaria Did the first farmers come from Turkey? Prehistoric mass murder site discovered by Kenyan lake Speaker: Philip Hansen Audio file mastering: Dave Horrocks ( Infinite Wave ) Listen to the weekly Archaeo News [Total time 31...
Apr 23, 2016•31 min
Contents: Stonehenge tunnel reveals new sites Scientists sequence first ancient Irish human genomes Prehistoric shepherd's hut found in Wales using Google Earth Standing stones are being stolen in southern Italy Bronze Age rapier unearthed in South Lanarkshire The Anthropocene: hard evidence for a human-driven Earth The environmental impact of the Neolithic revolution Dog has been man's best friend for 33,000 years Analysis suggests farming not responsible for population boom Pathogens found in ...
Jan 23, 2016•35 min
Contents: Stonehenge may have been first erected in Wales Earliest modern humans in Southern China 6,000-year-old amputated arms in France suggest trophy-taking Bronze Age settlement discovered in Orkney The cave art of Cosquer Early farmers exploited the honeybee 8,500 years ago Mining in the Alps dates back to the Bronze Age Chile claims oldest stone tools in Americas Speaker: Philip Hansen Audio file mastering: Dave Horrocks ( Infinite Wave ) Listen to the weekly Archaeo News [Total time 36:1...
Dec 18, 2015•36 min
Contents: Bulgaria's largest dolmen and 'stone egg' discovered Escargots were not invented by the French Nature reserve in Scotland yields prehistoric artefacts 5,000-year-old tomb discovered in Ireland Bronze Age enclosure discovered in Devon Early ancestors turned disability into advantage DNA links Native Americans to infants in Alaskan grave 'Fourth strand' of European ancestry identified Speaker: Philip Hansen Audio file mastering: Dave Horrocks ( Infinite Wave ) Listen to the weekly Archae...
Nov 29, 2015
Contents: Stonehenge (used to be) sold to the highest bidder! Five-year-old boy finds Bronze Age arrowhead Teeth from China reveal early human trek out of Africa Iron Age settlement revealed in Devon Bronze Age graves give up their secrets Neolithic causewayed enclosure discovered in Oxfordshire Another sign of Neanderthal intelligence and resourcefulness Bronze Age Britons mummified their dead Prehistoric 'sauna house' unearthed in Orkney Sardinian menhir stolen and recovered Petroglyph in Spai...
Nov 22, 2015•27 min
In collaboration with British Archaeological Jobs Resource Contents: Temple culture of Malta Speaker: David Connolly ( BAJR ) Audio file mastering: Dave Horrocks ( Infinite Wave ) Listen to the weekly Archaeo News [Total time 7:19]...
Jan 19, 2015•7 min
In collaboration with British Archaeological Jobs Resource Contents: Prehistoric pit discovered on Irish beach Early humans in Saudi Arabia were a diverse lot, says study Ancient Harappan reservoir dwarfs that of Mohenjo Daro Bronze Age palace and grave goods discovered in Spain Neanderthal human remains found in Normandy Cave paintings in Indonesia shatter theories about the origin of art Bronze Age knife discovered in Denmark Neolithic pottery found on Scilly Isles Armenian site challenges ass...
Oct 20, 2014•24 min
In collaboration with British Archaeological Jobs Resource Contents: The geoglyphs of Kazakhstan 43,000-year-old modern human settlement in Central Europe Iron Age bowl tells a grisly tale Earliest sign of human habitation in Canada Chinese boy discovers 3,000-year-old bronze sword 3,900 year old bone armour unearthed in Russia Underground scans show 17 new sites around Stonehenge Massive 5,000-year-old stone monument discovered in Israel Neolithic necropolis unearthed in Northern France Ancient...
Oct 06, 2014•29 min
In collaboration with British Archaeological Jobs Resource Contents: Citizen archaeologists help rediscover British Bronze Age Technology boom 50,000 years ago correlated with less testosterone Ancient fragment of ivory is missing piece of animal figurine Schoolboy finds evidence of ancient conflict in Wales Spain tests limited visits to Altamira cave Earlier Stone Age artefacts found in South Africa Romanian cave holds some of oldest human footprints Ancient astronomy in northern Peru Road impr...
Aug 23, 2014•23 min
In collaboration with British Archaeological Jobs Resource Contents: Ancient log boats found in Irish lake 8,000-year-old skull found in Norway Discoveries shed light on Mesolithic and Early Neolithic in Denmark Prehistoric circle dated to same Seahenge neighbour Ancient erotic graffiti found on Aegean island Meteorite fragment discovered in a 9,000-year-old hut Neanderthals may have had plants in their diet Iron Age hillfort in Britain open to tourists Bronze Age bling: black stone, amber and s...
Aug 01, 2014•41 min
In collaboration with British Archaeological Jobs Resource Contents: Carwynnen Quoit rebuild completed Ancient skull reveals secrets of Siberian society Melting Yukon ices reveals prehistoric treasures 45,000-year-old artefacts unearthed in Australia Celestial and landscape interactions of megalithic sites in Scotland DNA of first Near Eastern farmers sequenced 3,000-year-old remains of an infant found in Ireland Speaker: David Connolly ( BAJR ) Audio file mastering: Dave Horrocks ( Infinite Wav...
Jun 30, 2014•19 min
In collaboration with British Archaeological Jobs Resource Contents: Ancient tomb on Dartmoor gives up its secrets Vandals destroy prehistoric rock art in Libya Bronze Age settlement discovered near Aberdeen Northern Irish Mesolithic settlement lost Ancient standing stone at Hill of Tara vandalised 2,300-year-old false tooth found in France Success of early modern humans due to dog domestication World's oldest trousers are Chinese Stonehenge builders' homes re-created Students discover 7,000-yea...
Jun 24, 2014•23 min
In collaboration with British Archaeological Jobs Resource Contents: Bronze Age chronology revised by ancient weather report Prehistoric DNA paints more complex picture of human evolution 4,000-year-old pit houses found in Arizona New insights on ancient Portuguese horse engraving Vandals damage rock art in Northumberland Log boat dating back 4,500 years found in Ireland Evidence of first human settlers in Scotland Scottish standing stone returns to its age-old position Speaker: David Connolly (...
Jun 04, 2014•19 min
In collaboration with British Archaeological Jobs Resource Contents: 'New' housing development at Stonehenge Excavation of Neolithic chambered tomb on Anglesey Earliest complete example of human cancer found European hunter-gatherers had blue eyes and dark skin Unveiling the secrets of Dutch 'Celtic fields' Recent research on prehistoric buildings near Liverpool Ancient pollen reveals how humans shaped forests Iron Age woman's footless body found in Wiltshire 3,000-year-old pottery kilns unearth...
Apr 27, 2014•22 min
