Strata: Portraits of Humanity

Submitted by Alexander Silva... on Wed, 08/12/2015 - 2:04pm

Strata: Portraits of Humanity is a monthly half-hour newsmagazine-style show.  Each episode of the human story is a portrait building on the many layers of the human experience.  This is a record we are just beginning to uncover.  From that perspective, Strata delivers in-depth coverage of a wide variety of archaeological and cultural heritage topics all around the world.

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Strata: Portraits of Humanity - Mar'23

Submitted by Lee Navalta on Sat, 03/18/2023 - 9:53pm
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(1) In ArchaeoDuck's Virtual Field School, Dr. Derek Pitman demonstrates the uses of x-ray fluorescence at the Alhambra in Spain. (2) In this ArchaeoDuck episode: carbon dating revolutionized archaeology, but what is it, and how does it work? (3) A unique and creative video portrait of Rodolfo de León and Larraitz Iparragirre, puppeteers in Guatemala. These artists have been making their own puppets, writing their own scripts and performing internationally since 2003. They delight the children with traditional stories!

Strata: Portraits of Humanity - Feb'23

Submitted by Lee Navalta on Fri, 02/17/2023 - 7:18pm
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The Gallo-Roman reaper, or vallus, is an amazing agricultural instrument that has been reconstructed and tested for over 20 years at the archaeological site of Malagne, the Archaeopark of Rochefort, Belgium. Requiring the use of a draught animal—which is a donkey in this project—the maneuver needs technical know-how acquired during many years of experimentation on the field. The vallus is a source of fascination for the public, but this mower has not finished revealing all its secrets.

Strata: Portraits of Humanity - Jan'23

Submitted by Lee Navalta on Fri, 01/20/2023 - 11:22am
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See two episodes of ArchaeoDuck featuring Dr. Chloe Duckworth and osteologist Dr. Lauren McIntyre. Learn all about what happens to the human body after death, by examining when TV and the movies get it right ... and when they get it hilariously wrong! This includes footage of (fake) human remains from movies and TV, and discussion of the processes of decay that archaeologists use for interpretation. Productions reviewed include "Twin Peaks," "Jaws III," and the 1932 and 1999 versions of "The Mummy."

Strata: Portraits of Humanity - Dec'22

Submitted by Lee Navalta on Tue, 12/27/2022 - 10:36am
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This film is food for thought about what we really know. It’s about the existence of an invisible work of art. In fact, this is false: it IS visible. However, you’ve never seen it, because it’s been in the Sahara Desert since 2017. At least, we believe that, because nobody knows what has happened to it since its installation. "The Desert" tells of the twisted circumstances in which this object ended up in the desert (the arid and little- known space). In the process, the film humorously touches on the greatest secrets about objects, mirages and the outskirts of reality.

Strata: Portraits of Humanity - Mar'22

Submitted by Lee Navalta on Wed, 03/23/2022 - 11:01am
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(1) Kekere means “small” in Yoruba. This animation music video deals with the sad theme of slavery, focusing on social memory. The script and songwriter Wagner Cinelli was inspired by the slavery period in Brazil, which lasted until 1888, and its harsh consequences up to the present day. (2) In Santo Stefano Quisquina, Sicily, during the solemn procession on Good Friday, ancient songs are sung in dialect, mostly dedicated to the Virgin Mary. These songs were likely to disappear, if not for some young people who wanted to keep the tradition alive.

Strata: Portraits of Humanity - Feb '22

Submitted by Lee Navalta on Wed, 02/16/2022 - 10:59am
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The Royal Museum of Mariemont in Belgium holds an exhibit that visitors find particularly intriguing: a fragment of a colossal female statue. The director of the museum, Marie-Cécile Bruwier, launches a full-scale investigation into the mystery surrounding this piece. Where does it come from? Can it be dated? How did it get to Mariemont, and does it really represent Cleopatra? The research will take her to Alexandria in Egypt and will involve dozens of specialists. Will the enigmatic young woman of the statue give up all her secrets?

Strata: Portraits of Humanity - Jan '22

Submitted by Alexander Silva... on Wed, 01/19/2022 - 10:54am
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Can a blind person see the Acropolis? Can a deaf person hear the sound of the sea? Are museums in Greece accessible? “Go, look, listen” is a documentary about the issue of museum accessibility in Greece and how people with disabilities experience reality. Disabled people talk about their thoughts, and their demands not only from a museum, but society in general. Without a doubt, issues faced by disabled people in Greece are the same as those experienced by those in other countries around the world.

Strata: Portraits of Humanity - Dec '21

Submitted by Lee Navalta on Wed, 12/29/2021 - 11:07am
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(1) A young Quaker farmer from Pennsylvania makes a choice to contradict his pacifist upbringing and fight in the Civil War to end the horror of slavery. His idealistic life leads to an experience as a prisoner-of-war in the pain and despair of a Confederate prison camp. (2) In a traditional ranch in northern Iran, a cow loses her calf. The galeshes (Iranian cowboys) follow a time-honored technique, placing the skin of the dead calf on the body of another calf, to prevent the cow’s milk from drying up.