In this month’s Tea-break Time Travel Training, Matilda is looking at yet another scientific dating technique used in archaeology: Thermoluminescence Dating! What is thermoluminescence? How you can use it to date ancient pottery? How does it compare to previous dating methods covered on the podcast? And are dreams made of atoms? Listen in to find out!

• For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/teabreak/31

• Chapter on luminescence dating
• Original article by Daniels et al (1953)
• Original article by Aitken et al (1964)
• Case Study example
• Paper on thermoluminescence dating
• Method description
• Dig it with Raven post on thermoluminescence

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This week, postdoctoral scholar Laura Heath-Stout joins Chris for a conversation about her upcoming book Identity, Oppression, and Diversity in Archaeology. They explore how the lack of diversity in the field of archaeology has influenced our perception of ancient history, and how this can and should change.

• Identity, Oppression, and Diversity in Archaeology: Releasing on Oct. 31. available for pre-order October 10

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• Rachel Roden
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Why have Tilly and Ash been turned into potted plants? Maybe it’s because they were trying to categorise an ancient and (apparently) wrathful god. But how does one classify a god? How can we identify them archaeologically? Are they people or objects? And most importantly, how will Ash and Tilly stop this recording? Listen in to find out!

• Small Gods (Terry Pratchett)
• Bound to the Battle God (Ruby Dixon)
• Pyramids (Terry Pratchett)
• Odds and Gods (Tom Holt)
• Ye Gods (Tom Holt)
• Godkiller (Hannah Kaner)
• The Raven Tower (Ann Leckie)
• The Realms of the Gods (Tamora Pierce)
• Kaos (Netflix series)

• Article: Are archaeologists afraid of gods?
• Article: Cattle skull ring in Kheshiya
• Article: Taking the bull by the horns (Catalhoyuk)
• Article: Griffins, Myths and Religion
• Article: The Spatial Configuration of Belief
• Book: The Archaeology of Religion
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