Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCarolyn L. White, "The Archaeology of Burning Man: The Rise and Fall of Black Rock City" (U New Mexico Press, 2020)
Episode 81
How do you do archaeological research on a place that exists for only one week per year, in the middle of the Nevada desert, and is based on the etho…
4 years, 3 months ago
War Stories: The Military Tactics of Ancient Egyptian Rulers As Illustrated by War Records
Episode 37
The lives of ancient Egyptians were truly colorful, and of them, the royals led the most vivid lives. The military pharaohs have left behind many rec…
4 years, 3 months ago
Anthony J. Barbieri-Low, "Ancient Egypt and Early China: State, Society, and Culture" (U Washington Press, 2021)
Episode 49
One would think that comparing civilizations as far removed in time and space as Ancient Egypt and Ancient China might not reveal much. Yet Professor…
4 years, 5 months ago
Edmund Richardson, "Alexandria: The Quest for the Lost City Beneath the Mountains" (Bloomsbury, 2021)
Episode 52
The story of Alexander the Great has inspired conquerors and would-be conquerors throughout history. Alexander’s sweep through the Middle East and Ce…
4 years, 5 months ago
Jamie Kreiner, "Legions of Pigs in the Early Medieval West" (Yale UP, 2020)
Episode 1019
On this episode of New Books in History, Jamie Kreiner, Associate Professor of History at the University of Georgia, talks about her new book, Legion…
4 years, 8 months ago
Marianne Hem Eriksen, "The Valkyries' Loom: The Archaeology of Cloth Production and Female Power in the North Atlantic" (UP of Florida, 2020)
Episode 999
Marianne Hem Eriksen (Associate Professor, School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester) speaks with Michèle Hayeur Smith (Rese…
4 years, 9 months ago
Allison Mickel, "Why Those Who Shovel Are Silent: A History of Local Archaeological Knowledge and Labor" (UP Colorado, 2021)
Episode 13
Since the beginnings of organized archaeology in the Middle East in the 19th century, western archaeologists have typically employed large “gangs” or…
4 years, 9 months ago
Dan Hicks, "The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution" (Pluto Books, 2020)
Episode 95
Dan Hicks, Curator and Professor of Contemporary Archaeology, Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford University has written a terrific book. The Brutish Museums:…
4 years, 11 months ago
Fiona Greenland, "Ruling Culture: Art Police, Tomb Raiders, and the Rise of Cultural Power in Italy" (U of Chicago Press, 2021)
Episode 924
Today we are joined by Fiona Greenland, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia, to talk about her new book, Ruling Culture: A…
5 years ago
R. Alan Covey, "Inca Apocalypse: The Spanish Conquest and the Transformation of the Andean World" (Oxford UP, 2020)
Episode 903
The arrival in 1532 of a small group of Spanish conquistadores at the Andean town of Cajamarca launched one of the most dramatic – and often misunder…
5 years ago