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RadioCIAMS: The Cornell Archaeology Podcast

RadioCIAMS is our podcast series, wherein we probe critical debates in archaeology in conversation between leading practitioners and the next generation of researchers. Our most recent episode, with Eleanor Casella (University of Tasmania) discussing the archaeology of institutional confinement and the role of historical archaeology in both the academy and also contemporary Tasmanian society, is embedded below.

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RadioCIAMS with Eleanor Casella, May 2nd, 2019: