This week we have 3 interesting news articles! First, we look at a mysterious Roman artifact called a dodecahedron that literally has baffled archaeologists and historians. Then, we look an unusual burial in Vienna with 2 individuals in an embrace. Re-analysis with new techniques has corrected assumptions made in the past about who they were! And finally, we discuss new evidence that paleolithic humans ate a primarlily vegan diet.
Links
Segment 1
- An Unbelievable Relic From the Roman Empire Is Baffling Archaeologists (Popular Mechanics)
- Why Did Ancient Romans Make this Baffling Metal Dodecahedron? (Scientific American)
Segment 2
Segment 3
- Scientists find that cavemen ate a mostly vegan diet in groundbreaking new study (Joe)
- Isotopic evidence of high reliance on plant food among Later Stone Age hunter-gatherers at Taforalt, Morocco (Nature Ecology & Evolution)
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This week we have 3 interesting news articles! First, we look at a mysterious Roman artifact called a dodecahedron that literally has baffled archaeologists and historians. Then, we look an unusual burial in Vienna with 2 individuals in an embrace. Re-analysis with new techniques has corrected assumptions made in the past about who they were! And finally, we discuss new evidence that paleolithic humans ate a primarlily vegan diet.
Links
Segment 1
- An Unbelievable Relic From the Roman Empire Is Baffling Archaeologists (Popular Mechanics)
- Why Did Ancient Romans Make this Baffling Metal Dodecahedron? (Scientific American)
Segment 2
Segment 3
- Scientists find that cavemen ate a mostly vegan diet in groundbreaking new study (Joe)
- Isotopic evidence of high reliance on plant food among Later Stone Age hunter-gatherers at Taforalt, Morocco (Nature Ecology & Evolution)
Contact
- Chris Webster chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com
- Rachel Roden rachel@unraveleddesigns.com RachelUnraveled (Instagram)
ArchPodNet
- APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com
- APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet
- APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet
- APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet
- Tee Public Store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724
