AskHistorians Podcast Episode 244: The Ancient Americas

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges of studying poorly recorded historical periods in the Ancient Americas and the impact of modern media on perceptions of that time.

Hello and welcome back! On this episode, Steelcan909 and the host of the Ancient Americas YouTube Channel discuss the challenges of doing history on poorly recorded times in history, the influence of modern media on perceptions of the time period, and the challenges of doing broad Pre-Columbian History. 57min.

People in this episode

Host: AskHistorians Mod Team

Guest: Steelcan909

Topics covered

• Ancient Americas
• Pre-Columbian History
• media influence
• historical challenges
• poorly recorded history

Keywords

• Ancient Americas
• Pre-Columbian History
• historical challenges
• media influence
• history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ancient Americas YouTube Channel

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