David Anderson and, Theosophical Society in America, and Why People Believe Weird Things. - Episode 54

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Today we talk with David Anderson about his recent visit to a Theosophical Society in America conference and why it is that people like to believe weird or fringe theories.

Links

• "Did a Teenager Discovery an Ancient Maya City on Google Earth?,"

• Lost City, Found Pyramid: Understanding Alternative Archaeologies and Pseudoscientific Practices edited by Jeb J. Card and David S. Anderson

• Theosophical Society in America

• Authors of the Impossible: The Paranormal and the Sacred by Jeffrey J. Kripal

• ATLANTIS - ARCHYFANTASIES 17

• AFROCENTRISM AND THE NEW WORLD - EPISODE 16 

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

Convergence and Independent Invention in Archaeology - Episode 53

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Today we look at some concepts in Archaeology, mainly the idea of two cultures creating similar looking technology independently of each other. We call this Independent Invention or Convergence, and it's usually what really happening when the fringe sees diffusion in cultures. We look over the concepts and look at a few examples like writing and megaliths to see how this works in real cultures.

Links

• What is Convergence in Archaeology?

• Apophenia - the tendency to perceive a connection or meaningful pattern between unrelated or random things

• A HISTORY OF PSEUDO-ARCHAEOLOGY: HYPERDIFFUSION AND ALIENS - EPISODE 47

• A HISTORY OF PSEUDO-ARCHAEOLOGY: DIFFUSION - ARCHYFANTASIES 38

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

Unlucky Mummies and Wonderful Things - Episode 52

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Today we talk about King Tut's curse and what the reality is behind the stories. What was the curse, when did it start, and what were the wonderful things seen in Tut's tombs?

Links

• The Curse of the Unlucky Mummy

• The Unlucky Mummy

• Unlucky Mummy

• The Mummy's Curse

• "The Mummy's Curse: The True History of a Dark Fantasy", 2012, Roger Luckhurst

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

Hexham Heads, ley lines, and Wear-sheep-men - Episode 51

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Today we talk about the fascinating Hexham heads. Are they cursed objects, spiritual totems for drawing wear-creatures, or just cleverly carved children's' toys? How do these objects connect back to the concept of Ley Lines and how does all this connect to tulpa's?

Links

• Quest for the Hexham Heads, Paul Screeton – Fortean history/memoir

• Twilight of the Celtic Gods David Clarke and Andy Roberts – Fascinating “wibbly” take on pagan survivals, Neopaganism, magic, archaeology, and myth in the 1980s

• Ley Lines in Question Tom Williamson and Liz Bellamy – Examination and debunking

• Creating Prehistory Andy Stout – History of the professionalization and battle against amateurs in British archaeology, including in-depth history of the ley lines folks

• T. C. Lethbridge: The Man Who Saw the Future by Terry Welbourn – Biography and study of Lethbridge

• MR James stories

• The Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries by Evans-Wentz

• Monster talk episode with Joseph Laycock and Natalia Mikels

• The Hexham Heads

• The Curse Of The Hexham Heads?

• The Hexham Heads and the Werewolf

• Celtic curse tested?

• Heads and Tales

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

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