Do people use objects or do objects use people? Archaeologists use material culture like the objects people leave behind to learn more about past ways of life. Discover the stories behind these everyday objects, whether modern or thousands of years old, and start seeing material culture through the eyes of an archaeologist.
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Do people use objects or do objects use people? Archaeologists use material culture like the objects people leave behind to learn more about past ways of life. Discover the stories behind these everyday objects, whether modern or thousands of years old, and start seeing material culture through the eyes of an archaeologist.
The Materialists are….
Nigel Rudolph (FPAN Central Region)
Mandy Wagner-Pelkey (FPAN Central Region)
For more info on FPAN please visit http://fpan.us/
We would like to thank….
The Florida Public Archaeology Network, The University of South Florida - Department of Anthropology, For more info on USF Anthro Department please visit their website at https://www.usf.edu/arts-sciences/departments/anthropology/
Thank you to the band Have Gun, Will Travel for the use of their song Silver and the Age of Opulence for our intro music. For more information on HGWT please visit their website at http://hgwtmusic.com/
For questions or concerns about the podcast please email us at the materialistspodcast@gmail.com
The Materialists Podcast – Season 4, Ep. 1: America’s Grave History
Huge thank you to my guests for this episode:
Edward González-Tennant
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
Associate Director, CHAPS Program
https://gonzaleztennant.net/
Nardos E. Iyob
Writer, Scholar
ABCD Study Project Manager
UC San Diego
https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/ramerican/1/
https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004&context=ramerican
Grave History: Death, Race, and Gender in Southern Cemeteries
Fletcher, Kami, and Ashley Towle. Grave history: Death, race, and gender in Southern Cemeteries. Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 2023.
https://ugapress.org/book/9780820365800/grave-history/
The Materialists
Do people use objects or do objects use people? Archaeologists use material culture like the objects people leave behind to learn more about past ways of life. Discover the stories behind these everyday objects, whether modern or thousands of years old, and start seeing material culture through the eyes of an archaeologist.
