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Archaeologist Dr. Ed Barnhart talks about ancient civilizations of the Americas. You know, the one's western history books spend a page or two discussing. A new episode on the 1st of every m...
Chavin de Huantar, high up in the Peruvian Andes, was once thought to be Andean Civilization's "mother culture". It's not. But is...
Cabeza de Vaca was a Spanish conquistador who was shipwrecked in Florida in 1527 and walked his way to Mexico. He and his companions were lo...
The final chapter of How I Mapped Palenque! In this episode the team photo documents Palenque's hidden architecture, Ed drives an invis...
In this episode, the mapping crew explores eastern Palenque, finding a hidden waterfall and a massive building hiding right next to a touris...
Part 8 of the story behind the Palenque Mapping Project. In this episode, the team climbs waterfalls, encounters a Maya giant, and maps thei...
Part 7 in the 9 part story of how I mapped Palenque. In this episode, you'll hear about hidden caves, feats of ancient hydraulic engine...
What was the nature of Ancestral Pueblo religion? That question is more difficult than you may expect. Join Ed as he sorts through the theor...
The Ancestral Pueblo of what's now called the American Southwest mastered the art of living in dry and arid conditions. Their ability t...
Does it bother you when people use a bunch of industry specific jargon to make themselves sounds smart? Join Ed as he explains some archaeol...
Story time at ArchaeoEd. Once upon a time, Ed almost lost his life on an Indian reservation in Wyoming. Support the show Support ArchaeoEd t...
Rapa Nui is one of the world's most remote islands and home to an amazing ancient civilization. Actually not that ancient - the Rapa Nu...
Cuzco was the capital city of the ancient Inca Empire. Set in a lush valley high up in the Andes, it was arguably the most sophisticated cit...
Inca creation stories speak of previous eras, floods, and the eventual creation of the best of peoples - the Inca. Four brothers and four si...
Nestled in the Valley of Mexico, the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan was the largest city ever built in the pre-Columbian Americas. Its daily...
The Aztecs were Mesoamerica's mightiest empire. But how did they get there? Well, it all started in a place called Aztlan. Support the...
In the summer of 1999, Ed and crew were risking life and limb to map the western side of Palenque. More snakes, more fantastic discoveries,...
In May and June of 1999, Ed and his mapping crew were hard at work puzzling out western Palenque. More deadly snakes, collapsed tombs, and 1...
The year was 1999. Ed and his crew started year two of the Palenque Mapping Project. Ed recounts the story - snakes, pyramids, tombs, and a...
The ancient city of Tiwanaku ruled the Southern Andes for 1000 years. From the Pacific Ocean to the Amazon, their empire spread far and wide...
In 1997, Ed was part of the excavations that discovered the tomb of Copan's first ruler - Yax K'uk' Mo'. Join him as he...
There were multiple militaristic civilizations in the ancient Americas. In this episode, Ed talks about their rise to power and weapons of c...
Linda Schele was the most influential Mayanist of her time - some would say of all time. Ed had the good fortune to be counted among her gra...
All over the ancient Americas, from Chile to Alaska, the Milky Way was seen as the path to the otherworld. Join Ed as he explains his eviden...
Teotihuacan was the most important city in all of ancient Mesoamerican history. Despite almost 200 years of archaeology there, there's...
Day of the Dead is a captivating and globally celebrated holiday. Accompany Ed on a journey through its rich origins, his personal encounter...
When it comes to lost ancient cities that everyone wants to find, El Dorado runs a close 2nd to Atlantis. Did it really exist? Join Ed as he...
Ever wonder how Ed became an archaeologist? Well here's the story. The year was 1990 and the place was Copan, Honduras. A field school...
Fact - Peru's first pyramids are earlier than Egypt's Not only did they start earlier, they were built for centuries longer. Join...
3500 years ago, Poverty Point was a thriving city of over 5000 people in the bayous of northern Louisiana. Despite not having agriculture or...
The final chapter of the Palenque Mapping Project, Season 1. More snakes, more temples, and a robbery at gun point! I got by with a little h...
The continued story of how I mapped Palenque - still in 1998, field season 1 of 3. In this episode - forest fires, mangos, and skinny dippin...
From 1998 to 2000, I led the Palenque Mapping Project. In this episode I'll share the behind the scenes story of how I got the job and...
The Wari were a civilization of 100's of 1000's of people living in the Andes between 500 and 1000 CE. Never heard of them? You&ap...
Mississippian civilization honored its dead by laying them to rest in pyramidal burial mounds. But why? What did it mean to them and where d...
In the centuries before Columbus, millions of people lived in what's now the eastern United States. Today, we call that Mississippian C...
For most people, Indiana Jones is the archetypal archaeologist. But is he? Indie is a lot of things, but a good archaeologist isn't one...
About 4000 years ago, the civilizations of Mesoamerica created the world's first team sport - older by centuries than any other. It was...
In this episode I'll ask the age old question - who's a good dog? Dogs were man's best friend in Americas for 1000's of...
Ancient Americans consumed a number of plants that Western society now view as "drugs". But to the ancients, they weren't just plants....
The Olmecs are widely considered Mesoamerica's "mother culture". In this episode I'll talk about that amazing civilization's...
Moises Morales was a legend in Mexico. His contributions to our knowledge and the protection of the Maya ruins of Palenque are unparalleled....
The 260 day calendar of Mesoamerica is its oldest and most enduring measurement of time. In this episode I'll explain how it works, wha...
The Mogollon are a little known ancient civilization of the American Southwest. But you probably know them and just don't know you know...
The Moche were an amazingly advanced civilization who lived along Peru's northern coast from about 100 to 750 CE. In this episode, I&ap...
The Fanged Deity is a ubiquitous character in ancient Andean art. His identity as the same creator deity over thousands of years, through mu...
Part two of the last episode. Stories of my 3rd and 4th seasons mapping Ma'ax Na and some other crazy stuff that happened in my career...
Back in the 1990's, I discovered the ancient Maya city of Ma'ax Na in the remote jungles of Northwestern Belize. This podcast tell...
The moment of contact between Europe and the Americas in the 15th century brought with it a host of infectious diseases. The result was the...
The Inca Khipu - knotted string records of the Inca Empire. The amazingly organized Inca civilization of over 10 million people was kept run...
Chaco Canyon is without doubt the finest ancient architecture within the modern United States. The Ancestral Pueblo built it over a 300 year...