Episode 02: Soil

# AnthroAlert

## Episode 02: Soil

Originally aired 21 April 2017 on bullsradio.org

In this episode, we feature Anthony Tricarico as our guest on Anthro Alert. We discuss past human-environmental interaction and how these actions have shaped contemporary landscapes and the populations that call them home.

Anthony Tricarico is a Ph.D. student in applied anthropology at the University of South Florida. He is an environmental anthropologist and geoarchaeologist who analyzes past human-environmental interaction and how these impacts have actively constructed and shaped contemporary landscapes. Anthony is currently conducting fieldwork in Antigua, West Indies, analyzing the impact colonial sugarcane monoculture has had on the fertility and stability of the contemporary landscape and the livelihoods of Antiguans today. Anthony considers himself an anthropological archaeologist, analyzing how archaeological material can illuminate the lived experiences of both historical and archaeological populations. In Antigua, Anthony uses both qualitative and quantitative methods to analyze anthropogenic soils as artifacts of intensive agriculture beginning in the mid-1600’s.

## Podcast link

https://anthroalert.tumblr.com/post/164795857603/in-episode-2-of-our-podcast-guest-anthony

## Video link

https://youtu.be/EkQto94eako

## Album art photo credit:

Oliver Thompson

https://flic.kr/p/9zVPYB

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David Elliot

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## Intro music credit:

Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkaba

http://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345

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