Frithcast Episode 83 - An Exploration of Oseberg part 1

Episode 83 – An Exploration of Oseberg part 1

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

 

“What do we say to our visitor?” Joyce Grenfell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXhHFgDRNBQ

Assassins Creed Black Flag https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/assassins-creed-iv-black-flag/

Psychoreactive landscape – a landscape which changes to represent an individuals thoughts and moods.

Imperial Clipper – ship in Elite Dangerous https://www.elitedangerous.com/

“and it’s good night from her” Paraphrased from The Two Ronnies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CU5UPi7STk

“and we’re wearing sunglasses.” The Blues Brothers https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080455/

Coronation Street https://www.itv.com/coronationstreet

“Tonight, Matthew I’m going to be...” Catchphrase from Stars in their Eyes: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200379/

The Oseberg Ship burial, here are some sites: https://www.khm.uio.no/english/visit-us/viking-ship-museum/exhibitions/oseberg/ and http://irisharchaeology.ie/2012/09/the-oseberg-viking-ship-burial/ and https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2020/01/viking-ships-buried-clues-may-reveal-identities-mystery-women

Naming convention in Archaeology – how types are named – like Samian Ware (Terra Sigilata) highly recognisable Roman pottery http://www.newarchaeology.com/samian/

Hoards found the in the UK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hoards_in_Great_Britain

“This is not the hoard you’re looking for…” paraphrased from Star Wars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnjaUoR15dU

The Tunguska Event, 1908: https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2008/30jun_tunguska

LIDAR in archaeology: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/archaeology/lasers-lidar-driving-revolution-archaeology/

Magnetometers https://www.wessexarch.co.uk/news/techniques-magnetometry

Lara Croft: https://tombraider.fandom.com/wiki/Lara_Croft

Prehistoric Barrows: https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/iha-prehistoric-barrows-burial-mounds/

Anaerobic preservation of organic material in archaeology: there’s a lovely PDF here of archaeological preservation and assessment techniques: https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/preserving-archaeological-remains/heag100c-appendix2-preservation-assessment-techniques/

Peat Bog Bodies- Teh Tollund Man is a good place ot start: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/europe-bog-bodies-reveal-secrets-180962770/

Danish Bronze Age coffins: https://en.natmus.dk/historical-knowledge/denmark/prehistoric-period-until-1050-ad/the-bronze-age/the-people-in-the-bronze-age-barrows/

The Jorvik Sock: Viking Age, Naalbound sock, found at the Jorvik excavation: https://www.jorvikvikingcentre.co.uk/about/jorvik-artefact-gallery/sock/

The Egyptian sock (British Museum) https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA53913

Peruvian dessicated mummies: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/fascinating-afterlife-perus-mummies-180956319/

The guy from the Last Crusade who picked the wrong goblet… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA7J0KkanzM

Warriors on sticks – Frithcast episode 6 (retelling of Beowulf)

Munchings and Crunchings – Gurgi, The Black Cauldron: https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Gurgi

Viking sails: made from wool or linen: https://www.danishnet.com/vikings/viking-sails/

Guild Wars 2: https://www.guildwars2.com/en-gb/

Excarnation – the practice of sky or platform burial

Roman tombs (if you were rich) https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/rome/0/steps/27647

Greek burial practice https://basicfunerals.ca/cultural-funerals/history-greek-funerals/

The Ship of Theseus (metephysics of identity) https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Philosophy/Book%3A_Ancient_Philosophy_Reader_(Levin)/01%3A_The_Start_of_Western_Philosophy_and_the_Pre-Socratics/1.01%3A_Introduction_to_Philosophy_and_the_Ship_of_Theseus

30-50 feral hogs meme: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/30-50-feral-hogs

BJ581: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/viking-warrior-women-reassessing-birka-chamber-grave-bj581/7CC691F69FAE51DDE905D27E049FADCD

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