America Unearthed???

    Okay so recently I have gotten hooked on a TV show called America Unearthed on the History Channel. The show is hosted by Forensic Geologist Scott Wolters. I cannot find much about him but his show seems to be on the over dramatic side of things, as is most "reality" based shows. He acts as a treasure hunter more than a scientist. He talks about geology a lot and I respect what he has to say until I am shown he is wrong. The show makes him look like he is an archaeologist, he never says this, however that is the feeling I get from watching the show.

    I am not here to bash Mr. Wolters just stating an opinion about him and his show until I can meet him or find more information about him. I feel that a lot of what Mr. Wolters talks about is scripted to make the show more interesting. When he is talking about geological formations he seems like a different person. You can tell he is passionate about the field in which he actually works in.

   The show takes a Mission Impossible feel about it. People send in "leads" to different historical hidden treasures in the United States, such as The Great Wall in Texas and the US Stone Henge. I found these entertaining but then the next episode I watched was about the Holy Grail and the Knights Templar. My entertainment went away and I became more interested. He has some very interesting ideas about the Templars and the Holy Grail but they are a little different than most. The Holy Grail he speaks of is not the biblical sense that we have grown to know but rather that of Jesus' bloodline.
    A couple of years ago I read that archaeologists had found Jesus' home and possible ashes. Without digging into this my facts may be off but it appeared that he and Mary Magdalane had children. Mr. Wolters theory is that the Templars or some of the Templars were of this bloodline and when the Templars were dissolved they fled to the New World. So he feels that when he is able to solidify the facts on this he will be able to show that the Holy Grail that the Templars were to have protected was not actually the Cup of Christ from the Last Supper but actually the bloodline of Jesus.
This revelation if proven would change some things that many of us have grown up learning. Of course the tagline of his show is "The history we have been taught is not what actually happened"

   I am going to continue watching the shows and do a little research on the subject matter that he is speaking of and get back to everyone on my thoughts. The next episode that I am going to watch is a little more up my alley. He is going to track down the Lost Ark of the Covenant and how it is here in the United States. In the meantime, has anyone else watched these? Do you know anything about Scott Wolters? What do you think of the shows?

Until next time, thanks for reading,
James

Starting Over in Life and in Blog

    Well it has been a little over two years since I wrote on this blog. I have other blogs in which it has been just barely under two years since I last wrote. Well I was pretty busy finishing school so I am now going to attempt to stay on top of my blogs...

     I am someone who is just starting out in Archaeology and I am currently what professional Archaeologists would call and Amatuer. I have a Bachelor's Degree in Anthropology and History from the University of Arizona. I have been on several surveys and I have conducted a few surveys on my own. I have also done some volunteer work on dig sites and dendrochronology extraction. My blog that I am writing is a discussion and my opinion about things that deal in Archaeology and History. What I write here sometimes will be speculation and theory, and I will mention that it is, I am always working towards fact.

    I am working on several different things, I am very History orientated, my ultimate goal in Archaeology is to use its science to prove or disprove History. I don't just work with historical artifacts, I am from Southern Arizona and deal in Archaeology of the Southwest, this is almost all considered pre-history. Among my historical passions are the Knights Templar, Early America, and the Lost Ark of the Covenant. In Prehistory I am fascinated with the different Indian cultures that have graced North America some of these cultures cross into the historical period and that is when my cultural Anthropology studies kick in.

   If you enjoy reading my blogs please feel free to comment, give your theories, nicely tell me why you think I am going in the wrong direction...just a little fore-warning...I may sometimes seem like I am all over the place. I mentioned before that I am working on several projects, so wherever I may be at that moment is what I will be writing about. If the site lets me I will try and categorize them eventualy to make them seem more coherent. Still trying to work out the bugs of blogging.

   Thanks for taking the time to come to my corner of the web,
James W. Palmer, Jr.