ArchaeoEd Podcast

S5 E1 Eds Origin Story at Copan Sep 01, 2023

Ever wonder how Ed became an archaeologist? Well here's the story. The year was 1990 and the place was Copan, Honduras. A field school experience for the record books!

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S4 E9 Early Peru May 01, 2023

Fact - Peru's first pyramids are earlier than Egypt's Not only did they start earlier, they were built for centuries longer. Join Ed as the explains Peru's first civilizations from 3500-200 BCE.

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S4 E8 Poverty Point Apr 01, 2023

3500 years ago, Poverty Point was a thriving city of over 5000 people in the bayous of northern Louisiana. Despite not having agriculture or even ceramics, those people built North America's 2nd largest pyramid-mound.

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S4 E7 Mapping Palenque Part 3 Mar 01, 2023

The final chapter of the Palenque Mapping Project, Season 1. More snakes, more temples, and a robbery at gun point! I got by with a little help from my friends.

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S4 E6 Mapping Palenque Part 2 Feb 01, 2023

The continued story of how I mapped Palenque - still in 1998, field season 1 of 3. In this episode - forest fires, mangos, and skinny dipping.

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S4 E5 Mapping Palenque Jan 01, 2023

From 1998 to 2000, I led the Palenque Mapping Project. In this episode I'll share the behind the scenes story of how I got the job and the strange things that happened while making the map.

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S4 E4 The Wari Dec 01, 2022

The Wari were a civilization of 100's of 1000's of people living in the Andes between 500 and 1000 CE. Never heard of them? You're not alone. In this episode, I'll tell you about them and explain why I believe they were the inspiration for the later Inca Empire.

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S4 E3 Mississippian Burial Patterns Nov 01, 2022

Mississippian civilization honored its dead by laying them to rest in pyramidal burial mounds. But why? What did it mean to them and where did they get the idea to do it? In this episode, we'll discuss that tradition - including its origins and evolution.

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S4 E2 Mississippian Religion Oct 01, 2022

In the centuries before Columbus, millions of people lived in what's now the eastern United States. Today, we call that Mississippian Civilization. In this episode, I'll discuss what we think we know about their religion.

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S4 E1 Dr. Jones I Presume? Sep 01, 2022

For most people, Indiana Jones is the archetypal archaeologist. But is he? Indie is a lot of things, but a good archaeologist isn't one of them! Join Dr. Ed as he separates fact from fiction.

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Season 4 Trailer Aug 31, 2022

The trailer to begin Season 4 of ArchaeoEd

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S3 E9 The Mesoamerican Ballgame May 01, 2022

About 4000 years ago, the civilizations of Mesoamerica created the world's first team sport - older by centuries than any other. It was played with a big rubber ball, in a stone-built ball court, and enjoyed from the Chihuahua Desert to the rainforests of Honduras.

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S3 E8 Dogs in the Ancient Americas Apr 01, 2022

In this episode I'll ask the age old question - who's a good dog? Dogs were man's best friend in Americas for 1000's of years, from Alaska to the tip of Chile. They were pets, cargo haulers, hunting companions, guides to the afterlife, and at times, food. Join me as I discuss what I know about dogs in the ancient Americas.

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S3_E7_Ancient American Drugs Feb 28, 2022

Ancient Americans consumed a number of plants that Western society now view as "drugs". But to the ancients, they weren't just plants. They had spirits that could give them strength and aid them to reach an altered state of consciousness through which to interact with the supernatural otherworld.

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S3_E6_The Olmecs Feb 01, 2022

The Olmecs are widely considered Mesoamerica's "mother culture". In this episode I'll talk about that amazing civilization's achievements and how recent discoveries may change what we think we know about them.

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S3_E5_Moises Morales Jan 01, 2022

Moises Morales was a legend in Mexico. His contributions to our knowledge and the protection of the Maya ruins of Palenque are unparalleled. In this episode, I'll tell you some stories about my dear friend Moi.

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S3 E4_260 Days in Mesoamerica Dec 01, 2021

The 260 day calendar of Mesoamerica is its oldest and most enduring measurement of time. In this episode I'll explain how it works, what it means to modern Maya people, and how the Dresden Codex contains important links between the past and present uses of the sacred Tzolk'in calendar.

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S3 E3_The Mogollon Nov 01, 2021

The Mogollon are a little known ancient civilization of the American Southwest. But you probably know them and just don't know you know them, you know? And if you really don't know them, they're worth knowing.

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S3 E2_TheMoche Oct 01, 2021

The Moche were an amazingly advanced civilization who lived along Peru's northern coast from about 100 to 750 CE. In this episode, I'll explain how I believe that they were monotheistic, worshipping a creator deity I call the Fanged Deity.

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S3 E1_The Fanged Deity Sep 01, 2021

The Fanged Deity is a ubiquitous character in ancient Andean art. His identity as the same creator deity over thousands of years, through multiple cultures and from Columbia to Chile, is my own potentially paradigm shifting theory. Join me as I explain why I believe the religions of ancient South America were essentially monotheistic.

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ArchaeoEd Season 3 Trailer Aug 19, 2021

Season 3 is coming on September 1st!

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S2 E5 Ma'ax Na Part 2 and Other Tales May 01, 2021

Part two of the last episode. Stories of my 3rd and 4th seasons mapping Ma'ax Na and some other crazy stuff that happened in my career in 1996 and 1997.

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S2 E4 How I Discovered Ma'ax Na Apr 01, 2021

Back in the 1990's, I discovered the ancient Maya city of Ma'ax Na in the remote jungles of Northwestern Belize. This podcast tells the story of how I did it.

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S2 E3_New World Contact Epidemics Mar 01, 2021

The moment of contact between Europe and the Americas in the 15th century brought with it a host of infectious diseases. The result was the spread of epidemics at a scale and speed the world had never known.

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S2 E2_Inca Khipu Feb 01, 2021

The Inca Khipu - knotted string records of the Inca Empire. The amazingly organized Inca civilization of over 10 million people was kept running smoothly through the use of the khipu, essentially the Inca "writing" system. But sadly, the world forgot how to read them. This episode will explain what they are, what we know about them, and our most recent attempts to crack the khipu code.

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S2 E1_Chaco Canyon Jan 01, 2021

Chaco Canyon is without doubt the finest ancient architecture within the modern United States. The Ancestral Pueblo built it over a 300 year period between 850-1150 CE, but the strange thing is - they barely lived there. Join me as we discuss the "Chaco Phenomenon".

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S1 E6_DeSoto was a Psycho Dec 01, 2020

From 1539 to 1542, Hernando de Soto led an army of Spanish conquistadors through what is now the southeastern United States. What his men saw and documented during those three years was amazing. What they did was psychotic.

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S1 E5_Easter Island Nov 01, 2020

Easter Island, or as its known to its inhabitants, Rapa Nui is one of the most remote places on the planet. In this episode, Ed will discuss how the first people made it to the island, the insights their "oral traditions" reveal and how European contact turned the whole place on its head. There's much more to the Rapa Nui than the amazing statues they erected. Those famous Moai will also be discussed, but spoiler alert - they had nothing to do with aliens!

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S1 E4_Tulum Oct 01, 2020

Tulum was an ancient Maya port city on Yucatan's eastern coast and still populated when the Spanish first arrived, but strangely the conquistadors never securely identified or occupied it. Why? I think it's got something to do with the Aztecs.

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ArchaeoEd Trailer Sep 15, 2020

A one minute trailer for the ArchaeoEd Podcast

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S1 E3_The Hopewell Aug 28, 2020

The ancient Hopewell civilization of Ohio. Yes, Ohio. Guess where the world's largest collection of ancient geometric earthworks are? Yep, Ohio. And some surrounding states, but mostly Ohio.

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S1 E2_Palenque Aug 28, 2020

Palenque is an ancient Maya city nestled into a mountainside in the rainforests of Chiapas, Mexico. This episode will talk about its dynasty, their incredible achievements in mathematics and science, and the beautiful architecture found within its ruins.

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S1 E1_TheNazca Aug 28, 2020

The Nazca were a culture in Peru's desert who existed between 100 BCE and 700 CE. This episode will discuss who they were, how they lived and (of course) the famous Nazca Lines they scratched into the desert.

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