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In this episode, I present a battle royale between two terrible ideas. In the first corner, the Silurian Hypothesis, which states that socially complex human beings have been on Earth for millions of years. In the second corner, the Solutrean Hypothesis, which states that early Native American technology was influenced by Europeans who came to the New World by crossing the Atlantic thousands of years ago. Who will win the Crown of Ultimate Silliness? You decide.TranscriptsFor rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/pseudo/112Contact Kinkella Teaches Archaeology (Youtube) Blog: Kinkella Teaches ArchaeologyArchPodNet APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet Tee Public StoreAffiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Motio
In this episode, I present a battle royale between two terrible ideas. In the first corner, the Silurian Hypothesis, which states that socially complex human beings have been on Earth for millions of years. In the second corner, the Solutrean Hypothesis, which states that early Native American technology was influenced by Europeans who came to the New World by crossing the Atlantic thousands of years ago. Who will win the Crown of Ultimate Silliness? You decide.TranscriptsFor rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/pseudo/112Contact Kinkella Teaches Archaeology (Youtube) Blog: Kinkella Teaches ArchaeologyArchPodNet APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet Tee Public StoreAffiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Motio
On today's episode we are reviewing Alpha (2018), the story of a lost Solutrean boy who befriends and domesticates a wolf, with TWO special guests! Dr. April Nowell studies the origins of art and language and the archaeology of childhood. Dr. Grant Zazula is the palaeontologist for the Government of Yukon, and he was the palaeontology consultant on Alpha! He takes us behind the scenes as we dissect the real-life inspirations behind the language, artifacts, landscapes, and of course ice-age mammals in this beautiful movie. Check out April's new book, Growing Up in the Ice Age: https://www.oxbowbooks.com/oxbow/growing-up-in-the-ice-age.htmlApril is giving a talk on Thursday January 13, 2022 at 9:00 PT / 17:00 GMT as part of the University of Liverpool Evolutionary Anthropology Webinar Series: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/archaeology-classics-and-egyptology/events/evo-anth/Check out Grant's work with the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre https://www.beringia.com/Get in touch with us!Twitter: @SotSA_Podcast Facebook: @SotSAPodcastLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sotsa/ Email: screensofthestoneage@gmail.comIn this episode:Christine Schreyer on the construction of fictional languages in film: https://news.ubc.ca/2018/08/23/ubc-linguist-creates-language-for-hollywood-film-alpha/CBC under fire for documentary promoting the Solutrean Hypothesis: https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/cbc-under-fire-for-documentary-that-says-first-humans-to-colonize-new-world-sailed-from-europeArchaeology of the Night: Life After Dark in the Ancient World, edited by Nancy Gonlin and April Nowell: https://upcolorado.com/university-press-of-colorado/item/3227-archaeology-of-the-nightHead Smashed In Buffalo Jump in Alberta: https://headsmashedin.ca/Winnipeg professor teachers how to survive falling through the ice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gOW8ZaYqHA&list=PLqCtDryCZFOqhQ-05Nwy9tLrFMsZI3KPhMammoth bone houses: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/60-mammoths-house-russia-180974426/Painted pebbles from Mas d'Azil, France: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AzilianBorneo hand stencil cave paintings: https://theconversation.com/borneo-cave-discovery-is-the-worlds-oldest-rock-art-in-southeast-asia-106252The domestication of dogs: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2264329-humans-may-have-domesticated-dogs-by-accident-by-sharing-excess-meat/“Alpha wolves” don't exist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ti86veZBjUCheck out Ross's book: The Missing Lynx: The Past and Future of Britain's Lost mammals: https://www.bloomsbury.com/ca/missing-lynx-9781472957351/
On today's episode we are reviewing Alpha (2018), the story of a lost Solutrean boy who befriends and domesticates a wolf, with TWO special guests! Dr. April Nowell studies the origins of art and language and the archaeology of childhood. Dr. Grant Zazula is the palaeontologist for the Government of Yukon, and he was the palaeontology consultant on Alpha! He takes us behind the scenes as we dissect the real-life inspirations behind the language, artifacts, landscapes, and of course ice-age mammals in this beautiful movie. Check out April's new book, Growing Up in the Ice Age: https://www.oxbowbooks.com/oxbow/growing-up-in-the-ice-age.html April is giving a talk on Thursday January 13, 2022 at 9:00 PT / 17:00 GMT as part of the University of Liverpool Evolutionary Anthropology Webinar Series: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/archaeology-classics-and-egyptology/events/evo-anth/ Check out Grant's work with the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre https://www.beringia.com/ Get in touch with us! Twitter: @SotSA_Podcast Facebook: @SotSAPodcast Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sotsa/ Email: screensofthestoneage@gmail.com In this episode: Christine Schreyer on the construction of fictional languages in film: https://news.ubc.ca/2018/08/23/ubc-linguist-creates-language-for-hollywood-film-alpha/ CBC under fire for documentary promoting the Solutrean Hypothesis: https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/cbc-under-fire-for-documentary-that-says-first-humans-to-colonize-new-world-sailed-from-europe Archaeology of the Night: Life After Dark in the Ancient World, edited by Nancy Gonlin and April Nowell: https://upcolorado.com/university-press-of-colorado/item/3227-archaeology-of-the-night Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump in Alberta: https://headsmashedin.ca/ Winnipeg professor teachers how to survive falling through the ice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gOW8ZaYqHA&list=PLqCtDryCZFOqhQ-05Nwy9tLrFMsZI3KPh Mammoth bone houses: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/60-mammoths-house-russia-180974426/ Painted pebbles from Mas d'Azil, France: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azilian Borneo hand stencil cave paintings: https://theconversation.com/borneo-cave-discovery-is-the-worlds-oldest-rock-art-in-southeast-asia-106252 The domestication of dogs: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2264329-humans-may-have-domesticated-dogs-by-accident-by-sharing-excess-meat/ “Alpha wolves” don't exist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ti86veZBjU Check out Ross's book: The Missing Lynx: The Past and Future of Britain's Lost mammals: https://www.bloomsbury.com/ca/missing-lynx-9781472957351/
In today's episode we continue our series on the early peopling of the Americas, examining who they were, where they came from, how they arrived, and how they adapted to ever changing climates. Joining us for this episode is Dr. Bruce Bradley, an Emeritus Professor at the University of Exeter. Dr. Bradley received his BA from the University of Arizona in anthropology with a minor in geology (and a strong passion for archaeology). He later received his PhD in archaeology from the University of Cambridge in experimental archaeology in 1977. His early research was focused on the North American Southwest and Great Plains where he applied an anthropological approach to much of his work. During some 30 years of field work he has been involved in research and excavations in America, England, France, Ireland, Spain, Lebanon, Kazakhstan, Russia and Brazil. His areas of expertise include the early peopling of the Americas, the Clovis Culture, flintknapping techniques, horse domestication in Central Asia, and prehistoric Pueblo archaeology of the American Southwest. Dr Bradley is the author of several books and a multitude of scientific peer-reviewed journal articles. He is active in bringing his archaeological and anthropological interests to the public through presentations, teaching, interaction with Native American communities and his participation in documentaries. To learn more about Dr. Bradley and his work please visit: Dr. Bradley's website Book: Across Atlantic Ice: The Origin of America's Clovis Culture
A couple of podcasts back, we interviewed Professor Bruce Bradley - he of the Solutrean Hypothesis in Paleolithic America. Truth be told, the impetus to contact Bruce Bradley came about because we'd noticed that an outfit called 'Seven Ages Research Associates' in the States had just published an interview with him. It was a bit "if they can - why don't we?" - so we did. Well, one thing led to another and one day we got an invitation from Jason Pentrail, one of the three associates, to hook up and produce some back-to-back interviews with each other. They'd interview us for their podcast and we'd interview them for ours. Here's our side of the deal! Although their remit is very much broader than ours (histrory, archaeology, science and culture) it turns out we are very much on the same page as far as communicating what may be going on behind the scenes in academia within our spheres of interest. If this chat is anything to go by, there is much for us to exchange and we feel that we've barely scratched the surface as far as us talking to each other is concerned. Watch this space. In this brief chat, we talk about their various areas of interest, Bruce Bradley, bridging the gap between amateur and professional archaeologists and their favourite archaeological sites in the USA and more. Enjoy.
We have to confess we are not as knowledgable about American prehistory as we would like to be. But how could we have done better to begin educating ourselves than to talk to celebrated American archaeologist, Professor Bruce Bradley? Until recently Emeritus Professor of Prehistory and Director of the Experimental Archaeology Masters Programme at the University of Exeter, Bruce has a remarkable c.v., having involved himself with stone-age technologies and experimental archaeology, the archaeology of the North American Southwest and Great Plains, the Upper Palaeolithic of Russia and France and is currently focused on the early peopling of the Americas. He is one of the foremost flint knapping experts in the world and the insights into prehistoric lithic working practises perfectly placed him to formulate the 'Solutrean Hypothesis', his controversial theory that some parts of the North Eastern coast of America could have been populated by migrating people from the region of the Pyrenees and Northern Spain during the last glacial maximum. We talk to him about his career, his current work and outline the story of Clovis and Pre-Clovis culture in the Americas as it is currently understood. We then turn to the idea for which he is best known, the 'Solutrean Hypothesis'.
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.
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.
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.
Today we talk about the controversy around the Solutrean Hypothesis and the modern misconceptions around the Bering Land Bridge. Links Discussions about Bruce Bradly's and Dennis Stanford's Solutrean-Clovis Hypothesis. Jennifer A. Raff and Deborah A. Bolnick's: (Clicking on the link downloads a PDF or opens it in your browser) Does Mitochondrial Haplogroup X Indicate Ancient Trans-Atlantic Migration to the Americas? A Critical Re-Evaluation. 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. Edited by Chris Webster
Today we talk about the controversy around the Solutrean Hypothesis and the modern misconceptions around the Bering Land Bridge.