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archaeological oddities discussing the odd ways in which archaeology crops up in pop culture skip to content archaeological oddities discussing the odd ways in which archaeology crops up in pop culture menu home about archaeological oddities contact the birth of a new era back in 2012 there was a roiling debate amongst those who believed that the conclusion of the 13th baktun of the maya long count calendar represented a significant event the question was did this momentous moment signal apocalypse or instead a moment of rebirth while popular media outlets and hollywood focused on the apocalyptic interpretations continue reading the birth of a new era may 10 2017 2012 archaeology maya maya calendar pseudoarchaeology leave a comment the lost city of iximaya today i have a different type of lost city to talk about the lost city of iximaya this legendary city is said to have been home to a vibrant maya population that was never conquered by the spanish deep in the jungles of the yucatan peninsula these maya natives continued their lives unchanged by the continue reading the lost city of iximaya may 2 2017 may 8 2018 adventure archaeology lost city public archaeology leave a comment archaeoastronomy meteor showers mass extinction what does the fox say and what the crane the aurochs if you have been hearing about gobkeli tepe constellations and comets in the news lately check out what the archaeologists from the site have to say april 23 2017 leave a comment archaeology oddities and tropes today archaeological oddities turns one week old such a milestone thank you to all of you who have stopped by checked out the site and read my posts on this momentous anniversary i would like to take stock of what i see to be the purpose of this blog and just what it is i ve continue reading archaeology oddities and tropes april 23 2017 april 23 2017 archaeology atlantis indiana jones pseudoarchaeology public archaeology leave a comment the secret identity of hawkman every good super hero needs a secret identity superman can explain his presence at major events as reporter clark kent wonder woman can avoid attention passing as mild mannered diana prince and of course batman can explain away virtually anything as millionaire playboy bruce wayne the function of a secret identity is not only to continue reading the secret identity of hawkman april 22 2017 april 22 2017 adventure archaeology comicbooks dc hawkman public archaeology leave a comment public archaeology twitter conference 2017 the first annual public archaeology twitter conference is coming up on friday april 28th and yours truly will be there tweeting about the lore of lost cities the conference has been organized by lorna richardson lornarichardson and will feature professor shawn graham electricarchaeo and dr colleen morgan clmorgan as key note speakers more than 50 continue reading public archaeology twitter conference 2017 april 21 2017 april 21 2017 archaeology public archaeology twitter leave a comment the danger of lost city tropes archaeology enjoys a place of some prominence in popular media major news outlets often pick up and run stories about recent archaeological discoveries perhaps as light hearted asides between more serious stories but nonetheless these stories form the core of what most popular audiences see as serious archaeological research media outlets however have developed an continue reading the danger of lost city tropes april 19 2017 april 19 2017 archaeology lost city skepticism 2 comments so you want to be a hero pop culture today is heavily influenced by gaming increasingly that term refers specifically to video games but for some of us it still holds broader connotations of board games and ultimately table top role playing games regardless of your preferred gaming medium it turns out that archaeology is a frequent and popular theme throughout the continue reading so you want to be a hero april 17 2017 april 17 2017 adventure archaeogaming archaeology leave a comment european distortions of mesoamerica when europeans first arrived in the new world it was a profoundly strange moment as far as the people of europe were concerned they had a good understanding of world history both from the bible and the variety of classical greek and roman histories that had survived the ages encountering new continents chock full of people continue reading european distortions of mesoamerica april 16 2017 april 17 2017 aztec mesoamerica leave a comment archaeologists and dinosaurs archaeologists don t do dinosaurs right except there was that one time when charles di peso was called down to mexico to investigate the acambaro figurines which just so happened to feature humans riding dinosaurs hold your breath because coming up next month yours truly will seek to answer that age old question did man continue reading archaeologists and dinosaurs april 16 2017 april 16 2017 archaeology dinosaurs leave a comment posts navigation older posts authors david s 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