Episode Details

This fortnight, Gabe and Ken are joined from west of the Rockies by PhD student (University of Alberta) and pseudoarchaeology expert Stephanie Halmhofer to talk about what pseudoarchaeology is, how you can prebunk and defuse pseudoarchaeological narratives, and the curious case of Brother XII.

Show Notes

Stephanie's work and activities can be found at:

• Bones, Stones, and Books: https://bonesstonesandbooks.com/
• On Twitter/X: @Cult_Archaeo: https://twitter.com/Cult_Archaeo
• https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stephanie-Halmhofer

Oxygen of Amplification: https://datasociety.net/library/oxygen-of-amplification/

A Guide to Prebunking: https://firstdraftnews.org/articles/a-guide-to-prebunking-a-promising-way-to-inoculate-against-misinformation/

Science of the Cranky Uncle (tips for dealing with misinformation): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1xbdG-NAkB1eYgQoZN1d0nnVCkzDJaNM

Hit Pieces

• Alexander A. Honsinger, Arthur W. Anderson, & M. Gabriel Hrynick (2023) Lithic Procurement in the Quoddy Region, Washington County, Maine: A View from the Reversing Falls Site (80.15). Archaeology of Eastern North America, 51:95-107
• A. Katherine Patton, Arthur Anderson & David W. Black (2023) “… the most delicious fish …”—toward a zooarchaeology of the green sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis, on the coastal Northeast of North America, The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, DOI: 10.1080/15564894.2023.2227135
• "Unusual statue featuring a frontal depiction of a man holding his phallus with both hands is discovered near to Mesolithic temple in Turkey" https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12589389/Unusual-statue-featuring-frontal-depiction-man-holding-phallus-hands-discovered-near-Mesolithic-temple-Turkey.html