Podcast Season 1, Episode 8 – Extreme Home Makeover, Ancient Greece Edition: Bronze Age Houses with Rebecca Worsham

Posted byPeopling the PastPosted inPodcastTags:, , , ,
Image of Dr. Rebecca Worsham
Dr. Rebecca Worsham

On this episode of the Peopling the Past Podcast, we are joined by Dr. Rebecca Worsham, an Assistant Professor at Smith College in the Department of Classical Languages and Literatures.

Follow along, as we talk about houses in the Greek Bronze Age and the ways in which they were used and renovated to meet the changing needs of their occupants.

Want to learn more? Check out these related articles:

Worsham, Rebecca, Michael Lindblom, and Claire Zikidi. “Preliminary Report of the Malthi Archaeological Project, 2015-2016.” 2018. Opuscula: Journal of the Swedish Institute at Athens 11: 7-28.

Jeremy Rutter’s Aegean Prehistory site on EH II Lerna and EH III Lerna

Looking for a transcript of this episode? Click here.
Photos Related to this Episode
"Grave Circle" at Malthi. Photo by Jacquelyn Clements for the Malthi Project
“Grave Circle” at Malthi. Photo by Jacquelyn Clements for the Malthi Project
Rebecca giving a tour to the American School Summer Session in 2016. Photo by Donna Nagle for the Malthi Project.
Rebecca giving a tour to the American School Summer Session in 2016. Photo by Donna Nagle for the Malthi Project.
Apsidal houses at Lerna to the east of the House of the Tiles, showing multiple phases there. Photo by Rebecca Worsham.
Apsidal houses at Lerna to the east of the House of the Tiles, showing multiple phases there. Photo by Rebecca Worsham.
Palatial megaron at Tiryns with multiple phases visible. The position of the hearth and the throne are outlined in the foreground, and the picture was taken from the north. Photo by Rebecca Worsham.
Palatial megaron at Tiryns with multiple phases visible. The position of the hearth and the throne are outlined in the foreground, and the picture was taken from the north. Photo by Rebecca Worsham.
The many bugs of Malthi. Photo by Hans Hansen.
The many bugs of Malthi. Photo by Hans Hansen.
Google Map showing the location of several Bronze Age Houses.
Map of Bronze Age Houses.
Rebecca Worsham on Site at Malthi. Photo by Jacquelyn Clements for the Malthi Project
Rebecca Worsham on Site at Malthi. Photo by Jacquelyn Clements for the Malthi Project.
House/administrative structure at Malthi. Photo by Jacquelyn Clements for the Malthi Project.
House/administrative structure at Malthi. Photo by Jacquelyn Clements for the Malthi Project
The many bugs of Malthi. Photo by Anne Duray.
The many bugs of Malthi. Photo by Anne Duray.
The many bugs of Malthi. Photo by Anne Duray.
The many bugs of Malthi. Photo by Anne Duray.
The many bugs of Malthi. Photo by Anne Duray.
The many bugs of Malthi. Photo by Anne Duray.
The many bugs of Malthi. Photo by Anne Duray.
The many bugs of Malthi. Photo by Anne Duray.
Additional Resources

3D Model of the Settlement at Malthi by Daniel Löwenborg: click here and here.

Malthi Project Website at the Swedish Institute at Athens

Ephorate of Antiquities of Argolida Tourism Website for Lerna

Google Map showing Malthi, Mycenae, and Lerna 

Hedgehog Rhyton

Published by Peopling the Past

A Digital Humanities initiative that hosts free, open-access resources for teaching and learning about real people in the ancient world and the people who study them.

One thought on “Podcast Season 1, Episode 8 – Extreme Home Makeover, Ancient Greece Edition: Bronze Age Houses with Rebecca Worsham”

  1. Pingback: Your Next Podcast Binge: Peopling the Past – Local Approach

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

Gravatar
WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Cancel

Connecting to %s

%d bloggers like this: