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Corn and Agriculture in South America
Season 4
This week we complete this season's discussion about crop domestication. In it we finish discussing the crops emerging in Mesoamerica like maize, ama…
2 years, 6 months ago
Europe, Onions, Cucurbita, and Beans
Season 4
This week I deal with a headache, but you get to learn about spelt, onions, and we move into North American to talk about squash and beans.
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2 years, 7 months ago
Bananas and Herbs
Season 4
In this weeks episode we finish up corps being domesticated in Asia this season by talking about bananas, water chestnuts, burdock, and perilla. Not …
2 years, 7 months ago
Rice, Soya, and Millet Domestication
Season 4
!!!Apologies!!! I just realized I forgot to edit out the clap sync at the start of this episode. I think a cough is in there too. I would normally ed…
2 years, 7 months ago
The First Domesticated Fruits and Cotton
Season 4
This week's episode focuses on the domesticate grape vine and first winery. Cotton trees in the Indian Subcontinent and how they may or may not have …
2 years, 7 months ago
Etymology, Rye, Dates, and Olives
Season 4
Following a surprising amount of viewer feedback I decided to go into some etymological breakdowns of crops we've talked about so far. I also continu…
2 years, 8 months ago
Plant Domestication in Africa
Season 4
Season 4 continues with a general information and topics episode. This week's episode sees us talk about the various crops that are being domesticate…
2 years, 8 months ago
The Growth of Pottery and Ceramics
Season 4
New year new season! We kick off season four with a talk about pottery, why it is important in both an academic sense and for practical reason. We al…
2 years, 8 months ago
The Eastern Amazon Basin, Patagonia, and Tierra del Fuego
Season 3 Episode 55
This week is the season finale! We finish by talking about a couple of final sites in modern Brazil and the emergence of pottery there, and whether i…
2 years, 8 months ago
Las Guayanas and the Amazon Basin
Season 3 Episode 54
The week we discuss the Guianas and their environment and a couple of groups of humans that occupied various parts of the region. We also talk about …
2 years, 9 months ago