Dr. Tirtha Mukhopadhyay of Guanahuato University in Mexico is the number one guest on the Rock Art podcast and has received a tremendous amount of interest in his research and scholarship. The good doctor will spend with us an hour on the origins and development of religion. Our conversation includes discussions on rock art, human paleontology, shamanism, animism, totemism, and neurotheology. Don't miss this amazing journey into the relationships of science and religion. Links California Rock Ar...
Sep 03, 2021•52 min•Ep. 51
The Hmong are a people spread across the world with a rich culture. Today, Alan talks to Pakou Yang and her Hmong family and ancestry. They discuss culture, religion, and celebrations. Links California Rock Art Foundation Hmong Festivals Page on Facebook Contact Chris Webster chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com Twitter: @archeowebby Dr. Alan Garfinkel avram1952@yahoo.com ArchPodNet APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https:...
Aug 20, 2021•53 min•Ep. 50
On today’s episode we interview Kari Crutcher executive director of the Ridgecrest Convention and Visitors Bureau. They are the developers and hosts of the worlds only petroglyph festival. The festival brings between 5000 and 15,000 people for a weekend of celebration. This is a remarkable gathering and one that pays homage to the Native American heritage of the area. Tune in and find out all about it. Links California Rock Art Foundation Ridgecrest Petroglyphs Festival Contact Chris Webster chr...
Aug 13, 2021•51 min•Ep. 49
Albert Knight traces his associations with rock art studies throughout his lengthy career and focuses on the nature of discovery and the most remarkable sites he has had the joy of working on. Burro Flats in the Simi Valley of southern California in Los Angeles County is akin to the Chumash rock art painted pictograph traditions. The site exhibits polychrome paintings within a rock shelter that some believe are documentation of the oral traditions and ritual activities associated with the moveme...
Aug 06, 2021•54 min•Ep. 48
Today, Dr. Garfinkel takes to Stephen O'Neil. He is a cultural and social anthropologist and archaeologist. He has been working with the Juaneno, the Native people in Orange County and around Mission San Juan Capistrano for 50 years. His efforts have preserved priceless oral histories and made discoveries through his meticulous analysis of the sacramental registries of the mission. Further, he has used this information to help deconstruct the native rock art of the region. You don't want to miss...
Jul 30, 2021•49 min•Ep. 47
Alan brings on a guest to talk about a different sort of art today - objects that are commonly known as Venus Figurines. Were they early pronographic objects used to arouse men as the first archaeologists that discovered them thought or were they symbols of fertility and used as talismen to bring forth a good birth? Stephanie Haro has been studying these and she talks about them on this episode. Links California Rock Art Foundation Contact Chris Webster chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com Twitte...
Jul 23, 2021•47 min•Ep. 46
Sandy Rogers has master's degrees in both physics and archaeology. He's used this mix of talents in the development and use of obsidian dating techniques. Links California Rock Art Foundation Contact Chris Webster chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com Twitter: @archeowebby Dr. Alan Garfinkel avram1952@yahoo.com ArchPodNet APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.inst...
Jul 16, 2021•45 min•Ep. 45
Dr. Richard Chacon, a professor at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina, has spent a lot of time living with and studying pre-contact societies. In this sense, pre-contact simply means they do not interact with modern societies on a regular basis. Dr. Chacon has some great stories and insights from his adventures. Links California Rock Art Foundation Contact Chris Webster chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com Twitter: @archeowebby Dr. Alan Garfinkel avram1952@yahoo.com ArchPodNet APN W...
Jun 25, 2021•56 min•Ep. 44
Dr. Garfinkel was invited by the History Channel to fly out to Skinwalker Ranch in northeastern Utah to talk about the features there. On this episode we get a behind-the-scenes look at filming a TV show and we learn something about the area. Links Skinwalker Ranch Episode: Carved in Stone California Rock Art Foundation Contact Chris Webster chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com Twitter: @archeowebby Dr. Alan Garfinkel avram1952@yahoo.com ArchPodNet APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on F...
Jun 18, 2021•48 min•Ep. 43
On today’s episode Dr. Garfinkel interviews an icon of North American archaeology, Dr. David Hurst Thomas. He has been a curator of prehistory at the American Museum of Natural History, New York City for nearly 50 years. Dr. Thomas discusses how he got into archaeology and some of the big discoveries that he is known for. Links California Rock Art Foundation Contact Chris Webster chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com Twitter: @archeowebby Dr. Alan Garfinkel avram1952@yahoo.com Affiliates Wildnote ...
Jun 11, 2021•42 min•Ep. 42
On today’s episode we talk about the ideas behind Dr. Garfinkel’s dissertation. He used linguistics to determine some interesting things about the early peopling of the Americans. Links California Rock Art Foundation Contact Chris Webster chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com Twitter: @archeowebby Dr. Alan Garfinkel avram1952@yahoo.com Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data f...
Jun 04, 2021•54 min•Ep. 41
Carlos Gallinger joins the podcast again as a Big Horn Sheep expert. He talks about modern migration patterns of the animal and how that can help archaeologists find petroglyphs and understand better the prehistoric people that hunted and revered them. Links California Rock Art Foundation Contact Chris Webster chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com Twitter: @archeowebby Dr. Alan Garfinkel avram1952@yahoo.com Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.ad...
May 28, 2021•54 min•Ep. 40
Dr. Alan Garfinkel has studied animal-human headdresses in the eastern Mojave desert for much of his career. These items help shamans commune with the spirit world and show the people they support that prosperity is coming. What do these date to? What were they made of? All this and more on today's episode. Links California Rock Art Foundation Contact Chris Webster chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com Twitter: @archeowebby Dr. Alan Garfinkel avram1952@yahoo.com Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeu...
May 21, 2021•51 min•Ep. 39
Bighorn sheep were and are a major source of food, religion, and spirituality in many parts of the Americas. Dr. Garfinkel has study rock art and shamanism in the Coso range of southeastern California and the surrounding area and has a lot to say on this topic. Links California Rock Art Foundation Contact Chris Webster chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com Twitter: @archeowebby Dr. Alan Garfinkel avram1952@yahoo.com Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. S...
May 14, 2021•49 min•Ep. 38
This episode is a bit different. Dr. Garfinkel discusses and sketches his latest unpublished research into some new and rather revolutionary interpretations of Coso rock art. Coso rock art is located in eastern California and represents some of the greatest concentrations of rock art in the entire Western Hemisphere. It is surprisingly realistic and representational. We will dive into ancient archaic Utoaztecan religious thought and look at the relationships between Coso the American Southwest a...
May 07, 2021•45 min•Ep. 37
The ghost dance was a revitalistic movement that was most popular in the 1870s and 1890s. The religious leaders of the ghost dance movement were religious specialists who dreamed a prophetic vision. That vision included that the world was to be remade over and that the dead would come back to life and the world would returnTo the way it was before your Americans entered their lands. To usher in that New World native people were to dance around dance for several days day and night and that by pra...
Apr 30, 2021•50 min•Ep. 36
What? That's right. Arrowheads, or as archaeologists know them, projectile points, are sometimes carved or painted on rock as parts of people. In this episode we talk about projectile-pointed people and other depictions of projectile points in rock drawings. Links California Rock Art Foundation Contact Chris Webster chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com Twitter: @archeowebby Dr. Alan Garfinkel avram1952@yahoo.com Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See ...
Apr 23, 2021•47 min•Ep. 35
In this week's episode, Dr. Alan Garfinkel interviews Kirk Astroth about new and innovative methods he used to date rock art for his masters thesis. Kirk used a combination of established methods and new technology to date panels containing prehistoric, historic, as well as modern rock art. He came to several interesting conclusions, as well as identified ways to continue developing this new direction in rock art dating. Links California Rock Art Foundation Contact Chris Webster chris@archaeolog...
Apr 16, 2021•53 min•Ep. 34
Dr. Don Liponi joins the Rock Art podcast again to talk about his ongoing work and publications regarding La Rumarosa rock art and the Kumeyaay people. His publications are bringing light to this fantastic rock art and the people that created it, and, is helping the Kumeyaay people directly. Links California Rock Art Foundation http://www.larumorosarockart.com/ http://www.ivdesertmuseum.org/ Contact Chris Webster chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com Twitter: @archeowebby Dr. Alan Garfinkel avram1...
Mar 26, 2021•51 min•Ep. 33
On past episodes we've talked about "scratched" rock art as a style. Today we're going to talk about the California and western United States expression of that style, "Numic Scratched". What is it, where do you find it, how old is it, and how is it related to women? Links California Rock Art Foundation Are Numic Scratched Rock Art Drawings Women’s Work? Coso Rock Art Within Its Archaeological Context Marks of Distinction: Rock Art and Ethnic Identification in the Great Basin The Numic Spread: G...
Mar 12, 2021•45 min•Ep. 32
David Sucec is Director of the Barrier Canyon Style (BCS) Rock Art of Utah. BCS is one of the more remarkable rock art expressions in North America. It dates from as early as 7,000 to 2,000 years ago and is mainly a polychrome painted style. The patterned expressions adorn the dramatic canyons of the spectacular Utah topography. The images are haunting and consist of very small but many times very large images of decorated and "floating" spirit figures. Sucec has dedicated over 30 years to the p...
Mar 05, 2021•52 min•Ep. 31
In archaeology there are many ways to date a site, feature, or artifact. The dating game with rock art is no different. What are some of the more common methods? Which ones aren't so common but work on some sites? Can you use other archaeological sites to date rock art panels? We talk about these topics and more on this week's episode. Links California Rock Art Foundation Contact Chris Webster chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com Twitter: @archeowebby Dr. Alan Garfinkel avram1952@yahoo.com Affili...
Feb 12, 2021•37 min•Ep. 111
In this episode we interview Arthur Cushman a neurosurgeon that specializes as well in ethnobotanical’s that have indigenous origins and he is a student of the study of the use of various means to us to achieve altered states of consciousness and will mention his experiences with respect to rock art sites in the far west fascinating and engaging. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising....
Jan 08, 2021•47 min•Ep. 29
For this episode Chris and Alan continue their basic rock art discussion. We discuss the nature and character of rock alignments, geoglyphs, intaglios, ground figures, scratched rock art, and dating of rock art. Links California Rock Art Foundation Contact Chris Webster chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com Twitter: @archeowebby Dr. Alan Garfinkel avram1952@yahoo.com Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our colle...
Jan 01, 2021•56 min•Ep. 28
Today we talk with archaeologist Shane Davis. Shane studied Belize, Pakistan, and now works with Alan in Cultural Resources Management in California. Alan asks him about his path to archaeology and the project he's worked on. Links California Rock Art Foundation Contact Chris Webster chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com Twitter: @archeowebby Dr. Alan Garfinkel avram1952@yahoo.com Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information a...
Dec 25, 2020•46 min•Ep. 27
On Episode 26 we are interviewing David Nichols, Park Archaeologist, for the National Mojave Preserve. David has a remarkable background doing fieldwork over 15 years on the Pacific Rim and in Australia but returning to his first love the Mojave Desert. This Master's thesis relates to research in the region and his job keeps him very busy managing the 1.6 million acres that is chock full of rock art of many types - paintings, drawings and related features. Much to talk about. Links California Ro...
Dec 18, 2020•51 min•Ep. 26
Today Chris interviews Dr. Garfinkel about rock art. What types are there? How is it made? What about cupules? We talk about all this and more on today’s episode. Links California Rock Art Foundation Contact Chris Webster chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com Twitter: @archeowebby Dr. Alan Garfinkel avram1952@yahoo.com Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising....
Dec 11, 2020•56 min•Ep. 25
Today Dr. Garfinkel interviews Danielle Flowers. They talk about Danielle's work doing Native American consultation. She discusses working with an understanding of Native American cosmology and world view as it relates to archaeological sites and rock art. Links California Rock Art Foundation Contact Chris Webster chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com Twitter: @archeowebby Dr. Alan Garfinkel avram1952@yahoo.com Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Find this show on the educational podcast app, L...
Nov 27, 2020•48 min•Ep. 24
Tribal archaeologist Jeremy Freeman joins us on this episode of the Rock Art Podcast. Jeremy works with the standing rock Lakota Sioux tribe in North Dakota. He talks about the management of cultural resources on their 2,000,000 acre reservation. Jeremy is currently the tribal archaeologist for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. He also teaches classes in anthropology/archaeology at Sitting Bull College and on the weekends works as an interpretive guide at On-a-Slant Mandan Indian Village at Fort Ab...
Nov 20, 2020•46 min•Ep. 23
This episode is unusual as Chris Webster interviews Dr. Alan Garfinkel about his recent work in the national Mojave preserve. Dr. Garfinkel was in the Mojave desert over the summer identifying, documenting, and evaluating world class rock art sites. In this episode he shares stories both of the documentation process, as well as other anecdotes from his time in one of the hottest places in the US! Links California Rock Art Foundation Rock Art Episode 16 - Jerman Cervera Rock Art Podcast - Archaeo...
Nov 13, 2020•54 min•Ep. 22
