Warfare, Advancement, and Revisionism

The Chinchorro, their Mummies, and Monte Verde

This week's episode we discuss the site of Monte Verde in southern Chile and some recent controversy surrounding the site's dating. We also talk about the brutal Atacama Desert and how this environment led the fishers moving through the region to develop several forms of mummification throughout their long history in the region. For this season that covers natural mummification as well as the black mummy method. The Science article about Monte Verde in Chile: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adw9217?utm_campaign=ScienceMagazine&utm_medium=ownedSocial&utm_source=twitter [https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adw9217?utm_campaign=ScienceMagazine&utm_medium=ownedSocial&utm_source=twitter] Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod [https://x.com/WarAdRevPod] YouTube: https://youtu.be/_bvrhkJ2ql0 [https://youtu.be/_bvrhkJ2ql0]

The Seeds of Andean Agriculture

This week we look at three areas in what is now Peru that are beginning to see the rise of sedentary agricultural life. This includes the river valleys of the Sechin/Casma, the Rio Grande of the Ica Region, and the water basin of Lake Titicaca. We also cover some of the cave art being painted in Andean rock shelters in what is now Bolivia. Twitter/X:https://x.com/WarAdRevPod [https://x.com/WarAdRevPod] YouTube: https://youtu.be/I3ws9-jDqdQ [https://youtu.be/I3ws9-jDqdQ]

The Las Vegas Culture

This week I correct a terrible omission I made last week and focus on the Las Vegas Culture of Ecuador. This covers their transition from semi sedentary hunter-gatherer-fishers to incipient agriculture. As well as their development of communal burial and feasting. I also cover the tale of the Lovers of Sumpa. A tale some attribute to the Las Vegas Culture. YouTube: https://youtu.be/xyeXmtaHAU8 [https://youtu.be/xyeXmtaHAU8] X/Twitter: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod [https://x.com/WarAdRevPod]

Archaic Altiplano and Rock Shelters

This week we talk about the earliest pottery in South America, and we also cover several sites in the modern country of Colombia's Altiplano region including El Abra, We then move south to discuss several long lasting rock shelter hunting camps in modern Peru. Also I made a mistake around the 22:45 mark and mentioned the border of Ecuador and Chile when I obviously meant the Peru Chile border. Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod [https://x.com/WarAdRevPod] YouTube: https://youtu.be/pz0F2spjda8 [https://youtu.be/pz0F2spjda8]

Central America, The Darién Gap, and Colombian DNA Mystery

The YouTube Episode will be Delayed this week. Clipchamp has failed me and will not load. I will try and edit it tomorrow morning, but worst case I'll just upload it directly from here. I want to get you all the pictures though. This week we talk about the Archaic Central America and Colombia. Including a newly discovered DNA mystery in Bogotá. Here is the link to the Smithsonian [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-dna-reveals-mysterious-new-group-of-humans-in-colombia-with-no-genetic-ties-to-people-today-180986819/]