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Hosted by Sebastian Wetherbee · EN · 29 episodes
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An archaeology and ancient history podcast. Featuring interviews with archaeologists, classicists, and historians, specializing in subjects from Ancient Rome or Medieval China, to Ice Age North America. Hosted by Sebastian Wetherbee
Sebastian Wetherbee hosts The Tel, a history show with 29 episodes published.
Fire is one of the most powerful forces humans have learned to live with—and one of the most difficult to understand archaeologically. In this episode, I sit down with archaeologist Christopher Roos to talk about his res
Archaeologist, creator, and comedian David Ian Howe tells me about the history of dogs in human society, and how dogs can show us what it means to be human.
Dr. Alessandro Sebastiani is an expert in the archaeology of Italy and the Roman Mediterranean, with particular focus on Tuscany. His work spans the Etruscan, Roman, Medieval, and even Modern periods, and he currently di
Dr. Steven Mithen joins me to discuss his many books, including The Language Puzzle, The Singing Neanderthal, After the Ice, and The Prehistory of the Mind. The discussion ranges from the origins of civilization, to the
Tristan Hughes is the host of the podcast The Ancients, a presenter and producer for History Hit, and author of The Perdiccas Years, 323-320 BC: Alexander's Successors at War. We discuss his book, which covers the tumult
Dr. Johnston is an expert in the archaeology of ancient Ireland, and is particularly known for her work excavating Dun Ailinne, one of the most important ceremonial centers of the Irish Iron Age, a period still shrouded
Today, I’m speaking with Dr. McKenna Litynski. McKenna is an expert in the archaeology of late Pleistocene and early holocene North America, and just recently earned her PhD studying paleolithic sewing technologies, incl
In this interview, international filmmaker and explorer Trevor Wallace tells me about the Menorca Shipwreck Project, an ongoing excavation of a series of shipwrecks in the Balearic Islands of Spain.
In this conversation, we focus on one research topic: the Dene Transition, a pivotal moment of change more than a thousand years ago, when people speaking Na-Dene languages, such as the modern Navajo and Comanche migrate
Yale classicist Kirk Freudenburg discusses the epic poems of the ancient world. From the Iliad to the Aeneid.
In this episode, I speak with Dr. Gino Caspari, an Explorers Club fellow and expert in the archaeology of the ancient Eurasian Steppe. Gino uses satellite imagery, LiDAR, and other forms of remote sensing paired with amb
Art historian Dr. Wei-Cheng Lin and I discuss the arrival of Buddhism in ancient and early medieval China. We track the emergence of a major sacred site called Mount Wutai, discuss the symbolism of the mountains in Chine
Dr. Morag Kersel and I discuss the ethics of archaeology, including the challenges posed by looting, the illegal antiquities trade, and the curation crisis. We focus on these issues in Israel, Jordan, and Palestine, thro
In this episode, Dr. Bauer tells me about his work studying a remote outpost of the Wari Empire, an enigmatic civilization that preceded the Inca in Andean prehistory. We discuss imperial expansion, social hierarchy, bur
In this episode, David Paradis joins me to discuss the legacies of early medieval feuding and honor cultures. We examine how those forces shaped England, and Europe more broadly, across the middle ages.
In this episode, Dr. Adrian Chase takes us on a deep dive into the process of mapping and understanding ancient Maya cities, how the Maya shaped the natural world around them, and how studying ancient urbanism can enrich
A fascinating conversation on one of the lesser-known regions in the ancient Mediterranean. Dr. Kearns talks about her fieldwork studying archaic Cyprus. We talk about the rural landscapes of the Iron Age world, and why
A discussion on squeezing every possible bit of data from ancient bones. Learn how archaeologists analyze bone artifacts using cutting-edge paleoproteomics, spatial and statistical analyses, experimental archaeology, and
How did civilization emerge on the Peruvian coast? Who were the Manchay? How did Amazonian civilization influence the coast, and what role did Shamanism play in Andean prehistory?
Dr. Jackson Crawford joins me to discuss ethics and beliefs in the viking world, through the lens of Hávamál, a collection of Old Norse poetry written from the perspective of Odin. The conversation meanders through topic
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