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Old News, Issue 2

This month, we're discussing these news items:

Four Roman Horseshoes Found in England (Archaeology)

Harrowing child sacrifice grave uncovered by archaeologists at lost Aztec city (Express UK)

The Dinner Party That Served Up 50,000-Year-Old Bison Stew (Gastro Obscura)

When did Aboriginal people first arrive in Australia? (Cosmos)

How an ancient stone money system works like cryptocurrency (Science News)

New Ancient Egyptian SPHINX found buried near the Valley of the Kings in bombshell discovery (The Sun)

The Mystery of the Ancient Volcano That May Have Inspired Atlantis (The Atlantic)

Archaeologists in Egypt discover mummification workshop (The Durango Herald)

Maiden Mummies From Ancient Chile Wore Toxic Clothing, Archaeologists Find (Forbes)

Archaeologists Say Humans May Have Come to Texas Earlier Than Previously Thought (Texas Standard)

Archaeologists identify ancient North American mounds using new image analysis technique (Phys.org)

Archaeologists May Have Discovered a Church Built on the Site of Constantine the Great’s Conversion to Christianity (Hyperallergic)

Archaeologists dig up skeleton with knife for an arm (NBC4i.com)

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As science communicators in anthropology and archaeology, we hosts of The Dirt acknowledge that we hold a position of considerable privilege and opportunity, and commit ourselves to continuous learning, unlearning and reflection. We recognize that our disciplines, as well as our own lives, are rooted in and propped up by settler colonialism, white supremacy, and dispossession.

We now reside on the stolen ancestral territory of the Shawnee and Haudenosaunee and on the lands of the Muscogee and Cherokee Nations, but over its lifetime, The Dirt has also been produced on the unceded traditional territory of the Piscataway Conoy and Cedarville Band of Piscataway Indians, as well as that of the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, Patwin and Miwok peoples and all those dispossessed by Cession 296. We offer our show as a platform for Indigenous scholarship, history, and cultural expression, through citation and conversation, and we welcome the opportunity to host and compensate Indigenous scholars of archaeology and anthropology as interview guests.

Likewise, we encourage all listeners who reside in settler-colonial states to learn about on whose land they reside, their place in the ongoing process of colonization, and how to contribute materially to reparations and Indigenous sovereignty.