Archaeo Book Club

So long, farewell... - Ep 14

After two years of running, this is the final episode for the Archaeo Book Club Podcast. Hosts and book club admins Ash, Judith, and Tilly bid a fond farewell by sharing their favourite past reads of the club, as well as the most anticipated books on their 2026 reading list. To all of our listeners, thank you for tuning in! And remember that just because the podcast is stopping doesn’t mean that the book club is. If you want to continue the discussion, please do come along and join our free Discord server to join our community and share your love of archaeology and books. Hopefully see you there! Books mentioned: * Beowulf (Maria Dhavana Headley) * The Emperor’s Babe (Bernadine Evaristo) * The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco) * The Vaster Wilds (Lauren Groff) * Crocodile on the Sandbank (Elizabeth Peters) * Beds and Chambers in Late Medieval England: Reading, Representation and Realities (Hollie L.S. Morgan). * Inside the Neolithic Mind (David Lewis-Williams and David Pearce) * Scents of Arabia: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Ancient Olfactory Worlds (Arnulf Hausleiter and Barbara Huber) CONTACT * Discord [https://discord.gg/wtSDFxfCqA] * Website [https://www.archaeobookclub.com] * Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/archaeobookclub/] * Email [info@archaeobookclub.com] MUSIC "Little Adventure" by Sergei Chetvertnykh [https://pixabay.com/music/main-title-little-adventure-95822/] TRANSCRIPTS For rough transcripts of this episode, go to: https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/archaeo-book-club/14 ARCHPODNET * APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com [https://www.archpodnet.com] * APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet [https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet] * APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet [https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet] * APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet [https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet] * APN Store [https://archpodnet.com/shop] AFFILIATES * Motion [https://www.archpodnet.com/motion] Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Book Worms: Magical Pasts - Ep 13

This episode, our hosts Ash, Judith, and Tilly continue their discussion of the Archaeo Book Club’s January theme of “Magical Pasts”, this time delving into their book shelves for inspiration! Together they tackle the classic burning questions: What is headology? Who was Merlin? And what has any of this got to do with mushrooms? Monthly Book: The History of Magic (Chris Gosden) Other books mentioned: * What the River Knows (Isabel Ibañez) * The Crystal Cave (Mary Stewart) * Forest Euphoria (Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian) * Where the Library Hides (Isabel Ibañez) * Mere (Danielle Giles) * The Materiality of Magic (Natalie Armitage and Ceri Houlbrook) * Empire of Shadows (Jacquelyn Benson) * Trees in the Religions of Early Medieval England (Michael Bintley) * Trees in Anglo-Saxon England: Literature, Lore and Landscape (Della Hooke) * Wyrd Sisters (Terry Pratchett) * The Hollow Hills (Mary Stewart) * The Last Enchantment (Mary Stewart) CONTACT * Discord [https://discord.gg/wtSDFxfCqA] * Website [https://www.archaeobookclub.com] * Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/archaeobookclub/] * Email [info@archaeobookclub.com] MUSIC "Little Adventure" by Sergei Chetvertnykh [https://pixabay.com/music/main-title-little-adventure-95822/] TRANSCRIPTS For rough transcripts of this episode, go to: https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/archaeo-book-club/13 ARCHPODNET * APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com [https://www.archpodnet.com] * APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet [https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet] * APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet [https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet] * APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet [https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet] * APN Store [https://archpodnet.com/shop] AFFILIATES * Motion [https://www.archpodnet.com/motion] Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Field Notes: Magical Pasts - Ep 12

Let’s start the new year off with a little bit of magic! In January, the book club theme is “Magical Pasts”, and so this episode our three hosts discuss the role of magic - or related themes - in the deep and recent past. Tune in to hear all about entanglements, shamanism, and charms for bees. Monthly Book: The History of Magic (Chris Gosden) LINKS * Charm for a Swam of Bees [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_a_Swarm_of_Bees] * Carved Stone Balls [https://www.nms.ac.uk/discover-catalogue/towie-ball-a-neolithic-status-symbol] * And My Trowel post-processualism episode [https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/trowel/13] * Inuit shamanism [https://www.inuitartzone.com/pages/shamanism?srsltid=AfmBOorvtWgDew7MEooKrN4RaKSYe_k5oHT9uSxEVi8AN6IzZAgN6xhm] * Hodder entanglement article [http://www.ian-hodder.com/s/the-entanglements-of-humans-and-things-a-long-term-view.pdf] * Pobull Fhinn Stone Circle [https://www.visitouterhebrides.co.uk/see-and-do/pobull-fhinn-stone-circle-p522621] CONTACT * Discord [https://discord.gg/wtSDFxfCqA] * Website [https://www.archaeobookclub.com] * Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/archaeobookclub/] * Email [info@archaeobookclub.com] MUSIC "Little Adventure" by Sergei Chetvertnykh [https://pixabay.com/music/main-title-little-adventure-95822/] TRANSCRIPTS For rough transcripts of this episode, go to: https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/archaeo-book-club/12 ARCHPODNET * APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com [https://www.archpodnet.com] * APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet [https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet] * APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet [https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet] * APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet [https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet] * APN Store [https://archpodnet.com/shop] AFFILIATES * Motion [https://www.archpodnet.com/motion] Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

PROMO: The Past Macabre Ep 17

As the APN takes a break this holiday season we’re taking this opportunity to bring you episodes of other network shows you may not be aware of. Here’s an episode from the Past Macabre Podcast with Stephane Rice. The Past Macabre: The Archaeology of Boudica pt 1: Late Iron Age Britain and the Iceni In this first of a two-part series, The Past Macabre travels back to Late Iron Age Britain before the Roman conquest to explore the world that shaped one of history’s most famous warrior queens: Boudica. Her story has been told many times for nearly two millennia, but what is the truth behind the Celtic warrior queen who stood against Rome? Uncover the archaeology of her tribe the Iceni, from sacred sites, workshops, and homesteads. We’ll explore the first contacts between Rome and Britain as early as the 2nd century BCE to Caesar’s failed invasion in 54 BCE and the uneasy alliances that turned native leaders into Roman client-kings. Then we'll look at how growing disunity amongst the Celts paved the way for Emperor Claudius' invasion in 43 CE. Learn about the hoards of treasure, settlements, burials, and hillforts found across England and what they can tell us about the world Boudica was born into at a time of rapid social, economic, and political change. The Past Macabre on the APN [/tpm] LINKS See photos related to episode topics on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/past_macabre/] Loving the macabre lore? Treat your host to a coffee! [https://ko-fi.com/past_macabre] University of Warwick Teaching Resources - Boudica [https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/warwickclassicsnetwork/romancoventry/resources/boudica/] East Anglian Archaeology Report on Excavations in Thetford 1980–82 [https://eaareports.org.uk/publication/report53/] New Discovery of Horse Gear Hoard in North Yorkshire [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/treasure-trove-of-800-exceptional-iron-age-artifacts-discovered-in-england-180986311/] Experimental Archaeology Video: What did Iron Age women wear? [https://youtu.be/hzMoWrXtqow?si=4tAav9j6z1Ho3PaY] ARCHPODNET APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com [https://www.archpodnet.com/] APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet [https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet] APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet [https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet] APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet [https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet] APN Store [https://archpodnet.com/shop] AFFILIATES Motion [https://www.archpodnet.com/motion] Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Archaeologists don't dig dinosaurs! - Ep 11

In this episode, the bookworms dive into December’s theme: Archaeologists Don’t Dig Dinosaurs! With Judith off sick, Tilly and Ash are left unsupervised, and things get delightfully chaotic as they explore pop-culture misconceptions, swap their best archaeology-vs-palaeontology anecdotes, and share this month’s wildly different book picks. Tune in to hear all about alien-dino hybrids, dinosaur accountants, and the ongoing struggle of explaining—once again—that archaeologists definitely do not dig up dinosaurs! Monthly Book: TBC Other books mentioned: * Kindred (Rebecca Wragg Sykes) * Science of Discworld (Terry Pratchett, Jack Cohen, Ian Stewart) * Jurassic park (Michael Crichton) * Futurama (tv show) * A Sinister Revenge (Deanna Rayboun) * Monstrous Heat (Joely Sue Burkhart) * Women of the Dunes (Sarah Maine) * Amelia Peabody Series (Elizabeth Peters) LINKS * Episode of the Ethnocynology Podcast about dire wolves [https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/ethnocynology/14] * Isle of Skye footprints [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpvrkewdzyno] * The crystal palace dinosaurs [https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/crystal-palace-dinosaurs.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com] * Article about dinosaur fur [https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/university/news-and-publications/university-of-tuebingen-magazine-attempto/did-dinosaurs-have-fur/] * What’s wrong with these dinosaurs? (article Natural History Museum) [https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/whats-wrong-with-these-dinosaur-reconstructions.html] * Mary Anning Rocks project [https://www.maryanningrocks.co.uk/] * Gaius Flavius Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/gaiusflavius/] CONTACT * Discord [https://discord.gg/wtSDFxfCqA] * Website [https://www.archaeobookclub.com] * Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/archaeobookclub/] * Email [info@archaeobookclub.com] MUSIC "Little Adventure" by Sergei Chetvertnykh [https://pixabay.com/music/main-title-little-adventure-95822/] TRANSCRIPTS For rough transcripts of this episode, go to: https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/archaeo-book-club/11 ARCHPODNET * APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com [https://www.archpodnet.com] * APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet [https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet] * APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet [https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet] * APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet [https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet] * APN Store [https://archpodnet.com/shop] AFFILIATES * Motion [https://www.archpodnet.com/motion] Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.