Pseudo-Archaeology

Another great episode of the Archaeological Fantasies Podcast

Today we talk with Chris Begley about the Lost City of the Monkey God, or Ciudad Blanca "The White City". Chris tells us about looking for actual ruins in Honduras, working with National Geographic, and how things like satellite images and LiDar actually work.

Today we examine the evidence for the co-existence of Dinosaurs and humans. We specifically focus on the Ica stones and Acámbaro figures. What are these mysterious figures? What do the carvings on the rocks mean? Could they be evidence of man and dino's living together? Or could they be modern fakes used to bilk the gullible.

Today Ken, Jen, and Sara continue talking about the history of Parapsychology and the development of the concept of diffusionism and why professional archaeologist don't like the term. We also talk about where aliens fit into all of this, and if we should be thankful to our astral overlords.

This episode Jeb and Sara talk about Homo floresiensis affectionately known as Hobbits, and Liang-Bua Cave. What do we know about H. floresiensis, how has this discovery been represented by the media, and why are these tinny hominids being represented as cannibals by Animal Planet?

This episode Ken and I talk with Nigel Hetherington from Past Preservers. We talk about Archaeology in the Media and how Past Preservers works to provide professional authorities for the media, even for shows that might be a bit on the fringe.

Sara and Jeb interview K. Kris Hirst, the archaeology expert at About.com and an internet reporting pioneer!

Today we talk about Ken and Sara's close encounters with the fringe. We talk about how we navigated the encounters and what we learned from them.

Today Jeb and I interview Sharon Hill from Doubtful News. We talk about skepticism, blogging, geology, weird questions, and how rocks are not Sasquatch skulls.

On today's show, Sara and Jeb talk to Dr. April Beisaw about ghost hunting with her students. What do they really get out of it and what do they learn? They talk about technique, equipment used, and a lot of other topics related to academic ghost hunting.

Today we're talking with Retired Connecticut State Archaeologist Nicholas Bellantoni and his work with an interesting Vampire burial. We talk the hows and why's of this burial and what it meant to people in the past to have a Vampire in the graveyard.

Today we talk with Dr. Stacy Dunn about her chapter in Jeb's upcoming book, Lost City, Found Pyramid. Her chapter is entitled "Witches, Shamans, and Looters: Alternative Uses and Contemporary Ritual Reuse of Archaeological Remains in the North-Central Coast of Peru".

Today we begin looking at the fascinating history of Pseudoarchaeology. When did it begin and how did it develop over the years. Today we look at the history of Diffusionism and the beginning of Hyperdiffusionism .

We welcome Jeb Card on as a new co-host (don't worry, Ken's not really chained in the basement), and we talk a bout the archaeology around the Newport Tower and a little about the Lochness Monster.

Ken tells us how his epigraphy trip wasn't a vacation and how he spent five days examining the Davenport Tablets at the Putnam Museum in Davenport, Iowa, and the Kensington Rune Stone in Alexandria, Minnesota.