The Supernatural Gamekeeper with Dr. Richard Chacon - Ep 129

Today we have our guest scholar, Dr. Richard Chacon, who has just published a remarkable book on supernatural gamekeepers throughout the world. We're going to talk about how that relates to rock art and other related matters in terms of the pre-contact, pre-literate indigenous cosmology.

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Fossil Falls and the Coso Range with Katie Olsen - Ep 128

On this episode we interview Katie Olsen who lives in Ridgecrest, California.  On the edge of the Coso Range and a stone's throw away from Little Lake and Fossil Falls - prominent rock art locations in the Coso Range. She shares her feelings and background as a woman and female and mother with academic training in art history as she helps us to understand the rock art of the Cosos with a special emphasis on the animal humans that are patterned and solid bodied and expresses an explicit emphasis on the female side of the human experience.

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Nevadans for Cultural Preservation - Rock Art 127

Rayette Martin from the Nevadans for Cultural Preservation joins the podcast to talk about the work they are doing and how they are preserving rock art in Nevada.

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Discussing Rock Art with Director and Producer Chris Finefrock - Ep 126

Chris Finefrock is a director and producer of cinematic masterpieces.  He is now working on a new project featuring in part the Native worldviews and religious metaphors that are represented in archaeological sites, geoglyphs, and rock art sites.  In this episode we do a wide-ranging discussion on what makes these topics so engaging and why rock art is such an endlessly interesting subject.  Quite the ride!

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Analyzing Rock Art with Tony Prekis - Ep 125

On today’s episode Alan brings on Tony Prekis to analyze a rock art panel associated with the Freemont Cultural traditions.

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