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Saturday Apr 15, 2017
Frithcast Episode 08 - Archaeology
Saturday Apr 15, 2017
Saturday Apr 15, 2017
Episode 8 - Archaeology
Things we talk about in this episode:
Opening Music:
'Ancient Whispers I' by P C III, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence.
[http://freemusicarchive.org/music/P_C_III/Ad_Astra_Vol_1/03_Ancient_Whispers_I]
Closing Music:
'Round II - The Ancients' by Learning Music, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence
[http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Learning_Music/An_End_Like_This/32_Round_II_-_The_Ancients]
Background fire ambience by inchadney from freesound.org
Kate needs more coffee
Kate and Suzanne sing the theme tune
Archaeologists use the bestest superlatives
Things that archaeologists do
Victorian gentry and the bible sites – how archaeology starts
Ogres, parfait and trifle – things that come in layers
Site surveys without excavation
Digging is destructive
Where does it all go? Archives, museums and reports
UNIT – Dr Who
The Portable Antiquities Scheme – how it works - https://finds.org.uk/
Viking hoards - Arabic coins and hack silver
The Sigtuna Box and a viking anti-theft device https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigtuna_box
Anglesey – defences and arm rings https://museum.wales/articles/2007-04-02/When-the-Vikings-invaded-North-Wales/
The Great Army – sites at Repton, Torksey and Ingleby. Repton: http://www.reptonchurch.uk/Vikings.htm Torksey: https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/viking-torksey-inside-the-great-armys-winter-camp.htm Ingleby: http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/635/1/richardsjd1.pdf
Scar – a boat burial on Orkney - http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/scarboat/
Sutton Hoo and all the shinies - https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/sutton-hoo http://www.britishmuseum.org/visiting/galleries/europe/room_41_europe_ad_300-1100.aspx
Pictish combs - http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/vikingorkney/takeover.htm
Viking York and Dublin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavian_York https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Scandinavian_Dublin
The Braaid and the Thing Place on the Isle of Man http://www.iomguide.com/braaid.php http://www.thingsites.com/thing-site-profiles/tynwald-hill-isle-of-man
Ridgeway, Dorset http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-26453621
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