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Enjoy Frithcast Episode 8!
Episode 8 - Archaeology
Things we talk about in this episode:
 
Opening Music:
'Ancient Whispers I' by P C III, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence.
[http://freemusicarchive.org/music/P_C_III/Ad_Astra_Vol_1/03_Ancient_Whispers_I]
 
Closing Music:
'Round II - The Ancients' by Learning Music, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence
[http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Learning_Music/An_End_Like_This/32_Round_II_-_The_Ancients]
 
Background fire ambience by inchadney from freesound.org
 
Kate needs more coffee Kate and Suzanne sing the theme tune Archaeologists use the bestest superlatives Things that archaeologists do Victorian gentry and the bible sites – how archaeology starts Ogres, parfait and trifle – things that come in layers Site surveys without excavation Digging is destructive Where does it all go? Archives, museums and reports UNIT – Dr Who The Portable Antiquities Scheme – how it works - https://finds.org.uk/ Viking hoards - Arabic coins and hack silver The Sigtuna Box and a viking anti-theft device https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigtuna_box Anglesey – defences and arm rings https://museum.wales/articles/2007-04-02/When-the-Vikings-invaded-North-Wales/ The Great Army – sites at Repton, Torksey and Ingleby. Repton: http://www.reptonchurch.uk/Vikings.htm Torksey: https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/viking-torksey-inside-the-great-armys-winter-camp.htm Ingleby: http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/635/1/richardsjd1.pdf Scar – a boat burial on Orkney - http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/scarboat/ Sutton Hoo and all the shinies - https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/sutton-hoo http://www.britishmuseum.org/visiting/galleries/europe/room_41_europe_ad_300-1100.aspx Pictish combs - http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/vikingorkney/takeover.htm Viking York and Dublin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavian_York https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Scandinavian_Dublin The Braaid and the Thing Place on the Isle of Man http://www.iomguide.com/braaid.php http://www.thingsites.com/thing-site-profiles/tynwald-hill-isle-of-man Ridgeway, Dorset http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-26453621 How to find us online