Welcome to Watching Brief. A monthly show available via podcast and as topical segments via YouTube. As the name implies, each month my co-host Andy Brockman of the Pipeline (Where history is tomorrow's news) and I cast an eye over news stories, topical media and entertainment and discuss and debate what we find.
Link of the Month: Susan Oosthuizen Landscape Case study:
https://tinyurl.com/y4hgcs2a
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Robert the Bruce actor and SNP MP slam Cineworld over chain's 'ban' on new film:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckwOrp-EnwQ
Welcome to Archaeo-Chat. In this series we record unscripted conversations about archaeology, what it is like to be an archaeologist and related topics.
Today, I chat to Neil Ackerman, formerly of Aberdeenshire Council about the circumstances which led to a stone circle built in the '90s being identified as prehistoric!
Links:
Watching Brief: Muppet of the Month: Not-So 'Ancient' Aberdeenshire Stone Circle!!! - Jan 2019:
https://youtu.be/chyzUYs4x4E
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4eBgxEtFF8
Welcome to Watching Brief. A monthly show available via podcast and as topical segments via YouTube. As the name implies, each month my co-host Andy Brockman of the Pipeline (Where history is tomorrow's news) and I cast an eye over news stories, topical media and entertainment and discuss and debate what we find.
Link of the Month:
Crochet Venus of Willendorf: https://trishagurumi.com/the-willendorf-venus/
Link:
Castle visitors warned of ‘angry badger’ in cellar tunnel:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FbsUXJNZOM
Welcome to Hidden Histories. In this series, we take a closer look at the world around us and explore the hidden depths of our shared history.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7B0TfQyksM
Welcome to Watching Brief. A monthly show available via podcast and as topical segments via YouTube. As the name implies, each month my co-host Andy Brockman of the Pipeline (Where history is tomorrow's news) and I cast an eye over news stories, topical media and entertainment and discuss and debate what we find.
Link of the Month:
The Buried Spitfires of Burma: A ‘Fake’ History:
https://buriedinburma.com/
Links:
Rio Tinto blasts 46,000 year old Aboriginal site to expand iron ore mine:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/may/26/rio-tinto-blasts-46000-year-old-aboriginal-site-to-expand-iron-ore-mine?fbclid=IwAR0u6ED6oFZ17iCZdM96XNM9siz3Lvx344IAGmNndmHuXdUFKaiGqMmzkYw
Juukan Gorge: Rio Tinto blasting of Aboriginal site prompts calls to change antiquated laws:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/may/30/juukan-gorge-rio-tinto-blasting-of-aboriginal-site-prompts-calls-to-change-antiquated-laws?fbclid=IwAR2ZOl6TSSh1rqptOE15RYf3d9zq7ifToZfSLmjn2zFM3NOfaWaFJoNgQCc
Rio Tinto apologises to traditional owners after blasting 46,000-year-old Aboriginal site:
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/may/31/rio-tinto-apologises-to-traditional-owners-after-blasting-46000-year-old-aboriginal-site
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuyYp5BMdbA
Janet Montgomery's doctoral thesis awarded in 2002 (available to download from the AHDS website: http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/montgomery_2005/) was the first study to apply combined radiogenic lead and strontium isotope analysis to British archaeological humans.
It explored such topics as how enamel lead compositions of archaeological humans become culturally focussed following the widespread use of metals, differential diagenesis of enamel, dentine and bone and the potential of lead and strontium to identify migration to, and within, Britain.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0eiojwpXPg
Today I want to share a silly short film I made back in University. 'IndianaDave In Search of Refreshment' was one of the first times I picked up a video camera and edited footage together.
I have a very soft spot in my heart for this video - Hopefully you have fun with it too...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekvHS5BmvRM