Welcome to the British History Podcast. My name is Jamie and this is the Acovanic Beaker

Barrel project, the Beaker people with Dr. Allison Sheridan. Today we're talking to Dr.

Allison Sheridan from the National Museum of Scotland. And we were really lucky to get

to do a Skype interview with her and she's one of the premier people to speak to about

Neolithic and Bronze Age sites in Britain. As you'll soon discover, we were a little

bit star-struck and for good reason Dr. Sheridan drops all kinds of little hints and tidbits

that just begged for a follow-up. But because we only had 30 minutes with her for this interview

and it was specifically on the topic of Ava, we couldn't follow every rabbit hole. And

there were a couple of occasions where Z and I had a debate via charades on whether

or not to follow up on something fascinating that Dr. Sheridan had just mentioned. It was

a tough call every time. But Dr. Sheridan was such a fantastic guest that we're hoping

to be able to speak more with her about prehistoric Britain in more detail in the future. But

before we start, a quick word on the audio. We know that our site was a little bit rough.

The mic on our end blew out and we didn't notice until after the interview was over. But

it was such an interesting interview that we figured you wouldn't mind.

Alright, here we go.

Okay, I'm Dr. Alison Sheridan and I'm principal curator of early prehistory at National Museum

Scotland. And my Bayley Week is Europe north of the Alps from the Paleolithic to the end

of the Bronze Age. But my own research speciality is the Neolithic, Celtolithic and early Bronze

Age period in Britain and Ireland. And I also look after the human remains store of the

National Museum Scotland. And this contains rather a lot of skeletons of the same period

as the Achjavani Khan. So let's start back with where listeners, what they know. How did

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