A little discussion of Tiwanaku's most famous part - Puma Punku. We'll talk about the research there and if we've made any recent progress understanding it.

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One more thing about my time on the excavation team at Copan. Above the Margarita tomb we found the Xukpih Stone. I've got some creative ideas about what its hieroglyphic texts say.

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One more thing about the Season 5 episode on Ancient American Weapons - about the warriors of the Pacific Northwest coast. Intensely prideful people with a penchant for violence, but also great lovers of the arts.

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This summer, I'm going to release my old bonus episodes that were previously only for Patreon supporters. One More Thing is just like it sounds - one more thing about my main monthly podcasts. This first one is about S5 E6 - Linda Schele. Enjoy!

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Chavin de Huantar, high up in the Peruvian Andes, was once thought to be Andean Civilization's "mother culture". It's not. But is it the mother of Andean religion?

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Cabeza de Vaca was a Spanish conquistador who was shipwrecked in Florida in 1527 and walked his way to Mexico. He and his companions were lost for 8 years! This is his story.

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The final chapter of How I Mapped Palenque! In this episode the team photo documents Palenque's hidden architecture, Ed drives an invisible car over the Belizean border, and three years of the Palenque Mapping Project comes to a celebratory end.

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In this episode, the mapping crew explores eastern Palenque, finding a hidden waterfall and a massive building hiding right next to a tourist campground. They also have more run ins with the landowners of the west.

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Ed's day job is Director of Maya Exploration Center, a 501(c)3 non-profit
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