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We’re back with Public Domain Theater 3000, where we read public domain works because we can, and no one can sue us for it.

Continuing our Neolithic theme, today we’ve got an article from 1873 that attempts to describe our species’ prehistory. Yeah, it’s more than a little racist, but it also gives an interesting peak into the minds of 19th-century thinkers.

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Main Sources

N. A. H. (1873, December). “Savage Man.” The Century Magazine, 160-171.

Maps, pics, references, and more at http://www.deadideas.net. Music and graphic design by Rachel Westhoff.

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Fun time, folks: We explore the many nutty and less-nutty ways historians throughout the ages have looked at Stonehenge and tried to imagine what in the f*** it was for.

Co-host: Andre Sólo

Time/place: Neolithic Britain, 3100 BCE

Dead idea: Building big-ass stone circles like Stonehenge

Steven J. Waller’s theory of Stonehenge as physically-immortalized acoustic interference patterns:

“Stonehenge” by Ylvis:

Main Sources

Blacket, W. S. (1883). Researches into the Lost History of America – Or the Zodiac Shown to Be an Old Terrestial Map in Which the Atlantic Isle is Delineated. London: Trubner and Co., Ludgate Hill.

Burl, A. (1979). Prehistoric Avebury. London: Yale University Press.

Burl, A. (1987). The Stonehenge People. London: J. M. Dent.

Castledon, R. (1987). The Stonehenge People: An Exploration of Life in Neolithic Britain, 4700-2000 BC. New York: Routledge and Kegan Paul, Ltd.

Diodorus Siculus. Bibliotheca Historica. Book II: 47:1-4

Geoffrey of Monmouth. Historia Regia Britannia. Book VIII: Ch. IX-XIII.

Stukeley, W. (1740). Stonehenge: A Temple Restor’d to the British Druids.

Wace, R. Roman de Brut.

Waller, S. J. (2011). “Stonehenge-like Auditory Illusion Evoked by Interference Pattern.” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 130:2352.

Watkins, A. (1922). Early British Trackways: Moats, Mounds, Camps, and Sites. New York: Cosimo Books.

Maps, pics, references, and more at http://www.deadideas.net. Music and graphic design by Rachel Westhoff.

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Do you feel like schlepping 4- to 25-ton stones across open country and stickin’ ’em in the ground is a good way to spend your time? If so, get ready to find kindred spirits! Travel back with us to Neolithic Britain, where we explore the time and culture of the builders of Stonehenge.

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co-host   Andre Sólo

time / place   Neolithic Britain, 3100 BCE

dead idea   building big-ass stone circles like Stonehenge

Youtube video: Wally Wallington moves Stonehenge-sized blocks using only Stone Age equipment:

Main Sources

Blacket, W. S. (1883). Researches into the Lost History of America – Or the Zodiac Shown to Be an Old Terrestial Map in Which the Atlantic Isle is Delineated. London: Trubner and Co., Ludgate Hill.

Burl, A. (1979). Prehistoric Avebury. London: Yale University Press.

Burl, A. (1987). The Stonehenge People. London: J. M. Dent.

Castledon, R. (1987). The Stonehenge People: An Exploration of Life in Neolithic Britain, 4700-2000 BC. New York: Routledge and Kegan Paul, Ltd.

Diodorus Siculus. Bibliotheca Historica. Book II: 47:1-4

Geoffrey of Monmouth. Historia Regia Britannia. Book VIII: Ch. IX-XIII.

Stukeley, W. (1740). Stonehenge: A Temple Restor’d to the British Druids.

Wace, R. Roman de Brut.

Waller, S. J. (2011). “Stonehenge-like Auditory Illusion Evoked by Interference Pattern.” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 130:2352.

Watkins, A. (1922). Early British Trackways: Moats, Mounds, Camps, and Sites. New York: Cosimo Books.

Maps, pics, references, and more at http://www.deadideas.net. Music and graphic design by Rachel Westhoff.

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This bonus episode is the debut of our new segment called Public Domain Theater 3000, where we read public domain works because we can, and no one can sue us for it.

Since there really isn’t much more about the Ajivika in the literature to share than we already we have, we pulled a 1924 article where an Indian American attempts to explain Indian culture to an English-speaking audience. The author is none other than Dhan Gopal Mukerji, credited as the first Indian author ever to gain wide popularity in the English language. The article is enlightening, to say the least.

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Main Sources

Mukerji, D. G. (1924, November). “Saints in Benares: Talks with Holy Men in a Holy City.” The Century Magazine, 93-100. Retrieved from: http://unz.org

Maps, pics, references, and more at http://www.deadideas.net. Music and graphic design by Rachel Westhoff.

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It’s story time: it’s the adventures of the Ajivika’s founder, Makkhali Gosala!

We read selected episodes from the Bhagavati Sutra, a text written by one of the Ajivika’s rival sects, the Jains. As you can imagine, it is not particularly friendly to Gosala. Hilarity ensures.

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co-hosts   Nick and Anna

time / place   India, 5th cen. BCE

dead idea   Reanimating dead corpses and living in them (a feature of the extinct religion called Ajivika)

Main Sources

Anguttara Nikaya.

Barua, B. M. (1920). The Ajivikas. University of Calcutta.

Basham, A. L. (1951). History and Doctrines of the Ajivika: A Vanished Indian Religion. London: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers.

Bhagavati Sutra.

Hoernle, A. F. R. (1908) “Ajivikas.” Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics, Vol. 1. James Hastings, Ed. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons.

McEvilley, T. (2002). The Shape of Ancient Thought: Comparative Studies in Greek and Indian Thought. New York: Allworth Press.

Rg Veda.

Samannaphala Sutta.

Music and graphic design by Rachel Westhoff.

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Ever feel like entering into somebody else’s dead body and walking around in it for a while? Of course, you do! Travel with us back to ancient India in the 5th century BCE, where an ascetic religion called Ajivika believed you could totally do this.

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co-hosts   Nick and Anna

time / place   India, 5th cen. BCE

dead idea   Reanimating dead corpses and living in them (a feature of the extinct religion called Ajivika)

Main Sources

Anguttara Nikaya.

Barua, B. M. (1920). The Ajivikas. University of Calcutta.

Basham, A. L. (1951). History and Doctrines of the Ajivika: A Vanished Indian Religion. London: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers.

Bhagavati Sutra.

Hoernle, A. F. R. (1908) “Ajivikas.” Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics, Vol. 1. James Hastings, Ed. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons.

McEvilley, T. (2002). The Shape of Ancient Thought: Comparative Studies in Greek and Indian Thought. New York: Allworth Press.

Rg Veda.

Samannaphala Sutta.

Maps, pics, references, and more at http://www.deadideas.net. Music and graphic design by Rachel Westhoff.

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Announcing the upcoming release of our first honest-to-goodness episode, coming September 6th! Until then, please enjoy this short intro episode that explains what in the hell this podcast is going to be about.