
S4 E7 Mapping Palenque Part 3
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 help from my friends. Support the show Support ArchaeoEd th...
1 Mar 202333min

S4 E6 Mapping Palenque Part 2
The continued story of how I mapped Palenque - still in 1998, field season 1 of 3. In this episode - forest fires, mangos, and skinny dipping. Support the show Support ArchaeoEd through Patreon! htt...
1 Feb 202340min

S4 E5 Mapping Palenque Part 1
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 strange things that happened while making the map. Support t...
1 Jan 202337min

S4 E4 The Wari
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're not alone. In this episode, I'll tell you about them and explain w...
1 Des 202238min

S4 E3 Mississippian Burial Patterns
Mississippian civilization honored its dead by laying them to rest in pyramidal burial mounds. But why? What did it mean to them and where did they get the idea to do it? In this episode, we'll dis...
1 Nov 202240min

S4 E2 Mississippian Religion
In the centuries before Columbus, millions of people lived in what's now the eastern United States. Today, we call that Mississippian Civilization. In this episode, I'll discuss what we think we kno...
1 Okt 202241min

S4 E1 Dr. Jones I Presume?
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 of them! Join Dr. Ed as he separates fact from fiction. Supp...
1 Sep 202231min

S3 E9 The Mesoamerican Ballgame
About 4000 years ago, the civilizations of Mesoamerica created the world's first team sport - older by centuries than any other. It was played with a big rubber ball, in a stone-built ball court, and...
1 Mai 202241min


















