Why Archaeological Fantasies? - Episode 64

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

Contact

• Email us at ArchyFantasies@gmail.com

• Follow us on Twitter at @Archyfantasies and find us on FaceBook.

• Theme Music by ArcheopSoup Productions

Produced by Chris Webster and Tristan Boyle

Edited by Christopher Sims