Göbekli Tepe, Bad Fox, No Comet - Episode 73

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

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

Ley Lines with Sharon Hill - Episode 72

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?

You can comment below or email us at @archyfantaises@gmail.com

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

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

Corn in Unusual Places - Episode 71

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

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

How Archaeology Influences Geekery - Episode 70

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

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

Cryptozoology and Archaeology - Episode 69

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

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