45. Victor Klinkenberg: An archaeological approach to tablets
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Victor takes a fresh look at tablets as archaeological objects. Where and how are they found, and what does that mean for how we interpret them? Are we reconstructing archives from ancient office bins? 5:28 an archaeological approach to archives 11:01 in situ or rubbish? 15:28 the story of tablets from Tell Sabi Abyad 23:55 the story of tablets from Tell Fekheriye 27:46 history from office bins 35:03 current research Victor's Academia page: https://ucy.academia.edu/VictorKlinkenberg Victor's ResearchGate page: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Victor-Klinkenberg Palloures: project site: https://palloures.eu/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@palloures Music by Ruba Hillawi Website: http://wedgepod.org YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSM7ZlAAgOXv4fbTDRyrWgw Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wedge_pod Patreon: http://Patreon.com/WedgePod
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