Episode 96 - The Dirt Digs Pride!
Amber and Anna are holding their very own Pod Pride Parade this week! We talk about the possible genetic influences behind human sexuality and discuss instances of queerness in archaeology (and some TRULY bad takes from news outlets). We also discuss gay icons from ancient history, badass queer archaeologists, and more!
No ‘gay gene’: Massive study homes in on genetic basis of human sexuality (Nature)
Sexuality Studies in Archaeology (Annual Reviews in Anthropology)
The Oldest Known Gay Man? (ABC News)
First homosexual caveman found (Telegraph)
'Gay Caveman' Story Overblown, Archaeologists Say (LiveScience)
Is That Skeleton Gay? The Problem With Projecting Modern Ideas Onto The Past (Forbes)
Alexander the Great or Alexander the Gay? (University of Liverpool)
Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones (University of Cardiff)
Queering Hippolytus: Asexuality and Ancient Greece (Notches)
Sapphistry on the Spoil Heap: Lesbianism and Female Homosociality in Early Archaeology (TORCH)
In Han Dynasty China, Bisexuality Was the Norm (JSTOR Daily)
Feminisms, Queer Theories, and the Archaeological Study of Past Sexualities (World Archaeology)
Historical archaeology (The International Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality)