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A Conversation with Carlton: Migrations and Megafauna in the Western Hemisphere - Ep 143

In this episode, Carlton goes rogue and does an episode by himself. No co-hosts, no guest, just Carlton letting out his thoughts. For episode 143, Carlton delves into People of the Americas, Clovis vs Pre-Clovis, and Pleistocene Megafauna extinctions. What starts off as a lecture in the first two segments definitely turns into a rant by the time he gets to talking about the “overkill” hypothesis. If you enjoy this type of podcast format, please be sure to email us and let us know; Carlton said he’d be happy to do episodes like this more often.

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ENCORE Settlers of Cerutti: Evaluating Claims About the Cerutti Mastodon Site - Ep 123

ENCORE: To kick off the new year, the boys invite Dr. Shane Miller (Mississippi State University; Ep. #21) and his friend Dr. Jesse Tune (Fort Lewis College) to investigate the controversy surrounding the Cerutti Mastodon Site.

The conversation is a holistic discussion from different perspectives about evidence, ethics, Indigenous Sovereignty, and good science.

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The Gault in Our Stars: A Conversation with Dr. Robert Lassen - Ep 77

In this episode, we are chatting with Dr. Robert Lassen, a Principal Investigator for AmaTerra Environmental. Robert received his Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee where he specialized in lithic technology and studied Clovis and Folsom archaeological cultures. He has worked at a multitude of sites throughout the Republic of Texas, including Gault. He's also worked at the Topper site in South Carolina. Robert is an expert flintknapper and was also David’s Human origins TA at the University of Tennessee. We talk about his inspiration from the goonies and his early years digging in the playground. Robert tells us about his experience with Texas archaeology and his love of lithic technology. We then delve deeply into why Texas archaeology is so cool and underappreciated and then close out with his experiences at the Gault site.

Literature recommendations

1) 2013 The Prehistory of Texas By Timothy K. Perrtula

2) 2010 First Peoples in a New World: Colonizing Ice Age America by David J. Meltzer

3) Texas Beyond History Website

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Just the Boyz: Clovis Organized Crime Syndicate (allegedly) - Ep 53

The hosts discuss four hypotheses for the arrival of humans into the New World: Beringian Land Bridge, Coastal Highway, Solutrean, and Oceanic. They discuss the early Paleoindian site complexes such as Folsom and Clovis in which David (allegedly) reveals the existence of the Clovis Organized Crime Syndicate.

A large part of the episode centers around "pre-Clovis" sites and whether they would belong to the Coastal Highway or Solutrean hypotheses. According to Carlton, the Solutreans crossed the Atlantic to get that sweet, sweet Old Bay seasoning. #OldBayAllDay

We wrap up the show with a discussion about which hypotheses each host believes explains the archaeological record best.

Recommended Literature:

  1. David J. Meltzer

    2010 First Peoples in a New World: Colonizing Ice Age America

  2. Dennis. J. Stanford, Bruce A. Bradley & Michael Collins

    2013 Across Atlantic Ice: The Origin of America's Clovis Culture

  3. Tom. D Dillehay

    1997 Monte Verde: a Late Pleistocene settlement in Chile, Vol.2, The

    Archaeological Context and Interpretation

  4. Jon M. Erlandson et al.

    2007 The Kelp Highway Hypothesis: Marine Ecology, the Coastal

    Migration Theory, and the Peopling of the Americas

Settlers of Cerutti: Evaluating Claims About the Cerutti Mastodon Site - Ep 37

UPDATE!

ALiRP is now releasing 4 episodes a month!

To kick off the new year, the boys invite Dr. Shane Miller (Mississippi State University; Ep. #21) and his friend Dr. Jesse Tune (Fort Lewis College) to investigate the controversy surrounding the Cerutti Mastodon Site.

The conversation is a holistic discussion from different perspectives about evidence, ethics, Indigenous Sovereignty, and good science.

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