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The Archaeologist's Laboratory
Canada
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Videos on this channel cover activities that archaeologists carry out in the lab or fieldwork, as well as tips for archaeology grad students and young professionals. Topics range from lab health and safety, care and handling of artifacts, and making measurements on stone tools, pottery, metal, bone and shell artifacts, to plant and animal remains, geoarchaeology, stratigraphy, radiocarbon dating, artifact classification, artifact illustration, and landscape archaeology. Many of the videos complement my book, The Archaeologist's Laboratory (Springer, 2020) and were originally prepared for students in my course at University of Toronto. Since then, I've been adding material on other topics, including archaeological survey, pseudoarchaeology, thesis-writing and professional development for archaeology grad students, numismatics, and historical archaeology. I hope soon to start a series on historical walks in Toronto (likely in summer of 2024).
Toronto's 1714 Mystery Structure - John Howard's Folly
Most Torontonians are completely unaware that there's a European-made structure in Toronto that's at least 310 years old. Where it is and how it got here is the story of this video, where Christoper Wren and John Howard both play parts.
#torontohistory #toronto #historicalarchaeology #christopherwren #johnhoward
Canadian Antiquarian and Numismatic Journal, 1880: archive.org/details/series1vols09to10canj/page/n75/mode/2up
The World of Gord: www.theworldofgord.com/2012/04/gords-eye-view-of-toronto-st-pauls.html
#torontohistory #toronto #historicalarchaeology #christopherwren #johnhoward
Canadian Antiquarian and Numismatic Journal, 1880: archive.org/details/series1vols09to10canj/page/n75/mode/2up
The World of Gord: www.theworldofgord.com/2012/04/gords-eye-view-of-toronto-st-pauls.html
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Oldest Pub Crawl: Black Bull & Wheatsheaf Taverns (Historic Pub Crawl #1)
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In the first of a new series on Historical Walks in Toronto, I review the competing claims of the Black Bull and the Wheatsheaf as Toronto's oldest pub. #history #toronto #pubs #historicalwalks Chapters 00:07 Introduction 01:13 The Black Bull 07:21 The Wheatsheaf Tavern 13:33 The Wheatsheaf Construction Sequence 19:19 Comparing the Claims 21:25 Credits
Vikings in America? Evidence in the Mississippi Basin | Hoax or History
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Two of the most widely acknowledged runic inscriptions in the Americas - in Oklahoma and Minnesota - would appear to indicate that Vikings explored inland North America long before 1500. How likely is it that they're real? Jackson Crawford provides a really good analysis of the linguistic aspects of the Kensington Runestone here: ua-cam.com/video/aWvRtlyTaUc/v-deo.html For information on Pentad...
Giza and the Speed of Light
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Gary Osborne and others argue that the builders of Khufu's Great Pyramid at Giza intentionally encoded the speed of light in it by its latitude. Does that make sense?
Counting MNI
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A brief review of 3 ways to count Minimum Number of Individuals in Zooarchaeology #shorts #MNI
4 Ancestry Genealogy Archival Tricks You Probably Never Knew
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Thousands of people, including Historical Archaeologists, use Ancestry and similar platforms to research people of the past 250 years or so. But sometimes there are obstacles that make these searches unproductive. Here I provide some tips on how to get around those obstacles to find the more elusive individuals or families. Here are some useful links (note that some of them require paid subscri...
How Archaeologists Ace a Job Interview (and Get Hired!)
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Your first interview for an academic job in archaeology might have you in panic mode. Here I give you some tips on what to expect and how to plan for a successful interview. 00:05 Intro 00:54 Conference Interviews 02:29 Online (Zoom) Interviews 03:18 Campus Visit 05:34 Do Your Homework 06:03 The Job Talk 06:50 The Formal Interview 07:32 After the Campus Visit 08:12 Credits #archaeology #profess...
Publish or Perish! What to do with your Archaeology Paper
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Deciding how and where to publish your archaeological research can be very tricky. Here I provide tips on some of the things you should be thinking about when you make that decision. Here are some links you may find useful: Directory of Open Access Journals - doaj.org/ Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) - publicationethics.org/ OOIR Archeology rankings - ooir.org/journals.php?field=social s...
Disaster Docs: The Archaeology Of Climate Change
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Archaeology has a long history of explaining past cultural and economic changes by the impacts of climate change, but this has become increasingly common in the last two decades. It is important to understand the evidence for these climate changes as well as evidence for the links between them and the cultural disturbances they are purported to have caused. Simply "cherry-picking" ancient cultu...
Unleashing Your Potential: Mastering Archaeological Conference Talks
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A key aspect of professional development in archaeology is preparing and presenting papers at academic and professional conferences. In this video, I offer eight tips on things that can either weaken your presentation on make it very compelling. Chapters Intro 00:12 Powerpoint 1:04 Tip 1 - Templates 01:45 Tip 2 - Too much text 03:27 Tip 3 - Too small text 06:21 Tip 4 - To read or not to read 06...
Writing Your PhD Thesis: 8 Things Somebody Needs to Tell You
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Get through the thesis-writing process more quickly and efficiently. #archaeology #phd #professionaldevelopment #writing #tips
The Archaeologist’s Laboratory Trailer 2024
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A fun little trailer to announce some of the topics I'll try to cover in videos in 2024.
Are Those "Handbags" at Göbekli Tepe?
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Many comments on my previous video on Göbekli Tepe centered on three enigmatic symbols at the top of Pillar 43, the "Vulture Pillar." Given the interest, I produced this video to discuss the potential significance of these images, and to present an interpretation of them that I originally offered in an article in 2011. Here's a link to that article: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/66...
The Builders of Göbekli Tepe: Is This Really a Mystery?
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The Builders of Göbekli Tepe: Is This Really a Mystery?
From Famine to Fabergé: The Archaeology of Inequality
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From Famine to Fabergé: The Archaeology of Inequality
Why Fractals Are Everywhere in Archaeology
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Why Fractals Are Everywhere in Archaeology
The Forgotten Roots of Landscape Archaeology | Early Field Archaeology
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The Forgotten Roots of Landscape Archaeology | Early Field Archaeology
Secrets of Archaeological Dating: How Well Does it Work?
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Secrets of Archaeological Dating: How Well Does it Work?
Hassunan Husking Trays: An Experimental Approach
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Hassunan Husking Trays: An Experimental Approach
University of Toronto On-Campus Field Methods Course, 2021
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University of Toronto On-Campus Field Methods Course, 2021
Settlement Patterns: An Introduction to Site Pattern Analysis in Archaeology
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Settlement Patterns: An Introduction to Site Pattern Analysis in Archaeology
Archaeological Survey II: The Factors that Make or Break Surveys
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Archaeological Survey II: The Factors that Make or Break Surveys
Colonial Coinage: An Archaeologist's Guide to the Coins and Tokens of British North America
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Colonial Coinage: An Archaeologist's Guide to the Coins and Tokens of British North America
Boots on the Ground: A Crash Course in Archaeological Surveys
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Boots on the Ground: A Crash Course in Archaeological Surveys
Descriptive Statistics in Archaeology
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Descriptive Statistics in Archaeology
Interesting and intriguing video. As a Hancock fan but a believer in seeing both sides of an argument, this meant a lot to me. Appreciate it. One question: you briefly skimmed over the astronomical theories regarding the site: is there no credible evidence of alignments here? I realize this is an extremely early period in history, but I’m also aware of advanced astronomical activities being performed by supposedly barbaric people for thousands of years to the East/Northeast. Was wondering if the same things weren’t happening here…
These towers I speak of, used for astronomy and defense, date back to the third millennia BC.
Very informative, thank you!
Thanks for the nice feedback.
The handbags are bags of seeds delivered after an apocalypse
Those were our🎬 in laws
He has no idea neither has anyone else its all guesswork ...we know nothing about this ...
passenger side of a pick up truck door with part of the hood with a dear bouncing off the windshield, obvious, no ?
Fantastic and clear presentation
Thanks for the nice feedback!
So brilliant that I watched it twice. Cheers from Qld, Oz!!
Many thanks! It's great to get such positive feedback. Maybe you recognized the view in the thumbnail?
May all the gods SAVE 'our' last, genuine, great Queen. Charles is a Yankee Shadow!!
Great stuff!! A super introduction to the series. Cheers and best wishes from Qld, Australia
I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thanks!
Göbekli Tepe was most likely a shelter with a strong roof built to save a number of people and animals from an expected disaster. Any references to constellations would refer to the orbit of the planet causing the disasters. Historians can argue endlessly about what ancient people knew, because they do not accept that our planet suffers from a cycle of natural disasters that trigger a cycle of civilizations. The cycle of seven natural disasters creates a cycle of five civilizations. One of them lives "The Golden Age", which is well over 10,000 years, but the other four live much shorter as they disappear due to the next recurring cataclysm. The last long-lived and highly educated and skilled civilization disappeared about 20,000 years ago. After them lived four less developed civilizations and now we live in the middle of the next highly educated civilization. But scientists have missed or denied all information from previous civilizations. Abundant and convincing evidence about the cycle of civilizations and its timeline, recurring floods and ancient high tech can be found in the eBook "Planet 9 = Nibiru" including many pictures. Just search for: nibiru = 9
The tree is the tree of knowledge and the pine cone is the fruit from the tree of knowledge. The sages collect knowledge(pine cone represents knowledge,wisdom and the sages taught man how to makes weapons and mathematics and astrology. Sages are also called the shining ones. The Sages carried knowledge and wisdom with them. Take another look at this
If anyone could have explored America back then it would have been the Vikings.
And not the indigenous people who already lived there? They had canoes, extensive trade networks, and local knowledge.
@@thearchaeologistslaborator6591 The native people already had it explored! Maybe i should have said? "If any european people could have explored it it would have been the vikings". Saying the vikings were good at exploration does not take any credit away from what the native people had already done. The Vikings ships far more advanced than any of the native people except maybe the people of the northwest who had massive sea going boats made from cedar.
OK. Sorry that I misinterpreted your earlier post. Certainly the Vikings were excellent explorers and their reach extended from Newfoundland to Constantinople/Istanbul.
Your a shill for the legacy archeology.🤔😡
I can only guess what you mean by "legacy archaeology" but if you mean archaeology that's rooted in evidence instead of wild speculation, then I'm happy to be a "shill"
Nice video, thank you.
So nice of you. Thanks!
Those are tool bags or lunch bags
They look like flamingos or other waterfowl. These are mostly zoomorphic carvings.
Thank you for the information on the Archaeo Astronomy book. That looks very plausible.
Its definitely a depiction of constellations on pillar 43. The viewing portal in center of the structure is further supporting evidence but the depiction of a woman giving birth seals the deal, as the constellation it overlooks is none other than what we call virgo today, and the birth is testament to the times which a certain alignment happens which gives creed to Jupiter being born from the loins of Virgo. In religion, namely the Book of Revelation, verse 12 I believe describes a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon at her feet, she starts having birthing pains (Jupiter is passing through the constellation). But what makes this important is what isn't being said. The fact that the Book of Revelation is also described in a much earlier source text from the Sybilean Oracle prophecies. Its a telling of a story which happens over and over, like clockwork. Before Genesis was Revelation, and after the basic events described in Revelation come to pass, a new heaven and earth. Genesis begins again. Easter Island, some of the Moai have carvings on the backs. This was little known until recently. On the back of one Moai is also the same sky depiction. Its a date marker of about 9600BCE if nothing else. So what happened? The world got rocked is what happened and its going to happen many times over again. This is the mystery of Gobeckli Tepe.
Its true that no megalithic sites are attributed to adam and eve in biblical lore, but there is a city attributed to Cain. It was named Enoch, but keep in mind there are 2 Enochs ( one of the line of Cain, the other Seth), and it was the Enoch of the line of Cain which the city was named after.
Some of the north westerners have become ignorant of the ancient traditions of the east and forgot why they were used in the past several mysteries of the knowledge of the ancients have been decoded in 2024 many more May never be understood by the understanding of man
The serpent guard from stargate is best!
Is a hand baterie we can SEE it in the olmec monument of la venta
Don't like your tone of voice. Very disrespectful. Bye
Sorry you feel that way. I thought i was way more respectful than, say, Graham Hancock is when he accuses archaeologists of hiding the "truth".
this amateur archeologist is way off ~ those bags carry Sperm in small flax with DNA in test tubes😮😊!
The bags are DNA collection kits
The bags symbolize Noah’s 3 sons since their “bags” were the source of all humanity
Look, the British Museum holds these "bags" and that they are not. Buckets. Yes, for water. Thousands of beautiful ones exist there. All of this wild symbolic nonsense remains crazy. These were for agriculture mostly. Although for blessings possibly.
Omg ..... Car doors ..... Aliens!!!!!!
Use. Remote viewing. By talented people who already know. Never use agencies.the knowledge is he . But being surpressed on purpose.lets see who ever reads this. By the about of views and any thumbs up Compared to the rest below.wr do not live in a free world. We live in a managed world full of pupoets being manipulated.
it is no longer a mystery but a cover-up of an alternative history that the powerful circles do not want to make known, the basic premise is that evolution is not part of it, but devolution is part of it
Let's not pretend that modern archaeology is just the organisation of data and information that has discarded what does not fit and regularly practice exclusions.
Gobekli Tepe was built by the Survivors of the Great flood to honor Lord Enki. These are altars and landing pads intended for their gods the Anunnaki.
To make claims hunter gatherers had a hand in building these structures is beyond a joke 🤣 they inherited them and once they fell in to disrepair hadn’t the know how to repair them! Obviously build by a long gone advance civilisation
If you watched the whole thing, you'd know I disagree with the claim that these were built be hunter-gatherers, even though I think most people today underestimate hunter-gatherers' abilities and practical knowledge. However, despite what Graham Hancock and others have sold you, even they would admit that they don't have a shred of evidence that any "advanced civilization" existed prior to the Younger Dryas climate episode.
I believe it was a market place.
OK. But there was no market economy in those days. For example, we have no evidence that they had anything resembling money. People surely did exchange things, but probably that was mostly in the context of their social relationships.
@@thearchaeologistslaborator6591 if they were herders covering huge areas it makes sense to have a meeting place for trade. It makes sense that that could become an important place. I said market, not a market economy
Could it be the monuments were covered up because the builders were told to never build something like that and the ones who told them to never do anything like that were on their way back?
Hiding carvings of dinosaurs. Hidden away
No evidence "man" made this. Intelligently built, yes. I believe all these megalithic sites are much older than what science claims.
Fortunately, we have pretty good methods for dating ancient sites. Göbekli Tepe is not as well dated as we'd like, but it's pretty clear that it dates somewhere around 11,000 years ago.
Water buckets. No reason to amplify them to anything else.
Thanks
Great job!
Hancock is really heroic in suggesting some opposition: but not disproven by those that only accept "peer-reviewed" info. I am always amazed that "anthropologists" can construct a whole culture out of a couple finger bones and some rock chips and ignore structures that display higher technology. Creative thinkers rule.
Yes, the heroic underdog, fighting against the corrupt establishment. That's the way GH presents himself and it sells very good. And unfortunately, many people fall for it and believe they are very clever and creative in following him. Serious researchers are very careful with their interpretations of the evidence, only grifters like GH produce such fanciful stories about aliens or lost civilisations out of their behind.
Of course I have to disagree with you on this. We archaeologists don't just base our inferences on "a couple of finger bones". There are mountains of evidence from Göbekli and similar sites for what people were doing there, including literally millions of stone artifacts, animal bones, and other things related to food processing, harvesting wheat, and living their daily lives. And "peer-reviewed" really only means that there are checks to make sure that published research meets the evidentiary standards we expect, not reckless speculation. That doesn't mean that researchers can't be creative in their interpretations - and that's one reason we often disagree with one another - but we all expect there to be some evidence for our claims. People like Hancock don't rely on actual evidence. I also fail to see what "higher technology" is found here. A lot of work, sure, to move, carve, and erect these big pillars, but no high-tech required, despite what some people have told you.
Seems the mainstream archeoligists have a lot of explaining to do of their own. The reason there's so many history alternatives being proposed may have to do with all the holes archeoligists have been unable to fill in in their own take on human developement. We all have been informed these days of the resistance put up to any changes being made to the story, even going as far as to destroy careers of fellow researches with mainstream credentials. I applaud folks like Hancock for shaking things up a bit and bringing some excitement to what had become a rather dull take on prehistory, as if we already knew it all.
_…what had become a rather dull take on prehistory, as if we already knew it all._ Really no historian, archaeologist or palaeontologist is saying this. It's just a lie GH needs to make his own fables more shiny.
I would argue that the fact that archaeologists often disagree is evidence of a healthy discipline. We offer alternative explanations for things, and debate their relative merits on the basis of evidence. The difference from people like Hancock is that he is "just asking questions" but with a strong implications that he expects you to take the "question" as a fact. And he provides not one iota of evidence to support these interpretations.
@@thearchaeologistslaborator6591 Are the maps, submarine megalithic sites, disconnected global advancements in synch, and one thousand pages more, not enough evidence.? I have two peer reviewed papers that GH missed supporting construction of the Nile Complex at 14 ka.
And now the WEF is burying it !! They say they're burying it for future Generations LOL
Just to let you know, you guys are the ones saying that prehistoric humans were brutish stone age men whose existence was consistent of nothing but hunting and gathering, not people who believe the obvious truth that civilization is far older than the time of Sumer. Just some self-awareness.
Sorry to have to disagree with you, but no archaeologist I know says that Pleistocene humans were brutish or stupid. In fact, we have lots of evidence for how resourceful they were. But that doesn't mean that they had electricity, lasers, anti-gravity machines, or high-precision machining either. They were clever, but they were still hunter-gatherers and they lived in very small communities with what modern people would consider pretty basic economies.
Excellent video! Thank you!!
Excellent video! Although the explanation of erecting large blocks of stone still isn't enough to explain how the pyramid was built since simple erecting on stone beside another is far from placing them on top of each other to form a giant pyramid
This is just a gate keeping video. The funny thing is people are just eating what this guy is saying 🤣
@@KEK-dd4iu no. it's well reasoned and argumented. if you're referreing to gatekeeping sacred geometry and occult knowledge then no it isn't gatekeeping, these things discussed in the video stand on their own (bad english?). gate keeping would be not even making reasonable arguments but just ad hominem attacks to ridicule, to distract etc.
@AleXander-m1t No, it's not well reasoned it's actually logically inconsistent and even contradictory, and anything contradictory can not be the truth because there is an error in it. For instance, he admits we don't have a complete story and explanation for our history, and the guy says scientists are open to questioning things to get to the truth, but at the same time says that any "sensational" explanation is "pseudo archeology" which is a contradiction. He also shows a drawing around the 21:00 timestamp of early archaic humans and builds a strawman that alternative enthusiasts are claiming mankind in the past was primitive when that's actually what academia is saying. Furthermore, he claims humans have the capacity to build and plan. Well, if that's the case, why is it wrong to claim that humans have created civilizations many times in the past? See the logical inconsistency? Overall, this video was very shallow, and not many will question or see through what he's saying for what it is. Unfortunately, but that's not really important to be honest.
I highly recommend you check out Wally Wallerstein's videos. He can raise stones way bigger than the Giza ones all by himself with no more technology than levers, counterweights and wedges.
Sorry you feel that way. However, I did NOT say that anything that contradicts my own beliefs or interpretations is pseudoarchaeology. What makes an interpretation pseudoarchaeology is that it's not base on any testable evidence, and is often based on complete misinformation or even, in extreme cases, fraud. Archaeologists, even though they disagree about interpretations, do agree that their inferences have to be grounded in evidence.
It’s obvious that the baskets are small European cars with the wheels covered. Let’s not get too complicated with basket or building theories.
Bah…it’s more simply explained by aliens. Avoids all the fancy assumptions.
Well the site wasn't build for sure by the turks... they were in Mongolia central asia at the time...