Podcast Episodes

The Starčevo, Körös-Cris and Vinča Cultures

Season 4 Episode 69

This week we go over more material cultures rising and developing along the Danube River Basin. We discuss the Starčevo Culture, their origins, economy, houses, pottery and figures. We also discuss t…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

The Beginning of the Cucuteni–Trypillia Culture

Season 4 Episode 68

This week we discuss the Cucuteni-Trypillia culture. Including it's discovery and name. We go over it's origins and how they shifted from the pre phase to it's early foundations and shift into the st…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Neolithic Cultures of the Danube

Season 4 Episode 67

This week we went over a couple of points about Proto-Indo European I missed or got questions about.

We also begin our coverage of the neolithic (and chalcolithic) cultures of the Danube river system.…

Published on 3 months ago

Theories of Proto-Indo European's Origin

Season 4 Episode 66

This week we go over a brief explanation of comparative linguistics before we dive into the theories of the Proto-Indo European language and its origin. We also talk about their reconstructed creatio…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Horse Domestication Follow Up and William Jones

Season 4 Episode 65

The scope of this episode shifted due to a some questions I got in relation to last week's episode. So the first half of this episode ended up being a follow up on last week's. As for our coverage of…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Horse Domestication

Season 4 Episode 64

This week we talk about Horses and their domestication. This includes the wide range of dates given when this may have happened. The make up of their herds or harems. Their relationship to the Tarpan…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

The Samara and the Khvalynsk Cultures

Season 4 Episode 63

This week we cover the Samara and Khvalynsk cultures of the Eurasian Steppe and begin to move into the Chalcolithic. We talk about how they emerged from interactions of the Dnieper Donets and the la…

Published on 4 months ago

The Sredny Stog and Novodanilovka Group

Season 4 Episode 62

This week's episode was cut short due to a power outage, but we still cover the Sredny Stog culture and its regional variation in Novodanilkova. We talk about their increasing reliance on herding and…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

The Bug-Dniester and and Dnieper-Donets Cultures

Season 4 Episode 61

This week we begin what will be a few episodes of talking about the various material cultures of Eastern Europe. This week we cover the Hunter-Gathering-Fishing peoples of the Bug-Dniester and Dniepe…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Siberian Migrations and Linguistics

Season 4 Episode 60

This week we talk about Siberia as it's people move into the Neolithic after the final disappearance of mammoths. We also talk about waves of migrations from the south and west and migrations out of …

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago