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The problem for archaeologists doing public outreach could be that we do not know who our audience is. Marketing to just the public at large is an extremely broad approach filled with the pitfalls of not engaging enough of the public, so it might be necessary to first find out who within the general public would have the most interest in your discovery and then tailor your presentation to that audience. At the podcast Cooking with Archaeologists we are using digital media, social media marketing, and our experience from the business world to do just that. Podcasting has been a trial-and-error project filled with uncertainty and doubt, and for archaeologists engaged in public archaeology it might be a practical approach to reaching the public and a medium to build an engaged and interested audience. In this “how-to” article, we will reveal what we have learned from this exciting and somewhat demanding venture and suggest how podcasting is a democratizing venture that connects the public to archaeology and the archaeologist.

Until recently, the archaeological record for the Iberian culture (Second Iron Age) in Pallars Jussa (Pre-Pyrenees in the province of Lleida) was poorly known; consequently, nothing could be said about cereal storage systems. The panorama changed radically after a number of archaeological rescue excavations between 2004 and 2010, especially at Serrat dels Espinyers. Although the site, which lies in the suburban area of the Iberian and Roman city of Aeso (Isona), was only partially excavated, it reveals surprising continuity in the grain storage function, showing changes and adaptations in the systems used, from a complex of grain storage pits (usually known as a ‘camp de sitges’ in Catalan or a ‘camp de silos’ in Spanish) with a hermetic atmosphere in the Iberian and Ibero-Roman periods, to a large well-ventilated double horreum built on pillars, in which the atmosphere could be renewed, in the first centuries of the Roman Empire.

In this work, we study the bone remains of 32 equid individuals, dated among 3rd-2nd centuries BC. They were deposited, sometimes the complete carcass, in diverse pits from Serrat dels Epinyers, a site related with production and storage of crop surplus, close to the place where the roman town of Aeso was built.The morphometric study has been done according published works about osteological differences among equids. It allows us to distinguish three groups: horses, asses and finally a group where we can observe horse-like characteristics and ass-like characteristics as well and we must classify as hybrids. That is a novelty in the animal husbandry of the second Iron Age in the Iberian Peninsula.The anomalous quantity of specimens located and the evidence of hybridation practices among the equine herds have indicated a specialized and efficient husbandry that would be kept for burden transport, probably related with the presence of Roman troops and the necessity to supply more important urban centres.

espanolDesde 1984, el Agyptologisches Institut de la Universidad de Tubingen ha sido el principal responsable de los trabajos arqueologicos realizados en Kom al-Ahmar/Sharuna. Entre 1984 y 1989, las tareas se centraron en la excavacion de las tumbas rupestres del cementerio principal, utilizado sin interrupcion desde la dinastia VI hasta la epoca romana. En anos posteriores se excavaron sectores que estan ayudando a completar el conocimiento de la historia del yacimiento. Asi, en el llamado Kom ´Izba, la utilizacion del lugar se remonta a comienzos del Reino Antiguo, mientras que iglesias, monasterios e instalaciones de habitat en tumbas faraonicas reutilizadas, son los principales testimonios relacionados con la ocupacion de epoca bizantina. En el ano 2006 el Museu Egipci de Barcelona, gracias a la gentileza del Dr. Farouk Gomaa, ha participado por primera vez en el proyecto arqueologico de Sharuna, concretamente en la continuacion de las tareas de documentacion de la necropolis principal del yacimiento. El trabajo se centro en la definicion y la excavacion de una tumba de la dinastia VI, parcialmente detectada en campanas anteriores, cuyo sorprendente tamano (con diferencia, la mas grande del yacimiento) no ha permitido ir mas alla del patio porticado que precede a la capilla de culto. En dicho patio (de mas de 100 m2), se han localizado 10 pozos funerarios, la mayor parte contemporaneos a la estructura principal en un primer momento, aunque con diferentes fases de utilizacion y funciones. Ha resultado tambien altamente interesante la posibilidad de documentar el aprovechamiento exhaustivo de este patio como zona de habitat de epoca bizantina. EnglishSince 1984 the Agyptologisches Institut of Tubingen University has been principally responsible for archaeological works in Kom al-Ahmar/Sharuna. Between 1984 and 1989, the works were concentrated in the rock tombs of the main cemetery, used without interruption from the VIth dynasty to Roman period. In more recent years sectors have been excavated which are assisting our knowledge of the site. Thus, at Kom ‘Izba, the use of the site has been discovered to continue to the beginning of the Roman Empire, whilst churches, monasteries and dwellings in re-used ancient tombs constitute the principal evidence of the Byzantine era. In 2006, thanks to Dr. Farouk Gomaa, the Egyptian Museum of Barcelona participated for the first time in the archaeological project of Sharuna, specifically in the continuation of the works in the main cemetery of the site. The work concentrated on finding and excavating a VIth dynasty tomb, partially uncovered in previous seasons. Due to its size (the largest in the site), only the court and portico that precede the cult chamber have been excavated. In this court (more than 100 sq metres in area) have been found 10 funerary shafts, most of them contemporaneous to the main tomb. It has been also possible to record the complete adaptation of the court in Byzantine period as a dwelling area.