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9780767427227

Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries : Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology

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  • ISBN13:

    9780767427227

  • ISBN10:

    076742722X

  • Edition: 4th
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-07-11
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

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Summary

Ancient astronauts? Atlantis? Psychic archaeology? Committed to the scientific investigation of human antiquity, this indispensable supplementary text uses interesting archaeological hoaxes, myths, and mysteries to show how we can truly know things about the past through science.

Table of Contents

1. Science and Pseudoscience

2. Epistemology: How You Know What You Know

3. The Goliath of New York: The Cardiff Giant

4. Dawson’s Dawn Man: The Hoax at Piltdown

5. Who Discovered America?

6. After the Indians, Before Columbus?

7. The Myth of the Moundbuilders

8. Lost: One Continent—Reward

9. Prehistoric E.T.: The Fantasy of Ancient Astronauts

10. Good Vibrations: Psychics, Dowsers, and Photo-Fields

11. Old Time Religion—New Age Harmonics

12. Real Mysteries of a Veritable Past

Appendix A: Video Companion Guide

References

Index

At the end of each chapter: Frequently Asked Questions / Best of the Web / Critical Thinking Exercise

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