{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F08d24f33-3ef1-4363-9904-b0169a7451ac","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"Chalk it Up to Science - Ep 102\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/08d24f33-3ef1-4363-9904-b0169a7451ac\"></iframe>","title":"Chalk it Up to Science - Ep 102","description":"This week, on a short but fun episode, Anna and Amber investigate some of the massive figures cut into the chalk landscape of the Southern UK. Who made them? How old are they? Why are there so many horses?\nLinks\n\nCerne Abbas Giant is NOT prehistoric and may have been created just a few hundred years ago before becoming a propaganda tool for William of Orange, snail shells reveal (Daily Mail) \n\nEngland\u2019s 7 most intriguing chalk figures and the stories behind them (Wanderlust) \n\nChalk Hill Figures (Historic UK) \n\nSouthern England Chalk Formation (Wikipedia) \n\nAn Introduction to Prehistoric England (Before 43 BC) (English Heritage) \n\nBronze Age discovery reveals surprising extent of Britain\u2019s trade with Europe 3,600 years ago (The Conversation) \n\nBronze Age Britain (BBC) \n\nFootprints, Size 10, From Britain\u2019s Bronze Age (The New Yorker) \n\nThe Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe (Nature) \n\nBoom and bust in Bronze Age Britain: major copper production from the Great Orme mine and European trade, c. 1600\u20131400 BC (Antiquity) \n\nAgainst All Odds, England\u2019s Massive Chalk Horse Has Survived 3,000 Years (Smithsonian) \n\n England\u2019s Enormous Chalk Figures (Atlas Obscura via Google Earth) \n\nBritain's Spectacular (and Sometimes Mysterious) Hill Figures (Gizmodo UK) \n\nWhy Is the Kiwi\u2019s Egg So Big? (Audubon) \n\nContact\nEmail the Dirt Podcast: thedirtpodcast@gmail.com\nAffiliates\n\nWildnote\n\nTeePublic\n\nTimeular\n\nFind this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm!","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/dddd1215-eeb0-4139-b885-732091a9088a/uploads-2f1612927465714-puvwh93kw2-3b3c967815ee02703f7cfe1c7eed.jpg"}