ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE EAR season 2.
presented by musician and composer Chris Cundy and featuring poet Adam Horovitz creating a sound world around prehistoric objects on display at Corinium Museum in Cirencester.
in partnership with Corinium Museum and Resonance 104.4FM
supported by Help Musicians and Arts Council England
long-listed in the best creative content category at the 2023 Digital Culture Awards
presented by musician and composer Chris Cundy and featuring poet Adam Horovitz creating a sound world around prehistoric objects on display at Corinium Museum in Cirencester.
in partnership with Corinium Museum and Resonance 104.4FM
supported by Help Musicians and Arts Council England
long-listed in the best creative content category at the 2023 Digital Culture Awards
| episode 1 (season 2) A LAND BETWEEN TWO RIVERS
In this episode we talk to Corinium Museum director Katharine Walker about a Lower Paleolithic handaxe, and archaeologist Timothy Darvill shows us a Neolithic arc pendant. Botonist Mike Ward ventures back into the landscape where these objects were found, and we meet up with Boss Morris, an all female traditional Morris dancing side to talk about what this landscape means to them.
In this episode we talk to Corinium Museum director Katharine Walker about a Lower Paleolithic handaxe, and archaeologist Timothy Darvill shows us a Neolithic arc pendant. Botonist Mike Ward ventures back into the landscape where these objects were found, and we meet up with Boss Morris, an all female traditional Morris dancing side to talk about what this landscape means to them.
| episode 2 (season 2) THE EARLIEST KNOWN FAMILY TREE IN THE WORLD
In this episode we talk to archaeologist Timothy Darvill about the fascinating finds and grave goods on display at Corinium Museum from Hazleton North, an early Neolithic tomb in the Central Cotswolds. I take a hike up there with Brendan Barrymore Bayliss who remembers being on the original dig team when he was just fifteen. And archaeologist Chris Fowler talks about a recent DNA study that has revealed the earliest known family tree in the world.
In this episode we talk to archaeologist Timothy Darvill about the fascinating finds and grave goods on display at Corinium Museum from Hazleton North, an early Neolithic tomb in the Central Cotswolds. I take a hike up there with Brendan Barrymore Bayliss who remembers being on the original dig team when he was just fifteen. And archaeologist Chris Fowler talks about a recent DNA study that has revealed the earliest known family tree in the world.
| episode 3 (season 2) BENEATH THE BARROW
In this episode museum director Katharine Walker shows us a selection of tiny harpoons and blade-lets made by Mesolithic hunter gatherers. Archaeologist Timothy Darvill tells us about a house that was discovered beneath the Neolithic long barrow at Hazleton North. And we visit Matt Grimmitt at Winchcombe Pottery to talk about a six thousand year old soup bowl.
In this episode museum director Katharine Walker shows us a selection of tiny harpoons and blade-lets made by Mesolithic hunter gatherers. Archaeologist Timothy Darvill tells us about a house that was discovered beneath the Neolithic long barrow at Hazleton North. And we visit Matt Grimmitt at Winchcombe Pottery to talk about a six thousand year old soup bowl.
| episode 4 (season 2) AN EARLY HISTORY OF MONEY
In this episode we take a prehistoric leap forwards into the Iron Age. We visit an unassuming village called Bagendon where, two thousand years ago, the Dubonnian tribe discovered a flair for taming wild horses and where they minted Britain's first ever coinage. And Corinium Museum’s Emma Stuart talks to us about the early history of money.
In this episode we take a prehistoric leap forwards into the Iron Age. We visit an unassuming village called Bagendon where, two thousand years ago, the Dubonnian tribe discovered a flair for taming wild horses and where they minted Britain's first ever coinage. And Corinium Museum’s Emma Stuart talks to us about the early history of money.
| episode 5 (season 2) WOLF UNDER GLASS
In this episode we talk to Corinium Museum's James Harris about our enduring relationship with animals and we follow the footprints of an Iron Age hunting dog. All female Morris dancing side Boss Morris talk about wearing papier mache beast heads, and archaeologist Timothy Darvill contemplates a Neolithic animal totem at Hazleton North long barrow. We also hear from archaeologist Chris Fowler who talks about the symbology of animals in the ancient world.
In this episode we talk to Corinium Museum's James Harris about our enduring relationship with animals and we follow the footprints of an Iron Age hunting dog. All female Morris dancing side Boss Morris talk about wearing papier mache beast heads, and archaeologist Timothy Darvill contemplates a Neolithic animal totem at Hazleton North long barrow. We also hear from archaeologist Chris Fowler who talks about the symbology of animals in the ancient world.
ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE EAR season 1.
LISTENING TO HISTORIC PLACES
a series of hour length listening programmes exploring historic places and artefacts that have sonorous and musical stories to tell
supported by Help Musicians and Arts Council England
"I was really knocked out by this, terrific!" - PETER KENNARD
"a unique series of programmes" - ANNEA LOCKWOOD
LISTENING TO HISTORIC PLACES
a series of hour length listening programmes exploring historic places and artefacts that have sonorous and musical stories to tell
supported by Help Musicians and Arts Council England
"I was really knocked out by this, terrific!" - PETER KENNARD
"a unique series of programmes" - ANNEA LOCKWOOD
| pilot episode THE POTTERY
In this pilot episode Chris Cundy goes to Winchcombe Pottery in Gloucestershire where the experimental composer Cornelius Cardew was born in 1936. We discover a cider jar that sheds light on Cardew's own past and reveals something about his approach to historic and mythological text in his music. Interviews are with potter Matt Grimmitt and singer and recording artist Gwenno Saunders. Narratives by poet and writer Adam Horovitz. |
