Garrett G. Fagan (ed.)

Archaeological Fantasies

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

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Produktbeschreibung

Including case studies, this collection of engaging and stimulating essays written by a diverse group of scholars, scientists and writers examines the phenomenon of pseudoarchaeology from a variety of perspectives.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 440
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Januar 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 698g
• ISBN-13: 9780415305938
• ISBN-10: 0415305934
• Artikelnr.: 21985654

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