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...
- Update frequency
- every 29 days
- Average duration
- 32 minutes
- Episodes
- 35
- Years Active
- 2008 - 2011
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…
00:32:15 |
Sun 16 Oct 2011
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 neandertha…
00:58:44 |
Thu 14 Jul 2011
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 sel…
00:34:19 |
Thu 16 Jun 2011
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 u…
00:35:08 |
Mon 16 May 2011
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 …
00:28:50 |
Sat 16 Apr 2011
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! Like this podcast? Please help us by…
00:31:33 |
Thu 17 Mar 2011
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…
00:29:38 |
Thu 17 Feb 2011
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 centu…
00:34:50 |
Mon 17 Jan 2011
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 Archaeol…
00:30:04 |
Wed 17 Nov 2010
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 thi…
00:29:51 |
Sat 16 Oct 2010
Maya burial and abandonment
This month we explore the dramatic burial of an El Zotz Maya king; he was seemingly interred with the remains of six sacrificed children. Also under the spotlight is the abandoment of the site if Kiu…
00:32:26 |
Thu 16 Sep 2010
Roman food: before and after
What did the Romans eat at their feasts? What came out the other end afterwards? This month we explore the toilets of Pompeii and the kinds of food eaten by its inhabitants. In the news this month: t…
00:31:22 |
Mon 16 Aug 2010
Human remains and genetic legacies
Human remains are our main topic of interest in this month's Naked Archaeology. Diana and Duncan explore the nature of Bronze Age cremations, the repatriation of Yagan's head and how one might go abo…
00:35:00 |
Fri 16 Jul 2010
Southeast Asia: Hobbits and Niah Caves
The diminutive, one-time inhabitants of Flores are probably the most famous early humans from this area of the world but where does H. floresiensis fit into our family tree? We discuss the gladiatori…
00:34:48 |
Wed 16 Jun 2010
Australian Archaeology and Rabbit Warrens
This month on Naked Archaeology: when and how did the first humans make it to Australia? We unearth the evidence from archaeology and genetics. Also this month we discover that Neanderthals could be …
00:28:48 |
Sun 16 May 2010
Changing sea levels and thin sections
This month on Naked Archaeology: the discovery of a possible link between genus Homo and Australopithecus - Aus. sediba; we find out how people first made it to Cyprus; which is the oldest building …
00:30:08 |
Fri 16 Apr 2010
First cities and first writing: Mesopotamia
How is it that the first farms, cities and writing all originated in Mesopotamia, now Iraq? We explore the so-called 'fertile crescent' and fanatical record-keeping in the ancient Near East. We find …
00:33:30 |
Wed 17 Mar 2010
Illicit Antiquities: Repatriation and Curating
This month we divest the darker world of black market archaeology. We find out how illicit antiquities can be tracked down after being lost for decades and how they can be returned to their country o…
00:32:05 |
Wed 17 Feb 2010
Make-up, Cleopatra and Temples
Neanderthals wore make-up too! We explore the cosmetics worn by early humans and Egyptians. Naked Archaeology this month also explores the discovery of Cleopatra's unfinished mausoleum and the curiou…
00:33:49 |
Sun 17 Jan 2010
Troy, Ithaca and Iceland
This month in divested archaeology we cover the archaeology that just happened to turn up in the legends of Homer. We find out about the man who discovered Troy, Heinrich Schliemann, and uncover the …
00:30:31 |
Thu 17 Dec 2009
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