The Newark Holy Stones - Episode 7

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

Contact

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Giants! - Episode 6

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

Pseudo-Archaeology 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

Contact

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Those Mysterious Mound Builders - Episode 4

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

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• Bat Creek Stone

• Los Lunas Decalogue Stone

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• 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

Contact

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Fringe Archaeology and Giants - Episode 3

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/

Contact

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The Genetic Disk - Episode 2

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

Contact

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