Archaeological Fantasies: Recent Episodes
Archaeology Podcast Network
Did Aliens build Stonehenge? Did the Easter Island statues walk? Did the Vikings colonize Midwest American? What does mainstream archaeology have to say about all this? Listen to the Archaeology Fantasies podcast and learn about popular archeological mysteries. Hoax or fact? Learn to tell the difference with Dr. Kenneth Feder and cohost Sara of the Archy Fantasies blog.
Sara and Ken Feder interview skeptical xenoarchaeologist, Jason Colavito. They talk to Jason about his work exploring the connections between science, pseudo-science, and speculative fiction.
Links* Jason's Website * Jason's Twitter Page
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Today we talk Vaughn Hadenfelt of Friends of Friends of Ceder Mesa. With 30 years of experience as a guide and interpreter in Bears Ears National Monument, he comes on to talk to us about Rock Art. What is it? How do we date it? Can we read it like a book? He also gives us an update on the Status of Bears Ears.
Links* Welcome 2018 and Bears Ears Update - Episode 90 * Antiquities Laws and Regulations - Episode 75 * Friends of Cedar Mesa | Stewarding the greater Cedar Mesa area in ... * Bears Ears Rock Art * Pilling Collection of Fremont Culture Figurines * Hexham Heads, ley lines, and Wear-sheep-men
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Today we discuss the recent CBC episode of The Nature of Things titled Ice Bridge. We're revisiting the Solutrean Hypothesis as it's put forward by the CBC show, and have Jennifer Raff with us to discuss Haplogroup X.
Links * CBC under fire for documentary that says first humans to colonize New World sailed from Europe. National Post.com. Jan 11 2018 * DNA in Archaeology with Jennifer Raff. ArchyFantasies. * The Solutrean Hypothesis – ArchyFantasies Episode 31. * DNA in Archaeology with Jennifer Raff – Episode 50. * Review of Across Atlantic Ice: The Origins of America’s Clovis Culture by Dennis J. Stanford and Bruce A. Bradley. * Raff, J. A., & D. A. Bolnick * 2015 Does Mitochondrial Haplogroup X Indicate Ancient Trans-Atlantic Migration to the Americas? A Critical Re-Evaluation.297–304. * Archaeological Fantasies and the genetic history of the Americas. Violent Metaphors. * On thin ice: problems with Stanfordand Bradley’s proposed Solutrean colonisation of North America * Director defends documentary that claims Europeans could have been 1st humans in North America. * Jennifer Raff at the Guardian
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Today we talk about cultures south of the US border. We talk about what we expect to see, and do see, when early European cultures come in contact with Native American cultures. We also talk about immigration and how we can track that with archaeology.
LinksNational Monuments dedicated to immigration and the experience of immigrants and African captives:
- African Burial Ground, Manhattan
- Manzanar Internment Center
- Liberty Island-Ellis Island National Monument
- Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration
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Welcome to the First episode of 2018! In this episode we talk about the effects of the recent EO on Bears Ears National Monument and other sites of significance. We debate the actual effects and reiterate the importance of these sites. We also talk about The podcast in 2017 and where we'd like to see it go in 2018.
Shout out to everyone who's helped us grow this past year and all of our listeners. Here's to another great year on the APN!
Links* Bears Ears National Monument - Arch365 325 * State of the Monuments - Episode 40 * Antiquities Laws and Regulations - Episode 75 * After Bears Ears National Monument Shrinkage, The Fight For Redesignation Is Still On
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Ken and Sara talk to author Douglas Hunter about his book linked below. The story of Dighton Rock and its relationship with the indigenous past is a fascinating tale.
Links* The Place of Stone: Dighton Rock and the Erasure of America's Indigenous Past ~ by Douglas Hunter * Dighton Rock * Dighton Rock State Park
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Today we talk with Dr. Mark Allen Peterson about the magical Jinn. Dr. Peterson tells us more about the ancient concept of Jinn, how that affect modern Arabic uses of Jinn, and how the views on Jinn are affected by Movies and Western tampering.
Links * Dr. Mark A. Peterson
+ https://www.amazon.com/Mark-Allen-Peterson/e/B001K8F96G
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Articles on Jinn
- Dr. Peterson's article "From Jinn to Genies
Intertextuality, Media, and the Making of Global Folklore" is Chapter 5 in Folklore/Cinema: Popular Film as Vernacular Culture. - The Folklore of Ancient Egyptian Monuments by L. V. Grinsell
- Untying the Magic of the Pharaoh by Barbara Drieskens and Rita Lucarelli
- Dr. Peterson's article "From Jinn to Genies
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Today we talk with Dr Eric Cline from George Washington University. We talk about a variety of topics on Biblical Archaeology, the validity of real and fake sight seeing, and touch a bit on 3D printing.
Links * Eric Cline + https://anthropology.columbian.gwu.edu/eric-h-cline * YouTube Vids. + Dr. Eric Cline on Junk Science and Archaeology + 1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Eric Cline, PhD) + From Eden to Exile -- The Story Behind the Stories + Three Stones Make a Wall - By Eric Cline
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This is a cross-over episode that was recorded at GenCon 50 earlier in 2017. Sara Head joined the hosts of Gaming with Scott to talk about the intersection between archaeology and gaming.
Links * http://gamingwithscott.libsyn.com/hotp-gencon50-archy-fantasies?tdest_id=326508 * On Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/GamingWScott * On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/GamingWScott
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It's our second Halloween special and crossover with the MonsterTalk Podcast! Today we're Joined by Blake Smith and Karen Stollznow to talk about haunted objects and where to find them. We talk about creepy dolls, haunted antiques, and cursed 3d printed objects. Enjoy the worlds of two great podcasts colliding!
Links * MonsterTalk Podcast * Demon Dolls * HELL HATH NO FURRY! * Hexham Heads, ley lines, and Wear-sheep-men * Crystal Skulls and Herkimer Vodka * World’s First Haunted Object 3D Scanning Project is Confusing Ghosts, Producing Paranormally-Active Prints * The Traveling Museum of the Paranormal and the Occult. * 10 Creepy Haunted Objects You Can Visit At Lorraine Warren’s Occult Museum * Beware: Connecticut’s Museum of the Occult May Kill You
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Today we talk with Ethnographer James Bielo about his work with the Ark Encounter, a life-size Noah's Ark and religious-themed experience in Kentucky. We talk about the validity of replicas, religious sightseeing, and 3D printing as a way to communicate with the public.
Links * Dr. James Bielo - Miami University * James S. Bielo - Home * James Bielo on the Ark Encounter - Miami University * Ark Encounter: Life-size Noah's Ark * Ark Encounter: The Making of a Creationist Theme Park * James S. Bielo * Making a biblical theme park – The Immanent Frame * Ark Park ready to set sail in culture war
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Today we're talking about the Iximaya hoax. Who were the Iximaya, where did they come from, and what part did P.T. Barnum play in all this? We're joined by special guests Roxanne Davila and Marcello Canuto.
Links * MARI * Roxanne Davila * Marcello Canuto * Iximaya Pamphlet * https://archive.org/details/illustratedmemoi00vela * Ix Chel * John Lloyd Stephens * Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan * Frederick Catherwood's artwork + https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Frederick_Catherwood + https://www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/rarebook/exhibitions/catherwood/ * Lacandon * Jean-Frédéric Waldeck + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Waldeck + http://www.reed.edu/uxmal/galleries/thumbnails/drawings/Drawings-Waldeck.htm * Juan Galindo * Lord Kingsboro * Antiquities of Mexico + https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Kingsborough%2C+Edward+King%2C+viscount%2C+1795-1837%22 + http://bibliotecadigital.rah.es/dgbrah/es/consulta/registro.cmd?id=5968 * Tod Browning's Freaks * Pip and Flip Snow + http://www.thehumanmarvels.com/pip-flip-snow-pinheads-freaks/ + http://blog.sartle.com/post/101300795651/american-horror-story-freak-art-show * Rudolf Virchow * Ian Graham + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Graham + https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/ian-graham-the-improbable-explorer/ * Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions * The Road to Ruins * Charles Lindbergh and A. V. Kidder Expedition * Frans Blom + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Blom + http://cphpost.dk/history/frans-blom-tragic-wanderlust-in-the-wilds-of-mexico.html * Tribes and Temples * LiDAR and Maya Archaeology * Case of the Ancient Astronauts
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Today we're looking at the Fiji Mummy and the recent Peruvian Mummy Hoax. How do these two cases intersect, what can one teach us about the other, and How does PT. Barnum fit into all this.
Links * The Racism Behind Alien Mummy Hoaxes * Pre-Columbian bodies are once again being used as evidence for extraterrestrial life. * Did Researchers Find a Mummified, Three-fingered Alien in Nazca, Peru? * Proof of aliens or another hoax? Conspiracy theorists claim they have found a three-fingered 'mummified humanoid' with an elongated skull in a South American cave * P.T. Barnum Museum + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnum_Museum * 15 Credibility Street #20: A Mummy-Bundle of BS
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Today we're talking about Afrocentrism. What is it? Does it hurt or help ancient African cultures? And how does it affect archaeology in the new world?
More about other ancient African cultures you may never have heard of: * Great Zimbabwe: + http://www.greatzimbabweruins.com/ + http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/364 * The Kingdom of Kush: + http://archaeology.about.com/od/kterms/g/kush.htm * Nubia + http://www.kerma.ch/index.php?lang=en + https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=z_ZvHRpKT6Hw.k7AIqBspa9ew&hl=en * The Art and Archaeology of Ancient Nubia + https://www.coursera.org/course/ancientnubia * Feder, K. 1998-99 Archaeology and Afrocentrism: An Attempt to set the record straight. A Current Bibliography on African Affairs 29(3):199-210
Things to Read and Watch:* Stolen Legacy: Greek Philosophy is Stolen Egyptian Philosophy by George G. M. James, Ph.D + http://www.jpanafrican.com/ebooks/eBook%20Stolen%20Legacy.pdf * The danger of a single story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie + http://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story?language=en * Africans are fighting media poverty-porn by tweeting beautiful images of their real lives + http://www.theplaidzebra.com/africans-are-fighting-media-poverty-porn-by-tweeting-beautiful-images-of-their-real-lives/
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Today we talk with co-host Jeb Card about Mayan Hieroglyphics. We talk about the Victorian worlds discovery of them, their fascination with them, how that fascination has endured into the modern-day, and how the Mayan language, including Hieroglyphics, is still a living language today.
Links* FAMSI resources * Maya Glyph Workbook * Wayeb resources * Forest of Kings * Maya Decipherment Blog by David Stuart and Stephen Houston * Tazumal flask + http://miamioh.edu/news/top-stories/2017/04/jeb-card.html + https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ancient-mesoamerica/article/seventhcentury-inscribed-miniature-flask-from-copan-found-at-tazumal-el-salvador/6C01D75378694C9CCEE9E5A8A1267A37/core-reader * Archaeology 365 episode on Tazumal flask * Athanasius Kircher * Relacion de las Cosas de Yucatan by de Archbishop Diego de Landa + http://www.wayeb.org/download/resources/landa.pdf + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relaci%C3%B3n_de_las_cosas_de_Yucat%C3%A1n + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Landa_alphabet + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Landa_alphabet#/media/File:De_Landa_alphabet.jpg * Cracking the Maya Code Documentary * Yuri Knorosov * Centro de estudios Maya Yuri Knorosov * Breaking the Maya Code * Reading the Maya Glyphs * Translating Maya Glyphs * Reading Maya Art * Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens * Ancient Text, Modern Tablet - Handcrafted Cuneiform * Jason Colavito and the Antediluvian Pyramid Myth
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Today we talk with Fernanda Maneses about the mysterious Easter Island statues. We talk about the actual history of the Moai statues, the culture that created them, and the many different ways these iconic statures have been used by the fringe and popular culture alike.
Links * Fernanda Meneses + https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fernanda_Meneses + @ninasemilla * Chronology and Easter Island Prehistory * Moai Culture Website * List of the moai in popular culture * How did the Easter Island Statues Get There? They Might Have Walked! * Scientists Make Easter Island Statue Walk | National Geographic
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Today we talk with Dr. Donna Yates about the recent Hobby Lobby decision and the illegal antiquities trade. What was Hobby Lobby doing, how does this fit into looting and the antiquities trade, and what exactly is this new Museum of the Bible in DC thing?
Links * Trafficking Culture / Donna Yates * Anonymous Swiss Collector * Cambodia's looted treasures * UNESCO Constitution * Hobby Lobby fined $3 million for smuggled Iraqi artifacts * Spotlight on Hobby Lobby’s Biblical Collection After Smuggle Case * Islam, ISIS, and Black Market Artifacts with Nathan French - Episode 76 * The Justice Department Announcement * Hobby Lobby's Press Release * Washington Post piece on the settlement * NBC report on possibly more concerns about Hobby Lobby * The Green collection and the Museum of the Bible: 443,000 square meters of mess. * Buenavista del Cayo * Patty Gerstenblith + https://law.depaul.edu/faculty-and-staff/faculty-a-z/Pages/patty-gerstenblith.aspx + http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-remarkable-patty-gerstenblith-0208-20150202-story.html * Cultural Property Advisory Committee * E. A. Wallis Budge * Subhash Kapoor Case * The rogue’s gallery: Subhash Kapoor and India’s stolen artefacts * DHS and DOJ return valuable, ancient artifacts to India * Museums Begin Returning Artifacts to India in Response to Investigation * Temple Looting in Cambodia, by Simon Mackenzie and Tess Davis
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Today we're talking about Indiana JOnes a pseudoarchaeological elements that run through almost all off the movies. We talk about how Indy came to be, why the movies are so dang good, and where certain archaeological themes came from and why they last.
Links * Spitballing Indy * Transcript of the Writing Session for Raiders of the Lost Ark * Raiders of the Lost Archive * Secret of the Incas + https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzl4_ytmxDs + https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZJaIc1SDbQ * Harrison Ford elected to the AIA Board + https://www.archaeological.org/news/aianews/282 + http://savingantiquities.org/harrison-ford-and-the-aia/ * Episode about Mummies and Cursed Artifacts * Nabonidus * The Ark and Dagon * Peter Hiscock - Cinema, Supernatural Archaeology, and the Hidden Human Past * Lingam (the inspiration for the Sankara Stones) * Thuggee * Opening of Raiders * Aztec Sun Stone * Inka Architecture + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inca_architecture + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saksaywaman * Chavin de Huantar * Tiwanaku Gateway of the SUn * Manteño seat * Dumbarton Oaks Tlazotetol * Jane MacLaren Walsh - The Dumbarton Oaks Tlazolteotl: looking beneath the surface
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Today we talk with Nathan French from the University of Miami, Ohio. Nathan talks with us about Islam and the destruction of archaeological sites and artifacts in Isis controlled areas. We also talk about artifacts funneled into the black market by Isis and fleeing refugees.
Links * The Archivist: Unseen Documents from the Islamic State’s Diwan al-Rikaz * Ancient palace emerges from under Mosul shrine destroyed by ISIS * Trafalgar Square 3D Printed Arch aka Archy McArchface
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On today's episode, Sara, Jeb, and Ken talk about some of the big antiquities laws that are impacting resources around the country. These laws are in the news lately and it's important to know where they came from, what they do, and why they need to stick around for a while.
Links* Executive Order on whitehouse.gov + https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/04/26/presidential-executive-order-review-designations-under-antiquities-act * Antiquities Act 1906 + https://www.nps.gov/history/local-law/anti1906.htm + https://www.nps.gov/history/local-law/fhpl_antiact.pdf + https://www.nps.gov/archeology/sites/antiquities/index.htm + https://www.nps.gov/archeology/sites/antiquities/about.htm * Richard Wetherill + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wetherill * Edgar Lee Hewett + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Lee_Hewett * El Morro + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Morro_National_Monument + https://www.nps.gov/elmo/index.htm * Historic Sites Act + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic_Sites_Act + https://www.nps.gov/history/local-law/FHPL_HistSites.pdf + https://www.nps.gov/history/local-law/hsact35.htm * National Register of Historic Places + https://www.nps.gov/nr/ + https://npgallery.nps.gov/nrhp + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places * Nuclear Biscuit + http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/the-administration/315603-of-biscuits-and-footballs-the-perils-of-presidents-and * National Historic Preservation Act + http://www.achp.gov/nhpa.pdf + https://www.nps.gov/history/local-law/nhpa1966.htm + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Historic_Preservation_Act_of_1966 * National Environmental Protection Act + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Environmental_Policy_Act + https://www.fws.gov/r9esnepa/RelatedLegislativeAuthorities/nepa1969.PDF * Cultural Resources Management + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_resources_management + https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/crmarchpodcast/ * Archaeological Resources Protection Act + https://www.nps.gov/archeology/tools/laws/arpa.htm + https://www.nps.gov/history/local-law/fhpl_archrsrcsprot.pdf + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeological_Resources_Protection_Act_of_1979 * UNESCO Convention + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO_Convention_on_the_Means_of_Prohibiting_and_Preventing_the_Illicit_Import,_Export_and_Transfer_of_Ownership_of_Cultural_Property + http://www.unesco.org/new/en/culture/themes/illicit-trafficking-of-cultural-property/1970-convention/ + https://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/ + http://traffickingculture.org/ + http://traffickingculture.org/encyclopedia/case-studies/cara-sucia/ * Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_Graves_Protection_and_Repatriation_Act + https://www.nps.gov/nagpra/ + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennewick_Man + http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2017/0221/Burial-of-9-000-year-old-Kennewick-Man-lays-to-rest-a-20-year-old-debate + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solutrean_hypothesis + http://archive.archaeology.org/0607/etc/conversations.html + https://www.sfu.ca/ipinch/about/ipinch-people/research-team/dorothy-lippert/ + https://www.polartrec.com/expeditions/nuvuk-archaeology-studies * Malheur Takeover + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_the_Malheur_National_Wildlife_Refuge * Myths about National Monuments + http://www.sltrib.com/home/4762647-155/separating-fact-from-fiction-in-bears + http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/blog/national-monuments-dont-let-myths-trump-facts + http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/blog/fact-and-fiction-bears-ears
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Today we talk about the mysterious Gungywamp located in Connecticut. We examine the similarities between it and other sites like Mystery Hill aka American Stonehenge. Why makes the Gungywamp so strange? Is it ley lines, spirits, mystical energies of the ancient celts?
Links* Gungywamp * Atlas Obscura - Gungywamp * Interpreting the Gungywamp: Evidence & Implications of an Irish Early Christian Papar Provenience (PPT slides) * Evidence of a Native American Solar Observatory on Sunset Hill Massachusetts in Gloucester, by Mary Ellen Lepionka and Mark Carlotto * Gungywamp: A Review of the Major Theories By Mary Gage & James Gage * Unexplained Phenomena At Mysterious Ancient Gungywamp – Is It A Gateway To A Parallel Reality? * Barnum Museum * Adrian block - Connecticut river * History of deforestation and reforestation in Connecticut. * A discussion of agriculture in Connecticut. A listing of the crops cultivated by European settlers begins on page 307. Settlers begin with corn, but then quickly shift to European crops (oats, rice, and wheat) and livestock. * An investigation of a sheep farm nearby and similar to Gungywamp: * Vermont’s Stone Chambers by Giovanna Neudorfer. A comprehensive look at the stone chambers of Vermont. * Gungywamp is located on private land. The land owner (the YMCA) allows guided tours of the property by the Denison Pequotsepus Nature Center. For a virtual tour and contact information about tours see
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Today we talk with Jens Notroff from the Gobekli Tepe research project about the recent news stories about possible evidence for a comet strike at the ancient site. We look over the claims made in the paper 'DECODING GÖBEKLI TEPE WITH ARCHAEOASTRONOMY: WHAT DOES THE FOX SAY?' and compare that with ongoing research from the actual Gobekli Tepe site.
Shout out to David Anderson for his help with the episode! Thanks again!
Links DECODING GÖBEKLI TEPE WITH ARCHAEOASTRONOMY: WHAT DOES THE FOX SAY? Martin B. Sweatman and Dimitrios Tsikritsis * Archaeoastronomy, meteor showers, mass extinction: What does the fox say? (And what the crane? The aurochs?) Jens Notroff's rebuttal. * Response by Sweatman and Tsikritsis * Official project website at DAI homepage * Göbekli Tepe research project weblog * List of Göbekli Tepe publications (incl. further links) * Göbekli Tepe 14C dates * Göbekli Tepe interpretation as ‘meeting center’ * Göbekli Tepe
Media * Ancient temple tells the tale of an ice age-inducing comet collision * Ancient stone carvings confirm how comet struck Earth in 10,950BC, sparking the rise of civilizations * Does this discovery of ancient stone carvings prove that conspiracy theorist Graham Hancock was right all along? * Nanodiamonds Are Forever; A UCSB professor’s research examines 13,000-year-old nanodiamonds from multiple locations across three continents. By Julie Cohen * Study dis-confirms the Nanodiamonds hypothesis, can’t find them. Comprehensive analysis of nanodiamond evidence relating to the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis, by Daulton et al, 2016 * Previous study also disconfirms Nanodiamonds. Chronological evidence fails to support claim of an isochronous widespread layer of cosmic impact indicators dated to 12,800 years ago by Meltzer et al 2014 * Another disconfirmation of an extraterrestrial impact at the Younger Dryas Boundary: * Pro-Nanodiamonds article: Nanodiamond-Rich Layer across Three Continents Consistent with Major Cosmic Impact at 12,800 Cal BP by Kinzie et al 2014 * The Younger Dryas + https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/abrupt-climate-change/The%20Younger%20Dryas + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Younger_Dryas * ‘Younger Dryas Impact’ hypothesis * Arguments against Younger Dryas Impact Event * Colavito post on these articles * Colavito post on strife and non-strife between Andrew Collins and Graham Hancock on the Younger Dryas * Colavito’s various Younger Dryas posts * Video presentation by Daniela Triadan on pre-sedentary monumental Maya site of Ceibal * Poverty Point * Ragnarok: The Age of Fire and Gravel * Video on Mississippian Cosmovision including archaeoastronomy * Behind the Jericho Skull in the British Museum * The kind of history of Middle Eastern Constellations one might want to cite in this case - Origins of the ancient constellations: I. The Mesopotamian traditions, by John H. Rogers * Discussion on the Archaeosoup Podcast
Other Media * Speaking Up and Speaking Out: Collective Efforts in the Fight to Reclaim the Public Perception of Archaeology
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Today we're talking with our resident Geologist; Sharon Hill about Ley Lines. What are they, where did they come from, and can they be weaponized?
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Links:* Sharon's New Podcast: 15 Credibility Street * Alfred Watkins * The Old Straight Track * Ordnance Survey * Creating Prehistory: Druids, Ley Hunters and Archaeologists in Pre-War Britain by Adam Stout * Aime Michel and UFOs + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aim%C3%A9_Michel * http://www.anndruffel.com/articles/skynet/straightlinemystery.htm * Lord of the Rings Scene * John Michell * Dragon Project/Devereaux * Deciphering Hidden Codes Landscape * Orgone/Wilhelm Reich * Ley Lines and Conspiracy (viewer discretion advised) * Michael Barkun’s A Culture of Conspiracy * https://www.amazon.com/Culture-Conspiracy-Apocalyptic-Contemporary-Comparative/dp/0520248120 * Ley Lines in Question, Williamson and Bellamy * Apophenia * Telluric currents * Ivan Sanderson Vile Vortices * Tectonic Strain theory, UFOs, and Earth Lights, from MIchael Persinger * Castlerigg Stone Circle * Serpent Mound Crystals * Dudleytown aka Dark Entry Forest * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudleytown,_Connecticut * HISTORY OF AVEBURY HENGE AND STONE CIRCLES * Creating Prehistory: Druids, Ley Hunters and Archaeologists in Pre-War Britain * Adam Stout * Spooky Geology * Sharon’s overview post on Spooky Geology about Ley Lines
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Today we talk about the supposed pre-contact images of New World maize in places like Rosslyn Chapel and ancient temples around the world. What do these images actually look like, is it really depictions of New World corn, and if it's not corn, what is it?
Links:* Prince Henry Sinclair * The official Rosslyn Chapel website: * The mention of maize among the carvings in the Rosslyn Chapel: * If you scroll down in this article, you’ll find the diagnosis of a botanist. Not maize. * The Westford Knight: * You can read the Zeno Narrative here: * A deconstruction of the claim that the Zeno Narrative is legitimate history: * Roslyn: Corn or Atlantean Zippers? * Earliest depictions of Corn in Europe * Crow Canyon Dinetah petroglyphs * Roslin Chapel analysis * io9 Cthulhu * Goo and Ashes * Xiuhuatoxtla * Corn evidence database * Kwakwaka'wakw * Three Sisters * Green Men * The green men and Rosslyn Chapel as a storybook * Maeshowe
Note: the following 70's era commercials use racial stereotypes and range from vaguely subverting to cringey as hell
- Mazola commercial
- Ancient Chinese Secret
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Today we talk with special guest David Anderson about how archaeology has influenced various bits of Geek Culture. We look at archaeological themes in Star Trek and Star Wars, See how it influenced D&D and other gaming systems, and stumble our way through archaeology in video games.
Links:* “Nerd Talk: Sequels, Spin-Offs, and Stand alones” RedLetterMedia * “Half in the Bag: Rogue One” RedLetterMedia * Lairs of Cthulhu: The Hollywood Years * The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Kindle Edition by Douglas Adams * Robert E. Howard * Anne McCaffrey’s Dragon Riders of Pern * 8bitTestPit Podcast * Assassin’s Creed and Ancient Aliens by Derik Moore * Gary Gygax * Dave Arneson * Empire of Imagination: Gary Gygax and the Birth of Dungeons & Dragons by Michael Witwer * Cycles of Clark Ashton Smith by Boyd Pearson * 8BitTestPit Podcast
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Today we talk about Cryptology and petroglyphs. Are there ancient images of Bigfoot painted on stone? How can we be sure what we think we're seeing is what they image means? And why it's important to take indigenous culture into account when trying to make sense of things.
Links:* The Death of a Pterodactyl by Jean-Loïc Le Quellec, Paul Bahn, and Marvin Rowe * 'Winged Monster' Rock Art Finally Deciphered By Laura Geggel * The Westfort Knight * DStretch plugin to ImageJ website * Explore The River Bend: The Legend of the Piasa Bird by Dan Brannan * Narmer Palette * MAYAK DATAT: THE HAIRY MAN PICTOGRAPHS by Kathy Moskowitz Strain * 9 Best Alaskan Native Hairy Man Stories Posted by Guy Edwards * Pseudo-Skeptic Sharon Hill Gets no Respect for Behaving Worse Than Badly * Sharon Hill's article about Bigfoot bloggers and why we do what we do * Sasquatch watchers following Bigfoot blogs for the latest news on their favorite subject (Removed) by idoubtit • December 18, 2011 * New Mexico Senator has put his big foot down on funding monsters hunts by idoubtit • February 15, 2017 * The Ketchum Project: What to Believe about Bigfoot DNA ‘Science’ by Sharon Hill Skeptical Briefs Volume 23.1, Spring 2013 * Doubtful blog, Tags for Bigfoot. * Archaeologist digs for proof of Sasquach by Chris Bateman * Giants, Cannibals & Monsters: Bigfoot in Native Culture 1st Edition by Kathy Moskowitz Strain * The Evolution of the Werewolf and Bigfoot
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Today we talk about the possibility of prehistoric trade and interaction between the Polynesian peoples and the early Americans along the East coast. Could it have happened? Did it happen? and What is the evidence to support it?
LINKS: * 2007 article about the discovery and analysis of the chicken bones in Chile: by Alice A. Storey, et al. * Skeptical piece about the source of those chicken bones: by Vicki A. Thomson, et al. * Spread of the South American sweet potato throughout the Pacific: the Tripartite Hypothesis: by Caroline Roulliera, et al. * The Plank Canoe of Southern California: Not a Polynesian Import, but a Local Innovation by Yoram Meroz * The Polynesian Connection by Blake Edgar
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Today we talk with Ingrid Rowland about her work uncovering the fascinating and humorous story behind the Italian, Renaissance-era hoax, of the Scarith of Scornello.
LINKS:* The Scarith of Scornello by Ingrid Rowland * Ingrid Rowland Bio * The Inghirami family website * Notre Dame Rome Campus * Horapollo Hieroglyphica * Athanasius Kircher * The Black Beast of Aarrghh * Cotton Mather * Critical Role – Role Playing for Entertainment * Holy Newark Stones, Batman! The Archaeology Fantasies Podcast, Ep 7 * Archaeological Fantasies ep 17 - Atlantis
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Today we're talking about ancient horses before the Spanish re-introduction in the 1500's. What were these horses, how do we know they were here, and did they come back with Lost Tribes of Israel?
Links* ArchyFantasies blog post on Ancient American Horses
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Serra, Ken, and Jeb talk about the myths and misconceptions surrounding some of the most important archaeological sites around the world.
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Links* Ken’s book + https://www.amazon.com/Ancient-America-Fifty-Archaeological-Yourself/dp/1442263121/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1485043211&sr=8-1&keywords=ken+feder + https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781442263123/Ancient-America-Fifty-Archaeological-Sites-to-See-for-Yourself * Stony Brook University anthropology program * Phil Weigand + http://www.saudicaves.com/mx/weigand/index.html + http://www.guachimontones.org/ + http://archive.archaeology.org/0501/abstracts/turquoise.html * Cahokia * UNESCO World Heritage * Cahokia and the Ancient Mississippians Pauketat * Joya de Ceren * Brad Lepper and Jeff Gill on Newark Holystones * News story about Hopewell attempt for UNESCO * Jade Helm * Agenda 21 * Guatemalan Civil War * Cemetery Mound, Marietta + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mound_Cemetery_(Marietta,_Ohio) + http://www.ancientohiotrail.org/routes/marietta-muskingum + http://earlymarietta.blogspot.com/2016/02/marietta-earthworks.html * Montezuma Castle * Roswell show * Sheepsquatch * Deetz and Dethlefsen * Scotland Cemetery Tombstones + http://www.archaeologyscotland.org.uk/our-projects/scottish-graveyards/resources + http://www.scotfot.com/ + http://tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2012/02/tour-scotland-photographs-skull-and.html * Reily Cemetery * Conus is Latin * Moundbuilders Country Club * Hopewell Earthworks UNESCO * Cahokia/St. Louis Mound City * Disney Virginia Park + http://www.themeparktourist.com/features/20141123/29639/disneys-america + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney's_America * Tintagel Castle and Merlin Sculpture + http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/tintagel-castle/ + http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-35837271 * Grand Village of the Natchez + https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/mounds/gra.htm + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Village_of_the_Natchez * Emerald Mound + https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/mounds/eme.htm + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_Mound_Site * Iowa Effigy Mounds National Monument * Mounds State Park Aka Anderson Mounds
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To celebrate the new year, today we discuss why we do this! Why is it important to have accurate information about archaeology out there? Is it having an impact? and Jeb, Ken, and Sara have a political rant!
Links* Sunwatch * Fort Ancient * Lost City, Found Period: Alternative Archaeology and Pseudoscientific Practices * Shows + Newark Holy Stones show + Beisaw + Anderson + Begley + Dunn + Hobbit show + Jeb’s Show on Conspiracy and Politics - https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/archyfantasies/10 - https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/archyfantasies/12 + Mu Stones show (on Schliemann) + Roswell Show + Sharon Hill on Fake News + Debunking Backfire + Glass pyramids off Cuba * Jason year-end blog post * Sara’s blog posts about Joseph book * History of Archaeological Thought (Trigger) * Red Lobster effect (branding against middle class) * Elizabeth Bird Tabloids * Note + On the show Jeb said it was possibly Jacques Vallee that said “UFOs are here to make us think”. In reality, it was Ray Palmer, arguably the man most responsible for creating the cultural phenomenon of the flying saucer in 1947, who said that Flying Saucers are here to make us think + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_A._Palmer * NSF letter by Eric Cantor and Lamar Smith * SAA response * SHA response * Stuart Manning response
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Returning guest Nicholas Bellantoni talk to us today about the Pachaug State Forest Archaeological Hoax. What was it? How did Nick get involved, how'd he figure it out, and why its hard to fool an archaeologist.
LINKS * Pachaug State Forest * Holy Newark Stones, Batman! The Archaeology Fantasies Podcast, Ep 7 * Mysterious Minoan Miners and the Missing Michigan Minerals – America Unearthed S 1 Ep 3 * THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE COPPER CULTURE MYTH - EPISODE 8
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Today we talk with Vincent W. Wright about Sherlock Holmes, how Conan Doyle pulled many details for his stories from archaeology, and how the Sherlockian methods are used in archaeology even today.
LINKS * A little more Sherlock Holmes than Indiana Jones * The difference between “Seeing” and “Observing”: Why Sherlock Holmes would make a better archaeologist than Indiana Jones. * “Our Case Is Not Complete”: Sherlock Holmes, Victorian Spiritualism, and the Scientific Use of the Imagination * AGENT BASED MODELING, ARCHAEOLOGY, DIGITAL HISTORY * Sherlock Holmes, Samuel Vimes, and Archaeological Equifinality * Archaeology through the Lens of Sherlock Holmes * BEVERLY CONNOR ON THE IMPORTANCE OF FORENSICS, ARCHAEOLOGY AND SHERLOCK HOLMES * ‘A Study in Sherlock’ – The Case of a Revolutionary Detective * illustrious clients * Basil Rathbone movies * Scarlet Claw * Hound of the Baskervilles * Granada Jeremy Brett tv series * Hound of the Baskervilles episode * Original Stories * Hound of the Baskervilles * The Adventure of the Devil's Foot * The Adventure of Silver Blaze * The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire * Other Conan Doyle * Lot No. 249 * HP Lovecraft Literary Podcast * http://hppodcraft.com/2014/04/10/episode-204-lot-no-249/ * http://hppodcraft.com/2014/04/17/episode-205-lot-no-249-part-2/ * Arthur Machen * The Shining Pyramid * Unlucky Mummy (tie to earlier episode) * 1927 Conan Doyle Interview * Michael Saler * As If * TEDx talk * X-Files * Fire * Conan Doyle Criminal Cases * George Idalji * Dr. Joseph Bell * Undershaw Mansion and Stepping Stones School * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undershaw * http://www.steppingstones.org.uk/Stepping-Stones-is-growing/ * The DFN Charitable Foundation * William Gillette * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gillette * http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30932322 * Cornelius Holtorf * Archaeology is a Brand! * Jeb Card - 221B Blog Post
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Today we talk with Lourdes Villalta about cannibalism. We look at the stereotypes of the activity, how these stereotypes were used in the past to marginalized people, and what is the historical truth and cultural reality of cannibalism.
Links* Lourdes Villalta + http://sheffield.academia.edu/LVillalta * From Villa et al proposed set of criteria to verify whether cannibalism was found within a context (Villa et al, 1986:431): + "Similar butchering techniques in human and animal remains. Thus frequency, location, and type of verified cut marks and chop marks on human and animal bones must be similar, but we should allow for anatomical differences between human and animals; + Similar patterns of long bone breakage that might facilitate marrow extraction; Identical patterns of postprocessing discard of human and animal remains; + Evidence of cooking if present, such evidence should indicate comparable treatment of human and animal remains. + White also considered (1992) Turner’s suggestion: the under representation of vertebrae (Turner, 1992) without animal gnawing or bite marks. Biologically, vertebrae are spongy, soft, and full of marrow (Preston, 1998). According to Turner, many of the Anazasi often crushed animal vertebrae to form “bone cakes”; a way to extract grease from the spinal column through boiling. Turner (1993) also mentioned the V-shaped cross-sectioned cut marks found on many of the found vertebrae recorded by White (1992) and Turner and Turner (1992). If such taphonomic patterns mentioned above are evident on both human and faunal remains of the same context, cannibalism can be considered. + Following Turner’s criteria, White (1992) was able to find all five criteria, but he was also able to find another useful observation found through a microscope he coined pot polish-a faint abrasion and bevelling on the broken tips of bones (Preston, 1999), indicating possible evidence of cooking. This became the sixth criteria in “identifying Anasazi cannibalism."
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Pop your popcorn, get your giant sodas, and get ready to talk movies! All three hosts bring up their favorite movies with archaeologists in them. Get ready forsome interesting talk about some recommended watching.
Links* Quartermass and the Pit * Neanderthal Man * The Mummy (1932)
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Today is the crossover you've all been asking for, Blake Smith and Karen Stollznow join Ken, Jeb, and I for a very un-disney talk about Fairies and Little People. What is the history of Fairies? Is there any physical evidence for them existing? And what are the commonalities that they share around the world?
Links* MonsterTalk Podcast * Aliens and fairies + Nordic Aliens + Grays + Jacques Vallee - Passport to Magonia * Seal of Solomon * Sean Quinn, former Billionaire and Transgressor of Fairies * Otherkin * That one Jersey Devil Guy * Elf Shot and other artifacts + British Museum Elf Arrows - OA. 1392 (in case the url doesn’t persist) * http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=41387&partId=1&searchText=silver+arrow&page=1 - OA. 1391 * http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=41400&partId=1&searchText=silver+arrow&page=1 * Elf Arrow and Elf Shot + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elf-arrow + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elfshot - Thunderstones - Getting Shot of Elves: Healing, Witchcraft and Fairies in the Scottish Witch Trials, by Alaric Hall - Elves in Anglo-Saxon England by Alaric Hall * https://www.academia.edu/822022/Elves_in_Anglo-Saxon_England_Matters_of_Belief_Health_Gender_and_Identity * Dr. Hall’s dissertation on the same topic http://www.alarichall.org.uk/phd.php + The Luck of Eden Hall - http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/t/the-luck-of-edenhall-history-and-myths/ § https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luck_of_Edenhall
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ENCORE - Today we're talking with Retired Connecticut State Archaeologist Nicholas Bellantoni and his work with an interesting Vampire burial. We talk the hows and why's of this burial and what it meant to people in the past to have a Vampire in the graveyard.
Links * WHS:Dr. Michael Bell, Folklorist, “History of New England ‘Vampires””- October 26, 2013 * Food for the Dead: On the Trail of New England's Vampires by Michael E. Bell
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Today we talk about murder most fowl and about Margaret Murray's investigations into what she thought might be motive by witchcraft. We talk about Murray's research into witch cults and how that research influenced what we know as modern Wicca practices.
Links Corrections First:
- It's not King Phillips War (that's earlier) it was King Williams War that is believed to have kicked off Salem. That idea is outlined in the book In The Devil's Snare, which I have linked below
- The bad journalist was not Robert McCormick, it was Donald McCormick, link below
Now Notes!
- Books by Murray
- Witch Cult in Western Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witch-Cult_in_Western_Europe
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch-cult_hypothesis
- http://www.sacred-texts.com/pag/wcwe/
- Sir Flinders Petrie
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flinders_Petrie
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Edwards
- http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/petrie/about/history
- Murray Egypt
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osireion
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Murray
- https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/the-forgotten-egyptologist-and-first-wave-feminist-who-invented-wicca
- Ronald Hutton
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Hutton
- http://paganwiccan.about.com/od/recommendedreading/p/Professor-Ronald-Hutton.htm
- Triumph of the Moon
- https://www.amazon.com/Triumph-Moon-History-Modern-Witchcraft/dp/0192854496
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Triumph_of_the_Moon
- Gerald Gardner
- Witchcraft Today
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft_Today
- Witchcraft Today
- Charles Leland
- Aradia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aradia
- http://www.sacred-texts.com/pag/aradia/
- Aradia
- James George Frazier
- Golden Bough
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Bough
- http://www.sacred-texts.com/pag/frazer/?
- Golden Bough
- Lovecraft and Murray
- The Festival
- http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/f.aspx
- The Call of Cthulhu
- http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/fiction/cc.aspx
- Commonplace Book
- https://www.wired.com/2011/07/h-p-lovecrafts-commonplace-book/
- The Festival
- Owen Davies video on later witch trials
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWquza-Ax4w
- Charles Walton murder
- Donald McCormick
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_McCormick
- The Case that Foiled Fabian
- https://www.amazon.com/Case-that-Foiled-Fabian-Witchcraft/dp/0752493574
- http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-29604413
- Donald McCormick
- Bella and the Wych Elm BBC
- http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/is-this-the-bella-in-the-wych-elm-unravelling-the-mystery-of-the-skull-found-in-a-tree-trunk-8546497.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_put_Bella_in_the_Wych_Elm%3F
- Fabian of the Yard
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabian_of_the_Yard
- Le Sorcier (Trois Freres)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sorcerer_(cave_art)
- Cerunnos
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cernunnos
- Gundestrup Cauldron
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gundestrup_cauldron
- Salem and larger panic
- King Williams War
- http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-the-salem-witch-trials-175162489/?no-ist
- In the Devil’s Snare
- https://www.amazon.com/Devils-Snare-Salem-Witchcraft-Crisis/dp/0375706909
- King Williams War
- Imbolc
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc
- Revocation of the Witchcraft Act
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft_Act_1735
- Curse of the Demon
- http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1xd6p8_night-of-the-demon-1957_shortfilms
- Casting of the Runes
- http://www.hypnogoria.com/html/castingtherunes.html
- Dana Andrews and Margaret Murray
- http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-actor-dana-andrews-kisses-margaret-murray-69301405.html
- Gerald Gardner and Ronald Hutton documentary
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQbdXCoxC14
- Computer science and gender study
- http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2014/10/21/357629765/when-women-stopped-coding
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Today we talk with Joe Wilson about his research into the modern hoax of Burrows' Cave. We look at the history of the cave, some of the evidence for the cave, and try to decipher where the cave is actually supposed to be.
Links * Burrows Cave * Falling Into Burrows' Cave * Joe Wilson 2012 The Cave Who Never Was: Outsider Archaeology and Failed Collaboration in the USA * The Burrows cave: African gold in Illinois * The Lost Treasure of King Juba: The Evidence of Africans in America before ... By Frank Joseph * Burrows Cave A Modern Hoax * The Mystery Cave of Many Faces: First in a Series on the Saga of Burrows' Cave by Russell Burrows, Fred Rydholm * Rock art pieces from Burrows' Cave in southern Illinois, Volume 1 James Phillip Scherz, Russell E. Burrows + http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/esp_sociopol_underground12.htm + http://www.egyptsearch.com/forums/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=8;t=008683 * Midwestern Epigraphic Society * Ptolemy Home Page * Ancient American magazine articles about "Burrows Cave" * Harry Hubbard Answers Your Questions on the Illinois Caves and America Unearthed * Mysterious Minoan Miners and the Missing Michigan Minerals – America Unearthed S 1 Ep 3 * THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE COPPER CULTURE MYTH - EPISODE 8
Contacts* Joe Wilson + https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-wilson-6a1b3514 * Jason Colavito + @JasonColavito + www.jasoncolavito.com * Email us at ArchyFantasies@gmail.com * Follow us on Twitter at @Archyfantasies and find us on FaceBook.
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Today we talk with Jason Colavito about the writings of H.P Lovecraft, especially those dealing with the Cthulhu Mythos and the possible origins of the Necronomicon.
Links * Jason Colavito * Cult of Alien Gods - Jason Colavito * The Morning of the Magicians - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia * Extraterrestrial Visitations from Prehistoric Times to the Present by Jacques Bergier * Richard Sharpe Shaver * A Word About the Necronomicon | Peter Levenda's Journal * The H.P. Lovecraft Archive * Planet of the Vampires (1965) Full Movie | Full Horror Movies Online * "The Emerald Tablets of Thoth": A Lovecraftian Plagiarism * The Hounds of Tindalos * Eaters of the Dead - MichaelCrichton.com * A Colder War - a novelette by Charles Stross - Infinity Plus * Guillermo del Toro At the Mountains of Madness * WFA removes Lovecraft as award * "Don't mention the war." - Some Thoughts on H.P. Lovecraft and Race * S. T. Joshi: People Who Aren't Famous Have No Right to Criticize Lovecraft for Racism * Icke and Necronomicon * William Lumley and Lovecraft and Lovecraftian Magic * Lovecraftian Magic: Justin Woodman’s blog, which examines Lovecraft and culture, including Lovecraftian magicians * Cthulhu Monopoly * The Unspeakable Oath * Plush/Cute Cthulhu Discussion * Christian Identity * Book of Enoch * Enoch and the Pyramids * Prometheus Underwater Scene * Hermes Trismegistus * History of the Necronomicon * Michael Barkun Culture of Conspiracy * Arthur Jermyn * HP Lovecraft Literary Podcast and Arthur Machen * Gray Barker, Albert Bender, and the MIB + http://www.csicop.org/si/show/gray_barker_my_friend_the_myth-maker + http://www.csicop.org/si/show/gray_barkers_book_of_bunk_mothman_saucers_and_mib * Modern uses of the Necronomicon
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Today we look at some new information about the Piltdown man, grouse about the media and how they handled it, and then take a long look at the infamous Face on Mars.
Links * New genetic and morphological evidence suggests a single hoaxer created ‘Piltdown man’ * New Piltdown hoax analysis points to work of 'lone forger' * Researchers claim new evidence unmasks the culprit in the infamous ‘Piltdown Man’ hoax * The Enterprise Mission - Richard Hoagland's official site, devoted to his theories about the Face on Mars, NASA conspiracies, and more. * The City on the Edge of Forever * Harlan Ellison Webderland * Alternative 3
Additional Links* Exposing PseudoAstronomy Podcast + The Face on Mars, Part 1 - http://podcast.sjrdesign.net/shownotes_059.php + The Face on Mars, Part 2 - http://podcast.sjrdesign.net/shownotes_060.php
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Today we talk with David Anderson about his recent visit to a Theosophical Society in America conference and why it is that people like to believe weird or fringe theories.
Links * "Did a Teenager Discovery an Ancient Maya City on Google Earth?," * Lost City, Found Pyramid: Understanding Alternative Archaeologies and Pseudoscientific Practices edited by Jeb J. Card and David S. Anderson * Theosophical Society in America * Authors of the Impossible: The Paranormal and the Sacred by Jeffrey J. Kripal * ATLANTIS - ARCHYFANTASIES 17 * AFROCENTRISM AND THE NEW WORLD - EPISODE 16
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Today we look at some concepts in Archaeology, mainly the idea of two cultures creating similar looking technology independently of each other. We call this Independent Invention or Convergence, and it's usually what really happening when the fringe sees diffusion in cultures. We look over the concepts and look at a few examples like writing and megaliths to see how this works in real cultures.
Links* What is Convergence in Archaeology? * Apophenia - the tendency to perceive a connection or meaningful pattern between unrelated or random things * A HISTORY OF PSEUDO-ARCHAEOLOGY: HYPERDIFFUSION AND ALIENS - EPISODE 47 * A HISTORY OF PSEUDO-ARCHAEOLOGY: DIFFUSION - ARCHYFANTASIES 38
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Today we talk about King Tut's curse and what the reality is behind the stories. What was the curse, when did it start, and what were the wonderful things seen in Tut's tombs?
Links* The Curse of the Unlucky Mummy * The Unlucky Mummy * Unlucky Mummy * The Mummy's Curse * "The Mummy's Curse: The True History of a Dark Fantasy", 2012, Roger Luckhurst
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Today we talk about the fascinating Hexham heads. Are they cursed objects, spiritual totems for drawing wear-creatures, or just cleverly carved children's' toys? How do these objects connect back to the concept of Ley Lines and how does all this connect to tulpa's?
Links* Quest for the Hexham Heads, Paul Screeton – Fortean history/memoir * Twilight of the Celtic Gods David Clarke and Andy Roberts – Fascinating “wibbly” take on pagan survivals, Neopaganism, magic, archaeology, and myth in the 1980s * Ley Lines in Question Tom Williamson and Liz Bellamy – Examination and debunking * Creating Prehistory Andy Stout – History of the professionalization and battle against amateurs in British archaeology, including in-depth history of the ley lines folks * T. C. Lethbridge: The Man Who Saw the Future by Terry Welbourn – Biography and study of Lethbridge * MR James stories * The Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries by Evans-Wentz * Monster talk episode with Joseph Laycock and Natalia Mikels * The Hexham Heads * The Curse Of The Hexham Heads? * The Hexham Heads and the Werewolf * Celtic curse tested? * Heads and Tales
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Today we talk with Jennifer Raff about the role DNA and genetics is playing in the field of archaeology. What can we really learn from DNA and Haplogroups, and how none of this proves genetic superiority. Not even Haplogroup X.
Links* Jennifer A. Raff and Deborah A. Bolnick's: Does Mitochondrial Haplogroup X Indicate Ancient Trans-Atlantic Migration to the Americas? A Critical Re-Evaluation. * On thin ice: Problems with Stanford and Bradley’s Solutrean-Clovis hypothesis * Carl Zimmer's Game of Genomes
Contacts* Jennifer Raff + on twitter @JenniferRaff + Blog Violent Metaphors * Email us at ArchyFantasies@gmail.com * Follow us on Twitter at @Archyfantasies and find us on FaceBook.
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Today we talk with Chris Begley about the Lost City of the Monkey God, or Ciudad Blanca "The White City". Chris tells us about looking for actual ruins in Honduras, working with National Geographic, and how things like satellite images and LiDar actually work.
Links * Ciudad Blanca * F. A. Mitchell-Hedges - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia * George Gustav Heye - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia * Theodore Morde * The City of the Monkey God: Archaeologists claim to have found city lost for 1,000 years in remote Honduran jungle * Has the White City of the Monkey God been found after 500 years? Ruins could be legendary lost jungle city where lurid tales say tribe worshiped a giant simian deity and bred chimp-human children * LOST CITY DISCOVERED IN THE HONDURAN RAIN FOREST * Thomas Athol Joyce - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia * Explorer Seeks Fabled Lost City; Spurns Weaker Sex Companionship * Christopher Stewart * Chris Begley: Transylvania University Bio * National Geographic Bio * Kentucky professor a real-life Indiana Jones * Ewan McGregor: Tested to the limits in Honduras * Finding understanding instead of a 'lost city.'
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Today we examine the evidence for the co-existence of Dinosaurs and humans. We specifically focus on the Ica stones and Acámbaro figures. What are these mysterious figures? What do the carvings on the rocks mean? Could they be evidence of man and dino's living together? Or could they be modern fakes used to bilk the gullible.
Links* Clay Figurines of Real Dinosaurs with Humans? * Thermoluminescent Dating and the Monsters of Acambaro by Gary W. Carriveau and Mark C. Han * Steve Feltham Website * The Dinosaurs of Acambaro * Mystery at Acambaro, Medico: did Dinosaurs Coexist with Humans? by Alex Pezzati * Di Peso, Charles C., 1953. The clay figurines of Acambaro, Guanajuato, Mexico. American Antiquity 18(4): 388-389. * Talk Origins Discussion on the Acambaro Figurines * For Fun: + Dinosaurs and Men + 'Honest, I saw Nessie, I'd just forgotten my camera', says man who's been hunting the monster for 23 YEARS.
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Today Ken, Jen, and Sara continue talking about the history of Parapsychology and the development of the concept of diffusionism and why professional archaeologist don't like the term. We also talk about where aliens fit into all of this, and if we should be thankful to our astral overlords.
Links* V. Gordon Childe * Grafton Elliot Smith * Dighton Rock * Michael D. Coe * The First Fossil Hunters: Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Myth in Greek and Roman Times by Adrienne Mayor * From Beyond by H. P. Lovecraft * Terence McKenna: + Food Of The Gods Vid + Book
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This episode Jeb and Sara talk about Homo floresiensis affectionately known as Hobbits, and Liang-Bua Cave. What do we know about H. floresiensis, how has this discovery been represented by the media, and why are these tinny hominids being represented as cannibals by Animal Planet?
Links * 3D interactive map of Liang-Bua Cave * Homo floresiensis-like fossils from the early Middle Pleistocene of Flores * Age and context of the oldest known hominin fossils from Flores * Revised stratigraphy and chronology for Homo floresiensis at Liang Bua in Indonesia * Homo floresiensis Remains Unique, Valid Species * A Critical Evaluation of the Down Syndrome Diagnosis for LB1, Type Specimen of Homo floresiensis * Is 'The Cannibal In the Jungle' A True Story? Animal Planet's New Movie Combines Legend & Archaeology * Dr. Timothy Darrow
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This episode Ken and I talk with Nigel Hetherington from Past Preservers. We talk about Archaeology in the Media and how Past Preservers works to provide professional authorities for the media, even for shows that might be a bit on the fringe.
Links * Past Preservers + http://pastpreservers.com/ + info@pastpreservers.com + twitter @pastpreservers * Heritage Daily * Lost Civilization of America * CSICOP Rebuttal to Lost Civilization of America Civilizations Lost and Found: Fabricating History - Part One: An Alternate Reality * Civilizations Lost and Found: Fabricating History - Part Two: False Messages in Stone * Civilizations Lost and Found: Fabricating History - Part Three: Real Messages in DNA
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Sara and Jeb interview K. Kris Hirst, the archaeology expert at About.com and an internet reporting pioneer!
Links* About.com Archaeology
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Today we talk about Ken and Sara's close encounters with the fringe. We talk about how we navigated the encounters and what we learned from them.
Links Red Rock State Park * Mayans in Georgia: America Unearthed Episode One. Now With Updates!*
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Today Jeb and I interview Sharon Hill from Doubtful News. We talk about skepticism, blogging, geology, weird questions, and how rocks are not Sasquatch skulls.
Links * Natural History Needed by Biologists article * Magic Artificial Investigation Practices * And here's the specific article * Archaeology stories on Doubtful News * Sharon Hill's Thesis * “Amateur Paranormal Research and Investigation Groups Doing ‘Sciencey’ Things”,Skeptical Inquirer 36:2 March/April 2012. * Sounds Sciencey column * Facebook Group of Fort
Website - blog - @idoubtit - @doubtfulnews Facebook Doubtful News
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On today's show, Sara and Jeb talk to Dr. April Beisaw about ghost hunting with her students. What do they really get out of it and what do they learn? They talk about technique, equipment used, and a lot of other topics related to academic ghost hunting.
Links * April Beisaw on Twitter: @AprilMBeisaw
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Today we're talking with Retired Connecticut State Archaeologist Nicholas Bellantoni and his work with an interesting Vampire burial. We talk the hows and why's of this burial and what it meant to people in the past to have a Vampire in the graveyard.
Links * WHS:Dr. Michael Bell, Folklorist, “History of New England ‘Vampires””- October 26, 2013 * Food for the Dead: On the Trail of New England's Vampires by Michael E. Bell
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Today we talk with Dr. Stacy Dunn about her chapter in Jeb's upcoming book, Lost City, Found Pyramid. Her chapter is entitled "Witches, Shamans, and Looters: Alternative Uses and Contemporary Ritual Reuse of Archaeological Remains in the North-Central Coast of Peru".
We talk about the interesting and unfortunate looting practices in Peru, the reasons behind them, and the cultural implications that surround them. We discuss how Archaeology might be contributing to the looting and the supernatural reasons behind it.
Links Lost City, Found Pyramid, editied by Jeb Card Due out in Spetember, order your copy now! * Stealing History: Tomb Raiders, Smugglers, and the Looting of the Ancient World by Roger Atwood * Trafficking Culture + http://traffickingculture.org/encyclopedia/terminology/huaquero-2/ and http://traffickingculture.org/place/south-america/peru/ * Holy Week looting in Spanish*
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Today we begin looking at the fascinating history of Pseudoarchaeology. When did it begin and how did it develop over the years. Today we look at the history of Diffusionism and the beginning of Hyperdiffusionism .
Links* Ignatius Loyola Donnelly * William Fairfield Warren
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We welcome Jeb Card on as a new co-host (don't worry, Ken's not really chained in the basement), and we talk a bout the archaeology around the Newport Tower and a little about the Lochness Monster.
Links * Jeb's previous appearances on the podcast + JEB CARD AND PSEUDO-ARCHAEOLOGY - EPISODE 10 + JEB CARD AND PSEUDO-ARCHAEOLOGY PT 2 - EPISODE 12 + JEB CARD AND THE MU STONES PT 1 - EPISODE 24 * Where the Vikings Weren’t – The Newport Tower. * Chronognostic Research Foundation * Spooky Archaeology: Why Is Archaeology Entangled with the Paranormal? * Jeb Card's soon to be published edited book * History of Miami University + https://miamioh.edu/about-miami/history-traditions/index.html * History of the Western College for Women + http://spec.lib.miamioh.edu/home/western/
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Ken tells us how his epigraphy trip wasn't a vacation and how he spent five days examining the Davenport Tablets at the Putnam Museum in Davenport, Iowa, and the Kensington Rune Stone in Alexandria, Minnesota.
Links* Davenport Tablets * The Kensington Runestone
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Today we talk about several archaeological terms that we hear get abused in the wild. We also get very meta and discuss the concept of archaeology and the field itself.
Links* Concepts and Themes in Archaeology
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Today we're talking with Jeb Card about actual archaeological excavations that were undertaken at the Roswell site. Did they find extraterrestrial artifacts? Find out on this episode with Jeb Card.
Links * UFO The Roswell Crash Startling New Evidence * Roswell Alien Slides placard deciphered, says it is a mummy * Ufology Unfalsifiable: A Review of The Roswell Dig Diaries * Zimmerman, Virginia 2008 Excavating Victorians. Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century, edited by Pamela K. Gilbert. State University of New York Press, Albany.
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Sara and Ken talk about Stonehenge and all it's glory. Who built it? How did they build it? When did they build it? Probably most importantly, why did they build it? Have your own theories? Post them below.
Links* A construction worker's theory on how they could have built Stonehenge
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What are the Mima Mounds? Are they natural? Were they created by gophers? Seismic activity? Humans? We explore all these possibilities and try to get down to the real cause. Get ready to think critically!
Links* Mima Mounds * Mima Mounds Washington State * Pocket Gophers
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Today we talk about the controversy around the Solutrean Hypothesis and the modern misconceptions around the Bering Land Bridge.
Links * Discussions about Bruce Bradly's and Dennis Stanford's Solutrean-Clovis Hypothesis. * Jennifer A. Raff and Deborah A. Bolnick's: (Clicking on the link downloads a PDF or opens it in your browser) Does Mitochondrial Haplogroup X Indicate Ancient Trans-Atlantic Migration to the Americas? A Critical Re-Evaluation.
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Today we talk about a important aspect of archaeology, traditional myths and oral traditions. These two aspects are often overlooked or reinterpreted by the fringe in order to further their own ideas. Archaeologists and anthropologists see these aspects as the vital and important tools that they are to understanding ancient cultures.
Links* Horse Thief Lake - She Who Watches + http://columbiariverimages.com/Regions/Places/horsethief_butte_she_who_watches.html + http://columbiariverimages.com/Regions/Places/horsethief_butte_petroglyphs.html * Abu Simbel Temple due to Nile Flooding + https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SxLufRZr4c + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%27inich_Janaab%27_Pakal * Crow Canyon NM - Navajo Place of Origin + https://www.crowcanyon.org/EducationProducts/peoples_mesa_verde/intro.asp
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This time we're discussing the Bosnian Pyramids. Are they actual pyramids, or nicely shaped hills? Where are the people who built them? What evidence is there to support these claims?
Links * Information provided by the Bosnian Pyramid digs. * The Mystery of Bosnia's Ancient Pyramids * Crystal Skulls and Herkimer Vodka - ArchyFantases Ep20 * Happy World Digger’s Day 2013! aka Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones, and the Real Crystal Skulls * A Falsifiable Hypothesis about the "Roman Swords" by Andy White
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Today we talk with Andy White of the Argumentative Archaeologist Blog about the work he's been doing uncovering the truth behind the recently discovered Roman sword in Michigan. Andy walks us through his predictions for the origins of the sword, and tells us the steps he taking to research the hilt. He covers a lot of ground in this episode, so get ready to think critically.
Links* Andy the Argumentative Archaeologist.
* Andy White's work on the Roman Sword
* Why #Swordgate is Important.
* Previous OOPArt podcast episodes and blogs:
+ THE COSO ARTIFACT - EPISODE 9
+ OUT OF PLACE OBJECTS - EPISODE 27
+ The 10 Most Not-So-Puzzling Ancient Artifacts: Out-Of-Place Metal Objects
+ THE NEWARK HOLY STONES - ARCHY FANTASIES EP 7
+ Epstein, Jeremiah
1980 “Pre-Columbian Old World Coins in America,” Current Anthropology. PDF. Accessed 1/17/16
http://anthropology.msu.edu/anp364-fs15/files/2012/08/Epstein-1980-Current-Anthropology.pdf
+ Ancient Artifact Preservation Society
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On today's episode, Sara and Ken discuss out of place artifacts, or, OOPARTS. They talk about a number of artifacts that have been "discovered" that appear to not belong to where they were found.
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On today's show, Ken and Sara talk about two of the sites on Ken's list of 50 sites that everyone must visit: Mesa Verde and Horseshoe Canyon. These are great sites that almost anyone can visit.
Links * Mesa Verde * Horseshoe Canyon
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Today we discuss the Nazca Lines, how they connect to Cargo Cults, where the alien goodies are, and how other cultures around the world used similar geoglyphs to denote identity and territory.
Links * Sara's blog post + Between the Nazca Lines * Books + Nickel, Joe - The Nazca Drawings Revisited: Creation of a Full-Sized Condor. Skeptical Inquirer Magazine Volume 7.3, Spring 1983. http://www.csicop.org/si/show/nazca_drawings_revisited/ + Mercer, Phil: Vanuatu cargo cult marks 50 years + Raffaele, Paul: In John They Trust + Hall, Stephen S: Spirits in the Sand
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We interview Jeb Card again about his research into the Mu Stones.
Links* http://www.my-my.com/
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On today's episode, Sara and Ken talk about unintentional looting. Have you ever excavated or removed artifacts from a site with good intentions? Well, they talk about why you probably shouldn't do that and why archaeologists record what they do. It's not all paperwork for nothing!
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Ken shares a touching story about his work. The Legend of Lighthouse shows how archaeology is used to solve histories mysteries and uses those answers to shed light on the lives of those around us.
Links * The Barkhamsted Lighthouse Archaeological Preserve (Feder 2009) * The Village of Outcasts (Feder 1993) * Archaeology and the Legend of the Lighthouse (a blog post)
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Today we talk about two well known tourist sites, the Heavener Runestone and Cracked Cave. Listen as Ken and Sara give the real story behind these two sites.
Links* The Heavener Runestone Website
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Today we look at the 13 Crystal Skulls and their validity as actual artifacts. Where did they come from, how were they made, what is their history, and what do they have to do with vodka?
Links * Article: Jane MacLaren Walsh 2008 “Legend of the Crystal Skulls”. Archaeological Institute of America archive. Volume 61 Number 3, May/June 2008. + http://archive.archaeology.org/0805/etc/indy.html. Retrieved February 1, 2013 * Dan Aykroyd's Crystal Head Vodka
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Today we talk about two famous artifacts, the Baghdad Battery and the Antikythera Mechanism, one real, one fake. Which is which might surprise you. Also included, patented Sara and Ken rants and much more!
Links
- The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project
- Blog Posts on the Baghdad Batter and the Antikythera Mechanism
- Baghdad Battery
- Antikythera Mechanism
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Today we look at several different examples of old world scripts being found in North America. We examine the authenticity of these scripts and talk about what else we'd like to see if these writings were real.
Places Ken thinks you should visit! * Three Rivers Petroglyph Site * El Morro
Things to read and listen too:* The Newark Holy Stones - Archaeological Fantasies Ep. 7 * Books by Alice Beck Kehoe
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In todays show we start looking at Atlantis. We talk about the origins of the story, what facts there are out there, how it became a popular myth, and we throw in a couple rant for good measure.
Links * Critias by Plato * Timaeus by Plato * Ignatius L. Donnelly * Atlantis: The Antediluvian World. by Ignatius L. Donnelly
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Today we're talking about Afrocentrism. What is it? Does it hurt or help ancient African cultures? And how does it affect archaeology in the new world?
More about other ancient African cultures you may never have heard of: * Great Zimbabwe: + http://www.greatzimbabweruins.com/ + http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/364 * The Kingdom of Kush: + http://archaeology.about.com/od/kterms/g/kush.htm * Nubia + http://www.kerma.ch/index.php?lang=en + https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=z_ZvHRpKT6Hw.k7AIqBspa9ew&hl=en * The Art and Archaeology of Ancient Nubia + https://www.coursera.org/course/ancientnubia * Feder, K. 1998-99 Archaeology and Afrocentrism: An Attempt to set the record straight. A Current Bibliography on African Affairs 29(3):199-210
Things to Read and Watch:* Stolen Legacy: Greek Philosophy is Stolen Egyptian Philosophy by George G. M. James, Ph.D + http://www.jpanafrican.com/ebooks/eBook%20Stolen%20Legacy.pdf * The danger of a single story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie + http://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story?language=en * Africans are fighting media poverty-porn by tweeting beautiful images of their real lives + http://www.theplaidzebra.com/africans-are-fighting-media-poverty-porn-by-tweeting-beautiful-images-of-their-real-lives/
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Today we catch up with Ken on his summer dig and talk about Mummies and actual archaeological controversies. Did Indiana just discover a mummy, or is it more media hype than truth? Also, were the Clovis actually here first, or was there someone else her before them? All this on episode 15 of the Archaeological Fantasies Podcast.
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Sara and Ken Feder interview skeptical xenoarchaeologist, Jason Colavito. They talk to Jason about his work exploring the connections between science, pseudo-science, and speculative fiction.
Links * Jason's Website * Jason's Twitter Page
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On today's episode, Sara and Ken talk about psychic archaeology. What does that mean? Does it work? Should archaeological sites start with a psychic reading? They'll answer those questions and more on this entertaining episode!
BONUS QUESTION:
Who was the actress in Clan of the Cave Bear?
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Today we air Part 2 of 2 of an interview with Professor Jeb Card at Miami University. Jeb talks about pseudo-archaeology and pseudo-history.
LinksComing soon...
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Today we air Part 1 of 2 of an interview with Professor Jeb Card at Miami University. Jeb talks about pseudo-archaeology and pseudo-history.
LinksComing soon...
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Today we discuss the phenomena of the Coso artifact, what it really is, how it formed, and why we're not all that impressed with it. Ken gives us all a new place to visit on vacation, and we discuss a fun science project you can do at home to grow your own Coso artifact.
Links* “The Coso Artifact.” Bad Archaeology * Stromberg, Pierre
+ 2000. The Coso Artifact : Mystery from the Depths of Time. The Talk Origins Archives. Accessed July 9th 2012.
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Stromberg, Pierre and Paul V Heinrich
- 2004 “The Coso Artifact: Mystery From the Depths of Time?” Reports of the National Center for Science Education. March–April 2004. Vol 24 Issue 2. Accessed July 9th 2012.
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Cool Places to Go:
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Maturango Museum Petroglyph Tours
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Today we are examining the Copper Culture Myth that has recently experienced a revival due to popular media. We discuss the origins of the myth, look at particular aspects of it, like over 1.5 billion pounds of copper missing, and decide what evidence we would need to actually consider that Michigan copper fueled the Bronze age in Europe.
Links * Graham Hancock has a huge post on it on his website, it's not authored by him. * The Ancient Artifact Preservation Society. You really need to dig around on their site. But their main motive is to promote alternative history as fact. They are huge supporters of the whole Copper Culture myth. * This is Jason and my own review of the AU episode that has revived this myth. * This is the best take down of the whole copper culture myth. It's written by Susan R. Martin in 1995, but it still holds today. * And lastly, this is the link to the actual Copper Culture Mounds State Park
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We interview two authorities on the Newark Holy Stones, Brad Lepper and Jeff Gill. We go over the discovery of the stones, how they fit into the larger culture of faked artifacts of the Victorian era, and discuss how Brad and Jeff went about debunking these rather fascinating stones.
Links* Newark earthworks * Ohio Archaeology an Illustrated Chronicle of Ohio's Ancient American Indian Culture * The Newark "Holy Stones": The Social Context of an Enduring Scientific Forgery * More on the Newark Holy Stone
+ http://apps.ohiohistory.org/ohioarchaeology/newark-holy-stone-is-featured-on-america-unearthed/
+ http://apps.ohiohistory.org/ohioarchaeology/conclusive-proof-that-the-newark-decalogue-stone-is-a-forgery-and-not-a-very-good-one-at-that/
+ http://apps.ohiohistory.org/ohioarchaeology/a-likely-source-for-the-design-of-the-newark-decalouge-stone/
- Civilizations Lost and Found: Fabricating History - Part Two: False Messages in Stone
- Ohio History Blog
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Today we talk with Andrew White about the current Giant craze. He gives us the relative origins of the "Giants Among Us" myth and talks about what "Double Rows of Teeth" actually means. We touch on the Nephilim craze and how Giants might just relate back to biblical mythology and may represent a current push of biblical creationism.
Links Archaeological Fantasies RSS* Andrew White's Face book Page - Modern Giant Mythology * Andrew White's Blog on Giants * More information on double rows of teeth * Blog Post: More Misinterpretations - Giants with Double Rows of Teeth from Ohio
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Today we're starting to look at creationism. We evaluate the evidence for a global flood in both the geological and archaeological record. We compare the biblical myth with the Babylonian version, and we go looking for Noah's Ark itself.
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In this episode we look at the Mound Builder Myth in some detail. We discuss the history of the myth, the alternative explanations for the mounds, how Cyrus Thomas proved the mounds were built by Native Americans, and why the idea that the mounds were built by Europeans still persists today. Also, we highly encourage you to take your local mounds to lunch, and, go visit them today!
Things we discussed in Episode 4:* Cyrus Thomas with the Smithsonian * Newark Holy Stones + and here + and here * Bat Creek Stone * Los Lunas Decalogue Stone + and here * Ezra Stiles from Yale University * Other Peoples Garbage - Odyssey Series Documentary * Prince Madoc * Related Episode 3 where we discuss the "Lost Civilizations North America" film.
Places to Go See!* Serpent Mound in Ohio * Hopewell Culture Sites in Ohio * Cahokia Mounds in Illinois * Angel Mounds in Indiana * Poverty Point Mounds in Louisiana * Ken's Awesome Books on these topics + Encyclopedia of Dubious Archaeology + Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries
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On Episode 3 of the Archaeological Fantasies podcast, Sara and Ken talk about Fringe Archaeology, Ken's brush with the media, and...Giants! It's an exciting episode that is sure to get you thinking.
Links * The Lost Civilizations of North America DVD site: http://www.lostcivilizationdvd.com/ * Civilizations Lost and Found: Fabricating History - Part One- Three
+ http://www.csicop.org/si/show/civilizations\_lost\_and\_found\_fabricating\_history\_-\_part\_one\_an\_alternate\_re/
+ http://www.csicop.org/si/show/civilizations\_lost\_and\_found\_fabricating\_history\_-\_part\_two\_false\_messages/
+ http://www.csicop.org/si/show/civilizations\_lost\_and\_found\_fabricating\_history\_-\_part\_three\_real\_messages/
- Steven Mrozowski's Rebuttal to In Search of Giants.
- http://blogs.umb.edu/fiskecenter/2014/12/05/who-said-anything-about-giants/
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Ken and Sara talk about the Genetic Disk. Is it real? What does it mean? Where does it come from? How do you apply critical thinking to this sort of artifact?
Links* The Genetic Disk * Nazca Lines * Erich von Daniken
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Join Sara and Ken as they introduce the Archaeological Fantasies podcast. This show will release every other week on Mondays. Please, subscribe, like, and comment below.
LinksThe Archaeology Fantasies Blog
Dr. Kenneth Feder
Ken`s books
- Encyclopedia of Dubious Archaeology
- Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries
- Archaeology Fantasies
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