Tag: Barnhart
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Tiwanaku
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 ft asl on […]
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Copan 1997
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 in his usual […]
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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. […]
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Teotihuacan
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 Ed for a […]
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El Dorado – Fact or Fantasy?
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 really exist? Join […]
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S4 E8 Poverty Point
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 people built North […]
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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. […]
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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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S4 E5 Mapping Palenque
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 […]
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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 […]