History Fuzz

Nov 12 2024 20 ep. 71 mins 26
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Hosted by Scottish filmmaker and writer Ashley Cowie, the History Fuzz podcast presents weekly interviews with leading research scientists. Each episode reveals the motivations, tools, and skills of the ancient skywatchers, surveyors, architects and builders who created awe-inspiring stone structures within monumental landscapes.

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#19 - Professor Steven R. Gullberg. Astronomical Secrets of the Incas Revealed

Nov 12 2024 61 mins  
Professor Steve Gullberg is a master of Andean archaeoastronomy, and in this episode he reveals how Inca structures align with the cosmos to mark celestial events. Discover Inca astronomy, architecture and cosmovision, at the intersection of time and space, in this illuminating episode of History Fuzz.Contact Steven Gullberg: [email protected] Ashley's new book "Ropes and Ruins"

#18 - Professor Radoslaw Palonka. Deciphering Puebloan Archaeoastronomy at Crow Canyon

Aug 12 2024 101 mins  
Professor Radoslaw Palonka from Jagiellonian University discusses his innovative archaeoastronomy research at Crow Canyon. This ancient monumental landscape in southwestern Colorado reveals how Ancestral Puebloans integrated celestial observations into their rituals, offering deep insights into their societal and ritualistic complexities.Visit Crow Canyon's official website: https:

#17 - Professor Marc Frincu. Ancient Astronomy in the Armenian Highlands

Jun 01 2024 57 mins  
Professor Marc Frincu is an authority in distributed systems, big data, smart grids, astronomy, and archaeoastronomy. Marc is also the secretary of the European Society for Astronomy in Culture and vice-president of the Romanian Society of Cultural Astronomy.In this episode Marc guides us deep into the Armenian Highlands and relives his extraordinary discoveries of Bronze Age astro

#16 - Ian Hinton. Medieval Church Secrets: Investigating Freemason Alignment Theories

May 21 2024 99 mins  
18th-century Freemasons believed medieval church architects in England oriented their buildings with the azimuth of sunrise on the day of the patronal saint. However, having spent over ten years exploring the English countryside with a compass Ian Hinton surveyed the alignments of over 2000 rural churches and his work thoroughly debunks this romantic masonic notion.In this episode

#15 - Professor Timothy Pauketat. Beneath Cahokia: Unearthing Ancient American Pyramid Mounds

May 14 2024 62 mins  
Professor Timothy Pauketat, Director of the Illinois State Archaeological Survey, is a leading authority on Mesoamerican-Southwestern connections, and in this conversation he reveals the secrets of Cahokia, the major precolonial ceremonial centre located near St. Louis, Missouri, in the Midwestern region of the United States.Journeying into indigenous American cultures' astronomy a

#14 - Dr. Philip Tonner. Heidegger, Dwelling and Prehistoric Metaphysics

May 02 2024 70 mins  
With a background in philosophy, archaeology, and education Dr. Philip Tonner has taught at a number of Universities and secondary schools across the UK, and he is currently a Lecturer at the University of Glasgow’s School of Education.Regarding his recent book - Dwelling: Heidegger, Archaeology, Mortality, one reviewer wrote “There really isn’t any directly comparable book �

#13 - Dr. Richard Friedman. Chaco Pt 03: Charting the Chacoan underworld

Apr 25 2024 89 mins  
Dr. Richard Friedman is an expert in Geographic Information Systems [GIS] who integrates aerial technologies with remote sensing and ground surveying at archaeological sites.In this episode we return to the Chaco Canyon in the US southwest where Richard outlines the astronomical, geographical and cosmological aspects of this vast assembly of tracks, roads, ways, sacred structures a

#12 - Dr. Claus Clausen. Mapping Neolithic lunar landscapes in Western Europe

Apr 18 2024 72 mins  
Claus Clausen has a background in Astrophysics and he works as an independent researcher associated with the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark.Having mapped the alignments of funnel beaker culture passage graves across Western Europe, in this episode Claus describes a matrix of sites with lunar orientations and he shares his theory about a megalithic lunar seasonal pointe

#11 - Dr. Gail Higginbottom. Scotland Pt 02. Cultural astronomy in prehistoric Scotland

Apr 09 2024 78 mins  
Dr. Gail Higginbottom is a landscape archaeologist, cultural heritage manager, and theorist specializing in Europe's ancient and prehistoric cultures. Utilizing digital archaeology including drones, photogrammetry, geographical information systems and 3D software, Gail recreates night skies and interprets them against past landscapes.In this episode we discuss archaeoastronomy and

#10 - Professor Anthony F. Aveni. Peru Pt 03. Inca mythology, astronomy and sacred geography

Apr 02 2024 42 mins  
Having authored over two dozen books on ancient astronomy Professor Anthony F. Aveni is considered one of the founders of Mesoamerican and South American archaeoastronomy.Anthony is the Russell Colgate Distinguished University Professor of Astronomy, Anthropology, and Native American Studies, Emeritus, serving appointments in both Departments of Physics & Astronomy and Sociolog