Lost City, Found Pyramid - Understanding Alternative Archaeologies and Pseudoscientific Practices

Informationen zum Autor Jeb J. Card is a visiting assistant professor of anthropology at Miami University in Ohio. He is the editor of The Archaeology of Hybrid Material Culture . David S. Anderson is a visiting assistant professor of anthropology at Roanoke College and the coeditor of Constructing Legacies of Mesoamerica: Archaeological Practices and the Politics of Heritage in and beyond Mexico. Klappentext Delves into the fascinating world of sensational pseudoarchaeology, from perennial discoveries of lost pyramids or civilizations to contemporary ghost-hunting and reality TV. It examines how nonscientific pursuit of myths and legends warps both public perceptions of archaeology and of human history itself. Zusammenfassung Delves into the fascinating world of sensational pseudoarchaeology! from perennial discoveries of lost pyramids or civilizations to contemporary ghost-hunting and reality TV. It examines how nonscientific pursuit of myths and legends warps both public perceptions of archaeology and of human history itself.

Product details

• Authors: Jeb J. (EDT)/ Anderson Card
• Assisted by: David S Anderson (Editor), David S. Anderson (Editor), Jeb J Card (Editor), Jeb J. Card (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2016
• EAN: 9780817319113
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-1911-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Guides > Spirituality > Miscellaneous; Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity