Hobby Lobby and the Illegal Antiquities Trade with Donna Yates - Episode 78

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Today we talk with Dr. Donna Yates about the recent Hobby Lobby decision and the illegal antiquities trade. What was Hobby Lobby doing, how does this fit into looting and the antiquities trade, and what exactly is this new Museum of the Bible in DC thing?

Links

• Trafficking Culture / Donna Yates

• Anonymous Swiss Collector

• Cambodia's looted treasures

• UNESCO Constitution

• Hobby Lobby fined $3 million for smuggled Iraqi artifacts

• Spotlight on Hobby Lobby’s Biblical Collection After Smuggle Case

• Islam, ISIS, and Black Market Artifacts with Nathan French - Episode 76

• The Justice Department Announcement

• Hobby Lobby's Press Release

• Washington Post piece on the settlement

• NBC report on possibly more concerns about Hobby Lobby

• The Green collection and the Museum of the Bible: 443,000 square meters of mess.

• Buenavista del Cayo

• Patty Gerstenblith

  • https://law.depaul.edu/faculty-and-staff/faculty-a-z/Pages/patty-gerstenblith.aspx

  • http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-remarkable-patty-gerstenblith-0208-20150202-story.html

• Cultural Property Advisory Committee

• E. A. Wallis Budge

• Subhash Kapoor Case

• The rogue’s gallery: Subhash Kapoor and India’s stolen artefacts

• DHS and DOJ return valuable, ancient artifacts to India

• Museums Begin Returning Artifacts to India in Response to Investigation

• Temple Looting in Cambodia, by Simon Mackenzie and Tess Davis

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Indiana Jones and Pseudoarchaeology - Episode 77

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Today we're talking about Indiana JOnes a pseudoarchaeological elements that run through almost all off the movies. We talk about how Indy came to be, why the movies are so dang good, and where certain archaeological themes came from and why they last.

Links

• Spitballing Indy

• Transcript of the Writing Session for Raiders of the Lost Ark

• Raiders of the Lost Archive

• Secret of the Incas

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzl4_ytmxDs

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZJaIc1SDbQ

• Harrison Ford elected to the AIA Board

  • https://www.archaeological.org/news/aianews/282

  • http://savingantiquities.org/harrison-ford-and-the-aia/

• Episode about Mummies and Cursed Artifacts

• Nabonidus

• The Ark and Dagon

• Peter Hiscock - Cinema, Supernatural Archaeology, and the Hidden Human Past

• Lingam (the inspiration for the Sankara Stones)

• Thuggee

• Opening of Raiders

• Aztec Sun Stone

• Inka Architecture

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inca_architecture

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saksaywaman

• Chavin de Huantar

• Tiwanaku Gateway of the SUn

• Manteño seat

• Dumbarton Oaks Tlazotetol

• Jane MacLaren Walsh - The Dumbarton Oaks Tlazolteotl: looking beneath the surface

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

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Islam, ISIS, and Black Market Artifacts with Nathan French - Episode 76

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Today we talk with Nathan French from the University of Miami, Ohio. Nathan talks with us about Islam and the destruction of archaeological sites and artifacts in Isis controlled areas. We also talk about artifacts funneled into the black market by Isis and fleeing refugees.

Links

• The Archivist: Unseen Documents from the Islamic State’s Diwan al-Rikaz

• Ancient palace emerges from under Mosul shrine destroyed by ISIS

• Trafalgar Square 3D Printed Arch aka Archy McArchface

Contact

• Email us at ArchyFantasies@gmail.com

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

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Antiquities Laws and Regulations - Episode 75

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On today's episode, Sara, Jeb, and Ken talk about some of the big antiquities laws that are impacting resources around the country. These laws are in the news lately and it's important to know where they came from, what they do, and why they need to stick around for a while.

Links

• Executive Order on whitehouse.gov

  • https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/04/26/presidential-executive-order-review-designations-under-antiquities-act

• Antiquities Act 1906

  • https://www.nps.gov/history/local-law/anti1906.htm

  • https://www.nps.gov/history/local-law/fhpl_antiact.pdf

  • https://www.nps.gov/archeology/sites/antiquities/index.htm

  • https://www.nps.gov/archeology/sites/antiquities/about.htm

• Richard Wetherill

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wetherill

• Edgar Lee Hewett

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Lee_Hewett

• El Morro

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Morro_National_Monument

  • https://www.nps.gov/elmo/index.htm

• Historic Sites Act

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic_Sites_Act

  • https://www.nps.gov/history/local-law/FHPL_HistSites.pdf

  • https://www.nps.gov/history/local-law/hsact35.htm

• National Register of Historic Places

  • https://www.nps.gov/nr/

  • https://npgallery.nps.gov/nrhp

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places

• Nuclear Biscuit

  • http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/the-administration/315603-of-biscuits-and-footballs-the-perils-of-presidents-and

• National Historic Preservation Act

  • http://www.achp.gov/nhpa.pdf

  • https://www.nps.gov/history/local-law/nhpa1966.htm

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Historic_Preservation_Act_of_1966

• National Environmental Protection Act

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Environmental_Policy_Act

  • https://www.fws.gov/r9esnepa/RelatedLegislativeAuthorities/nepa1969.PDF

• Cultural Resources Management

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_resources_management

  • https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/crmarchpodcast/

• Archaeological Resources Protection Act

  • https://www.nps.gov/archeology/tools/laws/arpa.htm

  • https://www.nps.gov/history/local-law/fhpl_archrsrcsprot.pdf

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeological_Resources_Protection_Act_of_1979

• UNESCO Convention

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO_Convention_on_the_Means_of_Prohibiting_and_Preventing_the_Illicit_Import,_Export_and_Transfer_of_Ownership_of_Cultural_Property

  • http://www.unesco.org/new/en/culture/themes/illicit-trafficking-of-cultural-property/1970-convention/

  • https://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/

  • http://traffickingculture.org/

  • http://traffickingculture.org/encyclopedia/case-studies/cara-sucia/

• Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_Graves_Protection_and_Repatriation_Act

  • https://www.nps.gov/nagpra/

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennewick_Man

  • http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2017/0221/Burial-of-9-000-year-old-Kennewick-Man-lays-to-rest-a-20-year-old-debate

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solutrean_hypothesis

  • http://archive.archaeology.org/0607/etc/conversations.html

  • https://www.sfu.ca/ipinch/about/ipinch-people/research-team/dorothy-lippert/

  • https://www.polartrec.com/expeditions/nuvuk-archaeology-studies

• Malheur Takeover

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_the_Malheur_National_Wildlife_Refuge

• Myths about National Monuments

  • http://www.sltrib.com/home/4762647-155/separating-fact-from-fiction-in-bears

  • http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/blog/national-monuments-dont-let-myths-trump-facts

  • http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/blog/fact-and-fiction-bears-ears

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The Gungywamp - Episode 74

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Today we talk about the mysterious Gungywamp located in Connecticut. We examine the similarities between it and other sites like Mystery Hill aka American Stonehenge. Why makes the Gungywamp so strange? Is it ley lines, spirits, mystical energies of the ancient celts?

Links

• Gungywamp

• Atlas Obscura - Gungywamp

• Interpreting the Gungywamp: Evidence & Implications of an Irish Early Christian Papar Provenience (PPT slides)

• Evidence of a Native American  Solar Observatory on Sunset Hill Massachusetts in Gloucester,   by Mary Ellen Lepionka and Mark Carlotto

• Gungywamp: A Review of the Major Theories By Mary Gage & James Gage

• Unexplained Phenomena At Mysterious Ancient Gungywamp – Is It A Gateway To A Parallel Reality?

• Barnum Museum

• Adrian block - Connecticut river

• History of deforestation and reforestation in Connecticut.

• A discussion of agriculture in Connecticut. A listing of the crops cultivated by European settlers begins on page 307. Settlers begin with corn, but then quickly shift to European crops (oats, rice, and wheat) and livestock.

• An investigation of a sheep farm nearby and similar to Gungywamp:

• Vermont’s Stone Chambers by Giovanna Neudorfer. A comprehensive look at the stone chambers of Vermont.

• Gungywamp is located on private land. The land owner (the YMCA) allows guided tours of the property by the Denison Pequotsepus Nature Center. For a virtual tour and contact information about tours see

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• Email us at ArchyFantasies@gmail.com

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

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