About this episode
Steven Rinella talks with Mike Kunz , Janis Putelis , Brody Henderson , Phil Taylor , and Corinne Schneider . Topics include: When we called Mike Kunz the "Forest Gump of Archaeology" ; the emperor of the north and the king of the west ; dustpans of mosquitos; foxes running out of a gray whale carcass; the Alaska pipeline project; igneous intrusions; when you find Paleoindian projectile points in Alaska; the poor odds that you were the first person to find a thing that someone else dropped; how the Mesa site was discovered; the property of conchoidal fracture; direct tattoo evidence and direwolves; how everyone knew how to make projectile points; polar bears and climate change; the arctic small tool tradition; two iron pendants, two copper rings, and three blue glass beads ; Occam's razor; going with the evidence you have; The Mesa Site: Paleoindians above the Arctic Circle ; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.