ENCORE - Why this Ice Age Bone Needle is so Important. - Ep 09

About this episode

David discusses the significance of a bone needle excavated during the summer of 2022 and highlights insights from the authors of a related paper.

In this episode of Ethnocynology, David highlights a recent paper published about a bone needle he helped excavate in the summer of 2022. While David wasn’t an author on the paper, he was there when it was excavated, recorded the moment, and recently conducted interviews with the two leading authors of the paper.

People in this episode

Host: David Ian Howe

Guest: two leading authors

Topics covered

• Ice Age
• archaeology
• bone needle
• excavation
• interviews
• scientific research

Keywords

• Ice Age
• bone needle
• archaeology
• excavation
• scientific paper
• interviews

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: recent paper

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