From the Archives
From the Archives
Eric Olson
The books reviewed "from the archives" are sometimes old, sometimes rare, sometimes normal, but always interesting. Each episode, host and anthropology professor, Eric Olson, reviews a book. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/anthropologyarchives/support
Farmers and Fishermen
This week I'm talking about Farmers and Fishermen by Daniel Vickers (1994). How ya like dem apples?  For a full list of reviewed books, check out our Goodreads page. https://www.goodreads.com/group/invite/1170143-reading-round-up?invite_token=YjMzNzk4YTctNGViZC00YmJmLTllNmMtMmE3NzQyMGY0NjBm&utm_medium=email&utm_source=copypastegroup Follow our telegram channel for other updates: https://t.me/anthropologyarchives --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/anthropologyarchives/support
Jun 30, 2022
12 min
Sarah Osborn's World
This week I'm talking about Sarah Osborn's World by Catherine Brekus (2013). For a full list of reviewed books, check out our Goodreads page.  https://www.goodreads.com/group/invite/1170143-reading-round-up?invite_token=YjMzNzk4YTctNGViZC00YmJmLTllNmMtMmE3NzQyMGY0NjBm&utm_medium=email&utm_source=copypastegroup Follow our telegram channel for other updates: https://t.me/anthropologyarchives --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/anthropologyarchives/support
Jun 23, 2022
13 min
Natchez Country
I'm back from a long hiatus! I've read a lot of books, and I'm excited to talk about them! This week I'm talking about Natchez Country by George Milne (2015). For a full list of reviewed books, check out our goodreads page. We even have a group now! https://www.goodreads.com/group/invite/1170143-reading-round-up?invite_token=YjMzNzk4YTctNGViZC00YmJmLTllNmMtMmE3NzQyMGY0NjBm&utm_medium=email&utm_source=copypastegroup Follow our telegram channel for other updates: https://t.me/anthropologyarchives --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/anthropologyarchives/support
Jun 15, 2022
15 min
The Selection
This week, Kristin and I talk about second languages in books, when to give up on a book, and The Selection by Kiera Cass For a full list of reviewed books, check out our goodreads page. We even have a group now! https://www.goodreads.com/group/invite/1170143-reading-round-up?invite_token=YjMzNzk4YTctNGViZC00YmJmLTllNmMtMmE3NzQyMGY0NjBm&utm_medium=email&utm_source=copypastegroup Follow our telegram channel for other updates: https://t.me/anthropologyarchives --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/anthropologyarchives/support
Sep 2, 2021
39 min
What's a car book?
This week, Kristin and I talk about car books, The Eternal Frontier, and other books we are reading.  For a full list of reviewed books, check out our goodreads page. We even have a group now!  https://www.goodreads.com/group/invite/1170143-reading-round-up?invite_token=YjMzNzk4YTctNGViZC00YmJmLTllNmMtMmE3NzQyMGY0NjBm&utm_medium=email&utm_source=copypastegroup Follow our telegram channel for other updates: https://t.me/anthropologyarchives --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/anthropologyarchives/support
Aug 26, 2021
27 min
After the Quake
This week, co-host Kristin Tripi and I talk about books we've been reading currently, and a book from our library. This week's library book is After the Quake by Haruki Murakami. For the full list of books reviewed so far on the podcast, check out my goodreads profile: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/128713595-eric If you have questions, comments, send me an email at [email protected]! For news and updates about projects, upcoming books, and news, join the telegram channel: https://t.me/anthropologyarchives. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/anthropologyarchives/support
Aug 20, 2021
39 min
Yearbook of Agriculture
This week I talk about my odd copies of the United States Department of Agriculture's Yearbook of Agriculture. The following are links to sources discussed in the episode: Victory Horticultural Library: http://www.saveseeds.org/library/holdings/yoa.html USDA National Agricultural Library: https://naldc-legacy.nal.usda.gov/naldc/search.xhtml?start=0&seriesFacet=Yearbook+of+agriculture Archive.org 1940 Yearbook of Agriculture: https://archive.org/details/yoa1940 For the full list of books reviewed so far on the podcast, check out my goodreads profile: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/128713595-eric If you have questions, comments, send me an email at [email protected]! For news and updates about projects, upcoming books, and news, join the telegram channel: https://t.me/anthropologyarchives. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/anthropologyarchives/support
Aug 12, 2021
26 min
Biodiversity
This week I talk about Biodiversity (1986), edited by E. O. Wilson. To read more about Wilson, check out this article by Claudia Dreifus: https://www.quantamagazine.org/edward-o-wilson-finds-hope-in-selfless-ants-and-ecology-studies-20190515/. For the full list of books reviewed so far on the podcast, check out my goodreads profile: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/128713595-eric If you have questions, comments, send me an email at [email protected]! For news and updates about projects, upcoming books, and news, join the telegram channel: https://t.me/anthropologyarchives. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/anthropologyarchives/support
Aug 5, 2021
22 min
Folk Medicine of the Delaware
This week I review Folk Medicine of the Delaware by Gladys Tantaquidgeon. The book was originally published 1942, but my copy is a reprint from 1977. To learn more about the Mohegan Tribe, of which the author is a member, check out their webpage: https://www.mohegan.nsn.us/. For the full list of books reviewed so far on the podcast, check out the book bin: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vReMmvG9p-PQ_jGhgAaGsKRZ2ZYAj6V5cbk46TzNcHUk78m_ZFzOiMF5eHjqy5UMUTYgyak17AA9a6F/pubhtml. If you have questions, comments, send me an email at [email protected]! For news and updates about projects, upcoming books, and news, join the telegram channel: https://t.me/anthropologyarchives. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/anthropologyarchives/support
Jul 29, 2021
19 min
Cultural Resource Laws and Practice
In this episode, I review the Tom King classic Cultural Resource Laws and Practice (2012), which many archaeologists in private practice should know about or have already read.  For the full list of books reviewed so far on the podcast, check out the book bin: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vReMmvG9p-PQ_jGhgAaGsKRZ2ZYAj6V5cbk46TzNcHUk78m_ZFzOiMF5eHjqy5UMUTYgyak17AA9a6F/pubhtml. If you have questions, comments, send me an email at [email protected]! For news and updates about projects, upcoming books, and news, join the telegram channel: https://t.me/anthropologyarchives. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/anthropologyarchives/support
Jul 22, 2021
22 min
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