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Evolutionary Insights by Anthropology.netBefore Stonehenge: The Mystery of Britain’s First Great CircleFor decades, archaeologists have puzzled over the origins of large circular monuments in Britain. Stonehenge, with its imposing megaliths, has long been seen as the defining symbol of this ancient architectural revolution. But new research suggests that an earlier, lesser-known site—Flagstones, a Neolithic enclosure in Dorset—may have played a pivotal role in shaping these traditions. The revised dating of Flagstones places its construction several centuries earlier than previously thought, raising fresh questions about the evolution of ceremonial and funerary practices in Britain.An Unexpected DiscoveryIn the mid-1980s, construction workers near Dorchester unco...2025-03-0706 min
The English Heritage PodcastFrom the archive: Ask the experts: Everything you want to know about the NeolithicWe’re working behind the scenes to make the podcast better than ever. In the meantime, we’re diving into our archive to bring you some of our favourite episodes. This week, we join archaeologist Dr Susan Greaney and Stonehenge curator Dr Heather Sebire to answer your questions about the Neolithic period. Discover what Neolithic people ate, how they navigated their way across the British Isles and if Neolithic people ever got married. Plus, learn the secrets of our most famous Neolithic monument, Stonehenge. To learn more about the history of Stonehenge, go to www.english...2025-01-021h 02
In Our TimeMegalithsMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss megaliths - huge stones placed in the landscape, often visually striking and highly prominent. Such stone monuments in Britain and Ireland mostly date from the Neolithic period, and the most ancient are up to 6,000 years old. In recent decades, scientific advances have enabled archaeologists to learn a large amount about megalithic structures and the people who built them, but much about these stones remains unknown and mysterious. With Vicki Cummings
Professor of Neolithic Archaeology at the University of Central LancashireJulian Thomas
Professor of Archaeology at...2023-03-3050 min
The Best PodcastsMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss megaliths - huge stones placed in the landscape, often visually striking and highly prominent.
Such stone monuments in Britain and Ireland mostly date from the Neolithic period, and the most ancient are up to 6,000 years old. In recent decades, scientific advances have enabled archaeologists to learn a large amount about megalithic structures and the people who built them, but much about these stones remains unknown and mysterious.
With
Vicki Cummings
Professor of Neolithic Archaeology at the University of Central Lancashire
Julian Thomas
Professor of Archaeology at the University of Manchester
and
Susan Greaney
Lecturer in...2023-03-3000 min
In Our Time: HistoryMegalithsMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss megaliths - huge stones placed in the landscape, often visually striking and highly prominent. Such stone monuments in Britain and Ireland mostly date from the Neolithic period, and the most ancient are up to 6,000 years old. In recent decades, scientific advances have enabled archaeologists to learn a large amount about megalithic structures and the people who built them, but much about these stones remains unknown and mysterious. With Vicki Cummings
Professor of Neolithic Archaeology at the University of Central LancashireJulian Thomas
Professor of Archaeology at...2023-03-3050 min
The English Heritage PodcastEpisode 203 - An ancient landscape: Thornborough HengesThis week, we’re talking about one of the oldest and most important Neolithic sites in Britain, which has recently come into English Heritage’s care. Thornborough Henges comprises three circular earthworks that dot the landscape about seven miles north of the cathedral city of Ripon in North Yorkshire.We’re joined by former Senior Properties Historian Dr Susan Greaney and Senior Interpretation Manager Joe Savage to reveal the history of these henges, their significance and how their story will be told to future visitors.To learn more about Englis...2023-02-2341 min
Arts & IdeasWilliam StukeleyStone circles, Roman Britain, a fossil crocodile and the flood described in the Book of Genesis, the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, a fake monk's manuscript: these were all studied by William Stukeley, English antiquarian, physician and clergyman (1687-1765) who pioneered research into Stonehenge and Avebury. Rana Mitter brings together a panel of archaeologists, historians and writers to look at the works of the first secretary of the Society of Antiquaries of London. His guests are New Generation Thinker and Lecturer in Archaeology at University of Exeter Susan Greaney; Rosemary Hill, whose book Time's Witness: History in the Age of Romanticism is...2023-01-2544 minArts & IdeasDigging DeepThere is fascinating evidence that 5,000 years ago, people living in Britain and Ireland had a deep and meaningful relationship with the underworld seen in the carved chalk, animal bones and human skeletons found at Cranborne Chase in Dorset in a large pit, at the base of which had been sunk a 7-metre-deep shaft. Other examples considered in this Essay include Carrowkeel in County Sligo, the passage tombs in the Boyne Valley in eastern Ireland and the Priddy Circles in the Mendip Hills in Somerset. If prehistoric people regarded the earth as a powerful, animate being that needed to be...2022-08-0914 min
The Geek In ReviewHyperDraft's Tony Thai and Sean Greaney - The Compatibility of BigLaw and Innovative LawyersHyperDraft's Tony Thai knew he could produce a better method of practicing law and producing legal documents. He viewed processes more like an engineer than a lawyer and understood that there were more efficient ways to do the work, not for the sake of efficiency, but because like any good engineer, he was lazy. Or, as he describes himself, "aggressively lazy." Not lazy in the traditional sense, but rather lazy in the way that many of us understand that the current way of working is just wasting everyone's time, and there has to be an easier/better/faster way...2022-07-2658 min
The English Heritage PodcastEpisode 169 - White horses and hill figures in EnglandThis week we’re joined by Senior Properties Historian Dr Susan Greaney and Professor Ronald Hutton to investigate the mysterious white horses and giant chalk figures that adorn hillsides across England. Find out who created them, when and why they were created and the stories behind many of England’s most famous hill figures, from the Uffington and Westbury White Horses to the Cerne Abbas Giant and the Long Man of Wilmington.To discover more about the Uffington White Horse or plan a visit, go to www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/uffington-castle-white-horse-and-dragon-hill 2022-06-2342 min
The English Heritage PodcastEpisode 153 - National treasures: England’s groundbreaking female archaeologistsSince the beginnings of modern archaeology in the early 20th century, women have made significant contributions to preserving and understanding our cultural heritage. However, their work has often been neglected. Many of them faced institutional sexism, worked in areas that were undervalued, or had their work attributed to male colleagues.We’re joined by Senior Properties Historian Dr Susan Greaney and Curator Dr Frances McIntosh to take a look at the work of a number of pioneering female archaeologists who worked on sites now cared for by English Heritage, and consider how their investigations have enriched our un...2022-03-0356 minArts & IdeasStonehenge historyThe Nebra Sky Disc, a blue-green bronze dish around 30 cm in diameter, is thought to feature the oldest description of the cosmos on its surface. It's one of the exhibits in a new exhibition at the British Museum. Anne McElvoy looks at culture and travel between Britain and Europe from 4000 to 1000 BC, what we understand about the building of Stonehenge and other sites of that period in Scotland and Wales. Her guests are three archaeologists: Mike Pitts, Susan Greaney and Seren Griffiths. and the British museum exhibition curator Neil Wilkin.The World of Stonehenge runs at the...2022-02-1544 min
The English Heritage PodcastEpisode 148 - Ask the experts: Everything you want to know about the Neolithic periodThis week, we’re joined by Senior Properties Historian Dr Susan Greaney and Stonehenge Curator Heather Sebire to answer all of your questions about the Neolithic period.Discover what Neolithic people ate, how they navigated their way across the British Isles and if they ever got married. Plus, learn the secrets of our most famous Neolithic monument, Stonehenge.To learn more about the history of Stonehenge, go to www.english-heritage.org.uk/stonehenge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2022-01-271h 01
The English Heritage PodcastEpisode 141 - Celebrating the Winter Solstice at StonehengeAs the days become shorter and darker, we’re joined by Senior Properties Historian, Dr Susan Greaney, and Senior Historic Property Curator for Stonehenge, Heather Sebire, to discover how the winter solstice was marked at Stonehenge thousands of years ago.For more details about Stonehenge or to plan a visit, go to www.english-heritage.org.uk/stonehenge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-12-0931 min
Curiosity WeeklyA New Stonehenge Discovery and Why Females Feel ColderLearn about a mysterious new archaeological discovery around Stonehenge; and why females feel colder in many species.
More from world-renowned Stonehenge archeologist Susan Greaney:
STONEHENGE: LAND OF THE DEAD’ Premieres Sunday, November 28 at 8 PM ET/PT on Science Channel: https://press.discovery.com/us/sci/programs/stonehenge-land-dead/
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Academic page: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/research-students/view/122326-susan-greaney
Females feel colder in many species -- scientists say it was an adaptation to keep the sexes separate by Grant Currin
A new study r...2021-11-2314 min
Brought to You by the Letter119 — StonehengeCarly teaches Kelsey about the ancient site Stonehenge and the fantasy and lore behind it!-----Sources:What is Stonehenge? | bbc.comWhat is Stonehenge? | londontoolkit.comThe Mysteries of Stonehenge | londontoolkit.comHistory of Stonehenge by Susan Greaney BA MSc (Oxon) | english-heritage.org.ukHow Carbon Dating Works by BrainStuff - HowStuffWorks | youtube.com2021-09-0947 min
Escape To The Soul-Stirring Full Audiobook Experience!Instant Expert: 100 of the best ideas from New Generation Thinkers by TbaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/538227to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Instant Expert: 100 of the best ideas from New Generation Thinkers
Author: Tba
Narrator: Susan Greaney, Sarah Dillon, Jeffrey Howard, Tom Smith
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 22 hours 41 minutes
Release date: September 2, 2021
Genres: World
Publisher's Summary:
The most exciting emerging thinkers of our age present their ideas Since 2010, the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the BBC have joined forces to find the best and brightest academic minds whose cutting-edge research deserves to be shared with a wider audience. Each year, 10 pioneering scholars are selected as New Generation Thinkers, and given...2021-09-0210h 41Download Best Full Audiobooks in History, WorldInstant Expert: 100 of the best ideas from New Generation Thinkers by TbaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/538227to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Instant Expert: 100 of the best ideas from New Generation Thinkers
Author: Tba
Narrator: Susan Greaney, Sarah Dillon, Jeffrey Howard, Tom Smith
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 22 hours 41 minutes
Release date: September 2, 2021
Genres: World
Publisher's Summary:
The most exciting emerging thinkers of our age present their ideas Since 2010, the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the BBC have joined forces to find the best and brightest academic minds whose cutting-edge research deserves to be shared with a wider audience. Each year, 10 pioneering scholars are selected as New Generation Thinkers, and given...2021-09-0210h 41
Download Best Full Audiobooks in History, WorldInstant Expert: 100 of the best ideas from New Generation Thinkers by TbaPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/538227 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Instant Expert: 100 of the best ideas from New Generation Thinkers Author: Tba Narrator: Susan Greaney, Sarah Dillon, Jeffrey Howard, Tom Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 41 minutes Release date: September 2, 2021 Genres: World Publisher's Summary: The most exciting emerging thinkers of our age present their ideas Since 2010, the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the BBC have joined forces to find the best and brightest academic minds whose cutting-edge research deserves to be shared with a wider audience. Each year, 10 pioneering scholars are selected as New Generation Thinkers, and...2021-09-0205 min
Putting magic in place: a knowledge exchange eventIs there such a thing as an authentic myth? Folklore in heritage interpretation at prehistoric placesSusan Greaney (English Heritage), gives the second presentation in the sixth panel of the conference, Show and Tell: What is Real? Chaired by Oliver Cox.2021-08-0526 min
The English Heritage PodcastEpisode 122 - Early Medieval Britain: Illuminating the ‘Dark Ages’This week we’re joined by Senior Properties Historian Dr Susan Greaney and Howard Williams, Professor of Archaeology at the University of Chester, to discuss the early medieval period of British history that followed the collapse of Roman state control of lowland Britain and ended with the Norman conquest of 1066.This was a time of migrations and far-reaching contacts, Christian conversion, kingdom formation and expansion, and Viking raids and settlement. But archaeological evidence tells us so much more about these fascinating centuries. Discover what happened after the Romans left Britain, who replaced them, why this period is of...2021-07-2952 min
The English Heritage PodcastEpisode 117 - Memories of living at Stonehenge in the 1930sThis week we’re looking back at a fairly recent chapter of Stonehenge’s long history and the story of a little girl, whose father was the custodian of the stone circle in the 1930s. Jean Grey, now 90, has recently shared her recollections of living near the site and we’re joined by Senior Properties Historian, Dr Susan Greaney, to discover what life would have been like at our most famous prehistoric monument at that time.To learn more about Stonehenge or to plan a visit, go to www.english-heritage.org.uk/stonehenge Learn...2021-06-2425 min
Unexpected Elements2021 the year of variantsIn our first programme of the year, we gathered a group of scientific experts directly involved in analysing the structure and impact of the SARS- Cov-2 coronavirus. There were concerns over the emergence of two new variants, Alfa and Beta, especially whether these variants might spread more quickly or outmanoeuvre the suite of new vaccines that were about to be rolled out.
And now with Omicron, the same questions are being asked about this variant’s ability to spread and overcome our defences. We’ve invited the same scientists back to give us their assessment of our jour...2021-01-021h 07Arts & IdeasWinter LightBrian Cox on the stars and planets. Archaelogist Susan Greaney on Stonehenge and Maes Howe at solstice, the shadowy paintings of Wright of Derby and Artemisia Gentileschi and the candlelight of Hanukkah in art and literature picked out by Alexandra Harris and the philosophy of Plato and light giving ideas from Sophie-Grace Chappell: Shahidha Bari and guests look at light as BBC Radio 3 broadcasts a series of music programmes, concerts, walks and features looking at Light in Darkness.Physicist Professor Brian Cox joins the BBC SO and Principal Guest Conductor Dalia Stasevska to explore the questions raised...2020-12-1645 min
You're Dead to MeStonehenge (Radio Edit)Greg Jenner digs into the history and mystery of Stonehenge. Is it really the symbol of fertility and scene of sacrifice it’s portrayed to be, and what part of Stonehenge is the henge exactly? Featuring podcasting legend Richard Herring alongside archaeologist Susan Greaney from English Heritage.Produced by Dan Morelle
Script by Greg Jenner
Research by Emma Nagouse
Radio edit by Cornelius MendezA Muddy Knees Media production for BBC Radio 4.2020-12-0129 min
The English Heritage PodcastEpisode 86 - Mortimer Wheeler and the excavation of Stanwick Iron Age FortThis week, we’re joined by Senior Properties Historian Dr Susan Greaney and Properties Curator Mark Douglas to reveal the story of a prehistoric site – and the man who unearthed it.Decades before Time Team turned its experts into much-loved celebrities, one archaeologist was making a name for himself through the new medium of television. That man was Sir Mortimer Wheeler. Discover the story of his dig at Stanwick Iron Age Fort in North Yorkshire which he carried out as part of the Festival of Britain in 1951.To learn more...2020-11-1946 min
The English Heritage PodcastEpisode 76 - Finding the sarsen stones: A journey to StonehengeFollowing the publication of new research revealing where Stonehenge’s giant sarsen stones were extracted from, we’re heading out on the road to meet Senior Properties Historian Dr Susan Greaney to trace their journey to Salisbury Plain.Discover how Professor David Nash from Brighton University tracked the stones back to a specific location, how Stonehenge’s builders transported them and why the stones’ original location has eluded us for so long.To discover more about the history of Stonehenge or plan a visit, go to www.english-heritage.org.uk/stone...2020-09-1031 minArts & IdeasDigging DeepThere is fascinating evidence that 5,000 years ago, people living in Britain and Ireland had a deep and meaningful relationship with the underworld seen in the carved chalk, animal bones and human skeletons found at Cranborne Chase in Dorset in a large pit, at the base of which had been sunk a 7-metre-deep shaft. Other examples considered in this Essay include Carrowkeel in County Sligo, the passage tombs in the Boyne Valley in eastern Ireland and the Priddy Circles in the Mendip Hills in Somerset. If prehistoric people regarded the earth as a powerful, animate being that needed to be...2020-06-2814 min
The EssayDigging DeepThere is fascinating evidence that 5,000 years ago, people living in Britain and Ireland had a deep and meaningful relationship with the underworld seen in the carved chalk, animal bones and human skeletons found at Cranborne Chase in Dorset in a large pit, at the base of which had been sunk a 7-metre-deep shaft. Other examples considered in this Essay include Carrowkeel in County Sligo, the passage tombs in the Boyne Valley in eastern Ireland and the Priddy Circles in the Mendip Hills in Somerset. If prehistoric people regarded the earth as a powerful, animate being that needed to be...2020-06-2613 min
The English Heritage PodcastEpisode 63 - Written in the stars: summer solstice and stone circlesThe summer solstice, which brings the longest day of the year, is due to take place on 20 June and, under normal circumstances, thousands of people would gather at Stonehenge to watch the sun rise over the Heel stone. However, as that’s not possible this year, we’re having our own socially distanced celebration.Joining us is Senior Properties Historian, Dr Susan Greaney, to discuss the importance of the solstice to Stonehenge and the other prehistoric monuments aligned with it.To discover more about Stonehenge and the Summer Solstice, go t...2020-06-1134 min
CuriositynessStonehenge: It’s Not Really a Mystery | Susan GreaneyIt’s a bit of a misnomer to say that Stonehenge is a mystery. We actually know a lot about the structure, the people who built it, and why they built it. Tune in to learn all about Stonehenge! To learn more about Stonehenge, visit https://www.english-heritage.org.uk Connect with Curiosityness... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/curiositynesspodcast/ Website: https://www.curiosityness.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/curiosityness Twitter: https://twitter.com/Curiositynesstv Claim your FREE Curiosityness sticker at...2020-02-1859 minYou're Dead to MeStonehengeGreg Jenner digs into the history and mystery surrounding Stonehenge. Is it really the symbol of fertility and scene of sacrifice it’s portrayed to be, and what part of Stonehenge is the henge exactly? Featuring podcasting legend Richard Herring alongside archaeologist Susan Greaney from English Heritage. It’s history for people who don’t like history! Produced by Dan Morelle
Script by Greg Jenner
Research by Emma NagouseA Muddy Knees Media production for BBC Radio 42019-10-1146 minArts & IdeasCindy Sherman, Laura CummingThe art of Cindy Sherman; art critic Laura Cumming on finding out the history behind the days her mother disappeared as a child on a Lincolnshire beach, New Generation Thinker Susan Greaney on local history museums. Naomi Paxton presents and joining her to talk about Cindy Sherman are Laura Cumming, the actor Adjoa Andoh, photographer Juno Calypso and New Generation Thinker Joe Moshenska from the University of Oxford. Laura Cumming's memoir is called On Chapel Sands and it is being read as the Book of the Week on BBC Radio 4. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006...2019-06-2645 min
The English Heritage PodcastEpisode 12 - Behind the scenes of Summer Solstice at StonehengeAs the team at Stonehenge prepare to welcome thousands of visitors to celebrate the start of summer and see the sun rise between the stones on the longest day of the year, we head behind the scenes to meet Senior Properties Historian Dr Susan Greaney and Senior Property Curator Heather Sebire.Discover how the solstice informed the formation of the stones, how the solstice was originally celebrated here, the challenges of managing the solstice celebrations today and what you need to do if you want to join the festivities....2019-06-2029 minArts & IdeasRivers, different cultures, different valuesShould we widen the net of who has a say over river management and would this be better for our rivers and ultimately ourselves. What are rivers themselves trying to tell us. Shahidha Bari meets four people with artistic, scholarly and personal relationships with fresh running water. Veronica Strang has studied the way peoples and rivers interact around the world and contributed the UN's work on bringing culture into water management; poet John Clarke is working on a poetic soundscape of one polluted Cornish river with his musical collaborator, Rob Mackay ; archaeologist Susan Greaney is an expert on the...2019-05-1548 minArts & IdeasIntroducing the 2019 New Generation ThinkersFrom Berlin techno music to the Glasgow ‘rag trade’, divisive dams to fake news - hear the research topics of 10 early career academics introduced by New Generation Thinker Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough at the Free Thinking FestivalNew Generation Thinkers is an annual scheme run by BBC Radio 3 and the Arts and Humanities Research Council to select 10 researchers to work on ideas for radio Dr Jeff Howard - University College London - is investigating how to respond to ‘dangerous speech’, lies and ‘fake news’Dr Emily Cock - Cardiff University - is exploring changing attitudes to...2019-04-2553 min
Sunday BrunchFrank Greaney on 9 weeks in a Belfast CourtroomOn Wednesday March 28th the Belfast rape trial came to an end.
It was almost 9 weeks after it had begun.
All four men involved were acquitted.
Paddy Jackson, Stuart Olding, Blane McIllroy and Rory Harrison were cleared of all charges.
It was a trial that gripped the nation and received unprecedented media coverage.
And one which will live long in the minds of many.
One man who attended Laganside Crown Court for every day of evidence was our Court’s Correspondent Frank Greaney.
He joined Susan Keogh on Sunday Brunch.
To catch the full interview press the play button...2018-04-0117 min
Prehis/StoriesStonehenge by Bernard Cornwell - Episode 6
I talk to Susan Greaney of English Heritage about Bernard Cornwell's epic novel about Stonehenge. Despite noticing some chronological finessing, and railing against the sexism of the late Neolithic as portrayed by the author, we discuss how the imaginative storytelling allows us to think about the why behind the building of this iconic monument.
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