In this episode of Tea-break Time Travel, Matilda chatted with archaeologist Pir Hoebe all about his research looking at flint blade technology. The theme of the episode, as the title suggests, is preparation. How do you prepare a flint nodule to create a flint blade? How do you prepare for your own research into prehistoric technologies? How do you prepare for a PhD? To learn all these things and more, check out the latest episode! Links * Study looking at back-hafted blades [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352409X22003029?via%3Dihub] * The final masters thesis discussed in the episode is not yet published, but if anyone would like to learn more about it, Pir is happy to be contacted via the information below * Pir Hoebe Academia: www.rug.academia.edu/PirHoebe [https://www.rug.academia.edu/PirHoebe]Twitter: @pirhoebe Contact the Host * Email: matilda@thearchaeologiststeacup.com * https://www.thearchaeologiststeacup.com [https://www.thearchaeologiststeacup.com/] * insta: @the_archaeologists_teacup [https://www.instagram.com/the_archaeologists_teacup] * fb: /TheArchaeologistsTeacup [https://www.facebook.com/TheArchaeologistsTeacup] * twitter: @ArchaeoTeacup [https://www.twitter.com/ArchaeoTeacup] 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 * Wildnote [http://www.wildnoteapp.com/] * TeePublic [https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=5724&ref_type=aff] * Timeular [https://timeular.com/ref/chriswebster/] * Motion [https://www.archpodnet.com/motion]