History Fuzz

With 25 years of experience excavating and interpreting Scotland’s Neolithic and early Bronze Age monumental landscapes, Dr. Kenneth Brophy is a senior lecturer in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Glasgow.Kenny and I first met way back in 2002 when he was a young archaeology student excavating standing stones in my homeland of CaIthness, on the north east coast of Scotland, where I was field walking, searching for flint arrow heads with one of his colleagues.In this episode Kenny

Charles Stanish was a Professor of Anthropology and director of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA for 20 years, before he served as Executive Director of the Institute for the Advanced Study of Culture and the Environment at the University of South Florida.Having conducted extensive research into trade, war, and labor organization in human cooperation within prehistoric societies in Peru, Bolivia, and Chile, in this episode Charles explores the astronomical alignments and geoglyphs within

In the last episode my guest referred to the Chaco Meridian, a north to south alignment in the southwestern United States marked by Ancestral Puebloan power centers. Following that thread, herein I speak with Stephen Lekson, a Professor of Anthropology and Curator of Archaeology at the Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado, Boulder, who currently serves as Contributing Editor for Archaeology Magazine.Stephen has led over 20 archaeological excavations in the monumental landscapes of the

This cosmo-mythologically charged episode features Professor Giulio Magli, an Italian astrophysicist and archaeoastronomer serving as the Head of the Department of Mathematics at the Polytechnic University of Milan, where he teaches Italy’s first official course in archaeoastronomy.With a background in relativistic astrophysics, for 25 years Giulio has applied the principles of mathematics to the orientations and alignments of ancient architecture and monumental landscapes, revealing connections

This foundational episode introduces Ashley Cowie, the host, sharing his inspirations behind creating the History Fuzz podcast and delineating the show themes, structure and schedule.---Become a History Fuzz member for early, ad-free access to new episodes, exclusive video content, documentaries, articles and maps: https://historyfuzz.com/podcastBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/history-fuzz--5975618/support.