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This week we talk about the neolithic peoples of Southern France and Iberia after the Cardial Ware culture declined. This includes several unclassified peoples as well as areas of Switzerland and North West Italy. We go...

This week we talk about the Neolithic cultures of central Italy and their pottery, including Catignano and Ripoli and how one grew out of and replaced the other. We also discuss the Square Mouth Vase culture of northern...

This week I finish up Sicily by talking about the island of Pantelleria and the chain known as the Aegadian. We then turn to the south of the Italian Peninsula to discuss the emergence of the Capri-Lipari-Scaloria Alta...

This week we talk about the neolithic Stentinello culture as it emerges after the collapse of the Cardium Ware culture. We cover how their economy continued the spread of agriculture and herding while it also expanded...

This week we talk about the pottery and economies of two Neolithic cultures that occupied a fairly small area along the Bonsa River but that were integral in facilitating long range trade with the people further east in...

This week we finish up our look at Greece for this season by discussing the Peloponnese and a burial site that may have influenced the local religion in the classical period. We also cover the emergence of the Cardium...

This week's episode deals primarily with the etymology of the Aegean Sea and some other nearby bodies of water and the myths surrounding them. We then talked about the Cretan site of Knossos as they began to grow to...

This week we tie up a final loose end from the Balkans. We then discuss sites undergoing the transition from the Neolithic to the Chalcolithic in Anatolia including Hacilar and Beycesultan. We then move back across the...

This week we talk about the Sopot culture and it's relationship to other early neolithic faming cultures in Southern Europe before we move onto the newly emerging Chalcolithic cultures of the Balkans including the...

This week we discuss the origin of the Linear Pottery Culture along the middle Danube, and its rapid spread out of the region. We then go over its developments in its early and development phases. We did not cover its...

This week we go over more material cultures rising and developing along the Danube River Basin. We discuss the Starčevo Culture, their origins, economy, houses, pottery and figures. We also discuss two other cultures...

This week we discuss the Cucuteni-Trypillia culture. Including it's discovery and name. We go over it's origins and how they shifted from the pre phase to it's early foundations and shift into the start of their middle...

This week we went over a couple of points about Proto-Indo European I missed or got questions about. We also begin our coverage of the neolithic (and chalcolithic) cultures of the Danube river system. This includes the...

This week we go over a brief explanation of comparative linguistics before we dive into the theories of the Proto-Indo European language and its origin. We also talk about their reconstructed creation myth. Twitter/X...

The scope of this episode shifted due to a some questions I got in relation to last week's episode. So the first half of this episode ended up being a follow up on last week's. As for our coverage of Proto-Indo European...

This week we talk about Horses and their domestication. This includes the wide range of dates given when this may have happened. The make up of their herds or harems. Their relationship to the Tarpan and Przewalski's...

This week we cover the Samara and Khvalynsk cultures of the Eurasian Steppe and begin to move into the Chalcolithic. We talk about how they emerged from interactions of the Dnieper Donets and the late mesolithic/early...

This week's episode was cut short due to a power outage, but we still cover the Sredny Stog culture and its regional variation in Novodanilkova. We talk about their increasing reliance on herding and agriculture and...

This week we begin what will be a few episodes of talking about the various material cultures of Eastern Europe. This week we cover the Hunter-Gathering-Fishing peoples of the Bug-Dniester and Dnieper-Donets and how and...

This week we talk about Siberia as it's people move into the Neolithic after the final disappearance of mammoths. We also talk about waves of migrations from the south and west and migrations out of Siberia and the...

We're back from break sans theme until I hear back from a copyright claim. This week we go over some changes to Australia's coastal environment due to the rising sea levels and the changes this causes to some Australian...

This week we discuss the expanding role and scope of agriculture on the island of New Guinea as well as of fishing due to the rising water levels. We cover their own unique advancements further into the Neolithic. We...

There is some big speculation in this week's episode and I forgot to point that out! This week's episode we cover the peoples of the Malay Peninsula. These are the ancestors of the Senoi and Semang people. I also talk...

This week we move into Korea and Japan to discuss the developments of the Jeulmun and Jomon as the move into their early periods. Twitter/X: YouTube:

Thank you for your patience on this week's episode. Sorry again for the delay. This week we cover a couple of versions of the Chinese creation story as well as one version of the first three rulers of the world and men...