Tag: Barnhart

  • How I Mapped Palenque – Part 5

    This where the audio link should be. In May and June of 1999, Ed and his mapping crew were hard at work puzzling out western Palenque.  More deadly snakes, collapsed […]

  • How I Mapped Palenque – Part 4

    [buzzsprout episode=’15675042′ player=’true’] 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 visit […]

  • Tiwanaku

    [buzzsprout episode=’14984045′ player=’true’] 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.   12,500 […]

  • Copan 1997

    [buzzsprout episode=’14800528′ player=’true’] 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 tells the story […]

  • The Milky Way – Path to the Otherworld

    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 evidence for that assertion.  […]

  • Teotihuacan

    [buzzsprout episode=’14066544′ player=’true’] Teotihuacan was the most important city in all of ancient Mesoamerican history.  Despite almost 200 years of archaeology there, there’s a whole lot we don’t understand.  Join […]

  • El Dorado – Fact or Fantasy?

    [buzzsprout episode=’13687262′ player=’true’] Season 5 Episode 2 – When it comes to lost ancient cities that everyone wants to find, El Dorado runs a close 2nd to Atlantis.  Did it […]

  • S4 E8 Poverty Point

    [buzzsprout episode=’12550627′ player=’true’] 3500 years ago, Poverty Point was a thriving city of over 5000 people in the bayous of northern Louisiana.  Despite not having agriculture or even ceramics, those […]

  • S4 E7 Mapping Palenque Part 3

    [buzzsprout episode=’12346287′ player=’true’] 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 […]

  • 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. Show Notes:

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