DNA in Archaeology with Jennifer Raff - Episode 50

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Today we talk with Jennifer Raff about the role DNA and genetics is playing in the field of archaeology. What can we really learn from DNA and Haplogroups, and how none of this proves genetic superiority. Not even Haplogroup X.

Links

• Jennifer A. Raff and Deborah A. Bolnick's: Does Mitochondrial Haplogroup X Indicate Ancient Trans-Atlantic Migration to the Americas? A Critical Re-Evaluation. 

• On thin ice: Problems with Stanford and Bradley’s Solutrean-Clovis hypothesis

• Carl Zimmer's Game of Genomes

Contacts

• Jennifer Raff

  • on twitter @JenniferRaff

  • Blog Violent Metaphors

• 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 Chris Webster

Chris Begley and the Lost City of the Monkey God - Episode 49

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Today we talk with Chris Begley about the Lost City of the Monkey God, or Ciudad Blanca "The White City". Chris tells us about looking for actual ruins in Honduras, working with National Geographic, and how things like satellite images and LiDar actually work.

Links

• Ciudad Blanca

• F. A. Mitchell-Hedges - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

• George Gustav Heye - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

• Theodore Morde

• The City of the Monkey God: Archaeologists claim to have found city lost for 1,000 years in remote Honduran jungle

• Has the White City of the Monkey God been found after 500 years? Ruins could be legendary lost jungle city where lurid tales say tribe worshiped a giant simian deity and bred chimp-human children

• LOST CITY DISCOVERED IN THE HONDURAN RAIN FOREST

• Thomas Athol Joyce - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

• Explorer Seeks Fabled Lost City; Spurns Weaker Sex Companionship

• Christopher Stewart

• Chris Begley: Transylvania University Bio

• National Geographic Bio

• Kentucky professor a real-life Indiana Jones

• Ewan McGregor: Tested to the limits in Honduras

• Finding understanding instead of a 'lost city.'

Contacts

• 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 Chris Webster

Dinos among Men - Ica Stones and Acámbaro Figures - Episode 48

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Today we examine the evidence for the co-existence of Dinosaurs and humans. We specifically focus on the Ica stones and Acámbaro figures. What are these mysterious figures? What do the carvings on the rocks mean? Could they be evidence of man and dino's living together? Or could they be modern fakes used to bilk the gullible.

Links

• Clay Figurines of Real Dinosaurs with Humans?

• Thermoluminescent Dating and the Monsters of Acambaro by Gary W. Carriveau and Mark C. Han

• Steve Feltham Website

• The Dinosaurs of Acambaro

• Mystery at Acambaro, Medico: did Dinosaurs Coexist with Humans? by Alex Pezzati

• Di Peso, Charles C., 1953. The clay figurines of Acambaro, Guanajuato, Mexico. American Antiquity 18(4): 388-389.

• Talk Origins Discussion on the Acambaro Figurines

• For Fun:

  • Dinosaurs and Men

  • 'Honest, I saw Nessie, I'd just forgotten my camera', says man who's been hunting the monster for 23 YEARS.

Contacts

• 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 Chris Webster

A HISTORY OF PSEUDO-ARCHAEOLOGY: Hyperdiffusion and Aliens - Episode 47

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Today Ken, Jen, and Sara continue talking about the history of Parapsychology and the development of the concept of diffusionism and why professional archaeologist don't like the term. We also talk about where aliens fit into all of this, and if we should be thankful to our astral overlords.

Links

• V. Gordon Childe

• Grafton Elliot Smith

• Dighton Rock

• Michael D. Coe

• The First Fossil Hunters: Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Myth in Greek and Roman Times by Adrienne Mayor

• From Beyond by H. P. Lovecraft

• Terence McKenna:

  • Food Of The Gods Vid

  • Book

Contacts

• Email us at ArchyFantasies@gmail.com

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

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Produced by Chris Webster and Tristan Boyle

Edited by Chris Webster

Hobbits, Canibals, Ethnocentrism, and Homo floresiensis - Episode 46

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This episode Jeb and Sara talk about Homo floresiensis affectionately known as Hobbits, and Liang-Bua Cave. What do we know about H. floresiensis, how has this discovery been represented by the media, and why are these tinny hominids being represented as cannibals by Animal Planet?

Links

• 3D interactive map of Liang-Bua Cave

• Homo floresiensis-like fossils from the early Middle Pleistocene of Flores

• Age and context of the oldest known hominin fossils from Flores

• Revised stratigraphy and chronology for Homo floresiensis at Liang Bua in Indonesia

• Homo floresiensis Remains Unique, Valid Species

• A Critical Evaluation of the Down Syndrome Diagnosis for LB1, Type Specimen of Homo floresiensis

• Is 'The Cannibal In the Jungle' A True Story? Animal Planet's New Movie Combines Legend & Archaeology

• Dr. Timothy Darrow

Contacts

• 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 Chris Webster