Corn in Unusual Places - Episode 71

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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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The Polynesian Connection - Episode 68

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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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50 Archaeological Sites to See in the World - Episode 65

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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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Archaeology and Sherlock Holmes with Vincent W. Wright - Episode 62

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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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The Importance of Myth and Oral Traditions - Episode 30

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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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