A 7,000-year-old Japanese clay pot has managed to remain almost perfectly intact. Pots began in Japan around 17,000 years ago and by the time this pot was made had achieved a remarkable sophistication. This simple clay object makes a fascinating connection between the Japan of today and the emerging world of people in Japan at the end of the Ice Age. What was the significance of agriculture to the Jomon and how did they make their pots?
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A History of the World in 100 Objects: Jomon Pot
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A History of the World in 100 Objects: 004 Swimming Reindeer
Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, narrates 100 programmes that retell humanity’s history through the objects we have made. The series spans two million years of history and uses objects from the British Museum’s collection to tell a history of the world, from the earliest times to the present day. This episode: Found in France and dating back 13,000 years, this is a carving of two swimming reindeer. The creator of this carving was one of the first humans to express their world through art. But why did they do it?
The podcast highlight from Forgotten Classic’s episode 108
Tagged with history archaeology bbc series british museum
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NYC History 95: Tin Pan Alley and the birth of modern popular music
The Bowery Boys look at where the modern music industry began…. on 28th Street? A seemingly nondescript street in midtown Manhattan contains some of the most important buildings where early American pop music was created.
Tin Pan Alley was a bustling and frenzied area, the most creative area of the city, with songwriters — and song pluggers — churning out iconic music. Sing along as we talk about the greatest songwriters and the process they went through to create the most influential tunes of the century. (http://theboweryboys.blogspot.com/)
Tagged with music pop music new york city history
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SFFaudio: Fairy Tales, Fantastic Literature, and Science Fiction
"The SFFaudio Podcast #044 – Jesse and Scott are joined by Professor Eric S. Rabkin of the University Of Michigan to discuss fairy tales, fantastic literature and Science Fiction."
A brilliant and fascinating discussion of the sff genre. (http://www.sffaudio.com/?p=13962)
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Christmas is Coming: Christmas Cards
A daily, short Christmas oriented podcast. (http://advent.lifespringonline.com/)
Tagged with christmas history traditions customs
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Christmas is Coming: Moravian Christmas
The Christmas Stocking podcast features interesting Christmas info, music, and more. (http://christmasstocking.wordpress.com/)
Tagged with christmas history traditions customs
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Christmas is Coming: The History of the Christmas Tree
Covered as only History According to Bob can do it.(http://www.summahistorica.com/)
Tagged with christmas history christmas tree traditions
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History According to Bob: History of the Day of the Dead
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History According to Bob: History of All Saints Day
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History According to Bob: the History of Halloween
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