The Archaeology of Indiana Jones: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Today we’re doing a deep dive into the fourth Indiana Jones film, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. What parts are real, what is artistic license, and how much real archaeology do we see?
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Image Credits
Area 51 – Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2022, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons
Plumbob – https://timfrankarchaeology.wordpress.com/2011/07/24/the-daily-grind-of-the-dig/
British Museum Skull, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Mitchell Hedges skull – James Di Loreto/Courtesy Smithsonian Institution
Francisco De Orellana – Ximénex, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Lidar image of Cotoca site – Copyright © Heiko Prümers, Carla Jaimes Betancourt, José Iriarte, Mark Robinson, and Martin Schaich (2022) Nature. 2022; 606(7913): 325–328. Published online 2022 May 25.
V gordon childe – Swan Watson, Andrew, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Nazca Lines – Diego Delso, delso.photo, License CC-BY-SA
Chauchilla cemetery – Colegota (el autor), CC BY-SA 2.5 ES, via Wikimedia Commons
Aztec mummy – Original image is from 1502, reprinted by National Geographic in 1922. .