In this final episode of ArchaeoAnimals, Alex and Simona look back to over five years of podcasting about the archaeology of animal remains. From the very beginnings, to some of the running themes, recurring characters and inside jokes, this episode is an introspective journey into ArchaeoAnimals. Tune in for some of our favourite ArchaeoAnimals moments, we hope you’ll enjoy them as much as we did.

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 From quokkas to otters, we have selected some of the most endearing animals on the planet to bring you the ‘Cutest Case Studies of All Time’. Tune in to learn more about the anatomy and zooarchaeologies of the cutest of creatures.

For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/animals/64

• The Duckbilled Playtpus (1799) - The Museum of Hoaxes
• Basumatary, S. K. et al. (2021). Red Panda feces from Eastern Himalaya as a modern analogue for palaeodietary and palaeoecological analyses. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 18312.
• Borella, F., & Cruz, I. (2012). Taphonomic evaluation of penguin (Spheniscidae) remains at a shell-midden on the northern coast of Patagonia (San Matías Gulf, Río Negro, Argentina). Quaternary International, 278, 45-50.
• Clayton, J. L. (1966). The growth and economic significance of the American fur trade, 1790-1890. Minnesota History, 40(4), 210-220.

More links at https://www.archpodnet.com/animals/64

• Alex FitzpatrickTwitter: @archaeologyfitz
• Simona FalangaTwitter: @CrazyBoneLady
• Alex’s Blog: Animal Archaeology
• Music "Coconut - (dyalla remix)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2UiKoouqaY

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Join us for this year’s Halloween episode where we discuss the zooarchaeology of the Predator franchise. From Hellhounds to Feral Predators, join us on a journey through 36 years of concept art and creature design of one of pop culture’s most beloved franchises.

For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/animals/63

• Costamagno, S., Soulier, M. C., Val, A., & Chong, S. (2019). The reference collection of cutmarks. Palethnologie. Archéologie et sciences humaines, (10).
• Okumura, M., & Siew, Y. Y. (2013). An osteological study of trophy heads: unveiling the headhunting practice in Borneo. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 23(6), 685-697.
• Schultz, I. (2021) These Spikes Grew Right Out of a Dinosaur’s Ribs. Gizmodo.
• Celebrate the Predator: Revisiting the Original Predator Behind the Scenes at Stan Winston Studio
• Mammals' Unique Arms Started Evolving Before the Dinosaurs Existed
• Spider Anatomy Xenopedia

• Alex FitzpatrickTwitter: @archaeologyfitz
• Simona FalangaTwitter: @CrazyBoneLady
• Alex’s Blog: Animal Archaeology
• Music "Coconut - (dyalla remix)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2UiKoouqaY

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Join us on a journey through the mystical world of medieval maps and bestiaries. We will cover a selection of creatures real and imagined, their portrayal in the medieval period and how they informed people’s perceptions of said creatures.

For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/animals/62

• The Hereford Mappa Mundi
• The Medieval Bestiary: Animals in the Middle Ages
• The Worksop Bestiary
• Harvey, PDA (1991) Introducing Medieval Maps. British Library.
• Livingstone, J. (2018) Travel, trade and exploration in the Middle Ages. British Library.
• Morrison, E. (2019) Beastly Tales from the Medieval Bestiary. British Library.
• Nigg, J. (2014) Olaus Magnus' Sea Serpent. The Public Doman Review.
• Waters, H. (2013) The Enchanting Sea Monsters on Medieval Maps. Smithsonian Magazine.

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• Simona FalangaTwitter: @CrazyBoneLady
• Alex’s Blog: Animal Archaeology
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In this episode we discuss all things dairy. Tune in to learn more about how several archaeology sub-disciplines come together to provide evidence for dairy production and consumption in the past. Also some interesting bog butter theories.

For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/animals/61

• Albarella, U. (1997). Size, power, wool and veal: zooarchaeological evidence for late medieval innovations. Environment and subsistence in medieval Europe, 9, 19-31.
• Bieleman, J. (2005). Technological innovation in Dutch cattle breeding and dairy farming, 1850–2000. The Agricultural History Review, 229-250.
• Bleasdale, M. et al. (2021). Ancient proteins provide evidence of dairy consumption in eastern Africa. Nature communications, 12(1), 632.

More sources at https://www.archpodnet.com/animals/61

• Alex FitzpatrickTwitter: @archaeologyfitz
• Simona FalangaTwitter: @CrazyBoneLady
• Alex’s Blog: Animal Archaeology
• Music "Coconut - (dyalla remix)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2UiKoouqaY

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Join us as we delve into experimental archaeology through the lenses of zooarchaeology. How can replicating objects or activities from the archaeological record help us understand animal exploitation in the past? Tune in to find out more!

For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/animals/60

• The Auerrind Project
• Bradfield, J. (2019). Fishing with gorges: Testing a functional hypothesis. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 24, 593-607.
• Fairnell, Eva H. (2008) 101 ways to skin a fur-bearing animal: the implications for zooarchaeological interpretation. Experiencing Archaeology by Experiment, 47-60.
• Gilson, S.P. et al. (2021) Shark teeth used as tools: An experimental archaeology study. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 35, 102733.
• Lev, M. A., et al. (2020). Squamate bone taphonomy: A new experimental framework and its application to the Natufian zooarchaeological record. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 9373.
• Mansrud, A., & Kutschera, M. (2020). Roe Deer as Raw Material for Middle Mesolithic Fishhooks? An Experimental Approach to the Manufacture of Small Bone Fishhooks. EXARC Journal, 3.
• More sources at https://www.archpodnet.com/animals/60

• Alex FitzpatrickTwitter: @archaeologyfitz
• Simona FalangaTwitter: @CrazyBoneLady
• Alex’s Blog: Animal Archaeology
• Music "Coconut - (dyalla remix)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2UiKoouqaY

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From dragons, to unicorns and Divine Chickens, this episode is all about mythological creatures and how they may (or may not) have been inspired by fossilised remains of extinct species. Our friend Pliny the Elder makes an appearance once again, along with a peculiar extinct giraffe species.

• Bressan, D. (2012) Early Paleoart: Of Prehistoric Monsters and Men. Scientific American.
• Bressan, D. (2019) Nineteenth-Century Fossil Discoveries Influence Sea Serpent Reports. Forbes.
• Christen, A. G., & Christen, J. A. (2011). The unicorn and the narwhal: a tale of the tooth. Journal of the History of Dentistry, 59(3), 135-142.
• Edmonds, P. (2018). The bunyip as uncanny rupture: Fabulous animals, innocuous quadrupeds and the Australian anthropocene. Australian Humanities Review, 63, 80-98.
• Hand, W.D. (2021). Magical Medicine: The Folkloric Component of Medicine in the Folk Belief, Custom, and Ritual of the Peoples of Europe and America. University of California Press. p. 298.
• Mayor, A. and Heaney, M. (1993). "Griffins and Arimaspeans". Folklore. 104 (1–2): 40.

Additional sources can be found at: https://www.archpodnet.com/animals/59

• Alex FitzpatrickTwitter: @archaeologyfitz
• Simona FalangaTwitter: @CrazyBoneLady
• Alex’s Blog: Animal Archaeology
• Music "Coconut - (dyalla remix)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2UiKoouqaY

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Join us as we embark on another listener-requested episode topic, this time all about the zooarchaeology of animals used in warfare. From fiery pigs to Hannibal’s infamous elephants, we take a look at how animals from around the world have been integral to military operations from prehistory to World War I.

• Ameen, C., Benkert, H., Fraser, T., Gordon, R., Holmes, M., Johnson, W., ... & Outram, A. K. (2021). In search of the ‘great horse’: A zooarchaeological assessment of horses from England (AD 300–1650). International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 31(6), 1247-1257.
• Anthony, D. W., & Brown, D. R. (2017). The dogs of war: A Bronze Age initiation ritual in the Russian steppes. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 48, 134-148.
• Bendrey, R. (2010). The horse. In T O’Connor and N J Sykes (eds) Extinctions and Invasions: a social history of British fauna, 10-16.
• Dobat, A. S., Price, T. D., Kveiborg, J., Ilkjær, J., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2014). The four horses of an Iron Age apocalypse: war-horses from the third-century weapon sacrifice at Illerup Aadal (Denmark). Antiquity, 88(339), 191-204.
• Kveiborg, J., & Nørgaard, M. (2022). Early Iron Age cavalry? Evidence of oral and thoracolumbar pathologies on possible warhorses from Iron Age, Denmark. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology.

*More references at https://www.archpodnet.com/animals/58

• Alex FitzpatrickTwitter: @archaeologyfitz
• Simona FalangaTwitter: @CrazyBoneLady
• Alex’s Blog: Animal Archaeology
• Music "Coconut - (dyalla remix)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2UiKoouqaY

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