Tag Archives: historical archaeology

ArchaeoCafé Podcast – Episode 2-29 – The mystery of Skeleton Lake: An interview with Alka Barthwal

hosted by Otis Crandell

In this episode I talk with Alka Barthwal about her research at Roopkund Lake, the history of the site, and hypotheses about who the skeletons belonged to and what happened to them.

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ArchaeoCafé Podcast – Episode 2-27 – Searching for Japanese labour camps in western Canada: An interview with Leanne Riding and Art Carson

hosted by Otis Crandell and Tommy Ng

In this episode we talk with Leanne Riding and Art Carson about Japanese internment and labour camps in Canada during World War II and their project to find, map, and document these camps in western Canada.

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ArchaeoCafé Podcast – Episode 2-16 – Drone archaeology: An interview with Katelyn O’Keefe

hosted by Otis Crandell and Renata Araujo

In this episode we talk with Katelyn O’Keefe about the use of drones for doing aerial surveys in archaeology and for looking at landscape change over time in order to assess risks to cultural heritage. We also discuss the history of Qikiqtaruk (Herschel Island) in Yukon (Canada) and the archaeological and heritage work currently taking place there.

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ArchaeoCafé Podcast – Episode 2-15 – Archaeology and Missing Children: An interview with Eldon Yellowhorn

hosted by Otis Crandell

In this episode I talk with Eldon Yellowhorn about the Missing Children Project and his use of archaeology in this project. We also discuss calls to action in the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Canada) which are particularly relevant to archaeology, and we discuss the various ways that history can be recorded, revealed and retold.

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ArchaeoCafé Podcast – Episode 2-13 – High altitude archaeology: An interview with Ekta Singh

hosted by Otis Crandell

In this episode I talk with Ekta Singh about the history of Spiti Valley in northern India and her archaeological research in the area as well as some of the general aspects of doing archaeological research in the high altitude environment of the Himalayas.

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ArchaeoCafé Podcast – Episode 2-09 – Japanese American internment during World War II: An interview with Koji Lau-Ozawa

hosted by Otis Crandell and Tommy Ng

In this episode we talk with Koji Lau-Ozawa about the history of Japanese internment camps in the U.S.A. during the Second World War and his archaeological research into the camps.

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ArchaeoCafé Podcast – Episode 2-06 – Excavating Oak Island: An interview with Laird Niven

hosted by Otis Crandell and Tommy Ng

In this episode we talk with Laird Niven about his research on Oak Island and his involvement in the Curse of Oak Island TV show as well as some background on the show and the history of the island.

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ArchaeoCafé Podcast – Episode 32 – Making scents of archaeology: An interview with Paul Martin (Part 2)

hosted by Otis Crandell

In this episode, I talk more with Paul Martin about the use of dogs on archaeological surveys and his research on testing the potentials and limits of this method.

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