Archaeology - Research Articles

How a naked-eye star cluster and a whirring plank became entangled in creation lore, initiation rites, and weather magic from Arnhem Land to Arizona.

A long-form comparative study of dismemberment-cosmogonies, snake-ash anthropogenies, esoteric water-mirrors, and the solar Herakles of the Orphic hymns.

Across the Americas, Indigenous traditions recall ant-folk, giants, and shadow-people who occupied the land before humans arrived.

Weighing archaeological, genetic, and historical evidence for whether chickens reached the Americas before Columbus.

Continent-by-continent survey of archaeological, textual, and biochemical evidence for ancient entheogenic practices.

How a prehistoric serpent-goddess cult may have jump-started self-aware thought and spread its rites across the globe.

Survey of the swastika’s ancient global presence and theories (diffusion vs. independent invention) explaining its origins and spread.

A comprehensive historical analysis of claims that Phoenician sailors reached the Americas before Columbus, examining evidence and scholarly debate from classical antiquity to modern times.

Examining the archaeological record of Australia (Sahul) – early colonization, persistent simple technologies, late emergence of complex art – as a key case study supporting the Sapient Paradox and the late development of behavioral modernity.

Comparison of the early Holocene emergence of the Aboriginal Dreamtime symbolic system with the Near East’s Neolithic ‘revolution of symbols,’ examining Australian rock art, technology, exchange networks, language diffusion, and cognitive impacts.