About this episode

Dawn "Sam" Alden interviews Melissa Funke and Chelsea Gardner about the Peopling the Past project and the importance of everyday life in understanding antiquity.

Dawn "Sam" Alden interviews Melissa Funke and Chelsea Gardner of the Peopling the Past project - a website, a podcast, and so much more. In this meta episode, they talk about talking about the ancient world, how archeology actually works, and why focusing on the everyday in antiquity is so important to getting the complete picture.

People in this episode

Host: Dawn "Sam" Alden

Guests: Melissa Funke, Chelsea Gardner

Topics covered

• ancient world
• archeology
• everyday life in antiquity
• meta discussion
• history

Keywords

• Peopling the Past
• archeology
• ancient history
• interview
• everyday life

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Peopling the Past

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