Archaeology of Epidemics Podcast with Dr. Jordan Pickett, on "Infectious Historians"

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View from late antique fortifications at Sardis, Western Turkey. Photo credit: Jordan Pickett

Dr. Jordan Pickett spoke last week about the archaeology of epidemics -- past and present, including CoVid19 and the Justinianic Plague -- on the Infectious Historians podcast, produced by colleagues Lee Mordechai and Merle Eisenberg from the Princeton Climate Change and History Research Initiative. Give it a listen! Topics addressed include mass burials, paleogenetics, osteoarchaeology, and the material culture of cities as windows into epidemic events from the past.

Apple Podcast link ; Podcast weblink, with open-access bibliography

IMAGE: View from late antique fortifications at Sardis, Western Turkey. Photo credit: Jordan Pickett

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