PREHISTORY GUYS UNPLUGGED: live chat about goings-on in the world of prehistoric archaeology.

[@just_me8796]

Irving Finkel ROCKS, especially the Ark Boat ! He's so awesome!

[@lindasue8719]

Discovered him a few months back and now I'm hooked on Finkle! 💗

[@elizabethmcglothlin5406]

Irving is my hero! Ruperts needs a much bigger grumpy-hat to match him!

[@JHaven-lg7lj]

Definitely would be a great guest

[@atix50]

Incredible story teller!

[@TheWonderwy]

The enthusiasm the two of you express for your chosen subject always does my heart good. Thank you for making and sharing these videos.

[@lindasue8719]

Greetings from drought -impacted Vancouver (although we've mercifully got a sprinkle of rain today). I ditto what others have said: I would love to see you fellows and Irving Finkel together! 💗

[@experienceanimation217]

I just wanna thank you two lads for the time you spend to put these presentations together and to entertain us. It's all clearly, Just for the pure love you both have for the subject matter. And so we can all participate in the love for prehistory, with all its wonder and its mystery. It's Much appreciated indeed ❤️ I'm sure these videos are inspiring more People than just me to investigate our ancient past and to share it with others.

[@elizabethmcglothlin5406]

I missed the premier, no loss to you since I don't fully understand the chat yet. And I love Irving Finkel with my whole entire heart! Rupert's Grumpy Hat will never match Irving's!

[@robertbollard5475]

Two examples from my Australian Aboriginal ancestors are relevant. To get to Australia they had to travel far across open sea (current estimates are 400 nautical miles maybe slightly less during the ice age, but the waters of the Timor gap are pretty deep) and they did so probably around 60,000 years ago. Apparently, archaeological evidence from Timor reveals that the people living there at around that time were consuming large quantities of fish that lived only in the deep waters, so they must have had some form of ocean-going craft. The other point is that archaeology has revealed trading networks in Australia before European settlement covering distances of hundreds or even thousands of miles. I can't tell you the extent that the consensus conclusion that the trading was not done by individuals taking long voyages but by going through many hands as it's not my area of expertise as an historian, but I'm pretty sure that is the consensus belief. Of course there were no pack animals available, so it wouldn't have been worth anyone's effort to walk 1,000 miles with what they could carry themselves.

[@taihastings3097]

Hi! Interesting point regarding hunter gatherers and farners...looking forward in time. You could relate the hunter gatherer to the later noble class, continuing as the minority elite, in certain aspects, as moving between their estates/hunting grounds - hunting, feasting and even possibly going on the attack, while farmers would continue to confirm to a much more static down to earth labouring model...just a thought, even though maybe a sweeping generalisation! PS. I now know why I fear the dark...it's not ghosts and ghouls, but real (even though extinct) sabre toothed tigress and lions..and maybe even man! It's all there in my DNA!

[@sallyreno6296]

Irving Finckle yes.

[@sparkleypegs8350]

Love these shows. Awesome work guys.

[@Pixelkip]

Glad to see a stream going to work filling my imagination with vibrant images of past peoples ❤🎉 cheers guys !

[@kiminnehalem8669]

If we're watching you we probably know who Irving Finkel is!! You guys are wonderful. Would love to see you interview Irving Finkel!!

[@lindasue8719]

♥️♥️♥️

[@Crecganford]

Thoroughly enjoyed listening to that. Thank you.

[@cassini270]

Fascinating channel. Congratulations and well wishes.

[@MajiSylvamain]

love you guys, I always learn something new every time I watch your videos, I have found a story today in the independent, about evidence discovered, of a 6,500 year old festival site, says archaeologists, in the North west of England, you may find interesting.

[@chappellroseholt5740]

Good Thursday evening from the hot & unusually humid SF Bay Area. Thanks for another fun, geeky conversation. I always learn something. Irving Finkel has quite a few videos here on KZbin which I have watched. Definitely try to get him on the show.

[@xthersaehan]

About what you're wondering at 1:00:44, I just wanted to mention that Levante in Spanish (or Levant in French) just means East. Levantar means to rise, Levante is simply where the sun rises. Depending on the context it can mean eastern Spain or eastern mediterranean countries. So no, spanish prehistoric levantine art has nothing to do with what you understand as the Levant, but I wouldn't say it's sloppy journalism. I hope that clears up the confussion.

[@gortnz]

Kudos for the excellent Woodstock reference!!

[@stellamarie8044]

Thank you!

[@barbarakeyser1221]

Irving finkel is great. He did a KZbin where they rebuilt the ark it is based on traditional coracles used in mideast in past. Much larger than the welsh ones. He has several videos on KZbin and all are enjoyable and chock full of information

[@markashdown1314]

Hi chaps from Granada Spain.

[@chriswillsdon992]

Hi guys - read Daylight robbery by Dominic Frisby - looks at mostly modern ish history through then lens of economics and markets - a very intersting read - seems the Akkadians were no different!

[@johnlittle8975]

There needs to be a senior moment counter.

[@toniomalley5661]

Would love to see dr Finkel

[@ruthcherry3177]

Michael, I love your videos so much, but could you please, pretty please turn UP the volume? I watch a lot of content on YoutTube, and most videos get played at between 50 - 70% of their original level, which is great because I can turn them down but I can't turn you up! 😂🙏🙏🙏

[@abisu5273]

I find it depends which device I'm using. For the oldest crappiest speaker, earphones help a lot.

[@romullen3971]

💥 BOOM! 👍

[@nukhetyavuz]

thank you for the podcast...btw the c in catalhüyük is pronounced like ch in church...

[@HelenKempster]

Irvine Finkle.! Yea!

[@vitiviti6548]

1:07:59: I lately watched a documentary on youtube about people in the filipines STILL living in a cave system. "The Filipino Tribe That Lives Inside a Volcano". It was freakin interesting, worth watching :)

[@nilcarborundum7001]

sorry I wasn't able to join you! I'll be there again next time…

[@alangknowles]

Wikipedia gives 'Levant Spain' as the Mediterranean coast, particularly where Muslims ruled. Perhaps that gives a link to the Syria-Lebanese region.

[@TheMDJ2000]

Au contraire - very familiar with the name Irving Finkel, being a KZbin archaeology fanatic.

[@brianharroun7105]

Are you drinking an ale or a lager ?

[@solowinterwolf]

What about rope bridges,¿

[@woofbarkyap]

Interesting point re the pineapple depiction but may I offer a counterpoint? C18th lion pictures and figures look like cartoons with false teeth and people explain this with "Well they were just going off wild descriptions of things they'd never seen", which may be true but they also often depict domestic cats and dogs the same way. Sometimes they are subtle caricatures of political figures of the day, maybe others were just not great artists or there was some other reason because they almost always depict cows, pigs, sheep and horses with perfect accuracy. Even monkeys, which were more common in public then than now but still not common, are depicted accurately.

[@kariannecrysler640]

Sponsor idea for you boys: a DNA ancestry service that has the latest database available to ancient DNA. You will need to research which one is best, but it does provide a service associated to the channel 😉✌️💗🤘

[@jamesb5325]

Ask Irving Finkel how much of prehistory does he think has been remembered within written history

[@abisu5273]

I don't know if you go through the live chat retrospectively, but in case you don't... I was told last year (on site) that Sisters long barrow is named after the Sisters field it sits in. Not sure how long ago that was named or why,. I'm wondering if at some point a sister of the farmer was given control of it. Enjoy the craic in Erin's Isle you lucky people.

[@ThePrehistoryGuys]

Thanks Abi Su!!

[@tomjohnston1220]

The Mostly Guessing Guys.

[@julianharrigan9971]

1st nation Austalians' date 2 60,000 years.......there was no landbrridge..........they must have use boats Jh

[@moirahutchings8286]

Hey. Someone has finally said it. The Milesians are the Beaker folk. With my grotty 100% Irish DNA it is the only thing that makes sense. (Grotty - loads of genetic traits you don't want which indicates inbreeding..) And the ancestors didn't get out very much. Really boring.

[@sirds1548]

❤" HELLO KATE"❤