{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65a28c429ba8e30016dff20e/6894be2bb84a51f512869c02?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Orkney Islands Archaeology ~ with Neolithic Expert, Professor Colin Richards","description":"<p><strong>August 9, 2025 - On this full \"sturgeon\" moon, Tom Muir of the Orkney Islands talks with dear friend and internationally-known archaeologist, Professor Colin Richards.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>If you'd like to, you can buy us a dram on Ko-fi one-time or regular: https://ko-fi.com/orkneyology</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Tonight we have a moonlit blether about these things and more ...</strong></p><p><br></p><ul><li><strong>How early educational prejudice and discouragement (\"You'll never amount to anything, Richards.\") led to Colin's early career as ... a television repairman</strong></li><li><strong>Putting the lie to the misaprehension that only \"really clever people\" can get a degree</strong></li><li><strong>Indiana Jones as archaeological inspiration</strong></li><li><strong>Balanced judgements of voices writing from the past</strong></li><li><strong>When Tom met Colin, summer of 1985, Broch of Howe, Orkney</strong></li><li><strong>How Colin (and partly due to his friend Miranda) discovered the Neolithic village of Barnhouse, and other Neolithic settlements</strong></li><li><strong>Descriptions of how an archaeological site is excavated</strong></li><li><strong>Stories from Colin's many archaeological digs in Orkney</strong></li><li><strong>Ongoing discoveries: re-evaluating and changing assumptions in Orkney Islands archaeology</strong></li><li><strong>Barnhouse, Skara Brae, Maeshowe, Ring of Brodgar, Stones of Stenness, Ness of Brodgar, Knap o' Hower, Stonehall ...</strong></li><li><strong>Why were these settlements abandoned? What were they up to?</strong></li><li><strong>What happened when Colin Richards spent the night inside Maeshowe?</strong></li><li><strong>Guardian spirits in the mounds!</strong></li><li><strong>What will Tom never forgive Colin Richards for? (Hint: It involves archaeology.)</strong></li><li><strong>The Spirit of the Corn</strong></li><li><strong>\"We're all Jock Thomson's bairns\" - people are the same, through space and time</strong></li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><em>Podcast theme music courtesy of </em><a href=\"https://www.startpointmedia.co.uk/about-us\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em><u>Fionn McArthur.</u></em></a></p><p><strong><em>\"Ower wi' the moon\" artwork created by </em></strong><a href=\"https://www.jennysteer.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em><u>Jenny Steer</u></em></a><strong><em>.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Support Orkneyology on Ko-fi one-time or regular drams: https://ko-fi.com/orkneyology</strong></p><p><strong>Tom Muir's Tales in the Landscape Crowdfunder: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/tales-in-the-landscape</strong></p><p><strong>Orkneyology shop: https://shop.orkneyology.com/</strong></p><p><strong>Orkneyology on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHQSp7iqejatLV9g5OAF7FA</strong></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Tom Muir and Rhonda Muir"}