Dr. Seth Mallios joins April and Chris to talk about his new book, “Born a Slave, Died a Pioneer: Nathan Harrison and the Historical Archaeology of Legend” (2020 Berghahn Books). Nate Harrison had a long life and an amazing story, from his birth into slavery in Kentucky, to the gold mines of northern California’s Gold Rush, and to the hills of San Diego. Join us while we learn about the amazing life of Nathan Harrison as told through historical documents and archaeological research. Links Born a...
Dec 14, 2019•57 min•Ep. 77
Richie Cruz joins Chris Webster for a recording of You Call This Archaeology that we decided to record and release here. It’s a fun conversation that goes from the archaeological record that we’re starting to produce less and less to drones to whatever else. Enjoy! Links Happy Archaeology Fun Time YouTube Website ArchPodNet on Facebook Jordan Jacobs Episode Jordan’s Books on Amazon Contact Chris Webster chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com Affiliates Wildnote Digital Marketing Course TeePublic Ti...
Nov 02, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 76
Today on the Archaeology show is a replay of the last episode recorded on KNVC in Carson City, Nevada. Chris talks about a 9000 year ol mask, King Tut, Space Archaeology, and some fieldwork. Links King Tut 9000 Year Old Mask Space Archaeology Contact Chris Webster chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com...
Oct 19, 2019•1 hr•Ep. 75
It’s another recording from the former radio show at KNVC in Carson City Nevada. We talk about some recent articles in the news of archaeology. Links Woodstock Archaeology 17 Key Milestones in Paleolithic Life Notify Experts of Finds Climate Change in Arch Sites Ritualized Cannabis use in China 2500 years ago ContactChris Websterchris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com...
Oct 06, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 74
Rauno Lauhakangus is the president of the Finnish Rock Art Society and a physicist. He’s on TAS to talk about northern European Rock Art and how we interpret that past through the rock carvings. Also, there’s no pictographs in Finland? Links Finnish Rock Art Association (in Finnish) ContactChris Websterchris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com
Sep 21, 2019•57 min•Ep. 73
Recently, 1800 year-old footprints were found in Alaska. Gerad Smith, one of the researchers on the project from the University of Alaska joins Chris Webster on his radio show on KNVC in Carson City, Nevada. Links KNVC ContactChris Websterchris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com
Sep 07, 2019•1 hr•Ep. 72
The Denver Museum of Nature and Science is a massive organization that strives to teach the public about the world around us. Dr. Michelle Koons is the Curator of Archaeology at the DMNS and brings us a report on what they're doing these days and what you can see and participate in if you visit. We talk about one such project in detail: The Magic Mountain Community Archaeology Project. Links Denver Museum of Nature and Science Dr. Michele Koons Profile at DMNS ContactChris Websterchris@archaeolo...
Aug 24, 2019•41 min•Ep. 71
Today’s show was recorded at KNVC.org in Carson City Nevada. Chris is joined by his co-host for this episode, Brian Woods. We talk about about plants, architecture, and guns. Links TAU Researchers Indentified Millennia-Old Animal, Plant Remains on Tiny Cave Flint Tools Italy’s “House of the Archaeologist” expresses history through materiality 137-year-old Winchester rifle found in Nevada has a new home KNVC ContactChris Websterchris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com...
Aug 10, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 70
Chris Webster is joined again by Brian Woods in the studio at KNVC Community Radio in Carson City Nevada for a chat about goddess figurines and cultural appropriation. Links KNVC ContactChris Websterchris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com
Jul 27, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 69
Chris Webster is joined again by Brian Woods in the studio in Carson City, Nevada for the radio show on 95.1 FM and Carson Community Media. Links KNVC ContactChris Websteraachris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com
Jul 13, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 68
Whether you live in a city or not we all are familiar with cities and how they impact our lives. Some of us live in them and others just visit them when we need things or social interaction that we can’t get elsewhere. Our guest today has studied the history of the city and some of what Dr. Monica Smith has found may surprise you. Links Cities: The First 6,000 Years A Prehistory of Ordinary People Contact Chris Websterchris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com...
Jun 30, 2019•57 min•Ep. 67
Today’s show was recorded as a live radio show on KNVC, 95.1 FM, Carson Community Media in Carson City, Nevada on May 10th, 2019. Chris spoke with archaeologist Dr. Amanda Harvey about her career in archaeology which spans the Maya, the southeast, and the Great Basin. Links KNVC ContactChris Websterchris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com
Jun 15, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 66
Today I talk to University of Nevada Reno Graduate student Richie Rosencrance about his research into Paleoindian projectile point technology. We talk about early arrivals by humans to North America and the Great Basin, among other things. This show is a reply of a recording from Chris’ live radio show on KNVC 95.1 FM Carson Community Media. Listen live at www.knvc.org/listen-live Links KNVC ContactChris Websterchris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com...
Jun 01, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 65
Today, April and Chris talk about their skills as archaeologists and how they translate to the real world. Can identifying artifacts in the field help you in another aspect of your life? What about writing? Accuracy? Project Management? Contact Chris Webster chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com
May 18, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 64
This episode was originally recorded live on KNVC 95.1 FM in Carson City Nevada on April 19th, 2019. Chris talks about several past episodes on TAS, and then “digs” in to his work on the US/Mexican border. No guests today; just the ramblings of a heat-stressed archaeologist.
May 04, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 63
Today episode is a recording of Chris’ radio show on KNVC.org 95.1 FM in Carson City, Nevada. He’s joined by guest co-host Richie Cruz and Samantha Kirtkley to talk about her involvement with Project Archaeology.
Apr 20, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 62
Today’s show is a recording of Chris’ radio show on Carson Community Media in Carson City, Nevada. it’s with CRM Archaeologist Michelle Cross from Stantec. She was just elected the next president of the Society for California Archaeology.
Apr 06, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 61
This episode is a recording of a live radio show from Chris Webster called The Archaeology Radio Show. Listen live on Fridays at the links below. The guest is Richie Cruz and he talks about Cultural Resource Management Archaeology with Chris.
Mar 23, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 60
This episode is the recording of Chris Webster’s radio show interview on KNVC 95.1, Carson City Community Media with Dr. Lemont Dobson from the TV series, “America: From the Ground Up.” We talk about the series and archaeologists on TV in general.
Mar 09, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 59
Kristen Hazard is the CEO and founder of Wildnote, a digital data collection and management platform that is helping environmental firms to their work faster and more accurately. Chris interviews her on The Archaeology Radio Show on KNVC, Carson City Media.
Feb 23, 2019•1 hr•Ep. 58
Today’s episode is actually a recording of the first interview I did as a radio host at KNVC 95.1 in Carson City Nevada. They cut off the first few minutes so we pick it up with one of my next questions. I talk to Dr. Garfinkel about Rock Art, his career and how he got into it, and what it all means in the greater cultural context.
Feb 09, 2019•48 min•Ep. 57
I met up with Dr. Monty Dobson, creator of the TV series, America From The Ground Up, now in its second season. We spoke at the Society for Historical Archaeology Meetings in St. Charles Missouri in January of 2019 about his production studio and what it takes to make good TV for archaeology.
Jan 26, 2019•50 min•Ep. 56
Today play another episode of the live-on-Facebook show “You Call This Archaeology” with Chris Webster and Richie Cruz. We talk about contract archaeology, wireless chargers, Megan Fox, and the digital archaeology transition, among other things. Get notified when we go live on Facebook by liking the page!
Jan 12, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 55
So, Megan Fox likes archaeology and wants to tell us all about it. Well, our host Chris Webster has a few things to say about that. They're, surprisingly, not all bad. Check out the show if you haven't - it won't be on for long.
Dec 29, 2018•46 min•Ep. 54
On Friday, Dec. 7th, 2018 Chris took this show on the radio. He’s doing a new show every Friday from 12pm to 1pm PST. Unfortunately the equipment that normally records the live broadcast went down before the show and no one noticed. So, Richie Cruz joined us again to talk about the show and some other things in a Facebook Live episode of You Call This Archaeology.
Dec 15, 2018•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 53
Here is the recording of a live show we do on Facebook at the ArchPodNet page. Richie Cruz is the co-host and we talk about a variety of things loosely tied to archaeology. And I mean loosely.
Dec 01, 2018•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 52
Can you study human evolution without looking at humans or human ancestors specifically? Our guest on this show is doing just that. By studying old world monkeys in the fossil record, ASU graduate student Irene Smail is learning about how humans and monkeys ate and lived on the African landscape.
Nov 03, 2018•57 min•Ep. 51
The people known to archaeologists as "Clovis" were widely thought to be the first people to migrate to North America. Where did they come from and how did they get here? Also, when did they get here? These questions remain unanswered in North American Prehistory but we're getting a lot closer. Dr. David Kilby joins us to talk theories and some of the latest evidence.
Oct 20, 2018•54 min•Ep. 50
5000 years ago pastoralists in Kenya created a burial site with a specific plan. For at least the next 400 years, possibly as long as 800 years, over 500 people of all ages and classes were buried with amazing precision and care. With no system of writing it's unclear how they accomplished this. Dr. Elizabeth Sawchuk, one of the researchers on the project, gives us some insight into life around Lake Turkana 5000 years ago and about the people buried there.
Oct 06, 2018•59 min•Ep. 49
The Coffee With an Indian Podcast, hosted by Brian Melendez, is a raw look at growing up and living a tribal lifestyle. Brian weaves an emotional narrative of his life that is sometimes sad, sometimes funny, and always instructive.
Aug 25, 2018•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 48
