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Strata - March 2023

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X-rays, carbon dating, Guatemala puppeteers

In ArchaeoDuck's Virtual Field School, Dr. Derek Pitman demonstrates the uses of x-ray...

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Strata - February 2023

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Ancient reaper

The Gallo-Roman reaper, or vallus, is an amazing agricultural instrument...

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Strata - January 2023

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ArchaeoDuck: Corpses seen in the movies

See two episodes of ArchaeoDuck...

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Strata - December 2022

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The Desert

This film is food for thought about what we really know...

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Strata - November 2022

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Surveying an archaeological site; Indigenous drama in Brazil

Students demonstrate how to use modern instruments to survey an archaeological site...

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Featured Audio

Audio News from Archaeologica, March 19th through the 25th, 2023

Ancient bloodletting tools in Sudan; Zodiac reliefs in Egyptian temple; genomic analysis of Beethoven hair; serpent sculpture at Chichén Itzá

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Audio News from Archaeologica, March 12th through the 18th, 2023

Early steel in Iberia; Cypriot village as Bronze Age trading hub; Colchester Vase; Wari pottery

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Audio News from Archaeologica, March 5th through the 11th, 2023

Bronze Age ice skates in western China; evidence of horse-riding 5000 years ago; lake pollution by early Maya city; Norse god Odin in early runic inscription

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Audio News from Archaeologica, February 26th through March 4th, 2023

Ancient Chinese city of Bicun; longevity of Mesoamerican cities; Iberia as Ice-Age refugium; evidence of prehistoric TB in Ecuador

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Audio News from Archaeologica, February 19th through the 25th, 2023

Live artillery round at Gettysburg; ancient Vietnamese musical instrument; cattle-horn container in South Africa; Bronze Age cranial surgery in Israel

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