The Coso Artifact - Episode 9

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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.

• 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.

• Cool Places to Go:

  • Maturango Museum Petroglyph Tours

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The Curious Case of the Copper Culture Myth - Episode 8

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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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The Newark Holy Stones - Episode 7

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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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Giants! - Episode 6

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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

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

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Global Floods and Noah's Ark - Episode 5

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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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