| Physical description |
xix, 417 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 368-404) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : the epistemology of archaeology / Peter Kosso -- 1. Diagnosing pseudoarchaeology / Garrett G. Fagan -- 2. The attraction of non-rational archaeological hypotheses : the individual and sociological factors / Nic Flemming -- 3. Skeptics, fence sitters, and true believers : student acceptance of an improbable prehistory / Kenneth L. Feder -- 4. Memoirs of a true believer / Katherine Reece -- 5. Esoteric Egypt / Paul Jordan -- 6. The mystique of the ancient Maya / David Webster -- 7. Pseudoarchaeology and nationalism : essentializing difference / Bettina Arnold -- 8. Archaeology and the politics of origins : the search for pyramids in Greece / Mary Lefkowitz -- 9. Rama's realm : indocentric rewritings of early South Asian archaeology and history / Michael Witzel -- 10. The Atlantean box / Christopher Hale -- 11. The colonization of the past and the pedagogy of the future / Norman Levitt -- 12. Pseudoscience and postmodernism : antagonists or fellow travelers? / Alan D. Sokal -- 13. Concluding observations / Garrett G. Fagan. |
| Other author |
Fagan, Garrett G., 1963-2017.
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| Subject |
Pseudoarchaeology.
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| ISBN |
0415305934 (paperback: alkaline paper) |
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0415305926 (hardback : alkaline paper) |
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9780415305938 (paperback: alkaline paper) |
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9780415305921 (hardback : alkaline paper) |
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