Beads have been very important to North American indigenous populations for a very long time. The Augustine Mound, for example, is a burial site almost 3000 years old in New Brunswick, not very far from Oak Island, that contains over a thousand copper beads. The late Tricia Jarratt did a comprehensive study of them in…
Curse of Oak Island Archaeology Update: The Phips Iron and Lot 5
Season 11 of the Curse of Oak Island (COOI) has featured the finds of iron objects from Lot 5, both because they could be associated with a large pit structure in the same area, and because they are said to be a match, in terms of chemical composition, with iron objects found at the 17th…
There is no new evidence that Gunung Padang is a 24000 year old pyramid
In fall 2022, an episode of Graham Hancock’s Netflix series Ancient Apocalypse heavily featured the impressive archaeological site of Gunung Padang in Indonesia. Gunung Padang is a hilltop site with several terraces and visually striking arrangements of the amazing naturally occurring columnar igneous rock that geology has blessed us with in many places on Earth. …
Curse of Oak Island Archaeology Update: A good look at Zena Halpern’s map of Oak Island
Zena’s map has made a lot of noise on The Curse of Oak Island (COOI) so far. Its authenticity has been debated both on the show and in fan communities. It has guided part of the work done by the COOI team. Today I’d like to take a good, close, long overdue look at it.…
Ancient Apocalypse archaeology update 5: Does Göbekli Tepe only make sense as a time capsule from a lost ice age civilisation?
Göbekli Tepe is an early monumental site in modern Turkey. It dates back almost twelve thousand years. By any standard, Göbekli Tepe is a stunning place, built by a well-organized community full of highly skilled people who were doing things that probably had never been done before in the history of humanity. The were inventing…
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