This fortnight we’re joined by Dr. Ted Banning to discuss the Neolithic Revolution as part of our season on complexity. And the Neolithic Revolution is nothing, nothing if not complex. Ted helps us decipher the various PPNs and shares insights into how to think about intensification, domestications, and sociopolitical complexity. He also chats with us about what biographies of Canadian numismatists can teach us about nineteenth and early twentieth century society. Finally, we talk with Ted about his new book, Archaeological Reasoning: A Guide to Understanding the Past, which seeks to bridge the gap between introductory and upper-level archaeology classes.

Show Notes (a selection of Dr. Banning's Neolithic publications)

Archaeological Reasoning: A Guide to Understanding the Past: https://www.bloomsbury.com/ca/archaeological-reasoning-9798765157497/

Banning, E. B., & Byrd, B. F. (1984). The Architecture of PPNB ʿAin Ghazal, Jordan. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 255(255), 15–20. https://doi.org/10.2307/1357072

BANNING, E. B., SIGGERS, J., & RAHIMI, D. (1994). THE LATE NEOLITHIC OF THE SOUTHERN LEVANT : HIATUS, SETTLEMENT SHIFT OR OBSERVER BIAS ? THE PERSPECTIVE FROM WADI ZIQLAB. Paléorient, 20(2), 151–164. https://doi.org/10.3406/paleo.1994.969

BYRD, B. F., & BANNING, E. B. (1988). SOUTHERN LEVANTINE PIER HOUSES : INTERSITE ARCHITECTURAL PATTERNING DURING THE PRE-POTTERY NEOLITHIC B. Paléorient, 14(1), 65–72.

Coupland, Gary Graham, and E. B. Banning. 1996. People who lived in big houses : archaeological perspectives on large domestic structures, Monographs in world archaeology, no. 27. Madison, Wis: Prehistory Press.

Banning, E. B. (2000). The archaeologist’s laboratory : the analysis of archaeological data (1st ed. 2000.). Springer US. https://doi.org/10.1007/b110579

Maher, L. A., Banning, E. B., & Chazan, M. (2011). Oasis or Mirage? Assessing the Role of Abrupt Climate Change in the Prehistory of the Southern Levant. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 21(1), 1–30. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959774311000011

Hit piece:

SAA Archaeological Record, “Publishing Regional Journals in the Americas: Surviving or Thriving” https://www.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=862379&p=2&view=issueViewer

Credits

Sponsors: APANB, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

Producers: Emanuel Akel (Audio Engineer); Cody Pai (Video/Socials)

Music Credits: Intro/Outro (Remix): Emanuel Akel, Original Title/Hit Pieces: Justin Hoenke