Amber guides Anna through the jungle of the 2006 film Apocalypto...but hopefully a little less racistly than director Mel Gibson did! We'll talk about human sacrifice, what was (and was not) going on in Maya culture in the 15th century CE, and the movie's ending that couldn't be more on the nose if it went "boop!" Interested in sponsoring this show or podcast ads for your business? Zencastr makes it really easy! Click this message for more info. [https://zen.ai/thearchaeologyshow] Links * The Story of Civilization (via Wikipedia) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_Civilization] * With help from a friend, Mel cut to the chase (The Washington Post) [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/15/AR2006121500342.html] * Mel Gibson criticizes Iraq war at film fest (Today) [https://web.archive.org/web/20200914215904/http://www.today.com/id/15001985#.X1_nxi-l1QI] * Is Apocalypto Pornography? (Archaeology) [https://archive.archaeology.org/online/reviews/apocalypto.html] * Relativism, Revisionism, Aboriginalism, and Emic/Etic Truth: The Case Study of Apocalypto (The Ethics of Anthropology and Amerindian Research: Reporting on Environmental Degradation and Warfare) [https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4614-1065-2_8] * The perduring Maya: new archaeology on early Colonial transitions (Antiquity, via ResearchGate) [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/300372208_The_perduring_Maya_New_archaeology_on_early_Colonial_transitions] * Maya Resistance to Colonial Rule in Everyday Life (The Latin American Anthropological Review) [https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1525/jlca.1994.6.1.33] Contact * Email the Dirt Podcast: thedirtpodcast@gmail.com ArchPodNet * APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com [https://www.archpodnet.com/] * APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet * APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet * APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet * Tee Public Store [https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724] Affiliates * Wildnote [http://www.wildnoteapp.com/] * TeePublic [https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=5724&ref_type=aff] * Timeular [https://timeular.com/ref/chriswebster/] * Motion [https://www.archpodnet.com/motion]