Warfare, Advancement, and Revisionism

This week we talk about the Neolithic cultures of central Italy and their pottery, including Catignano and Ripoli and how one grew out of and replaced the other. We also discuss the Square Mouth Vase culture of northern Italy as well as the earliest use of Cinnabar in the Western Mediterranean. YouTube: https://youtu.be/9xV5IZgbWVw Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod

This week I finish up Sicily by talking about the island of Pantelleria and the chain known as the Aegadian. We then turn to the south of the Italian Peninsula to discuss the emergence of the Capri-Lipari-Scaloria Alta, Scaloria Bassa, Serra d'Alto, and Passo di Corvo. We go over their pottery and pottery while also briefly touching on the further expansion of agriculture and animal husbandry. We...

This week we talk about the neolithic Stentinello culture as it emerges after the collapse of the Cardium Ware culture. We cover how their economy continued the spread of agriculture and herding while it also expanded in different ways from the Cardium culture. We also go over the differences in their pottery and housing styles. We also discuss the potential first habitation of Homo Sapiens on Mal...

This week we talk about the pottery and economies of two Neolithic cultures that occupied a fairly small area along the Bonsa River but that were integral in facilitating long range trade with the people further east in the Balkans and the Cardial Ware culture, and their successor culture in the region, the Danilo culture. Whose economy and pottery we also talk about. We also go over the etymology...

This week we finish up our look at Greece for this season by discussing the Peloponnese and a burial site that may have influenced the local religion in the classical period. We also cover the emergence of the Cardium Ware Culture in Western Greece and Corfu and their expansion north along the Adriatic Coast and West into the Italian Peninsula and the rest of the Western Mediterranean coast. Twitt...

This week's episode deals primarily with the etymology of the Aegean Sea and some other nearby bodies of water and the myths surrounding them. We then talked about the Cretan site of Knossos as they began to grow to becoming the center of the soon to emerge Minoan Civilization. YouTube: https://youtu.be/fKzDaLv5Y5s Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod

This week we tie up a final loose end from the Balkans. We then discuss sites undergoing the transition from the Neolithic to the Chalcolithic in Anatolia including Hacilar and Beycesultan. We then move back across the Aegean to discuss the Neolithic Greek sites of Sesklo and Dimini. YouTube: https://youtu.be/lLUSYpARFTA Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod

This week we talk about the Sopot culture and it's relationship to other early neolithic faming cultures in Southern Europe before we move onto the newly emerging Chalcolithic cultures of the Balkans including the Tiszapolgár and Lengyel culture. Then we move on to look at the Petrești and Decea Mureșului cultures, and then conclude with a discussion of the Suvorovo burials. Also I did forget to i...

This week we discuss the origin of the Linear Pottery Culture along the middle Danube, and its rapid spread out of the region. We then go over its developments in its early and development phases. We did not cover its final phase. That is for the later this season. We went over its pottery, economy, and housing. We also discussed two cultures that were influenced by the Linear Pottery and Starcevo...

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 two other cultures that emerged out of or beside them, the Körös-Cris and Vinča Cultures. Their similarities to the Starčevo and what innovations differentiated them. Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPo...

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 start of their middle phase. YouTube: https://youtu.be/GSzgwbOC_1Y Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod

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. This includes the Karanovo, Dudesti, Marita, Hamangia, and the Gumelnita, Primarily discussing their pottery, ceramics, and economy. Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/kWU...

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 creation myth. Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/spJPO7fpbh8

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 Proto-Indo European I just decided to limit it for this week to the origins of the theory by talking about the popular attribution of it and linguistic study to William Jones. If you would like to ski...

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 and Przewalski's horse. We also discuss some of their by products and intelligence. Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/MM95zTAG2W8

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 late mesolithic/early neolithic peoples of the Middle Volga. We cover their pottery and the evolution of their burial practices. We then discuss the emergence of the Khvalynsk culture and the mystery and...

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 agriculture and changes to their pottery. We also talk about the increase of horse bones found at their sites and the possibility of them being the first to keep domesticated horses. We also go over t...

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 Dnieper-Donets and how and why each began to transition to pastoralism and to lesser extents agriculture. Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/6a2fnPAjp_g

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 Siberia and the effects this had on the distribution of Siberian languages. We also discuss the emergence of some permanent settles set up by hunter gathers in the region. Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarA...

We're back from break sans theme until I hear back from a copyright claim. This week we go over some changes to Australia's coastal environment due to the rising sea levels and the changes this causes to some Australian art and diet. We also discuss the peopling of the Furneaux Group Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/rDeE1lG5uE4

This week we discuss the expanding role and scope of agriculture on the island of New Guinea as well as of fishing due to the rising water levels. We cover their own unique advancements further into the Neolithic. We also go over the wide variety among and disagreements about modern Papuan languages. Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/MIvg4e72eUo

There is some big speculation in this week's episode and I forgot to point that out! This week's episode we cover the peoples of the Malay Peninsula. These are the ancestors of the Senoi and Semang people. I also talk about peoples living in some of the Indonesian Islands. I mentioned them as being related to the Semang or Negrito peoples of the Malay Peninsula. That is speculation and I will go i...

This week we move into Korea and Japan to discuss the developments of the Jeulmun and Jomon as the move into their early periods. Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/k2Lcv4Aj0bo

Thank you for your patience on this week's episode. Sorry again for the delay. This week we cover a couple of versions of the Chinese creation story as well as one version of the first three rulers of the world and men. Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/PdVTQWR5FB0

This week's episode will be late! I ran into technical problems and though I have them fixed It's to late for me to get everything ready for release at our regular time.