Naked Archaeology, from the Naked Scientists

Where did the Nazca Lines come from? Who built Stonehenge, and what secrets lie concealed within Egypt's pyramids? To find out, join the Naked Archaeologists as they undress the past...

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Description: Where did the Nazca Lines come from? Who built Stonehenge, and what secrets lie concealed within Egypt's pyramids? To find out, join Naked Archaeology and undress the past...
Language: 🇬🇧 English
last modified: 2021-02-13 10:53
last episode published: 2011-10-16 23:00
publication frequency: 32.19 days
Contributors: Dr Chris Smith; Owner; The Naked Scientists; Author
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Number of Episodes: 35
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Date	Title & Description	Contributors
2011-10-16	Landscapes: Drainage, Plants and Palaces We're back! And this month we start by taking a tour of the terribly glamorous ditches in East Anglia. Yes, the whole landscape is one giant piece of drainage archaeology! Plus, we talk about a Roman gladiatorial school, an Iron Age road, Australopithe...
2011-07-15	Annual Round-Up of Archaeology This month we return to some of the moist enjoyable archaeological interviews recorded this year. There's everything from alien donkeys, to Pompeiian poo, speared boxes and not-so-recent neanderthals!
2011-06-23	Bayesian Prehistory, Surface Metals and Sea Defenses This month: how a neat piece of statistical analysis has led to the construction of a prehistoric history; how satellites have revealed some hidden Egyptian pyramids; how autism could have been selected for amongst early humans; and how metals colle...
2011-05-18	Detailed Science of Dating, Data and Ceramics This month: the most recent Neanderthals in the Caucasus, the science of ceramic petrology, the truth about 'The Anthropocene' and Syrian hunting traps. Plus, in Backyard Archaeology we explore the uses of the National Monument and Historical Environme...
2011-04-19	Dam Busting, Ancient Archaeologists and Iron Age Fort Raids Researchers re-create the experiments carried out by Barnes Wallis on the bouncing bomb; we discuss the Texan pre-Clovis finds; the Nichoria bone earns its place at multiple points in history and we explore the massacre at Fin Cop hill fort. Plus, in B...
2011-03-17	Warrior Art, Fire and Throwing Spears This month: Aegean warriors in art; the most genetically diverse people in the world; prehistoric Californian seafarers; Neanderthals building fires; and atlatls!
2011-02-17	Egyptian Looting, Behavioural Variability and Pollen This month: current events in Egypt affecting ancient artefacts; Britons fashioning cups from skulls; games played in the Indus; and when humans behaved like humans. Plus, in Backyard Archaeology Tom Birch goes to Paul's place... to look at pollen.
2011-01-18	First Farmer DNA, Crystals and Chessmen This month's divested archaeology consists of the mitochondrial DNA of Europe's first farmers; how to identify plaster using infrared light; who the Denisovans were; what to expect from twelfth century chessmen and why the Arabo-Persian gulf is so impo...
2010-11-18	Roman bodies, site survival and collapse This month: why a Roman horse became a donkey; how part of Pompeii recently collapsed; how a Roman village survived underneath London; and what obesity meant to the Romans. Plus, in Backyard Arhaeology Tom Birch explores how the Northern Irish 'peace l...
2010-10-29	Hard-to-Reach Heritage: Israel and Peru We make our way to some of the least accessible bits of heritage this month: Naked Scientist Laura Soul treks to Machu Picchu and we hear about the fenced-off Palestinian heritage in Israel. Also this month: tracking down The Plague's bacterial DNA, sa...