Warfare, Advancement, and Revisionism

Warfare, Advancement, and Revisionism

by Thomas Preston Floyd

Government History Social Sciences

Season 4

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

Rowing to the Caribbean and the Archaic Isthmo-Colombia

This week I answer a listener question and we discuss the peoples living to the south of the Yucatan peninsula, their lifestyle, as well as regional strengths and challenges that it presents to this lifestyle. We also discuss how people from this region row into the Caribbean Sea and were the first people to land in the Greater Antilles. We also go over the etymology of the region. Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/97WFBmUxdAU

The Mesoamerican Archaic

This week we talk about two regions of what is now Mexico, the Tehuacán and Oaxaca Valleys. I discuss how each of these regions show clear evidence of continued hunter gather economies steadily beginning to embrace early domesticated strains of local cucubrita, beans, fruits, nuts as well as teosinte (zea maize) from the nearby Balsas River basin. I also discussed the science article about dating at an important South American site in Chile: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adw9217?utm_campaign=ScienceMagazine&utm_medium=ownedSocial&utm_source=twitter Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/jC4PD1vkqYU

The Archaic Southeast, The Oshara, and The Picosa

This week we talk about two Archaic traditions that emerged in the American Southeast, the Eva culture of Tennessee and the Mount Taylor tradition of Florida. We then talk about our last material cultures/traditions in what is now the United states before moving South. Twitter/X:https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/4I5jGo6ItRk

The Old Copper Culture and the Plains Archaic

This week we talk about the Old Copper Culture in the Great Lakes region as well as changes taking place in Great Planes. We also talk about population estimates. Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/yN6k33mCsL4

The Millingstone Horizon

This week we cover the Millingstone Horizon or the Encinitas Tradition that emerged in what is modern Mexico and the Southern Western US. We also touch on the San Dieguito complex or Pinto Tradition. Twitter/X:https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/pZHJAuNBd9U

The Eruption of Mount Mazama and Language Families of the West Coast

This week we discuss the religious and mythological stories surrounding the the eruption of Mount Mazama passed down by the Klamath people whose ancestors were living in the area. We also discuss the creation myth of the Modoc, a people speaking a related language. We also go over other language families that originated in Northwestern North America. Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/19hiXvVXEr8

The Paleo-Arctic Tradition

This week I deal with having to re-record an episode and slowly lose my mind as I talk about about the Paleo-Arctic Tradition of North America. This includes but is not limited to the ancestors of the speakers of the Eskaleut (Inuit-Yupik-Unangan) language family. Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/UglNSkc-XZw

The Arrival of the Neolithic into Britain and Ireland

This week we cover the final phase of the Mesolithic in the British Isles and the arrival of neolithic farmers and pastoralists reach the island. Twitter/X:https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/YQgR1t8QUWY

Mesolithic Remnants in the Baltic and Eastern Europe

This week we talk about the Mesolithic hunter gathers living in and around the Baltic coast and the rivers flowing into them as the area became more livable after climate change. Twitter/X:https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube:https://youtu.be/lwMx6xUBhiY

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