Channel Title: Archaeology with Flint Dibble Channel Description: Sharing archaeology. From the nitty gritty to the grand. Get access to behind-the-scenes content and support making more videos by subscribing to Patreon: patreon.com/FlintDibble. Or buy a needed coffee at ko-fi.com/flintdibble Flint is an ancient historian and archaeological scientist who has conducted field work and laboratory analyses around the Mediterranean region from Stone Age caves to Egyptian tombs to Roman cities. He is collaborating with ongoing research projects at the Athenian Agora in Athens, Azoria and Knossos on Crete, Gourimadi on Euboea, and Histria in Romania. Flint currently teaches at Cardiff University. He received his PhD in Classical Archaeology from the University of Cincinnati, lectured at Dartmouth College, and held a research position at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Flint has experience sharing archaeology with diverse audiences around the world. <video> Prebunking Graham Hancock's Ancient Apocalypse Season 2 in the Americas with Prof John Hoopes Description: Interested in a scholarly response to Ancient Apocalypse Season 2 on Netflix with Graham Hancock and Keanu Reeves? We've got you covered here. With Professor John Hoopes (University of Kansas), we discuss the #realarchaeology of the Americas with a focus on topics we expect Graham Hancock to cover in season 2. Prebunking not debunking Thanks so much to Dr Hoopes for the interview, lecture slides, and bibliography. Thanks to Jonida Martini for editing and graphic design. Chapters 0:01:16 John's background and goals of this conversation 0:05:42 Peoples in Ice Age Americas. Pre-Clovis, Clovis, and more 0:24:34 Early exploration and ideas about archaeology in the Americas, and why it matters 0:37:49 Percy Fawcett in South America: Machu Picchu, Cusco, Tiwanaku, and more 0:53:20 Modern research in the Americas: on-the-ground surveys, aerial photos, and LIDAR 1:04:56 Astroarchaeology and astronomical alignments 1:06:07 Interdisciplinary approaches and public outreach https://www.real-archaeology.com 1:11:20 Archaeoastronomy, astrononomical alignments, and the Maya calendar 1:18:45 "Lost cities" of the Upanto Valley, Ecuador 1:24:15 Landscape modification and agriculture in the Amazon and South America 1:37:47 Community archaeology and descendant communities in the Americas 1:43:29 John and colleague's research in the Caribbean and Costa Rica 1:52:40 The Big Conclusion Mini-Bibliography Beach, Timothy, Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach, Duncan Cook, and Billie Lee Turner 2019 Ancient Maya wetland fields revealed under tropical forest canopy from laser scanning and multiproxy evidence. PNAS 116 (43) 21469-21477. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1910553116 Canuto, Marcello A., et al. 2018 Ancient lowland Maya complexity as revealed by airborne laser scanning of northern Guatemala. Science 361(6409). Fisher, Christopher T. 2022 Large-scale early urban settlements in Amazonia. Nature 606. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-01367-x. Fisher, Christopher T., et al. 2016 Identifying Ancient Settlement Patterns through LiDAR in the Mosquitia Region of Honduras. PLOS ONE Hansen, Richard D., Morales-Aguilar, C., Thompson, J., Ensley, R., Hernández, E., Schreiner, T., Suyuc-Ley, E. and Martínez, G. 2023 LiDAR analyses in the contiguous Mirador-Calakmul Karst Basin, Guatemala: an introduction to new perspectives on regional early Maya socioeconomic and political organization. Ancient Mesoamerica, 34(3) Heckenberger Michael J, et al. 2008 Pre-Columbian Urbanism, Anthropogenic Landscapes, and the Future of the Amazon. Science 321 Heckenberger, Michael, and Eduardo Góes Neves 2009 Amazonian Archaeology. Annual Review of Anthropology 38:1 Hernández, M., et al. 2021 Origins and spread of formal ceremonial complexes in the Olmec and Maya regions revealed by airborne lidar. Nature Human Behaviour 5(11) Inomata, T., Triadan, D., et al. 2020. Monumental architecture at Aguada Fénix and the rise of Maya civilization. Nature 582(7813) Iriarte, J., Ziegler, M.J., Outram, A.K., Robinson, M., Roberts, P., Aceituno, F.J., Morcote-Ríos, G. and Keesey, T.M. 2022 Ice Age megafauna rock art in the Colombian Amazon? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 377(1849) Morcote-Ríos, G., et al. 2021 Colonisation and early peopling of the Colombian Amazon during the Late Pleistocene and the Early Holocene: new evidence from La Serranía La Lindosa. Quaternary International 578 Neves, Eduardo G. and Heckenberger, Michael J. 2019 The call of the wild: Rethinking food production in ancient Amazonia. Annual Review of Anthropology 48(1) Prümers, H., Betancourt, C.J., Iriarte, J., Robinson, M. and Schaich, M. 2022 Lidar reveals pre-Hispanic low-density urbanism in the Bolivian Amazon. Nature, 606(7913) Roosevelt, Anna C. 2013 The Amazon and the Anthropocene: 13,000 years of human influence in a tropical rainforest. Anthropocene, 4 Roosevelt, Anna C., et al. 1996 Paleoindian cave dwellers in the Amazon: the peopling of the Americas. Science 272(5260) Rostain, Stephen, et al. 2024 Two thousand years of garden urbanism in the Upper Amazon. Science 383 Šprajc, Ivan 2023 Equinoctial Sun and astronomical alignments in Mesoamerican architecture: Fiction and fact. Ancient Mesoamerica 34(2) Šprajc, Ivan, Inomata, T. and Aveni, A.F. 2023 Origins of Mesoamerican astronomy and calendar: Evidence from the Olmec and Maya regions. Science Advances, 9(1) </video> <video> Et Cetera with Maia Lee Chin. Mythology, Latin, and Classics in today's world Description: A conversation with author Maia Lee Chin about her fantastic new book Et Cetera. We cover all kinds of topics from public scholarship, Latin, and the state of Classical Studies. Buy Et Cetera here: https://maialeechin.com/book/et-cetera/ It is a phenomenal book with great Latin phrases, beautiful illustrations, and essays in English about Latin, mythology, and history in the ancient Mediterranean world. Chapters 0:00 Introduction 1:58 Thank you to my trolls 4:31 The book Et Cetera. Content, illustrations, and organization 16:40 Updating Classics for today's world 23:44 Memory, mortality, and information in the past and today 30:00 How to make Classics more accessible and interesting? 41:11 How Maia made this book accessible and interesting! Thanks to Chip Dibble for the video editing. Keywords: Roman Empire, Rome, Greece, Isthmia, Julius Caesar, Ovid, Latin authors, Latin phrases, mythology </video> <video> Livestream: The physics of C14 dating with Dr Sam Gregson (@BadBoyofScience) #RealArchaeology Description: Join us as we discuss radiocarbon dating, from physics to its impact on #archaeology #RadiocarbonRevolution #radiocarbon Dr Gregson is a particle physicist formerly of Cambridge University in the UK. There he worked at the infamous Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest and most powerful atom smasher studying the difference between matter and antimatter. Today he is a science communicator, presenter and YouTuber who breaks down complex science topics with passion and humour. You can find him under the handle “badboyofscience” on most platforms. Links are in the description below” YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BadBoyofScience X: https://x.com/Samuel_Gregson Insta: https://www.instagram.com/thebadboyofscience/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@badboyofscience Keywords: archaeology, history, physics, science, radiocarbon, C14, history of science, Willard Libby, Colin Renfrew, pyramids, tombs, hyperdiffusionism, dendrochronology, seriation, relative chronology, absolute chronology, processual archaeology, culture history, megaliths, mass spectrometry, bayesian statistics </video> <video> High on vapors? Unraveling the geological mystery at Delphi #RealArchaeology Description: This video investigates the history and science behind the theory that there were geological vapors at Oracle of Delphi that caused the priestess (the Pythia) to go into a trance when foretelling the future. For #RealArchaeology, see https://www.real-archaeology.com Music by @bettinajoydeguzman1981 find more on her YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bettinajoydeguzman1981 Chapters 0:41 Introduction 3:39 The Corycian Cave 5:06 The Prophecies of Delphi 9:25 The Vapors of Delphi 13:38 Modern Scientific Research into the Vapors 17:41 Conclusion Songs by Bettina include: Rehearsal, Word Dance Theater. Apollo’s temple. Delphi Museum. Enjoy. 😊music: Bettina Joy de Guzman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUZ3UHM824A Moon Has Set.Sappho 168b.Bettina Joy de Guzman.Barbitos lyre. Ancient Greek.Δεδυκε μεν α Σελαννα: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84Mq-KVq9yA Song in the Corycian Cave, for the gods of Delphi. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yq2ULUjcZY Scholarly Bibliography de Boer, J.Z. and J. Hale. "The geological origins of the oracle at Delphi, Greece." https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237204624_The_geological_origins_of_the_oracle_at_Delphi_Greece A.P. Oppé. 1904. "The Chasm at Delphi." https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-hellenic-studies/article/abs/chasm-at-delphi/A0317F0A3A2C2633EE625BCAA96450AB Spiller, H., Hale, J., and J. de Boer. "The Delphic oracle: a multidisciplinary defense of the gaseous vent theory." https://www.researchgate.net/publication/11253586_The_Delphic_Oracle_A_Multidisciplinary_Defense_of_the_Gaseous_Vent_Theory Keywords: archaeology, history, ancient history, Greek archaeology, Greece, Classics, Delphi, oracle, prophecy, sanctuary, Apollo, ancient philosophy, ancient drugs narcotics entheogens, intoxication </video> <video> Ancient Apocalypse Season 2 with Graham Hancock. My Predictions. #archaeology #realarchaeology Description: </video> <video> The Internet is Filled with Fake Archaeology. #RealArchaeology Festival Promo. Oct 25-27th, 2024 Description: Check out #RealArchaeology at https://www.real-archaeology.com October 25-27th, 2024. We're joining forces across all digital platforms to share some real cool real archaeology. Factual entertainment. Organized by: Archaeology with Flint Dibble: https://www.youtube.com/@FlintDibble Digging Up Ancient Aliens: https://www.youtube.com/@diggingupancientaliens Megalith Hunter: https://www.youtube.com/@MegalithHunter Actual Archaeology with JT: https://www.youtube.com/@ActualArchaeology And Dr. Dan Fallu With support from Tristan Boyle and the Archaeology Podcast Network. https://www.https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/ YouTube Channels Participating Miniminuteman: https://www.youtube.com/@miniminuteman773 History with Kayleigh: https://www.youtube.com/@HistoryWithKayleigh World of Antiquity: https://www.youtube.com/@WorldofAntiquity Gutsick Gibbon: https://www.youtube.com/@GutsickGibbon Ancient Americas: https://www.youtube.com/@AncientAmericas Ancient Architects: https://www.youtube.com/@AncientArchitects Dig It with Raven: https://www.youtube.com/@DigItWithRaven NORTH 02: https://www.youtube.com/@NORTH02 Dr. Smiti Nathan: https://www.youtube.com/@smitinathan David Ian Howe: https://www.youtube.com/@davidianhowe Inside Archaeology: https://www.youtube.com/@Inside_Archaeology Archaeology Tube: https://www.youtube.com/@ArchaeologyTube Nathanael Fosaaen: https://www.youtube.com/@NathanaelFosaaen Tales from Aztlantis: https://www.youtube.com/@TalesFromAztlantis Peopling the Past: https://www.youtube.com/@peoplingthepast7268 The Prehistory Guys: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePrehistoryGuys The Fake History Hunter: https://www.youtube.com/@fakehistoryhunter Illinois Simpson Archaeology: https://www.youtube.com/@dfsj381 Crecganford: https://www.youtube.com/@Crecganford The Dirt Diaries: https://www.youtube.com/@styxandbonespodcast Archeomilla: https://www.youtube.com/@Archeomilla Recording Archaeology by Open Past: https://www.youtube.com/@TaleE-library Lady of the Library: https://www.youtube.com/@CinziaDuBois Adam Morgan Ibbotson: https://www.youtube.com/@AdamMorganIbbotson Ellie Mackin Roberts: https://www.youtube.com/@EllieMackinRoberts Into the Dust Archaeology: https://www.youtube.com/@Into_the-Dust_Arch Movies We Dig: https://www.youtube.com/@MoviesWeDig The Tel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheTel Archeo Wallace: https://www.youtube.com/@Archeo_Wallace Tholos History: https://www.youtube.com/@tholoshistory ArcheoTravelers: https://www.youtube.com/@archeotravelers The Crewe of the Fancy: https://www.youtube.com/@thecreweofthefancy Screens of the Stone Age: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mwExZNIO3k&list=PLzzOAyef3DypZIWGV2M7uvC30BEltDBXn Plus, we'll be on podcasts, TikToks, blogs, Insta, X, and more! Video production, editing, and graphic design by Jonida Martini Background song is "Greaser" by @TrackTribe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u34ED7acdZk </video> <video> A Public Letter to Joe Rogan from Flint Dibble Description: Joe Rogan has called me a liar. This video is my response. JRE #2136. The "debate" between archaeologist, Dr. Flint Dibble, and speculative fiction author, Graham Hancock: https://youtu.be/-DL1_EMIw6w?si=FL49BPXu-1dpbnIJ Montage of everytime fiction author, Graham Hancock, changed his glasses during JRE #2136: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Chl0lG65g8&t=1s Thank you for all the support I've received from thousands of Graham Hancock's former fans. Thanks for the support I've received from thousands of people interested in archaeology, history, and science. Thanks for the support I've received from ALL of my colleagues. Anti-intellectualism is the real cancel culture. Note, a quick correction, the live Joe Rogan standup clip was from 2012, not 2017. Just a silly mistake. Thanks to Jonida Martini for video editing and graphic design. Several people provided valuable feedback in producing this video. Thanks to all of them. Tristan Boyle (@archaeologypodcastnetwork) Bill Farley @ArchaeologyTube Dan Fallu Zeke Darwin (@ZekeDarwinScience) Chris Kavanagh (@decodingthegurus) Sam Gregson (@BadBoyofScience) John Hoopes Brent Lee (@somedarecallitconspiracy) Milo Rossi (@miniminuteman773) Charles Sturge Fredrik Trusohamn (@diggingupancientaliens) Chapters 0:00 Dear Joe Rogan 3:15 Addressing the Claims 10:17 The Context 14:32 The Harassment 23:44 The History 27:56 The Receipts 40:04 Coda: Checking Graham Hancock's math keywords: archaeology, archeology, pseudoarchaeology, metallurgy, ice cores, Ice Age, prehistory, history, alternative history, misinformation, agriculture, domestication, paleolithic, sahara, public debate, JRE, joe rogan experience podcast </video> <video> Big Archaeology Ep1. 25k and Common Sense Archaeology Description: Archaeology Livestream 1) Some thoughts on where the channel is going. Thanks to subs, members, and patrons! 2) Some plugs. Especially for #RealArchaeology 3) How do archaeologists interpret archaeological evidence? 4) Q&A </video> <video> #RealArchaeology Chat with Dr Chris Stringer about paleoanthropology and Neandertals Description: Join us as we discuss the cutting edge of paleoanthropology and Neandertal topics for the #RealArchaeology online festival, Friday Oct25th 1pm UK time - 2pm UK time. https://www.real-archaeology.com Dr Chris Stringer is an archaeologist and physical anthropologist who has worked on topics in human evolution for several decades. He is well known for the recent Out of Africa theory, his numerous studies of fossils, and his public engagement, sharing our human past with all people. For more #RealArchaeology, check out other content on https://www.real-archaeology.com </video> <video> Introduction to #RealArchaeology with JT Lewis Description: Join us as we introduce the #RealArchaeology online festival, Friday Oct25th 3pm UK time - 4pm UK time. https://www.real-archaeology.com JT Lewis (@ActualArchaeology) is a co-organizer of #RealArchaeology and a PhD candidate in anthropological archaeology at the University of Oklahoma. His PhD research focuses on the history of Indigenous peoples in southeastern North America For more #RealArchaeology, check out other content on https://www.real-archaeology.com </video> <video> The dining room of the Casa del Frutetto at Pompeii #realarchaeology #archaeology Description: triclinium. garden. ancient dining. archaeology </video> <video> #RealArchaeology Chat with Dr Ken Feder about addressing pseudoarchaeology Description: Join us as we discuss the importance of addressing pseudoarchaeology for the #RealArchaeology online festival, Friday Oct25th 6pm UK time - 7pm UK time. https://www.real-archaeology.com Dr Ken Feder is an archaeologyst and public scholar, noted for his popular archaeology books, including Ancient America: Fifty Archaeological Sites to See for Yourself and, the topic of our conversation: Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology. His archaeological fieldwork has focused in the Northeast United States. For more #RealArchaeology, check out other content on https://www.real-archaeology.com </video> <video> The First Peoples in the Americas. Ancient DNA with Dr Jennifer Raff #RealArchaeology Description: Thanks to Dr Raff for the interview and for sharing the slides from one of her lectures to illustrate the video. Check out Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas. https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jennifer-raff/origin/9781538749715/?lens=twelve Editing by Jonida Martini Chapters 0:00:53. Introduction to Dr Raff and her interest in archaeogenetics 0:04:45. Updates, improvements, and new methods in the field of ancient DNA 0:07:12. Challenges and limitations to collecting ancient genomes 0:10:00. Contamination and ancient DNA laboratory set-ups 0:14:32. Dr Raff's interest and introduction to the topic of the peopling of the Americas 0:17:21. Clovis first and pre-Clovis models for the first Americans 0:26:35. Do things keep getting older? Archaeology and headlines 0:30:09. How geneticists examine migration, dispersal, and the first Americans 0:36:36. Modern DNA and ancient DNA. Updating and improving genetic models 0:39:55. Peoples in Beringia. Isolation, refugia, and populations 0:47:51. Peoples moving from Beringia into North and South America 0:54:06. How to date when two lineages last shared a common ancestor 0:57:20. Chronology for the peopling of the Americas: archaeology and DNA 1:01:42. Ethics and ancient DNA research. Permissions, ancestors, stakeholders, and science 1:08:45. Science, archaeology, history, mythology, and identity 1:12:07. Correcting the worst public misconception about DNA: there is no genetic purity. 1:14:25. Population Y: controversies and explaining the evidence 1:21:25. Exciting to look forward to what comes next For more #RealArchaeology coming Oct 25th-27th, see www.real-archaeology.com For more depth, Dr Raff recommended checking out this article: Willerslev and Meltzer 2021. "Peopling of the Americas as inferred from ancient genomics." https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03499-y Keywords: Ancient DNA, aDNA, archaeogenetics, Genetics, First Americans, Peopling of the Americas, Clovis first, pre-clovis, archaeology, prehistory, history, Beringia, haplogroup, Indigenous Americans, archaeological ethics, ancestry, debunking, alt-history, fake history, real archaeology, evidence-based-content, Jennifer Raff, Flint Dibble </video> <video> #RealArchaeology Sunday Stream Description: Join Flint as he talks archaeology. Oct 27th, 4pm UK/12pmEDT - 7pm UK/3pm EDT. 4pm UK/12pm EDT: Fredrick Trusohamn (@diggingupancientaliens). UAAP Unexplained Ancient Aliens Phenomena 5pm UK/1pm EDT: Nathaniel Fossaaen (@NathanaelFosaaen ) Human behavioral ecology 6pm UK/2pm EDT: Bill Farley (@ArchaeologyTube)and Carl Feagans (@carlfeagans7583). Archaeology and social media Support the channel by becoming a channel member, sending a super thanks, or with support at https://www.patreon.com/flintdibble or at https://www.ko-fi.com/flintdibble </video> <video> #RealArchaeology Saturday Stream Description: Join Flint as he talks archaeology. Oct 26th, 3pm UK/10am EDT - 8pm UK/3pm EDT. 3pm UK/10am EDT: Dr Holly Walters. Shaligram stories in an ammonite world 4pm UK/11am EDT: Dr Hannah Moots. Genetic history of the ancient Romans 5pm UK/noon EDT: AMA on r/askhistorians 6pm UK/1pm EDT: David Ian Howe. Stories about old dogs 7pm UK/2pm EDT: Dr Marijke Stoll. Quetzalcoatl Support the channel by becoming a channel member, sending a super thanks, or with support at https://www.patreon.com/flintdibble or at https://www.ko-fi.com/flintdibble </video>

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Sharing archaeology. From the nitty gritty to the grand.

Get access to behind-the-scenes content and support making more videos by subscribing to Patreon: patreon.com/FlintDibble. Or buy a needed coffee at ko-fi.com/flintdibble

Flint is an ancient historian and archaeological scientist who has conducted field work and laboratory analyses around the Mediterranean region from Stone Age caves to Egyptian tombs to Roman cities. He is collaborating with ongoing research projects at the Athenian Agora in Athens, Azoria and Knossos on Crete, Gourimadi on Euboea, and Histria in Romania.

Flint currently teaches at Cardiff University. He received his PhD in Classical Archaeology from the University of Cincinnati, lectured at Dartmouth College, and held a research position at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

Flint has experience sharing archaeology with diverse audiences around the world.

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