{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fa08ddfc9-aaa2-46e4-abd5-2e37686923cd","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"That Good Old Copper Complex - Ep 135\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/a08ddfc9-aaa2-46e4-abd5-2e37686923cd\"></iframe>","title":"That Good Old Copper Complex - Ep 135","description":"We\u2019ve been remiss in discussing the Chalcolithic (Copper Age) anywhere in the world, so we\u2019re fixing that by spotlighting one particular technology in what is today the US states of Michigan and Wisconsin, and some of the world\u2019s earliest coppersmiths. Plus, a very salty discussion of the pseudoscience and *bad* historical takes behind some alternative theories for the Old Copper Complex's creators.\n\nLinks\n\n\nOld Copper Culture (Milwaukee Public Museum)\n\nAncient Native Americans were among the world\u2019s first coppersmiths (Science)\n\nOn the Timing of the Old Copper Complex in North America: A Comparison of Radiocarbon Dates From Different Archaeological Contexts (Radiocarbon)\n\nMiners Left a Pollution Trail in the Great Lakes 6000 Years Ago (Eos)\n\nCopper mining on Isle Royale 6500\u2013 5400 years ago identified using sediment geochemistry from McCargoe Cove, Lake Superior (The Holocene, via ResearchGate)\n\nMining on Minong: Copper Mining on Isle Royale (Michigan History)\n\nUnderstanding the copper heart of volcanoes: Scientists find link between volcanism and the formation of copper ore (Science Daily)\n\nHow Cold Working Strengthens Metal (ThoughtCo)\n\nThe exceptional abandonment of metal tools by North American hunter-gatherers, 3000 B.P. (Scientific Reports)\n\nAn Exercise in Poo-Tility: Scientist Tries to Make a Knife Out of Poop (Mental Floss) \n\nReview: How Not to (Re)Write World History: Gavin Menzies and the Chinese Discovery of America (Journal of World History)\n\nBronze Age Part II: The Case of the Missing Copper (Chapelboro.com)\n\nMacIntosh Stone - Nahma, Michigan (Michigan Back Roads - Oddities)\n\nReviewing Gavin Menzies' \"Atlantis\" (Pt. 4) (Jason Colavito)\n\nThe State of Our Knowledge About Ancient Copper Mining in Michigan (The Michigan Archaeologist)\n\nContact\n\nEmail the Dirt Podcast: thedirtpodcast@gmail.com\nAffiliates\n\n\nWildnote\n\nTeePublic\n\nTimeular","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/dddd1215-eeb0-4139-b885-732091a9088a/uploads-2f1612927465714-puvwh93kw2-3b3c967815ee02703f7cfe1c7eed.jpg"}