In this episode I speak with Dr. James Johnson, an archaeologist and expert in the ancient western Eurasian steppe. Tune in next time for more interviews on archaeology, ancient history, and prehistory. 

In this episode, I speak with my friend Molly Herron. She specializes in the archaeology of pleistocene North America, and is interested in the relationship between ancient humans and megafauna. We discuss her research identifying ivory at mammoth kill/scavenge sites, and her ongoing reexamination of the Colby Mammoth Site. 

In this episode we continue discussing the Ancestral Puebloans, a prehistoric people of the American Southwest. This time, we look at the material culture and crafts that defined their daily lives. 

In this episode we discuss the world of the Ancestral Puebloans, a prehistoric people of the American Southwest. We focus on three foundational aspects of Ancestral Puebloan life, including their agriculture, mythology, and the natural world in which they lived. The episode features a narration of a Zuni emergence myth, told by Leon Joseph Littlebird.