Podcast Episodes

Isolated Tongues

Season 4 Episode 40

This week I talk about some of the most mysterious and probably oldest isolated languages in the Indian subcontinent in the regions we've gone over so far this season. If they existed during this sea…

Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago

Between the Mesolithic and Neolithic

Season 4 Episode 39

This week we start talking about Southern India and Sri Lanka for this season. We discuss how the sea level is affecting the connection between the two regions as well as possible agricultural and pa…

Published on 9 months, 4 weeks ago

The Neolithic Indus

Season 4 Episode 38

This week we talk about the similarities between the sties we discussed last week and the numerous villages and sites emerging along the Indus River Valley. We also talk about some of those sites and…

Published on 10 months ago

Mehrgarh III and Neolithic Balochistan

Season 4 Episode 37

This week we finish Mehrgarh up for this season by discussing the first half of Phase III and enter the chalcolithic phase for the site. We also discuss two material cultures that emerged from the ne…

Published on 10 months, 1 week ago

Developments at Mehrgarh

Season 4 Episode 36

This week I am following up to some questions about the Eurasian Steppe. Before we moved on to talk about the end of the first phase of Mehrgarh, a site we first discussed last season. We move into t…

Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago

Central Asian Neolithic and the Kelteminar

Season 4 Episode 35

This week we talk about the continued spread of the Neolithic life styles along the various river valleys around portions of Central Asia.

We also discuss the more traditional Kelteminar culture of th…

Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago

The Settlements of the Central Iranian Plateau and the Zayanderud

Season 4 Episode 34

This week we talk about the Central Persian or Iranian Plateau and the possibility of a missing or undiscovered material culture in the region possibly centered in or around the Zayandeh River. We al…

Published on 11 months ago

The Dalma, the Jeitun, and the start of the Anau

Season 4 Episode 33

Happy New Year!

We start off 2025 by talking about the Dalma culture and its spread from the banks of Lake Urmia. We discuss their pottery, mixed life ways, their settlements, and their trade. We als…

Published on 11 months, 1 week ago

Chogha Mish and the Susian Culture

Season 4 Episode 32

This week we talk about the Susian culture and its start at the start at the site of Chogha Mish. The devastation it faced in the early 5th millennium and it's continuation after this near disaster. …

Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago

The Caspian Neolithic and Zagros Mountain Cultures

Season 4 Episode 31

This week we talk about the shift in the life style of the peoples living along the Caspian Sea and in the Zagros Mountains. How they differed from each other and their Southern Caucasus cousins. We …

Published on 1 year ago