Warfare, Advancement, and Revisionism

This week's episode sees us look at the Brassica Rapa the first of the Brassicaceae family of plants to be domesticated and how this would would affect the development of numerous types of cabbages, root vegetables, mustards and many others. We also discuss three other plants from the nightshade family that are or have been domesticated during this season. This includes Potatoes, Tomatoes, and Egg...

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 types of pepper plants, Chilis, Black Pepper, and Sichuan Peppercorns. We also talk about the domestication of Cocoa Beans. Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/P8JFQ1dYoqA

This week we discuss Brazilian rock art, dating difficulties for some older archeological sites, and differences between favored terminology used by Brazilin archeologists. We also discuss the increase and spread of shell midden or Sambaquis sites as well as how some of these coastal sites revealed the earliest evidence of whaling in the Americas if not the world. Also since I know some of you may...

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

This week we discuss two separate regions in South America. We discuss the hunter gatherer groups living in Argentina and how they had been genetically isolated from the rest of the continent. We also discuss the various groups of peoples who had migrated from the Orinoco River valley to occupy the Guianas to become prolific hunter gatherer fishers and would begin to travel up and down other river...

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 about the brutal Atacama Desert and how this environment led the fishers moving through the region to develop several forms of mummification throughout their long history in the region. For this season that covers natural mummification as well as the blac...

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 valleys of the Sechin/Casma, the Rio Grande of the Ica Region, and the water basin of Lake Titicaca. We also cover some of the cave art being painted in Andean rock shelters in what is now Bolivia. Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://yout...

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 sedentary hunter-gatherer-fishers to incipient agriculture. As well as their development of communal burial and feasting. I also cover the tale of the Lovers of Sumpa. A tale some attribute to the Las Vegas Culture. YouTube: https://youtu.be/xyeXmtaHAU8 X/T...

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 including El Abra, We then move south to discuss several long lasting rock shelter hunting camps in modern Peru. Also I made a mistake around the 22:45 mark and mentioned the border of Ecuador and Chile when I obviously meant the Peru Chile border. Twi...

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'll just upload it directly from here. I want to get you all the pictures though. This week we talk about the Archaic Central America and Colombia. Including a newly discovered DNA mystery in Bogotá. Here is the link to the Smithsonian

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 strengths and challenges that it presents to this lifestyle. We also discuss how people from this region row into the Caribbean Sea and were the first people to land in the Greater Antilles. We also go over the etymology of the region. Twitter/X: http...

This week we talk about two regions of what is now Mexico, the Tehuacán and Oaxaca Valleys. I discuss how each of these regions show clear evidence of continued hunter gather economies steadily beginning to embrace early domesticated strains of local cucubrita, beans, fruits, nuts as well as teosinte (zea maize) from the nearby Balsas River basin. I also discussed the science article about dating...

This week we talk about two Archaic traditions that emerged in the American Southeast, the Eva culture of Tennessee and the Mount Taylor tradition of Florida. We then talk about our last material cultures/traditions in what is now the United states before moving South. Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/4I5jGo6ItRk

This week we talk about the Old Copper Culture in the Great Lakes region as well as changes taking place in Great Planes. We also talk about population estimates. Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/yN6k33mCsL4

This week we cover the Millingstone Horizon or the Encinitas Tradition that emerged in what is modern Mexico and the Southern Western US. We also touch on the San Dieguito complex or Pinto Tradition. Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/pZHJAuNBd9U

This week's episode is going to be delayed. I'm not feeling well and I can't focus on the screen to see my notes. Thank you for you support and understanding.

This week we discuss the religious and mythological stories surrounding the the eruption of Mount Mazama passed down by the Klamath people whose ancestors were living in the area. We also discuss the creation myth of the Modoc, a people speaking a related language. We also go over other language families that originated in Northwestern North America. Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: h...

This week I deal with having to re-record an episode and slowly lose my mind as I talk about about the Paleo-Arctic Tradition of North America. This includes but is not limited to the ancestors of the speakers of the Eskaleut (Inuit-Yupik-Unangan ) language family. Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/UglNSkc-XZw

This week we cover the final phase of the Mesolithic in the British Isles and the arrival of neolithic farmers and pastoralists reach the island. Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/YQgR1t8QUWY

This week we talk about the Mesolithic hunter gathers living in and around the Baltic coast and the rivers flowing into them as the area became more livable after climate change. Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/lwMx6xUBhiY

This week we talk about the Michelsberg Culture as we end our discussions of Neolithic central Europe for this season. Now I know some of you will ask, "Hey what about the Funnelbeaker culture?" Well after diving into it and reading my notes I feel like discussion of them makes much more sense thematically next season. I meant to explain this in the episode but I forgot to mention it. I'll give a...

This week we tackle several of the cultures that emerged from the Linear Pottery Culture including the Lengyel, Rossen, and Stroke Ornamented Ware culture. Primarily focusing on the different paths of development each took from the old LBK in different aspects of their culture including pottery, burial, and tools. Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/3Q8Kk_2mNbU

Happy New Year! We are back and covering the neolithic Cerny culture, the Carnac stones, and the Chasséen culture. This includes the emergence of barrow tombs, menhir, and dolmins. Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/EBPi5AEt6gk

This week I return to the Linear Pottery Culture or the LBK for short. This week we go over some of the finer details of their longhouses and settlements. We about what can be gleaned about their internal social organization. We then move on to what led to the culture's final collapse. Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/DQUSWyaxErk

This week we talk about the neolithic peoples of Southern France and Iberia after the Cardial Ware culture declined. This includes several unclassified peoples as well as areas of Switzerland and North West Italy. We go over their trade links and economy. We also cover the spread in Southern Iberia of the La Almagra pottery to the rest of the peninsula and the emergence of Dolmen Tombs in Europe....