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Nathanael Fosaaen
United States
Приєднався 6 вер 2013
My name is Nathanael Fosaaen. I've been a professional archaeologist since I graduated from Appalachian State University in 2012, and I received my M.A. From UT Knoxville in 2022. I've worked on and occasionally supervised archaeological excavations from Alaska to Ireland, but most of my work has been concentrated in the Southeast of the United States. Over the years I've become increasingly frustrated by the lack of attention that the accomplishments of Native American Peoples get in both the global academic community, and ESPECIALLY the general public. So, this channel is designed to provide anyone who is interested in archaeology an easy starting point for as many subjects as I can think of to provide.
Instagram: nfosaaen_archaeology
IF YOU HAVE A SITE OR ARTIFACTS TO SHOW, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR STATE ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY, NOT ME.
They will know the material of your region better than I will, and will have at least as much experience and training.
Instagram: nfosaaen_archaeology
IF YOU HAVE A SITE OR ARTIFACTS TO SHOW, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR STATE ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY, NOT ME.
They will know the material of your region better than I will, and will have at least as much experience and training.
Excavating Archaeological Sites in Dungeons and Dragons
This is gonna be a weird one. I gave this presentation at the 80th meeting of the Southeastern Archaeological Conference in Williamsburg VA this fall. It covers a system I designed for a group of players to excavate archaeological sites within the Dungeons and Dragons world, so that instead of the Dungeon Master just telling players lore based on dice rolls, the players have to uncover evidence and interpret it to figure out lore on their own.
I'm working on putting my DM's notes and the .xcf files together so anyone interested can play this first module themselves. I'll put the link here and advertise it on instagram when it's available.
IG: @nfosaaen_archaeology
I'm working on putting my DM's notes and the .xcf files together so anyone interested can play this first module themselves. I'll put the link here and advertise it on instagram when it's available.
IG: @nfosaaen_archaeology
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Decaying Bones, the Flesh of Memory: Zooarchaeology at the Williams Spring Village
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This is the third installment of my summary of the Williams Spring site in northern Alabama near the Tennessee River. Here I talk about what we learned from the animal remains found at the site. This is being uploaded as part of #RealArchaeology weekend. Go check out real-archaeology.com. but if you don't want to jump into the middle of the story, check out parts 1 and 2 linked below Williams S...
Archaeological Pottery at the Williams Spring Site: Back in the Village pt. 2
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Ceramics are definitely my weakest subdiscipline in archaeology, and that's mostly because this site is the only one where I've dealt with it extensively. This is the second installment of my series on the Williams Spring site, which is a terminal Middle Woodland period village site near the Tennessee River in northern Alabama. You can find the link to part 1 down below. Williams Spring pt. 1: ...
Back In The Village: The Biggest Site I've Ever Excavated (That I Can Talk About)
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Williams Spring is a late Middle Woodland village site on Redstone Arsenal near the Tennessee River. It's a site where I really cut my teeth as a professional. I was the block supervisor during the excavations, I wrote sections of the 5 volume report, I helped with the lithic analysis. I'm all over it. This is the first video in what I hope will be a series dealing with the site in as much deta...
Copper vs Stone Axes in the Archaic Great Lakes and Beyond
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Note: I keep calling the axes type IV-C when they're actually type VI-C Lanna Crucefix 2001: "Copper Use in the Old Copper Complex: A Comparative Analysis of Wittry VI-C Copper Axes and Three-Quarter Grooved Stone Axes: Abstract: A design theory approach was used to determine whether the copper axes of the Old Copper Complex (a Middle Archaic cultural complex located in the Upper Great Lakes re...
Experimental Archaeology: Making a Middle Archaic Bone Pin with Stone Tools.
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This wee project was inspired by the 1997 Richard Jefferies paper "Middle Archaic Bone Pins: Evidence of Mid-Holocene Regional-Scale Social Groups in the Southern Midwest." Much like bannerstones, these bone objects are elaborately decorative and have a very restricted region of use. The chronology of these artifacts has been evaluated by Andrew White in his " Temporal Variation in Late Middle ...
Ancient Copper Mining at Lake Superior, Geoscience, & the Book "Great Water" with Dr. David Pompeani
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Dr. Pompeani joined me to talk about his research on indigenous North American copper mining, the Archaic Old Copper Complex, how the Phoenicians learned sailing and how to use copper from Native American explorers, the history of research on the subject, and his new book “Great Water” which you can order here: www.amazon.com/Great-Water-Lost-Mines-Superior/dp/B0CZLYSFNQ You can see what David ...
Why Archaeology Programs Fail to Prepare Students for Their Careers: Discussions with JT Lewis
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First off, JT and I want to help young archaeologists succeed in their career. Please feel encouraged to talk to us and ask for guidance. You can find me on Instagram at @nfosaaen_archaeology and JT is on twitter @jtlewis_arch. We'd love to make contact and help you find your way. My colleague JT Lewis sat down with me to talk about how University archaeology programs are failing to prepare the...
Archaeologist Recap of the Hancock v. Dibble Debate and the 89th SAA Conference.
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The archaeology world had two events this weekend. The 89th Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology in New Orleans, and the Graham Hancock vs. Flint Dibble debate on Joe Rogan. I enjoyed both thoroughly. This is a very informal, somewhat rambling recap of what I found noteworthy about each. NOTE: When I recorded this I had just gotten done with an 8 hour drive after 4 days of non-stop a...
Blood, Crops, and Weaving in Ancient Appalachia: Archaeology of Archaic Women in East Kentucky
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This is a summary of a paper that had a lot of influence on the theoretical frameworks I use to interpret archaeological sites, as much for what it does right as for what I think it does very wrong. That's ok. Sometimes working through unfounded lines of evidence will guide you in a good direction. Don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan. Cheryl Claassen 2011 Rock Shelters as Women's Retreats: Unders...
Amidst the Dust and Ash: Rethinking the Archaeology of Caves in Eastern America
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Several people had issues with the first upload's volume so I'm giving it a second shot. Abstract: This paper evaluates previous models of cave and rockshelter use in the American Midsouth from the Early to the Middle Archaic periods. Four sites are compared in order to identify variability in activities, seasonality, occupation intensity, and function. Focus is placed on using the often overlo...
Poverty Point Culture and the Jaketown Site: New Insights on the Apex of Archaic Monumentality
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Unfortunately I’ve gotten sucked too far down the Paleoamerican rabbit hole this last year and I intend to get back to the time period that I actually care about: The Archaic. I got to have a conversation with Dr. Seth Grooms from Appalachian State University where we talked about how his work at the Jaketown Site and contemporary advances in archaeological theory are changing our understanding...
Archaeologist Reacts to Scott Wolter being a F*cking Con-artist 2: Windover and Solutrean Hypothesis
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Fam. I really despise this Scott Wolter guy. He doesn't know what he's talking about. He does interviews with people who are either completely ignorant or WAY out on the fringe, and I think he should feel bad about himself. Instagram: nfosaaen_archaeology Related content The Solutrean Hypothesis with Ancient Americas: ua-cam.com/video/2qaUyGhdJTA/v-deo.html What is the Clovis Cult...
The Solutrean Hypothesis: Retracing Ancient Footsteps Across Atlantic Ice ft. Ancient Americas
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WAAAAAY back in my 4th video in June 2020 I said I would talk about the Solutrean Hypothesis and then I promptly decided I wasn't that interested in putting that much time and energy into researching a topic that wasn't really that interesting to me. Years passed and I wound up becoming internet bros with the Ancient Americas channel. (check him out. He's got my favorite UA-cam archaeology chan...
Children of Clovis: An Introduction to Dalton Paleo-Lumberjacks of the Ozarks and Mississippi River
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Children of Clovis: An Introduction to Dalton Paleo-Lumberjacks of the Ozarks and Mississippi River
The Appearance of Toads on Ancestral Cherokee Village Sites in the Appalachian Summit
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The Appearance of Toads on Ancestral Cherokee Village Sites in the Appalachian Summit
Ask an Archaeologist: Books You Should Read.
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Ask an Archaeologist: Books You Should Read.
Archaeological Experiments on Blades Made From Frozen Human Feces
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Archaeological Experiments on Blades Made From Frozen Human Feces
Archaeological Changes in Hunting Before and After the Younger Dryas Onset.
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Archaeological Changes in Hunting Before and After the Younger Dryas Onset.
For Regular Viewers - Diving Deep into My Comments
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For Regular Viewers - Diving Deep into My Comments
UPDATE!!! White Sands Footprints 2: The Quickening - New Dates and Methods on a 22,000 Year-Old Site
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UPDATE!!! White Sands Footprints 2: The Quickening - New Dates and Methods on a 22,000 Year-Old Site
What Was Clovis Culture and Where Did it Go?
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What Was Clovis Culture and Where Did it Go?
Irish Bronze Age Zooarchaeology, Old World v. New World Archaeology, and Other Shop-Talk
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Irish Bronze Age Zooarchaeology, Old World v. New World Archaeology, and Other Shop-Talk
New info on the White Sands Footprints and Other Updates
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New info on the White Sands Footprints and Other Updates
Excavating Faunal Material Time-lapse: Ness of Brodgar Structure 27
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Excavating Faunal Material Time-lapse: Ness of Brodgar Structure 27
Ozarchaic Bison Hunters: Calf Creek Archaeology at the Hudson Sites
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Ozarchaic Bison Hunters: Calf Creek Archaeology at the Hudson Sites
Archaeologist Reacts to America Unearthed: Scott Wolter is a Con Artist and This Show is Garbage
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Archaeologist Reacts to America Unearthed: Scott Wolter is a Con Artist and This Show is Garbage
Indigenous Pets, Specialized Weapons, and Site Disturbance: Ask An Archaeologist #7
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Indigenous Pets, Specialized Weapons, and Site Disturbance: Ask An Archaeologist #7
The Archaeology of Plants: Archaeology 101 - Paleoethnobotany
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The Archaeology of Plants: Archaeology 101 - Paleoethnobotany
The Younger Dryas Impact, Geoarchaeology, and Pre-Clovis Culture, with Dr. Christopher R. Moore
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The Younger Dryas Impact, Geoarchaeology, and Pre-Clovis Culture, with Dr. Christopher R. Moore
Tell me, please, how does modern science explain the presence of haplogroup R1 in the absence of such in the Far East and Alaska? Was comparative studies of stone arrowheads on Chukotka and Alaska with OJibwe arrowheads? Why are the arrowheads in the north of Scotland look like arrowheads OJibwe? How often is R1 represented in the sample of the haplogroups of the Orkney Islands and Faroe Islands? Is there a connection between the mounds in England and in the area of the great lakes? Does ceramics differ greatly for the period of small glacial glaciation? If they find an arrow tip in Iceland, will this be proof of hunting along pack ice?
I can tell you have zero intelligence just by looking at you.
I knew he was a lying jerk, like Billy Carson.
I just found out that a couple of things I learned as a child in school are not even true at all! We were taught that the Europeans introduced tomahawks to the Native Americans. We were also taught that Europeans introduced scalping and trophy hunting to the Native Americans. These both aren't true at all, because the tomahawk was invented by the Algonquin tribe long before the first Europeans arrived. And Native Americans on occasion did scalp and trophy hunt before the first Europeans arrived. I'm not really interested in North American Archaeology. I am interested in the Archaeology of Norway, Iceland, Antarctica, Egypt, India, and France. I just came across this information while i was searching for something else. I wonder what else I'm going to find that I learned in school is not true......
Zahi Hawass is not to be trusted! He used to be one of my idols, and for a very short period of time my mentor. He is purposefully hiding things that is under the Sphinx, and about the tunnels, and about the Ziggurat of Ur. They are all connected! His arrogance and domineering behaviour may be justified if he is 'all that', but he is not. He has actually forbidden archaeologists to announce their own findings, and courted the media for his own gain. Hawass states that Egyptians built the pyramids, but there is no proof of the matter. No one truly knows who built the pyramids.
It blows my mind how you can reference genetics without referencing genetics, I expected more from both of your channels. There’s an extremely clear genetic link between indigenous Americans and the Ancient Northern Eurasians who are commonly and vaguely referred to as Siberians. These are genetically and morphologically Europeans known for pale skin, blue eyes, and light hair. These Botai culture mentioned who shared a mtDNA haplogroup with Indigenous Americans was an ANE. Indigenous Americans have all of these similarities because they co - existed with a genetically European population in Siberia, this is genetically indisputable.
You sound nuttier the hancock. I think a white supremacist thought what you think so by extension you too are one. See how that works
thx; fascinating
Profiting from the spreading of misinformation, not to mention straight up lies, seems to be trending these days. In more than just archeology.
So having seen just 1.5 of the Wolter clips you've inserted into your video it's immediately obvious that his videos, and the content contained therein, are about sensation and drama. For me that's a Red Flag right there. That said Mr. Fosaaen, you don't do yourself, or your work, any favors posting video with you consuming alcohol and swearing. I'm no hypocrite and have consumed alcohol, at times to excess, and have been known to curse like a sailor. Just without posting video of it while making serious and scholarly arguments.
Wolter is a conspiracy theorist.
I’d love a breakdown on how 1000 men could build this in 2 months
Slide of hands😅 how are mounds the same in differnt countries, and we will have a tone on your ignorance , Lmao what you dont trust science on age ,
Solutrean seal hunters looking for seals along the edge of the icecap might have been taken by a westward current. Does anyone know how much is known about currents in that period?
Why think in terms of "either or", whilst both colonisation across the Atlantic and from Siberia were possible? By the way, I keep being ill at ease by the way "Solutrean" is pronounced. It comes from Solutré (which I live fairly near to), with the tonic accent on the last syllable, and "Solutreean" with the accent on the ee, would be more respectful to this name.
Quarter out the meat and haul that back to the camp (in essence).
Another waste of time listening supposed learned people who can’t think outside the box and disregard everything that doesn’t fit their narratives or which they just have no logical answer for …
Wayne may.has..your indigenous. Story.. Archeologist
Crow Creek, Jesus Christ. Do not want
Viiising uuk?😁
Umm. You stupid. You never seen a teepee site. A campfire site. The indians did not nap.
What
Hard to believe that the Solutrean-style hand axe that came up with the 22K y.o. mastodon bones in area of Chesapeake Bay was not related to the bones, such as by use to take down or butcher the animal. How frequently did that trawler come up with stone tools? Weekly? Yearly? Just once? I'm guessing not often. Thus, I think the stone tool was *very* likely used on the animal - and was produced around 22k years ago. So, like 8-9k years prior to Clovis era. Conclusion: Humans were living in eastern US well before Clovis points came into use. IMO. Who were they? And why did they leave no genetic trace? Or did they, and we just can't yet see it?
Check out Todd Surovell on overkill hypothesis.
Ignoring the bandit in favour of 30 minutes focusing on some briefly mentioned rocks is such a relatable d&d experience.
A very interesting area that doesn't get much coverage. Thanks for doing it
You're definitely my favorite biker dude! Archaeologist😅😅😅
Great material, thank you.
The university's destroy brilliant minds!! This is more fake science my 7-year-old daughter knows better than this bologna
People who lack education have a reason to believe it's a scam they avoided, when the truth is it's an achievement they failed to acomplish. Get learnt.
I had the same thought about these PPO being game pieces.
Just because a population might reach another area of the world doesn't mean they gained a foothold, increased in number, and spread across the continent. As few as one party from Europe would be all that's necessary to pass a culture on to an already existing population in the Americas. The fact that the majority of clovis points are found in the northeast and then spread westward indicates a more than likely Eastern origin. Perhaps a later discovery of projectile points made with material from Europe could finally link Solutrean with Clovis.
For a pioneer culture to completely upend the technological base of a local population and not have sex with anyone is laughable. No such thing has ever happened, especially not in antiquity.
DUDE keep up the good work! This is the only dalton culture video on the whole site🙏 still looking for my clovis but daltons will always have my heart, first paleo point🫡
I realize you’re just commenting and you seem nice enough, but this is a TV SHOW not a classroom. OF COURSE some thing’s are dramatized. I had a family member who was interviewed by the HISTORY channel for a documentary and they wanted him to lie and stretch and put words in his mouth. He refused and so was used very little in the actual show, but this is how these shows work. You think anyone would watch if it was 100% textbook/classroom lecture? You all should applaud Graham for bringing more people into the field, honestly, because what other archeologist has a show on Netflix?? 😂
Nathanael, this was/is absolutely brilliant. What an amazing example of cross-pollination of ideas! Congratulations!
I agree that there was NO TRANSATLANTIC TRADE!!!! copper is very heavy and difficult to transport over land without the invetions of draft animals, the wheel or wagons. If? If this ever did happen? Where are the carts with wheels or draft animals? The only domesticated animals that natives had were dogs. Also if copper trade was going on with other parts of the world, where is the DNA evidence? Surely all humans breed with each other and their would be genetic markers to prove that two different groups were breeding. My examples: american slave owners and slaves, soldiers breeding with their enemies...ect. history has proven this cross-breeding of humans everywhere! Great video😃👍
You need alcoholic anonymous 😂😂
Are you still drunk 😂😂
Hey Nathanael, I have enjoyed your channel for a long time. As a child of the Tennessee River Valley in North Alabama , I am very familiar with our general understanding of the peoples of the pre-contact Southeast. I enjoyed your explanation of your work in my homeland. I currently live in North Georgia. Your rant episodes , I especially enjoy. Passionate truth is always a logical breath mint. So much of the popular belief about native people and their material culture, social structures, ect. are biased by a modern romantic cultural view. I would enjoy an episode on common myths and the truth revealed from archaeological evidence. Some food for thought... the prevalence of American Bison as a food source in the Eastern US, or not? The Use of quartz crystals as a status item, or religious items in the archaeological record versus contemporary pan-indian beliefs. Thank you for your work. I enjoy the channel.
You've been studying hard it looks like
Some authors assert it was the people known as the Phoenicians and the tribes of Israel (The ancient city state and the tribes that separated from Judea) who did the mining.
And they are incorrect for the reasons I explain in this video.
If your so good hbu get out of your computer room and stop suckin down all that booze and go start your own history channel show.
It's a tv show dude. As far as arsinical bronze thing who gives a shit if he fucked that up he's a tv show host doing a job the best he can. He is basically an investigative journalist with a geological degree. You can actually test a metal for its elemental composition using several different methods. One was developed by the United States military and aerospace agencies. It uses a lazzer. Sounds to me like you are just made dude had a show doing cool shit going to cool places like America's stone hinge. You need to stop throwing shade and trolling other people because you are unhappy with your own life and burying your sorrows in a bottle of whiskey. Some people I swear
Yeah, smelly hippy has nothing on Scott. Scott would mop the floor with this guy. 😂
Note that Russell Cave has cane torch stoke marks deep inside, especially if you go from the main entrance toward the Pig entrance, although they haven't been dated. A neighboring cave has even more deep cave torch material.
More layman terms
Google it.
I open my eyes when you found the crystal bolt. The scar bowl made out of his skull and in Duncan Freemasonry book it was them killing the Indians. They sacrificed them and performed witchcraft. That’s what that is and you found where they did it. I don’t know about all these bones you found but they could’ve faked that just too much of a coincidence. God will deal with them
I open my eyes when you found the crystal bolt. The scar bowl made out of his skull and in Duncan Freemasonry book it was them killing the Indians. They sacrificed them and performed witchcraft. That’s what that is and you found where they did it. I don’t know about all these bones you found but they could’ve faked that just too much of a coincidence.
I disagree. They were farmers and they were sacrificed.
It’s Dunkins laws of Freemasonry. That’s the one that talks about how they had a ritual with the skull.
Could they have been farmers and what is a band of Indians? The only people I ever heard say that was our government and the Egyptians in the Bible a band farmers band
Farming wasn't practiced at Poverty Point. It was present at sites like Pinson Mounds and everything after though.
Women in tribes did play a lot a huge role and they nurtured they knew have a nurture the men in the people in their drive and I think that’s amazing. I don’t think there’s nothing and savage about that.
They had to know astrology because on certain full moons and things are rocky changed lighting on the picture on the rock that I’m seeing and when I look into some of the Ohio Flint, I can actually feel like the ground on the stone is actually I can go into see it clearly I don’t know how to explain thisand you probably think I’m crazy so I’ll shut up and listen. I’m trying to learn what I wanna know. I’m sorry I’m gonna make sense. I’m sorry.utube I think the timelines mixed I think they’re mixing artifacts so we don’t know what went on there. It might be staging some of these because they don’t want us to know what they did, but if they did some kind of witchcraft spiritual thing, and that might be why I can read it in the stone .
They had to know astrology because on certain full moons and things are rocky changed lighting on the picture on the rock that I’m seeing and when I look into some of the Ohio Flint, I can actually feel like the ground on the stone is actually I can go into see it clearly I don’t know how to explain thisand you probably think I’m crazy so I’ll shut up and listen. I’m trying to learn what I wanna know. I’m sorry I’m gonna make sense. I’m sorry.utube
Once I thought I wanted to be an archaeologist when I grow up and I started digging something just told me to start digging and searching, and I was digging, and I got a really dirty feelings spiritually, and then I thought about all the graves and all the people that were here before us and died dead man’s bones in there all of it so I quit digging because I really felt like a dirty feeling I would feeling something just pick up a rock and look at it I found, and I can see what happened there and I see A very sad picture. Then I found out the Indians made pictures in the rock and I have found a few of those, but this is a spiritual picture, but I’m seeing in that Flint in the Ohio Flint people. A lot of them are white. They are not American Indians, and they change.