))
Asian Ethnology Podcast introduces the work of scholars who have contributed to, or published in, the international peer-reviewed journal Asian Ethnology. It also introduces scholars and individuals whose work aligns with the topical categories of the journal.
…
continue reading
The news of the week in audio, for many years compiled and written by the late Michelle Hilling of Archaeologica, is now the product of our dedicated volunteer team. Read by Laura Kennedy, the Audio News is compiled from Archaeologica’s daily news updates. The musical interludes are original compositions by Anthony Kennedy. The Audio News from Archaeologica is compiled from Archaeologica.org's daily news updates.
…
continue reading
1
Audio News for November 2nd through the 8th, 2025
12:35
12:35
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
12:35
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New study increases map of Roman empire’s roads by over 100,000 kilometers (details) (details) Very early stone tool technology lasting 300,000 years in Kenya (details) (details) 3,000-year-old Maya site built as map of universe (details) (details) Ice Age human activity discovered in Iberian highlands (det…
…
continue reading
1
Audio News for October 26th through November 1st, 2025
12:42
12:42
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
12:42
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Archaeologists propose timeline for first human migration out of southern Africa (details)details) Unearthed artifacts point us to Maya politics and culture at Ek Balam (details) Newly discovered Neanderthal remains reveal intercontinental connections (details)details) New West African museum prompts discov…
…
continue reading
1
Audio News for October 19th through the 25th, 2025
12:51
12:51
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
12:51
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Paleolithic stone tools reveal links between North America and Asia (details) (details) Archaeologists reconsider links between notable markers of the Bronze Age (details) (details) Cahokian wooden monument points to the city’s political and economic peak (details) (details) Modern technologies reshape view…
…
continue reading
In this episode, Asian Ethnology co-editor and managing editor Ben Dorman discusses the journal's ongoing move to the Scholastica publishing platform and the broader commitment to open access and sustainability that drives it. Asian Ethnology has been publishing research on the peoples and cultures of Asia since 1942, first as Folklore Studies, the…
…
continue reading
1
Audio News for October 12th through the 18th, 2025
14:39
14:39
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
14:39
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New study proposes that hominids outside Homo family used tools (details) (details) Discovery of a large Minoan labyrinth in Crete (details) Underwater archaeological site in Belize shows Maya production of salt (details)(details) Presumed plague in Egyptian temporary capitol may have not happened (details)…
…
continue reading
51
Audio News for October 5th through the 11th, 2025
13:16
13:16
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
13:16
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New study shows how Easter Island inhabitants walked their moai statues (details) New date for ancient Egyptian temple comes from the shifting path of the Nile (details)(details) Public ritual practices helped form early Chinese state (details)(details) Ancient Peruvian empire may have used psychedelic beer…
…
continue reading
51
Audio News for September 28th through October 4th, 2025
11:28
11:28
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
11:28
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: China’s earliest known urban society identified (details) New timeline proposed for emergence of Bering Land Bridge (details)(details) Now-extinct megafauna were a key part of human Ice Age diets (details)(details) Archaeologists investigate impact of climate change on Bronze Age societies and agriculture (…
…
continue reading
51
Audio News for September 21st through the 27th, 2025
12:06
12:06
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
12:06
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: 42,000-year-old jewelry workshop discovered in France (details) (details) Pre-Hispanic ceremonial structures and petroglyphs point to neglected history of Indigenous cultures in Mexico (details) New evidence from Bronze Age Sicily pushes back the arrival of the horse (details) (details) Advanced imaging hel…
…
continue reading
1
Audio News for September 14th through the 20th, 2025
12:49
12:49
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
12:49
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Traces of exploding comet identified at Clovis archaeological sites (details) (details) World’s oldest mummies were smoke-dried (details) (details) Interdisciplinary team confirms woman honored by Roman-era marble sculpture (details) (details) Archaeologists locate underwater port, a potential clue for the …
…
continue reading
1
Audio News for September 7th through the 13th, 2025
12:26
12:26
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
12:26
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New study indicates ancient hominins intentionally buried their dead (details) (details) Ancient red floor in Turkey shows Neolithic ritual life (details) Newly uncovered Caral city shows how residents peacefully adapted to climate change (details) British metal production continued after the Romans left (d…
…
continue reading
1
Audio News for August 31st through September 6th, 2025
11:54
11:54
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
11:54
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: First known use of indigo dye found on Paleolithic era stones (details) (details) Archaeologists piece together 9,000-year-old tool-making workshop in West Africa (details) (details) Burial mounds promise new revelations about Iron Age communities in Kazakhstan (details) Newly discovered frog sculpture help…
…
continue reading
1
Audio News for August 24th through the 30th, 2025
9:35
9:35
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
9:35
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New evidence of early agricultural behaviors beyond Fertile Crescent (details) (details) Vibrant 3,000-year-old Peruvian mural points to a coastal, pre-Inca artistic tradition (details) Excavation of a single Scottish field reveals 10,000 years of history (details)…
…
continue reading
1
Audio News for August 17th through the 23rd, 2025
13:13
13:13
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
13:13
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New study shows why early Persian Gulf communities were forced to design large-scale infrastructure (details) (details) New study traces transition from hunter-gatherers to the agricultural lifestyle (details) (details) First arrivals in Americas carried a genetic relic that helped fight diseases (details) …
…
continue reading
1
Audio News for August 10th through the 16th, 2025
12:25
12:25
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
12:25
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Multiple year-long droughts may have caused collapse of the Maya in the Yucatán Peninsula (details) (details) Silver Viking-Age hoard in England shows trade networks with Islamic World (details) Die-cast silver coins in Southeast Asia showcase regional connections (details) (details) New study indicates tha…
…
continue reading
1
Audio News for August 3rd through the 9th, 2025
12:27
12:27
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
12:27
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New research reveals Maya population much larger than earlier estimates (details)(details) Artifacts from unknown human relative found in Indonesia (details)(details) New excavations show some residents returned to Pompeii after Vesuvius eruption (details) Ancient DNA analysis redefines story of population …
…
continue reading
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Modeling study tests a Shroud of Turin creation hypothesis (details) (details) Medieval dental remains reveal the lifetime impact of early malnutrition (details) (details) Archaeologists identify mineral source for iconic ancient color, Maya Blue (details) (details) Ancient Celtic treasure trove unearthed i…
…
continue reading
1
Audio News for July 20th through the 26th, 2025
12:01
12:01
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
12:01
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Lost Maya city of Sak-Bahlán rediscovered through GIS (details) (details) Early funerary ritual revealed in Israel’s 100,000-year-old Tinshemet Cave (details) Bronze armor from the Late Bronze Age uncovered in the Czech Republic (details) Madagascar’s Teniky Site shows unexpected Persian influence and ancie…
…
continue reading
1
Audio News Special Edition, July 13, 2025
16:57
16:57
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
16:57
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Purdue Research Foundation and Archaeological Legacy Institute to embark on expedition to identify Amelia Earhart’s missing plane (details)By Archaeological Legacy Institute
…
continue reading
1
Audio News for June 29th through July 5th, 2025
11:59
11:59
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
11:59
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Oldest ancient Egyptian genome indicates North African and Mesopotamian ancestry (details) (details) Flourishing 3,500-year-old city in Peru served as key trading post (details) Old Stone Age tools in China suggest sophisticated foraging techniques by early humans (details) New study reveals that Neandertha…
…
continue reading
1
Audio News for June 22nd through the 28th, 2025
12:49
12:49
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
12:49
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New study suggests "Dragon Man" skull may reveal what a Denisovan’s face looked like (details) (details) Ancient Egyptian city of Imet was a thriving urban area (details) Research shows a large increase in human use of fire 50,000 years ago (details) Vanished civilization's ancient temple uncovered in South…
…
continue reading
1
Audio News for June 15th through the 21st, 2025
12:46
12:46
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
12:46
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Ancient dog DNA reveals connection between dog migration and farming spread into South America (details)(details) New evidence confirms great age of New Mexico footprints (details)(details) Ancient Roman city of Metlosedum found in modern day Melun (details) Noble Viking burials found in Denmark (details)…
…
continue reading
1
Audio News for June 8th through the 14th, 2025
10:44
10:44
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
10:44
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: First-of-its-kind Roman artifact unearthed in Ireland (details) Dental study reveals the story of the domestication of wild boars in early Neolithic China (details)(details) Excavation reveals centuries of Veracruz history from the Aztec Empire to the present day (details) Computer simulation assists archae…
…
continue reading
1
Audio News for June 1st through the 7th, 2025
11:57
11:57
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
11:57
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Artificial intelligence model utilized to date handwriting on Dead Sea Scrolls (details) (details) Expansive, Millenia-Old Indigenous American crop fields indicate high-level social organization (details) Royal tomb in Turkey may belong to the relative of a legendary King (details) (details) Stone Age techn…
…
continue reading
1
Audio News for May 25th through the 31st, 2025
12:49
12:49
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
12:49
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New genomic testing sheds light on collapse of Maya civilization (details) (details) 7,000-year study of desert monuments reflects climate shift (details) (details) Presumed Iron Age Roman war cemetery actually holds pre-Roman British infighting casualties (details) (details) Vast slave burial site uncovere…
…
continue reading
1
Audio News for May 18th through the 24th, 2025
12:54
12:54
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
12:54
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Political events and cultural shifts influenced the genetic landscape of Spain (details) (details) Tomb and artifacts uncovered in ancient Peruvian citadel (details) Indonesian sea floor gives up two Homo erectus skull fragments (details) (details) Rare ebony African figurines uncovered in Israel (details)…
…
continue reading
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New study of obsidian artifacts in Mexico points to large Mesoamerican trading network (details)(details) Research team uncovers diversity of pregnancy depictions among Viking age communities (details)(details) Excavation of new ancient relief depicts last great Assyrian king (details) Scientific analysis u…
…
continue reading
1
Audio News for May 4th through the 10th, 2025
13:21
13:21
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
13:21
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Philodemus’ lost work identified in the charred Herculaneum papyri (details) From Britain to the Mediterranean: tracing Bronze Age tin trade across civilizations (details)(details) wo swastika-engraved swords discovered in an ancient Celtic necropolis in France (details) Uncovering ancient ritual drug use a…
…
continue reading
1
Audio News for April 27th through May 3rd, 2025
12:44
12:44
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
12:44
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Genetic study fills in the story of New Mexico tribe’s Chaco Canyon ancestry (details) (details) Luxor obelisk may have displayed “propaganda” praising Ramesses II (details) Ancient human settlement on Scottish island reveals previously unknown extent of nomadic travel (details) (details) Milky Way Galaxy i…
…
continue reading
1
Audio News for April 20th through the 26th, 2025
13:11
13:11
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
13:11
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New study finds first physical evidence for Roman era human-animal gladiatorial combat in Europe (details) (details) Ancient DNA shows Punic people had virtually no Levantine ancestors (details) Ancient DNA shows Punic people had virtually no Levantine ancestors (details) Mongolia's earliest pottery is 2,00…
…
continue reading
1
Audio News for April 13th through April 19th, 2025
13:26
13:26
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
13:26
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New study reveals that social inequality isn’t inevitable (details) (details) Human remains in Texas show evidence of ancient cultural practices (details) Research indicates domestic cats originated in Tunisia (details) (details) (details) Tree ring study indicates drought led to barbarians attacking Roman …
…
continue reading
1
Audio News for April 6th through April 12th, 2025
11:03
11:03
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
11:03
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Extremely rare Denisovan jawbone confirms human cousins spread across Asia (details)(details) Teotihuacan Altar found in Guatemala reveals cultural crossover in thriving city-state of Tikal (details)(details)(details) Ancient tools from a South African cave reveal interactions among prehistoric peoples (det…
…
continue reading
1
Audio News for March 30th through April 6th, 2025
12:10
12:10
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
12:10
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Kach Kouch in Morocco shows Bronze Age habitation, refuting past narratives of emptiness (details) (details) Middle Paleolithic people in China developed innovative stone tools (details) Researchers find ancient weapon system in Texas caves (details) (details) Sutton Hoo helmet likely originated in Scandina…
…
continue reading
1
Audio News for March 23rd through the 29th, 2025
12:49
12:49
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
12:49
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New evidence from Basur Höyük reveals egalitarian funerary practices in Bronze Age Mesopotamia (details) (details) Starch granules and the cultural significance of geophytes in Western North America during Prehistoric times (details) (details) Devastating wildfires threaten South Korea's cultural heritage a…
…
continue reading
1
Audio News for March 16th through the 22nd, 2025
13:10
13:10
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
13:10
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New study shows monument discovered in the 80s is two centuries older than Stonehenge (details) (details) Egyptian colonial cemetery reveals pyramid tombs weren't only for the elite (details) (details) First evidence of human habitation on the Tibetan Plateau during "unsurvivable" Last Glacial Maximum (deta…
…
continue reading
1
Audio News for March 9th through the 15th, 2025
13:19
13:19
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
13:19
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New study illuminates the important relationship between Neanderthals and modern humans (details) (details) Ancient DNA reveals relationships between Stone Age Europeans and North Africans (details) (details) Mysterious Pre-Columbian burial investigated in Ecuador (details) (details) Ancient Greek burial mo…
…
continue reading
1
Audio News for March 2nd through the 8th, 2025
14:07
14:07
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
14:07
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Sophisticated irrigation system uncovered in ancient city of Eridu (details) (details) Migration, not culture, influenced Europe’s Celtic languages (details) (details) Ancient ceramic “puppets” in El Salvador show Central American connections (details) (details) World’s oldest bone tools reported from Olduv…
…
continue reading
1
Audio News for February 23rd through March 1st, 2025
14:43
14:43
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
14:43
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Fossilized track marks indicate earliest known use of handcarts (details)(details) DNA tracing confirms complex genetic backgrounds of the Huns (details)(details) Super heating and cooling from Vesuvius eruption caused glass brain (details)(details) Research summary: Göbekli Tepe was a domestic site (detail…
…
continue reading
1
Audio News for February 16th through the 22nd, 2025
13:25
13:25
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
13:25
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: King Thutmose II’s tomb found, the first royal burial discovery in over a century (details)(details)(details) Laser technology uncovers intricate fifteenth century Zapotec city (details)(details) Plague epidemics likely started a century before the Black Death (details)(details) Excavation uncovers section …
…
continue reading
1
Audio News for February 9th through the 15th, 2025
13:06
13:06
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
13:06
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Archaeologists uncover Silla Kingdom palace site, revealing royal structures and advanced engineering (details) Ancient skeletons found in the Thames may indicate Bronze and Iron Age conflicts (details) Study uncovers complex genetic origins of the Fulani, one of Africa’s largest pastoral groups (details) (…
…
continue reading
1
Audio News for February 2nd through the 8th, 2025
12:18
12:18
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
12:18
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Roots of Indo-European languages revealed by ancient DNA (details) (details) Arabic manuscript contains lost works of the Greek “Great Geometer” Apollonius (details) Changes in North American Indigenous population outlined by radiocarbon-dated artifacts (details) Interdisciplinary team peers inside Mount Ve…
…
continue reading
1
Audio News for January 26th through February 1st, 2025
13:38
13:38
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
13:38
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: English seaside residence identified as the lost site of King Harold's 11th-century home (details)(details) Unique drainage and irrigation system supported Amazon's first grain-based agrarian economy (details)(details) Roman sanctuary discovered deep within Spain’s key Paleolithic site (details) DNA researc…
…
continue reading
1
Audio News for January 19th through the 25th, 2025
13:38
13:38
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
13:38
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Oldest known presence of hominins in Europe found in Romania (details) (details) Volcanic ash may have helped develop ancient Bolivian city (details) Human effort made Australia’s earth rings (details(details)) Ancient trade between strangers may explain the creation of money (details)(details)…
…
continue reading
1
Audio News for January 12th through the 18th, 2025
15:26
15:26
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
15:26
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Amelia Earhart’s airplane possibly discovered in satellite imagery (details) Archaeologists find underground Inca tunnel system (details) Iron Age Celtic communities in Britain based on female lineage (details) (details) Excavators uncover opulent Pompeii bathhouse (details)…
…
continue reading
1
Audio News for January 5th through the 11th, 2025
14:17
14:17
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
14:17
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Anglo-Saxon connections with Byzantium shown in Sutton Hoo burials (details) (details) Pottery production in Iraq shows evidence of early specialization dating back 8,000 years (details) Ancient DNA and human migrations shed light on the genetic history of Indonesia (details) (details) Strontium isotope map…
…
continue reading
1
Audio News for December 29th, 2024, through January 4th, 2025
12:49
12:49
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
12:49
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Possible burial of a female medieval warrior located in Hungary (details)(details) New DNA analysis method brings historic European migrations into focus (details)(details) Eighteenth-century Russian cargo unearthed from a Caspian Sea shipwreck in Iran (details) (details) Colonial-era angel murals unearthed…
…
continue reading
1
Audio News for December 22nd through the 28th, 2024
14:31
14:31
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
14:31
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Spectacular shipwreck bearing 10,000 ceramics lay untouched in Aegean for over a millennium (details) Ancient genomes reveal Bronze Age branching of Indo-European language groups (details) (details) Villa double the size of US White House revealed within ancient Assyrian capital (details)(details) 1,500-yea…
…
continue reading
1
Audio News for December 15th through the 21st, 2024
12:56
12:56
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
12:56
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Silver amulet may reveal spread of Christianity north of the Alps (details) Remains of 40 people from the Bronze Age reveal violent deaths (details) (details) Site of Alexander the Great’s most important battle is located (details) Syphilis started in the Americas, not Europe (details) (details)…
…
continue reading
1
Audio News for December 8th through the 14th, 2024
13:48
13:48
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
13:48
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Archaeologists uncover sarcophagus that may belong to Saint Nicholas (details) Two studies support new date of Neanderthals interbreeding with humans (details) Manot Cave shows evidence of earliest communal ritual on Asian continent (details) (details) President Andrew Jackson’s slave cemetery found on his …
…
continue reading
1
Audio News for December 1st through the 7th, 2024
12:48
12:48
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
12:48
News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New findings from Shakhi Kora evidence the first government system dates back to the 4th millennium (details) (details) Ancient undeciphered script found on tablet in Georgia (details) (details) New Alaska discoveries push human-canid relationship record back 2,000 years (details) (details) Archaeologists d…
…
continue reading
