"Baffling" Roman Artifact, an Unusual Burial, and Vegan Cavemen - TAS 263

This week we have 3 interesting news articles! First, we look at a mysterious Roman artifact called a dodecahedron that literally has baffled archaeologists and historians. Then, we look an unusual burial in Vienna with 2 individuals in an embrace. Re-analysis with new techniques has corrected assumptions made in the past about who they were! And finally, we discuss new evidence that paleolithic humans ate a primarlily vegan diet. Links Segment 1 An Unbelievable Relic From the Roman Empire Is Baffling Archaeologists (Popular Mechanics) Why Did Ancient Romans Make this Baffling Metal Dodecahedron? (Scientific American) Segment 2 Two ancient women buried together in Austria in first of its kind find. ‘Remarkable’ Segment 3 Scientists find that cavemen ate a mostly vegan diet in groundbreaking new study (Joe) Isotopic evidence of high reliance on plant food among Later Stone Age hunter-gatherers at Taforalt, Morocco (Nature Ecology & Evolution) Contact Chris Webster [email protected] Rachel Roden [email protected] RachelUnraveled (Instagram) ArchPodNet APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet Tee Public Store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724 Affiliates Motion : https://www.archpodnet.com/motion Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.