Prehistory Mailbag! Archaeology, Language, and the Advantages of Farming

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Introduction

00:00 • 2min

2

What's More Practical Than a Quality Shave?

02:16 • 4min

3

Stontium Isotopes and Dendrochronology

05:52 • 2min

4

How Does Radiocarbon Dating Work?

07:56 • 4min

5

The Best Method for Estimating Prehistoric Population?

11:57 • 2min

6

Paleoclimatology - How to Get a Better Climate

13:59 • 2min

7

Early Middle Ages - How to Get the Sources to Line Up With Writings

15:41 • 2min

8

What Are the Benefits of Site Classifications?

17:58 • 4min

9

Plush Care Is a Great Way to Take Care of Yourself

22:03 • 4min

10

Afro-Asiatic Languages - A Very Interesting Case

26:12 • 2min

11

The Early Neolithic Farmers of Europe Probably Spoke an Afro-Asiatic Language

28:21 • 2min

12

What Is the Relationship Between Pre-Historic Languages and Agriculture?

30:22 • 3min

13

The Importance of Intentional Control of Fire in Agriculture

33:03 • 2min

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How to Shape a Landscape With Fire

35:11 • 4min

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Prehistoric Human Development

39:02 • 4min

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What Doesn't Survive?

43:18 • 4min

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The Ethnographic Record - How Much Can We Learn About Our Past?

47:25 • 3min

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What's the Value of the Ethnographic Record?

49:56 • 2min

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Early Farming

51:54 • 5min

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What Area of the World Do We Know the Least About?

56:37 • 3min

21

What Is the Cambridge World Archaeology Series?

59:19 • 4min

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The Al Franken Podcast

01:03:00 • 2min