Today Chris talks to the editors of a fascinating new book about animals and their representation and symbolism in ancient Mesoamerica. We talk about things like frogs that soak in water through their bellies and animals wearing clothes…and what that means! Ancient people in this area were very connected to their surroundings and observed everything with amazing clarity.
LinksA Cultural History of Glacier National Park - Ep 187
Archaeology After Dark - Ep 186
"If you can see me, weep" - Ep 185
Ancient Chinese Oracle Bones and other Ancient Writing - Ep 184
Ice Age Footprints, a Zodiac Coin, and an Ancient Script - Ep 183
New research links Native Americans with the Ancient Chinese - Ep 182
The Archaeology Variety Show Episode 2 LIVE - Ep 181
Timelines: 210 BCE - Ep 180
Stones in Circles and the Ancients that Loved Them - Ep 179
Recent Research at a Paleoindian Red Ochre quarry with Dr. Spencer Pelton - Ep 178
Shipwrecks! - Ep 177
United Tools, Drought Finds, and the Most Important Site in the World - Ep 176
Ancient Inequality, A Slave Ship and Giant Statues - Ep 175
ENOCRE: Two archaeologists visit Chichen Itza - Ep 174
The First Black Archaeologist: A Life of John Wesley Gilbert - Ep 173
Pop Culture Archaeology - The Lost City - Ep 172
Sacred Pools, Badass Prehistoric Women, and Giant Cave Art - Ep 171
Timelines: 2200 BCE - Ep 170
Tutankhamun - Excavating the Archive with Dr. Daniela Rosenow and Professor Richard Parkinson - Ep 169
In the Field with the Lagash Archaeological Project, Iraq - Ep 168
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