Podcast Episodes

Volume 5 Begins! We talk Pepper and Cocoa Domestication

Season 5

This week I go over the changes in terminology I am using to organize my show. Then we go over the domestication and etymology for three different ty…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

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Ending Season Four Talking about Brazil

Season 4 Episode 99

This week we discuss Brazilian rock art, dating difficulties for some older archeological sites, and differences between favored terminology used by …

3 months ago

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Emergency Update

Season 4

This week's regularly scheduled episode is being delayed due to a family emergency.

3 months, 1 week ago

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The Neolithic Expansion in the Guianas and Argentinian Isolation

Season 4 Episode 98

This week we discuss two separate regions in South America. We discuss the hunter gatherer groups living in Argentina and how they had been genetical…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

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The Chinchorro, their Mummies, and Monte Verde

Season 4 Episode 97

This week's episode we discuss the site of Monte Verde in southern Chile and some recent controversy surrounding the site's dating. We also talk abo…

3 months, 4 weeks ago

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The Seeds of Andean Agriculture

Season 4 Episode 96

This week we look at three areas in what is now Peru that are beginning to see the rise of sedentary agricultural life. This includes the river valle…

4 months ago

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The Las Vegas Culture

Season 4 Episode 95

This week I correct a terrible omission I made last week and focus on the Las Vegas Culture of Ecuador. This covers their transition from semi sedent…

4 months, 1 week ago

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Archaic Altiplano and Rock Shelters

Season 4 Episode 94

This week we talk about the earliest pottery in South America, and we also cover several sites in the modern country of Colombia's Altiplano region i…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

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Central America, The Darién Gap, and Colombian DNA Mystery

Season 4 Episode 93

The YouTube Episode will be Delayed this week. Clipchamp has failed me and will not load. I will try and edit it tomorrow morning, but worst case I'l…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

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Rowing to the Caribbean and the Archaic Isthmo-Colombia

Season 4 Episode 92

This week I answer a listener question and we discuss the peoples living to the south of the Yucatan peninsula, their lifestyle, as well as regional …

5 months ago

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