ENCORE Jason Colavito and Ancient Aliens - ArchyFantasies 14

Sara and Ken Feder interview skeptical xenoarchaeologist, Jason Colavito. They talk to Jason about his work exploring the connections between science, pseudo-science, and speculative fiction. 

Links

• Jason's Website
• Jason's Twitter Page

Contact

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

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Bears Ears Rock Art with Vaughn Hadenfelt - ArchyFantasies 93

Today we talk Vaughn Hadenfelt of Friends of Friends of Ceder Mesa. With 30 years of experience as a guide and interpreter in Bears Ears National Monument, he comes on to talk to us about Rock Art. What is it? How do we date it? Can we read it like a book? He also gives us an update on the Status of Bears Ears. 

Links

• Welcome 2018 and Bears Ears Update - Episode 90
• Antiquities Laws and Regulations - Episode 75
• Friends of Cedar Mesa | Stewarding the greater Cedar Mesa area in ...
• Bears Ears Rock Art
• Pilling Collection of Fremont Culture Figurines
• Hexham Heads, ley lines, and Wear-sheep-men

Contact

• Email us at ArchyFantasies@gmail.com
• Follow us on Twitter at @Archyfantasies and find us on FaceBook. 
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CBC, The Solutrean Hypothesis, and Jennifer Raff - Episode 92

Today we discuss the recent CBC episode of The Nature of Things titled Ice Bridge. We're revisiting the Solutrean Hypothesis as it's put forward by the CBC show, and have Jennifer Raff with us to discuss Haplogroup X. 

Links

• CBC under fire for documentary that says first humans to colonize New World sailed from Europe. National Post.com. Jan 11 2018
• DNA in Archaeology with Jennifer Raff. ArchyFantasies. 
• The Solutrean Hypothesis – ArchyFantasies Episode 31. 
• DNA in Archaeology with Jennifer Raff – Episode 50. 
• Review of Across Atlantic Ice: The Origins of America’s Clovis Culture by Dennis J. Stanford and Bruce A. Bradley.
• 
  Raff, J. A., & D. A. Bolnick
• 2015 Does Mitochondrial Haplogroup X Indicate Ancient Trans-Atlantic Migration to the Americas? A Critical Re-Evaluation.297–304.
• Archaeological Fantasies and the genetic history of the Americas. Violent Metaphors.
• On thin ice: problems with Stanfordand Bradley’s proposed Solutrean colonisation of North America
• Director defends documentary that claims Europeans could have been 1st humans in North America.
• Jennifer Raff at the Guardian

Contact

• Email us at ArchyFantasies@gmail.com
• Follow us on Twitter at @Archyfantasies and find us on FaceBook. 
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Contact and Immigration In Archaeology - ArchyFantasies 91

Today we talk about cultures south of the US border. We talk about what we expect to see, and do see, when early European cultures come in contact with Native American cultures. We also talk about immigration and how we can track that with archaeology. 

Links

National Monuments dedicated to immigration and the experience of immigrants and African captives:

• African Burial Ground, Manhattan
• Manzanar Internment Center
• Liberty Island-Ellis Island National Monument
• Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration

Contact

• Email us at ArchyFantasies@gmail.com
• Follow us on Twitter at @Archyfantasies and find us on FaceBook. 
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Welcome 2018 and Bears Ears Update - ArchyFantasies 90

Welcome to the First episode of 2018! In this episode we talk about the effects of the recent EO on Bears Ears National Monument and other sites of significance. We debate the actual effects and reiterate the importance of these sites. We also talk about The podcast in 2017 and where we'd like to see it go in 2018. 

Shout out to everyone who's helped us grow this past year and all of our listeners. Here's to another great year on the APN! 

Links

• Bears Ears National Monument - Arch365 325
• State of the Monuments - Episode 40
• Antiquities Laws and Regulations - Episode 75
• After Bears Ears National Monument Shrinkage, The Fight For Redesignation Is Still On

Contact

• Email us at ArchyFantasies@gmail.com
• Follow us on Twitter at @Archyfantasies and find us on FaceBook. 
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The Place of Stone - Dighton Rock with Douglas Hunter - ArchyFantasies 89

Ken and Sara talk to author Douglas Hunter about his book linked below. The story of Dighton Rock and its relationship with the indigenous past is a fascinating tale.

Links

• The Place of Stone: Dighton Rock and the Erasure of America's Indigenous Past ~ by Douglas Hunter
• Dighton Rock
• Dighton Rock State Park

Contact

• Email us at ArchyFantasies@gmail.com
• Follow us on Twitter at @Archyfantasies and find us on FaceBook. 
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Biblical Archaeology with Eric Cline - ArchyFantasies 87

Today we talk with Dr Eric Cline from George Washington University. We talk about a variety of topics on Biblical Archaeology, the validity of real and fake sight seeing, and touch a bit on 3D printing. 

Links

• Eric Cline
  • https://anthropology.columbian.gwu.edu/eric-h-cline
• YouTube Vids.
  • Dr. Eric Cline on Junk Science and Archaeology
  • 1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Eric Cline, PhD)
  • From Eden to Exile -- The Story Behind the Stories
  • Three Stones Make a Wall - By Eric Cline

Contact

• Email us at ArchyFantasies@gmail.com
• Follow us on Twitter at @Archyfantasies and find us on FaceBook. 
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GenCon50 and Gaming with Scott - ArchyFantasies 86

This is a cross-over episode that was recorded at GenCon 50 earlier in 2017. Sara Head joined the hosts of Gaming with Scott to talk about the intersection between archaeology and gaming.

Links

• http://gamingwithscott.libsyn.com/hotp-gencon50-archy-fantasies?tdest_id=326508
• On Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/GamingWScott
• On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/GamingWScott

Contact

Email us at ArchyFantasties@gmail.com

Follow us on Twitter at @Archyfantsies and find us on FaceBook. 

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Haunted Objects with MonsterTalk - ArchyFantasies 85

It's our second Halloween special and crossover with the MonsterTalk Podcast! Today we're Joined by Blake Smith and Karen Stollznow to talk about haunted objects and where to find them. We talk about creepy dolls, haunted antiques, and cursed 3d printed objects. Enjoy the worlds of two great podcasts colliding!

Links

• MonsterTalk Podcast
• Demon Dolls
• HELL HATH NO FURRY!
• Hexham Heads, ley lines, and Wear-sheep-men
• Crystal Skulls and Herkimer Vodka
• World’s First Haunted Object 3D Scanning Project is Confusing Ghosts, Producing Paranormally-Active Prints
• The Traveling Museum of the Paranormal and the Occult.
• 10 Creepy Haunted Objects You Can Visit At Lorraine Warren’s Occult Museum
• Beware: Connecticut’s Museum of the Occult May Kill You

Contact

Email us at ArchyFantasties@gmail.com

Follow us on Twitter at @Archyfantsies and find us on FaceBook. 

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The Ark Encounter with James Bielo - AF 84

Today we talk with Ethnographer James Bielo about his work with the Ark Encounter, a life-size Noah's Ark and religious-themed experience in Kentucky. We talk about the validity of replicas, religious sightseeing, and 3D printing as a way to communicate with the public. 

Links

• Dr. James Bielo - Miami University
• James S. Bielo - Home
• James Bielo on the Ark Encounter - Miami University
• Ark Encounter: Life-size Noah's Ark
• Ark Encounter: The Making of a Creationist Theme Park
• James S. Bielo
• Making a biblical theme park – The Immanent Frame
• Ark Park ready to set sail in culture war

Contact

Email us at ArchyFantasties@gmail.com

Follow us on Twitter at @Archyfantsies and find us on FaceBook. 

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The Enigmatic Iximaya Hoax With Roxanne Davila and Marcello Canuto - ArchyFantasies 83

Today we're talking about the Iximaya hoax. Who were the Iximaya, where did they come from, and what part did P.T. Barnum play in all this? We're joined by special guests  Roxanne Davila and Marcello Canuto.

Links

• MARI
• Roxanne Davila
• Marcello Canuto
• Iximaya Pamphlet
• https://archive.org/details/illustratedmemoi00vela
• Ix Chel
• John Lloyd Stephens
• Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan
• Frederick Catherwood's artwork
  • https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Frederick_Catherwood
  • https://www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/rarebook/exhibitions/catherwood/
• Lacandon
• Jean-Frédéric Waldeck
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Waldeck
  • http://www.reed.edu/uxmal/galleries/thumbnails/drawings/Drawings-Waldeck.htm
• Juan Galindo
• Lord Kingsboro
• Antiquities of Mexico
  • https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Kingsborough%2C+Edward+King%2C+viscount%2C+1795-1837%22
  • http://bibliotecadigital.rah.es/dgbrah/es/consulta/registro.cmd?id=5968
• Tod Browning's Freaks
• Pip and Flip Snow
  • http://www.thehumanmarvels.com/pip-flip-snow-pinheads-freaks/
  • http://blog.sartle.com/post/101300795651/american-horror-story-freak-art-show
• Rudolf Virchow
• Ian Graham
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Graham
  • https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/ian-graham-the-improbable-explorer/
• Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions
• The Road to Ruins
• Charles Lindbergh and A. V. Kidder Expedition
• Frans Blom
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Blom
  • http://cphpost.dk/history/frans-blom-tragic-wanderlust-in-the-wilds-of-mexico.html
• Tribes and Temples
• LiDAR and Maya Archaeology
• Case of the Ancient Astronauts

Contact

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Follow us on Twitter at @Archyfantsies and find us on FaceBook. 

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Mermaids and Mummies - ArchyFantasies 82

Today we're looking at the Fiji Mummy and the recent Peruvian Mummy Hoax. How do these two cases intersect, what can one teach us about the other, and How does PT. Barnum fit into all this.

Links

• The Racism Behind Alien Mummy Hoaxes
• Pre-Columbian bodies are once again being used as evidence for extraterrestrial life.
• Did Researchers Find a Mummified, Three-fingered Alien in Nazca, Peru?
• Proof of aliens or another hoax? Conspiracy theorists claim they have found a three-fingered 'mummified humanoid' with an elongated skull in a South American cave
• P.T. Barnum Museum
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnum_Museum
• 15 Credibility Street #20: A Mummy-Bundle of BS

Contact

Email us at ArchyFantasties@gmail.com

Follow us on Twitter at @Archyfantsies and find us on FaceBook. 

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(Re-Play) Afrocentrism and the New World - AF 81 (16)

Today we're talking about Afrocentrism. What is it? Does it hurt or help ancient African cultures? And how does it affect archaeology in the new world?

More about other ancient African cultures you may never have heard of:

• Great Zimbabwe:
  • http://www.greatzimbabweruins.com/
  • http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/364
• The Kingdom of Kush:
  • http://archaeology.about.com/od/kterms/g/kush.htm
• Nubia
  • http://www.kerma.ch/index.php?lang=en
  • https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=z_ZvHRpKT6Hw.k7AIqBspa9ew&hl=en
• The Art and Archaeology of Ancient Nubia
  • https://www.coursera.org/course/ancientnubia
• Feder, K. 1998-99 Archaeology and Afrocentrism: An Attempt to set the record straight. A Current Bibliography on African Affairs 29(3):199-210

Things to Read and Watch:

• Stolen Legacy: Greek Philosophy is Stolen Egyptian Philosophy by George G. M. James, Ph.D
  • http://www.jpanafrican.com/ebooks/eBook%20Stolen%20Legacy.pdf
• The danger of a single story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  • http://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story?language=en
• Africans are fighting media poverty-porn by tweeting beautiful images of their real lives
  • http://www.theplaidzebra.com/africans-are-fighting-media-poverty-porn-by-tweeting-beautiful-images-of-their-real-lives/

Contact

Email us at ArchyFantasties@gmail.com

Follow us on Twitter at @Archyfantsies and find us on FaceBook. 

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Mayan Hieroglyphics with Jeb Card - ArchyFantasies 80

Today we talk with co-host Jeb Card about Mayan Hieroglyphics. We talk about the Victorian worlds discovery of them, their fascination with them, how that fascination has endured into the modern-day, and how the Mayan language, including Hieroglyphics, is still a living language today. 

Links

• FAMSI resources
• Maya Glyph Workbook
• Wayeb resources
• Forest of Kings
• Maya Decipherment Blog by David Stuart and Stephen Houston
• Tazumal flask
  • http://miamioh.edu/news/top-stories/2017/04/jeb-card.html
  • https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ancient-mesoamerica/article/seventhcentury-inscribed-miniature-flask-from-copan-found-at-tazumal-el-salvador/6C01D75378694C9CCEE9E5A8A1267A37/core-reader
• Archaeology 365 episode on Tazumal flask
• Athanasius Kircher
• Relacion de las Cosas de Yucatan by de Archbishop Diego de Landa
  • http://www.wayeb.org/download/resources/landa.pdf
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relaci%C3%B3n_de_las_cosas_de_Yucat%C3%A1n
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Landa_alphabet
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Landa_alphabet#/media/File:De_Landa_alphabet.jpg
• Cracking the Maya Code Documentary
• Yuri Knorosov
• Centro de estudios Maya Yuri Knorosov
• Breaking the Maya Code
• Reading the Maya Glyphs
• Translating Maya Glyphs
• Reading Maya Art
• Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens
• Ancient Text, Modern Tablet - Handcrafted Cuneiform
• Jason Colavito and the Antediluvian Pyramid Myth

Contact

• 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

Walking Moai Statues with Fernanda Meneses - ArchyFantasies 79

Today we talk with Fernanda Maneses about the mysterious Easter Island statues. We talk about the actual history of the Moai statues, the culture that created them, and the many different ways these iconic statures have been used by the fringe and popular culture alike.

Links

• Fernanda Meneses
  • https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fernanda_Meneses
  • @ninasemilla
• Chronology and Easter Island Prehistory
• Moai Culture Website
• List of the moai in popular culture
• How did the Easter Island Statues Get There? They Might Have Walked!
• Scientists Make Easter Island Statue Walk | National Geographic

Contact

• 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

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

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

Contact

• Email us at ArchyFantasies@gmail.com
• Follow us on Twitter at @Archyfantasies and find us on FaceBook.
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Indiana Jones and Pseudoarchaeology - ArchyFantasies 77

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.

FLAC and Apple Lossless Files are on the Members Only Slack Team

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

Contact

• 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