Episode 116: Prey (2022) with Dr. Carlton Shield Chief Gover
This week, by popular request, we are reviewing Prey (2022), a prequel to the Predator franchise in which the eponymous alien hunter meets his match on the American Great Plains of 1719. We’re joined by archaeologist Dr. Carlton Shield Chief Gover, who h
Screens of the Stone Age · Josh Lindal, Dr. Kimberly Plomp, and Dr. Ross Barnett
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Show Notes
This week, by popular request, we are reviewing Prey (2022), a prequel to the Predator franchise in which the eponymous alien hunter meets his match on the American Great Plains of 1719. We’re joined by archaeologist Dr. Carlton Shield Chief Gover, who helps us navigate the movie’s medicinal plants, upside-down archery draws, and inadvisable sharpening techniques, and reminds us why we should never whistle at night.
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In this episode:
Fatal cougar attacks in North America: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_cougar_attacks_in_North_America
Cougar stalks hiker – YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Pg2CDCm34w
Cougars in Boulder, Colorado, during Covid lockdown: https://www.dailycamera.com/2020/04/18/mountain-lions-sighted-during-snowy-week-for-boulder/
Medicinal Wild Plants of the Prairie by Kelly Kindscher: https://prairieedge.com/all-products/medicinal-wild-plants-of-the-prairie-an-ethnobotanical-guide-book/
Breadroot/Biscuitroot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pediomelum_esculentum
Calendula: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendula
Carolina dog: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Dog
No rats in Alberta: https://www.alberta.ca/albertas-rat-control-program
Native American Gender Roles: https://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.gen.026.html
Chert and Flint: https://www.britannica.com/science/chert
Knife River Flint: https://albertashistoricplaces.com/2019/07/24/knife-river-flint-quarries-and-the-alberta-connection/
Archery bow draws: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_draw
Devin Pettigrew and Justin Garnett: https://basketmakeratlatl.com/
Comanche bow and arrow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G1Vo9GV2H8
Taylor et al. (2023) Early dispersal of domestic horses into the Great Plains and northern Rockies: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adc9691
Pia Mupitzi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comanche#Children
Legends of the Northern Lights: https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/legends-of-the-northern-lights/
Never Alone: https://store.steampowered.com/app/295790/Never_Alone_Kisima_Ingitchuna/
Playlist of songs featuring Cougar/Jaguar screams: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzzOAyef3DyqWudpeqU1BckUBAotcsuCP