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March is 'New Chronology' month! We'll not only be looking at Anatoly Fomenko's idea about how history is far too long, but we'll also dip into some other alternative histories too. Today we try to wrap our heads around Fomenko's hardly groundbreaking idea that history is wrong, and try to understand the general points of it. Spoilers, it's basically all made up. ____ Show Notes: (Why do I use Wikipedia in my show notes? Usually because it's not a bad place to start researching things, especially pseudo-theories. Also, people who want to pretend like the WIki is the devil are either 1) being elitist dicks or 2) don't understand how access works. I could also be using it to directly annoy someone. Either way, I'm not going to stop using it as a launch point. If that bothers you, you may want to re-read the above sentences.) Who Lost The Middle Ages: What's Behind the Attempt to Impose a "New Chronology" on History? Jason Colavito 2004 https://www.jasoncolavito.com/who-lost-the-middle-ages.html New chronology (Fomenko) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_chronology_(Fomenko) TikTok Conspiracy Theory: Ancient Rome Never Existed? A Classicist Reacts Lady of the Library 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UXvI5aopXA&ab_channel=LadyoftheLibrary Rome Aint Real, Y'all (playlist) ArchyFantaies 2021 https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLehDM9olevhx9GWB5ueH8aQqHYlJDq1xu What is Fomenko's New Chronology? Ctruth 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmGxpktR4Pg&ab_channel=Ctruth History: Fiction or Science?: Dating methods as offered by mathematical statistics, eclipses and zodiacs (Chronology Book 1) Kindle Edition by Anatoly Fomenko https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07K2FQS4M/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 ___ Check the Patreon for the Free Blog, and consider joining for early release and bonus content: patreon.com/Archyfantasies Check out the Podcast: anchor.fm/archaeologicalfantasies And you can find me on Twitter and IG as @ArchyFantasies You can email me at ArchyFantasies@gmail.com

Welcome back to the Archaeology Fantasies Podcast! February is Lovecraft Month, because I like Cthulhu and Lovecraft's impact on pseudoarchaeology. Today I'm looking at how and why Lovecraft used archeology in his stories to create suspense and horror. I'm also contrasting him to one of his contemporaries, M.R. James, and how James used archeology in his own ghost stories. How were these two writers similar and how were they different, and How major was their impact on modern horror and ghost stories? Show Notes: But What Lurks Without? M. R. James vs. H. P. Lovecraft https://shadowesareincumenin.com/2019/11/01/but-what-lurks-without-m-r-james-vs-h-p-lovecraft/ A Warning for the Curious https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7xJSQY8Ssw&ab_channel=NoRemainingCommercialPotential The Nameless City https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nameless_City The Lost Crown https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Crown:_A_Ghost-Hunting_Adventure The Cult of Alien Gods: H.P. Lovecraft And Extraterrestial Pop Culture: H. P. Lovecraft and Extraterrestrial Pop Culture https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002OB5JOU/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Spooky Archaeology: Myth and the Science of the Past https://www.amazon.com/Spooky-Archaeology-Myth-Science-Past-ebook/dp/B07RDMH1VL/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1644004167&sr=8-1

Happy Dirtmas! This is the Audio version of a vlogmas video that's up on the YouTube Channel. I've posted it here for your listening pleasure. Let me know what you think. We're watching a video today that supposedly shows us 12 objects that are so mysterious that scientists can't explain them. Let's see how many of them are actually mysterious, and how many are already known. Original Video is here: https://youtu.be/gMpR1hPQXAs Reviewed Video is here: https://youtu.be/x1MPkV9EFGM -=-=-=-=-=-=- Hi! I'm an archaeologist who likes games, video games, gaming, horror, the supernatural, and debunking pseudoarchaeology. Check out my vids for more on the above topics, and toss us a coin if you like what I do. Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/Archyfantasies Podcast/Website - https://archyfantasies.com/ Twitch – https://www.twitch.tv/archyfantasies YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/user/Archyfantasies Twitter – @ArchyFantasies IG – @ArchyFantasies Email – ArchyFantasies@gmail.com. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/archaeologicalfantasies/support

I felt like I needed to post some kind of update/explanation before I start launching new things. I do discuss some mental health things and just life, just FYI. But if you want to know what my future goals are for the podcast and the channel give us a listen. -=-=-=-=-=-=- Hi! I'm an archaeologist who likes games, video games, gaming, horror, the supernatural, and debunking pseudoarchaeology. Check out my vids for more on the above topics, and toss us a coin if you like what I do. Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/Archyfantasies Podcast/Website - https://archyfantasies.com/ Twitch – https://www.twitch.tv/archyfantasies YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/user/ArchyFantasies Twitter – @ArchyFantasies IG – @ArchyFantasies Emai – ArchyFantasies@gmail.com. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/archaeologicalfantasies/support

Dr. Anna Goldfield and Amber Zambelli invade the Archaeological Fantasies podcast in this special cross over with The Dirt podcast. We talk Race, Racism, Movies, TV, and Mutant Frog Overlords.

In this interesting time...my semester is wrapping up, and I decided to change my thesis proposal with three weeks left in the semester...because reasons.That said. I do have a stock of podcasts that need tweaking before being posted. I'm going get those up soon, and thank everyone for being lenient with us. I think you'll really enjoy the topics coming up, we got haunted Winchester house, archaeology and ghost hunting pt 2, race in academia, and the Historical accuracy of the Assassin's Creed games pt2!We've also got a bunch of collaboration things like the "Hunt for Secret Mysteries" vids and Podcast with Bill Auchter with ArchaeoRPG and ArchaeoThoughts. We're taking on Skinwalker Ranch right now, and wow, just...its bad yall.We're also still working on our own archeology surveys in Elder Scrolls and No Man's Sky and looking at Aliens, Giants, and the Paranormal on our sub-blogs. So hopefully there's a lot to keep you busy this month while my output might be a little spotty. I have a couple of quick vids planned, but other than that, I need to lay low and convince my Thesis Professor to let me lead a real-life phase 1 survey in Elders Scrolls Online...I have a crew and everything. In the meantime, enjoy this throwback from the archives, where Dr. Jeb Card and I talk with Dr. April Beisaw about Ghost Hunting as Historical Archaeology! Also, be sure to check out Jeb and Blake Smith's newest podcast "In Research Of" for a fun and critical look back on Leonard Nimoy's classic pseudoarchaeology show. Show Notes:April Beisaw on Twitter: @AprilMBeisawApril Beisaw website Lost City, Found Pyramid edited by Jeb Card and David Anderson 

Today we start a brand-new collaborative project with Archaeothoughts and ArchaeoRPG which is a podcast miniseries we are calling The Hunt for Secret Mysteries. This miniseries will focus on various paranormal TV shows as we are inflicted with them. My cohost will be Bill Auchter of Archaeothoughts and for our first series, we're focusing on the new television show "The Secrets of Skinwalker Ranch". We hope you enjoy this brand-new miniseries and hope you stick around for the full set. Bill Auchter can be found:Twitter - @archaeothoughts Patreon -https://www.patreon.com/archaeothoughts YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp0zGwylRsKCkxbMSUE2a0Q Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/archaeothoughts/ Hi! I'm an archaeologist who likes games, video games, gaming, horror, the supernatural, and debunking pseudoarchaeology. Check out my vids for more on the above topics, and toss us a coin if you like what I do. Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/Archyfantasies Ko-Fi - https://ko-fi.com/archyfantasies Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/archyfantasies YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/ArchyFantasies Twitter - @ArchyFantasies IG - @ArchyFantasies Website - https://archyfantasies.com/ Email - ArchyFantasies@gmail.com. 

Today we talk with Annelise Baer about the Bro-Venture genre of adventure TV. We cover all the classics from Indiana Jones all the way to the most recent Unexplored and Unexplained. We talk about how these shows get made, and how they might evolve as TV switches to Streaming.

This episode we talk with Drs. Rebecca Gibson and Jay VanderVeen about their upcoming edited volume Monstrous Males and Fatal Females due out in 2021. We also talk with one of the authors Dr. Holly Walters about her chapter on vampires, and we manage a bit on Zombies too. We look at Gender and how the becoming undead can affect it. We also look at the use of sexual desire within the supernatural and get a sneak-peek at the contents of the edited volume. Show Notes: Dr. Rebecca GibsonTwitter - @RGibsongirl https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030240165 Dr. Jay VanderVeen Twitter @JayVanderVeen Dr. Holly Walters Twitter: Left Field Notes @Manigarm Shaligrams - http://peregrinationblog.com Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyWorld War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie WarThe Tragic, Forgotten History of ZombiesZombies: The Real Story of the Undead https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie H. P. Lovecraft, Zombies, Slender Man, and Aliens - Jason Colavito Hi! I'm an archaeologist who likes games, video games, gaming, horror, the supernatural, and debunking pseudoarchaeology. Check out my vids for more on the above topics, and toss us a coin if you like what I do. Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ArchyfantasiesKo-Fi - https://ko-fi.com/archyfantasiesTwitter - @ArchyFantasiesIG - @archyfantasy Website - https://archyfantasies.com/ Emai - ArchyFantasies@gmail.com.

This episode I take to the airwaves myself to tell you all what I think of H.P. Lovecraft and his Cthulhu mythos, the impact that it is had on society as a whole, and how the elder gods are going to devour us all. But seriously, let's talk Lovecraft and his unintentional impact on pseudoarchaeology, is far reach into the world of ancient aliens, and his use of archaeology in his writing to create horror. Resources: Jason Colavito blog on H.P. Lovecraft The Cult of Alien Gods: H.P. Lovecraft And Extraterrestial Pop Culture: H. P. Lovecraft and Extraterrestrial Pop Culture by Jason Colavito In the Mouth of Madness by John Carpenter Spooky Archaeology: Myth and the Science of the Past by Jeb Card Edward Said Orientalism (book) Margaret Murray The Witch-Cult in Western Europe Hi! I’m an archaeologist who likes games, video games, gaming, horror, the supernatural, and debunking pseudoarchaeology. Check out my vids for more on the above topics, and toss us a coin if you like what I do. Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/Archyfantasies Ko-Fi – https://ko-fi.com/archyfantasies Twitter – @ArchyFantasies IG – @ArchyFantasies Website – https://archyfantasies.com/ Emai – ArchyFantasies@gmail.com.

Today we talk with Annelise Baer about some behind the scenes aspects of making Pseudo-television shows like Ancient Aliens. She tells how the research and some of the production is done, and we talk about what Archaeology could learn from tv.   Show Notes: Annelise Baer, MA Twitter - @annelisebaer IMBD -  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3243785/  Crystal Skull Vodka facial reconstruction: https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS805US805&sxsrf=ACYBGNS7RKZgqGAzRarBKuzV6qbOTr8Enw:1581389394615&q=crystal+skull+reconstruction&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiWi_jIvsjnAhWjxFkKHct5BYwQsAR6BAgJEAE&biw=1564&bih=754&dpr=1.13

Today I talk about the archaeology in the Path of the Spiritual Sun, how it's all been done before, there's nothing new...under the sun... Show Notes: Belsebuub's website:https://belsebuub.com/books/the-path-of-the-spiritual-sun-celebrating-the-solstices-and-equinoxes  Jason Colavito's Website: http://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/

Today we talk with Dr. Jennifer Raff about the YouTube channel Mudfossil University and the possibility that Rocks are really just fossilized Giants. Show Notes: Episodes with Dr. Raff https://archyfantasies.com/?s=Jennifer+Raff New Archaeo-Genetics Articles With Jennifer RaffArchaeological Fantasies and the genetic history of the AmericasDNA in Archaeology with Jennifer Raff – Episode 50Dr. Jennifer Raff's Websites: violentmetaphors.com Genetic mythologies: “Nephilim DNA” from the Paracas skullsThe Ketchum Project: What To Believe About Bigfoot DNA ‘Science’ - By Sharon Hill

Say Hello to the new year with Archaeological Fantasies.  Check us out to see what we're up to and what to expect in the new year.  Thanks again to all our lovely supporters! Here's to another successful year.  Show Notes! Jennifer Raff:  @JenniferRaff  https://violentmetaphors.com/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferraff/#2b40d9503eef David Anderson:  @DSAArchaeology  https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidanderson/#5171d0495401 In reSearch Of https://www.patreon.com/inresearchof/ Archaeological Fantasies on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtKt4NakeiCynKLPGQH0AZw Sub-Blogs: Ancient Alien Archaeology https://ancientalienarchaeology.home.blog/ The Archaeology of Giants https://thearchaeologyofgiants.home.blog/ Paranormal Archaeology https://paranormalarchaeology.wordpress.com/ We’re on YouTube again! If you’d like to support the Podcast or site, consider donating to us on Patreon or buy us a  Ko-Fi. Either option helps us out. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast on the blog and like and share us where ever you can. You can follow us on twitter @ArchyFantasies, or look us up on Facebook. You can reach us by email at ArchyFantasies@gmail.com. Contact us below or leave a comment.

Today we talk with Dr. Jane Draycott @JLDraycott and Andrew Reinhard @adreinhard about the epic game Assassin's Creed: Odyssey. We discuss the overall gameplay, how AC uses historical references to create more vibrant gameplay, and if this even worked. We talk about the use of real archaeology and pseudoarchaeology in the game storyline, and how that affects the overall game's enjoyability, or not. Where have we been? Check out the blog post:What’s Going on in ArchyFantasies Land? Show Notes: Dr Jane Draycott https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/humanities/staff/janedraycott/ Andrew Reinhard http://andrewreinhard.com/ ARCHAEOGAMING: An Introduction to Archaeology in and of Video Games https://www.berghahnbooks.com/title/ReinhardArchaeogaming Hashtags to follow:#ACademicOdyssey #archaeogaming #ACOdyssey We’re on YouTube again! If you’d like to support the Podcast or site, consider donating to us on Patreon or buy us a  Ko-Fi. Either option helps us out. Check out Jeb Card’s new book Spooky Archaeology :Myth and the Science of the Past And Ken Feder’s new book Archaeological Oddities: A Field Guide to Forty Claims of Lost Civilizations, Ancient Visitors, and Other Strange Sites in North America Grab a t-shirt or coffee mug from our Swag Store on Zazzle. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast on the blog and like and share us where ever you can. You can follow us on twitter @ArchyFantasies, or look us up on Facebook. You can reach us by email at ArchyFantasies@gmail.com. Contact us below or leave a comment.

Nuraghe Santu Antine in TorralbaCristiano Cani picture via Wiki Commons. Note: there was an issue with the Audio file. This is a repost of episode 107. Today we are talking with Dr. Emily Holt from Miami University in Ohio. We learn about the Nuraghe civilization, the fantastic towers they built, and how all this is connected to Atlantis. Dr. Holt also gives us details on her summer field school, which focuses on CRM techniques, that is open for enrollment. Dr. Emily Holt:Twitter: @Emily_M_Holt and @ScholarOutreach School Bio Page:https://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/classics/about/faculty-staff/holt/ Personal Blog: ERRANT: letters from an itinerant archaeologist Ask an Archaeologist: Dr. Emily Holt, ZooarchaeologistContact Dr. Holt if you are interested in participating in her feild school this summer. holtem2@miamioh.edu Field School Link to Apply: Miami University Field Methods in Archaeology: Pran'e Siddi Landscape Project Articles on Atlantis in Sardinia:Was Sardinia home to Atlantis? - by Sarah Griffiths on Daily Mail. Was Sardinia home to the mythical civilization of Atlantis? - by Florence Evin on the Guardian website. Review of Ancient Aliens S13E08 "Island of the Giants" by Jason Colavito If you’d like to support the Podcast or site, consider donating to us on Patreon or buy us a  Ko-Fi. Either option helps us out. Check out Jeb Card’s new book Spooky Archaeology : Myth and the Science of the Past And Ken Feder’s new book Archaeological Oddities: A Field Guide to Forty Claims of Lost Civilizations, Ancient Visitors, and Other Strange Sites in North America Grab a t-shirt or coffee mug from our Swag Store on Zazzle. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast on the blog and like and share us where ever you can. You can follow us on twitter @ArchyFantasies, or look us up on Facebook. You can reach us by email at ArchyFantasies@gmail.com. Contact us below or leave a comment.

Today we talk to Jens Notroff about a recent report about a newly discovered asteroid crater under the Greenland Glacier. How is this connected to the Younger Dryas? What is the Younger Dryas? And is this evidence of Gobekli Tepe being older than it seems? (You can probably guess the answer for that one.) Show Notes: Jens Notroff:@jens2go Persnpal WebpageLetters From The FieldTHE TEPE TELEGRAMSGöbekli Tepe, Bad Fox, No Comet – Episode 73Articles:Ice Age Asteroid Crater Discovered Beneath Greenland Glacier by Nicholas St. Fleur A massive crater hides beneath Greenland’s ice by Carolyn GramlingAn asteroid impact on Greenland left a massive crater under the ice by CBC RadioThe Younger Dryas:https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/abrupt-climate-change/The%20Younger%20Dryashttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Younger_Dryas‘Younger Dryas Impact’ hypothesisArguments against Younger Dryas Impact EventColavito post on these articlesColavito post on strife and non-strife between Andrew Collins and Graham Hancock on the Younger DryasColavito’s various Younger Dryas posts If you’d like to support the Podcast or site, consider donating to us on Patreon or buy us a  Ko-Fi. Either option helps us out. Check out Jeb Card’s new book Spooky Archaeology : Myth and the Science of the Past And Ken Feder’s new book Archaeological Oddities: A Field Guide to Forty Claims of Lost Civilizations, Ancient Visitors, and Other Strange Sites in North America Grab a t-shirt or coffee mug from our Swag Store on Zazzle. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast on the blog and like and share us where ever you can. You can follow us on twitter @ArchyFantasies, or look us up on Facebook. You can reach us by email at ArchyFantasies@gmail.com. Contact us below or leave a comment.

Not a real viking... Welcome to Season 5 of the Archaeological Fantasies Podcast! To start the year off we're talking with Chelsi Slotten about Viking Women Warriors. What does archaeology say about women in Viking times? What are the controversies around the Birka Warrior? And why aren't female warriors better accepted in academia? Show notes: Chelsi Slotten: @osteoarchaeo https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chelsi_SlottenMegan Fox to solve history's greatest mysteries for the Travel ChannelMegan Fox Comes to Travel Channel in 'Legends of the Lost'Megan Fox fulfills her lifelong dream of becoming Indiana Jones in Travel Channel seriesIf by Indiana Jones you mean a fake archaeologist, then yes Megan Fox is the new Indiana Jones.The Non-Mystery of Viking Women Warriors: Legends of the Lost Ep 2 If you’d like to support the Podcast or site, consider donating to us on Patreon or buy us a  Ko-Fi. Either option helps us out. Check out Jeb Card's new book Spooky Archaeology : Myth and the Science of the Past And Ken Feder's new book Archaeological Oddities: A Field Guide to Forty Claims of Lost Civilizations, Ancient Visitors, and Other Strange Sites in North America Grab a t-shirt or coffee mug from our Swag Store on Zazzle. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast on the blog and like and share us where ever you can. You can follow us on twitter @ArchyFantasies, or look us up on Facebook. You can reach us by email at ArchyFantasies@gmail.com. Contact us below or leave a comment.

Today, Dr. Jennifer Raff is back with us to talk about some recent articles on genetics in archaeology. Particularly the discovery of a new genetic ancestor to early Americans and new evidence about the migration of early Americans.  Show Notes: Jennifer Raff at Forbes Ancient DNA Reveals Yet More Complicated Histories In The Americas Posth et al. 2018. Reconstructing the Deep Population History of Central and South America. Moreno-Mayar et al. 2018. Early human dispersals within the Americas. ---------------------- If you’d like to support the Podcast or site, consider donating to us on Patreon or buy us a  Ko-Fi. Either option helps us out. Grab a t-shirt or coffee mug from our Swag Store on Zazzle. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast on the blog at www.ArchyFantasies.com and like and share us where ever you can. You can follow us on twitter @Archyfantsies, Jeb J. Card @ahtzib ,  Ken Feder @fiftysitesbook or look us up on Facebook. You can reach us by email at ArchyFantasies@gmail.com Contact us below or leave a comment.

Things changed drastically as archaeology developed and professionalized. During the pre-professional time, or the Romantic Era of archaeology as Jeb Card and David Anderson (2016) call it, archaeology was really more of a jumbled collection of competing methodologies, antiquarians out looking for epic adventures chasing down mythic locations, and making extraordinary claims to establish racial dominance and promote nationalist agendas (Card and Anderson 2016). However, as the field of archaeology matured, it began to challenge these behaviors, choosing scientific procedures over frivolity, demanding evidence to support wild claims, and in general, growing up. For example, Alternative theorists love to point out a couple early hoaxes that archeology had to deal with. The most famous of these would be the Piltdown man hoax. Ever so briefly, the Piltdown man was an early 1900’s hoax were the lower jaw of an ape was altered to look like it belonged with the cranial part of a human skull. It was ‘discovered’ in 1912 in Sussex England and was lauded as the missing link (Feder 2010, 1990). Though the hoax wasn’t one-hundred percent debunked until 1949, it did have its early detractors (Feder 1990). Many thought it was just a little too convenient that Piltdown man was discovered where it was, and as time went by and more actual hominids were found around the world that predated Piltdown’s supposed age, more suspicions were thrown at it. 1949 was the beginning of the end for Piltdown man as a series of tests revealed that the bones that made up the skull were not the right age or even from the same species (Feder 1990). Piltdown man fits because of the desperate need by the British government to have, not only an early hominid discovered on their soil but to have it be *the* missing link. British archaeologists at the time were willing to overlook clues that this was probably a hoax. Yet 40 years later, after a lot of questions from inside the field, the Piltdown man was exposed. The reason this case is so well known is because it played out in the public eye, mainly by the circumstances of the time. Newspapers carried stories and images of the Piltdown man (Feder 1990). The public loved it and talked about it. It was even presented by the researchers to the public. Because of this, other researchers were able to know of and examine the hoax, and call it into question long enough to finally get it disproven. Now when we talk about the Piltdown man, we’re talking about the hoax and not the supposed missing link. The development of Institutional Professional Archaeology. Honestly, this is where things start to decline as far as the interactions between archaeology and pseudoarchaeology are concerned. Leading up to the 60’ Archaeologists were all over the place publicly. During the 1800’s they were traveling around speaking and presenting findings. Granted this was a necessity of the times, but the side effect was a great deal of public engagement. As time moved on, Archaeologists began to appear on the radio and then TV (Card and Anderson 2016) embracing the new media as ways to communicate with the public. They wrote popular books about archaeology and, again, spoke publicly about the topic. This all seemed to work out best over in the UK. Sir Lenord Woolley was all over the radio, Sir Mortimer Wheeler and Glyn Daniel were named TV personality of the year in 1954, the UK show Animal, Vegetable, Mineral was a success where the US version What in the World was not (Card and Anderson 2016). Overall, it seemed like everything was going good. Then the New Archeology moment began in archaeology, symbolizing a shift in archaeological theory and practice. This time was important, it was a time when archeology began to look critically at itself and evaluate itself. It started important theory groups like gender and queer theory, started a realization of the colonial practices of archeology and called out the racism of the field.

The first thing to look at any time you start a new project is the history of the topic. Our topic is practically as old as the field of archaeology itself, some might argue even older (Card 2018). The reason for this is that before the field of archaeology ‘professionalized’ there was a time of Antiquarians. This Time of Antiquarianism is very much like what Jeb Card (2018) calls mythic science time, a time before names and before organization. It’s not as mystical as it all sounds, but that area of fuzzy memory where the mists of time are a little harder to see though, that’s where trouble starts. We don’t need to walk through the history of the field of archaeology or drown ourselves in theory (thank god). A few highlighted moments will do us nicely. What we want to understand is that the way archaeologists interact with pseudoarchaeology and the public today is very different from the way early antiquarians and archaeologists did. The field itself used to be much more open and communicated with the public better. True, the field was far less professional and had issues that the modern professional field is still learning to detach from. I don’t want people to think I’m trying to ignore this, archaeology has issues, but it’s the worst of these issues that pseudoarchaeology tries so damn hard to hold onto. Slight disclaimer here, we’ll be focusing mostly on North American archaeology and pseudoarchaeology. We may make a jump outside of these borders occasionally, but mostly we’ll stay here. The main reason for this is most of today's’ popular pseudoarchaeology seems to come back to the Americas at some point, and secondly, it’s the area of archaeology that I am most familiar with and speak to with the most authority. So with that, let’s look at the what I consider the first real clash of archaeology vs pseudoarchaeology. Archaeology vs Pseudoarchaeology, Begin! When settlers and explorers first came to the Americas, they noticed the monumental structures that dotted the continent (Kolodny 2012). However, Europeans at the time couldn’t understand how people as ‘primitive’ as the Natives could have created anything as impressive as the great earth mounds in North America, or the stunning temples of South American. And so, lacking either the knowledge or the belief in the humanity of Native Americans, the Europeans decided that there must have been another race of people here before the Natives. One that was advanced and clever, and probably white like themselves. Having no evidence of any kind to point to who these advanced peoples were, early antiquarians fell back on myths, folklore, bible stories, and mythic documents like the Icelandic Saga’s to help them figure out who it was that settled the Americas first (Feder 1990, Kolodny 2012). The most popular candidates for First were the Lost tribes of Israel, the Phoenicians, and the Norse. The Celts and random British figures also factored in, but the top three were (and still are today) the first grouping. There are lots of reasons for these different groups, spanning political, religious, and just plain racist ideals, but the important thing to take away at this point is, none of this was pseudoarchaeology….yet. Even those who are usually put forward as early champions of a Native First theory were not as noble as we’re led to believe. This whitewashing of archaeological history feeds into Jeb Card’s (2018) argument of mythic scientific time. Card defines mythic time in his book Spooky Archaeology (2018) as “the time before names” and “time before human society.” He further applies this idea to mythic science time, a time before professional organization and scientific accountability. A time when the field of archaeology was just starting to develop and solidify into what we like to recognize as professional archeology today. The case of the Moundbuilder myth encapsulates this. Not only as an example of how archaeology was developing at the time,

Today we talk with Alex Fitzpatrick and Simona Falanga from The ArchaeoAnimals Podcast on the APN. We talk about Zooarchaeology and Cryptid Bones. We learn about chupacabra skulls and examine the Pig-Face Women of Vicotiran side-shows. Show Notes: Alex Fitzpatrick on Twitter  Animal Archaeology Blog  The ArchaeoAnimals Podcast @ArchaeoAnimals  #ArchaeoAnimals Pig-faced women - Wikipedia The Foreign Woman in British Literature- Exotics, Aliens, and Outsiders - Google Books QI Talk Forum - View topic - Freaks If you’d like to support the Podcast or site, consider donating to us on Patreon or buy us a  Ko-Fi. Either option helps us out. Grab a t-shirt or coffee mug from our Swag Store on Zazzle. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast on the blog at www.ArchyFantasies.com and like and share us where ever you can. You can follow us on twitter @Archyfantsies, Jeb J. Card @ahtzib ,  Ken Feder @fiftysitesbook or look us up on Facebook. You can reach us by email at ArchyFantasies@gmail.com Contact us below or leave a comment.

Image: Cupid Fountain (Copyright Winchester Mystery House) Hello Boys and Ghouls, it's time for the MonsterTalk/Archaeological Fantasies Halloween Special. This year we're talking about Horror movies and the perils of being an archaeologist in them. Stay on the edge of your seats, as we dig up these horrific accounts of archaeology gone wrong. Show Notes: MonsterTalk Podcast  MonsterTalk Patreon DoctorAtlantis (MonsterTalk )@DoctorAtlantis  Karen Stollznow web page.  Karen Stollznow @karenstollznow  Winchester (film) - Wikipedia The True Story of the House in Helen Mirren's New Movie Winchester The Heiress to a Gun Empire Built a Mansion Forever Haunted by the Blood Money That Built It. Sands of Oblivion (2007) Sands of Oblivion - Wikipedia DeMille's Lost City The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille (2016) - IMDb Ghostwatch - Wikipedia Amazon.com: Ghostwatch This House is Haunted: The True Story of the Enfield Poltergeist Enfield Poltergeist - Wikipedia 10 Best and Worst Horror Movies Featuring Archaeologists Books to Read: Haunting America by Karen Stollznow Language Myths, Mysteries and Magic by Karen Stollznow Spooky Archaeology: Myth and the Science of the Past by Jeb J. Card   The theme for this episode is in loving tribute to Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. Music is copywritten by Mark Pierson and the show was edited by Blake Smith. Thank You for listening. If you’d like to support the Podcast, consider donating to us on Patreon or buy us a  Ko-Fi. Either option helps us out. Grab a t-shirt or coffee mug from our Swag Store on Zazzle. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast on the blog at www.ArchyFantasies.com and like and share us where ever you can. You can follow us on twitter @Archyfantsies, Jeb J. Card @ahtzib ,  Ken Feder @fiftysitesbook or look us up on Facebook. You can reach us by email at ArchyFantasies@gmail.com   Theme Music was provided by ArcheoSoup Productions This episode was produced and edited by Sara Head. Contact us below or leave a comment.

  Is I bet you can't guess what's in store for you, dear listeners, later on this month. Until then, slack you blood-lust on these two juicy episodes in our Pseudoarchaeology Double Feature. Music in this special episode Copyright Richard O’Brien. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZjszYRPaug Thank You for listening. If you’d like to support the Podcast, consider donating to us on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Archyfantasies or buy us a  Ko-Fi : https://ko-fi.com/A8833HAS . Either option helps us out. Grab a t-shirt or coffee mug from our Swag Store on Zazzle. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast on the blog at www.ArchyFantasies.com and like and share us where ever you can. You can follow us on twitter @Archyfantsies or look us up on Facebook. You can reach us by email at ArchyFantasies@gmail.com Theme Music was provided by ArcheoSoup Productions This episode was produced and edited by Sara Head. Contact us below or leave a comment.

  Today we talk with Douglas Hunter about his new book Beardmore: The Viking Hoax that Rewrote History.  We talk about what the interesting history of the Beardmore relics, how they affected Canadian history, and what lessons we can learn from the hubris of our past. Show notes: Douglass Hunter Website Beardmore: The Viking Hoax that Rewrote History The Beardmore Relics The Kensington Runestone Kensington Runestone Podcast Episode Archaeological Fantasies: Where the Vikings Weren't Thank You for listening. If you’d like to support the Podcast, consider donating to us on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Archyfantasies or buy us a  Ko-Fi : https://ko-fi.com/A8833HAS . Either option helps us out. Grab a t-shirt or coffee mug from our Swag Store on Zazzle. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast on the blog at www.ArchyFantasies.com and like and share us where ever you can. You can follow us on twitter @Archyfantsies or look us up on Facebook. You can reach us by email at ArchyFantasies@gmail.com Theme Music was provided by ArcheoSoup Productions This episode was produced and edited by Sara Head. Contact us below or leave a comment.

Today we talk with Dr. Holly Walters about sacred Salagrama Fossils in the Hindu religion. What are these beautiful Fossils? How are they incorporated into the Hindu religion? And what weird powers has the American New Age assigned these religious artifacts? Dr. Walters gives us a fantastic break down of the three major religions in the area of Nepal and Tibet and an interesting look at their opinions on the New Age's appropriation of certain aspects of their religions. Show Notes: Dr. Holly Walters Fieldwork blog: http://www.peregrinationblog.com/  General blog: https://www.mockingtheapocalypse.com/  Twitter: @Manigarm  Shaligram Stones Science in Saffron: Skeptical Essays on the History of Science. by Meera Nanda Saffronized Science: Rampant Pseudoscience in “Vedic Garb” in the Indian Subcontinent, Meera Nanda Thank You for listening. If you’d like to support the Podcast, condenser donating to us on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Archyfantasies or buy us a  Ko-Fi : https://ko-fi.com/A8833HAS . Either option helps us out. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast on the blog at www.ArchyFantasies.com and like and share us where ever you can. You can follow us on twitter @Archyfantsies or look us up on Facebook. You can reach us by email at ArchyFantasies@gmail.com Theme Music was provided by ArcheoSoup Productions This episode was produced and edited by Sara Head. Contact us below or leave a comment.

Today we start a new segment with Dr. Jennifer Raff. We explore the use of ancient DNA in archaeology and how our understanding of such has changed over the years. We also look at the most recent misuse of the Olmec culture as evidence of a pre-columbic African presence in the Americas, and what DNA tells us about that. Show Notes: Jennifer Raff - @jenniferRaff - Twitter Violent Metaphors - Blog https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jennifer-raff  https://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/jennifer-raff Archaeological Fantasies and the genetic history of the Americas DNA in Archaeology with Jennifer Raff – Episode 50 Jennifer A. Raff and Deborah A. Bolnick’s: Does Mitochondrial Haplogroup X Indicate Ancient Trans-Atlantic Migration to the Americas? A Critical Re-Evaluation. Solutrean Hypothesis - The Solutrean Hypothesis – Episode 31 CBC, The Solutrean Hypothesis, and Jennifer Raff – Episode 92 No CBC hasn’t proven that ‘White’ Europeans made it to America ‘First’. On thin ice: Problems with Stanford and Bradley’s Solutrean-Clovis hypothesis Carl Zimmer’s Game of Genomes Ancient DNA - New DNA Results Show Kennewick Man Was Native American Kennewick Man The Anzick Clovis Site: Clovis-Aged Burial in American Northwest Dating Do-Over For Anzick-1, Famous First Americans Burial Human Speech Gene Found Dr. Kim TallBear Miami-Dade Schools teaching Olmecs as Africans - (this has since been removed from their website) - Nation's 4th-Largest Metropolitan School District Teaching Kids that Olmecs were Africans Pseudoscientific Curriculum Offered by Miami-Dade County Schools Things to Watch/Read/Hear - The Legend of the Lighthouse – Episode 22 Book Breaking and Book Mending: Most academic books aren’t written to be read—they’re written to be “broken.” That should change by DOUGLAS HUNTER A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Human Story Retold Through Our Genes Kindle Edition by Adam Rutherford She Has Her Mother’s Laugh The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity By  Carl Zimmer The Misuse of Genetics in Pseudoscience - Dr. Jennifer Raff - Skepticon 9 Thank You for listening. If you'd like to support the Podcast, condenser donating to us on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Archyfantasies or buy us a  Ko-Fi : https://ko-fi.com/A8833HAS . Either option helps us out. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast on the blog at www.ArchyFantasies.com and like and share us where ever you can. You can follow us on twitter @Archyfantsies or look us up on Facebook. You can reach us by email at ArchyFantasies@gmail.com Theme Music was provided by ArcheoSoup Productions This episode was produced and edited by Sara Head. Contact us below or leave a comment.

Today we talk with Andrew Reinhard about his new book Archaeogaming: An Introduction to Archaeology in and of Video Games. We talk about the Atari ET dig, learn how Metaspace and Meat Space are similar, and talk a lot about No Man's Sky and Andrew's archaeological survey inside the game space.   Show Notes and links of interest: Andrew Reinhard: Archaeogaming with Andrew Reinhard (Video) Meet the Archaeologist: Andrew Reinhard (Video) The Interactive Pasts Conference: Andrew Reinhard (Video) Andrew Reinhard on Twitter @adreinhard  Andrew's Book on Amazon Archaeogaming: An Introduction to Archaeology in and of Video Games. Atari ET Dig: Atari video game burial HOW OBSESSED FANS FINALLY EXHUMED ATARI'S SECRET GAME GRAVEYARD No Man's Sky Archaeological Survey: A Procedurally Generated Archaeology Mission in No Man’s Sky Archeologist Digs Into Remains of No Man's SkyAbandoned Player Civilization The No Man’s Sky Archaeological Survey: One Year In My Archaeological Methodology in No Man’s Sky Other Things of interest: 8 Bit Test Pit Podcast with Meghan Dennis, Tara Copplestone, and Andrew Reinhard Hashtags to Follow: #archaeogaming #archaeotwitter #archaeologyTwitter Thank You for listening. If you’d like to support the Podcast, condenser donating to us on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Archyfantasies or buy us a  Ko-Fi : https://ko-fi.com/A8833HAS . Either option helps us out. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast on the blog at www.ArchyFantasies.com and like and share us where ever you can. You can follow us on twitter @Archyfantsies or look us up on Facebook and you can reach us by email at ArchyFantasies@gmail.com Theme Music was provided by ArcheoSoup Productions This episode was produced and edited by Sara Head. Contact us below or leave a comment.

Today we're talking with Steph Halmhofer about her recent survey on Canadian Fears, modeled after the Chapman Survey of American Fears. She's looking at Canadian pseudoarchaeological beliefs, among other topics, and she's come on the show to share some preliminary results from her survey. If you're a Canadian resident and you want to take the survey, please use the link in the show notes! Show Notes: Steph Halmhofer https://twitter.com/bones_canada Bones Stones and Books. bonesstonesandbooks.com If you live in Canada or are from Canada, go take Steph's survey and get your friends to take it too! https://bonesstonesandbooks.com/2018/07/12/bigfoot-atlantis-and-twitter-a-survey-on-canadian-beliefs-and-social-media-use/ The Chapman survey of American Fears https://www.chapman.edu/wilkinson/research-centers/babbie-center/survey-american-fears.aspx Canadian stamps pamphlet https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B70APOPicT92OFltYkE2U2gydlFHa1ZkYVYtdmRWTlp3RVZv/view?usp=sharing #inventedfantasies https://twitter.com/hashtag/InventedFantasies?src=hash Thank You for listening. If you'd like to support the Podcast, condenser donating to us on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Archyfantasies or buy us a  Ko-Fi : https://ko-fi.com/A8833HAS . Either option helps us out. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast on the blog at www.ArchyFantasies.com and like and share us where ever you can. You can follow us on twitter @Archyfantsies or look us up on Facebook and you can reach us by email at ArchyFantasies@gmail.com Theme Music was provided by ArcheoSoup Productions This episode was produced and edited by Sara Head. Contact us below or leave a comment.

Today we're talking with Paulina Przystupa (@punuckish) about the panel she put together at the SAA's this past Apil. Her topic was Creative Outreach focusing on using social media as a way of communicating what the public about archaeology. We talk about better ways to use various social media to make archaeology accessible to everyone, and how we can go to geek conventions and talk about archaeology.  Show Notes: SAA Annual Meeting  SAA 2018 Program Geek Girl Con  Emerald City Comic Con Gen Con LLC | Gen Con 2018 If you’d like to support the Podcast, condenser donating to us on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Archyfantasies or buy us a  Ko-Fi : https://ko-fi.com/A8833HAS . Either option helps us out. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast on the blog at www.ArchyFantasies.com and like and share us where ever you can. You can follow us on twitter @Archyfantsies or look us up on Facebook. You can reach us by email at ArchyFantasies@gmail.com Theme Music was provided by ArcheoSoup Productions Contact us below or leave a comment.

Today we're talking with Dr. David Anderson (@DSAArchaeology ) about the intersection of Archaeology and Pop culture, and how a history of pop culture, specifically comics and adventure genre has fed the prevalence of pseudoarchaeology ideas, especially Ancient Aliens and Ancient Astronauts . Show Notes: David Anderson's Blog - Archaeological Oddities  Lost City of Z: The Mysterious Disappearance of Percy Fawcett: The explorer's disappearance continues to fascinate.  The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold Richard Sharpe Shaver The Coming Race: the classic science fiction tale of a master race (Aziloth Books) by Edward Bulwer-Lytton Vril H.P. Lovecraft Fortean Times Charles Hoy Fort The Book of the Damned The Book of the Damned by Charles Fort Forbidden Archeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race  King Tuts Curse Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy Radio Show Superdickery  Moai Statues Selective Attention Test Viedo - But Did You See the Gorilla? The Problem With Inattentional Blindness: The most effective cloaking device is the human mind Jack Kirby Rip Hunter  Hawkman If you'd like to support the Podcast, condenser donating to us on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Archyfantasies or buy us a  Ko-Fi : https://ko-fi.com/A8833HAS . Either option helps us out. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast on the blog at www.ArchyFantasies.com and like and share us where ever you can. You can follow us on twitter @Archyfantsies or look us up on Facebook. You can reach us by email at ArchyFantasies@gmail.com Theme Music was provided by ArcheoSoup Productions This episode was produced and edited by Sara Head. Contact us below or leave a comment.

  2018 has been a bit of a roller coaster for the Archaeological Fantasies blog and podcast. I know many of you have noticed, so I figured, Let's have a rundown of what's happening here at the AF Studios... Last year I went back to finish my Masters' degree and well, between that and working full time, it's been...fun? Unfortunately, the blog suffered and will need to be scaled back some, but I still need to make monthly markers, so stick with me. We'll have a good time still. I moved in February, and though I'm in a much nicer place, moving across three states takes a bit of doing, and I'm still not done doing yet since I've been gone almost three weeks each month since I moved. Still, it's all been good, just busy. Oh, I got the flu. That was almost three weeks of my life. Get your shots folks. Just trust me on that. The most important bit here, that I'm sure you're all reading for, is.....The podcast is moving!!! Yes, we're moving the URL of the podcast, which means we will not be on the Archaeology Podcast Network anymore. The podcast will be hosted here instead, on the Archaeological Fantasies blog. I feel like this makes more sense in the long run, but in the short term, it means we have a little bit of restructuring to do. The podcast is going to be on hiatus until July 1st, at which point we'll relaunch with our new location here on the blog. You'll (hopefully) still be able to subscribe to us with Itunes, Stitcher, Google Play, and with luck Spotify. You can also listen here directly or subscribe to our RSS feed at https://archyfantasies.com/feed/podcast/  or see the full listing at our Blubrry site: The Archaeological Fantasies Podcast.  (Shout out to Mike Dell at BluBrry, you rock) As always this is a labor of love, but it still costs me out of pocket, and hey, I'm happy to pay. Still, if you feel like donating some, it will help pay for the new hosting costs and the blog upkeep. You can support us monthly on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Archyfantasies or throw us a few bucks when you want on Ko-Fi : https://ko-fi.com/A8833HAS . Either option helps us out. Thanks for waiting out our dust, and I hope you can help spread the word! As always follow us on Twitter @ArchyFantasies and contact us if you have questions. Hopefully, this will go smoothly, fingers crossed. Podcast Music by the esteemed Mr. Soup at ArchaeoS0up Productions. I cannot tell you how much I love this song, thank you for letting us use it.

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 If you'd like to support the Podcast, condenser donating to us monthly on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Archyfantasies or giving just a little on Ko-Fi : https://ko-fi.com/A8833HAS . Either option helps us out. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast and like and share us where ever you can. You can follow us on twitter @Archyfantsies or look us up on Facebook. Contact us below or leave a comment.

On today's episode we talk with Jennifer Raff about the recent CBC episode of The Nature of Things: Ice Bridge. We talk about how the Solutrean Hypothesis, how it's it's not supported by evidence and is supported but White Supremacists. We talk about the issues not brought up in the CBC show, and why we as archaeologists should be talking about it. 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 Support the Show If you'd like to support the Podcast, condenser donating to us monthly on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Archyfantasies or giving just a little on Ko-Fi : https://ko-fi.com/A8833HAS . Either option helps us out. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast and like and share us where ever you can. You can follow us on twitter @Archyfantsies or look us up on Facebook. Theme Music by ArcheoSoup Productions Contact us below or leave a comment.

LinksNational Monuments dedicated to immigration and the experience of immigrants and African captives:African Burial Ground, ManhattanManzanar Internment CenterLiberty Island-Ellis Island National MonumentEllis Island National Museum of ImmigrationContactEmail us at ArchyFantasies@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter at @Archyfantasies and find us on FaceBook. Theme Music by ArcheoSoup Productions

LinksBears Ears National Monument - Arch365 325State of the Monuments - Episode 40Antiquities Laws and Regulations - Episode 75After Bears Ears National Monument Shrinkage, The Fight For Redesignation Is Still OnContactEmail us at ArchyFantasies@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter at @Archyfantasies and find us on FaceBook. Theme Music by ArcheoSoup Productions

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.LinksThe Place of Stone: Dighton Rock and the Erasure of America's Indigenous Past ~ by Douglas HunterDighton RockDighton Rock State Park ContactEmail us at ArchyFantasies@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter at @Archyfantasies and find us on FaceBook. Theme Music by ArcheoSoup Productions

Today we talk with Dr. Mark Allen Peterson about the magical Jinn. Dr. Peterson tells us more about the ancient concept of Jinn, how that affect modern Arabic uses of Jinn, and how the views on Jinn are affected by Movies and Western tampering.Links Dr. Mark A. Petersonhttps://www.amazon.com/Mark-Allen-Peterson/e/B001K8F96GArticles on JinnDr. Peterson's article "From Jinn to GeniesIntertextuality, Media, and the Making of Global Folklore" is Chapter 5 in Folklore/Cinema: Popular Film as Vernacular Culture.The Folklore of Ancient Egyptian Monuments by L. V. GrinsellUntying the Magic of the Pharaoh by Barbara Drieskens and Rita LucarelliContactEmail us at ArchyFantasies@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter at @Archyfantasies and find us on FaceBook. Theme Music by ArcheoSoup Productions

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 Clinehttps://anthropology.columbian.gwu.edu/eric-h-clineYouTube Vids.Dr. Eric Cline on Junk Science and Archaeology1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Eric Cline, PhD)From Eden to Exile -- The Story Behind the StoriesThree Stones Make a Wall - By Eric ClineContactEmail us at ArchyFantasies@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter at @Archyfantasies and find us on FaceBook. Theme Music by ArcheoSoup Productions

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=326508On Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/GamingWScottOn Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/GamingWScottContactEmail us at ArchyFantasies@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter at @Archyfantasies and find us on FaceBook. Theme Music by ArcheoSoup Productions

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 PodcastDemon DollsHELL HATH NO FURRY!Hexham Heads, ley lines, and Wear-sheep-menCrystal Skulls and Herkimer VodkaWorld’s First Haunted Object 3D Scanning Project is Confusing Ghosts, Producing Paranormally-Active PrintsThe Traveling Museum of the Paranormal and the Occult.10 Creepy Haunted Objects You Can Visit At Lorraine Warren’s Occult MuseumBeware: Connecticut’s Museum of the Occult May Kill YouContactEmail us at ArchyFantasies@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter at @Archyfantasies and find us on FaceBook. Theme Music by ArcheoSoup Productions 

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 UniversityJames S. Bielo - HomeJames Bielo on the Ark Encounter - Miami UniversityArk Encounter: Life-size Noah's ArkArk Encounter: The Making of a Creationist Theme ParkJames S. BieloMaking a biblical theme park – The Immanent FrameArk Park ready to set sail in culture warContactEmail us at ArchyFantasies@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter at @Archyfantasies and find us on FaceBook. Theme Music by ArcheoSoup Productions 

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 Support the Show If you’d like to support the Podcast, condenser donating to us monthly on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Archyfantasies or giving just a little on Ko-Fi : https://ko-fi.com/A8833HAS . Either option helps us out. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast and like and share us where ever you can. You can follow us on twitter @Archyfantsies or look us up on Facebook. Theme Music by ArcheoSoup Productions Contact us below or leave a comment.

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 HoaxesPre-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 caveP.T. Barnum Museumhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnum_Museum15 Credibility Street #20: A Mummy-Bundle of BSContactEmail us at ArchyFantasies@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter at @Archyfantasies and find us on FaceBook. Theme Music by ArcheoSoup Productions 

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/364The Kingdom of Kush:http://archaeology.about.com/od/kterms/g/kush.htmNubiahttp://www.kerma.ch/index.php?lang=enhttps://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=z_ZvHRpKT6Hw.k7AIqBspa9ew&hl=enThe Art and Archaeology of Ancient Nubiahttps://www.coursera.org/course/ancientnubiaFeder, K. 1998-99 Archaeology and Afrocentrism: An Attempt to set the record straight. A Current Bibliography on African Affairs 29(3):199-210Things to Read and Watch:Stolen Legacy: Greek Philosophy is Stolen Egyptian Philosophy by George G. M. James, Ph.Dhttp://www.jpanafrican.com/ebooks/eBook%20Stolen%20Legacy.pdfThe danger of a single story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichiehttp://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story?language=enAfricans are fighting media poverty-porn by tweeting beautiful images of their real liveshttp://www.theplaidzebra.com/africans-are-fighting-media-poverty-porn-by-tweeting-beautiful-images-of-their-real-lives/ContactEmail us at ArchyFantasies@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter at @Archyfantasies and find us on FaceBook. Theme Music by ArcheoSoup Productions 

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. LinksFAMSI resourcesMaya Glyph WorkbookWayeb resourcesForest of KingsMaya Decipherment Blog by David Stuart and Stephen HoustonTazumal flaskhttp://miamioh.edu/news/top-stories/2017/04/jeb-card.htmlhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ancient-mesoamerica/article/seventhcentury-inscribed-miniature-flask-from-copan-found-at-tazumal-el-salvador/6C01D75378694C9CCEE9E5A8A1267A37/core-readerArchaeology 365 episode on Tazumal flaskAthanasius KircherRelacion de las Cosas de Yucatan by de Archbishop Diego de Landahttp://www.wayeb.org/download/resources/landa.pdfhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relaci%C3%B3n_de_las_cosas_de_Yucat%C3%A1nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Landa_alphabethttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Landa_alphabet#/media/File:De_Landa_alphabet.jpgCracking the Maya Code DocumentaryYuri KnorosovCentro de estudios Maya Yuri KnorosovBreaking the Maya CodeReading the Maya GlyphsTranslating Maya GlyphsReading Maya ArtChronicle of the Maya Kings and QueensAncient Text, Modern Tablet - Handcrafted CuneiformJason Colavito and the Antediluvian Pyramid MythContactEmail us at ArchyFantasies@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter at @Archyfantasies and find us on FaceBook. Theme Music by ArcheoSoup ProductionsProduced by Chris Webster and Tristan Boyle

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 Meneseshttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fernanda_Meneses@ninasemillaChronology and Easter Island PrehistoryMoai Culture WebsiteList of the moai in popular cultureHow did the Easter Island Statues Get There? They Might Have Walked!Scientists Make Easter Island Statue Walk | National GeographicContactEmail us at ArchyFantasies@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter at @Archyfantasies and find us on FaceBook. Theme Music by ArcheoSoup ProductionsProduced by Chris Webster and Tristan Boyle

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 YatesAnonymous Swiss CollectorCambodia's looted treasuresUNESCO ConstitutionHobby Lobby fined $3 million for smuggled Iraqi artifactsSpotlight on Hobby Lobby’s Biblical Collection After Smuggle CaseIslam, ISIS, and Black Market Artifacts with Nathan French - Episode 76The Justice Department AnnouncementHobby Lobby's Press ReleaseWashington Post piece on the settlementNBC report on possibly more concerns about Hobby LobbyThe Green collection and the Museum of the Bible: 443,000 square meters of mess.Buenavista del CayoPatty Gerstenblithhttps://law.depaul.edu/faculty-and-staff/faculty-a-z/Pages/patty-gerstenblith.aspxhttp://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-remarkable-patty-gerstenblith-0208-20150202-story.htmlCultural Property Advisory CommitteeE. A. Wallis BudgeSubhash Kapoor CaseThe rogue’s gallery: Subhash Kapoor and India’s stolen artefactsDHS and DOJ return valuable, ancient artifacts to IndiaMuseums Begin Returning Artifacts to India in Response to InvestigationTemple Looting in Cambodia, by Simon Mackenzie and Tess DavisContactEmail us at ArchyFantasies@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter at @Archyfantasies and find us on FaceBook. Theme Music by ArcheoSoup Productions Produced by Chris Webster and Tristan Boyle

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 IndyTranscript of the Writing Session for Raiders of the Lost ArkRaiders of the Lost ArchiveSecret of the Incashttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzl4_ytmxDshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZJaIc1SDbQHarrison Ford elected to the AIA Boardhttps://www.archaeological.org/news/aianews/282http://savingantiquities.org/harrison-ford-and-the-aia/Episode about Mummies and Cursed ArtifactsNabonidusThe Ark and DagonPeter Hiscock - Cinema, Supernatural Archaeology, and the Hidden Human PastLingam (the inspiration for the Sankara Stones) ThuggeeOpening of RaidersAztec Sun StoneInka Architecturehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inca_architecturehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SaksaywamanChavin de HuantarTiwanaku Gateway of the SUnManteño seatDumbarton Oaks TlazotetolJane MacLaren Walsh - The Dumbarton Oaks Tlazolteotl: looking beneath the surfaceContactEmail us at ArchyFantasies@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter at @Archyfantasies and find us on FaceBook. Theme Music by ArcheoSoup ProductionsProduced by Chris Webster and Tristan Boyle

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-RikazAncient palace emerges from under Mosul shrine destroyed by ISISTrafalgar Square 3D Printed Arch aka Archy McArchfaceContactEmail us at ArchyFantasies@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter at @Archyfantasies and find us on FaceBook. Theme Music by ArcheoSoup Productionsroduced by Chris Webster and Tristan Boyle

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. LinksExecutive Order on whitehouse.govhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/04/26/presidential-executive-order-review-designations-under-antiquities-actAntiquities Act 1906https://www.nps.gov/history/local-law/anti1906.htmhttps://www.nps.gov/history/local-law/fhpl_antiact.pdfhttps://www.nps.gov/archeology/sites/antiquities/index.htmhttps://www.nps.gov/archeology/sites/antiquities/about.htmRichard Wetherillhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_WetherillEdgar Lee Hewetthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Lee_HewettEl Morrohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Morro_National_Monumenthttps://www.nps.gov/elmo/index.htmHistoric Sites Acthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic_Sites_Acthttps://www.nps.gov/history/local-law/FHPL_HistSites.pdfhttps://www.nps.gov/history/local-law/hsact35.htmNational Register of Historic Placeshttps://www.nps.gov/nr/https://npgallery.nps.gov/nrhphttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_PlacesNuclear Biscuithttp://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/the-administration/315603-of-biscuits-and-footballs-the-perils-of-presidents-andNational Historic Preservation Acthttp://www.achp.gov/nhpa.pdfhttps://www.nps.gov/history/local-law/nhpa1966.htmhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Historic_Preservation_Act_of_1966National Environmental Protection Acthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Environmental_Policy_Acthttps://www.fws.gov/r9esnepa/RelatedLegislativeAuthorities/nepa1969.PDFCultural Resources Managementhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_resources_managementhttps://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/crmarchpodcast/Archaeological Resources Protection Acthttps://www.nps.gov/archeology/tools/laws/arpa.htmhttps://www.nps.gov/history/local-law/fhpl_archrsrcsprot.pdfhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeological_Resources_Protection_Act_of_1979UNESCO Conventionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO_Convention_on_the_Means_of_Prohibiting_and_Preventing_the_Illicit_Import,_Export_and_Transfer_of_Ownership_of_Cultural_Propertyhttp://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 Acthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_Graves_Protection_and_Repatriation_Acthttps://www.nps.gov/nagpra/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennewick_Manhttp://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2017/0221/Burial-of-9-000-year-old-Kennewick-Man-lays-to-rest-a-20-year-old-debatehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solutrean_hypothesishttp://archive.archaeology.org/0607/etc/conversations.htmlhttps://www.sfu.ca/ipinch/about/ipinch-people/research-team/dorothy-lippert/https://www.polartrec.com/expeditions/nuvuk-archaeology-studiesMalheur Takeoverhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_the_Malheur_National_Wildlife_RefugeMyths about National Monumentshttp://www.sltrib.com/home/4762647-155/separating-fact-from-fiction-in-bearshttp://www.grandcanyontrust.org/blog/national-monuments-dont-let-myths-trump-factshttp://www.grandcanyontrust.org/blog/fact-and-fiction-bears-earsContactEmail us at ArchyFantasies@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter at @Archyfantasies and find us on FaceBook. Theme Music by ArcheoSoup Productionsroduced by Chris Webster and Tristan Boyle