The premiere episode! Featuring a condensed review of historiography, analyzing how historians uncover the human past and how they interpret what they discover. Subjects include dating systems, archaeology, and written records.
Transcript: https://riverofhistory.tumblr.com/post/181793049896/episode-1-dissecting-the-past
Links and References Mentioned:
- Human Relations Area Files: http://ehrafarchaeology.yale.edu/ehrafa/
- Felipe Fernández-Armesto quote: "Civilizations" Touchstone, 2002
- Sting quote: https://genius.com/Sting-history-will-teach-us-nothing-lyrics
- Nigel Calder 'like a Martian': "Timescale: An Atlas of the Fourth Dimension" The Viking Press, 1983
Note: podcast was originally hosted on Mixcloud.com, but will no longer be updated there.
