It's part two of a discussion all about hoards! Ash and Tilly are joined by Dr Adrián Maldonado in their quest to identify a hoard of objects recently stumbled across in the middle of the redevelopment of Khazad-dûm. But how do you identify a hoard? What kind of research can be done on them? Are were Viking silver rings just a medieval form of friendship bracelet? Listen it to find out! Links * Almost Archaeology blog [https://almostarchaeology.com/] * Almost Archaeology twitter [https://twitter.com/almostarch] * Staffordshire Hoard [https://www.stokemuseums.org.uk/pmag/collections/archaeology/the-staffordshire-hoard/] * Introduction chapter (2016) "Creating Material Worlds [https://www.academia.edu/24440034/_2016_Introduction_creating_material_worlds_In_E_Pierce_A_Russell_A_Maldonado_and_L_Campbell_eds_Creating_Material_Worlds_The_Uses_of_Identity_in_Archaeology_1_15_Oxford_Oxbow_Books?rhid=28361594466&swp=rr-rw-wc-24440004]" * Dragon hoard article (2015): "Hoards and Sinuous Snakes" [https://www.academia.edu/15167314/Hoards_and_sinuous_snakes_Significance_and_meaning_of_ring_ornaments_in_Early_Viking_Age_hoards_from_Gotland] Contact * Email: andmytrowel@gmail.com * Instagram: @‌and.my.trowel Transcripts * For rough transcripts of this episode, go to: https://www.archpodnet.com/trowel/22 ArchPodNet * APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com [https://www.archpodnet.com/] * APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet * APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet * APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet * Tee Public Store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724 Affiliates * Motion [https://www.archpodnet.com/motion]