In April 2020, the ARF and the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology co-organized an interview series called Ask An Archaeologist! This series highlights current research by ARF scholars in 30-minute interviews with faculty, graduate students, and other affiliated scholars. Visit our YouTube channel to view all of the episodes listed below.
Episode 1: What is zooarchaeology and what can a skull teach us about animal senses? with Jun Sunseri
Episode 2: Poopy Archaeology with AJ White
Episode 3: How do archaeologists use ground-penetrating radar to map buried artifacts and ruins before they begin an excavation? with Scott Byram
Episode 4: Digging up the Heroes of Ancient Greece with Kim Shelton
Episode 5: Community Archaeology in Sudan with Elizabeth Minor
Episode 6: Chang'an, counterpart to Rome and Alexandria with Michael Nylan
Episode 7: Examining Etruscan Eggs: Life, Afterlife and Funerary Meals, with Lisa Pieraccini
Episode 8: Teaching and Research with the Hearst Museum Collections with Christopher Lowman
Episode 9: Archaeology and the Proposed Interpretive Trail at Fort Ross State Historic Park in Northern California, with Kent Lightfoot
Episode 10: Network analysis and museums-based research in Eastern Europe and the Arab World with Sara Ann Knutson
Episode 11: Darién Profundo: Community Archaeology and Historical Ecology in Eastern Panama with Lucy Gill
Episode 12: Writing Archaeological Fiction for Kids: Avoiding “Eat Your Vegetables” with Jordan Jacobs
Episode 13: Armchair archaeology at the Hearst Museum with Paolo Pellegatti
Episode 14: Job Opportunities in the Private Sector - Cultural Resources Management with John Holson
Episode 15: What is the Grotte Chauvet and Why is it Important? with Meg Conkey
Episode 16: What can human bones tell us about epidemics in the past? with José Luis Marrero Rosado
Episode 17: Using Bioarchaeological Methods to aid in Humanitarian Efforts of Undocumented Border Crossers at the U.S./Mexico Border with Martha Nuño Diaz-Longo
Episode 18: Japanese Archaeology: From Prehistoric Jomon Hunter-Gatherers to Edo Period Samurai with Junko Habu
Episode 19: Living that #Archaeologylife: What is it like to live with an archaeologist? with Bill White
Episode 20: Iconographic investigations into the use of an Andean hallucinogenic plant with Colin Domnauer and Christine Hastorf
Episode 21: Rethinking Revolutions: New Insights into Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers, Part 1 with Lisa Maher
Episode 22: The impact of the Spanish conquest on the chile pepper in South America with Christine Hastorf
Episode 23: How Archaeologists deal with Uncertainty: Celebrating the ambiguity of the archaeological record: a case study from Neolithic Serbia with Ruth Tringham
Episode 24: A Closer Look at Nabataean Burials with Anna Nielsen
Episode 25: From the Museum back to the tomb: the virtual rejoining of a sarcophagus and its burial in 26th Dynasty Saqqara with Rita Lucarelli
Episode 26: How I Became a Reformed Biblical Archaeologist: A Conversation with Aaron Brody
Episode 27: Making Sense of Material Culture at Pompeii with J. Theodore Peña
Episode 28: Unfinished Business: Completing a Long Forgotten Archaeology Project in Afghanistan with Mitch Allen
Episode 29: Myths about the Ancient Maya with Esteban Mirón Marván
Episode 30: Rethinking Revolutions: New Insights into Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers, Part 2 with Lisa Maher