Special Edition: Jenn Deyo, A New Archeaological Perspective on History

Summary

In this episode, Jennifer Deyo shares her extensive experience in Anthropology and Arid Landscape Archaeology, exploring ancient civilizations and their cultural significance. She discusses her archaeological work in various historical sites across the globe, including Sardinia and Jordan. Tune in to discover how archaeology reveals the rich tapestry of human history in arid regions.

Key takeaways

• 1Jennifer Deyo: Holds a degree in Anthropology and a master's in Arid Landscape Archaeology.
• 2Worked for over a decade on archaeological sites in Sardinia, Italy, Jordan, and the southwestern United States.
• 3Discussion about the significance of ancient civilizations in arid landscapes.
• 4Insights into the methods used in arid archaeology and its discoveries.

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Transcript excerpt

Welcome to Destiny. Now here's your host, Cliff Dunning. I got to say this about today's podcast. This is the first time that I've had a weather incident. We got snow on the East Coast. I'm here in northern California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. I think most people know that, and we have We've had a bad rain for the last We've had a consistent rain for the last week. But on the East Coast they're having blizzards and the snow has affected a lot of people's flights and activities. And this week's guest I had to cancel. They had to cancel Earth Aches. It's like get on the phone. The thing is, it's not just the audio version, it's the video version two, which is why we do. We work with Zoom and we're gonna be hopefully we're gonna be transitioning into Riverside in the next month or so so we get clearer images. But today's program is kind of a special edition slash carryover from another Earth Ancients program. But you know what, I shouldn't feel too bad because Destiny is Earth Ancient's little sister, and that means that what we have to offer is, you know, in the same vein in many ways. And so my guests itday is going to be archaeologist Jen Dalo talking about the problems the archaeological community faces with new technology like stars with light art and what this is revealing and why I'm bringing jin on is simply this the archaeologists who are university trained, which is most of them. You don't get your PhD without going through the program of a university in the Western culture. But my whole problem is it looks like they're not teaching original thinking or critical thinking on a lot of topics. ...

Excerpt from Earth Ancients, Feb 25, 2026. Rights remain with the original creators. Hear the full episode at the source.