Garrett G. Fagan (ed.)

Archaeological Fantasies

How Pseudoarchaeology Misrepresents the Past and Misleads the Public
Herausgeber: Fagan, Garrett G

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Produktbeschreibung

Did aliens build the pyramids? Do all the world's civilizations owe a debt of gratitude to a single super-civilization in ancient times? Was Egypt the home of magicians? Is there a fantastic body of ancient wisdom awaiting discovery, which will help solve the world's problems? These and other scenarios are thrown up by purveyors of what is often dubbed alternative, fringe or popular archaeology and ancient history. In reality, such work is properly called pseudoarchaeology since it is a muddled imitation of the real thing. In this collection of stimulating and engaging essays, a diverse group of scholars, scientists, and writers consider the phenomenon of pseudoarchaeology from a variety of perspectives. They contemplate what differentiates it from real archaeology; its defining characteristics; the reasons for its popular appeal and how television documentaries contribute to its popularity; how nationalist agendas can warp genuine archaeology in to a pseudo-version; and the links between pseudoarchaeology and other brands of false history and pseudo science. Case studies include surveys of esoteric Egypt and the supposedly mystical Maya, Nazi pseudoarchaeology, and ancient pseudohistory in modern India.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 440
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Januar 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 157mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 785g
• ISBN-13: 9780415305921
• ISBN-10: 0415305926
• Artikelnr.: 21553185

Autorenporträt

Garrett G. Fagan

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: The Phenomenon. Introduction: An Epistemology of Archaeology 1.
Diagnosing Pseudoarchaeology 2. The Attraction of Non-Rational
Archaeological Hypotheses: The Individual and Sociological Factors 3.
Sceptics, Fence-Sitters, and True Believers: Student Acceptance of an
Improbable Prehistory 4. Memoirs of a True Believer Part 2: Five Case
Studies 5. Esoteric Egypt 6. The Mystique of the Ancient Maya 7.
Pseudoarchaeology and Nationalism: Essentializing Difference 8. Archaeology
and the Politics of Origins: The Search for Pyramids in Greece 9. Rama's
Realm: Indocentric Rewritings of Early South Asian Archaeology and History
Part 3: Pseudoarchaeology in its Wider Context 10. The Atlantean Box 11.
The Colonization of the Past and the Pedagogy of the Future 12.
Pseudoscience and Post-Modernism: Antagonists or Fellow-Travellers? 13.
Concluding Observations