Luke Caverns

I think another aspect is that we archaeologists really try to come up with hypotheses that we can test. There's tons of hypotheses. We could all say, well, I think there was a civilization 12,000 years ago. Okay, well, where's the proof? Do we have an artifact assemblage? Do we have buildings? Do we have a chronological sequence of of things in a stratified dig.

I think another aspect is that we archaeologists really try to come up with hypotheses that we can test. There's tons of hypotheses. We could all say, well, I think there was a civilization 12,000 years ago. Okay, well, where's the proof? Do we have an artifact assemblage? Do we have buildings? Do we have a chronological sequence of of things in a stratified dig.

I think another aspect is that we archaeologists really try to come up with hypotheses that we can test. There's tons of hypotheses. We could all say, well, I think there was a civilization 12,000 years ago. Okay, well, where's the proof? Do we have an artifact assemblage? Do we have buildings? Do we have a chronological sequence of of things in a stratified dig.

Those are the things that we, you know, we try to come up with hypotheses that are testable. And if they're untestable, well then, you know, at some point we stop talking about it, at least in archaeology. So he's, you know, I think that people like Flint and myself are bound by being representatives of our field to try to

Those are the things that we, you know, we try to come up with hypotheses that are testable. And if they're untestable, well then, you know, at some point we stop talking about it, at least in archaeology. So he's, you know, I think that people like Flint and myself are bound by being representatives of our field to try to

Those are the things that we, you know, we try to come up with hypotheses that are testable. And if they're untestable, well then, you know, at some point we stop talking about it, at least in archaeology. So he's, you know, I think that people like Flint and myself are bound by being representatives of our field to try to

not profess hypotheses that we have no possible way of testing and proving or denying.

not profess hypotheses that we have no possible way of testing and proving or denying.

not profess hypotheses that we have no possible way of testing and proving or denying.

I can talk whatever the hell I want to talk about. That's beautiful. I'm my own boss. But I am just as educated as other folks are, in many ways more so, at least for the Americas. I don't know anything about a lot of other parts of the world. And, you know, just for the record, I like the dreaming hypotheses things that people like Graham Hancock come up with.

I can talk whatever the hell I want to talk about. That's beautiful. I'm my own boss. But I am just as educated as other folks are, in many ways more so, at least for the Americas. I don't know anything about a lot of other parts of the world. And, you know, just for the record, I like the dreaming hypotheses things that people like Graham Hancock come up with.

I can talk whatever the hell I want to talk about. That's beautiful. I'm my own boss. But I am just as educated as other folks are, in many ways more so, at least for the Americas. I don't know anything about a lot of other parts of the world. And, you know, just for the record, I like the dreaming hypotheses things that people like Graham Hancock come up with.

As long as it's not disparaging some group of people and exalting another – I think it's fun. I think it's what inspires us. I think that most archaeologists, if you ask them honestly how they got started in archaeology, it was dreaming about fantasy things. And then we find a shade of that. In history work, and we go from there, but I mean, you know, this is how we get inspired.

As long as it's not disparaging some group of people and exalting another – I think it's fun. I think it's what inspires us. I think that most archaeologists, if you ask them honestly how they got started in archaeology, it was dreaming about fantasy things. And then we find a shade of that. In history work, and we go from there, but I mean, you know, this is how we get inspired.

As long as it's not disparaging some group of people and exalting another – I think it's fun. I think it's what inspires us. I think that most archaeologists, if you ask them honestly how they got started in archaeology, it was dreaming about fantasy things. And then we find a shade of that. In history work, and we go from there, but I mean, you know, this is how we get inspired.

And we do owe folks like Hancock a debt of gratitude that he has inspired millions of people to be interested in the kind of things that I do.

And we do owe folks like Hancock a debt of gratitude that he has inspired millions of people to be interested in the kind of things that I do.

And we do owe folks like Hancock a debt of gratitude that he has inspired millions of people to be interested in the kind of things that I do.

Yeah, I think I probably would not be sitting here if I hadn't read Fingerprints of the Gods as a young teenager. You know, Fingerprints of the Gods was the very first place that I ever learned about the Olmecs. You know, Olmecs, highly fascinating, but very little published about them, right? Especially in popular media. So that makes it into...

Yeah, I think I probably would not be sitting here if I hadn't read Fingerprints of the Gods as a young teenager. You know, Fingerprints of the Gods was the very first place that I ever learned about the Olmecs. You know, Olmecs, highly fascinating, but very little published about them, right? Especially in popular media. So that makes it into...