Blog #114: The Labor of Care: Accession Cards from MohenjoDaro (Pakistan) with Uzma Z. Rizvi

This week, we feature the work of Uzma Z. Rizvi, whose project at MohenjoDaro in Pakistan highlights the ways in which archaeologists can engage in decolonial, non-extractive, and generative approaches in their use of legacy data and archival history through the framework of an archaeology of care.

Blog #113: Pannonians Abroad? New Evidence from a Roman Auxiliary Base in Central Turkey with Andrew L. Goldman

In this week’s blog post, Andrew L. Goldman takes us through his archaeological project at the ancient Roman auxiliary base at Gordion in central Anatolia, and the possibility that Pannonian soldiers were stationed at this site. Here, he highlights the role played by non-Romans in the military, while also using archaeological evidence to characterize auxiliary bases as multi-gendered and multi-generational spaces.

Blog Post #111: Telling New Stories: Do We Need to Display the Egyptian Dead? with Lisa Saladino Haney

In this week’s blog post, Dr. Lisa Saladino Haney takes us through her work on the Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s new “Egypt on the Nile” project, in which they are re-imagining the ways that we conceive of museum exhibitions related to ancient Egypt and the ethical treatment of the mummified human remains in the care of their museum.

Blog #110: Paeonia and the Paeonians in the Historical and Archaeological Evidence with Goran Sanev

In this instalment of our “Unknown Peoples” Series, Goran Sanev, the Curator Adviser at the National Archaeological Museum of North Macedonia and PhD Candidate at Simon Fraser University, takes us through the historical and archaeological evidence for the Paeonians, one of the oldest proto-historical communities in the Central Balkans.

Podcast Season 4, Episode 12: Hopeful Futures for Archaeological Practice with Yannis Hamilakis

In our final episode of season 4, we speak to Dr. Yannis Hamilakis, Joukowsky Family Professor of Archaeology and Professor of Modern Greek Studies at Brown University.

Listen in, as Dr. Yannis Hamilakis discusses the politics of the past and the critical and ethical pathways forward for archaeology and teaching in the face of hypernationalism and genocide.

Podcast Season 4, Episode 11: Protecting Heritage in Times of Conflict with Isber Sabrine

In this week’s episode of the Peopling the Past Podcast, we interview Dr. Isber Sabrine, the president and cofounder of Heritage for Peace. Listen in, as Dr. Isber Sabrine discusses looting and the illicit antiquities trade in times of violent conflict and the importance of centring community voices and capacity building in heritage protection.

Listen in, as Dr. Kamash speaks about the politics of archaeology and the importance of cultural heritage for community well-being and healing during times of conflict.

Podcast Season 4, Episode 10: Between the Tigris and the Thames: Heritage Practice with Zena Kamash

In this week’s episode of the Peopling the Past Podcast, we interview Dr. Zena Kamash, a British-Iraqi archaeologist and senior visiting research fellow at King’s College, University of London.

Listen in, as Dr. Kamash speaks about the politics of archaeology and the importance of cultural heritage for community well-being and healing during times of conflict.

Podcast Season 4, Episode 9: Critical Futures for Ancient Studies with Mathura Umachandran

In this week’s episode of the podcast, we sit down with Dr. Mathura Umachandran to discuss past harms and potential futures for the fields of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies.

Podcast Season 4, Episode 8: Selective Salvage: Archaeology and Hydropolitics with William Carruthers

On this episode of the Peopling the Past podcast, we are joined by Dr. William Carruthers, a lecturer at the school of Philosophical, Historical and Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Essex.

Listen in, as Dr. Carruthers, discusses archaeology and cultural heritage in post-colonial Egypt.

Podcast Season 4, Episode 7: Hired Hands, Silenced Voices: Archaeology and Local Communities with Allison Mickel

In this episode of the Peopling the Past podcast, we are joined by Dr. Allison Mickel, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of Global Studies at Lehigh University.

Listen in, as Dr. Mickel discusses the realm of knowledge-keeping, exploitation of local site workers, and their relations to colonial labor practices.