The Archaeology of Grumpy Old Men (and Women) in the Judean Iron Age, or, Grandpa, That’s a Cooking Pot Not a...

About this episode

The episode discusses a study on the living arrangements of Iron Age Judean grandparents.

A new study suggests that Iron Age Judean grandparents lived on the ground floor. Sure, it’s not like they were going up and down the ladder to the roof. But did they get their own suites and hey hey stop that, that’s a cooking pot!

Topics covered

• archaeology
• Iron Age
• Judean culture
• grandparents
• cooking pots

Keywords

• archaeology
• Iron Age
• Judean
• grandparents
• cooking pot

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Judean

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