Journey to the Copper Age

[@nhabib114]

This is mind-blowing stuff. If we could only hear their thoughts. Writing comes 2000 years later. Thank you for such work. I am a beginner history student interested in ancient religious thought.

[@lambastepirate]

starts at 4:38

[@Holy_hand-grenade]

lambastepirate thank you so much. I really can't stand the diatribes at the beginning of every academic lecture.

[@handsomecab8215]

Much obliged ✌️

[@dustyfairview9062]

Thanks yo

[@lambastepirate]

@@dustyfairview9062 you are welcome

[@petrapetrakoliou8979]

These are very nice sites to be excavated. The presentation was a little short on what they have to say about societal development during the Chalcolithic.

[@Aboukalley1]

Great video!

[@GwladYrHaf]

I thought the closest source of arsenical bronze was in Sinai Peninsula?

[@cactuswren9771]

WOW FANTASTIC!! I learned a ton from this. Thanks for posting! Couldn't help thinking the whole time about the Old Copper Culture in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan that was NEARLY THE EXACT SAME TIME FRAME!!. What's up with that???

[@gfdfgaadfgadfg2309]

Vinca culture 6000 bc is first copper-bronze culture

[@idgeofreason8630]

The date was not first domesticated in the chalcolithic. The cultivation of the date palm stretches way back to the earliest Mesopotamian civilisation. I dont know where he's got that but its quite important.

[@juliacarlstad4437]

I share your views. I know that this era is quite difficult to explore and research... Most of these lectures are far from perfect and I will take what I can get.

[@thisisnotanick]

What is it with lectures in general and these long introductions?

[@Holy_hand-grenade]

thisisnotanick it's endemic of the same group think that cripples academia in general... everyone thinks that's standard and expected, so they do it to... instead of... OMG, the speaker just going straight up. It's like they're rap stars and they need their hype man to come up on stage first and get everyone fired up.

[@johnpearson5575]

the chief-in-charge of whatever institution is hosting the speaker needs to stroke their own ego, make sure nobody forgets that they are responsible for the event, hear themselves talk... address their insecurities. what i don’t get is why the unnecessary introduction is included in the video. nobody can stop the idiot once the mic is in their hand, but please! edit out the rambling intro.

[@thisisnotanick]

4 years later and Im back to watch this again. A little older and a little wiser. Ive learned that pretty much every introduction is 5 minutes in length, and so every lecture I watch I skip ahead 5 minutes.

[@geoffreystuttle8080]

I wonder how the 'elite' would acquire the copper products from the craftspeople/specialists who have processed the copper tools. Surely the knowledge of how to make these things created its own, non-elite but exclusive group of specialists. The elite would have to offer something special for the products.

[@batmscot6149]

I love copper , but that was really weird are you sure that was a live audience because I've never heard an audience start and stop clapping in such a short ordered way ?

[@matthewdolan5831]

Overlong Nationalistic introduction. Poor work.

[@pepperspray7386]

This was like a Sociology teacher found an archaeologist's notes and corrected them to avoid triggers. Honestly the first time I stopped a history lecture less than halfway through.

[@yamezschneider6892]

Yeah, this guy was pretty radically left.

[@business5368]

Pepper Spray Pepper Spray oh my god, it's almost like if you want to understand historic societies you need to develop an understanding of the way those societies were structured. radically left my ass. He says 'societal inequality' like twice lmao

[@handsomecab8215]

Just started listening. First thing that made me wince was his opening “first time we see institutional structural inequality”. That’s the big take away here. But, I’ll persist and let you how if finishes up. PS: Micheal Perentis lecture on late Roman Republic is pretty... well, not pretty say.

[@SporeMurph]

@@yamezschneider6892 Wow! You are incredibly dumb

[@Superzombieman-wc8er]

@@SporeMurph His comment got deleted, what did he say?

[@juliacarlstad4437]

I do see people have to impose their political views on the show. This show is years old. The politics were different back then. They are not PC enough for both sides. This is why I am an independent.

[@garyburkin]

Digging away the roofs of ancient buildings instead of shoring them up? Cutting ancient artefacts in half instead of scanning them? Is that good archaeology?

[@Desdicado]

Yes. Yes it is.

[@benbrown8682]

Im drinking 150$ bottle of whisky while i talk trash to my homies about your sorry excuse of "history" or so you call it

[@juliacarlstad4437]

You can make your own documentary and do a better one

[@benbrown8682]

Drink less. Who cares